Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 182, 14 July 1915 — Page 1

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REVIEWERS CUT ASSESSMENT ON lOUTH OF MAIN Board Orders 10 and 15 Per Cent Reductions to Conform With County Valuations. TOTAL RUNS HIGH Affected Area Extends From Fourth to Twelfth Streets Cuts Apply Only to Real Estate. General reductions of ten and fifteen per cent In the assessments on all lot valuations on Main street from Fourth street to Twelfth street, to place them more In accordance with assessments on lot valuations throughout Wayne county, was decided upon by the members of the board of review at its session Tuesday afternoon. The real estate involved is the most expensive In the county. Beginning at the corner of Eighth and Main streets, where the estimated value of a front foot is $450. the real estate tapers down in each direction in its value according to its location. The board declared a ten per cent reduction on the assessments of lots from Fourth to Fifth streets, a fifteen per cent reduction from Fifth to Sixth streets, and a ten per cent reduction from Sixth to Twelfth streets. The reductions include real estate assessments only. Bowman Makes List. An accurate estimate of the total amount of reductions could not be made by Auditor Bowman today. He had completed the listing of the new figures for one side of the street only. The reductions will, it is estimated, total in the neighborhood of $100,000, based among $200 as the average value of a front foot for six squares and taking three hundred feet as the average length of a block. Auditor Bowman declared today that the assessment returns on the real estate from Fourth to Twelfth street, made by the assessors were more nearly in accord with the law but the board of review desired to establish the assessments to conform with the low assessments in the remainder of the county. The board also heard twelve miscellaneous complaints on assessments in various parts of Richmond, taking most of them under advisement at Monday's session. MATERIAL SHIPPED FOR GUN STOCKS GREENCASTLE, Ind., July 14. A shipment of ten carloads of walnut timber, purchased in Putnam county for use in the manufacture of gun stocks for the warring Europen nations, was completed today. The materll was shipped to factories in Logansport and St. Louis.

CARS BURN 30,000 ,

EACH SEVEN DAYS Thirty thousand gallons of gasoline explode in smoke in the cylinders of Richmond motor cars each week. This approximate figure was gained from the books of local oil companies today. At this rate motor drivers burn 4,285 gallons each day. In the season when cars are used most, which extends for a period of about six months this weekly average will amount to 720,000 gallons. During the winter months the consumption of gasoline in automobiles drops to almost half. This brings the total consumption for the year up to 1,080,000. The weekly cost of the fuel taking the average price as 12 cents amounts to $3,750. In a month this total will reach $14,000. For the summer season the figures approach $84,000. BUSHMAN GETS BOMB FROM MOVIE "FAN" SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. The police today are searching for a beautiful woman who is alleged to have attempted to kill Francis X. Bushman, an actor, at the St. Francis hotel yesterday. A package, addressed to Bushman, was received at the hotel and when it was opened was found to contain a bomb, the fuse of which had been burned to within an inch of the explosive. The package was left by a well dressed woman. Bushman is in Los Angeles, so the package was opened by his advance agent, H. Reichenbach. In addition to the bomb the package contained a note reading: "God will join us in Heaven. You have failed to answer my letters. H. C." TURKS PLUNDER GREEK CITIZENS ATHENS, July 14. Advices from Turkey states that the young Turks have put into effect violent anti-Greek mesures and that "acts of incredible cruelty are being perpetrated upon Greeks in Turkey." Thirty thousand Greeks are reported to have been expelled from Turkish towns in the interior and their property plundered. Gret numbers of the inhabitants of Armaki and Kyztcos have been cruelly treted by the young Turks and many compelled to become Mohammedans. SUBMITS PROTEST. BERLIN, July 14. The Overseas News agency announced the receipt of a dispatch from Stockholm which states that the Swedish minister at London has protested against the molestation of Swedish commerce. Norway and Sweden are supporting the protest.

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LONDON, July 14. Official announcement by Lord Lansdowne to parliament that there are no more than 460.000 British . soldiers in the European war threatre has given England the greatest shock It has received since the disaster at the Dardanelles. Another attack on the government is anticipated as a result of Lord Lansdowne's statement, that the British forces consist of 22 or 23 divisions. On April 21 David Lloyd-George announced that the British had 36 divisions at the front. The government's opponents are expected to seize upon RUSSIANS HURL BACK ATTACKS FR0M0SS0WIEC (BY FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY) PETROGRAD, July 14. All the German attacks in northern Poland during the last three days have resulted in failure, the war office announced today. The enemy is stated to have suffered severe losses. Press advices from Ossowiec announce that the German losses in the attempts to reduce that fortress are estimated by Russian officers at 15.000 killed and wounded. Successful sorties by the garrison have driven the besieged forces back three miles to their second line of trenches. Because of the spectacular phases of the recent Galician struggle at Ossowiec has been almost overlooked for several weeks. Desperate fighting has been in progress there ever since the Austrian8 invested the fortress from the north. All day long the Russian and German guns keep up a continuous fire while at night either one side nor the other launches an Infantry attack. In both phases of the fighting the. Russians have been superior thus far. The heavy guns of Ossowiec have prevented the Germans from bringing up their 17-inch howitzers. FOUR OF CREW DROWN COPENHAGEN, July 14. The Swedish schooner Daisy, carrying coal from England to Sweden, has been blown up by a mine off Aland land in the Baltic, Her captain and four men were doomed. A Stockholm dispatch says the remainder of the crew landed there today.

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bomb; a box made into a grenade; the discrepancy and demand an explanation. It was a similar discrepancy in cabinet ministers' statements as to war munitions that formed the basis for the recent attack upon Lord Kitchener, and the conduct of the military establishment. The British public was astounded by the Lansdowne statement. It has been supposed that more than 1,000,000 soldiers had been put in the field to defend the French channel ports. The revelation by the cabinet minister has caused deep concern in the view of the German successes in the Arras region. MINES SET AFLOAT MENAGE ALL SHIPS LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, July 14. Floating mines carried southward in the Atlantic are a menace to ships plying between South - - America and Europe, the captain of the Argentine steamer Patagonia reported today. He notified the maritime authorities that he had sighted a mine northeast f the coast of Brazil in latitude 4 . degrees fifty minutes and longtitude 31 degrees five minutes in the region of the equator. The mine was travelnig southwest toward the coast at the rate of a mile an hour. CAPTURE SUBMARINE VENICE, July 14. An Austrian submarine was captured by the Italian naval forces Monday night after it had attempted to torpedo a warship in the Adriatic. The torpedo fired by the submarine was caught in the net protecting the warship and shortly afterward the under-water craft was trapped in the net. Its .crew surrendered. Weather Forecast U. S. Report Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Probably showers north and central portion. TEMPERATURE. Noon 86 Yesterday. Maximum 8S Minimum 62 For Richmond Probably local thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Continued warm. General Conditions Very warm wether prevails east of the Rocky mountains and south of the lakes. A storm is developing in the middle west and will cause occasional rains during the next 36 hours. It will be decidedly cooler by the last of the week. W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

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a German rifle grenade; (left), HOT WEATHER HINTS Dr. Harvey W. Wiley ha promulgated few 'hot weather do's and tfoftts." Here they are: - -Eat' everything, but moderately. 7' Abstain from . alcohol and tobacco. , Drink plenty of cold water, but do not gulp It. .; Never drink with meals, but immediately after. -.- ..- Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. In Indulging In sweet soda fountain drinks, see that the syrup is used sparingly in them. If you eat moderately and refrain from drugs, do not be. afraid of sunstroke. CROWN PRINCE LOSES ATTACK ABOUT VERDUN French Break up Effort of Teuton Army to Approach Closer to Giant Fortress in South. SUBMARINES ACTIVE Kaiser's Undersea Boats Destroy 42 Vessels of Allies During June Says Admiralty Statement. PARIS, July 14 Definite repluse by the French of the army of Crown Prince Frederick William was officially announced by the war office this afternoon. Furious German attacks launched between Marie Therese and Haute Chavauches were met with a withering fire from the French artillery and rolled back. The Germans have renewed their bombardment of Soissons and are continuing to shell Arras. At both points the Kaiser's troops are using their heavy guns. The Germans in Flanders made an attack upon the position captured by the British near Kilken, but the English troops held their ground. There was desperate fighting during the night at the Labyrinth and also north of the chateau De Carleul. Opposing forces waged the conflict with hand grenades. SUBMARINE ACTIVITY. BERLIN, July 14. German submarines are using every precaution to prevent loss of life on ships they atT tacK the admiralty announced today. It is Etated that passengers or sailors on the ships encountered by the submarines are given warning of the intended attack and are granted ample time to take to the boats if no resistance is attempted. The admiralty further announced that during June German submarines had ' sunk twenty-nine British, three French, nine Russian and one Belgian merchantman, a total of forty-two Continued On Page Ten. '

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WAR PROTEST COMES BEFORE MASS MEETING Socialists Ask All Parties and Creeds to Join in Popular Pece Demonstration for Richmond. ASSEMBLE IN PARK In Absence of Mayor Rob bins Edgar, Iliff Receives Invitation to Serve as Chairman. Arrangements were being made today for a non-partisan non-sectarian mass meeting of Richmond citizens next Sunday afternoon at the Chautauqua grounds, Glen Miller park, for the purpose of making a popular protest against the United States becoming involved in the European conflict While the movement was launched by the Socialist organization. R. F. Van Voorhis, a prominent member of that party, says that this organization is to be only one of several which will cooperate ta make the meeting a success. Calls on Ministers. "Every minister in the city will be called upon to assist in arranging for the meeting," Van Voorhis stated today, "and it is expected that a committee on arrangements, which will be thoroughly representative, will be secured today. We want this committee to include representatives of the ministry, the press, the Federation of Women's Clubs, the civic organizations, the city government, the business interests and labor. "Those we have so far called upon to assist in the work have accepted promptly and enthusiastically. "There are only two great political organizations in this country today, as in Germany, England. France and the other belligerent nations a war party and an anti-war party. The meeting to be held at the park Sunday will be attended by local members of the antiwar party, people who are absolutely opposed to this nation entering into war with any other nation unless It is necessary to do so to defend the republic from the attack of an enemy. "We asked Mayor Robbins to act as chairman of the meeting, but he has informed us that it will be impossible for him to serve as he has arranged to attend a family reunion .Sunday. We will now ask Edgar Iliff to serve as chairman." Several prominent Richmond men and women will be asked to make brief addresses at the anti-war meeting and a musical program will also be arranged. TANKS BOMBARDED. ATHENS, July 14. A Chois dispatch announces that allied aviators bombarded Smyrna Sunday and set fire to the petroleum depots.

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Fail to Apprehend Thrr Who Attack Man ont Waeon. V Although he had been struck a ter-, rifle blow on me head with a gaspipe and his left arm had been practically paralyzed by a blow from the same weapon. Omer Reeee. a young farmer living south of Fountain City gamely fought off two highwaymen who attacked him last night on the Fountain ' City pike, about two miles south of ' cnester, opposite the Duke - farm. Reece Is confined to his bed at his home today. The highwaymen eluded the police officers and a DAIM tit farmers who pursued them. After delivering a load of hay la Richmond yesterday afternoon, he was leaving the city last evening to drive to his home, two men stopped him and asked him if he would not let them ride with him. They told him thr were going to Fountain Cltv to Air & well. He told them they could ac- ' company him as far as his home. which Is only a short distance wmth of Fountain City. Reece says that he noticed when the men climbed on the wagon that one of them was holdln a piece of gaspipe. Clings to Assailant As the wagon aoDroached th rtnV farm, Reece says, the largest of the ' two men, without saying a word, struck him a violent blow on his head. Reece was stunned but was able to cling to his assailant, being struck on the left arm as he did an. w wrested the pipe away from th man after a struggle and then knocked him down on the floor of the wagon. Instantly the other man attacked him and the robber finally succeeded in throwing Reece off the wagon. Then the uninjured robber drove rapidly away. They abandoned the wagon two or three miles north of the place where the assault occurred. - Reece, his clothing . stained with . blood from the deep cut In his head, went to the Duke home. Neighbors were promptly notified by telephone of; the attack an - air armed posse went in search or fhe highwaymen. An effort was made to persuade Reece to return to Richmond to have his injuries treated, but. he refused.: "Give me a shotgun,", he said, "I want to get those fellows. His request waa granted and for a time he assisted in the man hunt, explaining when he left that be. bad to get home as soon as possible . so . that his wife would Tint mvV sKaii iM ' " J An- armed escort accompanied him home in an automobile. Friends drove Continued On Page Ten. RAILROADERS GREET GOL. MILLER USING PRIVATE CAR NO 38 Former Pennsy Official Takes Party of Friends on Trip and Old Employes Show Devotion. Old days were recalled and old times reviewed yesterday when John F. Miller, veteran Pennsylvania rail road official and Benjamin Johnson for many years associated with th lumber industry, entertained a part of Richmond friends with a trip t the stock farm of Mr. Johnson neai Hartford City. Word that Mr. Miller In old No. 31 for many years his private car, waa coming over the line to Bradford Junction, and from there to Hartford City, spread like wildfire among th old railroaders and all along, grizzled old employes of the Pennsylvania ap peared to shake hands and exchange greetings with the former Pennsylvania railroad official. . Designed Private Car. The conductors that ran the trains from here to Bradford and from that place to Hartford City were men who were in the employ of the road in the days when Mr. Miller was a high official. No. 38 is the private car which Mr. Miller designed and had constructed 25 years ago. It is kept in Columbus and is subject to the call of. Mr. Miller at any time. The can compares " favorably with the privster cars that have been built in recen years. Mr. Johnson's stock farm, "Renner, is four and one-half miles west o Hartford City, comprises S40 acre and is stocked with fine Herefon cattle. It was purchased 45 years ag tor tne lumDer standing on it. Th. sale of the lumber naid for the farmV twice over, and since then the returns from the gas and oil found on the farm have been- another profitable) source of revenue. . Old employes cherish the memory of Mr. Miller as a practical railroader who was undaunted, by any emer gency that might confront him. Tht warm greetings of the old men alonr the route yesterday Indicates the higt esteem in which he is still held. The recalled that Mr. Miller constant! kept their welfare before him whU an official, and that his treatment c the employes did much to build o; the splendid system that has made tt Pennsylvania railroad a model la th United States.