Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 183, 15 July 1915 — Page 1

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HAMPER GOVERNMENT Munition Factories of Great Britain With Only Few Days Supply of Coal Face Shortage. BY JOHN C. FOSTER, Staff Correspondent for International News Service. LONDON, July 15. Defying the government and their leaders, more than 100,000 miners struck in the coal fields of South Wales today. The workers in the Pontypridd district were the first to quit the mines, but the movement soon spread to the other fields. Martial, law is in effect throughout South Wales, though no formal proclammation has been issued. Troops are on guard along the government railroads and at all docks. The number of men who were out surprised even the few agitators who had ben most active. It had been expected that not more than 42,000 would answer the call. Works for Peace. . It is believed that the strike will soon - be ended. President Walter Runicman of the board of trade has gone to Cardiff .fend ' is .working with the leaders opposed to the strike to effect a compromise. Every man who struck rendered himself liable to a fine under the provisions of the munition act. At the colliers in the Rhondda district including the Cambrian group, of which D. A. Thomajs is the head, were chut down by noon. During the morn: lng Minister of Munitions Lloyd George . sent several dispatcher to President Runciman. The government munitions factory have coal supplies for only a few days. 150,000 MEN ON STRIKE. CARDIFF, Wales, July 15. At 2 o'clock this afternoon leaders of the striking coal miners anounced that 150,000 men had quit work. All the mines in the Swansea, Maespag, Ascerbarae, Monmouthshire, Heath, Avon and Rhondda distrists are closed. NEW YORK MOB CHEER H. THAW ON TOVICTORY Tears Clothes of Slayer in Effort to Clasp His Hand and Wish Him Success in Getting Freedom. NEW YORK. July 15. One of the most remarkable demonstrations ever seen in the streets of New York occurred today after Justice Hondrick of the supreme court had postponed for twenty-four hours the rendering of a final decision as to the disposition of Harry K. Thaw, who was found sane by a Jury yesterday afternoon. Thaw was mobbed by a great crowd on his way from the, county court house to the offices of Justice Hen dricks In the Industrial Bank building, and had his clothes nearly torn off. There was a great friendly dem onstration toward the prisoner, the crowd cheering and trying to clasp Thaw by the hand. The police officers in the streets and the deputies accompanying Thaw had all they could do to pilot the prisoner through the mob. After the proceedings were over Thaw was detained in the Judge's offices until the police could clear the atreet so that the prisoner could be taken back to the Ludlow street Jail. Mother la Happy. Applications are on file by the state to send Thaw back to Matteawan, and counsel for Thaw filed "a counter peti tion for his release. Justice Hendrick took the two petitions under advisement until tomorrow. The happiest woman in New York today is Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, who for seven years has devoted her fortune and time in an effort to have her son declared sane. Mother love has won the fight Thaw and his mother are confident that the court decision will free him. The state's lawyers who fought Thaw's efforts in the trial that ended yesterday after noon apparently are of the same opinion, as ihey have announced they will anneal from such r decision, and demade that $40,000 bail be fixed for Thaw pending the hearing of the ap

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FOX HOLDS THAW OUGHT BE FREED

"The Thaw case Is just where it ought to be" declared Judge Fox of the circuit court today in commenting upon the verdict of the jury which adjudged Harry K. Thaw sane yesterday. "I believe Justice Hendrick will decide favorably for Thaw. Either Thaw should have been hanged or he should have been given his freedom nine years ago, when he was first tried for slaying Stanford White. "In the first place, Thaw should not have killed White. He should have kicked him. White certainly was not the best man in the world." CITY DEBATES TAKING POLICY ONJMPLOYES Premium of $3,500 Asked by Liability Company Would Cut Hole in Municipality's Funds. RATE IS REASONABLE Board Considers Idea of Permitting City to Assume All Risks in Hope of Saving Money. The workmen's compensation act passed by the last legislature applies to the city of Richmond the same as It does to any business concern, -j ln-the city, a fact which is giving the members of the board of public works considerable worry. Shall the city of Richmond take out a policy with a liability company under the terms of which the company will assume all financial obligations in the event an employe of the city is killed in the performance of his duties or is injured? Or shall the city of Richmond assume all liability for the death or inJury of an employe, taking the chance that it will incure in the course of a year obligations of such a nature well under the premium the city would have to pay on any liability policy? Reach No Decision. These two questions have been debated pro and con by board members for several days, but so far no definite decision has been reached. Local representative of one liability company has quoted a premium of $3,500 for a policy which will insure the city against all losses which might be incurred under the compensation act for the period of one year. The price is regarded reasonable by board members, but they realize that at the present the city's annual income is but very little more than enough to provide for operating expenses. This is the cause behind the board's hesitancy to reach any definite decision in the matter. "We have to skimp now to get by, and $3,500 looks awfully big to us," said one city official today. "Of course the death of one employe or the injuring of several others might cost the city a whole lot more than $3,500 if we are not protected by a policy with some liability company. On the other hand there might not be one injury of a serious nature befall a city employe next year." Employes In Danger. Board members in considering whether the city shall take out a policy with some liability company bear in mind that some branches of the city service are particularly hazardous, and undoubtedly would not hesitate an in stant in taking out a liability policy if the city's financial condition was more robust. It is realized that at any time a policeman or fireman might be kill-' ed in the performance of duty, or that some lineman working for the municipal plant might be electrocuted or injured while on duty. In the event of a death in the performance of duty the city would be obligated not less than $5,000. Weather Forecast U. S. Report Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Probably thunder showers north and central portion. TEMPERATURE. Noon 88 Yesterday. Maximum 88 Minimum 64 For Richmond- Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Local thundershowers. Continued warm. General Conditions The warm wave continues unbroken east of the Rocky Mountains although it is cooler in the northwest. Weather will continue unsettled during the next thirty-six hours with occasional rains. There was a severe electrical storm at Chester last night. W. E. MOORJ, Weather Forecaster.

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The United States public health service has recently published a bulletin telling the ultimate consumer how to keep well. The booklet contains alarming figures showing the increase of deaths in recent years among people who have passed the age of forty and the reason for. this, says the bulletin, is that we are not getting proper exercise. There is too much repose and too much sedentary employment. Americans need more exercise and., more fresh air. Especially .should ttei&wllR-wnre It would te bard to overstate,- says the bulletin the beneficent effects of walking. The more you walk, the longer you'll live. And presumably if you spend the added years in walking you'll live that much longer to walk the. more. We can all be octogenarians If we will. The well-known American tramp usually attains a hale old age with a nice white beard and

VIENNA HOLDS EXPORT OF SUPPLIES TO ALLIES VIOLATES NEOTRALITY

WASHINGTON, July 15. Secretary Lansing today stated that Austria has made representations to the American ambassador at Vienna on objection to the production of munitions for the enemies of Austria in plants established in the United States for that purpose. The secretary said he had not yet read the text of the representations and could not say whether they constituted a formal protest from the Austro-Hungarian government. The statement made to Ambassador Penfield by the minister of foreign affairs in a note dated June 29, was received in Washington just previous to the receipt here of German's latest note on the Lusitania case. The state department has no information leading it to believe that the German foreign office had any connection with this action upon the part of the foreign office at Vienna. The secretary admitted that the text of the Austrian note handed to Ambassador Penfield appeared to be GERMANS TAKE STRONG LINKS NEAR WARSAW BERLIN, July 15. German . troops have captured Przasngzs, in northern Poland, the war office announced today. This town has been held by the Russians for several months, being situated at the extreme northern point of an angle on which the czar's troops have been concentrated for the defense of Warsaw from an attack by troops from East Prussia. Directly north of Warsaw, Przasmysz is less than twenty-five miles from Pulska, one of the chief defenses of the Polish capital. Continued success for the Germans in both the east and west is announced in the official report from the general staff. In the Argonne district they have repulsed the French attacks, their prisoners now numbering sixty-eight officers and 3,668 men. The French losses in killed and wounded are said to have been unusually heavy. French attacks at Souchez and in the forest of Malincourt have been repulsed. '

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Bot or Couttse. Arty otrroooft erate. Heart disease, kidney disease and other ills follow. "Take Exercise" Is Slogan. "Take-exercise! Take daily exercise! Have a hobby that gets you out of doors. Walk to your business, to your dressmaker's; walk for the sake of walking. "Join a walking club and keep your weekly score of miles. , Keep chickens, make a garden, wheel the baby or play. golf , or any other game, but take two hours outdoor exercise every day. Gymnasium work Is good for those who like it and. can afford it, but avoid heavy athletics. Don't try to be a 'strong man,' for the champ ion athlete often dies young. "Be .a moderate, persistent, daily exponent of exercise. You may not burn the family carriage, as Ben Franklin suggested, but at least, as he advised, 'walk, walk, walk.' " REQUEST JOHNSON TO TALK ON PEACE Plans for the anti-war mass meeting at the Chautauqua grounds, Glen Miller park, Sunday afternoon, are blng apidly completed, it ws announced tody. It is quite pobable that Edgar Iliff will preside as chairman, and several people have been asked to deliver brief addresses, among them former Congressman Henry U. Johnson, Dr. T. Henry Davis, Prof. Allen T. Hole of Earlham college, one of the recognized leaders of the peace movement in this country, some local ministers and a representative of the Federation of Women's clubs will also be invited to speak. The (committee on arrangements would like to have as many as possible bring camp chairs to the grounds before the meeting. ASSUMES BLAME FOR ACCUSATION AGAINST RYMAN MUNCIE, Ind. July 15. In his answer to the $5,000 damage suit of Wilbur Ryman, attorney for the Civic League, Deputy Prosecutor Williams, one of the indicted city officials, today accepted responsibility for the allegations made against Ryman. Williams is only one of a number of officials made defendants in the suit filed by Ryman as a result of accusations that he had corrupted grand witnesses and used other illegal means to procure the indictment of Mayor Bunch and others on charges of graft in connection with liquor law violations. RECOMMENDS PAINTING Recommendations that the men's building at the county jail and the interior of the county jail need painting are made in the June issue of the Indiana Bulletin of Charities and Corrections. Of the poor asylum inmates the renort savs: "The inmates are clean, well clothed and well fed. Ihel food at the time of this visit was well prepared and wholesome." The total expenses for the institution for 1914 are given as $16,044.93. - Both the county jail and the women's jail at the Home for Friendless are pronounced clean and well managed.

GOVERNMENT OF KAISER WILLING TO COMPENSATE OWNERS FOR SHIP LOSS Foreign Office Sends U. S. Memorandum Explaining Why Submarine Commander Attacked Vessel Carrying No Flag or Other Mark of Ownership by Neutrals.

PUTS TO REST ORIGIN OF SHIPS MISHAP

WASHINGTON, July 15. The German government has apologized for the attack on the Hawaiian-American steamer Nebraskan, torpedoed by a German submarine on the night of May 25 on her way to the Delaware Bridgewater from Liverpool, the state department announced today. Full compensation will be made for the damage sustained. Ambassador Gerard has telegraphed the department that he has received the following memorandum from the German foreign office admitting responsibility for the mysterious accident to the vessel which has been under investigotion for the last seven weeks: "The German government received from newspaper reports the Intelligence that the American steamer Nebraskan has been damaged by a mine or torpedo on the southeast coast of Ireland. The government, therefore, started a thorough investigation of the case' without delay, and it has become convinced that the damage to the Nebraskan was caused by an at tack of a submarine. No Flag Visible. "On the evening of May 25 last, the submarine met a steamer westward bound, without a flag, and with no neutral markings on her freeboard, about thirty-five nautical miles - west of Fastnet-RocH- No appliance of any kind for the illumination of the flag INSANE MAN KILLS FAMOUS DETECTIVE LONDON, July 15. Detective Al bert Young, one of the ablest mem bers of the Scotland Yard force, was shot to death shortly after midnight by Captain R. H. Georges, a retired officer of the British army. Georges Is believed to have been insane. His arrest was ordered after the police had learned that he had secured a quantity of ammunition and secreted it in his home in Hampstead street. When Young entered the house the captain fired from the dark ness at the end of the hall. REVIEW BOARD HURRIES WORK ON PROPERTY The work of the board of review which closes its annual session in the auditor's office the latter part of this week was noticeably affected yesterday when William Matthews, one of the members was suddenly taken ill, presumably with acute indigestion. He was removed to the home of his daughter on West Third street in West Richmond about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. Matthews passed a fair night, last night and was somewhat improved today. He will not be able to return to work for several days, it is thought. The board of review at Wednesday's session continues to re-assess the lot valuations on Main street which were decided to be generally reduced. The members finished the re-assessing of all the lots on the south side of Main from Fourth to Twelfth street and four squares on the north side of the street from Twelfth to Eighth streets. Four blocks will be completed today. The total number of lot valuations which have already been assessed 6hows a reduction of $81,360.00. The Palladium in its prophecy estimated that the total reduction would be approximately $100,000 and Auditor Bowman today said this sum would probably result with the completion of the four squares which remain to be assessed. MAY WITHDRAW DOCTOR'S LICENSE INDIANAPOLIS. July 15. Dr. Louis P. Weinberg of Ligonier, who recently was convicted in Federal court at Chicago on a charge of violating the Mann "white slave" act, today was served with notice to appear before the state board of medical registration August 11, and show cause why , his state license should not be revoked. The complaint was filed by A. J. Locher, father of the 17-year-old girl Weinberg is alleged to have taken to Chicago.

or markings was to be seen. In the twilight the name of the steamer was not visible from the submarine. Since the commander of the submarine was obliged to assume that only English steamers traversed this area without flag and markings, he attacked the vessel with a torpedo in the conviction that he had an enemy's vessel before him. . Some time after this the commander saw that the vessel had in the meantime hoisted the American flag, and, of course, refrained from any further attack. "Since the vessel remained afloat he had no occasion to confer further with the boats which had been launched. It results from this without a doubt that the attack on the steamer Nebraskan was not meant for the American flag nor is it traceable to any fault on the part of the commander of the submarine, but It is to be considered an unfortunate accident. The German government expresses its regret at the occurence to the government of the United States, and declares its readiness to make compensation for the damage thereby sustained by American citizens." Secretary Lansing said today that the last sentence in the memorandum indicated that the German government would compensate the owners of the Nebraskan without taking the case to a prize court.

RECEIVES CLUE OF HIS SPOUSE WHO TOOK CASH Joseph Ralston and Daughter Learn of Strange Woman With Ready Money at Hartford City. Joseph Ralston, a farmer living on the Liberty pike, south of Richmond, and his daughter, left todar for Eaton, Ind., and Hartford City. Ind., In the hope of locating Mrs. Ralston who left home June 26 without informing other members of the family where she was going, taking $2,700 of the family savings with her. Reading in a Muncie newspaper a Richmond dispatch pertaining to the disappearance of Mrs. Ralston, A. P. Scott, an Eaton, Ind., druggist, surmised that a woman who arrived in that town July 2 and whose peculiar actions attracted much attention might be the missing Wayne county woman. Scott wrote a letter to Chief Goodwin describing this woman and Ralston said today that the description tallies perfectly with that of his wife. Goes to Hartford City! In his letter Scott stated that he understood the woman who had visited Eaton and had remained there six days was now supposed to be in Hartford City. After conferring with Scott, Ralston and his daughter will go to Hartford City. "Mr. Scott stated in his letter that the woman he saw in Eaton was much interested in property," Ralston Fald at police headquarters this morning. "Since my wife's mental trouble reached an acute stage she has had a mania for purchasing property, or rather contemplating the purchase of property. I doubt very much if she would actually close a deal for any property because she values money like a raiser. If we find her I am sure, if she has not been robbed, she will have a greater part of the money she took away with her." Ralston' stated that $2,300 of the $2,700 Mrs. Ralston took away with her had been kept in a hiding place on the farm. The other $400 she withdrew from a Richmond bank. Part of this had been deposited in her name. BOMBARD TURK FORTS ATHENS. July 15. A British battleship, accompanied by four destroyers shelled the Turkish positions at Gaba Tepeh successfully on Saturday, throwing two hundred shells upon the trenches and batteries. The next day . an allied cruiser, aided by torpedo boats and aeroplanes effectively bombarded the Turks' position at Art

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