Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 198, 2 August 1915 — Page 1

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GERMANS RAISE $200 TO HELP WAR'SORPIIANS Picnic Brings Out Crowd to Hear Speeches by Judge Comstock and Rev. Albert : Feeger. .;

USE MONEY FOR NEEDY German Pastor. Deplores Shipments of Munitions and Holds U. S. Guilty of Violating Neutrality Spirit. About $200 was obtained for , the widows and orphans of German and Austrian soldiers and sailors - by the local branch of the German-American Alliance at the picnic held yesterday In Beallvlew. A large crowd "was In attendance. Speeches were -delivered by Judge Comstock and the Rev. A. J. Feeger of St. John's church. The outing was planned to raise funds for the alleviation of the distress of the dependents of the Teutonic allies in Germany and Austria. The money . will be forwarded along with other gifts for distribution among those needing relief. Judge D. V, Comstock, who was requested to speak, delivered a general message on charity, pointing out that charity's virtue remained the same regardless of who or what was the object; that its purpose was just as worthy of commendation and support 'when it was directed tor the benefits of widows and orphans of German soldiers. He commended the movement among the Richmond descendents of German sincestry and spoke of the patriotism which served to awaken in them an exhauetless enthusiasm to assist the Fatherland. Judge Comstock's speech was heard with interest. The Rev. A. J. Feeger of St. John's church, speaking in German, said: "Today it is a year that Germany rose to a man against a world of foes. Until today it has victoriously withstood gigantic, opposition. It has the spirit and the power to hold out until a decisive victory has been attained. The sacrifices Germany is bringing are awful. Untold mothers have given their sons for the Fatherland; thousands of widows and orphans mourn the loss of their provider; 1 all hospitals, and public and private asylums, are filled with sick; wounded," crip-j ,ped a,nd raaim8d..,-;J'' - Wr-" j "The day is critical. We who are bt German parentage entertain the confidence that Germany will be victor in this titanic struggle. Why? Her cause is a just one. Threatened for years by her enemies, forced into theswar by her foes, Germany entered the "struggle with the old battle cry, 'For God, for King, for Fatherland.' Germany Sought Peace. "Germany did not want war. For forty-three years she preserved peace and prevented other European nations from entering war. But even the most peaceful cannot abide in peace if a neighbor seeks to fight. Germany had to draw the sword to keep from being overrun; to prevent jealous and avaricious enemies, who for years in secret had planned war, from ravaging and plundering her territory, and of dividing and, sub-dividing it among themselves, "Conditions now prevent Germany Continued On Page Eight.

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This picture was taken the evening before the execution of Pojice Lieutenant Charles Becker In Sing Sing Prison, and shows Warden Thomas Mott Osborne and Assistant Warden Johnson, eading over the last statement of the condemned man.

FINDS LOCKED EXITS AT TWO MOVIE HOUSES

Reporter Makes Trip of In spection to All Picture The atres and Tries Doors Sat : urday. y , OTHERS OBSERVE LAW Investigation Follows Repeated Complaints Made by Patrons That Such Conditions Existed. Side exits at the Palace and Arcade theatres were found locked Saturday night when a Palladium representative tried them while making an inspection of all movie theatres during performances. The reporter was unable to leave the theatre through these doors and was forced to go to the entrances at the front of the theatres. The tour of investigation which included every motion picture theatre in the city, was made after repeated complaints from patrons of the amusement places that such conditions existed. The state law requires that these exits shall be unlocked and unobstructed during performances. Repeated warnings to all proprietors of motion picture houses have been given by Fire Chief Miller. When the reporter tried the exits near the screen at the Arcade theatre, managed by Roy Parks, 'and foun-1 them fastened, he estimated that approximately 150 persons were in the room watching the films. Find Exits Locked. At the Palace theatre at 8:15 o'clock when perhaps 200 persons were in the seats, the two exits -nearest the screen were found locked not bolted, but locked. This theatre is owned by F. E. Thompson and managed by R. L. Hudson. It is said that these theatres have only recently neglected to see that all doors offered an easy and unobstructed means of egress in case of fire. Exits were found open at all other theatres visited Saturday night. There is always an element of more or less danger about the movie houses because of the highly infammable films which are constantly passing through a stream of concentrated light rays from electric lights. ... Precautions have been taken, however, to prevent the spread of fire should the. film ignite.r The operator's room in all theatres Is made practically fire proof..-jA,.f-;:!;Panc-May;-Ke8U'-" ---w Panics' are always a. possibility where many persons are collected together in a small space. An alarm of fire would cause an immediate scramble for exits. Should these be closed, loss of life or serious Injury to a number of persons would probably result. Open side and front exits which would enable the patrons to leave the theatres in a minute or two would greatly diminish danger and would assure facilities for escape in case fire in the back of the theatres cut off the large doors commonly used for entrance and exits. SCHOOLS REPORTING County Superintendent Williams is receiving today the reports from all the school trustees of the townships and corporations in the county. The financial reports are due today. These reports will be tabulated and a summary report made. by the county superintendent next week. A'SST WARDEN JOHXtSoH

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XslEXtCANS PSaoXBSX AGAINST FE IfeoX

The labor unions recently held a parade in Vera Cruz, Mexico, protesting against the free distribution of food to the poor of the city by American Consul Canada and The American Bed Cross Society. The picture shows the parade in front of the Faros (Federal building) where General Carranza, first chief of the revolution has his headquarters. Carranza is addressing the crowd from the balcony, telling them "to keep up the good work."

CHOLM FALLS BEFORE RUSH OF GERMANS Teuton Cavalry Pluneres Northward of Left Bank of Bug River to Hem in Russians. 300,000 ARE - CAPTURED Petrograd Admits Loss, of Lublin-Cholm Railway But Claims Germans Gain . Little by Move. ' ' BY FREDERICK WERNER' BERLIN, (Via Amsterdam,), .AjfgJ 2. With more than 300,000 prisoners in their possession as a result vof the fighting of the last -month, the'Aus-tro-German forces in Poland are driving through the -Russian "front a wedge that threatens to cripple if not destroy, the czar's main armies. There is now going on in Poland one of the most . thrilling military races ever witnessed. The Russians are trying to reach Brest-Litovsk,' 120 miles eastrBOUtheast of Warsaw. - The Austro-German forces are fighting to force their way northeastward from the Vie'prz river front.- The Germans have taken 'Cholm, sixty eight miles from ' Brest-Litovsk. Their cavalry is reported to be plunging northward on the left bank of the Bug river. If the Germans arrive ; before - BrestLitovsk in advance of. the retreating Russians the czar's armies will ', be in a dangerous predicament. Berlin military critics assert ' that even if the Russians succeed in withdrawing their main forces to the bettering fortifications of Brest-Litpysk, they will be unable to hold the Bug river front because of the. great, flanking movement now being made by General von Buelow .in the Baltic provinces. .The. capture or evacuation of Kovno will necessitate the abandonment .of Brest-Litovsk. and Grodno or result in the surrounding of the entire Russian army in a district abso lutely untenable with the lines communication cut. of ADMITS LOSS OF CITY. PETROGRAD, Aug. 2. Abandonment by the Russians of the LublinCholm railway and the occupation of Cholm by - the German troops were admitted at the war office today. It was stated that the railroad had served its purpose and that efforts to hold back the Germans along the LublinCholm front would result only in loss of life. The claims of the Russians that'the Vistula army has been extricated from the flanking drives of the Austro-German armies were reiterated today. CHIEF FILES DEMURRER. Chief of Police Goodwin entered a demurrer In the suit brought against him in circuit court this morning by Eva Sullivan, charging false imprisonment. George McKinley and Anna McKinley are also named defendants In the case. The plaintiff asks for $500 damages. Weather Forecast U. S. Report Untettled tonight and Tuesday. ' Probably rain. Cooler tonight in north and central portion. Temperature Yesterday,,.. Noon 81 84 68 Minimum , ,

FIRST NATIONAL BANK INSPECTED BY 16,000

It is estimated by the officers of the First National bank that 16,000 people passed through the new building on the corner of Seventh and Main streets Saturday afternoon and evening on the occasion of the opening of the newly erected building.' This estimate is baaed on the number of roses given out as souvenirs. . An eight piece orchestra furnished music from 2 to; 6:30 and 6:30 to 9:30 o'clock in the evening. The orchestra was stationed in the f ronf , the, of ficerOoonr . ''' All the members of the bewird of directors, who were in the city, were on duty some time during the day assisting in receiving the thousands of visitors. When the doors were opened at 2 o'clock, a large crowd was waiting to be directed through the newly furnished room. A continual stream. of humanity passed through the building until late in the evening. , The bank was not open for business in the new building until this morning. Promptly at 9 o'clock this morning, the officers and clerks were in their places. All of the work of moving the records and books has not been completed and it will take several days before everything is placed in order in the new building. New, crisp paper money, recently received ACCIDENT RESULTS IN WILBUR ILIFF'S DEATH IN HOSPITAL Wilbur S. Iliff, aged 57, a well known resident of Richmond, died at Reid hospital last night, as a result, of the shock sustained from an accident he had five weeks ago. Mr. Iliff . while walking along the street was jostled and in falling on the pavement a leg was fractured just below the hip. As he had been practically an invalid for a number of years the shock he sustained was a severe one. His condition became so critical a few days ago that his recovery was at that time despaired of. Mr. Iliff fer years had been a great sufferer from rheumatism. He is survived by his brothers, Joseph P. and Edgar .Iliff, prominent Richmond business men. ' Mr. Iliff served in the treasury department at Washington under the administrations of Presidents Hays, Arthur and Garfield. "When he retired from the government service he entered the queensware business of his brother, Edgar Iliff in this city, but retired from active business several years ago because of his health. In recent years he had made hi3 home with. Edgar Iliff. Funeral services will be held rt 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the home of Edgar Iliff, 418 Kinsey street. Friends may call at any time this evening or tomorrow morning. Burial will be at Earlham cemetery. ALLIES LOSE BATTLE NEAR SED-EL-BAHR CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 2r Turkish troops have4 taken the offensive against the allies on Gallipoli ,- peninsula and penetrated "the: enemy's trenches near Sed-El-Bahr,-the war office announced today, "The offensive movement was launched on ; Saturday and In their first assaults the Ottoman forces ' captured ; many f prisoners,- together with rifles and. quantities of war munitions. , -

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IN VERACttU. from Washington, will be issued all this week instead of old money, according to President A. D. Gayle. The site on which the new bank is located, is historically, the banking corner of the city. There has been a banking institution on this corner for eighty years. In the early thirties, Lewis Burke did business there as a private banker. In 1850 he organized the People's bank and in 1863, the First National bank was organized. James. E. Reeves .vfcgjthe'rfcank's first president; Edward ' Yarrington its first cashier; Clement Ferguson, its first teller and Dr. D. H. Dougan its first bookkeeper. ' The resources of the bank at the beginning of its career today in the splendidly equipped building, are $1,533,288.93, with an earned surplus of $100,000. The first set of officers to have charge of affairs in the new building are A. D. Gayle, president; S. E. Swayne, vice-president; F. M. Taylor, vice president; Alton Hale, cashier; E. B. Calvert and A. J. Feeger, Jr., assistant cashiers. The board of directors include James Can William Dudley Foulke, Richard Sedgwick, Daniel Moss, Charles Shiveley, J. J. Rife, S. W. Haynes, S. E. Swayne. A. G. Luken A. D. Gayle and F. M. Taylor. EVERSMAN IDEA ABOUT RESORTS DRAWS CENSURE "Any police officer who makes a statement like Will Eversman. president of the police board, made Saturday, admitting knowledge of resorts in this city, opens himself to the charge of impeachment," .said Secretary Melpolder of the charity bureau. "If the police are aware of these resorts, why don't they take steps to prosecute the offenders. It is an easy matter to secure evidence," he said. "Ah excuse of that kind is no excuse at all, it merely admits inability to cope with the situation." Secretary Melpolder would not state whether he intended to make an in vestigation into the condition of these alleged law offenders, but he said that he had some information that the police could have for the asking relative to the resorts here. 27 LICENSES ISSUED - Marriage licenses for the month of July how an increase over tBe number issued the same month last year. The county clerk - reports 27 licenses issued during July and only 22 were issued in July, 1914. This number, however, is small compared with the June report. Last month 52 licenses were issued which is the largest of any month this year, proving that June Is the most popular month in the year for marriages. J. T. GILES RETURNS AFTER VACATION Superintendent J. T. Giles of the city schools, announced today that Harmon Meier, teacher of mathematics In the Richmond high school last year, has resigned from the faculty and will assume a position in the Hammond (Ind.) schools in a similar capacity that he held here. Mr. Giles returned :. recently - after spendln g a ten days vacation at Coldwater, Mich. Principal Pickell of the high school, also spent part of his vacation at this summer resort.

KDHST TO ACQUIRE SITE OlVrJED BY RUC1ELY SHOPS IF CLUB PROJECT FAILS Former Official of La Porte Corporation Predicts Purchase of Land by Railroad Company as Location' for Enlarged Freight Station to Handle Transfers Since Richmond Has Become Most Important Freight Station on the Company's Southwest System.

RECEIVER REFUSES SELL BUILDINGS IN SECTIONS In the event the Richmond Commercial Club is unable to finance its plan for the purchase of the local property of the M. Rumely company, which the federal receiver has announced will be disposed of within sixty days, the buildings will be purchased and razed by a Chicago wrecking company and the real estate will pass into the hands of the Pennsylvania railroad company. The property is desired by the railroad company for erecting another freight station which can be used either as a receiving or a forwarding station.

PROTESTS MADE WHEN CITY PAYS AT NEW BANK Complainants Assert German Trust Company Lacks Recognition as Depository for City. Legality of the action of City Controller McMahan In depositing funds with the German-American Trust and Savings bank to meet the city's July payroll has been questioned, it was learned today at the city hall. It has been asserted that this action of the controller is not in compliance with the law because the German-American bank has not been designated a city depository, nor has it provided a bond for the city as provided by law. y . t ; '-,, . tBids are received biennially by the city board of finance from banking institutions which desire to be selected as depositories. In January, 1914, the four banking institutions then operating in this city were selected as municipal depositories and they furnished bonds to safeguard the city for the funds so deposited. Since that time the German-American bank has been organized and it cannot be. se lected as a depository for municipal funds until the next meeting of the city finance board, next January. It has been the custom for one of the four depositories to be used as the distributing agency of the city's payroll for a certain length of time, then the other depositories in turn being used for the same purpose. Of late the payroll has been distributed by the Dickinson Trust Company. Funds to meet the payroll as a rule are deposited with the distributing depository a few days before the pay checks are issued. Some of these checks are cashed by the distributing depository, others by merchants and other banking institutions, so as a rule the bank has the use of the payroll fund each month for several days. The Dickinson Trust company was not selected by the controller as the distributing bank of the July payroll, the payroll fund being deposited with the German-American bank and pay checks issued on that bank.

Britain's War Hero On Recruiting Work

- At -the left in the carriage is the famous Sergeant O'Leary, Britain's war hero, who single handed captured twenty-five Germans and was decorated with the Victoria Cross. O'Leary'" has been wounded several times and was reported killed, but turned up in true miraculous style. He is now in England on a furlough and is conducting a great recruiting campaign. He is shown here with T. P. O'Connor, M. P. riding to Trafalgar Square to speak at a recruiting rally. -

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from a statement made by one of the highest officials of the defunct Rumely company, who predicted that the local property of the company, after it had been stripped of its buildings, would be taken over by the Pennsylvania railroad. He said the railroad company was very anxious to obtain this property and was prepared to make an attractive bid for it. There is a general belief that the railroad company and the wrecking company are cooperating in the deal. J. M. Lontz, president of the P. & N. Lawn Mower company recenHy made an attractive offer for one of the large new buildings of the Rumely plant which is located in the rear of the Beebe Glove company factory, and . George Miller, president of the Miller Brothers Hardware company, also submitted an offer for a part of the plant located near the hardware company's building. Both bidders were informed that the property would not be disposed of piecemeal and at that time It was intimated that after the buildings had been razed the property on which they were located would be taken over by the railroad company. Pennsy May Sell. It is quite probable that In the very prpbable event that the Rumely property Is acquired by the Pennsylvania not all of it will be used by that com pany and that it will be willing to. dispose of a part of it as a factory site. This Is merely speculative, however.; It has been the policy , of the Pennsylvania railroad company for several years to acquire as much property adjacent to its right of way through Richmond as' possible, for Richmond is now one of the most important transfer points on the southwest system of the company. For some time the Pennsylvania freight station on North D street has been too small for satisfactory handling of freight and this station, if the company secured the Rumely property would probably be used only as a receiving place. The station would be erected on the Rumely property and would be used In all probability for the handling of all outgoing freight. It is said that the prospects of the Commercial club for financing its project for the taking over of the Rumely property are far from being satisfactory. HOELSCHER SELECTED Gustave Hoelscher was appointed deputy prosecutor this morning by Judge Comstock in circuit court. He will assume the duties of Presecutor Reller while he is away on his vacation.