Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 204, 9 August 1915 — Page 1

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IAN FEARS GARRANZA MAY "PLAY UNFAIR" QTakes No Chance at Letting Mexican Doable Cross Zapata and Villa Into Peace Pact..

WATCHES EVERY MOVE Goes to New York and Interviews McAdoo on Question of Settling Finances of Mexico. BY JOHN E. NEVIN WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. Carranza must "play fair" with the United States or his military commanders and not himself will be factors in all further negotiations to restore peace in Mexico. That was said today to be the unalterable position of the United States. The actlbn of the first chief in expelling from Mexico the Guatemala minister, Dr. Juan Ortega, at a time when . the Guatemalan minister to Washington was endeavoring to help arrange a general plan for Mexican peace Is accepted here as a direct defiance of the Latin-American diplomats. Its effect is certain to be reflected in the next conference to be held In New York. Carranza " has already been warned that this action may causa trouble. .n,.li'.vr'K;: "' ".''. t Lansing Is Peeved. , Secretary of State Lansing is under-

Leatoed Jto have, told Secretary McAdoo

In New York yesterday that Carranza was "playing" with the United States. In this connection, it is understood, that Lansing is angered over the effort on th part of Carranzl&tas to make it appear that a real offer to confer with his enemies was contained in the brief filed at the ftate department by the Carranzista paid attorney, C. A. Douglas, last Friday night. Lansing not only did not read the brief, or authorize copies being sent to the LatinAmericans, but he is understood to have characterized the summary, prepared for him .as an evident attempt to cloud the real issue. Instead of containing a real offer to get together the reference to a conference, Lansing is more convinced today than ever, was simply an attempt to have Villa and Zapata sue for peace . Object of Visit. I Although Mr. Lansing denied that his trip to New York was "to settle" the question of Mexican finances, it is obvious that (his object was the one to which most ime was devoted in the conference with Secretary McAdoo. Inasmuch as no decision was reached, the secretary was warranted in saying that the matter was not settled. McAdoo is understood to have carefully explained that while American bankers have plenty of .money, they will not float any new Mexican bond issues that are not endorsed, at least privately, by the United States. Not only must money be raised to wipe out Interest on defaulted national bond issues, but indemnity claims must be met, and they total more than $350,000.000, of which probably at least onehalf are legitimate. Secretary Lansing announced the conference with the Latin-Americans will be resumed in New York Wednesday. Meanwhile. Senor Cordoza, the Brazilian minister at Mexico City, who has been handling the affairs of the United States in the absence of the American Ambassador, will be rushed to Washington. NINETEENTH INDIANA VOLUNTEERS GATHER HERE IN SEPTEMBER Celebration of the Hfty-third anniversary of the battle of Turner's Gap and South Mountain, will be a feature of the annual reunion of the Nineteenth Indiana Regiment of volunteer Infantrymen which will be held in the O. A. R. Sol Meredith post room in the court house on September 14. The reunion will be the only one of its kind held in Richmond this fall. The Nineteenth Indiana Regiment was recruited from the state at large at the outbreak of the Civil war, and was sent to Washington on August 6, 1861. After the surrender of General Leo at Appomatox court house, it was mustered out One hundred members, approximately, are living, and sixty-three of these attended the peace conference held In 1913 on the battlefield of Gettysburg. The Eightn Indiana Regiment, recruited entirely in Wayne county, will liotd its annual reunion in conjunction rith the Eighteenth Regiment and the Rrat Battery at Marion, October, 19.

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the enormous power of the Teutons' high explosive "shells: One well ajrtied shot put" the field piece totally out of commission blowing open the barrel and twisting the hardest steel made. - . - ' - ' -t 1 . .

BOLT STRIKES K. OF P. TEMPLE FLAGPOLE CAP Twenty Years Ago on Same Day Lightning Set Fire to Same Building, Destroying Structure. Twenty-eigh-t - years ago - Saturday lightning struck the building on South Eighth street, which is now ' the Knights of Pythias temple, but which was the First Presbyterian church at that time, practically destroying - the b -.ilding by fire, only the four walls remaining standing. Saturday night, on the anniversary of the conflagration, a bolt of lightning again struck the building, or rather, it. struck .the wooden - cap . of the flagpole, neatly quartering it and throwing the pieces into the street. The pole itself was not damaged nor was any part of the building. ' This is regarded as one of the most peculiar freaks of lightning reported in Wayne county this year: The storm which - swept over the country late Saturday night was a severe one, and considerable damage was done to crops,, especially oats. This crop has been so retarded by unfavorable weather that the total yield will be very small. .The storm was featured by an imposing electrical display. Lightning, however, did very kittle damage in. the city. In the county a few barns and outbuildings were damaged. The large barn on the farm of Lee Parks on the Boston pike, near Locust Grove, was 6truck and the roof practically demolished, but no .fire, resulted. None of the livestock was injured. Another heavy storm swept over the county at noon Sunday, but it was not as severe as the one Saturday night. HONOR GIVEN TO RICHMOND WOMAN Mme. Mary Tate Dollins has returned from Cincinnati, where she . has been spending the past week attending the national convention of Chiropodists and Dermatologists. She was elected secretary and treasurer of the Indiana Chiropratic society. "The real chiropodists," says the Madame, "are not corn doctors but trained foot specialists and surgeons. It is our aim to teach soldiers and children how to walk. Before very long we expect to secure legislation so that only graduates and licensed operators may practice- the profession."

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on .Strickland W. I Gillilan, famous humorist, magazine writer and Chautauqua "headliner," paid; pne' bt His. Tinfrequent visits to Richmond, his former home, today' ''H' now "resideB 'in Baltimore, Md. r ,'-r. ;,-r". , . ;v p - Having .begun' his' newspaper career as a member- of- the- staff of. the Palladium, or, rather as - the Palladium's staff, a good many yeare "ago, he na-. turally called, to, inspect the; new. home, of Eastern . Indiana's largest newspaper. "Gil" declared the nar had grown so he hardly.recognized.it any. more. "I worked for the. -'Pal'- in the . days when both our subscribers would miss their paper any day the box of plate failed to arrive from Indianapolis," he remarked. '. He declared the 'new Palladium building to be the best equipped plant for a newspaper of its size he had ever seen- " , " "... .' The inevitable "war" topic wa6 tap TURK WARSHIP SUNK BY WASP IN LATEST RAID CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 9. The Turkish ship Kheyr-Ed-Barbtrossa has been sunk by a submarine, it was officially announced today. The warship was sunk in the Sea of Marmora by a submarine which had penetrated the Dardanelles. Z. The majority p.Cthe crew of six hundred men was rescued The ship was formerly the German ship Kurfurst Frederick Wilhelm. The war ship was- built in' Stettin, Germany, being completed in 1891. She was bought by the Turkish government In 1910 at the same time' that the, Torgut Reis ; was also purchased , from Germany.' ; ' 11' The warship was a vessel ' of; 9,9.00 tons. Her armament consisted of four eleven-inch' guns in turrets, fore ad aft; two eleven-incht guns, in" turrets, amidship, eight four and one ten-inch guns, eight three-inch guns," twelve one-pounders, and two eighteen-inch torpedo tubes. She ' carried a crew of 579 men under ordinary conditions, v

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s uoinion ean ped, before Gillilan dashed off to catch his tra,in. , ...... "Strictly neutral, I am," he asserted. "I don't take much interest in the matter.. . I. am like an, old fellow. down .in southern; Illinois! 1 He emerges from the Jhiish. about once a. year, aid conies into the nearest town to lay in a stock of 1 bacon . and "tobacco. . . This '. summer, when he made his annual pilgrimage to " town ' some one ' asked him whom he thought was. gohig-to-win the-war; " tWhat war?' inquired,' die. hermit. ; "'Why;-the European- war; - All those big -countries -over- there- are .fighting each other, he was informed. . VI... " " 'Is that "sbyryou "don't" mean to' tell me. - Well, . they -are- havrag mighty fine weather; ;,.so . long,'? he 'remarked, walking away with his bacon and tobacco," ' ', r ; Gilltian- came, into international fame w,hen .he 'wrote his famous poem," ."Off Agin,- On -Agra,-j Gone Akflil -Franigin." GREVE INJURES : ADM "-Benjamin- Greve, -while - cutting weeds fa , some', lots iij i Beallyiew'; SiturdayN aQcidentally c.u.t. himself in; the arm with a scythe. The -woundwas very deep and Greve lost 1 a "cpnpiderr able, amount .'of ' Wood befprehe' re: ceived medical ."attentipn? . He was re; mpved to,' his' bdme,: 4f?-Sbuth 'Ninth street, in the city ambulance. " ; ' ' f ' The- young daughter- pf - Mr and Mrs' Stanley AppletpnV 440 - South ' ' .Thirteenth street; fracturer an arm Sunday by fklling off the. Veranda-of heir home.' ; . . ' f "'.". C PETITION- FILJSD - r . t ' Nlmrod 'Parrot and .Qmer McCooaha have petitioned the- court to be included in the list of defendant to- the case cf Joseph A. McCooaha and J others. i ne 6uii i .ior. ue. vn-i"-ion oi reai-esr tate Weather . U. 8. .. Report Fair.,, tpniaht and Tuesday. - . ' . , ' ' '' , -. Temperature. v--Noon .. ;v; : : i'.T.?. ?.-.T:82 ? ' - y: ? xvwirtor!, ri-:c ' MaxlnjuiilvV.. . j.., :- '... . ... 79 Minimum . . ."... I . . '. .. ". , ' 61

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U. S. TROOPERS KILL MEXICANS IN RANCH FIGHT

NORIAS, Texas, . August 9. Three American troopers, and two Texas rangers - wounded, between fifteen and twenty- Mexican bandits kill ed and several other bandits hurt. 'This was the result of the two! hours battle at the King, rancn near Norias, Texas, last night, according to advices received today by chief of police Mor ris of this-city.: - ' - The .Mexican! bandits who besieged -the: ranch ang firf d upon it'continualJyfor, two' hours ntfmbered sixty men, while ' : the ; defending forces - included "eight United i; States soldiers, .. seven Tex,as rangers and a number of. ranch employes." :'. j-. ) '. . v .The soldiers and rangers. , formed part pf a force that had been sent out :tp Jtraii' the. "bandit gang which has 'been ;'cpmmlt$lng depredations in Cameron county, Jor f more than a 'week. This' .force has' bee,n-divided arid that "parf which took ; refuge in V the King ranch,; house lhad ,'beeri ; oohipelled to rpiire. wnen iney, came upon a stronger force ipf bandits. Another part of the force arrived ? after ; the troopers' and rangers " had beem-firing at the,' attacking Mexicans: through loopholes for two hours, and ' the' bandits retreated. The, reinforced, soldiers arid grangers immediately set out in pursuit.,' -'. T : CHASE OUTLAWS. ' WASHINGTON, , Aug. 9. General Eiinstpn today reported that he had dispatched ' an additional battalion of infantry to Brownsville, Texas. The infantry will ' be- used . to " guard the t6wps on'i the border in ; that: section. The cavalry , troops now stationed in the ; town ' wfll : be released from ; duty to. chase border bandits.--i v ISSUE SECOND GALL FOR RELIEF MONEY r .The, German-American Alliance has made;a sec'ttnd.. cair for; donations of aioner. 'Pid jewelry- and , winterl clothes for - the relief of German and Austrian Geld; ahd silverware - will be turned htojeash to -"bui; -'bandages- dod-'medi-cal, Supplies; - ; , !; " - Anyone f wishing- to' help ; this , fund can communicate with any. of the following, either ,by'l telephone or letter, and ithe goods .wjll be called foir: William Duning, Jr., William "Duning, Sr., Revl: A. J.- Feeger.' Rev.- "P.; Roell, Fred Hackemann and ' Hans N.Koll..

SPLIT MUSCOVITES AEiUV FACES DISASTER FR0C1 PURSUIH6WY CORPS Austrian Center Expected to Cut off Escape of 200,000 Russians by Rapid Dash Along Seventy-two Mile Front Between Lubartow and Baranow.

RUSSIAN FORTRESS ON VISTULA SURROUNDED BERLIN, Aug. 9. Novo Georglevsk, the last of the Russian fortresses on the Vistula, has been cut off by German troops. The kaiser's forces are pressing closer to Kovno, the great Russian fortress on the Niemen guarding the railway from Vilna to the Russian Capital. Praga, the large suburb of Warsaw, on the eastern bank of the Vistula, has been captured by the germane, while In the Lublin district of Poland Field Marshal von Mackensen has driven the Russians across the Vieprez river. These are the important developments in the eastern theatre of war in today's official report. The capture of Praga and the Investment of Novo Georglevsk, coupled with the advance on Kovno, Indicate that the Germans are making great strides toward their main object the capture or annihilation of the main Russian army. By occupying Praga and cutting Novo Georglevsk off, the Germans have cleared the way for a rapid pursuit of the fleeing enemy. The capture of Kovno would result in the destruction of the main avenue of the Russian retreat, while von Mackensen and his Austrian allies can plunge forward toward Best-Litovsk, the key to the second line of Russian defenses.

VIENNA, Aug. 9. Austro-German troops have pierced the Russian front on the Vietrs river north of Lublin and the Slav troops, divided and retreating, are threatened with disaster. News of the splitting of the Russian forces' arrived here in a brief official dispatch from Austrian headquarters today. It stated that the Teutonic troops were pressing forward in the way that had been opened while on both flanks the pursuing forces were inflicting heavy losses on the Russians. Austrian correspondents at the front amplify the official report of the breach in the Russian front. They state that the Austrian troops under Archduke Ferdinand are advancing on a front of twenty-two miles between Lubartow and Baranow. With a breach this wide in the Russian line they astertf treTAMtr'an center wlir dash toward 8iedlce hoping to. capture that" Important railway center and cJt off the escape cf 200,000 Russians. The estimate number of Russian prisoners taken in the last thirty-six hours Is 10.000 men. r : IRON CIRCLE CLOSES.

3,000,000 MEN LOST BY CZAR DURING 3 WEEKS BERLIN, Aug. 9. Swiss estimates that the Russian losses are 3,000.000 men, with the prediction that it will take two years to drill new forces to replace the active troops and older reserves, are emphasized by the Overseas News agency, in a statement issued today. "Among the innumerable press ut terances in the neutral countries," says the statement, "is that of the Lausanne Gazette, which is anti-German, is most interesting. It says that the fall of Warsaw is of gigantic importance because it is proof that Russia lack offensive strength, having lost about three million men, composed of active troops and older reserves, and having left only forces which it will take two years to organize, equip and drill. "Mail reports from Petrograd show that the debate in the duma after the ministers had made their speeches, the government was fiercely attacked and insulted. It was charged with incompetency, corruption and treachery by M. Toehehidze, the Socialist radical leader. He asserted that if no radical and immediate change were possible, Russia would completely degenerate.

EXPENSE ESTIMATES OF COUNTY OFFICIALS FORECAST INCREASE

The estimates presented by the various officials and township assessors for office expenses for next year show an increase over the estimates of last year. This is attributed to the fact, however, that definite instructions were given to the official to include in their estimates every expense that would possibly come up during the year. Instructions have been given County Auditor Bowman, who sent out the estimate blanks, for every county official to include in his estimate everything be will need in the way of office supplies.- They are asked to be more specific than in former years, and the reports that have been received show that this has been done. This is done so that when bids are asked for on supplies they can all be included in one contract, thereby doing away with the necessity of making . additional appropriations during the year. Estimates Expenses. The following are the estimates to be considered by the county council.

Teuton Forces Threaten to Engulf Grand Duke's Army. BERLIN, Aug. 9. The gap In the iron circle which the Austro-German forces are forging around the Russian army in the section of Warsaw Is now only seventy miles wide, and each day It is lessened. German troops that crossed the Vistula near Warsaw are advancing while the Russians are withdrawing their forces from Praga. to which point they retired after evacuating the Polish capital. With Serock at the junction of the Nerew and Bug rivers, in possession of the army of General von Scholtz. the Teutonic forces are now driving against the Russian line south of Wyszkow. Smash Big Forts. German and Austrian howitzers are reducing the forts at Novo Georglevsk as methodically as they did at Namur and Liege in the early days of the war. Continued On Page Two.

HAITI REBEL LEADER SURRENDERS TO U. S. WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. General Bobo, Haiti's rebel leader, has laid down his arms. A state department dispatch today reported Bobo's arrival at Port-au-Prince aboard the American collier Jason. Bobo will be a candi date for president and will abide by the result of the next election, he told Admiral Caperton. He has ordered all his general to lay down their arms.

The table also shows the comparison with last year. County Clerk $5,270.00 $ 10.00 Circuit court ... 8,100.00 t Insanity and epileptic inquests.. 2.390.00 210.00 County Auditor... 6.628 00 t 42.00' County treasurer. 8.728.00 i 1.308.00 County recorder.. 3.126.00 t 238.00 County sheriff ... 8.370.00 375.00 County surveyor.. 445.00 t County assessor... 1.398.00 43.00 County coroner . . . 907.50 f 10.00 . County highway supt. 70.00 20.00 Township Assessors. Boston ' 205.50 . 18.25 Clay 200.00 f 7.00 Franklin . . .-. 235.00 - ; 7.00 Greene 297.00 t 9.50 Harrison ' .. 182.00 f i 6.00 Perry ...'...' 265.00 57.50 Washington ...... - 392.50 ' 15.00 Wayne 4450.00 . -' 30.09

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