Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 208, 13 August 1915 — Page 1

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CIVIC SOCIETY EARNS PRAISE FOR PROGRESS Citizens Declare S. S. I. A. Leads City in Locating Profitable 'Factories and Booming Richmond.

NEW PLANT OPENS Adding and Listing Machine Company Announces First Shipment of Goods Within .Three Weeks. Within three weeks, the new pro duct of the Richmond Adding and Listing Machine company will be on the market, said Wilfred Jessup, an official of the company at the banquet held in honor of the dedication of the factory which is now in operation. Be cause it was impossible to make an inspection of the new factory, owing to the fact that the machine is at present In an experimental stage in which many of the methods of manufacture must be held a secret, it was decided by the officers of the South Side Improvement Association and the officers of the Adding Machine company, to hold the banquet in the banquet hall at Beallvlew. "It Is the faith that the company holds in the South Side Improvement Association that caused us to locate in this section of the city," said Mr. Jessup. "We found that we could do no better than locate our factory here. In three weeks there will be one of our machines in every bank in the city and within three years from this time, it will be shown that our factory has been the most successful in the city." Employs Twelve Men. Mr. Jessup said that at present, only twelve men were employed but all of these men are expert mechanics and will make their home in Richmond. -Works Manager. Sweet, who invented the machine, which when put on the market will revolutionize the adding machine business, has moved to this city and will make his homebere. He has been at work twenty years on the machine and has utmost confidence in its possibilities. In addition to all the work done by the adding machines now being manufactured, the new machine in practically one operation, will add, subtract, list, sub-total, multiply and divide. Mr. Jessup said that it Is a machine that is available to the ordinary merchant of ordinary means and is not designed primarily for large banking institutions alone. Rudolph Leeds was called upon to give a short talk in which he recalled the work done by the South Side Improvement Association for the advancement of the industrial life of Richmond. "While other cities feel the effect of financial depression," said Mr. Leeds, "Richmond has not been affected to any great extent. Besides this, she has has managed to do it without manufacturing war supplies. We can turn our wheels in Richmond without taking 'blood money.' This is more than practically any other city the size of Richmond can say," remarked Mr. Leeds. Lauds S. S. I. A. Work. "The South Side Improvement Association has done more for the city of Richmond than any other organization in the city. While other industrial and commercial organizations in the city are arguing over small questions of little import to the city, the South Side Improvement association is discusRing the bringing to this city of factories and homes that go toward building up fhe city. If the present Gaar-Scott factory were located in the south side, it wouldn't be idle now," he said. "When it comes to landing industrial prizes, the whole city has to take its hat off to the south side." i Adolph Blickweled president of the association, expressed the pride with .which the improvement association greets the new company. He reviewed the work done by the association since its beginning eighteen years ago. Of seven original charter members, eighteen years ago, only two are now living. They are Adolph Rlickwedel, the present active president, and August Sturm. Both of these men were present last evening. "Since the South Side Improvement association was organized we have brought eight factories to this city," said Mr. Blickwedel. In 1899 we fostered the movement for the Seventh street park and we got it. Besides bringing all these factories here, we bought Beallvlew park, which consists of 150 acres." j Banks Conservative. Paul Comstock pointed out the great future before the association is its possibilities of bringing new industries to this city. William Kelly in his short talk, said that the only reason Richontlnued on Page Twelve. Weather Forecast ' U. 6. Report Fair tonight and Saturday. Temperature Kc u 75 Yesterday M.iiin.um 69 Vinirnuoj 64

DARDANELLES RUMOR CANCELS CONTRACT FOR CHICAGO WHEAT

CHICAGO, Aug. 13 On an excited opening at the board of trade today, September wheat ranged from $1.10 to $1.07tt compared with last night's close of $1.11. Confirmation of the anticipated forcing of the Dardanelles was had in the cancellation of about one million bushels of wheat by Great Britain,' indicating that further immediate requirements were not considered necessary. This cancellation was at a loss of about eight to ten cents per bushel to the foreigners and proved the principal bearish factor of the early market. Reported cancellation of enormous wheat contracts in American and Canadian wheat centers by the allies have been taken to mean that the Dardanelles forts are about to fall, opening the way for the exportation of enormous quantities of grain held In Russia. What word European buyers received from abroad remained a mystery. BETHLEHEM CO. REPORTED BUYER OF GAAR-SCOTT Chicago financial circles were interested today in a report eminating from Laporte that the Bethlehem Steel corporation had closed a deal for the purchase of the M. Rumely plant at Richmond and that it would be used for the machining of shell casings to be supplied to the military forces of the Allies. Chicago tickers reported that bankers at Laporte, Ind., had announced that they had received reliable information that the deal for the local Rumely plant had been closed. E. M. Haas, secretary of the Richmond Commercial club, said that Finley P. Mount, receiver for the Rumely corporation, had promised to report to him at once whenever a deal had been closed for the local Rumely plant, but that he had heard ' nothing - from Mr. Mount confirming the reported purchase of the property by the Bethlehem corporation. , It is admitted, however, that the creditors committee of the Rumely corporation might have closed the deal without the knowledge of Receiver Mount. An influential member of the creditors committee wired to a Richmond friend this afternoon that so far as he had been able to ascertain the report that the Bethlehem company was to take over the local Rumely plant was unfounded. CARRANZA MAY ACCEPT PLANS TO MAKE PEACE WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Reports compiled by representatives of the state department in Mexico City and sent to Secretary Lansing, emphasize if Carranza will consent to enter a "peace conference" in which the existing state government shall have usual representation with the military chiefs, he can easily control it. With two states Colima and Michoazan doubtful, Carranza has the active support of the civil governors of twenty states, two territories and the federal districts .including Mexico City. Villa and Zapata dominate five. The state department reports indicate that while there is some opposition to Carranza in a few of the states, notably those in the southwestern section of Mexico, officials here were inclined to believe that if the invitation agreed on by the Latin-American nations and United States is properly Worded the pressure now being brought to bear on Carranza to participate in the proposed peace conference will prove successful. The joint appeal of Latin-America and the United States to the Mexican people to unite in burying the hatchet will be sent forward late today. FIRST RUSSIAN TOWN TAKEN BY GERMAN ARMY BERLIN, Aug. 13 Details of the capture and occupation of Vladimir Volynski on the Luga river, seventyfive miles southeast of Lublin were received here today. The Cossacks before evacuating the town set it on fire and the greater part was destroyed." Vladimir is the first purely Russian town taken by the invaders. While Field Marshal von Hindenburg is hammering away at the Russians all the way from Kovno to the Dvina, seven great Austro-German armies are being massed between the Vistula and Bug rivers, apparently for a drive, against Brest-Litovsk. The Germans are astride the two important railway lines running eastward from Warsaw at two points.

Italian Soldiers Like Ice Gream

It Waif " 59-. - 1? WMWifcTIWWHilBMIIifinarilinwiltMiii i i innrirtrnrf No one, unless they have their camps except the inevitable ice cream venders with the gayly DENY AUSTRIAN DEMANDS FOR ARMS EMBARGO WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 After being approved : by President Wilson, the reply, of the United States to Ausment of 1 wArmunltlon whs sem jasi nignt. was. announced at the state department today that the reply would be handed to the Austrian foreign office. Monday by Ambassador Penfleld at Vienna. Arrangements for the publication of the text of the note have not been made. The note it is understood, flatly rejects Austria's claim that the United States is violating its neutrality by allowing the exportation of munitions to the allies. Austria is told that the market. is open to every one and that if Germany and Austria cannot profit by it, the fault is not with the United States. Austria's request that the United States place an embargo on munition exports is refused, it is understood. The note explains that if the United States did so at this time it would be a breach of neutrality. LOVE FOR MOTHER PROMPTS ITALIAN TO LEAVE AMERICA Jim Vicera, for seven years a resident of the United States and for over a year a citizen of Richmond,' is now on his way to Italy to join the Italian navy. Vicera, who was one of the best known Italian residents of the city; is not going back to fight for "king, and country." Vicera is going back to join the Italian navy again for the sake of the one person he loves best in all the world his mother. "If I don't respond to the call for Italian res'ervists to join the colors, the chances are I would never see my mother again." Vicera confided to some friends. "My mother is so old she cannot come to America to join me, and if I did not respond to the call sent out for the reservists I would never be permitted to return to Italy again. I must see my mother again before she dies, so I am going back to fight for Italy. The chances I know are ten to one that I am going to my death, but to see my mother again I take this chance." Vicera asserts that he never became an American" citizen because under the Italian law the right of a native of that country to become a citizen of another country has never been recognized. Vicera is a very well educated young man, speaking and writing four lan guages Italian, English French and Spanish. He brought with him to Richmond one of the most complete private libraries in the city. He held a responsible position with the Reliance Foundry company. ASK HEAVY DAMAGES Demurrer was filed to the complaint of. Cleo .Holmes in the suit against the Terre Haute, Indianapolis- and Eastern traction company in which she asks for $5,000 damages for injuries received. The case will be tried in circuit court next month. The plaintiff alleges that last April as she was about to alight from a street car at : Wests First and Richmond avenue,' the car gave a lurch, throwing her to the ground. She sustained internal injuries which the physicians say will be perjnanent. ,

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decorated carts are seen at every PERRY STATES NEW HOSPITAL NEEDED BADLY Government Health Expert Says Tuberculosis Wipes . JJJIMW&! Wayne County. LAW PROVIDES RIGHT Without Hospital War on Plague Should Be Waged, He Said, By Competent Nurses. Dr. I. C. Perry, the government health expert, who has been making a survey for tuberculosis in , Wayne county for ' some time, declared , emphatically ' this morning' that' in his opinion' Wayne county needed a tuberculosis hospital. "While conditions are no worse in Wayne county than they are in other communities of the same size and in the same latitude, they are bad and the best possible way to remedy conditions would be the erection of an institute where the patients can be taught the value of fresh air and how to get- the best results . from - it," said the doctor. ; "I could cite you five or six cases where entire families have been wiped out by the disease," he continued. "In a nospitai tne paueni wouia receive competent medical attention and would be under the care or tnose wno under stand, the . essential features for the eradication and control of tuberculo sis. Substitute Suggested. "Supplemental to a hospital the most efficient remedial measure wouia De the establishment of a dispensary ser vice with competent nurses to follow ud the cases in the homes. "Wayne county has the law which gives it the authority to erect a hospital and I would suggest that one of about twenty beds be erected. That would be sufficiently large for the present and if necessary -it could be added to as the necessity grew. "You must understand that you will not bv anv means get all your tuber culosis cases to go to the hospital for some of them are sure to refuse. The time has arrived when Wayne county must provide a place where the pa tients can be made comfortable and not orove a menace' to their families. "Men and women who might be saved by precautionary measures are passing away in the prime of life and steps should be taken to save them for the benefit or tne community, concluded the physician. 6 KILLED; 20 HURT IN ZEPPELIN RAID OVER NEW CASTLE LONDON, Aug. 13. Six. persons were killed and twenty wounded in another air raid which the Germans have made over England.' Fourteen houses were destroyed or damaged by bombs. The district raided was on the North Sea coast, but the exact lo cation was not" revealed. It is sup posed that the Germans attacked the Rhinbutldine vards around New Castle and the arsenals and naval stations near the mouth of the Thames.

r- Sr 1 ft ; 6 sfi1 camp. CITY GAR LINES PROMISE GOOD RUNNING TIME Anxious for council to provide some curb for its only competitors, the own ers of jitney buses which have, been recent months at the expense of the street railway company, improvements in the company's local street car ser vice were promised the ordinance committee of council last evening by G. K. Jeffries, representing the T. H. I. & E. traction company, which controls the local street railway company. The committee is now drafting an ordinance providing regulations for jitney buses. Supt. Jefferies agreed to provide a new operating schedule for street cars which will insure a more frequent operation of cars. He also agreed to have the North E street cars operated to North Eighteenth street instead of North Sixteenth street,' and he also promised to order cars to stop on the near instead of off street corners. He flatly refused, however, to enter into any agreement whereby the company would remove snow at its own expense which had been swept from its tracks. Frank ' Howells, of the ordinance committee, said today that the work of framing the jitney regulation ordinance had not been completed and probably it would not be submitted to council until next month. The committee, he said, had practically agreed to require jitney bus owners . to give bond, and to further provide what the maximum number of passengers per bus should be and to require all such conveyances to operate under a spec ial city license, for which a nominal fee would be assessed. Tomorrow night the committee meets with a committee of automobile owners for the purpose of discussing the provisions of a new "dimmer" or dinance. ENGLAND WILL ERECT MEMORIAL TO HONOR OF CHARLES FROHMAN LONDON, Aug. 13. Signs are not wanting on this side of the high ap preciation in which the late Charles Frohmari was held in the theatrical world of . London and the provinces. A very etrong . committee of leaders in the theatrical world has been formed, including such well-known names as those of Sir George. Alexander, Sir James Barrie, the gifted playwright. Dion Boucicault, whose father's name was a household word in America; Sir John Hare, Frederick Harrison, Arthur Bouchier, Alfred Sutro, Miss Ellen Terry and Sir Herbert Tree, to erect near London some little memo? rial to his memory. It is proposed that this' appreciation shall take - the form of a drinking fountain at Harlow, on the -Thames, the spot . in England that the late manager most loved and favored. The circular ' which sets forth Mr. Frohman's high claims to recognition in England says, "that the best probably that can -be- said of -any one can be Bald of any, one can be said of him. namely, that his task accomplished and the long" day done; he goes to his rest with the eBteem of those of bis own calling." . i

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ELECTROLYSIS A UD LACK OF PAINT CAUSE DAMAGE TO 60,000 STRUCTURE Electrical Experts Say Bridge Suffers From Escaped Electricity of Traction Line City Administration Blamed for Failing to Take Precautionary Steps in Time.

OTHER BRIDGES OF CITY IN NEED OF PAINTING Investigations which have been in progress since the condemnation of the Main street bridge by John Mueller, county bridge engineer, a few days ago, have resulted in fixing the responsibility for the ruination of this $60,000 structure, long before the expiration of Its normal term of -usefulness, on the city government and the Terre Haute, Indianapolis A Eastern Traction company. Three city administrations, those of Dr. Zimmerman, Dr. Schilllnger and W. W. Robbins, by persisting in a policy of haggling with the county over the question of whether the county or the city was responsible for the upkeep of city bridges, have contributed to the Main street bridge being almost as badly damaged from rust, caused by the absence of paint, -ss it has been by electrolysis.

PEOPLE WANT RELIEF BRIDGE ACROSS RIVER Traction Official Requests Temporary Structure to , Relieve Congested Condi- , tions on Old Doran Span. BREAKS WITH BAVIS City Officials Make No Eftvfort to Handle Unusual Circumstance Business Houses Complain. Protests are already being received, from merchants for the most part, on the closing of the Main street bridge. Two men have informed the city officials that the closing order will hurt their business. Others are insisting that a temporary structure be placed across the river near the condemned bridge and G. K. Jefferies, general superintendent of the T. H., I. & E. Traction company, has also urged that such action be taken. He has suggested that the company would be willing to bear a share of the expense, but he did not say how much. Mr. Jefferies and other traction officials will meet with the county commissioners tomorrow morning and it is presumed at that time he will ask that body to provide a temporary bridge. Mr. Jefferies and President Bavis of the board of public works, clashed late yesterday afternoon over the question of responsibility for the damage done to the bridge. The traction official sharply blamed Continued On Page Eight. ARCHBISHOP IRELAND WILL GET RED HAT AKCHBtSHOP GELAN The next consistory will be followed by a council of bishops at which Pope Benedict will create several new cardinals. Among those scheduled to receive red hats, it is said, is Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul, Minn., and Mnsgr. Beccaria, private chaplain of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy.

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V Electrolysis Blamed.

Electrical experts who have examined the Main street bridge the last few days unite In refuting the assertion of General Superintendent Jefferies of the traction company that only a very small part of the damage done to the bridge has been caused' by electrolysis. They agree that th9 major part of the damage has resulted from this cause. That the city never -should have disputed its responsibility for the maintenance of its bridges is indicated in the state statute pertaining to the upkeep of such structures. In this law It is clearly set forth that a bridge constructed within the limits of a city becomes a part of the city's street system and the city is responsible for its maintenance and Liable For Any Catastrophe Resulting From Failure to Keep Bridges In Proper State of Repair. At the present time the Doran bridge is in a fairly good state of repair, but its doom will soon be sounded if the city continues to ignore the necessity of painting It. This bridge has not been painted for nearly twelve years. The bridge over the river at North Tenth 6treet, the newest in the city, is now coated with rust but the question of painting it is something the city administration has failed to consider. Conduct Many Tests. Despite the statement of Mr. Jefferies that his company is not responsible for the condition the Main street bridge is now in it is known that the question of electrolysis on that structure has bothered company officials for some time. In recent years the company has conducted electrolysis tests on the bridge as often as once every sixty days. One competent electrical engineer stated today that he was convinced the inadequate current return wire system the traction company has maintained on the bridge is responsible for a greater part of the damage which has been done. He says there is every indication that this return wire has not been properly bonded to the rails. Water draining down the tracts with which fugitive current has been coming in contact has been another important factor in the decomposition of the steel vork. Electricity seeks the route of least resistance in returning to its source of origin. Where there have been defects in the traction return wire on the Main street bridge the current has escaped into the structural work of the bridge. This has resulted in large pieces of steel being rotted and dropping into the river valley. Spent Fund Otherwise. In 1911 the city government might have prolonged the life of the Main street bridge ten or fifteen years had the $7,500 appropriation in the municipal budget for the painting and repairing of the structure been used for the purpose it was intended. It was not, however. Council records show that on October 2, 1911. Councilman Williams called attention to the fact that the Main street bridge was "greatly In need of painting and repairing," and he introduced a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, that this work be Continued On Page Eight. WHO IS WORRIED IF THIRTEENTH FALLS ON FRIDAY? Prior to the time that Thomas W. Laweon wrote his great book, entitled "Friday, the Thirteenth." that particular day when it happened to fall on the alleged unlucky number date, was not looked upon as a time when people should take extra precautions to guard against misfortune. Our forefathers did not care whether Friday fell on the thirteenth or the twenty-third and they were far more superstitious than we are today. Lawson called Friday, the 13th, 1907, Black Friday, because it happened that on that day there was a panic on the New York Stock Exchange and many great fortunes were swept away. Had It been Monday, the ninth, or any other date, the same eventswould undoubtedly have occurred. So much for superstition.