Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 218, 25 August 1915 — Page 1

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VOL. XL. NO. 21S Sa?uyMTn'Teto RICHMOND. INDv WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25; 1015. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS TEUTONS PIERCE DREST-LITOVSK HARRIS MAY OFFER REWARD FOR LYNCHERS PICKELL MAKES GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST F RATS High School Principal Says Members Confess to Using Rooms as Gaming and Drinking Places. SETS TEACHERS GOAL CONFISCATE FORTUNE TOLL DME EKDS !H DEATH UTO TRAIN Conductor ' on Pennsy line Finds Younj Man With - Legs Severed fit Sixteenth Street Grade. V" HINDrJrPUPIi: w II s ruii rrnir IS PLAN OF WALSH I CAPTURES KOVNO Wl VI lllbh II I . FOR GERMANY'S EXPECTED REPLY "Reasonable Time" Limit Set by Wilson to Await Expla- - nation of German Submarine Commander. ADVANCE LINES Occupation of Kovel Leaves Only One Railroad From Important Line to Carry Back Russian Army. POSITION PRECARIOUS DIED AT HOSPITAL SUSPEND JUDGMENT

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Swamps and Marshes. BERLIN, Aug. 25. The advance positions of the Russians, defending positions along the Brest-Litovsk line, have been pierced by the Germans Official announcement of the breaking of the Russian front was made today by the German war office. Occupation of Kovel by Autro-Ger-man forces leaves only one railway line leading from Brest-Litovsk in the hands of the Russians over which a retreat may be carried out and the supplies transported to safety. Russians Retreat Northward. The Russians who retreated northward from Kovel are falling back upon the Pripet river, hotly pursued by Aus tro-German cavalry. Kovel Is a railroad center of importance, lying 65 miles southeast oi Brest-Litovsk. Two great rail systems pass through the city, one running from Odessa to Petrograd, the other leading from Warsaw to Kiev. With the capture of the Russian fort on a hill at Kopytow, southwest of Brest-Litovsk, the Teutonic troops have forced the first breach in the outer works defending the great fortress. For the time being, attention is cen tered on the operations around BrestLitovsk to the exclusion of activities elsewhere in the easting theatre even those In the north in the Riga zone. Control Only One Road. The single railway line from BestLitovsk remaining in the hands of the Russians, runs to Shabinska, where it branches off, one road leading into in terlor Russia by way of Minsk and Smolensk, the other traversing Pinsk and Rietschlza. The campaign against Brest-Litovsk is assuming the same characteristics as that against Warsaw. The Austro German ; forces aHrfTghtrair hard to draw a circle around Brest-Litovsk and they are succeeding. It is confi dently predicted that the next seven ty-two hours will see the fortress evacuated by the Russians or taken by me uermans witn their artillery and Dayonets. KAISER SEES TROOPS ENTER CZAH FORTS Address 10,000 Troops on Battlefield Between Forts , of Novo Georgievsk Thanking Soldiers and Generals. NOVO GEORGIEVSK, Poland. Aug. 22. v,Ja The Hague, Aug. 25. Emperor William personally witnessed the formal occupation of Novo Georgievsk by German troops today. From his horse be addressed about 10,000 troops assembled on the battlefield between the captured forts. "Again we give the greatest glory to God." he said in a clear, ringing voice that even the soldiers in the rear rank could hear. "I thank you, soldiers and commanders, for the bravery shown in taking such a formidable stronghold in only eight days." At the conclusion of the emperor's address he was lustily cheered by the soldiers. Later the kaiser walked about, occasionally leaning on a cane and chatting with Field Marshal von Hindenburg, Minister of war Von Valkenhayn and General von Beseler, affectionately known in the army as "42centimeter Beseler." Contrary to reports that h-ve been in circulation, the emperor looked to be in good health. He was in good spirits as he made a trip through the camps between the fortifications in a motor car which had considerable' difficulty in traversing the muddy ground. Before the Russians surrendered Novo Georgievsk, they set fire to nearly all the military buildings and barracks, sank the ships in the Vistula .and burned the ammunition magazines. This work of destruction partially failed owing to the prompt efforts of the Germans, who put out many of the fires. FORESTERS IN ARMY LONDON. Aug. 25. Sixty-one thousand members of the secret society of Foresters are known to have joined the British army, the Chief Ranger announces, and it is thought the number reaches 100,000. Weather Forecast U. 8. Report Fair. Continued tonight and Thursday. cool Temperature Noon 4.... 65 Yesterday . Maximum .- 75 Minimum ..aw.. ...,. 59

Governor Harris is planning to offer a reward for the arrest and conviction of the men who

kidnapped Leo M. Frank, from the State Prison farm at Milledgeville and lynched him. Under Georgia law the Governor can offer a maximum reward of $500 for each arrest and conviction. DOUBT VALIDITY OF MUELLER'S BRIDGE TERMS Ruling of : State Accounts Board . Again Questions Value of Contract on Per Cent Basis, Question of legality of the present contract between the county and Bridge - Examiner Mueller has been raised in connection with the possible construction of a new Main street bridge,' involving . the expenditure of at least $125,000. The bridge engineer holds a contract with the county to receive 3 per cent of the contract prices on -bridges, the construction of which he supervises. The following ruling has been made by the state board of accounts, and has been presented to the board of county commissioners, but no action has been taken: "All contracts by which the survey or or engineer of bridge construction is to be paid a per centum of the cost of such construction, are void. The surveyor for such work must be paid a per diem." This ruling was made by the state board through G. A. Hendren, state examiner. The matter was presented to the commissioners a month aro, but has been brought to their -.Mention through the recent proceedings regarding the Main street bridge. There is a question whether a contract entered into by the county can be declared void on the grounds stated in the ruling of the board of accounts. When the contract was made witL engineer Mueller, the county surveyor was not able to handle bridge work. The county attorney in giving his opinion to the commissioners, saiu that in his estimation the contract was void under the ruling of the accounting board. The ruling of the board of accounts was a general ruling. made to apply to all counties, and it is possible that if Wayne county's case is presented to the board sepa rately, a different ruling may be made. JAPAN SPURNS RUSS APPEAL FOR SOLDIERS TOKIO, Aug. 251 Russia has ap pealed to Japan to send troops to Europe, according to reliable information secured by the International News Service today. The request is now being discussed by . the cabinet, but it probably will be unsuccessful. Opposition to Japan's further, active partic ipation in the war is steadily increas ing. Leaders of the opposition assert that the constitution forbids the use of Japanese troops c for any purpose other than the direct interests or honor of the nation. UNIVERSITY GIRL ENDS HER LIFE DANVILLE. 111., Aug. 25. Miss Josephine DePew, aged 24, who was Friday returned to the home of her foster father, J. Hogate, editor of a , local newspaper, from Indiana university, committed suicide last night by taking carbolic ' acid. She left a number of notes, the contents of which the Hogates refused to divulge. a .. (

Instructors Should Take Active Part in Community life to Solve Many Social Issues. ' h

Charging that Richmond students, as members of fraternities, gambled, drank liquor, smoked and used their fraternity rooms for immoral purposes, Principal F. G. Pickell, of the high school, declared this morning in an address before the teachers' institute at the Chautauqua that this "greatest of evils in school social activities" had not been stamped out through the op position of the school authorities, and Continued On Page Ten. SUSPECT DEAL FOR GAAR-SCOTT PLANT PENDING Mount Refuses to Deny Re port, Declining to Discuss Matter Ovfer Long Distance Phone. Finley P. Mount, receiver for thr M. Rumely company, in a long dis tance telephone conversation today, intimated that there is a deal now pending tor disposal of the' local plant of the company. Asked If it were' true that negotia tions were now being carried on for the sale of the Richmond plant, Mr. Mount replied that he could make no statement on that subject at tola time, especially in a micbjmum eavsauov. Members of the Richmond Commer cial club committa, interested in seicuring omelndti for Jfte aiiajva aonea numeiy pianx, assen inmv w a deal is now in progress for the dis posal of this property they aro not ac quainted with its details. Will Name Mount. Mr. Mount, who is now in Lapo-te. will probably be named president of the re-organized Rumely company. It was generally understood that the plans of re-organization would be made public today, but Mr. Mount said that he had no announcement to make at this time. He said that he believe i members of the creditors committee of the corporation would make known the details of the re-organization in a statment which would be given out in New fork in a few days. "Is it not a fact that the important features have been settled upon for some time, particularly as to the personnel of the officials of the re-organized company?" Mr. Mount was asked. "Yes, I might say that they have," rhe replied, "although I am not certain as to all particulars by any means. That must come from the committee." "Is it true that you are to be the president of the company, Mr. Guy the financial vice president, and Mr. Toone. treasurer?" was asked. "I believe some such arrangement will be made," he replied. Contracts for 50,000 shrapnel shells, totaling about $750,000, are reported to be ready for signing, but this has not as yet been done. It was admitted that negotiations have been going on for considerable time with this contract under consideration. ALLIES DESTROY TURKISH SLOOPS ATHENS, Aug. 25. Four Turkish sloops carrying troops to Gallipoli peninsula and to Lapsaki on the Adriatic side of the Dardanelles, were sunk today by a British submarine in the Sea of Marmora. The Turkish minister of war has ordered forty thousand reinforcements sent to Gallipoli peninsula. Two allied cruisers penetrated the Dardanelles Sunday and bombarded the Turkish batteries at Kastanea, according to dispatch from Mitylene. PAGE FORWARDS ARABIC REPORT BY SECRETARY LONDON, Aug. 25. Clifford Carver, private secretary to Ambassador Page, left London today for the United States. He is believed to be carrying to Washington the official report of the United States embassy on the destruction of the Arabic. The departure of the secretary led to the Impression that Ambassador Page did not wish to entrust bis entire report to the cable. Secretary Carver probably will reach Washington about Septen ber 26. '

FRANK fiktXtSH Chairman Frank P. Walsh of the Federal Commission of In dustrial Relations, and the three labor representatives on the board, have prepared a report after the two years work by the commission advocating that Congress enact laws confiscat ingr ijpon inheritance, all great fortunes in excess of $1,000,000. In other words Mr. Walsh would iinui me mnemance oi any American to one million dollars. All in excess would go to the government. Professor Commons Mrs. J: Borden Harriman and three other members on the Commission, composing the majority, refused to . give serious consideration to such a proposal. DENIES tuClitll INjRIGA GULF Ships Reported Sunk Placed in Channel to Prevent Russian Fleet From Escaping to Sea. BERLIN, Aug. 25. "Petrograd re ports of a big naval engagement in the Baltic, resulting in great German Iosess are completely untrue," say an official statement issued here today. "Neither a large German ship nor cruiser was damaged or sunk." The statement repeats the German official report issued August 21, denies that the Germans attempted to land troops near Pernau, and continues as follows: "Torpedo boats were ordered to cov er the blockade of the port (Riga), the artillery combat which developed with the port land batteries resulted in the silencing of the port battery. The land batteries were successfully bombarded. "One Russian steamer and six sail ing vessels were caught and sunk. The ships captured, according to the Russian report, were steamers sunk by us in order to blockade the channel." . CHANGES LANGUAGES ROME, Aug. 25. It is reported here that the British government out of regard for this nation, has decided that from the end of the war Italian shall become the only official language of Malta. . . .

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CHIEF MILLER ADVANCES METHOD OF MOTORIZING ENTIRE FIRE APPARATUS

If the . twenty-eight-year-old hose wagon of the No. -1 company, Richmond fire department, was to be replaced by a motor combination wagon, similar to the one at. the city building, and the bodies of the hose wagons of Companies 3,' 4 and 5 were to be mounted on - motor chassis the saving in horse feed would pay for the complete n motorizing, of the .fire ' department in about eleven years. Fire Chief Miller: made this estimate today. A satisfactory motor combination wagon for No. 1 company could be purchased for about $5,000 and it would cost - about- $2,500 to mount each of the bodies of the three other horse drawn hose wagons on an automobile chassis, - making the Jtotal ? expense of , motorizing the de

Jealousy in Love Affair With

Bessie ' Richardson Twice . Caused Arrest and Police Court Cases.: James Tull, 28 years old. whose widowed mother lives ' at 25 South Fifth street, was run over by train No. 16 of the, Pennsylvania railroad at 1 the North Sixteenth street cross ing, at 6:50 o'clock this morning, and died at 9 o'clock, at Reid Memorial hospital. , ... t'iV'f. Tull was struck by- the train evi dently without the knowledge of the train crew for he was not found until ten or fifteen minutes after the train had gone by, by a conductor of the Indianapolis division,' who was on his way to the depot. . , The injured man was lying along side the track with, both legs cut off below the knees. v f - The conductor hastened to the depot and with the assistance of others car ried Tull to the depot oh a stretcher and summoned the ambulance. The injured man was taken to the hospital in an unconscious condition and it was thought that he was a stranger In town, but after his death the body was identified and the family notified. - ? Death Is Mystery. How the man came ty ; his deabh is a mystery that may '. never be solved. All that is known; is that he was struck by No. 16, as I that , was the only train passing that point at that hour. - He was last seen by his brother, Omer, on Monday night, and told him that he had given up his Job. with a farmer and had secured a position in town and was living in - a -furnished room, getting his meals at restau rant. He promised to. visit bis mother tonight, but death intervened. Tull's tragic death follows; his un fortunate . love affair which,; obtained constoebiewbllenr tf tiring -the last year. The young man was infctuated with Miss Bessie Ricbr4Aijnd he IO jeaioas i)t-IeTittrwQring the pas twelve moBths he was twice ar rested for violently resenting the at tentions shown her by other men. Last winter he attacked a' man -whom he discovered walking with Miss Richardson. Exhibits His Jealousy. La6t spring when he learned that his sweetheart was leaving the city for a neighboring town where one of her suitors, resides Tull created a scene on Main street by forcing the Richardson woman to return to him a coat she was wearing which he had given to her. This incident resulted in his second arrest. Tull's mother said today that her son left no estate nor insurance as he had been spending practically all his money in lavishing gifts upon Miss Richardson. The dead man is survived by his mother and two sisters, and four brothers. The brothers are Lawrence, Fred, and Omer, who reside in Richmond, and Albert, who lives in Cincinnati. The sisters are Mrs. Ida Tewell and Mrs. Minnie Savage of this city. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made other than that services will be held at the home of Lawrence Tull, at 806 North H street. ARMY TENTS RUSHED TO FLOOD FUGITIVES LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Aug. 25 Five hundred army tents and two carloads of provisions were sent to Newport, Ark., today from Little Rock to shelter and feed the two thousand persons marooned by the high water of White river. Some families have been without food since Sunday morning. Six have died from exposure and the backwaters covering thousands of acres of farm lands are dotted with dead horses, mules, hogs and cattle. partment approximately $12,500, or only about $2,000 more than what was expended this year for the purchase of a motor aerial ladder truck. Suggests New Policy. Chief Miller does not expect to have his plan for motorizing the department carried out at once, but he would like to have council and the board of public works . adopt a policy providing motor equipment for one station each year for the. next four years. 'At the end of that time, he points out, no horses would be used at any one of the five stations.! ;. " would like to have the city start on this . program next year by purchasing a motor combination hose and chemical wagon for No. 1 - station,' Continued On Page Ten.

GH. VON.. iCHHOG.Ml Gen. von Eichhorn, pupil and protege of Field Marshal von Hindenburg, who in spite of the tenacious Russian resistance, stormed and captured the strong fortress of Kovno, together with over 400 cannon and enormous quantities of war munitions and a large number of prisoners. , NAVY COLLECTS HAITIEN BILLS FQd FOREIGNERS Seffataihr "Criticize U. S: Method of Using: Marines to Collect Debts Due For eign Nations. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. The sharp contrast between the administration's Haitien policy and its "watchful wait ing" methods in Mexico has resulted in criticism by senators and representatives who profess to see in the former,' utilization of the navy as a collection agency for European creditors of the "black republic." It is expected that, so soon as con gress reconvenes, the president would be asked for all facts regarding Haiti and whether any agreement exists with France, whereby the largest share of the customs and revenues are to be divided to pay French claims. Although officials refuse to discuss Haiti, all evidence available indicates the use of "big stick" methods to en force American control of the island. The United States, through American Charge d'Affaires Davis, has demanded control of the customs and supervision of finances for ten years ; establish ment of rural and district police under command of Americans and supervi sion of all grants of territory and utility privileges. Although the de mand is admittedly obnoxious to the rank and file of the Haitens, they are expected to agree, as they have no power to resist. GERMANY WANTS TO PREVENT WAR WITH AMERICA BERLIN, Aug. 25. "Germany wants no war with the United States," was the emphatic assertion made by a high official of the German government to the International News Service today. "We are confident that there will be no war," he continued. "The enemies of Germany are doing everything possible to cause difficulty, but we trust to the fair mindedness of the American people to see through these efforts." " Referring to the sinking of the Arabic he called attention to the German admiralty's statement of July. 14 that "German submarines are using every precaution to prevent loss of life on ships they attack." DISAVOWS ANNEXING HAITIEN TERRITORY v WASHINGTON, Aug. ; 25. A ' complete disavowal that the United States plans annexation either In whole or part of Haiti, was made by Secretary of State Lansing today. The secretary declared this government had acted to save the Haitian people from professional revolutionists and that the proposed convention does not ask an American naval base in Mole St Nicholas.

Von Bernstorff Expected, to

Cut Short Vacation and Hurry to Capital For Conferences. WASHINGTON, Aug. ' 25. The United States will wait "a reasonable time" for Germany's side of the sink ing oi ine Arame, but it will not hold the matter open indefinitely. It was learned today that this is the position taken by President Wilson following his conference with Secretary Lansing on the application made by Ambassador Von Bernstorff that judgment and action be. suspended" until the report of the German submarine commanders operating off the Irish coast reached Berlin. Von Bernstorff will be so informed. It is expected at the department that he will come to Washington shortly to confer with the president. However, no appointment has been made. Expected to Return. When he left here some weeks aso. he told the secretary of state that he would not return until after this gov ernment's note to Britain had been dis patched, but the Arabic situation has changed this, and officials are looking ror mm to come to Washington berore tne ena of the week. Neither the state department nor the white house would interpret the significant paragraph in the German note that "if Americans should actually have lost their lives, this would naturally be contrary to our intentions." Taken at its face value, officials declared that it indicated a sweeping change in the German submarine policy to accord with the demands of the United States, that the right of stoppage, visitation and search be exercised where passenger carrying vessels are held up by submarines. But so. far there has not been the slightest evidence from German sources that this is now the policy of the German admiralty. LOCAL RULY SHOP LEFT OUT ON WAR ORDER Committee Awaits Word From Receiver Mount on Disposition of PlantHamilton Deal Hangs Fire. Official announcement was made at the M. Rumely plant at LaPorte, that a contract to furnish $750,000 war supplies bad virtually been concluded with Italy. Secretary E. M. Haas, of the Commercial club, Baid this morning that be does not believe this will have any effect on the local plant of the company. It is understood that the shells are to be manufactured at the Laporte and at the Canadian plants. The local committee which is keeping in touch with Finley P. Mount, receiver for the company, has receivea no wora concerning tne future of the local plant. Mr. Mount, during his visit two weeks ago, promised to inform the local committee of whatever the company Is considering toward the disposition of the plant. The American Foundry and Machine company, which sent representatives to inspect the foundry and engine room of the plant, has not reported to the committee. It is understood that its plant in Hamilton is running at full capacity. SEEK TEUTONIC SECRETS AMONG ENVOY'S PAPERS Thieves go Through Trunks and Bags of Austrian Ambassador at Railroad Station. LENOX, Mass.. Aug. -25. The bags and trunks of Dr. Cons tan tine Theodore Dumba, Austrian ambassador to the United States were rifled at the Lenox railroad station during the night and the letters and documents scat tered all over the floor... Ambassador Dumba admitted today that he thought tbe burglary was Inspired by persons who sought to get secret papers. ' He added that imperial . documents of importance were all in his traveling bag which he carried in his automobile. These papers, he stated were to precious to trust to his general baggage. - The fact that one of the bags of the ambassador containing $5,000 worth of jewelry had been pried open, but that none of the valuable contents were taken, convinces the local police that the thieves sought papers and

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