Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 219, 26 August 1915 — Page 1

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GERMANY WILL DISAVOW DESTRUCTION OF ARABIC DIPLOMAT TELLS LANSING

WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. From a high diplomatic source it was learned today that Ambassador von Bernis to rff told Secretary of State Lansing that Germany would disavow the sinking of the Arabic. The ambassador explained to Secretary Lansing the nature of the document he has received from bis government in tbe last few days, which is said to show a distinct change in attitude in carrying on its submarine warfare. Count von Bernstorff, after leaving Secretary Lansing, is said to have told A fellow diplomat that be expected the entire situation to be cleared up satisfactorily in two or three days. Ambassador von Bernstorff conferred with Secretary of State Lansing just thirty-five minutes. He left the secretary's office at 11 o'clock, returning at once to his office. Keeps Discussion Secret. Secretary Lansing stated after Count von Bernstorff left that there was nothing he could make public at this time. He said the German ambassador would remain in the city within call, and would not go back to Cedar Hurst at this time. It was taken to mean here that the German explanation of the arable's sinking was on its way. Ambassador von Bernstorff has not

BREST-LITOVSK LINES CRUMBLE BEFORE GUMS OF TEUTONIC MACHINE

BERLIN, Aug. 26. Brest-Litovsk, th-? mighty Russian fortress behind which the grand Russian army retreated after the fall of Warsaw, has bean . captued by the Austro-German trocps after one of the shortest sieges In histcry. The capture of . the fort

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man war office, l ne victory is considered one of the mcst brilliant since the war began. Brest Lltovsk was one of the strongest fortresses in Europe. It lies immediately east of the Bug liver, 110 miles east of Warsaw. Five important railway lines pass through it. With BreEt-Litovsk in possession of the Germans and Grodno and Bielstok threatened with Immediate capture, the Russians are expected to retire for 150 miles before they attempt to make a stand to stem the Austro-Ger-man invasion of interior Russia. Grodno is the only fortress remaining in the hands of the Russians on their second line and it is reported that the evacuation of that stronghold is under way. The glory of the capture of BrestLltovsk goes to Prince Leopold, whose Bavarian troops took Warsaw, and to von Mackensen, whose armies

THIEF GETS POT OF CASH USED TO BAIT TREASURE

Mrs. Maria Coleman, colored, 1324 North J street, famous throughout the north end as a "witch doctor," says she has been "crossed" in her efforts to bewitch a treasure trove out of a field on the farm of Aaron Waltz, near Moorelanrl, Ind., by the treason of one of a band of white and colored hoodoo worshipers, of which she is high priestess, and she has called the police Into the case. Last night, at her request. Chief Goodwin called to see Mrs. Coleman at her home "temple" is what her followers call it and she demanded of him that he discover and arrest the man who had stolen the pot of silver dollars which had been buried on the Waltz farm for the purpose as a part of the proceedings incidental to the bewitching of the treasure which, the "spirits" have informed her in her trances, is secreted In this land. Mrs. Coleman bitterly declared, when reporting the case to the police, that just as the treasure trove was Weather Forecast U. S. Report Showers tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight. Temperature Noon 70 Yesterday Maximum 6S Minimum 50 For Richmond The cool wave which is central over the Great Lakes is moving eastward and is followed by the western storm which Is due to arrive here tonight or Friday, causing showers and thunderstorms. There was frost in North Dakota last night. Warmer during the next thirty-six hours. W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

asked for an audience with President Wilson, as far as he knows. Secretary Lansing said. The secretary also "declared that he had received no infecmation concerning orders that Germany may have issued to its submarine commanders concerning their method of attack. Asked if he had received reports that Americans were' fleeing from Germany and Austria and going to Switzerland, the secretary said he had not. He indicated by his manner that he did not believe there was any need of them doing so at this time. From German sources here today, it was learned that Count von Bernstorff regards it as certain that Germany has instructed its submarine commanders to observe all International rules of warfare in the future. A note saying that this had been done is believed to be on the way to Washington now. REPORT NOT READY.

BERLIN, Aug. 26. There will be a delay of at least a fortnight before the German government makes its official report to Washington on the sinking of the Arabic, Dr. von Jageow, the foreign minister, has notified Ambassador Gerard. worked north on both sides of the Bug. smashing the Russian lines. The great swamp region east of the Bug, north of Vlodava, which,,-, the Russians 'thought would check the advance of the Teutonic worces, were crossed at tbe rate of five miles a day. building roads and bridges.-' Austro-Hungarian troops played an important part in the capture of Brest-Litovsk. Cavalry drove northward from the Lublin-Cholm-Kovel line, and in the rear of Brest-Litovsk. Finally, when only one railway line remained in the possession of the Russians and their defense was smsahed, the order was given to retreat. Brest-Litovsk was defended by two girdles of forts. The main chain of fortification consisted of twelve strong works built by the best military engineering genius in the empire. The fort mounted 6, 8, 10 and 12 inch guns. There were long redoubts. The fortress, unlike Novo Georgievsk, defended a city of 50,000. Brest-Litovsk is 130 miles south of Grodno. It is the seat of an Armenian bishop who is head of the Catholic Armenians in Russia. almost bewitched, one of her unscrupulous followers, a white man she believes, hooked the pot of dollars, which was an absolute necessity if the trove was ever to be successfully baited. Several weeks ago while her soul wandered in the spirit world, Mrs. Coleman says she found out that a treasure of gold was buried on the farm of Aaron Waltz. To get this treasure it would be first necessary, she was informed, to bury a pot of silver dollars, then sprinkle over it a jug of whiskey. This being done, all that remained to bewitch the treasure from its hiding place was for Mrs. Coleman to lead her followers in a spirit dance over the bewitched ground. This done they should proceed to dig, but the digging had to be done in silence, and no digger should work after he began to perspire. The latter part of July the work of bewitching the Waltz farm began, but satisfactory results were not obtained. A little later the ceremony was again, performed, but once more there were no results. The first of this week the gold hunt was resumed for a third time with a larger pot of silver dollars as bait. Mrs. Coleman said that the third pot contained $26, each one ! of her band contributing one or more silver dollars. She informed Chief Goodwin that she was positive the third effort to ; bewitch the Waltz farm treasure rove ! was going to be crowned with success i because the first day, immediately af ter the initiatory ceremonies, she could "hear the silver pot a shaking," an infallible indication that treasure is beginning to yield to the pressure of witchery. Happy with the results of their first day's work, Mrs. Coleman and her followers ceased their labors at sunset and she gave out the word that work would be resumed at sunrise th following day. But during the night some traitorContinucd On Page Eight

FOX DISCOUNTS JUVENILE DATA BUREAU FOUND Judge Says Mrs. Candler, as Probation Officer, Used Every Effort to Find Children Homes.

HANDLES EACH CASE Intimates Intention to Conduct Work of Juvenile Court Along Same Lines in the Future. "The attack that has been made on the management of the juvenile court is unwarranted," said Judge Fox this morning. "The juvenile court has never been in better condition than it is at the present time and there is no complaint to make. The work of Mrs. Candler as probation officer has been entirely satisfactory." When approached with the subject of the appointment of John Melpolder, secretary of the Wayne County Social Service bureau, as probation officer next year with his promise to do the work without salary, Judge Fox scoffed at the idea, and said that he saw no reason why the present probation officer should not be given the work. Says Charges Trumped Up. "Those social workers in Richmond are meddling in too many peoples' affairs," said the judge. "There is nothing wrong with the way the juvenile business has been handled and I consider Mrs. Candler an efficient officer. These charges that have been made against Wayne county's care of dependent children are trumped up charges and should not be given serious attention." In these words, Judge Fox commented on the recommendations made in the recent report of the investigating committee appointed by the county commissioners. . . r, --"Is it true tbaT'effthf? 'per' cent of the children brought before you have been committed?" he was asked. , V! Jmow . nothing about - that," he said. "I have taken care of tbe cases Continued on Page Twelve ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH MAY CAUSE PROBE BY SECRETARY GARRISON WASHINGTON, Au. 26. The propriety of Col. Roosevelt's speech at the military training camp at Plattsburg, in which he attacked the president, may be the subject of an investigation of Secretary Garrison. Asked whether he had taken any action, the secretary stated that he had not yet gathered all the facts and until he had done so, he'would make no statement. The action of Major General Leonard Wood, in inviting the former president to address enlisted men and officers, it was reported, may be taken up. At the war department it was stated, that because President Wilson is commander-in-chief of the army and navy, an attack on him before enlisted men may have serious results. PROTESTS SEIZURE OF U. S. VESSEL WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. The state department proposed to forward a protest to France immediately on the seizure of the Solveig recently transferred from Norwegian to American entry. French authorities seized the vessel a week ago and held it for prize court proceedings. It is understood France questions the original ownership of the vessel and the right to American entry.

CORPORATION CONTROLLED INDUSTRIES ARE MENACE TO WELFARE OF NATION

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Evidence in support of the statement that the lives of millions of wage earners are subject to the dictation of a relatively small number of men, is cited at length in the third and final section, made public today, of the report of Basil M. Manly, director of research and investigation for the United States commission on industrial relations. The following allegations are made as statements of fact based on the testimony and evidence in the hands of the commission. "Except, perhaps, for improvements in safety and sanitation, the labor conditions of corporation-controlled industries are subject to grave criticism and are a menace to the Welfare of the nation. Workers Spied Upon "In order to prevent the organization of employees for the.' improvement of working conditions elaborate systems of espionage are maintained by the larger corporations which refuse to deal with labor unions, and

FAMOUS HORSEMAN DIES AT CAMBRIDGE

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Aug. 26. Charles Lackey, 58, well-known in Wayne and ad joining counties as a horseman, died at his home here Wednesday, after an Illness of several months. Mr. Lackey was born in Cambridge City on January 27, 1853, the son of Sam and Jane M. Lackey, pioneers of this section. He spent the greater part of his life here. For a number of years he was connected with his brother, the late John F. Lackey, in conducting the famous Lackey horse sales here. He is survived by a daughter, Lillian, who is making her home with her aunt, Mrs. Denver Harlan, two brothers, Frank and Park Lackey, of Richmond and Los Angeles, respectively, and by two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Ayler and Mrs. 1 B. Mosbaugh, of Cambridge City. Funeral services will be conducted at the Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock, Friday afternoon, with the Rev. Stearns, of Rushville, having charge. Interment will be in Riverside cemetery. 62 AEROPLANES DROP 150 BOMBS ON TEUTON TOWN PARIS, Aug. 26. The greatest air raid since the war began was reported today by the French war office. Dillengen, Germany was attacked by sixty-two aeroplanes of the French. One hundred and fifty booms were dropped on the town. Great damage was done to the blast furnaces and arms factories. Dillingen, since the war broke out, has been an important manufacturing center for war supplies. KAISER ALTERS OLD METHOD OF SUBMARINE WAR WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. Germany has modified her plans of submarine warfare. Count Von Bernstorff so told Secretary of State Lansing today. He also told the secertary that his telegram sent from New York by direction of his government in which Germany asked the United States to suspend judgment in the case of the Arabic was due to his knowledge of the facts. If the original plan of indiscriminately sinking all enemy ships had not been changed, he said, his government could not have directed him to take the action. Instead it would have deeply regretted the loss of American lives, but would have pointed out that Americans had been warned not to travel on enemy ships. Unless it shall be proved that a German submarine had no hand in the sinking of the Arabic And Secretary Lancing made it plan that what seems overwhelming proof is at his disposal indicating that it had the United States must have adequate disavowal, reparation for the families of the victims and punishment for the submarine commander, otherwise it must carry through its program, the ambassador was frankly informed. It was made plain to the envoy that the administration has fully decided on its program, and that it will carry it out to its last extremity. SHOOTS BULL TO SAVE LIFE. OWENSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 23. Marion Witherspoon saved the life of Jasper Lucas, a farm employe, when an angry bull dashed after him and tossed him high in the air, by shooting the Infuriated steer eight times with a shotgun. Both Lucas and tbe bull will recover. employes suspected of union affiliation are discharged. "The domination by the men in whose hands the final control of a large part of American industry rests is not limited to their employees, but is being rapidly extended to control the education and 'social service' of the nation. . "This control is being extended largely through the creation of enormous privately managed funds for indefinite purposes, hereinafter designated 'foundations,' by the endowment of colleges and universities, by the creation of funds for the pensioning of teachers, by contributions to private charities as well as through controlling or influencing the public press." The Rockefeller Foundation's , entrance into the field of industrial relations, through the creation of a special division, "it is declared, "constitutes a menace to the national welfare to which the attention not only of Congress, but of the entire country,

SMELSER DROPS CITY LABORATORY PLANS FOR YEAR Health Official Says Department Needs Microscope for Testing Diphtheria Cultures in Short Time.

MEANS $300 SAVING Council Appropriated Fund to Obviate Necessity of Delay, Waiting on State Chemists. Dr. S. G. Smelser, city health officer, said today that he had about decided not to equip a laboratory for his department, for which an appropriation of $300 was provided in t he budget of this xear. This appropriation was made upon the request of the health board to obviate the necessity of having all labratory work done by chemists of the state board of health at Indianapolis. "What is really needed is a microscope and some other equipment for the examination of cultures of suspected diphtheria cases and this equipment can be obtained at a small expense. With this equipment prompt investigation of suspected diphtheria cases would be possible and this is very important. I do not believe now, however, that tbe establishment of a complete laboratory is necessary." Can Seal Wells. Dr. Smelser said: "If wells are suspected of being contaminated they can be sealed until a report is received from the state chemists on the water samples taken from such wells. If milk supplied by any dairy is suspected of being impure or disease-infected, tbe service of this dairy can be stopped until a report is received from the state authorities. Another thing I have considered in deciding against the establishment. t,pJU Jafcojratawiwta 4fceact that s Dr. Clem, the. dairy Inspector, who is the only city employe qualified to Conduct tbe work of tbe laboratory, has too much to do now without adding on 'this other work." Council was prompted to provide for the establishment of a city labora tory principally to obviate the necessity of long delays in having chemical analysis made by the health author ities. Council also believed such action to be an important initial step in an eventual reorganization of the health department along lines which would greatly increase the efficiency of its work. Such a laboratory was also to be an important factor in conducting investigations of the city's milk supply and to assist the practising physicians in their work. BUD GIBSON PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES OF ELECTION FRAUDS INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 26. James H. (Bud) Gibson, indicted by the Marion county grand jury along with Thomas Taggart, Mayor Bell, Superintendent of Police Perrott and about 121 others for alleged election frauds, pleaded guilty today before Special Judge Eichhorn in criminal court. The court withheld sentence, and Gibson was held under $5,000 bond. Gibson was to have been tried Monday on two specific indictments, one of which charged him and Frederick Cochran along with nine other defendants with seeking by threats of violence and prosecution to influence voters and the other for violation of the primary election law. A special venire of two hundred names was ordered drawn by the court for the trial of Mayor Bell,' which is scheduled for September 7. should be directed. Backed by the $100,000,000 of the Rockefeller Foundation, this movement has the power to influence the entire country in the determination of its most vital pol icy." Mr. Rockefeller is charged with planning to utilize literature which was known to him at the time to be untrue and misleading in a so-called "educational campaign." There is developing, says the report, a degree of control over the teaching of professors in our colleges and universities, which constitutes a most serious menace. Congress is urged to enact a statute providing that all incorporated non-profit-making bodies, whose present charters empower ' them " to perform more than a single specific function and whose funds exceed $100,000,000 shall be compelled to secure a federal charter. The charter, it is urged, should contain provision limiting the funds, defContinued on Page Four

DRAWS SI ,000 SALARY; BUT DAIRIES AND STORES HOT VISITED BY OFFICIAL Dairymen and Business Men, Insisting on Rigid Inspection of Milk and Food Products, Aroused at Neglect of Dr. Louis Clem, Believe Inspector Ought be Replaced

SALARY PAID; UNSATISFACTORY WORK DONE That Dr. Louis Clem, city dairy and food inspector, is not following out his duties as laid down in the ordinance of June 1, 1909, and the amendments of May 17, 1913, that the health of the city is imperiled, and that steps for his removal from office ought be taken, are the conclusions reached after an investigation of his official career and after interviewing dairymen and others interested in the public health. Dr. Clem is drawing a salary, of $1,000 a year, but investigation shows that he is doing little actual work, entitling him to this pay. The city is not getting dollar for dollar so far as the work of the city dairy and food inspector is concerned. Dairymen and other business men who are interested in having a rigid inspection of milk and other food products made are aroused at the apparent neglect of Dr. Clem, and, as a matter of fact, the majority of dairymen invite rather than resent inspection. The majority of the dairies, and the stores in the city are con

ducted on a healthlul and sanitary basis.

CORONER HUNTS MAN WHO SAW TULL RUN OVER O. V. Kelley Tells of Seeing Two Men Riding on Gondola Shortly Before Fatal Accident. v-,...-FOUL PLAY FEARED Landlady Tells of Boarder's Love Affairs and Advances Jealousy as Possible Motive. That there was some mystery in connection with the death of James Tull. who died yesterday as the result of injuries received from being run over by a P. R. R. train, is the belief of friends of the dead man. It was learned today that another man was with Tull when he met his death. This was the statement of O. V. Kelley, who saw Tull and his companion just a minute or so before the accident. Mr. Kelley said today: "I was on my way to work at a few minutes before 6 o'clock Wednesday morning, when I noticed two men riding in a big gondola car. They had evidently been beating their way and were crouching down, and when I got about fifteen yards from the train, they rose up as the freight slowed to take on water. It looked as though they were going to jump olr. One of the men wore a stiff hat and as soon as he saw me turned his back. Acquainted With Tull. "Now. I knew Tull personally, but did not recognize him at the time, for I was not paying much attention. However, I had not gone very far when I noticed the freight signalling a passenger and was tempted to go back, but it was near my work time, so I went on. "Later I was told that James Tull was the man found with his legs cut Continued on Page Twelve FEAR NEW OUTBREAK ON ISLAND OF HAITI WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Officials were watching closely the Haitien situation, fearful that another serious outbreak can hardly be averted. Although Haitien leaders have been told frankly that all of their national rights are to be reserved, they are reported to have refused to become reconciled to giving the United States a ten-year domination of national affairs, and the situation has become acute. LATIN-AMERICANS CALL ON LANSING WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. A conference on Mexico was held at the state department today following the call of German Ambassador Von Bernstorff on Secretary Laning. Ambassador Moan of Argentine, Minister Mendez of Guatamala and Guatamalan Minister , to Mexico Orego, who was deported from Mexico by Carranza, called to see Secretary Lansing. It is believed that plans to call another conference of the Latin-American' envoys were taken up.

Inspection. The proprietors of these enterprises are not willful violators of the city ordinance. They assert, however, that the inspection under the administration of Dr. Clem is not conducted for the best interests of the city and for the protection of the housewife. Inspections of dairies have not been made as frequently as some of the men wbo conduct them desire, and when they are made, they have not been rigid enough to satisfy even those who have spent thousands of dollars equipping their plants with sterilizing machinery and other modern appliances for the careful handling of their product. , .. t. . . . - They'do not hesitate to say that Dr. Clem has neglected his duties and in many instances, an inspection has not been made for so long that. the event has long been forgotten. Few Inspections Made. In fact, one dairyman who was visited, when asked who the city dairy inspector was, looked surprised and said: "Why we haven't any dairy inspector in this town." When assured that the city was paying $1,000 a year to a man for that purpose, the dairyman said, "Well, he has never been here." This is only one of many instances that could be cited, but it goes to show that the city is not getting what it is paying for. Another man who conducts a model dairy, having installed all the latest facilities to properly sterilize milk, stated that he thought it an injustice to the men in his line of business who have spared neither time nor expense to bring their product up to a high standard, to have a man hold such an important office, wbo does not give it his entire time and attention. It was pointed out by this dairyman that tbe few inspections that were made had only been cursory ones and not of a nature that would make a man spend any money to improve his plant when his profits would be larger by going along in the same old way he had followed for years. Where the Danger Lurks. The men with modern plants for the proper sterilizing of milk cannot possibly make the profit derived by the man who follows the old methods, yet he sells his milk at tbe same price as does tbe one who just takes tbe milk from the cow and bottles it without taking any precautionary measures for the public health. The inference must not be drawn that there are no sanitary dairies In and around Richmond, for there are. and many of them, but tbere are some that are in a disgraceful condition, and these are the ones that are endangering the health of the community without molestation or warning from the public officer hired for the purpose of protecting it. There are places that are conducted by men who neglect their surroundings and cows as well as themselves, so far as cleanliness is concerned, who are a menace to the public health so long as they are allowed to continue in the dairy business. Neglects His Duties. There are men in the dairy business who do not have the slightest idea of what a sanitary dairy or a sterilizing plant looks like, yet they are bringing the milk into Richmond day after day and Dr. Clem, who is paid $1,000 a year by tbe city, either does not know, about it- or else he is neglecting his duties. During the investigation among the dairymen and men in other lines of business, there were many instances recalled of the care (?) taken by Dr. Clem in making his investigations. One incident was related that will give some ' idea of his zeal for the : care of the public health. ' On a certain occasion he invited a iriena 10 accompany miu m in auiv mODlie wnue ne loo&ea uvrr m, pwce. south of town. It happened that while ' turning around in the farmer's yard that the automobile got stuck and 'it was necessary for the farmer to get a team of horses and drag the machine out of the mudhole. When the auto was on solid ground. Dr. Clem informed the farmer that he : ontinued on Page Twelve.

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