Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 225, 2 September 1915 — Page 1

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ALL CHURCHES ASKED TO JOIN REVIVAL WORK Rev. R. A. Bennett of Marion Comes to Lead Evangelistic Campaign at Christian Tabernacle. : FORM LARGE CHORUS Free Will Offerings Expected to Pay Expenses of Services Special Speakers to Make Addresses. With the work of various committees well under way, arrangements are searing completion for the four or five weeks city-wide evangelistic campaign which opens In the tabernacle of the Central Christian church, at Twelfth and North B streets, Sunday, under the leadership of Rev. Rollin A. Bennett of Marlon, Indiana. Every church in Richmond has been Invited officially to participate In the meetings and all pastors and church members are expected to assume Interest In the campaign to make it successful In arousing Interest In Richmond religion. The policy that Continued On Page Two. VON BERNSTORFF ASKS DISAVOWAL FROM GERMANY WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. Settlement of the Arabic "incident" will be expedited. Ambassador von Bernstorff has cabled his home government suggesting an immediate disavowal if the submarine believed responsible has not yet been reported. It. is believed this action will be taken. 1 Msanwnlie the affidavits of several American survivors of the Arabic and of Captain Will Finch,; her, master, , have reached the . state ., department They were brought to this country by Clifford M. Carver, private sevretary to Ambassador Page at London. All agree that the Arabic was torpedoed without warning, some of the passengers and Captain Finch declaring they saw the wake of the torpedo. No one on the liner saw the submarine responsible and the survivors of the Dunsley, which was torpedoed shortly before the. Arabic was sunk, simply describe the craft that attacked their vessel as "an unusually large one bearing neither number nor distinguishing marks." As soon as the disavowal is ordered, Ambassador von Bernstorff will take up with Secretary Lansing the final adjustment, both of that officer and the Lusitania. The case of damages will be settled diplomatically unless a hitch should arise over the amounts thta are to be paid. In that case it is believed that an arbitration easily can be made. BERLIN CLAIMS CRUISER SUNK IN 4 MINUTES BERLIN, Sept. 2. The admiralty announced today that the Britsih cruiser sunk by a German torpedo boat in the battle of Aug. 17. was of the Aurora class, and that the ship sank within four minutes after it had been struck. The official statement reiterated the claim that a British destroyer was also sunk. It said that the British forces were taken by surprise ofT Home reef lightship. British cruisers of the Aurora class are of 3.600 tons. MELPOLDER RETAINS ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE ON CHILDREN'S HOME "If the county commissioners do not see fit to take action on remedying the conditions at the home for the Friendless as recommended In the report of the investigating committee," said Secretary Melpolder of the Wayne County Social Service bureau, "we have additional evidence that can be submitted to the board." Mr. Melpolder refused to reveal the evidence but intimated that the management of juvenile affairs in Wayne county could be exposed to criticism tn other ways besides what is shown on the county records. County commissioners will meet Saturday to discuss the report. No action has been taken but it is expected that when the budget for next year is fixed at the meeting Saturday and Monday, radical changes affecting the (are of orphans and inmates at the lome for the Friendless, will be sugested. One of the largest items to e considered is the reduction in the xpense of keeping dependent children at White's institute.

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The photograph shows Turkish soldiers watching for English -submarines' in the Sea of taken on Gallipoli peninsula. . . ' , .

UNITED STATES ASKS BRITAIN TO ;lBEyjJlW" Wilson Again Insists England Must Respect rights j hi America Pertaining to Commerce. PRECEDENT IS Denies That Blockade of Germany Conform to Spirit and Essence of the Rules of War. WASHINGTON,, Sept. 2. The demand of the United States that Great Britain and her allies "obey the law" in connection with their enforcement of any blockade, is having the finishing touches placed upon it. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing have united to make the note a tackproof. It was not known,, today just when it would be sent forward, but Secretary Lansing said he was "hope ful" it would not be long delayed. The note opens with the direct statement that the United States -insists upon the rights of American citizens under the "principles and rules of international law, as hitherto established, governing neutral trade in time of war." Rejects British Claim. It then rejects the rules of the British prize courts which place the burden of proof on the shipper and not on the British government. It also characterizes as "contrary to existing treaty obligations" the interference by British warships with the trade of the United States and the neutral countries adjoining Germany. It is denied specifically that the socalled blockade of Germany "conforms to the spirit and principles of the essence of the rules of war," and the interpretation placed by Sir Edward Grey on this government's position as communicated to Ambassador Page on June 24 last, is declared to be entirely erroneous. The Civil war citations, made at the same time, are rejected on the broad ground that they applied- entirely to specific cases which have no parallel in the present negotiations. Great Britain herself, in the operations which resulted in the preparation of the declaration of London, and in The Hague convention, fought to have the international law dealing with maritime affairs restated so that some of the very things she now relies .on to uphold her position should be specifically rejected and the United States cites the position taken by the British government to sustain the present protest. GRAND DUKE NAMES NEW RUSS GENERALS PETROGRAD, Sept. Ij2. General Alexiev, who defeated General von Beulow recently on the Baltic -front, was appointed chief of the Russian general staff today. , He succeeds General - Yanu8hevio, who has been ppointed assistant viceroy of the Caucasus. This is the first move in a great shakeup that Grand Duke Nlcholis will . give his commanding of-

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RICHMOND: INDTHURSDAeEVENING,? SEPTEMBER 2, 1915.

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Czarnoko, a fortified town on the Vilna-Grodnb railway, has been taken by storm. This cuts off the retreat ot the Russians left to deferld Grodno when the main Russian armies retreated. It is believed here" that Grodno will be in the German's hands by tonight, giving, them complete possession of every fort on the first and second lines of Russian defenses and making, their victory complete. .

Take 1.000 Prisoners. , . T Field Marshal ' von - Mackensen has won another victory, rolling back. the Russians and crossing the entire front. In the southeastern theatre, the Germans took 1,000 prisoners in Monday's fighting. The forces proceeding through the Bialwleska forest have occupied the Swislocz and Makarowce crossings. At the last named point, 1000 prisoners were taken. "For the first time In many days, the official report claims successes in the west, stating that the trenches lost in the Vosges from August 18 to 23, have been recaptured, the Germans having possession again of the LlngekopfBurerenkopf line. - - . - Sinks 5 Turk Transports. The French war office announced today that - five Turkish - transports have been sunk by the allies at the Dardanelles, one having been destroyed by a French aviator and - four- ha ving been torpedoed by British submarines. The official statement gives no information as to the loss of life on the Ottoman vessels. Artillery duels and conflict duels with hand grenades and petards formed the chief fighting during the night, announces today's statement from the French war office. MULE ENTERS COURT AS EXHIBIT IN SUIT - An old, weather-beaten mule, appraised with a face value of $14.50, will be the bone of contention over which a "jury of its peers" will decide an issue between Elisha Spencer, 87 years, and Calvin Eastman, in Judge. Frank T. Strayer's justice of the peace court, Friday afternoon. Judge Strayer said today he may have the mule brought into court to enable the jury to make its decision from first hand information. Spencer, on August 23, bought the mule from Eastman and paid 9.50 on the total cost of $14.60. , He claims that as an inducement to him to buy the animal Eastman said it was. a "good ' mule and would eat well and work well." Nothing at least was the matter with his appetite, Spencer decided after three days, but something was radically wrong with his ability to work, he said. So on August 26 he returned the mule to Eastman and demanded his money "back. Eastman refused and Spencer has filed suit to recover the money. . . " LIGHTS DYNAMITE ; FUNERAL TOMORROW NEW DOUGLAS. 111., Sept. 2. Alfred Maybee, a contractor, sat - on a stick of dynamite and lighted the fuse. Maybee may be buried tomorrow.'

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troops haifejtptured t the outer the, general 'staff reported today.. ARABIC'S DESTROYER CAPTURED BY BRITISH SAYS NAVAL OFFICER Claims German Subsea Boat Taken by Torpedo Boats, and Crew Held Captive in England. NEW YORK, Sept i 2. That the German submarine which sank the White Star liner. Arabic, was-captured the day . following, the , destruction : of the steamer, was the asesrtlon "made today by an officer of , the British Royal Naval Reserves, who arrived here on the Adriatic. ' This officer declared that he had seen and talked with two members of the submarine's crew. According to him, the submarine had on board two crews, one of experienced seamen, and the other of apprentices who were being trained to operate submarines now under ' construction. He said that both crews are now in prison in- England. : The capture of the submarine was affected by three English torpedo boats disguised as small merchant vessels, he added. No announcement was made . of the capture . by the British admiralty, because it was first desired to see what report Germany would make on the sinking of the liner. The officer was unable to offer any explanation of the statement made by sailors of the Leyland liner Nicosia n at Liverpool that they saw the submarine sunk. The Adriatic brought survivors of the Arabic. Weather Forecast! United States Report Pair tonight and Friday. -. Temperature . Noon . '. . . . .V. ... . . 77 '..Yesterday Maximum . . . . . ... .Minimum. .;. 44 For Richmond The present; clear spell is due to an area of high barometric pressure which . remains . practically stationary east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Canada. A storm central over the gulf coast is moving up the Atlantic coast.: Another storm covers the far northwest. A hot wave covers Southern Canada with temperatures of 96 degrees at Medicine Hat, 94 degres'at Swift Current, end 92 at Bismark. There is no immediate prospects for rain In this locality. ' r , " ..

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Marmora, The photograph - was CARR ESTIMATES SHRAPNEL GASES SHOPS CAN TURN President of SeedingMachine Company SubmitSi Fisori on Capacity for S. S War Department. f..V' LOW FIGURE ; PLACED Letter From Official Says Eu ropean Strife Shows Reserve Munition Supply too Small for War. Comparatively ' inadequate reserve supply , of munitions' of war for the United States army as , indicated to -the federal government through the enormous expenditure for armies in the European war, has led to an exchange of correspondence between Brigadier-General William . Crozier, chief of the ordnance division of the war , department - and . James A. , Carr, president of the - American Seeding Machine company of this city. - The latter ' hastfurnished thedivisionlchief . with a. conservative., estimateTof .the possible output of shrapnel and contact shells by the local factory. In furnishing the information, - Mr. Carr stated in his letter that the government could .be assured of the help of " the American Seeding Machine's plant in the event that an emergency arose. Carr Submits Estimate. - Following ia the estimate forwarded to the ordnance chief: Six thousand four hundred shrapnel cases each month, working one shift for 2.95 inch, 3 inch or 3.8 inch field pieces Five thousand two hundred shrapnel Continued On Page Two. VON TIRPITZ TAKES ENFORCED VACATION ON KAISER'S ORDER LONDON. Sept. 2. That the elimi nation "of Grand Admiral von Tirpltz as a power in the German government is foreshadowed by the news tnai ne is to take an extended "vacation" is the eeneral belief in London today. The impression here Is that the orders sent to Ambassador von Bernstorff to placate the United 'States came direct from Emperor William and that the kaiser was angered by the attitude or the . originator of submarine warfare against merchant shipping. The reason assigned for Von Tirpiti taking a "vacation" at this time Is that he is ill from "overwork." It is recalled that the same reason was assigned for the vacation taken by Field Marshal von. Moltke when the kaiser became dissatisfied with his conduct of field operations. It is also known that Von Tirpltz was not . too .ill to proceed from Berlin to the German headquarters in the eastern war-theatre and oppose the recommendations made by Chancellor von BethmannHollweg as to accepting the demand made by the American government.

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Councilman La-wrence H. Handley, secretary of the committee appointed by Mayor Bobbins for the purpose of investisating charges of incompetency preferred against Dairy and Food Inspector Lou Clem, said today that he did not consider the investigation had terminated with the public hearing last Tuesday night. Councilman Handley said that when the committee met again this evening he would suggest the report of the proceedings Tuesday night be drafted at that time to be submitted to the mayor. He said he would advise that various committeemen continue' their private investigations of Inspector Clem's official career until sufficient facts had been ascertained to justify a termination of the inquiry.

GIBBONS BRINGS PEACE MESSAGE YO PRESIDENT Cardinal Delivers Pope's Effort to Organize Endeavor of Neutrals to Stop European War. WASHINGTON, Sept 2. Cardinal Gibbons brought a message to President Wilson today from Pope Benedict suggesting an organized attempt : by neutral 'nations to bring about peace in Europe. The President received it with gratification. Later the cardinal saw Secretary Lansing and discussed with him the message of the Pope. The conference between the Cardinal and the President lasted only ten minutes. At its conclusion the cardinal went to the state department. As he was leaving the white bouse he kiid: "All that I can say at this time is that. I discussed the question of trying to arrange peace between the warring nations of Europe. Because of the nature of this discussion it is impossible for me. to give details at this time." BLOW CAMDEN SAFE; GET $200 IN STAMPS CAMDEN, Ohio, Sept. 2. Blowing open the safe In the postoffice here between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning with the use of a charge of nitro-glyc-erine, burglars secured $200 in stamps and made a successful escape. No money was found by them because the Postmaster J. M. Sizelove bad just made his quarterly settlement' Neither the noise of the explosion or the escape of the robbers was heard. Discovery of the theft was made this morning but no clue was left by the burglars though they are suspected of being Dayton men. HODGIN REPORTS REPAIRS MADE WITHOUT PERMIT Building Inspector Hodgin has exhausted his patience with people who have houses built, repaired, or remodeled without going through the necessary formality of securing permits from the inspector. "The law requires that a permit be obtained for all kinds of building and building Improvements and I have to enforce it," Hodgin said. "From this time on any person neglecting to secure a permit before building, repairing or remodeling will be prosecuted and they can be fined from $10 to $100. Get No Permits. Recently he discovered that a man bad constructed a new veranda at his home without securing a permit. This citizen remarked that he did not think he had to do so because the improvement had not required the blocking off of any part of the street "I also found a house where an entire new roof had been put on without a permit being obtained," Hodgin said. . "Another man had wired a house and the wiring had been covered before I learned what had been done. I then bad to have the wiring uncovered to make an inspection.- I did not want to put the man to this trouble but I am required to make wiring inspections and I have to make the inspection before the wiring is covered." - Inspector Hodgin also issued bis annual warning to householders today to have their chimneys inspected before winter sets in. Defective flues are responsible for a big majority of fires. v .... -,

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Mayor's Act Final. "I will also recommend that when a report is anally drafted, that it contain no recommendation, leaving the question of retaining Dr. Clem as Inspector or calling for his resignation entirely up to the mayor," Mr. Handley said. "In other words I think the report the committee submits to Mayor Bobbins ahoald merely recite the facts ascertained by the committeemen at the public bearing and as a result of their personal inrestlgations." Mr. Handley re-asserted bis opinion today that the Investigation of the Clem charges last Tuesday night could not be considered a satisfactory Inquiry as the committee did not sit as a judicial body, because of which it could not compel the attendance of witnesses, nor place such witnesses as volunteered to testify under oath. , The secretary of the committee also believes that a mistake was made in not having the investigation conduct' ed by a committee of citizens, vested with judicial powers, or by a committee of council members sitting as a judicial court of inquiry... People Raise Question, j Many citizens interosted la being fully informed as to whether the public health has actually been menaced by incompetent inspections of dairies, dairy products and foodstuffs, are now wondering why Mayor Robbins neglected to find out just what kind of service Dr. Clem was rendering to the city when the manager of a local ice cream manufacturing concern - vigorously complained to him. just a few weeks ago, that Dr. Clem had not visited that place of. business once in a year. State Food and Drug Commissioner Barnard says that it is just as important to have ice cream manufacturing plants inspected frequently and Continued On Page Two. EVELYN WANTS TO GET RID OF HARRY l(. THAW CHATEAUGAY LAKE. N. Y., Sept 2. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw today announced that' she would permit Harry K. Thaw to divorce her. "I will enter no defense whatever," she said. "This is just what I have wanted for years and I will be glad when it is over with." When asked if she expected to receive any money from the Thaw family in. the future she replied: "I dont want Harry Thaw or his money, but I do want to be left alone to work out my own salvation. The Thaw's have been the bane of my life and I'll never -have any luck until separated from them." . - VICE PRESIDENT OF CHINA QUITS PEKIN. Sept. 2. The foreign office announced today that Vice-President Li Yuen-Heng bad resigned. It is believed his retirement was compulsory and that the monarchy will be immediately proclaimed with YuanShi Kai as emperor. AMERICAN SOLDIERS GUARD BODY OF 0R0ZG0 EL PASO. Tex, Sept 2. While American soldiers kept guard today, the bodies of General Pascual Orosco and four companions who were killed by an American posse were lying in a morgue awaiting burial. The bodies reached El Paso last night and - soldiers made a round-up of suspicious Mexicans, taking sixteen into custody. ' They will be held until after the funeral. Troopers patrolled the streets during the night and promptly dispersed every gathering crowd. -

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