Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 271, 26 October 1915 — Page 1

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One hundred - thousand dollars , will be expended In Richmond next year for public , Improvements, pursuant to a policy Inaugurated this, year, $20,000 of which will be .contributed out' of the public funds, the remainder being, assessed against the benefited property owners .. This announcement was made at the office of the board of public works today. ' ' , , ' - j The money will be used -for. the permanent paving of streets, extensions of and Improvements to the sewer systems and the . betterment of ' alleys, President Bavis said. "During the winter the board will draft a definite program of the Improvements ; to be made next year. -so that, the work; can -be started early. In the spring. The city will have available In its - public : 1mBULGAR TROOPS SOUTH OF VELES ARE IN RETREAT LONDON, Oct 26. Advices bearing on both political affairs, and military operations in the Balkans were more favorable to the allies today. While Berlin ' and Vienna claim progress for the Austro-Germsn armies of invasion on the three fronts in Northern Servia, dispatches from Athens indicated, the whole Bulgarian army in the L Vardar valley, south of Veles (Koprulu) is in - retreat. ' v ' :': " -.; '" : P .'" Anglo-French reinforcements v are pouring into Southern Servia as fast as troops can carry them north from Salonika. The Servian , war, office ' admits.; the fall of Uskub, but .tbe 'Bulgar army, which has penetrated the' interior of Servia, is in -danger of being cut off , by the French! forces which ar$ fighting their way northward along' the ATfe1egram from Home bears' an un confirmed report that the; Greek cabir net has' rssiined. If this proves true. may once more' eclipse military operaUons in Interest,.,'.: v: From Bucharest it is reported the Roumanian cabinet Is keenly watching Greece and It Is growing more r and more likely that these , two countries will act 'itf . concert .although;: there is no treaty agreement between them. NICHOLSON PRESIDES AT LEAGUE SESSION Timothy , Nicholson, president of the Anti-Saloon League, ' will . preside at one of the sessions of -the . state omnipartisan f convention of - anti-saloon forces to be held in Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis, Tuesday and Wednes day. November, 16 and 17. The meet ing to; which more 1 than 4,000 dele gates will be appointed will mark the beginning of a campaign by the AntiSaloon League rot " Indiana to obtain statuatory. prohibition. - Two former governors, W. RStubbs of Kansas and J. Frank Hanley .of Indiana, and former representative Frederick ' Landis of Logarisport, - will be among the speakers. s :'.' y A call for the meeting, signed by 700 citizens of Indiana, was issued yesterday. The call bears the names of men of all political parties and representative of every kind of business. Among the signers is Robert L. Kelly of Earl ham college. , . '.i.w, ; ;K-

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The U. S. S. Nevada, the latest and largest addition to Uncle Sam's sea fighting forces now in commission, and the largest and most powerful fighting vessel afloat, has arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yards, from the Fore River Shipyards at ' Boston,- where she was. completed. She will soon start on. her official trials, when tests for speed and efficiency will be given her. Vr ' : ; - '' ' The Nevada is a ship of 27,000 tons, 500, more than either the New York or Texas and 583 feet long. Her armaments consist of ten 14-inch guns and twenty-one 5-inch guns. The Queen Elizabeth, England's superdreadnaught, carries eight 15-inch guns. The armor plate of the Nevada is 13 inches thick. " ...

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provement fund next year $20,000 to be used in meeting the city's share of the contemplated, improvements. No bond issue will be necessary as was the case this year, and the improvements will be provided without an increase in the tax rate." " . . " ' ,To Widen D Street. One thing. the- board -has definitely decided upon to be Incorporated into Its improvement program next year is the widening - of North Third street near its junction, with North D street 'This Improvement has been contemplated for several years. This street Is one of the most used in the city and near, the corner of North Third and D streets - a dangerous, condition ; exists because of the fact that the C. and O. tracks occupy most' of - the narrow Continued On Page .Ten. WASP GETS STEALER ' 1 LONDON, Oct. 26. A dispatch from Plymouth to 'Lloyd's reports that the British steamer: Donnacona has been sunk by a German submarine. '. The Donnacona, a vessel of 1,906 tons, was bound from England to Nova Scotia, ; AERIAL BOW WRECKED PORT ' BERLIN, Oct. 26, by wireless. A dispatch, from Sofia states a greater part of the unfortified town of Dedeagatcb was destroyed by the AngloFrench bombardment laBt week and the bodies of twenty-five women and children who were killed have been recovered. ' "More corpses," it adds; "are buried under ' the ruins. The inhuman and brutal proceeding of the English and French fleets has aroused the deepest indignation." V- : GOMPERS CONFERS UVITII NATION'S HEAD Sj'-f ''' '$ f' '-'"' ' ."f '' ' '"" -stf" Federation of Labor conferred with President Wilsdnt tbdayT for forty tninutes and It, is understood the labor chief made known some highly important information which he had received concerning the propaganda to destroy munition factories in this country I 1 No announcement was made at the White House following his, visit. GREEK! CABINET .- REPORTED OUT ": ROME, Oct. 26. Reports are current In official circles today that the Greek cabinet headed by Premier Zaimis, has resigned. . The, Greek legation refused to deny or confirm the reports. DULGARS DRIVEN BACK SALONICA, (via , Paris) Oct. 26 All . Bulgarian troops in southern Servia have been driven back to the east bank ' of the Vardar river, according to reports received from the French expeditionary forces. Servian troops are .advancing from Veles. The retreating Bulgarians attempted to destroy; that part of: the railroad lying west of the Vardar, but were attacked before they had done serious damage.

ciiAf.::;ESS COLLECTS $14,000 111 TAXES v , , , , ' - , - f . -f v .: ? ' ', County Treasurer Chainness received over $14,000 in the payment of taxes Monday. Taxes amounting to 2.126.67 were . paid by. the : Richmond Home Telephone company as corpor-. atlon tax 'and $217.93 aa tax on real estate. -" v . The county treasurer's office will be open this evening from 7 to 9 o'clock, on Thursday evening of this week also and on Monday of next week.

U. S. OFFICIALS ASSUME CHARGE OF PLOTAGENTS NEW YORK, Oct 26. Federal authorities . this afternoon " assumed absolute charge of the case against the four imprisoned agents in the German plot to blow up ammunition ships on the high seas. ' ' Lieut Robert Fay of the German army and his aide Walter Scholz were brought to New York from Weehawken, N. J., to be arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Houghton. v " Paul Daeche, who was detained as a material witness refused to come to New York with Fay and Scholz s he was taken before U. S. Commissioner Carpenter in Jersey City where he was arraigned on a conspiracy charge and held in $26,000 bail. Efforts of the authorities to unearth the complete details of the plot were redoubled today . following a declaration by Paul Seib, another German suspect that the plotters had planned to destroy the great plant of the American Agricultural Company in Roosevelt N. J, . - . ARRESTS EMPLOYE OF BOX COMPANY WHERE GIRLS DIE PITTSBURG, Pa., Oct' 26. The first arrest in the Union Paper Box company fire ' horror yesterday, in which thirteen lives - were lost, was made today when an employe of the Box' company was arrested In the Al legheny, genetelhet4tal:sheitl3r'be iore noon .wnne attempting to get girl, victims to sign slips releasing the company from any claim for damaaes. . ..Tae-mm w .Tantna, .jo - bed-, tax Mies Gertrude Nradt, 28, "-mtu iwns-'ter r ribly :mjured wbeq h leaped. from a UiWd story window to the 'sidewalk, when ' arrested. ' - -j- tV :. ') r i ? The death of Miss Nledt whose condition is such : that she cannot live, physicians say,, will increase the number of dead to 14. BULGAR TROOPS TAKE PRISREND LONDON, . Oct 26. An Exchange Telegraph company dispatch from Athens, today states Bulgarian troops have occupied Prisrend, which is only five miles from the Albanian frontier, in Western Servia. If this report is true, it means a Bulgarian army has crossed Servia by way of Uskub,' cutting off the northern half of the kingdom from the southern half. Prisrend is 'eighty-five miles from the Bulgarian frontier and 100 -miles southwest of Nish. MOVES FJROM NISH WASHINGTON, Oct 26. American Minister Vopicka at Bucharest notified the state department by cable today that the American vice consul had : moved from Nish, Servia, to Tshatzhak, when the Servian capital was moved. .

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MARLATT'S CONDITION REPORTED CRITICAL Charles E. Marlatt, member of the board ' of. 'public 'works, .215 North Ninth street was" today reported to be critically ill, suffering from .acute stomach trouble. He has been seriously iU'for-over a week. . Mr. Marlatt is a Civil war-veteran and one of Richmond's best , known citizens. At one time he, was sheriff of Wayne county and for many, years ; was foreman , of the blacksmith's department ' of the Gaar,-Scott company.- He is now serving his second, year as . a member of the board of public works, having been appointed as , the . Democratic member.

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..... .. -. . - DEBS TO SPEAK TO SOCIALISTS IN PARTY RALLY Eugene V. . Debs, . leader of the Socialist party will speak in Richmond Thursday night at the Oennett theatre and arrangements are being made for the reception of the distinguished vis itor. Mr. ' Debs will 1 be met at the depot on his arrival by a delegation in au tomobiles, when .the 10:33 o'clock train arrives Thursday, and taken lm mediately to. the Westcott hotel where rooms have been reserved for him. If it' meets with Mr. Debs approval an informal reception will be held in the lobby of the Gennett theatre im mediately before the lecture and dur ing the day Mr. Debs will be busy receiving friends who.are anxious to dis cuss conditions with him. NO GYM FESTIVAL FOR NEXT SPRING. SAYS ROBERT NOHR Because It requires so much time to prepare,' the Gymnastic Festival given by . Robert Nohr, Jr., supervisor of physical . training in the schols, will not be held this year he said today. Many inquiries have been made rela tive to the exhibition - and Mr. Nobr while believing the festival to be an event worthy of time and trouble yet the number ' of ' hours he must use in the ' school activities proper: prevents him from-seeing the necessity of hold ing the exhibition of tener ; than once every two years.', ; ' - Mr. Nohr advocates the construction of a stadium to permit all the school children in the city to participate in the . festival.: "The festival requires more than half a year to prepare. All of. the compositions must be'original and I do not feel that I have the time to devote to" it every; year unless my regular work, would be shortened. : 1 ' "The festival is educational,', it de velops community interest - and war rants support of the entire city. , It a stadium were erected It -- would give every child. In the city an opportunity to take part."

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After giving a detailed account ot the alleged shortage, of Miss Louisa Bentlage while cashier and bookkeeper for the H. C Hasemeier company, Ralph Schlautterbach completed his testimony this afternoon, and was turned over to the defense for cross-examination. It Is expected that the crossexamination of this witness alone will require all of tomorrow. The following shortages have been testified to by Mr. Schlautterbach. ex pert accountant, who has been on the witness stand since Friday morning: 1906 $ 7S3.1S 1907 1.S36.4 1908 , 1,145.29 1909 1.M8.4J 1910 2.034.1s 1911 . 1.700.00 1912 1.042.94 1913 to August 11, 1914.... ' 2.116.07 Total 11,66.44 "This amount la not accounted for in any of Miss Bentlaae'a books." the witness replied when questioned by Attorney Jessun. A large black, board, which was

BICIUD TAKES LEAD in STATE T'.CNTEST

'with a total of sixty-one new members and seventy-nine renewals, and a total of 895 points over a handicap of 350, Richmond stands at the head of the column in the Indiana Y. M. C. A. membership campaign for the first day's canvass, yesterday. So enthusiastic and confident has the committee of 120 campaign workers become with the results of the first day's work. that they see Richmond not only se curing 400 new members which it started out to secure, but of winning the state contest. John Ulrich's team won the local "FOOT BY FOOT' CATTLE IS RAGItiG 1 PARIS, Oct. 26 The great battle la Champagne, precipitated by French assaults, resulted in the capture of the German defense works Known as La Courtine, stlU continued today. The war office statement issued this afternoon characterised the conflict as one waged Toot by foot." sad stated that the French troops had gained another trench. SHOOTS 5 CHILDREN OF DEADLY ENEMY IN BOUNDARY FEUD TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 26. An ancient boundary feud and a Jug of squirrel whisky caused a tragedy near here today, and as a result John Saun ders probably was fatally wounded and five of Saunders' children are Buffering from serious gunshot wounds. Samuel Ellison owns the farm adjoining the Saunders land, ten miles north of here. Ellison had been drinking. Saunders came out on the doorstep to meet his 66-year-old neighbor who had been alternating friend and deadly enemy for years. There was a short argument over the farm boundary line, a matter of a few feet of weed-grown muck land. Ellison shot Saunders with a shotgun, the entire load of slugs lodging in Saunders' breast. From the house came running the five Saunders children. They saw their father lying on the ground and did not notice the raging old man. They gathered in a close knot about their dying parent. Ellison's gun blazed again again. The five children fell squirming on the ground about their father. Ellison swung' his gun over his shoulder and went across the field to his bouse. WILLIAM DRENIZER EXPIRES AT BOSTON Word was received today of the death of William B. Brenizer, aged 60, ' fnrmorlv nt Richmond, at his hnmt in I Boston, Mass. Death resulted from pneumonia.' He was a brother of Walter. Brenizer and the uncle of George Brenizer, one of the advertising staff of the Palladium, both of this city. - William B. Brenizer for many years was engaged In the advertising business and was known as the originator of street car advertising. The first contract he received for street car advertising was from I. A. Gormon of this city, when Mr. Gormon was superintendent of the Springfield. O, street railway company, over thirty years ago.'"- ; . . EDITOR ENDS LIFE PERU. Ind., Oct. 26. Charlie IJndermuth. 35. formerly editor or the Bunker Hill - (Ind.) Press, committed suicide here today. He had been In 111 health for some time. " .

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room, has been filled with figures rapresenting the various receipts and expend Uutm - of the H. C Tlsssiaeisr company for the year 1906 to the time of the death of Miss Beating. The board has been divided off with chalk to represent the various and there are two columns la division. One of the columns la for the receipts aa reported in the books kept by Miss Bentlage during that period, and the other column represents the receipts aa bank deposits as found by the accountant In going over the books and a com parison with the bank pass books, the entries made in the cash books sad ledger. . - . . To Examine Expert. Cross examination Is expected to begin lata this afternoon. Accountant Higgana. who has been employed by the Bentlage estate to make aa examination of the books, will take part in the cross evsmlnation of ths plaintiffs expert witness, sad It is expected (hat Mr. Schlautterbach vol have to go Into the records even deeper than Continued on Pass Nine contest with thirty-five new and 508 points, while WU1 Jenkins' team secured twenty-six new members and had 489 points. In the individual team contest O. O. Bellinger's team stands first with 131 points. Ed Crawford's team second with U3V points, and A. L. Smith'a team third with 100U points. Gets Second Wii In the state contest Huntington attained second place with 317 points and a handicap of 100 points, sad ManContinued On Page Ten. VALJEVO TAKEN BY IIUffflAB REPORTSTATES VIENNA, vis, Berlin sad Amsterdam. Oct. 26. The war offieo announced today that Anstro-Hungarian cavalry had entered the Berviaa city of Valjevo. This town Is about fifty mites northwest of Belgrade and the advance of the Austro-Hungarlan troops Is apparently becoming more rapid aa the Servians retreat to their mountain positions. It was also announced German troops had captured Petrovats, forty miles southeast of Semendrla. The official statement follows: "Austro-Hungarlan cavalry has entered Valvejo. The enemy Is retreatIng before our advance. General Koevess troops are advancing southward on both sides of the Kotnbara river, attacking the heights to the south and southeast of Laxarevatx. "German troops yesterday captured Petrovats. In the 1C lawn valley. "Near Oraova. AastroOermaa traces penetrated further into the "i"-fiiT east of Kllaara pass. The enemy fled, abandoning rifles sad ammunition." IERLIN CLAIMS UE VICTORIES BERLIN. Oct. 26. German successes In the Balkan, western and eastern theatres of war were announced by the war office today. In the Balkan theatre German troops, it was stated, have captured heights along the Drtaa rive.r. east of Visegrad. while south of the Danube front three more Servian towns were captured. SIGNS BANISHED WARSAW. Oct. 26. The German governor-general has ordered the removal of all Russian signs from the stores, . public buildings - and private houses of the Polish capital. Only Polish, German and Yiddish signs are now tolerated. Even the bills of fare of the large hotels and restaurants can no longer be printed in the Russian language. Weather Forecast . United Statea Report Fair tonight end Wednesday. Slightly colder tonight. Yesterday Noon 5 Temperature Maximum Minimum .. 44 Local Forecast Fair tonight and Wednesday. Temperature about freezing tonight. ' ' - General Conditions The great lake storm Is moving slowly and Is causing severe gales over the north central portion of the United States, -followed by colder-weather with the climax reaching here tonight, but which will be of abort duration.- . W. E. Moore, Weather.