Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 285, 11 November 1915 — Page 1

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81IEMEI.1E ATTACKED StilP MTHOUT GIVIfJB imbuing TO CAPTAIN

ROMS, Nor. .11. German claims , that the Italian Jiner Aconda was tryto escape whtn sunk by a submawere officially 'denied ; . today. t at Tunis, reported to the Italian gov- , ernmept that the r Anaohe - stopped when a shot was nred aorosaher bow, ibut that . the ' suhraartae continued ' to shell the liner, t.JHng and wounding 'scores ot her fesseagers. -' Consul (Soml'slonl's report, which was . based On ttsnent made to him by aur'ifcvors, accused the submarine's crew or. deliberately fl ling upon; the boat lute which . the passengers had ' been Iwahed when the commander of the frir knew, his 'ship -was sinking." Fire en Rescue Boats. , "The survivors," said the , consul's i report," "unanimously declare that the 'submarine, which was a. oracn vmul deliberately fired on the boats, sinking some and killing and wounding (the passengers . chiefly women and . children. , They also assert that the crew of the submarine wore civilian clothing, but it is definitely ascertalned ' that the vessel was an - Austrian submarine." . Captain Massardo of the Ancona has landed at Tunis. The horror of the Ancona tragedy

LAWYERS EXPECT TO TRY MSEMEIER CASE AGAIN

No action was, taken by Judge ComStock this morning in setting .the Hase- , mater-Hen tlaza . ease .; fee vre-trleT,: and

none ot the, wttorneyd connected WitbJ-.""'? r Vl? "17 the case weft W'dtC"- V'i -ITtte wcords Wednesday morning Judge

Henry U. Johnson, chief , counsel for lie had held no further conference with his clients, and the date on which, the hmo will -be tried is uncertain. -". Mr. Jessup was out of the city today, and it is understood that the case will be allowed to rest for a few days before any definite action Is takan. "Why, of course. , it v.-ill be tried naaln." ald Mr. Joh"fm . tht morning. "The attorneys have not - gotten -..ui it is the u. ... . liitt. -he; date for trial v:u L .?) wcin.": .- - The case is now pending in circuit court the same as if .no trial had oc tThis picture shows the Prince of

King's Heir Carries Flag

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was . increased today when officials of

the llne announced that the .steamer carried 496 passengers when , it was struck by an Austrian submarine. The crew numbered 160 men, making a total of ; 656 on board. As only 320 have been reported saved, the passengers and 'sailors now practically given up as lost number 336. 26 Americans Aboard. ' Twenty-six Americans or . naturalized citizens of that country are, listed on the paasenger rolls which arrived from Naples . this morning and were carefully examined by the commissioner of immigration. Only one. Dr. Ceclle L. Oriel, of New York City, was . listed as a first cabin passenger. The other twenty-five "were ' in the steerage. Dr. Oriel is sald to. have been saved, but -all, or nearly all," of those in the steerage are believed to have perished. Premier, Salandra called a special meeting of the cabinet today. Admiral Corsi rendered an official . report on the sinking of the Ancona and presented for the consideration of his colleagues measures -which the ministry of marine had formulated to clear Mediterranean waters of enemy submarines. curred. -The case Is "at issue" t with everything in : preparation for .the beginning of another trial. 'Bf sJyalrHj Sparks declared the case mis-trial. It the case, is to be tried in Wayne county! "however, a special venire jury would have to be called. The : probable action that will' be taken,' however, is for a petition to be presented to the court by the attorneys for the plaintiff asking a change of venue. It is understood that the defense will . attempt to ' prevent the case being venued out .of the county, but the attorneys for' the plalntlfT believe that it will take very little argument to persuade the court that publicity given the trial would forestall the possibility of selecting a competent jury In Wayne county. Wales, heir, to the British throne;

to which he belongs,

British Nobles Give Life In Fight Against

War: has sadly thinned the ranks of the Enallsh nobility. The pictures above show soma of the young men 5who have fallen In defense of the Mother Country. They ere, (left to right, above) Lord Compton, Lord Quern. y, and Lord Nlnlan Crichton-Stuart; (below) Viscount Northland and Vieeount Hawarden.

CAPITAL 18 -MOVED. ', . LONDON, Nov. . 11. The , Servian government has again - been moved, this time to Krusevo, east of Perlete, It was announced today. - . carrying the flag of the regiment

KEEP SECRET ALL PLANS OF NEW CONCERN

"The plans of the Incorporators of the American Lathe and Press, company cannot be definitely outlined at this time," Frederick G. White, one ot the incorporators said today. "All I can state is that the concern will be in the nature of a holding company for some other. Indiana- manufacturing concerns." ' i ' Asked ' if the report that the company Intended to bid 'for the Richmond Rumely plant was true, White Btated that all he knew about such a project was what he had .read - in the newspapers. "Will the company operate a plant In Richmond?" he was asked. "Perhaps, I cannot state positively," he replied. . , ' ; , ' i Articles of incorporation for the American Lathe and' Press company were filed yesterday at ' Indianapolis with the secretary of state. The company Is to be organized with a capital stock of $1,500,000. r WRITES FOR PAPER In the current issue' of the Ameri can City appears an article-on sewer construction written by Fred Charles, engineer of the city of Richmond. It Is a very interesting article and of great value as Mr. Charles is consid ered an authority, on sewer construc tion. " ' Weather Forecast United 8tates Report Fair and colder tonight , and Friday Temperature. Noon 70 Yesterday Maximum Minimum . 60 Local Forecast Partly cloudy. Colder tonight and Friday preceded by rain. . High southern winds shifting to northwest tonight. -., General Condition The great western storm is moving with great velocity and is central over the Great Lakes causing tornadoes - in -Kansas and Bevere gales in the north central states. Snow in the far west Temperature 2 above zero in Calgary, Canada. . . ;v , W. E. MOORB, Weather-Forecaster. .

Germany

ALLIES BEGIN TO RETIRE AT DARDANELLES BERLIN . (via Amsterdam), Nov. 11. The allies' long expected retirement from GaUlpoll. peninsula has begun, .according to the Tageblatt, which states that it has received reliable information that the Anglo-French governments have decided that they have no chance of success in their land operations at the Dardanelles. The Tageblatt reports that the First and Second French regiments and the Tenth British regiment, all infantry, have been withdrawn from GaUlpoll and that others will follow at Intervals. WAR MUNITIONS PLANT WRECKED BY FIERCE FIRE TRENTON, N. Nov. 11. Fire, believed to have been of Incendiary origin,, early today destroyed a fourstory . wire rope mill of . the John A. Boehllng Sons' company, ,'where war orders were being filled. In addition to the - factory about twenty houses were destroyed. The total loss Is estimated at between $500,000 and $600,000. This is the second disastrous fire in plants filling war orders for the allies within less than twenty four hours, part of the. Bethlehem Steel company's plant at South Bethlehem, Pa., being destroyed yesterday. The destroyed building was a new one. 900. feet long and 700 feet wide. The entire plant has been under a strong guard ever since the pro-Ger man agitation against the shipment of war supplies to the allies became In tense. The Roebling plant has been working- night and -day turning out barbed wire and. chains for the allies. One of the mills at the plant was de stroyed last January-with 11,500,000 loss.- ; : - -.- :: FORECAST COLD WAVE. '- " CHICAGO, Nov. 11. Near freesing temperatures were ? today forecasted for this vicinity for tomorrow by the Chicago weather bureau. -

TORCJADO LEAVES TRAIL OF DEATH 1M KAfJSAS

UNLOADED SHOTGUN FRIGHTENS PATRONS IN BARBERS' CHAIR Another one of those familiar episodes "I didn't know it was loaded" almost happened in Richmond this morning when Harry Golden, a barber employed by G. P. Daugherty at 819 North E street, pulled the trigger of a shotgun and narrowly missed send a ' load of shot into V. D. Hamilton. Golden wanted to borrow the gun, which belonged to' Hamilton,' and sighted it. "It alnt loaded." he said, and pulled the trigger. The same time the gun fired and knocked a yard of piaster oft the ceiling, and three men who were being shaved jumped out of the chairs and started for the door with barber towels hanging on them. Hamilton was almost directly in line with the shot and heard it -whistling by him. Golden was so scared by the Incident that he was unable to work today. BAVIS DECLINES CITY MANAGER PLACE IN IOWA Webster City pffers Presi dent of Weeks Drd Posi Hon -SataVolito OFFER HELD OPEN Municipal Bureau Insists on Acceptance Official Believes Duty Demands Service for Richmond. Webster City, la., a town of about 6,000 Inhabitants, tired of the antiquated system of political municipal government, has. decided to order out the politicians bag and baggage and employ a city manager as Dayton O., did .following the flood two years ago. Webster City has offered the city managership to Alfred Bavls, president of the Richmond board of publio works, and today Mr. Bavls declined the off er. As a member of the board of public works of this lty Mr. Bavls receives a salary of $1,200 a year. Webster City offered him a permanent position, guaranteed him. no political interference in the performance of his work, and a salary of $2,600 a year. "Gee." gasped a city hall attache, when he learned of the offer Mr. Bavls had received. "Gee, why did you turn It down?" Quite embarrassed the board president replied that he was interested In the work he had undertaken in Richmond and that he thought he would be disloyal If he quit the service of the city of Richmond until certain projects fathered by him had been put through. There have been a number of appllContlnued On Page Eight.

COUNTY DUES 8264,550 ON SIXTEEN ROADS MADE IfJ LAST EIGHT YEARS

Taxes are being paid in Wayne county on outstanding bonds Issued on sixteen roads during the last eight years. In ' Wayne township alone, ten roads were built entailing an expenditure of $364,100. Of this amount . bonds amounting to $99,560 have been paid, leaving an outstanding indebtedness of $264,560. . . The six roads in the county outside of Wayne township amounted to $46.690.00. The last road to be built was the Orlando Marshall road on the county line between Wayne and Randolph counties. , The highway . is in Perry township.- - ''. . The .total outstanding indebtedness for road construction in Wayne county during the past ' seven years 1 is $293,634, the amount of outstanding bonds. On . November ' 15,' a total of $117,256.00 will have been paid Into the road fund.' ; ' - The following' shows the status of the road funds in Wayne .county: . South Li street. In Wayne township. Length, 3.06S feet, .58 mile. Amount

TWELVE" KILLED HUNDREDS HURT BY WIND STORM . . - -.. . 100 injured at Great Bend Property Damage Totaling Thousands Done in Other Kansas Towns.

FLAMES SWEEP TOWN South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska in Path of Storm Now Sweeping Towards the East. KANSAS CITY. Mo Kqv. 11. Reports trickling into Kansas City today over partially restored lines of communication indicated that the total death list in the cyclone that swept Kansas and parts of South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa would be at least thirteen. . Twelve deaths were reported at Great Bend and Slba. which were still isolated from the surrounding territory, and one fatal accident was reported in Darby. , - , In. Great Bend more, than one hundred persons were injured." Residents of the town were today fighting Ore that frUowes the atonaw 't rJashy a "bank" car. near the Santa Fe railroad 'I station, was thrown from .its moorings. 10tfel3caft iicttm Uborer was killed and twenty-seven others were Injured. The town of Slba was hit hard. Many farm houses were destroyed near Great Bend, but because of a lack of telegraph and telephone co: munlcatlons it may be several days before the extent of the damage in the rural sections is known. Ninety Persons Injured. A report that reached Hutchinson from Great Bend said that ninety persons were being cared for in a hospital there, and that many other probably were fatally hurt. In Great Bend the Santa Fe railroad station was demolished. Three flour mills were twisted from their foundations and wrecked. A large grain elevator was damaged. Fire started in several parte of the city and buildings were burned to the ground. The water plant was put out of commission, and the fire department was helpless to combat the flames. Rain Saves City. Following the storm, rescue crews, working with the aid of kerosene lamps and lanterns, searched the ruins of houses in the residence section of Great Bend for dead and injured. Volunteer workers were organised to finish tearing down partially' destroyed houses where It was believed dead or Injured might be imprisoned. . The entire town of Great Bend was saved from destruction by fire by the heavy downpour of rain that followed in the wake of the cyclone. TORNADO IN ILLINOIS DANVILLE, 11L. Nov. 11. A tornado that struck Hoopestown. near here, at 8:30 a. m. today demolished part of the plant of the Malleable Iron works there. One workman was killed and three other men were seriously hurt. Issued. $16,000. Amount outstanding. (6 bonds). $4,800. . National road west. In Wayne township. Length. 1 mile and 4.927 feet, 1.93 miles. Amount Issued. $55,600. Amount outstanding (10 series), $17.-800..-Easthaven avenue. In Wayne township. Length. mile. Amount issued. $18,600. Amount outstanding (14 series), $12,960 Richmond and - Liberty pike. In Wayne township. Length, 1 mile and 4.950 feet, lil miles. Amount Issued. $46,000. Amount outstanding (14 series), $3100. North Tenth - afreet and Spring Grove, in Wayne' township. Length. 4,700 feeC -89 mile. Amount Issued. $32,000.- Amount outstanding (14 series). $22,400. - Oharlaa UhlA. in WlTlt tflWH-

shlp. . Length. 2 miles and 2.998 feet. 2.57 miles. Amount Issued, $31,000. Amount outstanding (16 series). $24National road east. In Wayne town- . . -- I