Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 52, 11 January 1916 — Page 9

PAGE NINE OOrJD ASSERTS CITY CAN MEET DEBT IN YEAR BOYD SCORES LEE'S ACUMEN AS POLITICIAN 'LEAP YEAR" JOKEPROVES BOOMERANG TO YOUNG LAWYER Indoor Sports t -t - -By Tad

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TUESDAY, JAN. 11, 1916

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of the city plant and the Light, Heat ' ft Power plant will be able to net the 'ritv 1110.000 the first year was the - -w - t w statement made today by City Attorney William A. Bond in a talk before the Business Men's club which met at J noon. ' -' ' ' He said that the $85,000 which the city would have to borrow to buy the competing plant could, be paid off this year without touching the taxpayers money. Mr. Bond in his talk outlined the progress of the negotiations for , the purchase of the other plant from . the .time of its inception to the pres- . ent. He attributed the decision to purchase the plant to an error on the part of a member of the state public service cor'.mission. He said that without the knowledge of the city officials one members of the commission permitted the L. H. & P. company to make a lower -rate "to four of , the largest consumers of current in Rich mond and therefore tied the city's hands. He said that the only course , which the city could reasonably, take was to purchase the. competing plant and thus wipe out competition and ' eliminate the expense of duplicate ' service. ' ' , ; Bond Explains Action. He said that what had been done . had been done only after a careful .investigation. Mr. Bond further stated that he had been told unofficially "that the L. H. & P. company would be .willing to pay the city over $500,000 . for Its municipal plant if it could have ; the field. "After the properties are combined the city will have about t $525,000.00 invested in the property -' and it will be worth and can be sold for $1,000,000," Mr. Bond stated. , ; Mr. S. S. Strattan of Chicago, was present as the guest of the club. He stated that, for several years be had been able to get an outside view of : Richmond and he thought that the Business Men's -club which has-been . formed could be a great benefit to the community. The club which is made up of .Richmond business and professional men decided to name the organization the 12-6 club on account of meeting each Tuesday at ,slx minutes after twelve. L. S. Bowman was announced as the chairman In charge of the next meeting. . ; . , ' AMERICAN SOCIETY -SUES AVIATOR FOR LEGAL SEPARATION Mrs. Claude Graham-White, wife of the well-known aviator, who has filed a petition " for the restriction of her conjugal rights, admits that the action Is a prelude to divorce proceedings,' Mrs. ... Graham-White was formerly Miss Dorothy Caldwell Taylor, a'Nftw York society girl. She married the noted aviator in Widford, England, in June, 1912. The couple first met on ship board in mid-ocean. At the time r- of the wedding most of the guests ar rived In aeroplanes,' but Miss Taylor .. had a premonition of danger and the plan for her and the bridegroom to fly to the church was' called off. RETURNS STOLEN BOX. . RUSHVILLE, Ind., Jan. IS. During the rush of the Christmas season the clerks found a package on the counter and put it away with the lost and found articles. No one claiming it the package was opened last week and along with $5 worth of merchan

dlse was a card saying, "These goods restaurants are being licensed. To do have been returned because they're so they must pass a physical examinanot paid for." tion.

f Some of the smart suits of the season, consisting of coat and skirt, show the narrow skirt effect and a hip coat with a flare from the waistline. Here a suit is shown in brown velours with short and medium skirt topping palest leather pumps and grey spats. Russian fitch trims the collar and numerous novelty buttons are arranged down the front. '--.'.,.

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VIEWS OF THE FAMOUS NATIONAL ROAD YOU HAVE NOT SEEN

Efforts of the Wayne County Old Trails' Road association to arouse interest in the perpetuation of that famous old highway as a real for sure national thoroughfare, are being followed throughout the country. Glimpses of the historic old highway along Its eastern terminus are given in the pictures above. Ohio is re-awakening old echoes on the highway of her grand-daddies. The National pike, or Cumberland road, as it was sometimes called, is being restored to a condition surpassing its ancient splendor, for instead of a rough stone pike, the ancient route is to be paved sixteen feet wide throughout the state, a major portion of the projected mileage being brick. Thomas Jefferson, in 1806, signed the first act for a highway to connect Cumberland, Md., with the Ohio river. It was completed to Wheeling in 1818, to Columbus in 1833, and thence by successive stages to Indianapolis, Ind., Springfield, 111., and Jefferson C'ty, Mo. This road was the great highway of immigrationfoJ the'-, central states. A single day would see scores of hurrying stage coaches and hundreds of wagons drawn by oxen. Most of the early statesmen and presidents . assed over it at one time or an- er and the delapidated Inns that abound along the route are replete with traditions of the great men who were their guests. -,--.- This road was gradually abandoned by the national government to- the states, as the problem of maintenance became acute and for fifty years past it has received almost no attention. It All mattresses and pillows made hereafter for the United States government will be filled with kapoc, a vegetable fiber having great buoyancy. The 90,000 waiters and kitchen attendants of the New York hotels and

could scarcely be distinguished from the unimproved mud roads of the vicinity. To prevent a recurrence of this indignity to an old landmark, the sta'.e highway department is directing that the improvement be f as nearly permanent character as possible. The brick pavement through Belmont county has practically been completed within the last year. ' Guernsey, Muskingum, Franklin and Montgomery counties in Ohio also hare their portions In an advanced s te of construction. One of the puzzles of the old highway is the famous crooked bridge in Belmont county, whose lines describe

MACKENSEN, A REAL GERMAN LEADER; RITHLOW TELLS EXPERIENCES IN BATTLE

"Talk about Marshal, von Mackensen," said H. Meyer-Rithlow, the first veteran of the European war to reach this country, "he's the kind of general everybody likee. and I am not throwing stones at Field Marshal von Hindenburg either, for he is a magnificent leader. "You want to know what kind of leader Von Mackensen is? Well, he doesn't sal, 'Boys I want you to take that Russian village over there and try to hold against the Czar's men. No here's ho." he says it: "'The Thirty-Fourth regiment will occupy that village this evening at 6 o'clock and hold it until tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock at all hazards.' "That's all he says. And we take the village and hold it until that time, unless we get orders to the contrary which seldoms happens in Mackensen's command." Rithlow with the Rev. M. Rutzky are showing war pictures at the Lyric Tuesday and Wednesday, the proceeds of which go to the relief of German prisoners. Rithlow saw service in the swampy legions of Russia under Von Hindenburg. "The slaughter of Russians was awful, but our losses also were heavy. We were ordered to fall back from a through a swamp one night. Our flanks were protected by cavalry. They got into the swamp and we waited for them until morning. We saw that they could not be extricated, so we were ordered to picK them off man by man, in order that they would not be mutilated by Cossacks or starve to death. There was no chance of get ting to them. Horrible, you say. True, j MAENNERCHOR TO MEET. Members of the Richmond Maennerchor will hold a social session in their hall next Sunday afternoon. No program for the occasion is being arranged. It is expected that a large number of the members will be present. The singers of the organization met last night and held their weekly rehearsal. .GIVE XMAS PLAYLET. The musical entertainment which was to have been given at the North Fourteenth street mission during the Christmas week, will be given this evening. The entertainment is In charge of Miss Alice Newman. It was postponed on account of the illness of several of the persons who were to take part. SETS ASSAULT TRIAL. Anna Bush, Fountain City, who is charged with assault with Intent to kill her 19-year-old step-son, Willie Smith, will be tried in circuit court Thursday. The regular petit jury has been summoned by Sheriff Steen. The boy is still at the hospital although bis recovery is assured by his physicians. CLOSES DINING ROOM. Leland Shafer denied this morning reports that be was retiring from the restaurant business. Mr. Shafer has closed his dining room but will continue his lunch counter,. , . ... j DIVORCE DISMISSED. A reconciliation has solved the alleged unhappy relationship of Lewis Shallenberg and bis wife. Myrtle Shallenberg. and action was taken in cir-

a compound curve. Whether the builder considered his design ornamental or whether he sought to fit the road to the stagger'ngs ' belated pedestrians has always been a subject of conjecture. Most of the stone bridges built In the earlier day are as sound as ever and would be considered good construction in any time. While the old road will never resume its former relative importance, it is expected to become an important route of auto travel and to facilitrte the marketing of farm products. The improvement program has already doubled the value of adjoining lands for a large part of the distance.

fl-iiD C ItJl" V"' - tmWii LC . - but it was war, and we are showing' our pictures not to boast of war but to show its horrors." cuit court this morning on motion of the attorney for the wife, plaintiff, dismissing the case from the docket. Shallenberg is the star player on the Greek polo team.

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CHRISTIAN CHURCH

TO HOLD MEETING MILTON, Ind.; Jan. 11. '"be Christian church will hold its annual business meeting at the church Wednesday evening, at which time the reports from each of the organizations of the church will be given. The members of the church and its various auxiliary organizations and friends, are expected to be present. There will also be a social hour and a picnic dinner served.. COMMITTEE MEETS. The committee, appointed by the Central Labor Council, to make arrangements for an appropri? observance here of '"Industrial Relations Day," will meet tonight. The committee is composed of B. F. Williams, John Young. G. W. Horr, C. E. Deichman and A. C. Allen. TRIAL POSTPONED. On account of the illness of Attorney Hatfield, who is representing the plaintiff, and Charles C. Shiveley. representing the defendant, the case of Warren Walters ugainsi John Mullins, for the possession of "houn dog," was postponed in Pquire Strayer's court toIdav. '-Trie tT i today and a ! m Indiana." trinl was to have been held jurv was to have decided of the "bes1. skunk hunter TALKS ON CIGARETTES. The Rev. Fred Gahre. son of the pv. H. Gahre, former superintendent i of Wernli Orphans' home, died in a Kansas City (Mo.) hospital yesterday from a complication of diseases. Funeral arrangements have not been made. The Rev. Mr. Gahre spent sev eral months here two years ago trying to recuperate his health. TALS ON CIGARETTES How the cigarette ultimately leads to the downfall of b6ys who become hatitual smokers was told in an Interesting thirty-minutes' address by Detective O. O. Wiard of Chicago, before the students of the high school in chapel this morning. ODDITIES Engii jers have proposed to dam the Niagara river near its outlet to produce 2(000,00-horse power in addition to that now derived from the falls. The United States produced. In 1914. 172,296 short tons of talc and scapstone for the manufacture of talcum powder. The germ of smallpox, discovered by a German scientist is so small that it passed through the most minute filters. On a farm conducted by the municipality of Berlin, cows are being milked in the fields by electrical machines deriving their power through cables.

Jackson Boyd of Greencastle, whose job as Progressive state chairman was recently appropriated by Edwin M. Lee, in reply to assertions made- by Lee in Richmond Saturday, that J. Frank Hanly was offered the gubernatorial candidacy because no one else was available, makes the declaration that there were plenty of Progressives who would have been proud to have accepted the gubernatorial nomination of their party. He brands Lee as a

"peanut politician.' In speaking in Richmond Saturday Lee referred to Bayd as "a good law yer, a good citixen and a writer of poetry, but possessed of the political intellect of a 6-year-old child." To this Boyd makes the following answer "Mr.. Lee, at Richmond Saturday, gave as an excuse of putting his man on the ticket that he could get no one else. I know, and Mr. Lee no doubt knows, of not less than half a dozen men who would be proud of the honor of going on the Progressive ticket as a candidate for governor. The truth is this whole matter of trading the platform for a candidate by Lee is a sample of Lee's great political acumen. He knows the game of politics on a peanut basis, but when it comes to principles he has no better conception of politics than he has of the fourth dimension of space. LODGE NAMES HEADS The Catholic Knights of America met last night and elected the follow ing officers: George Maurrer, presi dent: Michael Shinn, vice president; John Lawler, recording secretary; J. H. Menke. treasurer; Edward Jelley, Jr., financial secretary; Casper Jelley. John Flannagan and Morris Harold, trustees. WOMEN ASK PEACE WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. The wom en's Peace policy to day descended on congress with a definite program of peace legislation headed by Miss Jane Addams. A big delegation appear ed before the foreign affairs committee of the senate They submitted a demand for legislation that would bring about world peace and incidentally against unnecessary preparedness TRY "TIGER" CASE. When city .court reconvened this afternoon concluding testimony of state s witnesses was begun in the Case Of John Sandprs Vottio Runilore and Nellie Smith on trial on a charge of operating a blind tiger. Mr. and Mrs. Sanciers and his step-daughter Miss Smith live at 1222 Xnrth li street and Prosecutor Will Keller is seeking to prove they operated the blind tiger since Nov. 1. The family nas Deen in jail since the arrest was made. WAIT FOR FORMS. Prospective candidates for county offices have been requested by County Clerk Kelly to await the arrival of blank forms from the state department before filing with the clerk, according to law. declarations of their canaiaacies. only one candidate had filed his declaration, that of Frank St raver who made out his nwn anniin. tion blank from the form prescribed in the statute. The blank forms are expected to arrive tomorrow. CERtfER LECTURES. Adolph Germar of Milwaukee, prominent Socialist snoke before representative number of local Social ists in their hall, last night Germer was a leader It is understood in the Colorado coal strike. He gave an in ieresting address at last night's meet ing. Peel Off the Old Skin; Bring Out the New You know that beneatb that muddy. over-read, or Llotcny complexion yon nave a skin that s clear, sofe. and white. If you could only have this more beautiful skin expoped to view instead of the horrid old skin you now behold in your mirror! You can and by a verv simnle. nainiess. harm j less process which you can use your self. Get an ounce or common niercolized wax at your druggist's and this evening spread a thin coating of It over your face. Tomorrow morning wash it off wlh warm water. Small powder-like particles of tbe lifeless top ekln will come off with the wax. Repeat this daily until all the worn-out scarf skin bas been absorbed. Then you'll have a lovelier, healthier looking complexion than you now think possible. Blackheads, pimples, spots. freckles, chaps or other surface disfigurements are of course removed with the skin Itself. If your skin be wrinkled or flabby. bathe the face daily for awhile in a lotion made by dissolving 1 oz. powdered saxolite in H pt. witch hazel. This is Just splendid. Adv. POLO Wednesday Night Racine vs. Richmond. General Admission 25c BOO K S AH Late Fiction at 2c a Day THE READER CIRCULATING LIBRARY 23 X. Xinth St. USE COOPER'S BLEND (Coif If (2(2 COOPER'S GROCERY

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Svrz. rrtr Clinton B. Smith, a young lawyer and son of Judge Clinton Smith of Brooklyn, realizes the value of publicity. Just now he wishes he had not courted publicity, and most of all that he had not attempted to perpetrate a Leap Year joke on .thirty of his girl friends. As a result, several hundred girls are making an attempt to lead him to tbe marriage altar. Mr. Smith, who is thirty-two, six feet tall and good looking, sent out thirty cards, bearing the following inscription, neatly engraved, as a joke: "1916 being Leap Year, Mr. Clinton B. Smith wishes to announce that he is still a bachelor. "N. B. His antique mahogany furniture goes with him." One of the girls who received a card gave it to a newspaper reporter and then Mr. Smith is now dodging vomen every moment of his waking day. The telephone in his office is kept busy by inquiring maids, most of whom wish to know if . the antique furniture is genuine. Twenty acceptances have been received and only one refusal. tfcrr.a Celebration of IVonr Merest The arrival of a baby In the household completely changes the entire aspect of iV ox future. But la U-.a I tMantinMk during tba - I anxious period of exB - I pectuxr. ther la m 4 iplendid remedy known f Jj aa "Mother Friaod" I CT 1 that doee wooden. It b for external aae, re I lieves tbe pains of soothes and quiets tba nerves, extends Its influence to tba Internal organs and remntea to a great extent tbe tendency to worry and asprehenslon. It b i natural treatment, safe for tba mother, has no drag effect wbalaoerer and for this reaaon moat aaMrt a aaot beneadal influence npoa tboaa funcUone directly connected with Saotberhood. la very Interesting book ths sanject is freely dlacnased and a copy will maflad free to all expectant mothers by Brsdaeld Eaguliter Co, 40 Lamar Bdf Atlanta. Ga. Get a bottle of "Mother's FYlend" today of say druggist. Vm as directed sad yo win tbea know why mothers for nearly half a. century hare naed and reomnmeaded this aplandid aid to motberbood. Their letters ara ajMaaaaea of cheer, that breathe OMnfort la every ward IHRAlf.TTfIT,, THE WATCHWORD This Really Means, PERFECT DIGESTION AND ASSIMILIATION OF FOOD LIVER ACTIVITY BOWEL REGULARITY RICH, RED BLOOD TRY HOSTETTER'S StomaehBitters when weakness is manifested in the Stomach, Liver or Bowels." YOU ARE WELCOME Come in any time, and see this little shoe store up out of tbe high rent district. 201 Colonial Building. I Will Personally See that you are satisfied. C. R. MICHAELREE. new ornoD -SDCE SECT Just aay "Second Floor to WeVltOT Mll.';:4U;C