Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 55, 14 January 1916 — Page 1

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Fate of Nation Depends on Solution of Problem How to Protect Country Against Attack.

LEADERS DISAGREE

But All Insist Nation Is Defenseless, Open to Invasion and Safeguards Are Necessary.

PREPAREDNESS NOW STANDS OUT AS MOST VITAL ISSUE

WASHINGTON. Jan. 14. National preparedness has become the most vital Issue before the American people. President Wilson is assisting that legislation must be enacted without delay to the attainment of this end. Many congressmen, at their homes during the holiday season, learned how ardent is the sentiment of their constituents on this issue. Many plans have been proposed in congress, and the debates will be most heated and interesting. The most radical view is that held by former President Roosevelt, who apparently believes that the United States should be constantly kept on a war basis. His program contemplates a military establishment equal to that : of the most powerful nations of Europe. The colonel believes that in no Continued On Page Three.

HO ACTION IN BO BY WILSON Tells Senator Stone Inflammatory Speeches in Congress Embarrass Democratic Administration.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. President Wilson made it clear to Senator Stone, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee today that the demand for immediate action in Mexico made in the senate yesterday can not be complied with. Senator Stone was with the president for about half and hour, during which the Mexican situation and the administration's attitude were carefully gone over. Senator Stone Indicated that when he left the conference that there has been no change in the waiting attitude of the administration. "Carranta can not be expected to do anything in a day," he declared. It is understood that the president pointed out to Senator Stone the inadvisability of Inflamed utterances on the floor of the senate. Such incendiary speeches are being taken advantage of by enemies of the Carranza government and are embarrassing to the administration at this critical time.

SIX POINTS HOLD BACK U.S. ACTION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. President Wilson will take no action to determine whether a change In his Mexican policy Is necessary until the following facts have been established: First Whether the Carranza Government actually was at fault for failure specifically to protect the men murdered In Chihuahua state. Second Whether the Carranza government has done everything it could to protect foreign lives and property and to stamp out all bandit gangs. Third Whether Carranza actually is making an honest effort to re-establish law and order and employing all means at his disposal to bring this about. Fourth Whether the men murdered In northern Mexico had full knowledge that they returned to their properties in opposition to the expressed wishes of the United States government. Fifth Whether the murdered men traveled on safe conducts issued by the Carranza authorities at El Paso and Juarez. Sixth Whether either Carranza or Obregon had off Iclad knowledge that Villa had threatened the wholesale extermination of Americans.

TEUTONS OCCUPY KUK LONDON, Jan. 14. Austro-Hunga-rian troops in Montenegro have occupied Kuk, the Montenegro legation announced to day.

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In response to an appeal from the Palladium that he use his influence to secure relief in the rural mail tangle here which' has arisen from the motorization of Wayne countyroutes, Rep. Finly Gray said the department had promised to restore to the patrons service of the original efficiency. Senator Kern could not be reached as he was out of the capital. The dispatch from Rep. Gray follows: "I have made a demand on the postmaster general to restore the service there to its original efficiency at once. The motor service was put in over my protest The department claims it will restore the efficiency of the service. I do not believe the present arrangement can be made to work efficiently. I saw the fourth assistant yesterday and again today. I am doing everything to relieve the situation. I protested against the reduction in number of carriers and the concentration of routes leading out of Richmond. The best I got was a compromise by the restoration of routes from small towns."

ADAIR ALSO IS ON JOB TO RELIEVE CONDITION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Whatever relief measures are necessary to assure efficient service to patrons of Wayne county rural routes will be taken by the post .office department just as soon as inspectors making a survey of the situation there make their recommendations. This was made plain today by Representative Adair who has just returned from Indiana. Mr. Adair said that while he was in Cambridge City he was appealed to for assistance by Postmaster Beck who outlined the situation to him. Working with Representative Gray, Mr. Adair went to the post office department on his return here and received assurance that as soon as the department hears what its two inspectors think is needed it will act and do whatever the situation requires.

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Carranta, head of the de facto government oC Mexico today pledged that the murderers of the seventeen Americans near Chihuahua will be brought to justice. He wired Ambassador Arrendondo here to make this announcement to

FOUR GERMAN SAILORS HELD WHILE WORKING ON DEFENSES OF U. S.

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CETTINJE TAKEN

VIENNA, Jan. 14 Cettinje, the capital of Montenegro, has been captured by the Austro-Hungarians it was officially announced today.

GRAY PUTS BLAME ON MAIL MUSS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Recent announcement of his candidacy for congress by John M. Lontz, a Richmond business man, is causing Representative Finly Gray of Indiana, . considerable worry. General dissatisfaction over the rural route situation in Wayne county, which is included in Mr. Gray's district, is believed by him to have encouraged the candidacy of his opponent. This Mr. Gray declares is an injustice to him, asserting that he came personally to Washington to protest against motorizing the routes at the time of its proposal.

SHOWER KILLS TWO

HENDERSON, Ky.. Jan. 14. Acting on a challenge from one to the other, Andrew Hargls, 18, and D. H. Hargls, 31, took a shower bath under the eaves of their homes during the heavy rain here. Both developed pneumonia and died to-

Two postal inspectors, who were hurried to Richmond to attempt to restore order out of chaos, resulting from the complete failure of the motorized rural mail carrier service since its installation, January 1; were today preparing to forward their report on recommendations to the pos toff ice department. These men have been re-routing the districts of every one of the twelve new carriers in the county, it is understood. It is reliably reported that the postal inspector will inform the postoffice department that twelve routes are not enough to properly serve the rural districts of Wayne county. How many additional routes will be recommended is not known, as the report they will submit to the postoffice department is confidential. The postoffice department has for years been known as the most inefficient branch of the federal government. The careless methods employed by the department in installing a motorized rural mail service in Wayne county has brought this fact home forcibly to the rural residents of the county. Apparently the county postal authorities are not to be held responsible for the complete failure of the new rural carrier service. Everything points to the fact that the postal authorities in Washington are entirely to blame. The hue and cry which has been raised in Wayne county since January 1 over the inefficiency of the motorized service will, undoubtedly, serve to stimulate the postoffice department to take prompt action in putting forth every effort to improve the service, even at the expense of the anticipated "economy" the postoffice department had relied upon.

Hires Inexperienced Men. The navy department, aa one wear led employe of the Richmond postoffice put It today, would never undertake to man a battleship with Inexperienced, untrained men. However, he said the postoffce department did not hesitate to provide Wayne county with rural mail carriers who had received no training either In carrying their routes or In handling at their posto trices the mail turned over to them for distribution. The complete demoralization of the rural carrier service followed. An additional and very Important factor entering f-.to tie causes for conditions now existing to this service Is the fact that the routes provided for these new men were of such great length that even veteran carriers would have experienced great difficulty In serving -them properly. Because not enough time was taken in the preparation for the chance In

the rural mail delivery system the clerks working in the various county postoffices have been greatly handicapped, and this added to the confusion which has almost demoralized the county's postal service. Double Rout Length. Richmond now has four routes, rereferred to as A. B. C and D routes. Formerly there were double the number, being called routes number 1. 2, 3. 4. 5, etc. Mail for rural patrons from the Richmond postoffce still comes in addressed to NUMBERED routes Instead of LETTERED routes. The clerks have naturally been making mistakes in the "throwing" of such mail. The new carriers, having had no training in their work, have been making more mistakes in arranging the mail for delivery and. as a final demoralizing blow to the efficiency of the rural service, the carriers have been unable to carry their long routes. A few days ago Howard Elliott, one of the carriers out of the Richmond postoffice resigned because the work imposed upon him was too much. When it came to selecting his successor Postmaster Beck bumped Into a forest of red tape. He did not have a list of eligible for the place, which Is in the possession of the civil service commission, and the Instigator of all the trouble. Representative Finly H. Gray. Beck is still waiting for the civil service commission to Inform him who he can assign to the vacancy. Red Tape Follows. In due Ume three eligibles will be named by the commission and Mr. Beck will give the appointment to one of them, that is, if all the men do not turn down the proposition, or If Representative Gray does not object to them because they are not political henchmen of bis. A postal official said today that Continued On Page Sevan.

WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 14 Four Germans, members of the German navy, said to have escaped from German warships interned in United States waters, were arrested here today by federal agents. Two of them were employed upon a United States dredge boat which was engaged in work upon coast fortifications. The men arrested gave the following names: Karl Altmann. Emil Klatstein, Fred Gruger and Karl Ehrmann. Altmann and Klatstein were at work upon the dredge when federal warrants were served upon them. Ehrmann and Kruger were employed at the Bancroft Textile mills and lived within a stone's throw of the Hagley

yards plant of the Dupont powder works. The arrests were made following an

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vestigation revealed the fact that there were at least four Germans in this neighborhood who were wanted for breaking their parole and fleeing from interned German warships. The dredge upon which Altmann and Klatstein were employed was doing work upon Dupont. a United States coast defense.

DEFENDANT BREAKS DOW CAUSING DELAY IN CASE

In the midst of her cross examination by Prosecutor Reller li circuit court this morning. Mrs. Anna Bush, who is charged with assault and T attery with intent to kill her son, Willie Smith, of Fountain City, became hysterical and had to be carried from the witness chair. The screams of the woman attracted the attention o. every person in the court -house. The trial had to be temporarily postpor i. After she had been carried from t-e court, she continued to scream. Three physicians were " mmoned who said she had suffered a nervous breakdown but would probably be able to continue on the stand this afternoon. "Did I do wrong?" she cried as her children flocked around her in the court before sttaches carried her from the rcom. She screamed at the top of her voice for several minutes before Special Judge Lindemuth ordered her to be taken from the chair. Smith Tells Version. Willie Smith, the prosecuting witness, who Is one of thirteen children, took the stand Thursday afternoon. He said that when he -rent to his mother's house, she attacked him with a broom handle. This he resisted with his arm and finally took the stick from her. She then went into a bed room and chased him around the house with

IIUERTA DEAD; FORGIVES FOE

. . EL PASO. .Tex., Jan. 14. Arrangements for the funeral of General Victoriniano Huerta. former Mexican dictator, were to be made today. The ex-provisional president of the southern rcput"j died at bis home here of sclerosis ol the liver at 8:25 o'clock last night. He had been unconscious most of the time for the last three days before the end. During a period of consciousness he called members of his family to his bedside and told them he wanted it known that he forgave all his enemies. '.' . - -s .

a razor. He says that she backed him into a corner of the yard and cut him. Mrs. Antonio Burden and Rosa Curtis Mtnesscd the attack and their testimony Wednesday afternoon corroborated Smith's story. Although Smith has been et a school for the feeble minded, John Holaday, court reporter, said that his action on the stand showed more intelligence than man witnesses that have taken the stand. Frank Strayer. attorney for the defense, was unable to shake him in his story. Mrs. Bus ' her testlmoney before she broke down th!s morning, said that she made the at ck in self defense after her son had threatened to kill her.

FIGHT PLAN OF LONGER RECITATION

Club Women Register Informal Protest Against Action Taken by Superintendent of Schools.

GILES MAKES SURVEY

Teachers in Grade Buildings Express Disapproval of Longer Hours in Class Room Work.

Vigorous protests against the proposed plan of the Richmond board of education to lengthen the hours of study In the grade schools by fifteen minutes were made at the recent meetContinued On Page 8even.J . .

Weather ForecasT

United 8tats Report Generally fair tonight and Saturday. Not so cold Saturday. Yesterday Noon 14 Temperature Maximum . 20 I Inimum 5 Local Forecast Fair tonight and probably Saturday. Zero or below tonight General Conditions The great cold wave now extends to the Gulf of Mexico and la moving slowly. The temperature was 6S belov rero ax Hannah. N. D- 4 below at Oklahoma City and 24 below In different parts ot Kansas. It is below freezing en the Golf of Mexico. A storm Is developing over the Rocky mountains ar " win probably reach hers about the first of next week.' - i --- 1 ... W. 3E. ifrore. Weather Forecastsc.