Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 70, 1 February 1916 — Page 1

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CITY OPPOSES HIGHER RATES

It is no secret that the city officials are thoroughly alarmed over the prospect of the state utilities commission authorizing the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company to place in effect temporarily a schedule of natural gas rates, petitioned for by the company in December, which is approximately a seventy-five per cent increase over the existing rates. The company wants these rates to be operative ifntil a permanent rate schedule, based on the physical valuation of the gas utility, can be formulated by the commission, several months hence.

Official. Fear Action. City officials are Inclined to the belief that the commission members regard the petition of the local gas company with much favor. The municipal government, however, is prepared vigorously to combat the effort of the gas company to force high gas rates upon its patrons In mid-winter and the hearing of the case before the commission on February 7 promises to be an exceedingly lively one. "The Light, Heat and Power company is engaged in an effort to have a Continued On Page Ten. VILLA TROOPS DESTROY ROAD TO CHIHUAHUA EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 1. Eluding Carranza soldiers who had been sent to pursue them, Vlllista soldiers have reached the railway line between Juares and Chihuahua City. Shortly before noon on Monday they held up and robbed a passenger train that had left Juarez for Chihuahua the night before and today they are reported to be destroying the railroad. By wrecking the railroad the Villistas would Isolate scores of Americans in Chihuahua City and other parts of the state of Chihuahua. Several Americans are said to have been on the train that was held up and it is reported that the Villistas took from the train and shot to death General Tomas Orneles, a former adherent of Francisco Villa who had sur. rendered to Carranza. The Villistas looted the express car on the train and forced the passengers to give up all their valuables. One rumor says that they got more than $50,000 in booty. The holdup occurred at Laguna, less than fifty miles north of Chihuahua City and in a district which Carranza officials claim to be safe for foreigners. The attack on the railroad was taken in El Paso to indicate that Villa forces had moved eastward from western Chihuahua. MINTURU INSPECTS TRENCHES IN COUNTY Joseph A. M in turn of Indianapolis came to Wayne county today on a useless mission. He was sent here as district representative from the Republican state central committee to work up interest in securing candidates for the various county offices. In Wayne county he found an abundance of nominations and it was suggested to him that it might be a good plan to weed out some of the candidates before primary. Mr. Minturn is candidate for lieutenant governor on the Republican primary ticket and was assigned the work of further organization of the sixth district.

Seer ess Forecasted Weisbrod's Accident

How Herbert Weisbrod, 334 M, South Eighth street, seriously and perhaps fatally Injured yesterday when a barrel of whisky toppled off a dray and fell upon his abdomen, was foretold by a .negro fortune teller, last summer, that a tragedy would befall him "the last day of the first month of the new year," was related by several of the unfortunate man's friends today. . The night before the accident Weisbrod, it Is stated, while calling upon a young woman remarked to her laughingly that he supposed he would "get his" on the following day, then telling her of the prediction made by the fortune teller several months ago. . Weisbrod suffered greatly last night but today was resting easier. The at tending physician believes Weisbrod has a chance for recovery. He was perated on yesterday afternoon. , Serus Internal Injuries were revealed. Weisbrod, who baa been operating a

COUNTY AGENT MOVEMENT IS OPENED AGAIN

Opposition to the plan of providing supervisors of agriculture for the schools of Boston and Abington townships has been strongly developed over the county. The sentiment may lead to a called meeting of the Wayne county Better Farming association to consider some protest. The Ground Limestone Improvement company has also taken a stand against the proposed innovation. Both organizations would prefer to throw their support toward the engagement of a county agent to serve farmers of the entire county. Members of the Better Farming association put forth the following arguments: The salary of the supervisor will be $1,200, $200 begin- paid by each of the townships, leaving $800 to be met by the state. Under this arrangement benefit will be derived by only two townships. j - ,,,. For the sum of $1,800 an agent can be employed who will assist farmers all over the county. There is $500 In the original county agent fund which is not being used. Agitation for a county agent among the farmers is increasing according to a well-known progressive farmer to whom many have appealed to take the lead in crystalizing the sentiment.

WILSON TO ATTACK PREPAREDNESS FOES If SPEECHES IN IOWA

CHICAGO, Feb. 1. Standing on the rear platform of his special train and facing a battery of cameras In the glare of a flashlight, President Wood row Wilson smiled goodbye to Chicago at 10 A. M. today, as he started the second half of his swing around the middle west. A large crowd gathered In the cold to catch a glimpse of the chief executive and his bride as they left the Blackstone hotel and another throng greeted him at the LaSalle street station. President Wilson smiled, bowed and waved his hand to both crowds. Just before departing, announcement was made that the tram would stop at Joliet, Ottawa, Moline and Rock Island .and that President Wilson would make three train-end speeches. In side the private car, President and Mrs. Wilson waited to bid farewell to the Chicago committee that had es corted them to the station. Members of the president's party today predicted that the president, be ginning tonight at Des Moines, will bedray owned by Earnest L. EvanB, 427 South Eighth Btreet, was attempting to remove a barrel of whisky from the dray while on North E street, yesterday noon. In so doing Weisbrod slipped and fell upon his back. The barrel fell upon him. It could not be learned today whether Evans is protected by a casualty insurance policy under the workmen's compensation law. 4 HOTEL NEEDS SPUDS Henry Vogelsong, landlord of the Hotel de Hobo, which is conducted in the basement of the city building, announces that his supply of potatoes is running short and that he -would appreciate some more contributions of "spuds."

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This remarkable photograph of the stranded British torpedo boat destroyer, Louis, was made in the Dardanelles just as the last of the crew were leaving in a launch sent from another ship in the fleet. The Louis grounded and the Turks shelled her from the land forts with such effect that she had to be abandoned. Not one member of the crew was lost in the transfer from the stranded vessel, although an almost constant fire was directed toward the ship from the Turkish forts.

PROHIBITION PARTY CALLS CONVENTION INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1. Nomination of Prohibition candidates this year will be made by delegates In mass convention as heretofore, says J. Raymond Schmidt, state chairman. In a letter sent to voters all over the state. He denies the party will be off the ballot because of the ten per cent of the total vote necessary for a party to participate in the primary elections. The annual state convention is- slated for Tomlinson hall, June 6-7. HOLD UNIQUE PARTY. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Feb. 1. A banquet will be given Feb. 29, by the club of Few Birthdays." All persons whose birthdays fall on that date are eligible to attend and already a large list has been obtained. come franker In his attacks on those opposing preparedness than he has been to date. They declare it is the president's purpose to make all of his speeches different in order that the Interest in them will not wane. It was pointed out today by one of his advisers that the president had covered the situation In a general way as fully as it can be covered. They believe he plans to make more direct attacks on his opponents. -

ZEPPELINS ATTACK BRITISH ARSENALS

LONDON, Feb. 1. Germany's latest air attack against England carried out last night by the biggest fleet of Zeppelins that has yet assaulted the British cities from the sky, is believed to have been directed at the great munitions factories that are now working day and night, as well as against ship , yards and railway communications. ; The Zeppelins were divided Into three groups, one attacking the east coast, one attacking the northeastern coast and the third dropping bombs upon the midland counties. London was. menaced by the Zeppelins which came from the direction of the Estuary of the Thames. Although the raid had been anticipated and preparations made for it, it is believed that all the balloons got away safely. Weather conditions were favorable for the raid, the sky being covered with a blanket of fog. . It was reported that one of -the Zeppelins attempted to drop bombs on the great factories of Birmingham. Most of the ammunition which is being produced by England is coming from the great chain of industrial plants at Birmingham." The raiders evidently intended to attack naval patrol stations at Hartelpool, Sunderland, Yarmouth and Norwich as bombs fell in those vicinities. The attacking , balloons penetrated further - into the interior of . England i

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noon. Watch In Mirror. 4 Stiens compared the sight to a moving picture film and called the attention of the patrolmen to it several times during the past tjWo years. Frank Stiens is proprietor of a shoe store at 510 Main street and he said that Clements could frequently be seen in front of the Oakland Wine company's room, directly across the street, nodding and motioning to a woman in the apartments of Mrs. Grant Yingling, 508 Main The reflection of the woman would be seen in the uppertransom of the store across . Continued On Page Eight. CORPORATION FORMED BY GENNETT FAMILY Articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state yesterday by the Gennett Corporation, consisting of Henry Gennett, Alice L. Gennett, Clarence Gennett, Harry Gennett and Fred Gennett. Capital stock was given as $10,000. The corporation controls the piano store site recently purchased in Cincinnati. on this raid than in any other since the terial warfare against England was inaugurated by the Kaiser. . FIVE STORES CLOSE AT 9 ON SATURDAYS Joint agreement to close their stores at 9 o'clock on Saturday nights instead of 9:30 o'clock as has heretofore been the rule, has been made by five Richmond merchants. The establishments affected by the change are the Lee B. Nusbaum company, the Mashmeyer store, the Palais-Royal, the George H. Knollenberg company and the Boston store. The new arrangement was decided upon . by - the merchants in consideration of the clerks and employes. The new closing hour becomes effective this week. ' No change in the daily working hours other than that of Saturday night wiH be made. Three merchants who have taken the initiative in shortening the hours of the clerks . believe : they have established a' precedent which will be generally followed -by. other. Richmond merchants.

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DEMOCRATIC WORKERS ENTER PRIMARY RACE

There will be contests for at least four places on the Democratic county ticket, to be nominated at the primary election March 7. r- Acting county chairman Dick Allen today gave out a list of aspirants for Democratic nominations for county offices, as follows: . FOR RECORDER Harry Thalls, Jefferson township; Frank Pickett, Wayne township. FOR SHERIFF Ben Drischell, Richmond ; George Young, Richmond. FOR TREASURER W. S. Hunt, Cambridge City; Frank Geisler, Hagerstown. FOR REPRESENTATIVE Robert E. Boren, Fountain City . FOR JOINT REPRESENTATIVE Robert Bell, Union county. FOR CORONER Dr. F. P. Buche, Richmond. . - - FOR COMMISSIONER, MIDDLE DIST. James Harris, Center township. . FOR COMMISSIONER, WESTERN NO WORD RECEIVED ON WILSON'S VISIT President Wilson probably will not make a rear platform speech In Richmond on his first speaking tour of the central west in the interests of his preparedness program. In returning from Chicago and the middle west , cities, the president's special will stop for- five minutes in Indianapolis. He will not speak there. Whether his return route to Washington will bring him through Richmond or whether he will take a southeasterly course to Cincinnati, is not known. With respect to an , address here during the second speaking trip which will probably be arranged for later, no assurances are forthcoming from Washington at this time. Senator Kern and .Indiana congressmen' are urging the president to address the laymen's missionary movement meeting in Indianapolis while on that trip. RALSTON TO SPEAK. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1. Governor Samuel M. Ralston will be the speaker at. Winona Lake when Indiana Day is celebarted during the summer Chautauqua. Other speakers for the big week will be William Jennings Bryan and Vice President MarsnaU.

BRITISH STEAMER PREY OF GERMANS TAKEN TO NORFOLK

NORFOLK, Va., Feb. l.-The British steamer Appam which was reported to have been lost off the African coast, arrived in port today, a German prize of war. It was reported when the Appam steamed into port that a German prize crew was on board and that she had been captured by a German submarine, but several hours later it was learned that she had been taken by an armed German tramp. The capture was made off the Canary islands and the vessel crossed the Atlantic, a distance of approximately 4,200 miles, with a prize crew and the German commander on board.

$250,000,000 STEEL MERGER BEING FORMED NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Financial circles in New York expect an announcement within a few days that the merger of the Cambria Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Lackawanna Steel companies has been consumated. It is understood that minor details are being worked out and that as soon as these are arranged the official debut of the new giant industrial combine will be made. The organization probably will be known as the International Steel Corporation and its capital stock, according to the tentative plans, will be either $200,000,000 or $250,000,000. At the office of Kuhn, Loeb and Co., it was stated today that no statement on the merger negotiations could be issued at present but that they were progressing -sattefactorfly. : 7 DURAZZO BOMBARDED. ROME, Feb. 1. Durazzo, Albania, has been bombarded by Austrian aviators, who also dropped manifestos advising the Servians to return to Servia, according to the Corriere Delia Serra. DIST. Robert L. Hartman, Jackson township; John Clark, Jefferson township. FOR SURVEYOR J. C. Starr, Richmond. Up to the present time no announcement of any candidacy for the nomination as prosecuting attorney has been made. It is stated that in the treasurer's race Hunt and Geisler: will decide between them which one will remain in the contest. Neither desires opposition. John M. Lontz of this city, candidate for the Democratic nomination Continued On Page Eight.

CAPTORE OF APPAM RAISES KNOTTY POINT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. What is expected to prove one of the most serious complications of the European war, so far as this government is concerned, developed today. The British merchant steamer Appam, previously lost at sea reached Norfolk in charge of a German prize crew. Her final disposition will present to this government a number of very serious problems. So serious was the situation that AsWeather Forecast United States Report Fair tonight and Wednesday. Colder in extreme south portion tonight. Yesterday. Noon 20 Temperature. Maximum 56 Minimum 27 Local Forecast Fair and cold tonight and Wednesday. Temperature near zero or below tonight. General Conditions The present cold wave which started south from Alaska the first of last week has finally reached the Mississippi valley and is causing snow as far south as northern Texas. The zero line is expected to reach the southern portion of Indiana tonight. W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

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Crew of Twelve Men Among the persons on board the Appam were passengers taken from other British ships which had been sunk by the armed German tramp. There were twelve" men in the prize crew, but they were aided by twenty German civilian prisoners who had been on board the Appam when she was siezed. When the Appam left Dakar on the west coast of Africa for Plymouth, on Jan. 11, she carried 160 passengers, 20 German citizens who were being sent to England for internment and a crew of 155 men. Early morning mist hung heavily over the harbor when the weatherbeaten Appam steamed into port shortly after 6 o'clock this morning. Sailors on other 6hips could not believe their eyes when they saw the German flag hanging limply at the masthead. As soon as it was learned that the ship was British and that she was in command of a German prize crew, the port authorities got in communication with the master -of the vessel. In the meantime reports flew thick and fast, and it was said that the ship had been captured by a German submarine of the dreadnaught type in mid-Atlantic and bad been brought across by a score of men. The prize crew had to bring the Appam to the United States as she could not be taken into a German port. The capture of the British liner upon the high seas and her voyage across the Atlantic forms one of the most thrilling chapters of the great war. The Appam was on her way from Dakar, French colony of Senegal, on the west coast of Africa, to Plymouth. England, with scores of passengers on board when she was captured. The captured liner carried a full cargo of freight which had not been disturbed by the German sailors. The report of the arrival of the Appam created a profound sensation in Washington. Officials said today that they expected that the prize would be Interned and that the crew would likewise be interned until the end of the war. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary of State Lansing were promptly informed of the situation and an Immediate conference was arranged. Officials declared that the situation was unique and that until a complete report has been received from the collector at Norfolk the line of future action could not be decided on. TO HOLD INSTITUTE. CENTERVILLE, Ind., Feb. 1. The Center Township Farmers' Institute will be held in the town hall here Feb. 9 and 10. A committee will arrange te program, which will be announced later. slstant Secretary -of the Treasury Peters in charge of all matters affecting neutrality referred the entire problem to Secretary of State Lansing. He recommended that the Appam shall be sequeslered in Hampton Roads until her exact status shall have been determined. There are no precedents to follow in this case. The Hague convention carried an agreement which would cover the case but the officials here declared that Great Britain did not subscribe to this particular binding, and that Germany did so with reservations. It has been agreed, however, that this government shall stand on the letter of the Hague agreement. This provides fhat the question of whether the Appam is a legal prize shall be referred to Germany which shall have a prize court reach a decision. . There is not the slightest doubt that the decision will be that the liner was lawful prize. Then the question of disposition will become acute. The Hague agreement says that "lawful prize" coming into a neutral port must leave wRhin a reasonable time other wise it shall be interned. Inasmuch as the British authorities already are understood to be sending warships to the Virginia capes to recapture the Appam it is certain that she will be interned. But officials here understand that Great Britain will not be willing to concede the legality o( the capture of the liner.