Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 72, 3 February 1916 — Page 1

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A sneak thief raided two south end homes yesterday afternoon, Chief of police announced today. At the home of Mrs. Anna Haner, 316 South Eighth street, the thief, in the absence of the family, made a thorough exploration of the house, but did not take anything of value, Mrs. Haner reports. She did not no

tify the police how the man secured Enters Second House. Some time between the hours of 2 and 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a thief, believed to be the same one that entered the Haner residence, secured between $50 and $60 at the home of David Frauman, 645 South E street. This man. In the absence of members of the family, entered the house through the kitchen door. After taking the money, which he found in the bureau drawer, he departed through the front door. He was not noticed by any of the neighbors either entering or leaving the house, so the police have no description. About ten days ago a thief robbed two other south end homes and the police were successful in effecting his capture at Dayton, having been able to secure a good description of the man. NAMED EXECUTRIX. Mary Beltzell, wife of the late MarcellUB Beitzell, of Centervllle, was named executrix of the estate, valued at $2,000. Mr. Beitzell died Jan. 29.

FAMOUS PEflCHEROf COMES TO COUNTY

Carnot, Great Percheron Stallion, . Becomes Part Property of R. G. Leeds, and Will be Brought Here. Carnot, the greatest stallion of the Percheron breed in America, is to head the breeding establishment of R. G. Leeds on his farm south of the city. Mr. Leeds made public today the announcement that he had purchased a one-half interest in this famous champion Percheron , stallion from W. S. Corsa, owner of Gregory Farm. White Hall, -III., and a famous breeder of Percheron draft horses. Carnot was bred in France, and is credited with being the most famous specimen of the breed ever bro"rht to this country. He won first prise at Concours, Parts in 1909, and' after landing in this country made one of; the most successful show yard records In the history of the breed in America, j

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, " " V f V S. NEW entrance to the house. OFFICERS OF VILLA CAUGHT IN RAID EL PASO, Feb. 3. Two Mexicans, who formerly, held high command in the army of Francisco Villa, are prisoners here today, on the charge of having been connected with the recent massacre of Americans at Santa Ysabel, Mex. The two men, Rafael Castro and Bernardo Del Toro, were arrested last night as a result of secret information given the authorities, supposedly by a woman. Both declared their innocence of the accusation made against them. Castro held the rank of general in Villa's army and Del Toro was the commander of one of the Vtllista flying squadrons. Castro succeeded Rodolfo Fierro, ; "the butcher," of the Villa army, when the latter " was drowned. . He won grand championship honors at the New York horse show, the International Live Stock exposition at Chicago, Indiana State fair, Illinois State fair, Iowa State fair, Wisconsin State fair, and at the close of the season's showing was sold to W. S. Corsa for $10,000, the record price at that time for a stallion of the breed. The get of Carnot have been phenomenal : winners every year since 1912. including the Panama-Prclfic Exposition and the International Live Stock expositions, the greatest shows of the world, and a number of the leading state fairs. The Get of Sire class, the most coveted prize for which exhibitors contend, has been won seven times by the get of this horse. His colts have commanded high prices as weanlings and yearlings, ranging up to $2,000, and have been in demand from all sections of the country. He will be given service in the future at Gregory Farm and at " the breeding establishment owned by Mr. Leeds in Boston township, south of Richmond.

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6.0. P. GIVES FINE GREETING TO CANDIDATE Anti-Watson Sentiment in Race for Senate Turns Many Toward Indianapolis Aspirant. RECEPTION PLANNED Itinerary Includes Lafayette and Counties of Southern Indiana After Campaign in City. Harry S. New of Indianapolis, candidate for the Republican nomination for United States senator, subject to the primary election, March 7, visited Richmond today for the first time since entering the contest and he was delighted with the reception he received. Support is Pledged. Throughout the day Mr. New was escorted about the city by Republican leaders interested : in his candidacy and he was kept busy acknowledging pledges of support to his candidacy, y It had been reported to Mr. New at various times that the candidacy of James E. Watson for the Republican senatorial nomination did not sit very well with the voters of Wayne county, even with the staunch Republicans who had loyally supported Watson in past campaigns. Today Mr. New discovered that these reports had not been exaggerated. He admitted to friends that he was astonished over the anti-Watson sentiment he had discovered here. Mr. New also Informed friends of Continued On Page 8ix. APPAM PRIZE WILL BELONG TO GERMANS WASHINGTON, Feb. S.Formal request for permission that the "prize ship" Appam remain in Norfolk harbor until the end of the war or that she be interned as a military transport will be made by the German em bassy here. Already Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, has formally notified the state - department that he Invokes the provisions of the Prussian treaty in the case of the liner. ...... . , He takes the position that the vessel is a prize. So does the official neu trality board of the state department And while Secretary Lansing has reserved the right to change the ruling or the latter body, his order that all passengers were to go free went a long way toward indicating that the final ruling will be to this effect. , Great Britain's demad that' the vessel be turned back to her owners, under The Hague convention, is not expected to be granted. Even at the British embassy it is not expected that the big new steamer will be released to any one unto the end of the war. Both German and England have taken all steps to safeguard , their rights. And neither is very anxious to press any point that might cause friction. Weather Forecast Temperature. Noon 22 Yesterday. Maximum Minimum 22 15 Local Forecast Somewhat unsettled. Probably fair tonight and Friday. Continued cold tonight. General Conditions The cold wave is central over the Missouri valley with a temperature of 20 below zero at Valentine, Neb., and 30 below . at Moorehead, Minn. The cold wave covers the entire Mississippi valley and reaches south to the Gulf of Mexico. There is snow in Tennessee and freezing temperature in Alabama, Georgia and Southern Louisiana. The severe storm is moving up the Atlantic coast The storm reported yesterday on the north Pacific coast is moving eastward to the Rocky mountains and will probably reach this section in a few days. W. E. Moore, Wea"ior Forecaster.

HOUSE SEEKS PEACE VIEWS OF EUROPEANS

LONDON, Feb. 3. Col. E. M. House, special diplomatic agent for President Woodrow Wilson, whose mission abroad, it is now generally understood, is one of peace, came to Europe at the express invitation of Germany. This information was secured here today by the International News Service from a very high source. The suggestion that President Wilson send a special envoy to the belligerent capitals to sound sentiment and secure, if possible, views upon which peace proposals might be based was made informally to Secretry of State Lansing by Count von Bern storff, the German ambassador to the United States, according to the informant of the International News Service. There is no good reason to doubt that, the German peace propaganda has been extended to the United States for it is an open secret that peace emissaries of Germany have been active in several of the neutral countries of Europe during the past six months. JENKINS ARGUES FOR LEVEL SPAN AT MAIN STREET Advocacy of the improvement of First street from Main street to the National road west to permit of the tuirinpv of traffic that way in moving over a new permanent, level and artistic bridge, wa& made by L- Jenk Ins last night. :' He spoke to a meeting of , the South Eighth 3trj4t Friends', Union and in a general discus sion gave a full explanation of the various phases of the prob lem. His remarks were illus trated with stereopticon views reproduced from photographs of scenes in the vicinity of the bridged Speak About C. A O. Especial consideration was given by Mr. Jenkins to his contention that the lowering of the C. & O. railroad tracks will not cost more than $7,000. He was formerly with the Pennsylvania railroad and is experienced in bridge construction of this kind. He declared that , he was prepared to prove with statistics and data that his Continued On Page Six. zeppWs start fire ItJ SALOfllKI ATHENS, Feb. 3. Fires set by incendiary bombs dropped upon Saloniki by a Zeppelin airship on Monday night destroyed the Bank of Saloniki. six shops, nine houses and two supply depots of the Anglo-French troops, according to advices received today. Thirty bombs were dropped by the Zeppelin, which maneuvered over the town for an hour despite the fire concentrated upon it by the allies' antiaircraft guns. The bombs killed eleven civilians and two soldiers. Sixteen civilians and a soldier were wounded.

BED A6REE TO ANSWER WILSON'S CALL TO ARMS

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3. President Wilson today brought his preparedness tour to a close here by stirring a great audience of 16,000 German-Americans to a near frenzy of patriotic enthusiasm. ' - Ayill you come when I call" he as&d. Cries of "Yes, Yes," and "You bet we will," came from all sides of the Coliseum where the president delivered his principal address of the day and the crowd fairly rocked the big hall with its applause. . . : j i The president drove home with emphatic words that the army he wants will be a citizens' one and not a professional one. This brought about a storm of cheers.' The president handled the ' pacifists in the roughest fathion he has yet used and the St

CITIZENS EXPECT TO FILL STATION EARLTTTONIGHT Mayor and Commercial Club Telegraph Pleading for Few Words From Car Platform on Defense.

TRAIN ARRIVES AT 7:25 Beautiful Wife Accompanies Nation's ExecutiveWom en Will Seek Glimpse of Land's "First Lady." President Woodrow Wilson on board his special car, attached to an eastbound Pennsylvania train, will arrive at the Richmond Union Station at 7:25 this evening, and it is expected he will deliver a brief address from the platform of his car during the five minutes the train remains here. Telegrams Are Sent. This afternoon Mayor Robbing and President John Kicholson of the Richmond Commercial club, sent telegrams to the president, to be delivered to him when his train arrives in Indianapolis at 5:40 o'clock this afternoon, notifying him of the desire of Richmond people to hear him speak Continued On Page Six. PESIDEI1T REFUSES TO ADDRESS EDITORS INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 3. Despite strenuous efforts on the part of the Indiana Democratic editors who are in the city today in their annual con vention to have President Wilson Stop off here an hour tonight to make an address at the banquet it was announced late this afternoon that the president would not leave the train. The train will arrive here at 5:40 and the President will probably make a five minutes rear platform address. NEW ISSUE ARISES OVER PRIMARY LAW ' Another conflicting statement in the new primary law has been discovered by County Auditor Bowman and he inquired of the state's attorney today regarding it. It relates to the qualifications of voters. The statement in question follows: "Any person who WILL be a qualified elector at the election for which such primary is being held, whose name does not appear on such book of registration, shall be entitled to vote f he shall make affidavit that he IS a qualified voter of such precinct." The distinction between the word "will" and "is" in the same statement is the confusing part of the clause and makes it indefinite whether or not a voter moves into a precinct after the primary may be allowed to vote. Louis crowd cheered his every sarcastic statement. "These men look straight into the face of facts" said the president, "and see nothing but atmospheric air." "You should listen to them with indulgence but absolutely ignore their words. They have a right to talk but no right to influence us. . , "Nothing chills folly like exposure to the air. I came into the middle west to find something and I found it" declared the president as he faced the immense coliseum audience.": "I was told" he continued, "that the feeling in the middle west was not the same as on the coast. I knew that the men who said so did not know what they were talking about. I know the spirit of America and I know what America will do when its rights are threatened."

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DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS DESERT STATE HOUSE TO ATTEND LOVE FEAST

,B. B. Johnson, private secretary to Governor Ralston, has written to Dick Allen, acting Democratic chairman of Wayne county, that he has disposed of forty-nine of the fifty tickets to the Sixth district Democratic love feast, to be held here next Monday evening. ' Johnson also requested that ten more tickets be sent to him, indicating that he intends practically to depopulate the state house on the day of. the Democratic rally. The Indianapolis party will make the trip to Richmond in a private traction car. List of Visitors.

FOULKE PENS FERVENT PLEA FOR DEFENSE Suggestive and pointed, a poem written by William Dudley Foulke anent President Wilson's call for pre paredness, is printed below. The poem was sent from Hotel Bon Air, Augusta, , Ga., where Mr. Foulke is stopping for his health. The title of the poem is "Too Late. It follows: For help unhappy Belgium cries, . Stunned cy the blows of Fate, As crushed beneath the foe she lies, Help comes, but comes too late. . Stormed and assailed on every band By foes inflamed with hate, Lo, Servia calls. The allies land ' " In Greece, but all too late. . , , . -f . ' Brave Montenegro must defend Alone her mountain state. Will Italy no succor send? Nay, she delays. Too late. We see all this and yet unarmed. In helpless folly, wait,. . . ' And dream we shall escape unharmed. Pray God 'tis not too late.

T WILSON. Among the state officials who are coming are: ' B. B. Johnson, secretary to the governor; Secretary of State Homer Cook; State Auditor Dale Crlttenberger; State Trc surer George Bittier; Judge Felt and Judge Morris of the Appellate court; Peter Truylar; Carl R. Hughes and John J. Welsh, of the industrial board; Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health; E. B. Stotsenberg, attorney general; Ed Barrett, state geologist; . Charles Markle, of the state public utilities Continued On Page Six. GERMANS PREPARING FOR YSER ATTACK '. PASIS, Feb. 3. Violent German attacks are imminent along the Yser front, according to reports received at the war office today. Large bodies of German troops are being brought up. They are extending and strengthening their system of fortifications along the entire front." -. It' Is believed that the capture of Nieueport is the object of the offensive movement, but British troops are also preparing to resist an attack In the direction of Dunkirk. Commenting upon the German preparations the Echo 6 Paris says: . - , . - "If Germany is pushed to a last hope, offensive, she will try tp throw off a trump in the Flanders section by. twin? overwhelming masses of troops, and large quantities of ammunition.-