Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 83, 23 February 1916 — Page 1

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. PARIS. Feb. 23. The triple oftenRive being carried out by tbe Germans in West f landers, in Artois, and to the north of Verdum is believed by French military experts to be the last great effort to break the allies linen in the west. If tbe German are unsuccessful in their attempts to cut through to the channel coast in West Flanders and to roll back the French at Verdum, the kaiser probably will be forced to assume the defensive on every front until tbe end of the war. German troops continued their at- - tacks on the Verdum region during the night, the war office announced this afternoon. Infantry action has xtended until the front is nearly nine miles long. The war office statement says the battle is proceeding violently and admits that the French troops

GRAY MEN FORM GLOB IN WAYNE CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Feb. 23. Close political friends of Representative Gray in Jackson and Washington townships, following several visits of Judge George Gray to Cambridge City and Milton, have organized a Gray club to boost the candidacy of Gray for re-nomination to congress. About two hundred members have been secured. Get Wrong Impression. ' Supporters of the candidacy of John M. Lontz in Cambridge City say that they became members of the organlza-

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were signing a remonstrance against the activities of William Dudley Foulke in connection with the rural mail delivery controversy. In the resolutions which were adopted at the Gray club meeting Monday evening considerable space is devoted to a criticism of Foulke. The following are the officers of the Gray club:' President, Bent Wilson; vice president, William Smith; secretary, William Bertram. Memebrs of the resolutions committee were: Charles Ferguson, Dr. W. R. Littell, R. G. Swallow and George W. Crull. NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY HERE. Very little importance is attached by members of the Lontz organization in Richmond to the organization of a Gray club at Cambridge City. What little opposition there is in Wayne county to the Lontz candidacy, they ay. is centered, for the most part, in Jackson and Washington townships, but the claim is advanced that notwithstanding this Gray sentiment, Lontz will carry these two townships, as well as every other township in Wayne county. It is declared that only a small minority of the Democratic voters in Jackson and Wash ington townships have affiliated with the recently organized Gray club. Attaches of the Lontz headquarters in this city are much more interested in the reports which have been com ing in recently from western counties of the district. Rush. Shelby and Ilan,cock. These reports indicate that 1ontz will obtain a substantial major ity over Gray in each of these counties, notably in Hancock. The Wayne County Lontz club, recently organized in Richmond, now has several hundred members. MARKSMEN BREAK TARGETS REGULARLY AT BOSTON SHOOT ItOSTON. Ind.. Feb. 23. Tbirty-five entrants, representing some of the best i;iric and shot gun marksmen in Wayne sind adjoining counties, participated in the shooting events of the Boston ?ro uois Gun club at the club grounds west of Boston, yesterday. Over 2.500 cartridges were emptied in efforts at the elusive clay birds.. Some exceptionally good scores were made by a number of entrants. Those who figured in the money and the records made follow: Cha, )r. Crocker. Liberty .... 130 M. Ktlwell, Batb 130 Stanley Bruttuin, Boston. 113 J. Kcrlin. Milton 100 M. Murley, Milton J0 C. Phillips, Boston 105 J. II. Heck. Boston 4o M. Logan; Boston To F. O. Smith, Boston ..... S3 Brk. !3 113 88 8J 76 7ft So 70 THOMAS ATKINSON DIES. Thomas Atkinson, 57, born in Clay township where he spent the early years of his life, died in a hospital at Los Angeles. Cal., Fritlay. The body will be brought to Greensfork for burial Friday or Saturday. Mr. Atkinson had been in the west for the past thirty years.

have evacuated the village of. Haumont. in Artois the -attack was carried out by an. entire division of teu thousand, men. . ' , . .. . .

HALF CENTURY MEMBERS GET LODGE HONORS Members of Woodward lodge of Odd Fellows,, this .city,, will tonight pay tribute to five of the veteran members of the lodge, each of whom has been a member for fifty years or longer. In recognition of their half century of affiliation with the organization each man will be presented with a handsome "fifty-year membership" lapel button. Those who will be so honored, together with the dates they were initiated into the lodge are: Jesse H. Brooks, Sept. 17, 1862. W. J. Nearon, April 29, 1863. Philip Schneider, Jan. 7, 1863. .. J. F. Davenport, July 5, 1865. Joseph F. Rowlett, Dec. 27, 1865. Only one other member of Woodward lodge has received a "fifty-year membership" 'button, A. S. Strattan, who Is now a member of the 1. O. O. F. Home at Greensburg. The meeting tonight will be a' purely social event and it is expected there will be a large attendance. - - . U. S. WILL PRODUCE NITROGEN FROM. AIR WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 The United States is to go into the business of manufacturing nitrogen compounds from. the air. as. a means . of preparedness under the land defense bill, prepared by the . House military affairs committee. The tentative draft of the measure now before the committee provides for a co-partnership between the government and private interdsts for the manufacturing of nitrates by the 'air process." , The scheme .mmtosjgui .estabjiahment. of a uig an imrusen piani'UI a water power site under Federal Jurisdiction. The Federal government will provide the water power and private interests are expected to furnish the plant and labor. Ttt Young Wife Although she spent eighteen happy years with her foster parents, and although she is happily married and has a home of her won, Mrs. Harry Lind, who was Clara Elizabeth Williams, has an irrepressible longing- to find -her own mother if she is living. - More than eighteen years ago Clara's father died, and her mother, compelled to work, placed the little one. in the Chicago Home Finders ' Association. Clara was then less than a year old. She was a .beautiful child, and was soon adopted by Mr. and Mrs. H. L.

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HOME ECONOMICS PLAN COUNTY

The seven Home Economics clubs organized in Wayne county within the past two years will take part" in county-wide meetings that are to be held March 14-16. Miss Roberta McNeill of Purdue university, will be the expert who will give demonstration work and lectures during these three day's. On March 16, a county meeting has been arranged by Miss Grace King, domestic science supervisor of WTayne county. At this meeting, in addition to Miss McNeill, Mies Adelaide Steele Baylor, head of the state economics work, Mrs." Virginia Meredith of Cambridge Cty, and probably Mrs. Mary. Matthews, head of the economics department, Purdue, will be present. - The following meetings were an j4oJWhfcca - by -MfejP-Kbig - March 15. Fountain City. V March 16. Richmond high school. On March 16, couaty. economics day will be observed. . ' Special program will be arranged

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Seeks Her Mauntier of Springfield! They loved her. as their own, and she grew up to womanhood in their. home. They came to Chicago eight years ago. - - - - MERCURIOS GET $100. f.Mercurio and Sens were awarded verdict for $100 by. a jury , in circuit court on the suit which they brought against, the National Live Stock Insurance company. The complaint was on a policy.

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for March 36, the county economics dayi Mrs. Fred Bartel of Richmond, will have charge of the music. Members of the following Home Economics clubs have been invited to take part in the meetings: Cambridge City, Hagerstown, Dublin, Bethel, Middleboro, Keiser School Community Center Jackson township, Economy. JUDGE REFUSES RESTRAINING ACT FOR: PROMOTER "It is not to the credit of the people of Hagerstown to have a marshal who is not paid out of the corporation funds," said. A. C Lindemuth in explaining, his .decision . on the suit brought by Bernard Lichtenstadt. wrestling . promoter, against John Pritchard, town marshal. Special Judge Lindemuth refused the permanent restraining order asked by Lichenstadt on the grounds that the threats that had been made by the marshal to interfer with any future wrestling matches, had been withdrawn. The evidence shows that there was no intent to interfere except in casH the matches were in violation of tht law," said Special Judge Lindemuth. "When the grounds for the restraining order have ceased there is no need for a permanent injunction. The threats have disappeaerd." Adjust Case Costs. The question of costs in the case developed this morning into the most important phase of the proceedings. The judge assessed cost for all the defendants with the exception of John Pritchard, on the plaintiff Lichtenstadtt The Law and Order league, members of the board of directors of the Odd Fellows' lodge and other resi dents of Hagerstown were dismissed from 'the case on , demurrers. The costs of all these will be paid by Lichtenstadt. The Judge . ruled further that all the costs of tha trial should be paid by Pritchard on the ground that no motion was made by the defendant to throw the case out of court before it came to trial. The force of the judge's decision was the dissolving of the temporary restraining order and refusal of the permanent injunction against the' town marshal. HUNT TALKS ON PARK ' Considerable interest is being shown !n the motion picture program which is to be given at the Commercial "club rooms this evening, open to the public with no admission charges. The pictures will accompany a travelogue on Yellowstone National Park by Charles j Norton Hunt. The wonders of thei national park will be explained in Mr. Hunt's talk and illustrated by the moving pictures. ' ; . Weather Forecast United States Report Partly cloudy and colder tonight. Thursday fair. Temperature. Yesterday. Noon . I Ts viirn:m ;5 27 Minimum . . . Local Forecast Unsettled this afternoon and probably tonight. Colder tonight. Thursday fair. General Conditions The rain of last night and early this morning extended over the Ohio valley and is moving rapidly eastward. Fair weather is approaching from the west and will reach here probably tonight or Thursday. There is no indication of severe weather for the present. A storm of great intensity appears over the far southwest and is causing rain in California. Arizona and New Mexico. Wr. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

TWO MEN INJURED IN MUNITION PLANT

MILWAUKEE, Feb. . 23. Two men were seriously injured today by an explosion of, a tank in the war munition plant of the Allis-Cbalmers plant at West Allis. a suburb.- The injured were laborers in the boiler shop.' Because of the secrecy maintained by officials' of the compahy, the rumor spread that an attempt had been made to wreck the plant on account of the large contracts for shrapnel shells the corporation is filling for the European allies. . . AVIATION PORTFOLIO FOR FORMER VICEROY it is expected that Lord Curzon, former viceroy of India will be named as the Minister, of Aviation,-the , new portfolio to be added to the, British War Cabinet. Lord Northcliffe, through his newspapers denies that he is a candidate for the new position. He declares that there are men better able than lie to undertake the task. Signs of Spring SPRING BIRD SEEN CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Feb.' 23. A number of rcbins have been seen here within the last few. days, indicative of the near approach of spring. SEES FIRST ROBINS HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Feb. 23. Amtng the first local citizens to observe the arrival Of the harbingers of spring, the rcbins, was Frank Woodward, an electrician, who Is employed at the Tidewater Pumping station. The locatjon of the station among the maple trees and hills is a favorable spot for the bird and early spring flowers. WILLIAMS ADDRESSES EDUCATORS IN DETROIT Superintendent Williams ,: delivered an address this afternoon before the superintendent's division of the National Educational Associations convention at Detroit, ; Mich. Mr. Williams' subject was "Agricultural Supervision In the Schools.", .

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BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT. WHITEWATER, Ind., Feb. 23. For the firat time In Wayne county during the primary election campaign, the two candidates for the Republican congressional nomination, Judge D. W. Comatock of Richmond, and Patrick J. Lynch of New Castle, spoke from the same platform at a nonpartisan political rally held In Whitewater last night. . There was a small army of Republican candidates for county offices in attendance and one Democratic campaigner, George Young of Richmond, who seeks the nomination as sheriff. After the candidates and Franklin township folks had been gorged with an excellent pigeon supper there was an auction of decorated baskets and country-baked cakes, which looked too good to be true. And, of course, the biggest 1 bidders were the candidates. Clem Carr, a Republican candidate for sheriff, and

George Young acted as auctioneers -3 SKILLENS' TRIAL SET AFTER RAID Once more the police have tracked a blind tiger to Its lair at a colored hotel, known as the Marshalette, located at 416J2 Main street, and once more Charles Skillens, colored, is in the toils. Three other men are also Implicated with him this time, Oscar Hill, "door guard," Alex Isley, "bartender," and Harry Parker, said to be a former employe of Skillens. The rear entrance to the alleged blind tiger is plainly visible from the windows of police headquarters, but a system of "buzzers" installed at the Marshalette has made a successful police raid difficult. Four Men Arraigned. The four men were arraigned in city court this morning and entered pleas of not guilty through their attorney. The case was set for hearing Friday morning. Each of the men, jexcept Parker, who did not have the wherewithal!, was released 6n bond of $300.. v . . -. . .: ,. ... Stored in the chief's private office tQday.awiisbteen cases of beer, over a dozen quart bottles of whisky, two or three jugs of whisky, wine, gin and all other liquid refreshments that go with a first class bar. The lair of the tiger was located in the rear of the third floor of the hotel, to euter which the caller had to pass through two stair doorways, one of which was guarded" by a "peeper." Tbe room where the. booze was sold had been equipped as any bar room. The raid was made by Chief Goodwin and Officers Vogelsong. Westenberg and Lawler. The first two as cended the front stairs, the two other officers going up the back way. Chief Starts Buzzers. When Goodwin reached the guarded door on the third floor he touched the electric doorbell. Instantly a choru3 of buzzers could be heard -throughout the building. A startled "peeper" peered through the slot in the door, then opened the door for the 'officer! Ten men were found in the room, including Isley, the alleged "bartender." Several of the men were drinking, the officers say. No one tried to escape. A year ago the same place was raided and Skillens. the proprietor, was arrested. He was released on bqpd and then disappeared. After some time, however, his attorney paid his fine of $50 and costs and Skillens returned to Richmond. The affidavit filed against the four allpged blind tiger operators is under that section of the blind tiser act w hich makes a jail sentence obligatory in the event of conviction. NEIGHBORS TO MEET. Maple Leaf lodge, Royal Neighbors of America will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Red Men's hall.

WILSON WILL FORCE MEDIATE SHOWDOWN WITH TEUTON NATIONS

: WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 President Wilson has served warning on Congre&s that he will not tolerate any interference at this time with the international relations of the United States. The situation ko far as the administration is concerned, it was learned upon reliable authority is that any agitation now in Congress which could be c onstrued as a criticism' of the state department must, inevitably have a serious effect among the belligerent European nation. Tbe president at hi3 confercrif-e with Senators Stone and Kern and Representative Flood on Monday .night told them that he has decided to force' an "immediate showdown" with the Teutonic allies on the general question of submarine warfare. In ' effect tbe president is understood to have said that he did not intend to make the slightest concession to Germany and Austria. He stands squarely on. international law, as at pre! ent understood. American citizens must have the right to travel at will on merchant vessels on the high seas. The president told the senate and huse leaders that be would press for

Auction Off Baskets.

Following the auction the various candidates were herded upon thp stage, which was almost too small to accommodate them. Each bashful vote seeker was forced to "speak a piece" by the master of ceremonies, Charles W. Jordan of Richmond. The two Republican congressional candidates were the last called upon to speak, Lynch being the first one Introduced. He confined his address almost entirely to an advocacy of his own candidacy. He told of his hardihood as a campaigner, confiding to his audience that this was his seventyfourth speech of the campaign. He told of his campaign two years ago as the G. O. P. congressional nominee: how he had fought the good fight in the face of almost certain defeat; how Continued on Page Three skyIaIs deplored DY POPE ROME, Feb. 23. Pope Benedict XV has taken active steps to end the campaign of bomb dropping from aeroplanes which has resulted in the killing of innocent civilians and' damage to many noted churches near the Aus-tro-Italian theatre of war. The pontiff has already approached Austria on the subject. The attitude of the Vatican toward aeroplane raids was revealed today when it was announced that, by direction of the pope. Cardinal Gasparri. papal secretary of state, had Instructed the archbishops of Ravenna and Milan and bishops of other cities bombarded by Austrian aeroplanes to express the profound sorrow of the pontiff for the innocent victims, and his deep regret over the damage caused to church and other famous monuments. . WAR PORTFOLIO FOR WHITLOCK; FLATLY DENIED WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Reports from London that Brand Whitlock, American minister to Belgium, will re turn to the United States to accept the portfolio of secretary of war were denied flatly at the white house today. It was stated that Whitlock is not being considered for the post. Announcement, of the appointment of a successor to Mr. Garrison is expected this week. The nomination of D. R. Francis of St. Louis as ambassador to Russia is also expected to be made shortly. Pres ident Wilson is waiting for. word from the Russian government as to whether Francis will be acceptable. an agreement by tbe Teutonic powers that they will exercise the right of warning, stoppage and search before attacking auy merchantman, whether armed or unarmed. And he declared that if Congress pasces any resolution dealing with either warning to Americans to keep off belligerent vessels or designed in any way to hamper citizens of this country going where they please on the high 'seas he will ve'.o the legislation. BANK HOLDS ESTATE Judge Fox,' In , circuit court today handed down a decision in which he made the Second National bank a joint holder of a deed, which had been made to John B. Dougan, decreased. Thp land is located in Shelby county. Thecourt found that the entire consideration for the deed of reai estate to Mr. Dougan was furnished by the Second National bank and by virtue of this fact it should be made a part owner in the estate. . , y