Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 144, 4 May 1916 — Page 1

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WASHINGTON, May 4 Secretary of 8UU Lansing stated today that h has been officially notified by Ambassador Gtrard that tho German foreign offlte has premised to hand him soma time today tho reply to tho American submarine ultimatum of April 1. The secretary further stated that the notlBERLIN GABLES TO BERNSTORFF ABOUT ANSWER BERLIN, May 4. James W. Gerard, United States ambassador to Germany, was In communication with the for. elgn office this morning. At the aame time, It wa reported that the German reply to the United States not on the submarine warfare would be transmit ted "Immediately." During the . last twenty-four ( hours Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, Imperial chancellor, has been In communication with Count von Bsrnstorff, German am bassador tOrtheUnlts State, an It negotlatiOna related to the German reply- . . - . - BITTER FEELING IS AROUSED BY PEARSFS DEATH LONDON, . May 4. Intense and bitter feeling has been aroused ;in some quarters by the summary , court martial and execution ot Peter Pearse, self-proclaimed "provisional president of the Republic of Ireland." and other leaders who took an active part In the Sinn Fein uprising:, although there Is a strong opinion both, in and: out of .MaI1 1 mm fc a - mi am v ao an A OlUUU Vll vlCO UIOI. ovci u uibaeuiVB were necessary to prevent further outcropping of rebellion. NAMES COMMITTEE ON FACTORY FUNDS L. S. Bowman, president of the Com mercial club, appointed a committee today to outline a plan of raising finances for' industrial movements which may present themselves before the Commercial club. , The committee is composed of Charles Jordan, Dudley Elmer , and Thomas Tarkleson. It was explained today by Mr. Bowman that the committee will not have the work of raising the money but merely of presenting the plan. Expenses incident, to the transfer of the M. Rumely company and the removal of the United Refrigerator companies' plant to this city, will also be taken care of by this plan. LIBELED MEMORY IIP NITMU'S FATHFR vi iiniiwn w i ni iisbii TACOMA. Wash.. May 4. Paul Haff er today was convicted of "libeling" the memory of George Washington by a jury. Haffer's conviction followed a letter written by him and published In a newspaper in which he referred to Washington as a . "slave-holder" and WILSON FAVORS VOLUNTEER ARMY WASHINGTON. May 4.-r-In a conference with Representative James Hay of Virginia, chairman of the house military affairs committee. President Wilson today came out in favor of the volunteer army plan as incorporated in the Chamberlain army bill which was passed in the senate.

REPLY TODAY flcation from the ambassador contained' no intimation regarding the char acter of the reply. BAKER PLEASED WITH PROGRESS ALONG BORDER WASHINGTON. May 4. Secretary of War Baker made au-appointment early today on confer with President Wilson during the day for considera tion of the report of General Hugh L. ScotC chief of staff, regarding the conference with General Obregon. The secretary said early that he "expected" there would be another conference at the border. He displayed elation at tbe progress already made and expressed - himself as optimistic regardIn the future. PLANS MOTHERS DAY Mothers' Day will be observed In the First United Brethern church, Sunday, May 14, . .This was made known this morning by Rev. H. 8. Jamesv . 5,491 PERSONS' OF SCHOOL AGE Richmond has 5.491 persons between the ages of 6 and 21 years. The fact was brought out by the recent school enumeration. . This is a loss of 202 from last! year's enumeration. The census last year showed 6,693 persons of school age. The statistics gathered in' this enumeration will be used by the industrial survey. - BANK COLLECTS TAXES The county treasurer was busy today preparing receipts for the Northern -Wayne bank at Economy. Taxes amounting to approximately $5,000 have been paid by the bank for depositors.' Other bank settlements will be taken up immediately.

WASHINGTON IS GRAVE ON EVE OF GERMAN REPLY

WASHINGTON, May 4. American Interest was centered on Berlin today. The German reply to the administration's submarine ultimatum was ex pected to be handed to Ambassador Gerard there, before night. Upon Its acceptance or rejection of the American demands depends a continuation of existing friendly relations between the United States and Germany. Officials admittedly were apprehen sive despite the numerous optimistic dispatches from the German capital. There have been too, many hitches at FORGED SIGNATURE TO POSTAL RECEIPT Leotls Clingenpeel, 20, living -with his mother at s 1204. North " F street, who was arrested Tuesday evening on a M uncle, complaint, charging house-breaking, confessed to Chief Goodwin before he was returned to Muncie by a Muncle officer, that he had forged the name of a friend, Fred Brewster, to a receipt td obtain a registered letter addressed to Brewster. . This is a 'serious violation of the federal postal laws. A pretty deed was enclosed in the letter. . Clingenpeel said he had hoped it contained money.; When he found it was only & deed he tore it up. he said. - . -

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HEXI9AHS AfJD PERSHING TO RESUME VILLA HUfJT

EL PASO, Tex., May 4. With complete accord existing between the United States and Mexican authorities, It Is expected that the search for Francisco Villa and his bandits will again be in full swing within forty-eight hours. Hearty co-operation will be given by the Carranza' forces, unless some unforeseen Incident upseta the good results obtained by the conferences between General Alvaro Obregon, the ( Mexican minister of war, and General the very last moment in these negotiations in the past to accept assurance that the controversy is to be amicably adjusted in advance of the official advices. MORE SUPPLIES GO BY TRUCKS TO U. S. ARMY COLUMBUS, N. M., May 4. Rapidly drying roads through northern Chihuahua today allowed' the reopening of truck transportation to stations along General Pershing's line of communication. . . . '. . ; , .. ,.. .One hundred and . eight trucks,- consisting .of four trains, each heavily laden with food, 'clothing and ordnance left here during the forenoon. As the troopsln Mexico already are supplied with rations for thirty days, the new supplies were taken to indicate no Immediate withdrawal. - DUNCAN ASSISTS BOND ' Walter Duncan has ' been sent' to Richmond to assist Sergeant Bond at the recruiting station.' Duncan recently returned from i the-., Philippine Islands, - where he had been in- the coast artillery service ; for two years.

Hugh L. Scott, American chief of staff. President Wilson and First Chief Carranza have accepted In a general way the terms made by General Scott and General Obregon. TRASK ADMITS KILLING WOMAN AT FRANKFORT FRANKFORT, Ind., May 4. After two hours of gruelling questions, Giles Track, 45, wealthy elevator owner and farmer, today confessed to the brutal murder of Mrs. Alice Evans, better known as Madame' Rand, a clairvoyant, admitting that he crushed her skull with a dozen or more blows with a hammer. Mrs. Evans died this mornin a hospital. .. RICHMOND LOCATION PLEASES CANTON FIRM Charles Baxter, of Canton, Ou who has been here for' several days trying to make arrangements to move his radiator factory here, returned home last night. Before leaving he ; said that he was favorably impressed. Railroad facilities are good for a factory, he said, and labor conditions satisfactory. ' : .- . . Weather Forecast United States Report Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight. Temperature.Noon ' Yesterday. - . Maximum ...................... 56 Minimum h ........... 41 Local Forecast- Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and ' Friday. Winds mostly south. - General Conditions The unsettled weather of the past few days has given way to fair weather over the Central states.' Great area of low pressure over southern Canada 13 causing reaction to warmer: weather east of the Rocky Mountains. . Hot -wave : covers California; ... i ; "-rt--W. E. MOORE, Weather Forecaster.

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FIRST STRAW SEEN Summer is near.. The first straw hat for this year in Richmond was seen last Sunday. It waB a panama of 1916 model. ADDINGTON ESTATE . DIVIDED BY WILL The will of the late Sarah Elizabeth Addlngton was filed for probate in circuit court today. Mrs. Lulie Flood and Melvin Addington, the two children of Mrs. Addington, are the only beneficiaries. The estate consists of a house and lot in: Winchester, which is bequeathed to Mrs. Flood and: 9Q0 shares in gold mining stock, which will be divided equally between Mrs. Flood and Melvin Addington. - . Stolen auto found A Ford runabout, evidently stolen and abandoned, was found by the police yesterday afternoon opposite the Main" street entrance to Glen Miller park. .The machine had stood there all day. In the car were veterinarian instruments worth at least $160. The; owner of the car is not known. It carried an Ohio license of 1915, No. 162,842.. The car was . in good condition. It is being kept at the police garage, where the owner can secure it RETURNS ON FURLOUGH Roscoe Johnson; who was accepted for the cavalry at the local recruiting station April 4, is back on a five-days' furlough. He will return to Columbus Monday and will be transported immediately to the Mexican border. ROAD SYSTEM MAKES SUCCESS OF GRAVEL LAW ' In reply-to a letter of Inquiry from the state ' board of accounts, County Auditor.t Bowman, in explaining the large number of roads built in Wayne county under the three-mile-road law, said that - the reason the law has been a success in this county is because of the efficient road syst ear maintained here. ', - In Wayne county since the law has been ' in' operation, sixteen separate roads have been built, and' five -petitions are. now pending. The total cost of the . road has been $410,790, and by. June 1, $137,000 will have been paid toward retiring the bonds. f ; ; ;

GLOB:1 OPP0SES GIJ flRE . : FOEiSHLEft SYSTEM; GMfl WOULD LEAVE GITY

The, Richmond Commercial club has organized to combat any effort on the part of the Richmond City Water Works company to have the Indiana public utilities commission establish a. readiness-to-serve charge for water sprinkler fire protection systems. About thirty Richmond business concerns have installed sprinkler systems. Their contention, that a ready-to-serve charge for such systems' would penalize them for their efforts to protect not only their. own properties from fire, but also greatly to reduce the fire hazard for ail neighbor.1 Ing properties, has received the endorsement of the directors of the Commercial club.

NINE CASES VENUED TO OTHER COUNTIES Since Jan. 1, 1916, nine' cases .have been venued from Wayne circuit court to adjoining circuits. This is a record that has never been equalled in Wayne county and officials of the court are unable to explain the situation. Three of the cases, however, are "Alfred Underbill" cases, which were taken, to New Castle, all ot which are now pending in that court. During 1915, only five cases were venued f rom tb county during tbe entire year and the average is not more than thre or four a year. RAID AT DOVER BUT FAILED LONDON, May 4. Coast fortifications on tbe outskirts of Deal .were evidently the objective of tbe German sea-plane raid over that place Wednesday. The raiders also tried to damage the railway line which parallels the coast north of Dover. FORMER U. S. HELD IN UONDON, May 4. James M. Sullivan, former United States minister to Santo Domingo has been arrested In Dublin in connection with the recent uprising, it was announced today at the United States embassy. Sullivan has been brought to London and will probably be placed on trial here. Sullivan was formerly a resident of New York, where he practised law. Premier Asqulth announced in the House of Commons that the official inquiry into the cause of the Irish revolt will be opened next week. The fate of James Connelly, commander-in-chief of the Irish volunteers, "the Republican army" of Ireland, was a matter of wide spread speculation. In making his official announcement in the House of Commons yesterday as to the execution of rebel leader. FRENCH EXTEND VERDUN LINES l'ARIS, May 4. A bombardment of the utmost violence was reported on the Verdun front today by the French war office. -- . ' . " The official communique states that the French positions at Le Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill). northwest of Verdun, have been extended" and consolidated. " ' RUSSIAN FORCE : REACHES FRANCE PARIS, May 4. Another contingent of Russian troops has been landed at Marseilles, it was officially announced today. This is the fifth body of Russian' troops to be landed there. '

Carr Makea Pretest. It was learned today that 'James A. Carr, president of the American Seeding Machine company. In opposing a possible establishment of a readiness-to-serve charge for sprinkling systems, declared that if a charge were provided the American Seeding Machine company would certainly move from Richmond as soon as it was possible Continued On Page Fourteen. J

FRENCH FORCE GAINS GROUND1 NEAR VERDUN BIKLIisV -t , May i - 4,-FrneB : troops have succeeded in getting a foothold On the German positlonvin Le Monte Homme (Dead Mans Hill). Official admission of the French success at Dead Man's Hill northwest of Verdun was made today by the war office. Simultaneously with the French rise in the Verdun sector the British have begun td press home violent attacks it tbe northern end of the line. The BritisL have delivered a thrust against Lelnes. thestrategic railway town held by the Germans in northern France, but their attempts to advance ended in failure, the war office report stated. " bllUISTEEl LONDON JAIL Premier Asqulth was understood by many newspaper men In the press gallery to say that T. H. Pierce, James Connelly, and another leader, had been shot. After the session of Parliament was over and Mr. Asqulth was questioned on the matter he said that he had announced the execution of Pierce, Thomas J. Clarke and Thomas MacaJona.ii. mi HiKnprg in ins nrnriarni. tion announcing the independence of Ireland. ARREST OF FORMER MINISTER IN DUBLIN CAUSES SENSATION WASHINGTON, May 4. The report ed arrest of James M. Sullivan, former minister to Santo Domingo, 'in Dublin for complicity in the Irish uprising, caused a profound sensation In official circles here this afternoon. The state department received a cablegram from the ambassy at London which said that it was reported In London that Sullivan had been arrested, . - ) Sullivan is an American citizen and is vhe first ar-est made or any American in any of the beligerent countries for treason against the country in which he was a temporary resident'.' DON'T LEND MONEY TO WRONG PERSON "If you lend money and don't get It back, blame yourself and don't blame the man you loaned It to." Mr. White of the Sheldon school gave this advice last night when he spoke in the Com. merclal club rooms. ' "Everybody has something .to sell, the speaker explained. "lt a person 13 a craftsman, he must sell himself.! ... : .