Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 163, 26 May 1916 — Page 1

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ATTACKS CORPS OF ARMY ENGINEERS IN MORNING BATTLE NEAR CRUCES

FIELD HEADQUARTERS, U. v ARMY, Mexico, May 26. A short battle between -. . a force of, American army engineers and a gang: of Mexican bandits under the leadership of the renowned Candelaria Cervantes, one of Pancho Villa's most trusted lieutenants, was fought this morning south of Cruces. Three Americans were wounded, one so badly that he died a short time after and two of the bandits were killed, several wounded and the gang scattered.

Pershing Make Report. An official report of the battle was made to General Pershing at bis headquarters here. The engineers were working on road repairs six miles south of . Cruces. With them were a few soldiers acting as'escorts. The Mexicans made a surprise attack. Cervantes has been hunted from pillar to post the last few weeks, his ranks depleted, his men tired and half starring. They are ready for anything. Army officers says Cervantes must have been in desperate straights to attack the engineers when they knew that at the .garrison only six miles away was a company of the Thirteenth cavalry and a machine gun troop of the Seventeenth infantry. PLANES SHELL ALLIED CAMP mc'a'D iii mniD ncrin uiliiium) SALON IK I, May 26. A' squadron of j German aeroplanes has bombarded j Kilindir and adiacent country whew! the allies have an important concen tratlon camp. (Kilindir is in Greece,' four and one-half miles south of Lakej Dei ran.) i Tho Greek village of Istovo ha3 been shelled by Bulgarian artillery and reduced to ruins. U. S. CITIZEN HELD IN IRELAND LONDON, May 26. News of the arrest of Peter Fox. another United S a tea citizen in Ireland in connection uith the Sinn Fein uprising was made public today. DR. DENNIS ESTATE VALUED AT $13,000 Administration papers filed in circuit court today in the estate of Dr. David W. Dennis, deceased, former Earlham college professor, showed the estate to be worth $13,000. Mrs. Emma 25ller Dennis, widow and William Cullen Dennis, son, of Washington, D. C, were named administratoors of the estate. Dr. Dennis left no will. ' The estate consists of $8,000 in personal property and $5,000 in real estate. A bond of $16,000 was filed by the administrators. MORTON LAKE QUIET. Outside of picnic parties, canoeing and bathing, Morton Lake and park will be a dead issue this summer.

CARL ACKERMAN LAUDED AS EXAMPLE FOR R. H. S.

Citing the achievements of three R. H. S. alumni. Florence Shute, Carl Ackerman and Bernhard Knollenberg, President R. L. Kelly of Earlham college in delivering the high school chapel address this morning emphasized the fact that these students "saw red" while they were attending the Richmond high school. "Seeing Red." the subject of Dr. Kelly's interesting address, was ably treated with a tinge of local color. In enumerating the splendid achievements of Miss Shute. Knollenberg and Ackerman President Kelly emphasized the point that the ambitions of these r-hile they were submitting , to the seemingly irksome work of routine class work. The chapel exercise, which was the final of the year was attended by approximately seven hundred persons, Probably 150 patrons of the school, in addition to the regular school enroll

AMERICAN AVIATOR IN FRENCH MACHINE WINS AIR BATTLE

PARIS, May 26 Lieutenant William Thaw, an American member of the French air corps, scored a brilliant aerial victory near Verdun on Thursday when he shot down a Fokker machine, It was announced today by the war office. That and the German airmen fought a thrilling aid duel high above the battlefield before the welldirected fire of the American brought his antagonist to earth. WOMEN USE PARROT IN SUFFRAGE CAUSE CHICAGO, May 26. Believing in the efficacy of publicity, women-plan ing the suffragists' parade- 4Jiat wilij wind up their convention here June 7, today enlisted a staunch ally, and that will obey party mandates. The new j ally is a parrOt, re-named "Votes." ' LLOYD GEORGE TRIES TO PACIFY IRELAND LONDON. May 26 The first step i toward the pacification of Ireland was j taken by David Lloyd Gorge, the I government mediator when he held conference with a number of . Irish : leaders today. It is understood that Lloyd George will soon go to Ireland where he -will confer with leaders In both the north and south. GAVIRA ASKS FOR CONFERENCE EL PASO, May 26. Opinion was freely expressed here today that the proposed conference between Gen. Gavira, the commander of the Carranzista force on the border and Brigadier General Pershing will come to naught if it is held at all. BOOK JUDGE COMSTOCK Judge D. W. Comstock, Republican candidate for representative in congress, will be the principal speaker at the Memorial Day exercises to be held at Fortville, Hancock county, next Tuesday. Judge Comstock is former department commander of the G. A. R. ment, taxed the capacity of the auditorium. RICHMOND WOMEN LIKE ICED DRINKS; OH, NO, JUST TEA Richmond people are strong on iced drinks. At least this is what Mrs. O. C. Thomas, who has charge of the tea room, at the Fountain City exhibit, accuses them of. When . the exhibit first opened no iced drinks were served and everything went well until the Richmond women began to visit the display. "All asked for ice tea or lemonade and they would not have the hot tea." "However, our ancestors never thougnt of such drinks and we had tried to make the lunch antique."

FLYING GLASS CUTS MRS. BALL IN AUTO CRASH

Mrs. Edith Ball, wife of W. E. Ball, of the firm of Ball & SUllinger, North E street, was painfully but not seriously injured, and two machines were badly damaged last evening about 6 o'clock when two automobiles, driven by Mr. Ball and Henry Schell collided at the intersection of North Twelfth and J streets. Hundreds of passersby, many of them returning home from work, either witnessed the accident or were attracted to the scene by the noise of Continued On Page Fourteen. "YES AND NO, IT IS THIS WAY, WOMEN ADMIT IT Richmond women disagree as to whether women dress up to please the men or to please the women. One woman said: "When a woman dresses In accordance with the latest decree of Madame Fashion she does It to please the women, not to please the men. Anyhow, men don't notice the finery, nine chances out of tea." -But another one said: "Women seek the admiration of men- in all other things nd.soil..is perXectly,jAtuxal that they should aim for it in matters of dresB." "Of course women dress to please men." an other one says. A woman's admiration means nothing, but her criticism does. Do you suppose a girl would send her last cent to buy clothes to dazzle women? Never." NOT OURS EITHER; WE DON'T DESIRE SUCH INSURANCE A garden is the best Insurance against weeds in the back yard. This is an axiom which was sprung last night by J. J. Somerville. Mr. Somerville was taking some beet plants home, a hundred anyhow and was asked if gardening was hH hobby. "No, it's not my hobby." "it's just my duty to the city. It's the only way that I can be sure of keeping the weeds out of the back yard." BAND OF WOLVES LICKED BIG HOLE IN GREASY SKILLET "That hole was licked there by the wolves," laughs old Isaac Thomas as he points with pride at his old pan cake skillet with a handle over a yard long and with a hole worn through the bottom which is a part of the Fountain City heirloom exhibit. The reason for the long handle was so it could be held in the fire place while the cakes fried. Mr. Thomas explains that every night his wife would hang the skillet on the outside of the cabin and that the wolves would come up and lick the grease off of it. WANTS PROTECTION OF UNCLE SAMMY IN FOREIGN TRAVEL Miss Elsie Thornburg. accountant in the office of the county treasurer, is having all sorts of trouble finding out whether or not she is required to get a passport for. a two month's stay in Ci-nada. She b.3 inquired at the clerk's office and is now writing to Washington. "I tell you. tnis traveling In foreign countries is a dangerous undertaking nowadays," said Miss Thornburg. HERE'S SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT IN HOT WEATHER What would you do? Would you be calm and collected or wruld you become nervously helpless? If your home were on fire, how would you call .the departmen? How would ye j escape from the building, if you are a flat dweller? What articles would you try to take with you? WARM WEATHER SAVES BOOTBLACKS LOTS OF ENERGY Richmond bootblacks welcome warm weather. Men wear low shoes in summer and the "shines" save several square inches r shining. Besides,, blacken ing material is going up because of the war.

MEXICANS IMPEDE BIG ARMY CARS COLUMBUS, N. M., May 26. Carranza soldiers and civilians at Casas Grandee stoned an American truck train in command of Captain Harper coming north from Namiquipa on Wednesday afternoon, injuring a truck squad foreman and several drivers. The train arrived here today with an account of the attack. Acting on orders of Captain Harper, the Americans fired no retaliatory shots at their assailants, but merely put on additional speed and drew away in a shower of stones and clubs. The attack Wednesday Is the second to which truck trains operating between here and General Pershing's base have been subjected. Soldiers accompanying the train as guards declared the situation is fast becoming grave along General Pershing's line of communication. Numerous times were they forced to stop and cut barbed wire which had been placed across the deeply rutted roads to block their progress. FRIENDS PLEAD TO ENTER RACE ' WASHINGTON, May 26. Close friends of Justice Charles E. Hughes, fully convinced that he is to be the Republican presidential nominee, will endeavor to influence him to resign from the bench before the Chicago convention assembles and to announce his candidacy. They assert that if he Continued On Page Nine. TAFT DEFENDS PEACE COURT WASHINGTON, i.lay 26. In a lengthy address replete with legal citations of precedents, William H. Taft i today defended the plan for the establishment of a permanent court to decide all "justifiable" questions arising between nations, as fathered by the Leagua to Enforce Peace.

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CHAIRMAN OF INDIANA COMMISSION INTENDS PROMULGATING AN ORDER PROVIDING FIRE SPRINKLER CHARGE

INDIANAPOLIS, May 26. Judge Duncan, chairman of the public service commission said today that he had informed Fred Johnson, attorney for twenty-two manufacturers of Richmond that he had made up his own mind that there should be a charge made for the sprinkler service given the manufacturers of Richmond.

Will Write Order. o Duncan said he would write an order containing this provision but he added that the other four members of the commission would have to sign it and said he did not know their mindst Duncan said he had not decided on the amount of the charge and that he had not made up his mind on other provisions which may be included. He said his action was based on a precedent established by the commission in a similar . case from Terre Haute. . Johnson filed a brief with the commission and talked with Duncan. BUSINESS IS GOOD. The problem with ice cream men is !not how to get people into their jstores but how to keep enough supplies to wait on the trade. . This is what the dealers said today-.

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ALL TOGETHER NOW OFF GOME COATS WITHOUT DISPUTE R. H. S. ha,s a new organization. The "Associated Order of Coatless" came into being this morning. With the thermometer, even In the school building, flirting around the 90 mark, boy. students sought to alleviate conditions somewhat by shedding their coats. The propriety of the act was at first questioned but after the "A. O. C." hoisted the "In Union There Is Strength" sign, the inevitable resulted.

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V ROME, May 26. General Brusatl, commander of the Italian avmy in Trentino which has been compelled to fall back before the Austro-Hungarian offensive has been relieved of his command. General Brusati, instead of being shifted to another part of the line, has been retired and placed on half pay. Tn spite of the violence of their bombardment and the lavish use of fresh

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"Under the evidence in this case the installation of automatic sprinklers insures a continuing business. It also cuts down insurance premiums. But the saving to the sprinkling concerns belongs to them because they paid for it; they paid the entire cost of installing fire protection sprinkling systems. And there is no reason in logic or common sense why that saving which the sprinkling concerns have effected at a large cost to themselves should be quietly, under guise of law, stolen out of their

pockets and placed into the pockets of the water works company, which not only expend nothing but benefits directly.

lb S AS, GLEANERS POSTPONED. Because of sickness in the home of the secretary, the meeting of the Middleboro Gleaners was postponed last night until the next regular meeting night in June.

GENERAL BROSATI YIELDED POSITIONS

troops the, Austro-Hungarian troops have been unable to make any headway against the powerful new position to which the Italians retired between Mounte Maggio and the Assa river. STATION INSPECTED Lieutenant Coppock inspected the local recruiting station this afternoon.

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SYSTEM BUSINESS MEM Excerot from Brief. "This would be robbing a progressive Peter to pay an undeserving Paul with a vengeance a Paul who is not asking this gratuity." So read two paragraphs in a brief submitted to the Indiana Public Utilities commission today by twenty-two Richmond mercantile and manufacturing concerns in protest against the establishment of an annual rental charge for every sprinkler head in the fire protection systems which have been installed by these companies. The Richmond City Water Works company has represented to the state commission that existing rates do not bring in to the company the revenue it is entitled to. The company, while Continued On Page Fourteen. BANKERS PICK RICHMOND FOR NEXT SESSION i Richmond is to be the meeting place of the Sixth district group of the Indiana Bankers' assoof&tion next year. This was decided at the meeting held yesterday in New Castle. George L. Cates of Richmond was elected chairContinued On Page Sixteen.) MACHINE FALLS DOWN 1 5 FOOT BANK NEAR CITY j Walter Stanley. 25, of Boston, with j two younger brothers and a sister, age j 2 years, narrowly escaped serious in- ! jury this morning when the automobile J in which they were riding fell over a ! fifteen-foot embankment near the j Continued On Page Nine. GREEK CABINET RESIGNS TODAY ATHENS, May 26. The Greek cabinet has resigned. The resignation oi the ministry was brought about by growing political unrest over conditions. imposed upon Greece by the war and the intervention of the AngloFrench forces in Greek territory. Weather Forecast United States Report Generally fair tonirht and Saturday. Temperature. Xoon ; 87 Yesterday. Maximum Minimum ......... 87 ........ 55 For Richmond Somj what unsettled but mostly fair tonight and Saturday. General ConditionsVery "warm weather south of the Great lakes with, drouth conditions general. Heavy rains have been falling north of the Fortieth parallel and the weather Tery cool In the North-west. Heavy snow in western Montana and part of Wyoming. Winter temperature In Nevada. "Twenty, four degrees above zero at 1 Modena, Utah. - 1 - W. E. MOORE, Weather Forecaster,