Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 185, 21 June 1916 — Page 1

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Men of New Company Not Requ 2d to Take Oath, but If Volunteers Are Called for, Men Who Care to Go Will Be Nucleus of First Local Unit Drills Begin at Roosevelt Field, Glen Miller Park, Next Saturday at 2 O'clockMany Young Men Expected to Join.

The map shows where the American troops operating in Mexico are located. 1. General Pershing defies General Trevino's threat of attack on his army.

2. Three more American expeditions cross border near! Brownsville and fight bandits. I 3. Three transports on way to Tampico to bring out!

Americans. 4. Pontoons and hospital supplies rushed to General Funston at San Antonio. 5. 50,000 Carranzista troops face Pershing's force in Chihuahua. fi. 12,000 Mexicans under Calles in Sonora.

Richmond men between the. ages of 18 and 35 who desire to spend two or three hours a week in acquiring the rudiments of military training without obligating themselves for service under the colors are to have the opportunity. Today Paul Comstock, a well known Richmond attorney, formerly a captain of an Indiana regiment 'which' served in the Spanish-American war, stated that he would give instructions in military drill and tactics every Saturday afternoon at Roosevelt field, Glen Miller park, to all men who reported there for such training.

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OCCUPANTS HAVE NARROW ESCAPES

Judge Henry C. Fox Knocked Unconscious When Shafer Car Skids at Temporary Bridge Head Hits Interurban Rail Howard Campbell Badly Bruised in Accident at Same Approach Occupants of Cars Dodge Death by a

Narrow Margin.

Frosh gravel on the stppp hill leading to the temporary Main street irM" was the cause cf two auto

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which Judge H. C. Fox, of the Wayne circuit court; Web Shafer, south of the city; Howard Campbell. 2019 Main street, and Mrs. Belle Smith, of Topeka, Kansas, figured. None of the occupants of either car was seriously injured, although all had narrow escapes, for their automobiles "turned turtle," throwing Continued On Page Three. OXFORD WILL IMPROVE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT

OXFORD. O., June 21 The village council last night authorized the Board of Public Affairs to prepare plans and specifications for improvements in the electric light plant. About $10,000 will be required to modernize the plant.

JOHN STARR JOINS OHIO GUARDSMEN

John G. Starr, of Cincinnati, formerly of Richmond, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Starr, 205 North Tenth street, has. enlisted for service in Mexico with the Fifth Regiment of Infantry, Ohio National Guard. Starr is an officer of the Proctor & Gamble Ivory Soap company. The colonel of his regiment is Cooper Proctor, president of the soap company.

FRED JOHNSON PROMOTED TO QUARTERMASTER

Fred Eates Johnson, an Indianapolis attorney, son of B. B. Johnson, of Richmond, who was one of the attor

neys representing Richmond mariufac-

turers in the sprinkler charge case before the public service commission, was today promoted from the rank of second lieutenant in the Indiana national guard to quartermaster, to be assigned to Major Naftzger. What ef: feet Johnson's service in the guard will have on the sprinkler case is problematic.

"I would like to form a company of at least 150 men and next Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock I will be at Roosevelt field to start the training of all those who report there. No oath of service to the state or nation Continued on Page Twelve

FRANK WORL VIOLATES TRAFFIC- ORDINANCE

Frank Worl, a member of the Cambridge City town board, got tangled up with the Richmond traffic regulations yesterday while driving along Main street and was arrested for driving his machine on the wrong side of the street. Worl admitted that he had done this, stating that he was not thinking what he was doing at the time. He was released with a reprimand.

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SAN ANTONIO, Tex., June 21. Seventy thousand Mexican troops under Gen. Trevino are converging upon the 'American expeditionary force of Gen. Pershing from the east and northwest, it is reported in a dispatch from Columbus, N. Mi The Mexicans divided into two columns, are headed for El Balla and Namiquippa. Scouts sent out by Gen. Pershing are said to have discovered the approaching Mexicans. When they reported the presence of the Carranzistas, the scouts were reinforced. Gen. Funston, fearing an attack on Gen. Pershing's forces has made a second request to the war department that all available militia, especially cavalry be rushed 'to. the border at once. This request was sent to Washington today. Word has been received at Maj. Gen. Funston's headquarters that the New York and Illinois cavalry are already fully equipped and ready to take the field. It has now been established that the Mexicans who attacked the Americans recently at San Ignacio and Matamoras were really Carranzista soldiers and not bandits.

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WASHINGTON, June 21 Mexico City is quiet and the de facto government has promised that all Americans there will be afforded the utmost protection, according to a dispatch from Consul General Rogers to the state department, received at noon today. He and his associates have been promised safe conduct to the border should hostilities begin. Mr. Rogers' dispatch follows: - - "The citynow is rquietund there has beerr rio disturbancerMyself " and associates have been" assured of safe cp'no'uct to the sea coast should it become necessary. This assurance, however, is simply precautionary. The American newspaper correspondents have elected to remain here with me and will accompany me from the city if I go. "The de facto government has ordered a train placed at my disposal for tomorrow (Thursday) on which I will send the remaining members of the American colony to Vera Cruz."

GERMAN DESTROYER DAMAGED BY MINE

AMSTERDAM, June 21. A German destroyer, badly damaged by a mine, has just been towed into Zeebrugge, says the Telegraaf.

HINDENBURG ARMIES ENGAGE RUSSIANS TO CHECK ASSAULT

PETROGRAD, June 21. German reinforcements are pouring into Volhynia and Galicia in an effort to save the Austro-Hungarian army and check the onrush of the Russian armies of General Brusiloff. Hard fighting is extending all along the front with part of Field Marshal von Hindenburg's group of armies engaged north of the Pinsk marshes Furious" battles are still raging on the Stoched-Styr front, northwest of Lusk, where the Germans are striving to prevent the Russians from driving a wedge between the armies of General von Linsingen and General von Bothmer and to check the drive on Vladimir-Volnysk, the iiortern gateway to Lemberg, the Galician capital. It is unofficially reported that the Russians are now in control of Kolo-mes.

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Samuel Wier Tells State Utility Commission Electric Plant Not Worth One-third of $213,000 Paid by City Says Richmond Is a Poor Gas Consumer and Doubts Whether There Will Ever Be an Increase in Average Amount of Gas Per Meter Used Decries Feeling Against Public Service Utilities.

SON! M ERVILLE APPOINTED.

J. J. Sommerville is the official delegate from the Y. M. C. A. at the State Sunday school convention at Muncie.

SOUTH SIDE ASSOCIATION INCREASES

$10,000 TO $40,

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STRAYER RECEIVES DEGREE

Initiatory degree, I. O. O. F. will be conferred upon Frank Strayer by Whitewater lodge Friday night.

The new constitution, which has been under consideration for the past two months, was adopted by the South Side Improvement association last evening. Several important changes in the scope of the work which may be taken up by the association, were made. The capital stock was increased from $10,000 to 40,000 and the "object" of the organization extended to the interests of the city as a whole rather . than confined to questions merely affecting the South Side. Article II of the constitution reads as follows: "The objects of the association shall

be to aid and encourage the improvement of the city of Richmond, Ind., and particularly the south side thereof ; to induce transportation companies to enter the city and maintain depots and other terminal facilities therein; to secure street railway accommodations in said city; to promote the location of factories in the south side and other parts of said city and to beautify and improve the streets, parks, and other public grounds in the south side; to cause the abatement of nuisances;"" to promote the sale of real estate to desirable parties and control as far as possible the location of

houses; to improve and develop unimproved property and in general to promote and advance by all fair and practical means, the general welfare of the city of Richmond." The board of directors will be Increased from nine to twelve. Salary of the secretary was fixed at ?75 a year, compared with $30 under the former constitution. One of the most Important changes is in the election of members. A grievance committee will make a report to the association. The applicant's name will be posted on a bulletin board for two weeks before election is held. v

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 21. Samuel Wier of Columbus, O., an expert engineer for the Richmond Light, Heat & Power Company, testifying yesterday afternoon before the Public Service Commission in the gas increase case, intimated that the city of Richmond was "bunkoed" when it purchased the private electric light plant a few months ago. He had testified that a feeling against public utilities which he said was largely engendered by "local demagogues," had been responsible largely for a low consumption of gas at Richmond, as compared with the gas consumption of other towns of similar size, and he said that he did not think that the prospects were good for this feeling to subside, especially since the city had been "bunkoed":in the light plant deal. Claims City Was Asleep.

"When the public awakens to the fact that it was bunkoed in the purchase of the electric light property, for which it paid approximately $213,000 for property not worth more than one-third of that amount when it awakens to that fact I do not believe Continued On Page Two.

400 PETITIONERS WANT SOUTH SIDE IMPROVEMENT

More than 400 signatures have been secured on the petition circulated in the South Side asking for the permanent improvement of South Eighth and Ninth streets.

RUSSIAN ARMY ADVANCES.

PETROGRAD, June 21. The Russian army under Gen. Kaledines in Volhemia has advanced twelve miles, says a dispatch from the front today. It added that Austrians at Lusk were captured when Russians occupied the fortress. ' ' T r '

Weather Forecast

United States Report Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Cooler in extreme south portion tonight.

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Local Forecast Probably fair this afternoon and tonight. Thursday unsettled. General Conditions The storm which caused last night's heavy rain is rapidly passing away and will befollowed by fair weather which win arrive this afternoon. But another storm is over the east and will probably bring unsettled weather Thursday or Friday with more rain. Abnormally cold weather continues over the lake region and the northwest. Temperature below freezing in Eastern Oregon Northern Nevada and Idaho. ' W. E. MOORE. Weather YoreeAxr

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