Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 197, 6 July 1916 — Page 1

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WILL TROOPS BE HELD ON BORDERDUTY WASHINGTON, July 6. With the war crisis dissipated by the conciliatory attitude assumed by General Carranza, officials today were chiefly interested in what will be done with the militia now under arms. While the war department says that the men are to be

kept on the border indefinitely to aid in a general patrol, it r certain that serious friction

must soon develop. Most of the militiamen are badly needed in civil life. Given Indefinite Leave. They were given Indefinite leaves of absence from their regular employment because It. seemed certain that war must tome. Rut now that the chief danger Is passed, it is expected that strong presmire to have many of the crack organisations released from service soon

will become evident at the war department. One solution suggested today Is that rt canvaaa he made of the various organizations to determine how many of the men want to adopt a military life permanently. These men may be transferred Into the fegular regiments nd the latter brought up to complete strength in this way and in the meanli 111 . L ..-,1... ..1J

vjrnw rrcruuiHK lur me jcumio iuuiu " de pushed to the limit everywhere. .

GALLED TO SERVICE IN MEDICAL CORPS

Cumberland Ridley, pharmacist in the employ of Leo Fine, has been called to the colors and will leave for Indianapolis within the next few days where he will be formally assigned to some hospital corps for medical work in the field. Ridley has no idea as to which division 'of the guards he will be assigned.

FEW ME AFFECTED BATE

CRISIS AVERTED BY RECEPTION OF LAST NOT

Members of the board of public works were today studying the new Richmond water rate order of the state public utilities commission, received from a special messenger of the commission. President Bavis is inclined to the belief that while the concerns which use automatic fire protection sprink

ling systems are taxed for the same in the form of a monthly minimum rate meter charge

there will be very few such concerns affected because of one . section of the order, which reads as follows:'

OUTLAWS HEAD FOR THE BORDER

WASHINGTON, July 6 Pancho Villa today again entered itno the Mexican-American situation as a leading factor. It was officially announced at the state department that the bandit chieftain whose raid on Columbus, N. M., March 9 brought Mexico and the United States to the verge of war, is reported to be at the head of a large force of troops heading north towards the American border. Dispatches from American representatives along the border to the department today said that Villa is rumored to be near Paral. The advices did not give any estimate of the number of men Villa was said to have with him.

TURN TROOPS OVER TO AMERICAN ARMY

EL PASO, Tex., July 6. Under an escort of Carranza soldiers bodies of Captain Charles T. Boyd and Lieutenant Harry Adair and seven negro troopers, who were killed in the battle at Carrizal, were brought to the international bridge here today and formally turned over to the American military authorities.

PROPERTY OWNERS PROTEST OPENING OF SOUTH G. STREET

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6ERMANS BALANCE ATTACKS

hem Taken BY FRENCH IN ATTACK

Combine Separate Bills. "Where two or more meters are used by any consumer the minimum charge, or rates, are to be combined and the consumption through the two

or more meters added together and

figured as if the entire quantity had

passed through one meter. This also applies to the municipality, street Ej sprinkling contractors and railroad

This is interpreted to mean that if water used by any one concern any

MEXICO CITY, July 6 Mexican officials today expressed pleasure over the manner in which the latest diplomatic cor.nviumcation from the de facto government had been received In Washington. They believe that the crisic has been passed successfully. "The situation has improved," said Foreign Minister Agular. "And we expect a satisfactory settlement of the question at issue. A number of Americans who had planned to depart hurriedly In case of

a diplomatic break between the two!

countries decided today to remain here.

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Nine property owners on South Fifth street between Main and I streets have indicated that they would prefer not to have a bridge constructed across the river at South G street if the plan of the board of works is carried out, to assess exclusively South Fifth street properties for the opening and extension of South G street from South Fifth street to the west corporation line. These property owners filed separate remonstrances "- against the board's resolution providing assessments for the improvement. The re-

monstratpre -are: Ida ,A. Heidelman. Anton Hursting estate, Belle C Wallace, Walter Raukoff, Oscar Smith, Henry Rothert, Mary Epping estate, Sarah E. Wright and . Esther A. Veregge. Monday Is the day of final hearing on this improvement and the board members are anticipating the filing of a number of other remonstrances. it is believed the board will order the payment of the assessments notwithstanding the remonstrances, an action which may result in an appeal of the board's action to the circuit court.

BERLIN, July 6 Admission that the British have made progress at Thiepval and that the French had captured the Belloy-En-Santerre on the Somme river front are contained in an official statement issued by the war office today. It was stated however that the British gain at Thiepval was balanced

by successful counter attacks by the Germans. Situation Unchanged. The text of the report follows: "West front: From the coast to the Ancre river the artillery activity has increased but otherwise the situation on that part of the front is unchanged. From the Ancre river to the Somme, fighting continues. Minor progress made by the British has been balanced by our counter attacks. Further south they succeeded in obtaining

a firm foothold in an advanced trench of a salient. ""We have evacuated the small village of Hem in the Somme valley. The French have captured Belloy-En-San-.terre In the sector of Estres the fightinghas become to a stand still. Gas attacks against our positions obtained no results."

PARIS, July 6. The French gains west of Peronne, on the Somme river front, have been further extended by the capture of a wood north of Hem, it was announced today by the war office. The communique makes It plain that violent fighting was In progress around Hem last night,' for the Germans, by means of powerful counter

assaults managed to occupy two pieces of woodland in the same district.

Lies Among Marshes.

Hem. which was captured yester

day by the French, lies south of Curlu

and about four miles northwest of Peronne, in the Somme marshes. The total number of guns captured by the French up to date in the battle of the Somme is seventy-six, but several hundred rapid fire pieces have been taken and in addition to these many more were smashed by the bombardment of the French and British guns.

SOUTH SIDE ADMITS 17 TO MEMBERSHIP

Seventeen new members were received into the South Side Improvement Association last night. The organization has a membership of 4 SI. Those received last night were: J. W. Bloom. J. H. Schell. John McEldowning, John Russell, Joe Wessel, G. F. Fossler. A. F. Bell, Otto Heins. Carl Pratt, Jacob Miller. A. C. Trakoski, Fred Barton, Dr. M. Bulla, John Rettinghaus, William Patterson, William Dill and C. J. Collins.

LIGHT PLANT BONDS TAKEN BACK AGAIN BY RICHMOND BOARD

ASKS RIFLES' USE FOR DRILL COMPANY

SLEEP BY

COAL CAR SMASHES IN BRICK BUILDING OF I1QLZAPFEL SHOP

A loaded i 'V on a north bound C. & O. train ..;nped the track immediately after it had passed the f-ta-tion early this morning, broke loose mm the train and ran into the junk thop of Henry Holzapfel & Sons. big pile of junk in front of 'he building is perhaps the only thing 1hat prevented th. wrotking of the two-story brick sfrui iu As if was, on? corner of the building was smashed ami the brick walls were crao.ed ho badly that several feet of masonry will have to be rebuilt. So one was hurt, and the car was but slightly damaged although it took from f:30 to 7:;ti o'clock to get it back on the tracks. A switch frog is thought to have l.cen responsible for the accident.

WANTED MOST BRITISH TROOPERS

RETIRED FROM L

PRESS HEADQUARTERS WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, July 6. British battalions that have been fighting since the great battle of the Somme. opened, have now been relieved from the firing line and are

found in the German dug-outs. The British, who had lived on their travel rations for the first few days of fighting, in some instances saved themselves from a shortage by use of German rations, which had escaped destruction by shell fire. These includ-

Paul Comstock has petitioned the Spanish-American War Veterans ond the Sons of Veterans for the use of sixty Springfield rifles which they possess for his volunteer drill company. The petition probably will be acted upon at the next meeting of tho boards of trustees of the organization.

ELECT ROBERT ALEY

j The Second National bank yester- ! day received a check for $135,000 and $4,000 in cash from the City of Rich

mond and received in return $139,000 of bonds issued several years ago to finance the construction of the municipal electric plant. '-- The city secured $135,000 of the amount necessary to retire these bonds through the sale of refunding

bonds to an Indianapolis banking con- j cern. The other $4,000 was obtained ! from the sinking fund of the munici-j pal plant. Beginning next year the refunding I bonds held by the Indianapolis con-' cern will be retired at the rate eft

$15,000 annually.

RUSSIANS SHATTER FIRST LINE

VILLA HER BEAT BACK FIRST CHIEF

PETROGRAD, July 6 Important successes for the Russians all along the front were reported today by the war office. Russian forces opposing the army group of Field Marshal von Hindenburg have broken through the first line positions of the Germans in the Riga sector. In the region of Baranovitch, the great battle between the Russians and Germans under Prince Leopold of Bavaria continues with many prisoners falling into the hands of the Russians. In Galicia. Mlkoulitchine has been

captured and on the right bank of the Dneister, Austra-German forces opposing the Russians have been put to flight.

REID MEMORIAL VOTES ON THREE MEN FOR PULPIT

HOUSE SPEEDS UP BILL FOR REVENUE

WASHINGTON, July

Election of a minister to fill the pulpit of the Reid Memorial church will take place at a congregational meeting tonight immediately after the prayer service. Three candidates will be balloted upon by the congregation. Choice of the membership will not be

made public until it has been ratified by the synodical officials, accord-

t ing to the ruling of the church. f5 Under ! candidates are Rev. Mr. Love.

j .anesvi!ie, Wis.; Kev. .Mr. ovard. of

EL PASO, Tex., July 6. "Pancho" Villa's wild horsemen today are beating back the Carranzista forces in a

running fight between Parral and Jiminez. Minister of War Obregon has ordered General Jacinto Trevino at Chihuahua to rush reinforcements to the battlefield from Chihuahua City. Long troop trains of Carranzista soldiers already are reported to have arrived at Santa Rosalie, northwest of Jiminez, and news of the beginning of a finish fight is expected hourly. Wire Service Broken. Wire communication south of Juarez was destroyed last night and this added to the anxiety of the Carranza leaders in the city just across the Rio Grande. Mounted couriers brought tha

last reports. Villa's latest outbreak comes at a time extremely embarrassing to the Carranza government, as Villa's activities characteristically do. In official reports the Carranzistas have endeavored to prove to the United States that Villa was dead and that his outlaws were dispersed. Upon this Carranza based his demands for th withdrawal of the punitive expedition. Diplomacy Succeeds. The diplomacy of Carranza has succeeded well. According to the information General Pershing's expeditionary force was about to return in faet has already started the retrograde movement to Columbus. Then came the news that Villa was

at it again. The battle opened at Pari ral. Carranzista official reports p!acled the strength of Villa at 6M, all

mounted.

. woc wuaj . Hamnton( q . an(j Rev Mr Hin Maf

NEW YORK, July 6. Dr. Robert J. Aley, president of the University of Maine, was unanimously named as" the

next president ofthe National Educa-!a vote before adjournment Mondav.

began consideration of the Democratic

revenue bill, framed to pay the preparedness bills of the nation. A drastic special rule limiting de

bate on the bill is expected to force

tin's Ferry, Ohio.

SPEKENHIER ELECTED

COUNTY NURSE ; GRANTED ROOM IN DAY NURSERY

TRUSTEE BY ELKS

tion Association by the nomlnatine The bill which raised $lfl7.0ftnon

committee today. His name together through increased direct taxation, was with those of the other nominees will ! supported by the entire Democratic

be presented to the convention tomor- side of the House and by a group of established in that city in May. row. Republicans. j lodge holds the number 1338.

J. A. Spekenhier, formerly postmaster here, now one of the officers of a bank at Bogalusa, La., was elected one of the trustees of the Elks lodge

The

resting in billets in quiet villages fan very gQod

Talks with prisoners generally reveal that the German soldiers have

behind the scene of action and free

from the sound of shell blasting and

the crackling of machine guns

plenty of food, while letters from their

In answer to the question of what! homes in every part of the German

empire indicate privations among tne civilian population. One prisoner, when asked what he thought of the naval battle off Jutland, said he had never heard of it.

Weather Forecas.

United States Report Fair tonight and Friday. Continued warm. Temperature. Noon S4 Yesterday. 'Maximum SS Minimum 55 Local Forecast Fair tonight and probably Friday. Continued warm. General Conditions A great area of high pressure still has control of the weather over the lake region and cen

tra! states causing generally fair weather. The tropical storm reported Monday over the Carribean sea has moved north to the Gluf coast and has become a violent hurricane. Wind velocity SO miles an hour in Pensacola. Florida. Rainfall 7.1 inches in 24 hours in Appalanchecola. Florida. The fctorm seems to be moving eastward and will probably pass out to the Atlantic ocean. Extremely hot weather rontinues in the west. 104 degrees at Scott City, Kansas. V. K. MOORE. Weather Forecaster.

they most wanted the universal chorus

from the battle-harried troops was: "Sleep, a wash and a shave." Army Makes Good. Every battalion is proud of its record of kcvi.': its formation intact until t'v fr. .-i lino of Gorman trenches

were reached, and there is also uni-

versal pride that. "Kitchener's new army made good." One battalion that was swept by machine gun fire lost half of its officers and half of its men before reaching the first line trenches of the Germans, but fought its way on another one thousand yards to an objective set for it where it entrenched and maintained its position. Served German Rations. Officers of this battalion served r-ut rations consisting of biscuits and a half bottle of soda water to each man.

which had been taken from supplies

Dickinson Trust's New Structure Is Modern Banking House

with confe

WITH WILLIAMS ON SUPERVISORS

PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC SHOWS STEADY GAIN IN NEW YORK CITY

NEW YORK, July 6. Despite the steps taken by the Board of Health to curb the epidemic of infantile paralysis now raging in New York city the number of cases show a steady increase. During the twenty-four hours from 9 a. m. Wednesday until 9 a. m. today, 133 new cases were reported. This was an increase of eight over the preceeding twenty-four hours when 125 cases were recorded. An increase of 73 over the total for the twentyfour hours tha: began at 9 a. m. Mondav.

Prof. Z. M. Smith, Purdue university, met with the trustees of Wayne

and Boston townships in the county superintendent of schools office today. Plans will be made for the work of the two agricultural supervisors which were recently employed, C. O. Tuttle, Boston; Ivan Beck, Wayne. County Superintendent Williams said boys of the townships are becoming much interested in the study. Already. 40 boys from Wayne township and 20 from Boston township have signed up to take the work. Mr. Williams said the work would last the whole year. Almost all the teaching will be in the field. In the fall the boys will be excused from

the school room to go into the fields !

and select the seed corn for the following year. Towards spring the corn will be

tested and then the supervisors will I

EL Ifl ; ij U lm)jd d x &4 - , r j it - -

Miss Mary Kennedy, county visit.

ing tuoercuiosls nurse, was given a room in the day nursery building at the meeting of the Domestic Science association yesterday afternoon. Although it was voted to ke"ep the treasurer's report secret, Mrs. E. L. Reynolds said today that it showed good financial condition. Mrs. Pille, matron at the day nursery, reported that the nursery was open 26 days in June and that attendance for the month was 136. Thirteen different children were cared for, ten families being represented. From the parents of the children $S.95 was pledged and all has been collected but $1.15. The upstairs rooms at the nursery' have been rented to women. The rent during the last month amounted to $21. Several young women have donated their services to care for the older children and a special vote of thanks was extended to them yesterday.

Several donations of furnishings, ! food, bed clothing, flowers, books

were, received.

i ine press committee or tne a?socia-

tion held a special meeting this afternoon to care for some urgent business at the home of Mrs. E. L. Reynolds.

PELT2 GETS OFFER WITH BMDSTHEET

When the Dickinson Trust company opens its new banking home at the corner of Eighth and Main Streets on

encourage the young men to join the I next Saturday for inspection, the

corn club and plant an acre of corn, j public will have an opportunity of Through the summer the lessons will j viewing one of the most handsome continue bv making observations of and thoroughly equipped banking the crowing crops. i houses not only in the state of lnd-

THE NEW BANKING HOME OF DICKINSON TRUST CO.

the entire middle

iana, but also of

west. The building occupies the site on which the old Tremont block stood, for more than seventy-five years, and is recognized as perhaps the most

valuable piece of real estate in the city.

of Richmond, ine site was purcnased

by the Trust company more than a year ago and soon afterward the building was torn down and the construction of the new banking house begun. The new bank building has a frontage cf 42 feet on Main street Continued On Page Seven.

Joe Peltz. who has been offered a position with Eradstreefs as commercial reporter has not decided definitely whether he will accept the offer or cot. Mr. Peltz could not be reached today, and his family were unwilling to make any statement on the matter. Should Mr. Peltz accept the position, it will be necessary for him to remove to Cincinnati.

MINE TRAPS ITALIANS

ROME. July 6 Eighty-six persona were killed, twenty-six were injured, and one hundred were entombed by the collapse of three sulphur mines in Palpanizeta during an earthquake today.

MAKE 107 ARRESTS.

During the month of June 107 arrests were made by the police department, Sergeant McXally announced today.