Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 217, 29 July 1916 — Page 1

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UP BIG Dickinson Trust company Is nego- ! Hating with a group of Dayton. Ohio. ; capitalists and construction men, to j lease them the piece of ground owned 1 by the Trust company fronting ninety ' feet on Main street, running from the , Trust company's building east to the lley in the middle of the square. The : Trust company is making an effort to ; get these people to' lease this ground !for a period of 99 years and to erect thereon a modern, up-to-date building over the whole piece of ground, a AIR OUNS DRIVE AWAY RAIDERS FROM NORFOLK ' LONDON, July 29. Another attempt by Germany to strike terror to English hearts through an aerial raid ; has completely failed. The war office announced today that no casualties , and only slight damage had been done by three airships which raided Lo ; Lincolnshire and Norfolk early today. The airships were driven off by antiair craft guns. ! The war office statement follows: "The airships raided the east coast at midnight. Thirty-two bombs were dropped on Lincolnshire and Norfolk. The damage was Immaterial. There ;wero no casualties. Our anti-air craft ;guns drove off the airships, which ;were hampered by the fog," VOSSLER APPOINTED RAINFALL OBSERVER FOR MIAMI DISTRICT Walter Vossler, weather observer at the water works pumping station, has been appointed a rain fall observer by the Miami Conservancy district with i headquarters at Dayton. Observation itatlons have been estabiisnea in territory which drains into the Miami. Observers have been instructed to fflnnhone or teleerarih to the Dayton ' office as soon as an inch of rain falls ind to keep on communicating as each lldditlnal inch falls. The bureau is thus able to forecase the heighth of floods and prevent considerable loss of property in Dayton and lower in the Miami valley.

DAYTON ENFORCES QUARANTINE AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Starting today, all people under sixteen years of age going from Richmond to Dayton miint submit to an rxamlnatlon by the health department )f that city immediately upon arrival. I'hls Is done so that any person who !as any symptoms of infantile parnlylis may be found at once. This morning cards were distributed to the conductors on the Ohio Electric line nnd on the Pennsylvania railroad. Whenever they have a passenger under sixteen years of ae for Dayton they have to get him to sign up a card telling where his home is, why he is going to Dayton, and where Be is going to stay. The conductors have strict orders oot to take any passenger within the ity limits who refuses to sign the sard. When the car or train arrives at Dayton the cards are immediately irned over to the health, off icials who (0 out and make an examination. Local ticket offices have also been jotified to tell all minor passengers ibout the Dayton regulations when ilekets are sold for there. The same system which has been jstablished on the transportation lines i hlch run through Richmond has been put into effect on. all lines running in,o the Ohio town. PERSHING TO

IF AGREEMENT IS REACHED

EL PASO. Tex., July 29. Agreei nent by the United States to the pro'irtnal that a joint International corainiRBion settle the differences between l;he United States and Mexico Is ex pected by border observers here to liave the following results: 1. Withdrawal of Gen. Pershing s xpeditlon. 2. Establishment of a border patrol 'tvlth Carranza and American soldiers 'Derating

COMPANY

BUILDING part to be used for store rooms and j office purposes and part for a hotel. If the Trust company is successful in inducing these parties to take the lease and put up the money with which to build the new building, the probability is that the new building will be six to eight stories high, fire proof construction throughout, and if built will be one of the best buildings in the city. Negotiations have been pending for YOU SPORTSMEN LOOK AT THIS! LAKE KEUKA, N. Y., July 29. Realizing that bass feel the hot weather, Hibbard Raymond placed a cake of ice in a rocky cove and soon caught eight fine fish. AROUSED OVER EXECUTION OF BRITISH SKIPPER LONDON, July 29. British bitterness against Germany aroused by the execution in Belgium of Miss Edith Cavell. has been still further inflamed by the putting to death of Captain Charles Fryatt, of the steamer Brussels. British newspapers today expressed their horror over the Germans' act. The government can do nothing at resent but await the report which has been asked from James W. Gerard, American ambassador at Berlin. FIRE DESTROYS SARATOGA PLANT MUNCIE, Ind.. July 29. The only industry of Saratoga in Randolph county was Wiped out early today and 100 nersons were thrown out of em ployment when fire destroyed the can ning factory there, it is tnougnt me fire was of incendiary origin. Winchester and Union City fire departments responding to a call for help saved the village from burning. The loss was $60,000 with $30,000 insurance. The Interurban conductors reporteit this afternoon that the Richmond people they have taken to Dayton this morning all signed the cards without a word but the ticket agent soys that several people with children who had intended to spend the week-end In Dayton have given up the trip because of the inconvenience which the examinations would have caused. ICE MEN THREATEN STRIKE AT LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 29 Seventy-five ice men delivered an ultimatum to the manufacturers today declanng they would quit work at 4 o'clock unless the dealers agree to pay them time and a half for overtime. With i the thermometer around the 100 mark citizens made frantic appeal to prevent the strike, fearing that lack of ice would cause the child death rate to jump. WITHDRAW These developments are, not imminent, however. General Pershing is preparing for a stay of several months In Mexico and his expedition will not be withdrawn until the commission has reached a final settlement. In this the Mexican representatives must show that the border patrol, which is planned, will be effective on the south side of the international boundary.

TRIES

INPUTTING STREET a number of weeks, and if successful the deal may be closed sometime within the next 30 days. The Trust company Is making an earnest effort to induce these out-of-town people to come in and put a high class improvement on this piece of ground, and have announced today that negotiations have proceeded to such an extent that there is some probability of success. MUNCIE JURY DISAGREES IN BUNCH CASE MUNCIE. Ind., July 29. Jury sitting in the case of Mayor Rollin Bunch charged with conspiracy to solicit bribes from blind tiger operators and other law violators reported a hopeless disagreement at" 10 o'clock and was discharged. The jury had considered the case 40 hours. Mayor Bunch was plainly disappointed. He hoped for a complete vindication of his administration during Muncie's dry period when Civic league members became aroused at the alleged violations and began its attack on the mayor. The jury stood six to six.

GERMANS RETREATING BEFORE SLAV DRIVES IfJ EASTERN G ALICIA

PETROGRAD, July 29. The Aus-tro-Hungarian base at Brzesseany, southwest of Tarnople, has been captured by the Russians, it was offcially announced today. Austrian troops have been hurled back by the armies of General Brusilous on the whole front between the Covell-Rovno railway and Brody in Volhynea and northeastern Galicia. The total prisoners taken in the reBERLIN ADMITS DEFEAT AT LUSK BERLIN, July 29 A withdrawal of the Germans north-west of Lusk after the Russians had succeeded in penetrating the Teutonic line in the vicinity of Trysten, is admitted in the official report of the war office issued today. On the western front the British advanced and attacked at Pozieres, but the assaults were repulsed. Artillery duels took place last night on the Sorarne front. SWAYNE COMPANY DONATES $100 TO PATROLMEN'S WIDOWS Check for $100 to be used for the families of the late Patrolmen Little and Stephenson was received by Chief of Police Goodwin from the SwayneRobinson company today. The letter, addressed to Chief Goodwin, follows: In appreciation of services rendered to the citizens of Richmond by the police department and especially in appreciation of services rendered by the two brave officers, Mr. Little and Mr. Stephenson, who lost their lives in the discharge of their duties, we enclose payable to your order a check for $100 to be used in such way as either you or the police board may determine as would be best for the benefit of the families of the officers slain. Swayne-Robinson Company, S. E. SWAYNE, President. Chief Goodwin announced that the police department would co-operate with the Commercial club in the disposal of contributions. The police have also Henry Goldftnger's check for $100, while the Commercial i;tub has that of Mrs. J. B. Dougan for ?J5. MAHER FINED $10 Fine of $10 and costs was assessed upon John F. Maher, proprietor of a meat market, by a jury yesterday afternoon in city court after the jurors had deliberated for two hours. Maher was charged by Inspector McKinley with selling hamburger containing cereal products without labeling it is such.

NO OTHER WOMAN SHALL FAN HUSBAND

Tiiimrrm Jiiirmnr (yjai irr VfTirTif i li nH The sight of another woman fanning her husband with a palm leaf fan caused Mrs. Carey to have the young woman arrested. But she did not press the charge against her prisoner. Indeed not! Instead, she had a warrant Issued for the arrest of her husband. Mrs. Carey had not seen her husband for three years until she chanced to stroll through the City Park and had her attention attracted to a man stretched out on one of the benches. His head was resting In a girl's lap and the e-irl was tannine him. On drawing nearer to the scene, Mrs. Carey was astonished to find that the man was her John! And thus the trouble started. cent fighting up to yesterday totals 400 officers and 20,000 men. The Teutons which were driven from Brody by the Russians are retiring in a westerly direction along the Lemburg railway. Although the Austrlans blew up warehouses, magazines and fortified works, before detiring from Brody, immense amount of war stores fell into the hands of the Russians as well as many prisoners. WHEAT PRICE $1.20 Local mills were still paying $1.20 for new wheat today despite a slump in the speculative market at Chicago. If the drop there continues, prices will be forced lower, but millers are not looking for a permanent decrease. SWALLOW RAISES BANNER WHEAT CROP Wheat that produced an average yield of 20 bushels to the acre was raised by R. G. Swallow, National road west. The grain was of the Prolific variety and was sown in fallow ground that had been treated with fertilizer at the rate of 200 pounds to the acre. GERMANS POUND AWAY AT VERDUN FORTRESS PARIS, July 29. German forces are still pounding away at Verdun despite the terrific pressure of the allies against , th German positions on the Somme front. The French war office states that the Germans delivered an attack on both sides of the Meuse , river last night but that all were repulsed. Weather Forecast United States Report: Fair, continued warm tonight and Sunday. Temperature. Noon 94 Yesterday. Maximum ?7 Minimum 68 Local Forecast:. Fair tonight and Sunday, except for scattered thunderthowers in parts of Wayne county. Continued warm. General Conditions: There ias been no change in the hot wave which has covered Mississippi valley since July 1. Only cool place in the United States is in western Nevada where it Is only four above freezing.' No indication "of any cooler weather. W. E. MOORE, . . '.w?ather Forecaster.

TOLL OF DEATH If MIDDLE WEST 40; WEATHER FORECASTERS SEE RELIEF IN PROBABLE STORM FROM CANADA CHICAGO, July 29. A total of 113 deaths and 125 prostrations was the toll of the hot weather for the twenty-four hours ending this morning, and the end is not yet. The total deaths for two days were 100, and indications were that there would be no diminuation in the mortality rate, because the day began with the mercury near the 85 mark, with 86 as the lowest at 2 a. m. Babies are dying by the scores in the crowded districts, horses are dropping dead in such numbers that the health department is hard pushed to get them hauled away, and ice cannot be manufactured nor distributed fast enough to completely supply the demand. And this condition exists from the Rockies to the Alleghenies, according to the weather bureau, which predicts that the Atlantic coast will begin to feel its effect probably Monday. .

SOL'S HIGH SPOTS ON BOARDS TODAY Thundershowers about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon gave temporary relief from the heat which had been, scorching Richmond for the past week. The sun, however, was on the job again today and scored a temperature at the official station of 94 degrees, three degrees below yesterday's maximum. uowntown thermometers also re corded a slight decrease in heat. Read ings at 1 o'clock were: Eighth and Main, 101; Sixth and Main, 102; Ttmth and Main, 94; North Ninth and E, 92. 28 BABIES DIE IN GARY'S HEAT INDIANAPOLIS, Ind July 29. with the thermometer rapidly mount ing toward the 100. mark, people of Indiana again sweltered today under a boiling sun. Local showers in many towns have only increased the humidity and added to the suffering. For the fourth time in thirty-five years the official government thermometer showed a temperature of above 100, the mercury mounting to 100.3 in midafternoon yesterday. There haxe been scores of prostrations over the state and farm and ohter outdoor work has been curtailed during the hot part of the day. Twenty-eight babies have died in Gary since the beginning of the hot spell. FIVE KILLED IN RAID BY AUSTRIAN FLYERS ROME, July 29. Five persons were killed and twenty-two were wounded In a new Austro-Hungarlan air raid over the Italian coast, the ministry of marine announced today In the following statement: "Enemy aircraft bombarded Barl, Molfetta, Molabarl and Otranto. Two persons were wounded at Barl. Five were killed and twenty wounded at Molfetta. Slight damage was clone at the other places. Shells from land batteries bit the planes." CONNERTON IS DEAD M. W. Connerton, 73, died at bis home, 219 South B street, at noon today. Death resulted from a cancer. The wife, Eva N. Connerton, son, J. F. Connerton and daughter, Mrs. Mary Connerton, all living at home, survive. The deceased was a member of the St. Mary's church and of the Ancient Order Hibernians. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. CHAPMAN TWINS LEAVE HOSPITAL FOR HOME Little Helen and Mary Chapman, the four year old twins who were injured in the automobile accident on night, were taken to the home of thir grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bond, 409 North Seventeenth street, today. Both are recovering nicely and it was though useless to keep them in the Reid Memorial hospital longer. SUBMARINE CHASES NEW ITALIAN SHIP ROME, June 29. The big new Italian passenger liner R. E. DTtalia has been attacked by a German submarine on her present voyage to New York but escaped abet fact she was- armed. The Italian ministry of marine gave news of the attack in 'an official statement issued. The following of ficial report was made on the incident: "A submarine attacked the R. E. DTtalia while proceeding to New York. The ship opened fire and fin ally escamed."

APPAM TURNED BACK TO BRITISH OWNERS BY II, S. PRIZE COURT

NORFOLK. Va., July 29. Tho British steamer Appam taken as a prize of war by the German commerce raider Moewe and brought into Norfolk harbor by a prize crew today was ordered turned back to her British owners by the United States court here. This decision is preliminary inasmuch as It was agreed upon by the state department in Washington that the appeal to the court which involves the interpretation of the Prussian treaty of 1828 should be carried to the supreme court of the United States. The German government through its consul here. Robert M. Hughes, will file Immediately a notice of appeal of today's decision. HEN ROOSTS ON ICE CAKE TO KEEP COOL YESTERDAY Tom Butler has a hen that besides laying eggs has horse sense. Yesterday he placed a big cake of ice in his blacksmith shop to cool the atmosphere. The hen spied the ice, viewed it ' critically for a few minutes, and then flying on top of it, stayed there until she was cooL The hen found the experience so delightfully refreshing and cooling that she repeated the performance a number of times during the day. BRITISH STEAMER CAPTURLD. BERLIN, July 29. The armed British steamship Eskimo has been captured in the North Sea after an engagement and brought into a German port, by a German cruiser, the admiralty announced today.

DEW YORK CHILDREN BOUND FOR RICHMOND; DR. SMELSER INFORMED

Notice has been received by Dr. S. G. Smelser, city health officer, of the departure from New York for Richmond of two families having ohildren under the age of 15 years. According to the communication from the Now York health department these children have been examined and have been given a clean bill of health. Such being the case no effort will be made to prevent their stopping in thi3 city. Dr. Smelser said today the New York authorities were handling the situation well and that with the clean b ill of health received from them there is no reason at all why these families should not be admitted to Richmond. Other than requiring such records of persons coming from the zone of the infantile paralysis epidemic, it is probable that no other precautions PASTOR PROSTRATED Rev. N. Hockensmith, pastor of the Second Baptist church, is suffering from the effects of a near heat prostration earlier In the week. While uptown the Rev. Mr. Hockensmith was taken suddenly 111 as the result of the intense heat on the streets.

ERIGANS TO FINANCE AFFAIRS OF MEXICO

WASHINGTON, July 29. General Carranza will agree to the suggestion in the American note that the commissions to settle the border disputes be given "in large powers." Officials of the state department and the de facto government of Mexico sealed this point before the note was handed to Ambassador Arrendondo last night. Briefly, Carranza's acceptance of the American suggestion will be the IJrst step toward placing American

-d Hope From Canada Storm.

The only ray of hope is a disturb ance that is developing in the fa? northwest, across the Canadian line Whether it will grow sufficiently ro overcome the low pressure area tha is blanketing the country is a question the forecasters decline to iry to answer yet, but they admit there is a possibility that it may sworp eastward and relieve the intense suffering the torrid wave has produced. Cities are hot but farm fields, where harvesting must be done are even worse and temperatures as high as 120 in the fields have been reported. Excessive temperature reported to the weather bureau included Ottawa, 111.. 107; Bockford. 104; Danulle, 10? ; Beloit, Was.. 103; Green Bay Wis.. 102; Marquette. Mich., 102; LaSaLe. 103; Burlington. 101. No Relief Today. In Chicago the maximum yesterday was 97, three degrees under tiie mark of Thursday, but there wan little difference in the way it ftlt because of the excessive temperature of the night before. And last night was just as warm and as a result the city started to work early tLis morning in a temperature that was above the normal for the middle of the day. It was estimated that more than six hundred thousand persons visittd the various beaches yesterday and scores of thousands of persons, a large per centage of them mothers with small children, slept in the parks last night. The park boards have not rescinded the rule against early closing, but the police have been in struced to wink at violations. Mortality List. Forty-eight cities in the United States and Canada report temperatures of 90 or above. Deaths due to the heat were reported as follows: St. Louis, 5; South Bend. Ind., 4. Pekin, 111., 2; Pontiac, 111., 3; Omaha. Neb., 1; Keokuk. Ia.. 1; Madison. Wis., 2; Walcott. 111., 1; Dixon. III., 2; Davenport, la., 1; Appleton, Wis., 1: Milwaukee, 3; LaCrosse, Wis., 1: Galesburg, 111., 2. These same cities reported a total of 42 prostration. will be taken. Dayton has placed an order into effect which prevents persons who are unwilling to have their children examined by physicians fron entering that city. WERNLE HOME NETS BIG WHEAT RETURN Two hundred and forty-five bushels of high grade wheat were threshed off of nine and one-half acres of ground at the Wernle Orphans' Horns yesterday. This made an average yield of better than 27 bushels to the acre. VIOLATE TRAFFIC RULES More general observance of traffic rules was advocated this morning by members of the police department ani the city attorney. They insist that drivers turn to tii right of the turtles at street Inersections and that persons indicate with the extended arm which direction they Intend to turn for the benefit of other machines in their rear. credit behind the financial rejuvenation of Mexico. No direct loan by the American government is contemplated however. ' It is understood on high authority that at the successful conclusion of the direct negotiation proposed bv Mexico and accepted by the United States, financial interests here will be informed that the United States . government "unofficially" will stand behind the loan. '