Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 229, 12 August 1916 — Page 1

RICHMONB PAIXABIXJM HOME EDITION HOME EDITION VOL. XLI., NO. 22&-0d1,irte5n?9oS7l,n-Telesram RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, AUG. 12, 1916. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

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EARL KESSLER LEASES WASHINGTON THEATRE

Richmond's newest theatre, the Washington. North Eighth and A streets, formerly the Gennett but completely remodeled during the summer, has been leased by the Gennett Interests to Earl M. Kessler of this city and it will be opened to the public between September 15 and 30. Mr. Kessler has been employed by the Starr Piano company for over a year. Formerly he was connected with the Fecond National bank. Gennetts Withdraw. In leasing the Washington to Mr. Kessler the Gennett interests completely withdraw from the management of the new play house and the new manager announces he will give the amusement seekers of this city the best vaudeville, dramatic produo AUTO DRIVERS OBSERVE LAW ON DIMMERS Every member of the police force had his eagle eye primed last night for violators of the ordinance wmcn provides for dimmed headlights on au tomobiles and motorcycles, but appar ently all motorists took seriously the tip that, beginning Friday night, glar ing headlights on city streets ana trouble would be synonimous. Not. one offending motorist was arraigned m citv court this morning. "For the first time in many months automobiles and motorcycles were operated in Richmond last last night as they should be and I Deneve mat in the future there will be no more trouble with the glaring headlight nuisance" Chief Goodwin said today. Mrs. Eva Bender, arrested, Thursday night for operating a machine without dimmed lights, still persists in her refusal to pay h?r fine of $1 and costs, assessed yesterday after she had pleaded guilty. No information could be obtained as to whether she would be re-arrested if she continues to refuse payment of her fine. "Mrs. Bender, having pleaded guilty and received her fine, cannot appeal the mayor's decision nor can she rhange her plea," City Attorney Bond declared today. INFANTILE PLAGUE DEVELOPS AT OXFORD OXFORD. O .' Aug. . 12 Oxford's first case of infantile paralysis was reported to Health officer Stadler yesterday. Dr. H. M. Moore was called to the home of John Elliott Thursday to attend Carl, a two-year-old child who had been, ill two days.. A few hourB later paralysis developed and the boy died yesterday. Several homes in which children reside have been quarantined, and Health Officer Stadler announces that If another case is reported he will close the moving picture shows, the churches, and will order a postponement of the Chautauqua, which is to begin Sunday. COUNTY WONDKRS WHY RATES REMAIN HIGH Commissioner Seeney today estimated that abo A thirty miles of township roads would be turned over to the county next year. Since many miles of township roads have ben turned over to the county in the last few years the question arose in the commissioners' minda this morning why 6ome of the trustees of the county have not cut down their road levies more. MORE MONEY NEEDED TO BURY SOLDIERS Appropriations which ! ill be asked by . the county commissioners this year for burial of old loldier. sailors and their widows, will be $300 higher this year than last. Th reason is found in the increased death rate. The $2,000 approprirted last year was u.ed in the first Fix months. INCREASE BUDGETS. The county clerk and recorder wil! be asked by the county commissioners to rais their estimates of expenses in their offices next year 6ufficint to meet the cost recovering records with canvas. COUNTY SAVES MONEY "The new system which has been put in effect in Wayne county of placing orphan children in hemes instead of In state institutions is saving the county thousands of dollars annually," Lewis Bowman told the commissioners today. FOULKE FOR - William Dudley Foulk made the following argument for a tuberculosis hospital before the county commissioners today: Tuberculosis carries to the grave more human beings than any other disease. One death In ten Is due to it. In Wayne county the proportion is even greater, according to Dr. Perry's survey being one death in nine. There are in Richmond 229 cases, the number in the county can not be far from 450 and there are not less than 0 deaths from that cause every year.

tlons and musical comedies obtainable. "The Washington will offer clean, high class vaudeville each week throughout the theatrical season, inContinued On Page Ten.

COUNTY PETITIONED TO TAKE OVER ROAD Petitioners from Washington and Abington townships asked county commissioners today that the road beginning at the Potter shop and Abiagton pike and running north along the township line be investigated to find whether or not it is a public utility and to make it a county road if it is found such. No action was taken on the petition. The following names were signed: W. J. Burgess, D. O. Clevenger, D. P. Doddridge, Washington township and H. O. Burris, I. H. Pence and J. P. Spahn, Abington township. SALARY GRANTED TO MRS. PETRO Mrs. Petro, wife of the superintendent of the infirmary, will be granted a salary for her services at matron when she is able to take charge of the work again. This was decided by the commissioners. Mrs. Petro is now in a hospital recovering from illness be'ieved to be due to overwork at the county home. ACTION POSTPONED ON CHAMNESS ROAD Will Reller today reported to the county commissioners that viewers of the Chamness road, Dalton township, had found it a public utility. The trustee had objected to the previous report because it had not stated that the road would be a public utility. Upon the request of Mr. Reller the commissioners did pot take the proper sition of opening the Toad up today but will consider it next Saturday. , WANT THREE BRIDGES ' Appropriations for three bridges in Jefferson township will be asked of the county council by the commissioners at the September meeting. Two of thse bridges over Nettle creek are within one mile of each other and replace fords. They are the Wiseheart and Pressell bridges and each calls for an appropriation of $3,500. The Sherry bridge will also be asked for. It will cost $800 complete. SEND CITY ROAD OILER. Just to be neighborly county commissioners today decided to lend the city the road oiler for a little special work. COUNTY WILL ORDER MUCH BRIDGE FLOORING Upon recommendation of County Auditor Bowman, county commissioners decided to let a contract for 20,000 feet of bridge flooring lumber to be used as needed. The lumber will probably be contracted for with various lumber firms over the county so it will be near the place where it will be used. This method will effect a large saving. DITCH COMMISSIONERS NAMED BY COUNTY Commissioners for the Enos T. Veal ditch in Perry township were approved today. County Surveyor Peacock was named as commissioner one, deputy surveyor, H. H. Horton, was named as county ditch commissioner with a bond of $5,000 and John M. Manning was named as commissioner three with a bond of $1,000. The d.itch when finished will be about one mile long. ADAMS FAMILY ARRIVES. The family of Thomas H. Adams, pastor of the Central Christian church, his wife Iwo daughters and grandson arrived from Findlay, O., Friday afternoon. They will live at 500 South Twelfth street.

PLEADS WITH COMMISSIONERS TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL FUNDS

This disease afflicts principally, not the old and disabled, but those just entering upon the vigor of manhood and womanhood whose livs are most valuable to themselves and to the world. I can remember the time when we used to have a different idea of "consumption" as we. called it, from the true one. We used to think It was the result of bad colds, exposure etc. We did not believe it to be contagious though we thought it might be inherited, and when once fully develop

ECONOMY DEMOCRATS OPPOSING PURCHASE

WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. A spirited fight against the ratification of the treaty designed to transfer the Danish West Indes to the United States developed in the senate today. "Economy" Democrats planned to oppose the expenditure of the $25,000,000 which the treaty proposes to pay Denmark for the islands. They vigorously object to adding further expenditure to the growing tax bun den. LABOR LEADERS BACK EMPLOYES IN WAGE FIGHT WASHINGTON, Aug. 12,. The American Federation of Labor stands squarely behind the railroad employes and will support them to the end of their fight against the roads. T. Frank Morrison, secretary of the Federation, made this statement today when the Brotherhood leaders reported to him that they had taken an unequivocal stand against further delay and demanded an immediate proposal from the mediators.

WILSON WILL DISCUSS RAILROAD SITUATION WITH BOTH FACTIONS

WASHINGTON, Aug." 12. President WTilson over a long distance telephone received a report from the Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation on the situation in the threatened railroad strike. The president then, through the mediation board, sent a message to

DEMAND RETALIATION FOR FORfiSfDOYClTT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. The demand that the president be. given authority to retaliate - against foreign countries which discriminate against American goods and merchants re ceived renewed. Impetus today. Letters and telegrams reciting aarious alleged discriminations reached the white house and state department simultaneously with the London announcement by Lord Robert Cecil that the Anglo-French blacklist and boy. cott is to be continued. As a result congressional leaders were carefully watching developments. The suggestion already has been made, that a resolution giving the pres WANT PROTECTION FROM INTERRUPTION OF RAIL TRAFFIC WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. Six thousand unorganized railway employ es through Robert T. Frazier of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway, today appealed to President Wilson to protect them from " a de structive interruption of interstate commerce" which they declared would be brought about if the threatened strike is called. FIRE BURNS STORAGE Fire did $50 damage to the storage shed in the rear of the premises occupied by E. J. Fitzgibbons, 241 South Seventh street," at 1:80 o'clock today. The origin of the fire i3 unknown. Material stored in the shed was destroyed and the blaze was coming through the roof when the fire department appeared. ed we believed that it was incurable. If you got well it was because you had something else and not consumption. Now we know that consumption is not inherited at all but that it is contagious like cholera, smallpox or typhoid fever. Its character was first fully shown by the celebrated Dr. Koch, the man who discovered the comma bacillus as It was called which gave rise to cholera and he found that tuberculosis also was a germ disease. He discovered the bacillus in the sputum which is thrown off after the pat Continued On Page Nine.

DR. CRAWFORD ONCE CONNECTED WITH BANK HERE

Dr. J. M. Crawford, who owned onetenth of the shares of the First National bank of this city about twelve years ago, but who has no holdings in that institution now, is dead at his j home in Cincinnati. He formerly visited in this city, and was well acquainted with William Dudley Foulke. Dr. Crawford was consul general to Russia under President Harrison's administration. Death was due to bleeding veins, which physicians say is a rare disease. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from his late home at Cincinnati. LOVE OR BUSINESS? SPECIAL DELIVERIES SHOW BIG INCREASE Record was set in the number of special delivery letters received at the Richmond postoffice during July. One thousand four hundred and fifty special deliveries were made, which is an average of about forty-six a day. Previous to this time the monthly record was 1,300, established in April. The specials are delivered by substi-, tute carriers and clerks who are waiting for appointments. representatives of both the employes and the railroads that he wanted to talk the situation over with them personally before any definite action had been taken. He also said he wanted the members of the mediation board to come to the White House for a conference. ident authority to retaliate be attached as a rider to one of the appropriation bills, and the party leaders are carefully looking up precedents to determine whether such a plan is feasible. Definite action, however, will be deferred until all available information can be compiled by the state depart ment and referred to congress. The fixing of maximum prices for commodities in general use is to be a general measure of several of the prin cipal European nations to endeavor to crowd American made products out of many markets, according to information supplied the department of commerce by its commercial agents in Europe, it was learned today. HA6ERST0WN WILL HOLD OPEN SERVICE HAGERSTOWX. Ind , Aug. 12. A chorus of fifty Hagerstown singers will furnish music at the big open air meeting to be held at the Hagerstown high school park, Suuday evening at 7:30 o'clock. There will be forty-five minutes of old fashioned song service after which Rev. A. C. Wischmeier will deliver an address, "The Effect of Wrong Living on jiod ern Civilizatiou." Blanch Kerr Brock and Virgil Brock, evangelical singers, will assist in the program. The public is assured ample accommodations. PLAN FOR RED WEEK . Red Week, Sept. 3 to 10, will be observed by the local Socialist party in boosting the "Other Side," the official organ and in soliciting campaign funds. Thursday of that week was set aside last night by the party leaders for some special observance to be planned by the Young Socialist league. Weather Forecast For Indiana By TJ. S. Wr. B. Generally fair except showers and cooler extreme south portions this afternoon or tonight. Sunday fair. Temperature. Today. Noon 83 Yesterday. Maximum . 85 Minimum .... 71 Forecast for Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight and Sunday. Cooler tonight. General Condition A Canadian cool wave has been moving slowly southeastward. It has been retarded by high barometric pressure over the south Atlantic coast. Frost and freezing temperature in southern Canada and northern North Dakota. It VIII be cooler here during the next 36 hours, but this will probably be of short duration.

KITCHIN TO SPEAK ON POLITICAL DAY

Claude Kitchin, Democratic leader in the house, probably will be the headline speaker at the Richmond Chautauqua on Democrat day. Word was received today from Washington announcing that arrangements were being made for Kitchin to come. FINISH FIGHT S PREDICTION OF EMPLOYES NEW YORK, Aug. 12. "It's arbitration or a fight to a finish." This was the assertion made today by a representative of the railroad managers while the federal mediators were in conference with the brotherhoods in a final effort to prevent the calling of a national railroad, strike. "The only question now is whether the men will accept arbitration," he added. "The railroads want arbitration. HUSBANDS' FAMILY GETS ESTATE LEFT BY HIS WIFE Judge Fox decided today that when a woman dies and leaves money to her husband that money shall go to relatives of the husband in case he dies intestate and shall not revert to distant relatives of the woman. The particular case which brought about the decision was the settlement of the estate of Charles A. Morrow. The $1,500 which his wife had received from the estate of her grandfather and which had gone to Mr. Morrow upon her death was given to the hus band's four brothers, William Morrow, Richmondr Frank Morrow, Cambridge City; George and John Morrow, Anderson. An uncle and aunt of the wife contested the settlement contending that the money should revert to them. CHAMNESS FAMILY WILL HOLD OUTING Members of the Chamness family living in Richmond - will attend the annual family reunion to beheld near Mooreland Sunday. Helen Chamness, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Chamness, this city, will take part in the program that will feature the day. Among those attending from, here are Albert Chamness, Rev. J. P. Chamness and J. A. Chamness, wives and families. TEN PERSONS DIE IN CAR COLISION JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 12. From ten to fifteen persons were killed and from forty to fifty injured later this forenoon when two Edinburg cars running between Johnstown and Edinburg over the Camira railway collided head on at Echo ten miles northeast of Johnstovn. PENNSY TO COMBINE IN UNDER HOLDIN FIRM PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Aug. 12. The Pennsylvania Railroad company plans a consolidation of its Southwestern lines into one holding company with an authorized capital stock of $250,000,000. The lines include the Pitts burg, Cincinnati. Chicago & St. Louis railway, known as the Panhandle system; the Vandalia Railroad company, the Pittsburgh Wheeling & Kentucky Railroad company, the Anderson Belt Railway company and the Chicago, Indiana & Eastern Railway company. The holding company is to be known as the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad company. The lines involved cover a mileage of approximately 2.350 miles. The total outstanding stocks of the combined roads equal $S6,126,010, of which the Pennsylvania company owns approximately $62,545,200. In the interchange of stocks in the re-financing arrangements this total of $86 126,010 will go into $87,294,840 worth of stocks in the new holding company. Profit for Shareholders. Stockholders here of the Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Kentucky Railroad company received offers from the Pennsylvania company today of $125 a share for their holdings. The par value of the stock is $50. It is understood that the Panhandle shareholders have been offered $110 a share for their preferred stock and $100, which is par, for their common stock. Most of the stock, if not all, in the other companies is already owned by the Pennsylvania company. Announcement of the Pennsylvania company's consolidation became known in financial circles here today following report of the share' price purchase offer by stockholders of the Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Kentucky railroad. The .announcement occasioned some surprise, since it had not been known before the Pennsylvania contemplated the merger. The only line entering Richmond affected by this project is the Panhandle which will be the holding company.

BOYS TAKE JOY RIDE IN BOGAN'S MACHINE

In. his Pilot touring car George Began of New Paris brought his wife and a friend to Richmond last evenlDg tp attend a show, leaving the machine on North Ninth street. After leaving the theatre he discovered his machine was missing. While bemoaning thJ loss of the automobile Good Luck took a hand in the case and came to Bogan's assistance. Today he is again driving the car, slightly damaged, but still serviceable. Two Richmond boys drove the car to Dayton, where Bogan recovered it. No arrests have been made, and Bogan DANISH PUBLIC OPPOSES SALE COPENHAGEN, Aug. 12. Public indignation of the proposed sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States is increasing throughout Denmark. Many official " papers predict the overthrow of the government. Publican tion of a statement alleged to come from official sources, that America has served an ultimatum on Denmark threatening the siezure of the islands if they were not sold, has served to strengthen the opposition to the sale. though generally disbelieved in well informed quarters.

THERHOODS TO

WITH MEDIATORS I0RE TO AVERT

NEW YORK, Aug. 12. At a meeting today of delegates representing the four organizations of railway employes it was decided to hold another conference tomorrow morning with the Federal board of mediation and conciliation in a final effort to establish a basis of settlement and avert a strike. Statement is Issued. After the meeting A. B. Garretson head of the order of railway conductors gave out this statement: "The board of mediation told us their efforts to bring about a settlement by mediation had failed." "We were asked if we. would arbitrate and we did not answer. "We shall meet with the Federal board tomorrow morning when we shall give our answer probably. "It is now for the board acting un der the Newland's act to bring about a settlement by arbitration. Two Sessions Held. Two meetings were held during the morning. The first was a joint session between the mediation board and the representatives of the "Big Four." At that meeting the mediators announced that they were unable to mediate the trouble and presented a proposal for arbitration. The railroad men then met by themselves to consider the proposition. While the meeting was in progress one of the delegates left the hall and upon being asked what had been done he replied: To Reject Arbitration. "The men have decided to reject arbitration. They are going before President Wilson voluntarily to lay their side of the dispute before him." When the meeting broke up Mr. Garretson was told that one of the delegates had announced that the

RETREAT OF AUSTSIANS DESCRIBED AS ROUT

PETROGRAD, Aug. 12. Dispatches from the Galician front to the Petrograd newspapers describe the defeat of the Austrians in the Stanlslau region as a route. They state that the entire right wing of the enemy was thrown into confusion by the rapid advance of the Russians, and that great numbers surrendered. A thrilling race is now in progress southeast of Lemberg. The shattered Austrians are trying to withdraw to

ADDRESSES B DEMANDED B

VERY PART OF STATE

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 12. Republican state headquarters would be happy if it could ascertain just what plans will be followed for the speaking dates of Charles E. Hughes in Indiana this campaign.. The demand for Hughes is general. Practically every county in the state has demanded a speech by the presidential candidate, and many counties have demanded three or four speeches. Of course, this is an impossibility. While it has been definitely settled that Hughes will make speeches in Indiana, probably in October, nobody knows how . many nor where they will be made. By the time Hughes arrives In In

says he will not prosecute If the parents of the boys keep their promise to make good the loss entailed by damages done to the machine. 1 He refuses to make public the names of the two auto thieves. Boys Arouse Suspicion. Shortly after Bogan discovered Itae loss of his automobile, some men drove up in a car and informed him that they had pulled a Pilot touring car out of a ditch on the National road, east Continued On Page Ten.

SHELLS DROPPED AT DOVER PORT BY AEROPLANES LONDON, Aug. 12. The British port of Dover was raided at noon today by two German planes that dropped four bombs. An officer and six. men were wounded but little damj age was done. j Dover is a port of great military Importance as many of the British transports plying between the British and French coasts leave and put in there. men were going to reject arbitration and he replied: "That is wrong. We are going to meet the mediators again." There were indications that a faction of the delegates made a strong tight in favor of the rejection of arbitration, but the faction favoring peace prevailed in favor of further efforts in this city before carrying the matter to Washington. BOWMAN BELIEVES IN COUNTY RULE UNDER MANAGERS County Auditor Bowman believes In a. managerial form of county government. Although he is unable to state all the details of such a system and has not gone into the subject far enough to be able clearly to outline all its phases, the county auditor believes that much good would accrue to the community if this form of government were introduced in Wayne county. Mr. Bowman pointed out that if a managerial form of government prevailed there would be system in all the operations of the government. Budgets would be worked out in a systematic manner, an intelligent study of the taxation problem would ensue, the care of unfortunates would be improved, in fact, all the operations of the government would be run on a business plan in every sense of that term. positions prepared in anticipation of the forced abandonment of " Stanlslau. The Russians are close on their heels, in continual contact with the retreating army's rear guard, whil farther to the north a great mass of cavalry is driving at every weak spot that can be found in the enemy's lines. The Austro-German forces are striving to save Halica, but the Russian reports agree that the capture of the city is imminent. Y HUGHES Y COUNTIES

!1ET ONCE STRIKE

diana the campaign will be In full blast, and the people will be about ripe for the kind s of knock-down epeeches Hughes is making. It is tin-' derstood that Hughes will campaign in Indiana before President Wilson comes to make his speeches, and if that is the program Hughes will place several tacks on Wilson's chair and have them all ready for him when he comes. A number of additional headline speakers have been added to the oratorical list for the Republican campaign in Indiana since a list was published a short time ago. In the first place, Edwin P. Morrow, of Kentucky, Continued On Page Ten. i