Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 275, 5 October 1916 — Page 1

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LONDON, Oct. 5. That the allies plan a great effort to cut through Bulgaria, thus linking up the Russo-Rou-manian forces with the allied army in Macedonia, is indicated in dispatches received here today. Duke Visit Dobrudja. Advices from Petrograd by way of Stockholm state that Grand Duke Nicholas, former commmder-in-ch.ef of the Russian troops on the eastern front, Is being sent to Dobrudja to command the Roumanian and RusEian armies operating there. These armies have been organized Dn a highly powerful scale. They have checked the advance of the German allies under Field Marshal von Mackrnsen and compelled them to retreat, winning back ground that had been over-run In the first flush of the Invasion of Roumanian soil. With his lines of communication menaced by the Roumanian army that invaded Bulgaria by way of the Danube, von Mackensen struck back with a powerful blow compelling the Roumanians to retire temporarily. Initial Force Small. It is understood here that the Roumanian forces which set foot on Bulgarian soil was not large. Consequently when it was attacked by superior numbers it was compelled to retreat. Severe fighting is in progress along the line in Dobrudja. This is expected to become even more violent when Grand Duke Nicholas arrives there. With the grand duke and von Mackensen opposing each other two of the foremost , strategists in Europe are pitted on the field of battle. The grand duke is now reported to be on his way to Odessa. From there he will go to Kiev for a council of var before proceeding to Dobrudja. CITY MAY VENUE GAS RATE CASE OUT OF COUNTY Richmond's appeal from the order of the Public Service Commission establishing new gas rates for the Light, Heat & Power company may be taken on a change of venue from Wayne circuit court. City Attorney Bond indicated that he did object to trying the case before any of the three special judges submitted by Judge Fox to him and to Wilfred Jessup, representing the Public Service commission. Fox Pushes Appeal To bring the suit to trial, Judge Fox today 'old the attorneys that they must agree tomorrow morning upon one of the following judges: M. E. Forkner, Newcastle; James Engle, Winchester; Judge John Smith, Portland. It Is within the judge's power to make the attorneys agree upon one of these three if the case is tried in the Wayne circuit court. Attorney Jessup appeared willing to try the case before any one of the three. Bond frankly said that he was not satisfied. "If you are not satisfied, why don't you take a change of venue," said Jessup. "The thing is not over yet; I may," retorted Bond. This afternoon, Attorney Bond and Mayor Robbins had a long conference upon what course the city would purHue tomorrow. Weather Forecast For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight Colder north portion. Friday, fair; colder. Temperature Yesterday. Noon 7S Yesterday Maximum : 78 Minimum 37 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight and Friday. Decidedly cooler Friday. General Condition The summer weather continues south of the 40th parallel and east of the Mississippi river. It is very cold in the northwest with temperature 18 above freezing at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Cold wave has reached northwestern Illinois and will arrive here late tonight Jor Friday.

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It is believed that the British "tanks" or land monitors, which have come Into prominence through their remarkable performances on the western front last week, are in reality merely American farm tractors, armored and equipped with machine guns. An officer of a manufacturing concern in Peoria, Illinois, states that his firm sold about one thousand of these caterpillar tractors, which are used extensively in farming in this country, to the British government. The tractor has been used to haul the big guns almost since the beginning of the war. This picture shows one of the caterpillar tractors towing a gun through a heavy quagmire. The tractor crawls on two belts with corrugated surfaces on either side of the body. The corrugated surface is on the ground.

"FOND" HEN LAYS WELL LETTERED EGG WITH OWNER'S NAME IN OLD ENGLISH

Another hen herewith breaks into list of feathered prodigies. This one went into the lithograph business on day laBt week and if tale is substantiated deserves its honor. E. T. Skinner, clerk in a Main street cigar store, returned from a visit to his father, George Skinner, two miles north of Chester, with BOND FILES BRIEF TO OBTAIN RULING ON COMPENSATION For the purpose of definitely determining whether the city has the authority to make monthly payments, under the state workmen's compensation act, out of its compensation insurance fund, to the widows of the two police officers murdered last July, Mrs. G. M. Little and Mrs. Elmer Stephenson, City Attorney Bond has fled a brief with the state industrial board in which the contention is made that the city is not required to compensate these two women because their husbands were not city officers but were state officers. Jessup Will Answer Wilfred Jessup, who is representing the interests of Mrs. Little .and Mrs. Stephenson, said today that before the Continued On Paye Ten. PALLADIUM PREPARES TO SHOW SERIES

Baseball fans who can not gain the consent of their pocketbooks to visit the ball grounds in New York and Boston where the world series will be staged beginning Saturday, may see the game play by play right here at home. The Palladium's electric baseball board which so successfully Illustrated the title contests Just as each play was made will again be erected in front of The Palladium building on North Ninth street and will be in operation Saturday afternoon when the first game Is called.

WAR REVIEW FOR THE DAY

LONDON, Oct. 5. Roumanian troops that invaded Bulgaria have been defeated in battle and flung back across the Danube. All reports received here today indicated that the Roumanians, suffering superior numbers, escaped by crossing back over the river. Field Marshal Von Mackensen drew two columns of troops to encircle the army of invasion. Caught by the movement the Roumanians had no choice but to retire, which they did speedily. - On the western front the fighting of the past twenty-four hours has been of minor importance. The French captured 900 guns from the Germans but on that section of the Somme held by the British there were only artillery duels. Fighting of greatest bitterness continues on the eastern front, the AustroGerman forces making a stubborn stand especially in Volhynea, before the assaults of the Russians.

the announcement that a hen had laid an egg bearing the owner's Initials in perfect old English. "The hen was very fond of my father," Mr. Skinner said. He Accepts Challenge. He accepted a challenge to have the egg sent to Richmond to be exhibited here. Unless it has become too mellow, he said, he will have it blown and preserve the shell for a curiosity. The alignment of the letters is perfect, he said, and they are uniform In size. . The trouble with, the "fond ben." part of the story, is that the distinguished one has not yet been singled out of the flock. , j "I know it was a fond hen be-,f cause every hen runs to my father when he brings the feed in," said Mr. Skinner. (N. B. Mr. Skinner is the only one in Richmond known to have seen the egg.) POWDER EXPLOSION KILLS 3 WORKMEN

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 5. Three workmen were killed today in an explosion at the plant of the Illinois Powder company, of Grafton, 111. Telephone and telegraph wires are down. The shock of the explosion was so severe that it was felt at Edwardsville, forty miles distant from tne scene. Rescue parties are being rushed to Grafton from Alton. ELECTRIC BALL BOARD GAMES PLAY BY PLAY 300 MASONS ATTEND WEBB LODGE SESSION Work in the Master Mason degree was conferred on Reginald V. Smith last night when Webb lodge of Masons observed the ninety-third anniversary of the founding of the local lodge. The initiation was conducted by eleven of the twelve worshipful masters in the county, Charles Wheeler of the Cambridge City lodge being unable to attend. Mr. Wheeler who is In a hospital sent a letter which was read. Those who participated In the ceremony were: Raymond C. Small, Hagerstown; Jesse Revilee, Milton; Oliver C. Hunt, Whitewater; Oscar Tauer, Richmond; Victor Borradaile, Cornelius lodge No. 232; Rife Gard, Downey, No. 233; Vera Hill, Bethel; Tracey M. Clark, Hiram No. 417; Victor St. Meyer, Williamsburg; Earl M. Smith, Fountain City. Seven States Represented.; In addition to these guests, seven states were represented by the 300 men assembled at the temple were: Continued On Page Ten.

JESSUP REFUSES TO SETTLE DATE OF EVANS CASE

Plans of the South Side Improvement association to get the Evans appeal in the circuit court settled quickly, received a serious jolt today. City Attorney Bond this morning asked Wilfred Jessup, attorney for the Evans family, to agree upon a date for trial. October 19 was one of the first dates open and suitable for the Jiearingf Ifff.Msup merely laughed and walked fromhe court room. This was taken "1y Mr. Bond to mean that Mr. Jessup; will not be ready to try the case for some time yet. Declines His Reason Mr. Jessup declined to give any reason why he did not want to set a date when Mr. Bond followed him into the hall and he quickly switched the conversation to another subject. It is rumored that a sale of the property is on foot. The South Side association Is anxious to get the suit out of the way before the emergency session of the county council Is called, to act uponthe bridge appropriations. The report of J. L. Harrington, Kansas City bridge expert, on the bridge situation is expected within the next two weeks. The commissioners will call for a session of the council soon after. It has been pointed out that it would not be advisable to build the South G street bridge until the appeal is settled. The Improvement association fears that the council will hesitate to make the appropriation until the case is settled. CAN'T OBTAIN LABOR; TAKES YOUNG BOYS An officer of the stone quarry company near New Paris came to Richmond today to secure fifteen additional workmen but the best he could get were two young boys who were turned over to him by Chief of Police Goodwin. These lads were arrested on a charge of having stolen bicycles in Springfield. The Springfield police, however, ignored the notice that the boys had been arrested here so they were released to accept employment at the stone quarry." REGISTER MONDAY Next Monday is registration day and unless you can qualify under the appended list of rules it will be necessary for you to register, otherwise you will lose your vote. The following voters must register: 1. All voters who did not register In 1914, including first voters. 2. All voters who registered and voted in 1914, but who have since moved to another precinct, and this includes all who moved from the precinct in which he. voted in 1914, and again moved back to the same precinct before the October registration of 1916. 3. All voters who registered In 1914, but who failed to vote at the general election in 1914. 4. All voters who . reside In precinct No. 36 in the city of Richmond, which Is a newly created precinct. NOTE All voters who are In doubt as to whether they registered in 1914 should . go to 'the place of registration and Inquire whether they are properly registered. "

2 BED-RIDDEN PRIESTS BORNEO IN COLLEGE FIRE St Louis, Oct. 5. Unable to leave their beds, two aged priests were burned to death today in a fire which partly destroyed Christian Brothers college, a noted Catholic institution here. An attendant was injured in a Jump from the fifth floor of a building and four students were carried out unconscious from smoke. The dead are: Brother Cormack, 91; Brother Clement, 8a " Flames Halt Rescue Both priests were bed-ridden and the flames prevented rescuers from reaching them. The fire is believed to have started on the fifth floor in the main building, near the infirmary. The aged

brothers, both of whom had been bed-' ridden several years, were trapped in the infirmary. When it was seen that they could not be saved, an attendant named Nolan jumped from the window Most of the students and brothers in the college were at breakfast when the fire started and this is believed to have prevented a heavier loss of life. The cause of the fire has not been determined. DIVORCE INCREASE SHOWS CIVILIZATION UPON HIGH PLANE "The increase In the number of divorces during the past four years is a sign that the world is becoming more civilized," said Judge Henry Fox of the circuit court today. During the past two months, hardly a day has passed that a divorce suit has not been filed in the Wayne county circuit court. The divorce record of Wayne county is no higher than in the average county of the United States. . "People are beginning to realize Continued On Page Ten. HOOSIER BELLES TO BE FEATURED IN CITY PAGEANT Miss Edna Johnson who will direct the staging of a scene in the centennial to be known as "The Hoosier Belles," a fashion review covering periods from 1790 to 1916, has selected the following young women to typify Indiana's daughters of the past and present. The cast and periods to be depicted follow: Period of 1790, Miss Mary Johnson; 1800, Miss Ruth Marlatt; 1810, Miss Louise Malsby; 1820, Miss Helen Nicholson; 1830, Miss Eleanor Seidel; 1840. Miss Ruth Pennell; 1850, Miss Emerald Hasecoster; 1860, Miss Esther Coate; 1870, Miss Mary Clements; 1880, Mrs. John Clements; 1890, Miss Dorothy Land; 1900, Miss Ann Continued On Page Ten. 50 PER CENT BOOST MADE IN FOOD COST AT CHICAGO TODAY CHICAGO, Oct. 5. The cost of food in Chicago today is from fifty to one hundred per cent higher than it was a year ago. Increases have been mf.de in all the higher class restaurants within the last week. All meat and egg orders were made five cents higher. Chicken pie now is 15 cents End oyster stew twenty cents, an increase of a nickel. Increased cost to them is given as the cause by restaurant proprietors. PENNSY MAIL TRAIN RAMS STOCK CARS LEWISTON, Pa, Oct. 5. Engineer Scott Heldelberger, of Altoona, was killed, a stock drover, whose name is unknown, is missing, and a score were Injured early today when Pennsylvania passenger train No. 6, east bound, carrying passengers and mail, crashed Into the rear end of a stock train on the middle division just east of here. The wreckage took fire after the crash and destroyed a number of cars. Heidelberger's body was removed from the wreckage shortly after the smash and eight mail clerks received injuries. The. passenger train was trying to make up time and according to the railroad officials ran past a signal in a dense fog. ,

CALLS ENTIRE CITY TO HELP REJOICE OVER GETTING FUND

The whole town ought to turn out for the celebration at the high school auditorium Friday evening. Recognition must be accorded the men who helped raise $100,000 for the establishment of a fund to bring new industries to the city. . The event in itself Is a great one. Community spirit, rising to the necessity of meeting a serious condition, responded to the calls of the leaders and put across the biggest thing the city of Richmond has ever tackled. The $100,000 has been collected; that which most people believed impossible Is now a reality; the news of the raising of the fund has been sent broadcast throughout the United States and factories are awake to the energy of Richmond. The meeting Friday evening will be a real community gathering to which the whole city is invited. The details of raising the fund will be discussed and some of the problems of the committees will be explained. It will be a splendid opportunity for the citizens to pay some measure of recognition to the men who did the work. BARN BURNS DOWN; NO ALARM GIVEN A barn just within the city limits, south of Reeveston, owned by Tom Maher, was completely destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning with a loss of about $300 and no fire alarm was sent in. The fire chief and building inspector were today informed of the blaze. Just how the barn caught afire is not known. A considerable amount of hay and other feed, also a buggy and some harness were destroyed. NEW FORGE LANDS ROME. Oct. 5. Another Italian expeditionary force has been landed in Albania. Official announcement of the occupation of Delvino and Argyrokastron by these troops was made today. These towns are about fifty miles southeast of Avalona and lie near the Greek border. ZOLLA SPEAKS AS S08STIT0TE FOR MR. COLBY Wayne county Democratic headquarters was notified today by the state speakers bureau that Bainbridge Colby, the prominent New York Progressive leader, would not be able to address the Democratic meeting to be held here this evening at the Coliseum and that his place would be taken by another prominent Progressive leader, Emll M. Zolla, Moose floor leader in the house of representative of the Illinois legislature. Zolla, it is stated is an eloquent speaker and Is making an extensive campaign in the Interests of President Wilson. Submits to Operation. Mr. Colby is suffering from an infected hand and has had to submit to Continued On Page Nine. NEW CABINET HARD TO FORM ROME, Oct. 5. A dispatch from Athens says that considerable difficulty has been experienced in forming a "war cabinet" for Greece. It is doubtful if a post is held by Elutherios Venizelos, the former premier and leader of the pro-ally party. Venizelos is quoted in a dispatch from Crete as saying that he will be satisfied with any ministry that stands for war on the side of the allies. CARRANZA CANNOT PAY HIS SOLDIERS ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 5. A new element has been injected into the discussions of the American and Mexican commissioners by the inability of the Carranza government to pay its soldiers. This is interfering with the completion of plans for a joint border patrol. The Mexican commissioners are seeking a loan of from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000, hoping that the government can be run with this money until taxes can be readjusted to produce revenue. The Mexican commissioners will go to New York Saturday when they hope to open negotiations for a loan.

METER CHARGE ,C WE

That the Richmond City Water Works company acted without authority in charging its patrons a meter rental the first of this month in its collection of payments for water used the past three months, was the statement made by City Attorney Bond yesterday by the Indiana Public Utilities Commission when he appeared before the commission to protest against the water company's action. Will Not Allow Charge "The commissioners will notify the water works company that the Richmond water rate order, which became operative August 1, gave it no authority to make a meter rental charge in addition to the minimum monthly service charge of 50 cents, and the commission will notify the company to this effect at once," City Attorney Bond said today. The city attorney presented the receipted water bill of a city official showing that he had been charged 50 cents each month, the minimum rate, for his water service and in addition had been charged a 50 cent meter rental. Complaints by angered patrons of the wrater company over the meter Continued On Page Ten. MUSIC FEATURES MASS MEETING; GOAL IN SIGHT Both men and women are included in the invitation to see the $100,000 industrial fund campaign brought to a close at the "Greater Richmond" rally tomorrow night in the High school auditorium. The music will start at 7:30 o'clock. The High School orchestra has consented to give a concert for the occasion. The meeting will be strictly informal and the speaking will be by Richmond men, but every one is looking forward to an evening of enthusiasm and enjoyment. By order of the board of directors of the Commercial club the meeting is to he merely a greater "edition" of the campaign luncheons Continued On Page Nine. PRICE OF FOOD GIVEN BOOST AT NEW YORK RESTAURANTS BOOST PRICES OF POODS Ham and eggs from 25 to 30 cents. Fried eggs from 15 to 20 cents. Pork and beans from 15 to 20 cents. Corn beef and cabbage from 20 to 25 cents. Plain steak from 30 to 35 cents. Tenderloin steak from 40 to 45 cents. Veal cutlets from 20 to 25 cents. Pies from 5 to 10 cents. NEW YORK, Oct. 5. Most of the "chain restaurants" and lunch rooms of New York City today fell In-line with those which yesterday suddenly raised their prices on practically all the dishes they serve. The reason given is that the prices of commodities have risen from 10 to 100 per cent, within the last year. Regular "business men's noon lunches" which two days ago cost a quarter, today cost 30 cents, and the price of most individual dishes have been raised. Potatoes have become a luxury. Restauranteurs explained today that last year Jersey potatoes were $1.70 a sack and that this year they are quoted at $3.50. It is predicted that they will reach $6 before long. . Other Increases pointed out as the causes of the rise in restaurant prices are: Beans, $9.65 for 100 pounds, formerly $7.90; peas. $6.75, formerly $3.80; flour, $6.60, formerly $5.10; eggs, 44 cents, formerly 36. Boarding bouses are expected low suit In raising - the prices. meals. Some already have done