Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 283, 14 October 1916 — Page 27

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AD SUN-TEL&GRAM, SATCRDAY, OCT. 14, 1916

FORMER RICHMOND MAN HELPS ENGLAND SOLVE WAR PROBLEMS

LONDON. OcL 14. Henry W.l Thornton, the American railway man who was brought over to manage the Great Eastern, has done all in his power to assist England's war. HORRIBLE MISTAKES IN DUBLIN REVOLT DUBLIN. Oct 14. The isolated tragedies of the recent rebellion In DubHn would provide material for a gruesome blood curdling volume. A Poe or Maupassant might find In them the inspiration for a classic of horror. I have been present at all the pub lic inquiries beginning with the In quest held in the middle of May last on two men whose bodies were found in the cellars of a house in North King street, and ending with the Royal Commission which has Just finished Its labors. To hideous blunders the most p'tiful of these tragedies were due. The -ase to which Sir John Simon and hl3 fellow commissioners gave searching, patient and impartial investigation was the result of a mistake on the part of Captain J. C. Bowen Colthurst, Royal Irish R'fles, now confined in Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, England, "during his Majesty's pleasure," for the murder of Skeffington, Dickson and Maclntyre. He thought he was shooting three Sinn Feiners, and he was In a ghastly error. But even if they had been insurgents, Captain Colthurst would have been none the less guilty of a triple crime In ordering the shooting of his prisoners without trial. There is consolation of some sort in remembering that the men were not long tortured by the thought of the doom which the madman had prepared for them. Up to the last moment they had no hint of what was coming. All the witnesses agreed that when the three victims were ordered out of th cells in which they had been confined on Wednesday morning, April 16, they did not realize what was before them. Not until they were lined up against the wall in the barrack yard did they know that their hour had struck. And then, as Sir John Eimon said last week, they faced death "with dignity" and, as counsel for the military authorities added, "without any craven fear in their hearts." HATES TO BE GALLED JOHN D'S BROTHER CLEVELAND, Onlo, Oct. 14. Frank Rockefeller, the youngest of the three brothers, who was recently brought into prominence by William's effort to bring about a reconciliation between him and John D,. Is an interesting figare. Although poor when compared to the other two Rockefellers, Frank is not by any means an object of charity. He abhors above all else to be spoken of as "John D. Rockefeller's brother." William's effort to end the feud which has existed since 1898 failed and John D. and Frank are still as far apart as ever. It is estimated that John D. Rockefeller's wealth Is $1,000,000,000. The sum involved which, it Is alleged, led to the feud with his brother was but $150,000. The three brothers were In Cleveland simultaneously for the first time In many years, and William Rockefeller thought it was a most excellent opportunity to bring the family feud to a termination. He did his part but the result was complete failure. Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller drove in an automobile to the home of Frank Rockefeller, at Wickliffe. He was absent from home, but William Rockefeller talked with Mrs. Frank Rockefeller and was assured there was not a chance of bringing about a reconciliation. WAY TO KILL RATS INVENTION OF SOLDIER CAPE TOWN, Oct. 14. A new way to kill the rats which infest the trenches is reported by a South African offiicer writing from France. He says: "We found one of our men putting a bit of cheese on his bayonet and firing a rifle every time a rat started to eat It. . ... .

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or his company Mr. Thornton has iuuuu lime tu uigauuu a i;uiuji cueu sive scheme for the distribution of the egg supplies from Norfolk and Suffolk by means of the great carrying concern which he controls. By his initiative the stock of eggs and poultry can be increased by $2,500,000 without in any way interfering with the present stock or output. ' Proposes Big Society. What Mr. Thornton proposes Is the formation of a society which will cover the whole area of the two large countries named. The vans and trucks of the Great Eastern Company will be placed at the disposal of the egg society to establish collecting depots over the entire area. In addition, the company will give exceptional privileges to shippers, such as supplying sites for depots In the company's yards, reducing freights according to quantities of eggs shipped and other valuable concessions. An egg and poultry demonstration train will shortly be run consisting of several vans especially equipped just to make people understand what increased production really means for them. All the local farmers associations, backed by the Board of Agriculture, are warmly supporting the scheme, which In all probability will come to stay as soon as its advantages have been fully gripped by the people of this and other farming centers. Henry W. Thornton, described in the above dispatch, Is a former Richmond man, having at one time been at the head of the local division of the Pennsylvania. BANK RECEIVES APPLICATIONS NEW PARIS, Ohio, Oct 14. Since the death of Merrill Mitchell, who was manager of the Gas company, complaints, applications for meters,' etc. are being received by the First National Bank, which has made the gas collections since the installation of gas was made in this community. MEDAL FOR "ATLAS" WHO HELD UP HUT ROOF LONDON, OcL 14. A modern Atlas was rewarded when Second Lieutenant P. H. S. Bezuldenhout, a giant artillery officer, received the British Military Cross. His dugout was blown in by a shell which killed some men and wounded others. Bezuldenhout, although stunned himself, bore the whole weight of the roof on his shoulders for some time and prevented it falling on the wounded before they could be removed to safety. SON TO REVENGE DEATH OF FATHER LONDON, Oct. 14. Seeking to revenge the death of his father, killed in action a year ago, sixteen-year-old William Doubleday of this city has made three attempts at reaching Canterbury, sixty miles from here and enlisting in the Buffs, his father's regiment. Ten weeks ago he made a bundle of his clothes, put all his money, six cents, in his pocket and started to walk to Canterbury. He got to Chatham, but was so exhausted he had to turn back home again to get something to eat he admitted. Within a fortnight, he set out again. This time his strength and money lasted to Sittingbourne and once more he reached home in a famished condition. Two weeks ago be started his third attempt. He marched all the way to Canterbury and made his fifty cents last the journey. At the headquarters of the Buffs, sad to relate, his statement that be was "just eighteen" was not believed, for weariness and hunger made him look even younger than he really was. He was told to go home and grow a little more. Y. M. C. A. officials took him into one of their army huts and telegraphed to his mother to send him a little money. With this to pay his expenses he walked all the way home again. "Billy" Is the eldest of six children, and wonderfully bright in his studies, having won two scholarships. His sister Sarah is one of England's best woman swimmers. FRENCH IDOLIZE THEIR AIR PILOTS LONDON, Oct. 14. The French air pilots are today in danger of becoming the spoiled darlings of Paris. A handsome young pilot named Nungesser, as he stepped from a cafe to his motor car, was surrounded by a crowd of midinettes who pressed round him requesting his signature on postcards. Vedrines was seen near the Place de l'Opera, and a young woman came forward and presented him with a bouquet while hands were thrust out to him on every side. RISE IN BOY BIRTHS OFFSETS LOSSES BY WAR LONDON. OcL 14. Bearing out the popular belief that In a great war male births increase In number as compared to female births, the official statistics for London show that In the last thirteen weeks reported 13,229 boys and 12,637 girls were born. This gives a proportion of 1,047 boys to 1,000 girls, which is ' seven more boys than the average for England and Wales before the war. ALSAIANS REFUSE TO MAKE RUSSIANS WORK ON SUNDAYS BERLIN, Oct. 14. The authorities of several towns In Alsace have got into trouble with the military commanders by refusing to make Russian prisoners work on Sundays. The order to compel Sunday labor has been repeated by the commanders with the threat that towns refusing to obey will have their municipal councils dissolved while the leaders will be sent to prison. The destruction of birds costs this country $1,000,000,000 a year, it is estimated, ......

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... -w :'. EDICATED AT EL PASO EL PASO, Texas.. OcL 14. Elephant Butte Dam, the largest Irrigation structure of the sort in the United States and the largest mass of masonry In the world was formally dedicated here today. Present "were represenatlves of President Wilson and Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, several Senators and delegates to the Irrigation Congress to be held in this city. The dam marks an epoch in the reclaiming of the vast dry lands of the Southwest. It will water 155,000 acres, part In New Mexico and Texas and part in Senor Carranza's turbulent domain. In a way this great project, making a vast section blossom with roses, vegetable gardens and orchards, is an international enterprise, ; Its contemplation should do much ; to teach Mexicans that their interests lie in a cordial attitude towards Uncle Sam. - Task la Stupenduous The statistics showing the work to be done by this dam are staggering. The dam is 1647 feet long with a maximum width of 215 feet at the base, tapering to a with of 18 feet at the crest, which is 804.5 feet above bedrock. The crest is used as a roadway. The structure contains 610,000 cubic yards of stone and rubble concrete and weighs a million tons. The lake formed by the dam, which stores only the flood waters of the Rio Grande, will be 45 miles long with an average

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width of six miles and an average depth of 66 f eet. ' ' - " - -L'- - : ' Makes 200 Ml lea - It wKl have" 200 miles of shore-line and a storage capacity of 862,200,000,000 gallons. This is enough water to cover 2,642,292 acres of land to the depth of one foot. The "lake" will have about twice the capacity of the lake behind the Roosevelt dam lnArizona, and four times the capacity of the storage reservoir behind' the famous irrigation dam at Assouan In Egypt, which cost $17,000,000. ' This would be enough water to cover the state of Deleware to the denth

of two feet or the state of Connecticut to the depth of ten inches. ...... . . The dam cost $5,000,000. Construction was begun In 1910 and compelted so far as the laying of stone is concerned on March 1, of this year. The dressing of the structure and the clearing away of buildings and other Impedimenta has just been finished. . The great power of the water flowing through the penstocks of the dam will be converted, it is expected, Into electricty. This will be carried over transmlsission lines to El Paso and many mining camps within a radius of 200 miles of the dam and be used to light streets and operate manufacturing plants. Sevety-five thousand horse power will be produced by the water, which will then pass Into the Irrigation ditches and do the work primarily Intended. The Irrigation farmer will not only have his land watered from this dam, but his house lighted, his corn shelled, and his silo filled by electric power coming from the same source. Of a stafT of 2,000, 752 clerks of the British railway clearing house have enlisted and 842 have attested under the Derby scheme. In the postoffice 75,000 of a possible 85,000 have enlisted or attested. ' ,

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Drive on, Old Richmond! We are for you from start to finish and wish you success in all your undertakings. Next week you and your state celebrate your 1 00th Anniversary and you have just rejoiced over obtaining $100,000 for more factories which you desire located within your walls, and here we are just a part of you, but we are glad for that. We have been with you now for many years and during that time have built a business that we are proud of and we intend to keep on building just as you intend doing. We have treated your contractors and your builders in the best way we knew how. We sold them Lumber and Building Materials that met with their approval and satisfaction and we intend to keep on doing business along those lines.

When You Build a Home, Building, ' csa i i Factory, or Anything We want you to let us be at your service. You people who live here in Richmond and vicinity, We can sell you Lumber and Building Materials at prices that will please you and we guarantee you a service that is not equalled anywhere. .

The Richmond Lumber. Corner Northwest Second and Chestnut Streets

FIND TOUGH SOLDIER " -V . OF 3,000 YEARS AGO

LONDON. . Oct 14. While troops were digging practice trenches on the Wiltshire Downs they . found the remains of a very tough old fighter of 3,000 , years ago. This man, writes 1 J. M. 3 C

Lieutenant Lionel F. West, an army physician, in a medical journal, received a blow, from a stone battleaxe on the forehead with such force that the axe sunk clean within the skull, leaving a sharp edged bole about three quarters by half an Inch in size, he horrible injury was not imme

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diately fatal. Lieutenant West says, for there are signs of repair an around the wound, he warrior lingered on, for months, although he was a slight man of five feet two Inches height. .

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