Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 287, 19 October 1916 — Page 1

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SKYROCKETS OF DAYTOtl PRAISE RICHMOND SHOW

Sixty-five high powered "Skyrockets" plumped down Into Richmond last night, whined through the street! spreading enthusiasm and eulogies and plumped out again after a twohour visit It was a delegation representing the Greater Dayton association. The Skyrocket, the official yell of the Skyrockets, sounded through Rich PROGRAM FOR

Thursday Aeroplane exhibition at 3 o'clock. Hoosier Belles and high school orchestra repeat performances at pageant at Coliseum. Possibly a night aeroplane flight Friday Aeroplane exhibition at 3 o'clock and probably night Illuminated flight shortly after 7 o'clock. Indianapolis delegation of 100 with Indianapolis Newsboys band arrive at 11 o'clock on special interurbans. Hamilton delegation arrives in evening on special train. Hoosier belles and Miss Laura Gaston's Quadruple quartet repeat performances in pageant at Coliseum. Saturday Children's day and ccunty day. Thousands of Wayne county citizens will take over the Centennial as their own. Aeroplane flight at 3 o'clock. Free shows at 4 and 10 o'clock. Baby show, winners of county and city contests will be Judged at Y. M. C. A. at 2 o'clock. Exposition closes at 10:30 o'clock.

LOCAL BAND WALKS OUT WHEN DAYTONIANS ARRIVE

With the edge of a once tropical hurricane ripping above the city and swooping down in chilly damp gusts, bringing rain and colder weather, the festival spirit In Richmond continued last night and today. Despite these adverse conditions crowds have continued to increase in record breaking numbers. Rain fell almost steadily last night and thousands sought the protection of the industrial exposition tent and the Coliseum where the pageant played to 'a packed house with unusually meritorious numbers directed by Miss Ijeura Gaston of Earlham college and HUGHES AVERS HE STANDS FOR LASTING PEACE SAGINAW, Mich., Oct. 19. Charles E. Hughes swept through Michigan to day campaigning vigorously. It wi the last day. of. his third invasion of the West before the issues which he has presented are brought to a trial at the polls three weeks hence. "A vots for , me is a vote for perma nent peace,, based on self-respect and the esteem of others," he told a large audience here. Governor Hughes paid particular at tention to the Mexican situation today. "Look Upon Mexico." - "If you want to see how things ought rot to have been done, look at Mexico" he declared. "That stands out in bold relief in the administrations policy. We cannot go through the world blundering with the idea that here we can do this in an arbitrary - fashion and there we will do that because it pleases our fancy." Despite the Inclement weather Hughes was greeted by large and enthusiastic crowds here. He rode in a parade in his honor despite a heavy rain that fell steadily. "I had not expected to be In this position of political candidacy," he told the crowd, "But I want to see a prosperous United States, a United States with the prestige of the old days." NEW YORKER WOUNDED PARIS, Oct., 19. Jules Michael, asbistant manager of Martin's resturant in New York who was severely wounder at Ft. Douaumont on the Verdun front, is recovering, the Red Cross auInorities announced today. Michael resigned his position to come to France to fight.

GRAY RE-OPENS FEUD WITH CIVIL EMPLOYES

Representative Finly H. Gray, candidate for re-election on the Democratic ticket, in his first speech of the campaign in Richmond, last night, re-opened his feud with the civil service postal employes when he announced that he had refused to support the pension bill for civil service employes and charged that the Indiana association of civil service employes had adopted a resolution at a meeting in Indianapolis last March advocating his defeat Following the meeting several local postal v employes who attended the meeting informed a newspaper man that Mr. Gray had misstated the attitude of the civil service employes j toward his candidacy and denied that

mond for the first time although it is familiar to nearly every other city near Dayton. It started at Fourteenth and Main streets where the Skyrockets unloaded from two special cars at the request of the Commercial club reception committee, placed their band in front Continued On Page Seven. j

CENTENNIAL Mr. a-atf Mrs. Robert Nohr, Jr., of the high school. Flight Called Off. The night aeroplane flight was an impossibility under weather conditions which would have made it too incon venient and almost impossible for spec ta.jrs who marvelled at the triple Continued On Page 8even. PICK JUDGE CAUSE TO HEAR GAS SUIT City Attorney W. A. Bond and Wilfred Jessup, attorney for the Light, Heat & Power company, announced today that they had agreed to have Judge . Fred C. Gause, of New Castle, act as special judge in the city's appeal of the state .commission's recent gas rate increase order.' Judge Gause has accepted the appointment. The date for hearing the case has npt been fixed.

LEAKING TENT MAKES PLAGUE PATIENT WORSE

A Richmond physician is today seek ing a small cottage on the outskirts of the city to provide shelter for a man In the last stages of consumption, Ms wife and six-months-old . baby, This family has been living a short distance east of the city in a leaking tent provided by the County An ti-Tu berculosls Society. The weather now makes It impossible for this unfor tunate and destitute family to con tinue to live in such a habitation. The man has contracted a severe cold from wet bedclothing, aggravating the seriousness of his condition. "I will raise funds from among my friends to meet the rental of some house for this family to live in," said the attending physician today. The township cannot legally pay the rent of a house for this tuberculosis victim. It can only provide him with DISPENSARY COMMITTEE PUSHES WORK AHEAD Plans for the establishment of the dispensary at the Day Nursery by the Anti-Tuberculosis society were furthered at a special meeting of the Dispensary committee with the Day Nursery committee, Tuesday afternoon. a resolution advocating his defeat had been adopted. Postal Workers State Case They declared that the adoption of such a resolution would have been flagrant violation of the federal civil service law. To substantiate their contention they asked that a statement be procured from E. J. Gainor, Washington D. C, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, who attended the Indianapolis meeting. They declared he would officially announce that no resolution was passed which advocated the defeat of Mr. Gray. In his address last night Mr. Gray referred to civil service employes as ' Continued On Page Seven.

ELMER COLE MAKES SPEECH FOR 6. 0. P. AT LOCAL FACTORY

Elmer E. Cole of Pennsylvania, one of the best-know orators now campaigning in the middle west under the direction of the National committee, will speak In Richmond at noon to morrow at the Wayne works. The meeting will be out-of-doors at Fifteenth and F streets. Mr. Cole will epeak twenty minutes and intends to discuss some of the issues of the campaign that will have particular inter est to shop employes. Tomorrow night Mr. Cole will address a Repub Dean meeting at Hagerstown. James E. Bingham, formerly attorney-general of Indiana, will address a Republican meeting at Olive Hill on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A pole raising will be a feature. GERMANY INTENDS TO CONTINUE RAIDS NEAR U, S. COAST LONDON. Oct 19. Germany In tends to keep up her submarine activities off the United States coast according to a dispatch from Amsterdam today. The telegram quotes the Volkes Zeitung, of Cologne as saying: "German submarines will operate in the future in the Western Atlantic. They will visit the well-known shipping routes along the eastern points off Nantucket and will sink British ships after giving the crews opportunity to save themselves." FRENGHlENY DESIGNS UPON GREEK NATION PARIS, Oct. 19. The French government contemplates further action ia regard to Greece, it wap learned today. The nature of this action is not known, but Premier Brjand is said to have a definite program in hand. It is explained in an official statement that France has no designs upon the constitutional - liberty .of Greece. The French blue-jackets and marines Und at Athens were set ashore merely to help the police preserve order. . .... . POLICE FIND RING - A ring was found at the Centennial exhibit last night Owner can secure it by describing the ring at police head quarters. food, clothing and fuel. He cannot be placed in the infirmary because of his condition and there is no vacancy at the state institution at Rockville. The tent provided by the anti-tuberculosis society was habitable during favorable weather. The rains now penetrate through it. ' The charity of a family residing near where the tent of the tuberculosis patient is pitched Las spared the plague victim and his family many privations. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS REACH ROUMANIA BERLIN, Oct, 19. A whole division of Russian re-lnforcements (20,000 men) has reached Roumania during the past few days and is taking part in the counter assault that the Russian-Roumanian forces are delivering r.gainst the armies of General von Falkanhayn. MILLION VOTES CAST FOR PROHI WORKERS . CHICAGO, Oct 19. More than 1,000,000 votes and a placs as the third great party of the country is predicted for the Prohibition party by Oliver W. Stewart, national campaign chairman, in a statement issued today.

LOOPS AND FINAL DIVE MADE MILE ABOVE CITY

After climbing at remarkable speed to an altitude more than a mile above Richmond, Louis Gertson turned the nose of his military tractor aeroplane earthward yesterday afternoon and at a terrific rate of speed, turned three loops. - - It was a thrill such as has never

CUNARD LINER STRIKES MINE OFF FALMOUTH

NEW YORK. Oct. 19. The Cunard liner Alaunia which left New York for Falmouth and London with 200 passengers struck a mine in the English chan nel early today and sank before noon, according to a cablegram received by theh Cunard line this afternoon. The cablegram added that the cap tain and part of the crew were saved. No mention was made of the pass engers. Officials of the line said that they believed all of the passengers had been landed at Falmouth and that the vessel struck the mine while on her way from that port to London. It was impossible the steamship of ficials nointed out that the passengers had been sent from Falmouth to Lon don to save time. When the Alaunia left this port she carried 18,000 tons of cargo, a large part of which consisted of war supplies. ALLIED OFFICER DIRECTS ATHENS POLICE FORCE LONDON, Oct. 19 While Greece seethes with unrest, the Athens government has taken hasty steps to appease the allies with fresh concessions. The Lambros cabinet has accepted the demand that an tentente officer be given authority over the police. He will work cc-Jointly with the Greek prefect of police. The Greek cabinet has further issued a manifesto to the populace prohibiting anti-entente manifestations. In spite of the concessions of the Greek cabinet, however, more French forces have been landed to reinforce the detachments of blue-jackets and marines in Piraeus and Athens. The allied military authorities are also sending - troops into . other districts where' uprisings are theatened. TRAIN JUMPS RAIL KILLING ENGINEER MILWAUKEE, Oct. 19. Northwestern train number 111. Milwaukee to Ashland, jumped the rails near lfere early today and plunged into a ditch, killing Engineer Fitzgerald and Fireman Paschain. Steel coaches saved passengers from serious injury. Northwestern officials claim that they have evidence the train was deliberately . wrecked although refusing to make specific explanation of the charges. FRIENDS OBJECT TO ANY GAMBLING AT CENTENNIAL Denouncing the policy of those in charge of the Centennial exposition in allowing the operation of "numerous gambling devices and games of chance, whereas the public had been promised a clean and wholesome celebration" the monthly meeting of Whitewater Friends makes the following protest: Whitewater monthly meeting of Friends In session Fifth Day morning at East Main Street Meeting House representing the membership of 850, approved of the beautiful and appropriate display of the merchants and manufacturers of Richmond at the Centennial celebration. It Is greatly surprised and grievous to observe the numerous devices ror gamDiing ana the games of chance as the public has been promised a clean and wholesome celebration. The monthly meeting unites in entering its solemn protest against all such immoral and Illegal devices. Signed on behalf of the Whitewater Meeting. Anna M. Roberts, Alsie K. Crawford, clerks. ' BEER CUTS EFFICIENCY ASBURY PARK, N. J., Oct. 19. "Scientific tests applied in Germany have proved that one glass of beer detracts seven per- cent from a man's efficiency," Dr. Caroline E. Geisel declared at the W. C. T. U. convention here. been given in Richmond before.- Even the climb, when the machine at times became a mere speck apparently standing still, held a breathless pop ulation with upturned faces and weakened knees. The loops were big and plainly seen Continued On Page Ten.

WAR REVIEW FOR THE DAY i ' '

The greatest uncertainty exists over the outcome of developments in Greece. Further concessions have been made to the allies by King Constantino but the nation is still aflame with unrest An allied army officer has been given authority of the Greek police in Athens and further military measures have been taken there and elsewhere to meet any organized uprising. It is reported that special trains and automobiles are held in readiness for the Instant flight of the Greek king and royal family. Allied military authorities hold German agents responsible for the wild rumors afloat in Athens. One of these was that a United States fleet was enroute to aid the country. GainB for the allies are reoorted from the French and Balkan theatres of war. In the Transylvanian area the offensive of General Von Falkanhayn has evidently been checked by the counter attacks of. the allies. Berlin reports furious fighting south of Kronstadt, where the Roumanians have received heavy Russian re-inforcements. On the Somme front the French are again driving towards Perron e. Progress in that section was made by the French last night and now they are only about a half mile from this German stronghold. Servian troops in Macedonia have captured the important town of Brod, on the Pcherna river. Heavy Bulgarian attacks south of Lake Doiran were repulsed. PASSENGERS SAVED OFF CWURD LINER ALLUNIA, New York, Oct. 19. The Cunard liner Allunia bound from New York to Falmouth and London was sunk by a mine In the English channel today. All of the 200 passengers on the liner were landed at Falmouth before the vessel struck the mine, recording to officials of the Cunard line here. .Some, of the members of the crew were lost. WILSON'S TOUR THROUGH WEST PROVES OVATION CHICAGO, Oct. 19. Over an hour late but glowing from enthusiastic re ception accorded them in ther half way across the continent trip, the President and Mrs. Wilson arrived here at 1 o'clock. The long journey from Shadow Lawn was in the nature of an extended welcome. Crowds turned out at every station to greet them, but no steps other than those regularly scheduled were made. The President himself however was responsible for the delay as he shook many hands enroute. An official reception committee took the President and Mrs. Wilson in charge at La Salle street station. They were taken to the Blackstone Hotel where the President rested for a short while before going to the Chicago Press club to speak. WASP WRECKED OFF NANTUCKET SAYS WIRELESS NOFOLK, Va., Oct. 19. A report was received here today that a German submarine, which may have been the "U-53" has been destroyed off Nantucket Shoals. The British steamship North Pacific, while coaling here, reported that she had been signalled by a British cruiser off the coast and that the cruiser reported by wireless the sinking of the submarine. The wireless mesage, according to the North Pacific iead as follows: "German submarine sunk east, of Nantucket." The North Pacific arrived in Hampton Roads from New Orleans on Monday night. ' ' WOMEN VOLUNTEER TO SERVE LUNCHES AT PUBLIC SCHOOL Mrs. A. W. Roach was appointed delegate to the State Federation of clubs from the Domestic Science association yesterday afternoon. She was given power to appoint two other delegates. Responses are still being made to the $1 letters which were sent out several weeks ago. Fourteen women volunteered to give one morning a month to assist In giving the Penny lunches at Whitewater school. Efforts will be made to raise this number to twenty-seven. The program was given by Mrs. Fred Battel, who sang two solos, and by Professor Edwin Trueblood. professor of public speaking at Earlham college, who read several Riley poems.

TWO ASPIRING DEMOCRATS WANT TO OUST LEWIS

In a vain effort to restore peace among the members of the Wayne county Democratic organization, Bernard Korbly, Democratic state chairman, yesterday paid his second visit to Richmond within a month. Every effort was made to keep secret what transacted at a meeting held by the Democratic leaders at a local hotel late yesterday afternoon but it was reliably reported that Korbly brought pressure to bear on Wal-

NO RECEPTION PLANNED FOR INDIANAPOLIS CROWD

A . very small number of Richmond business men greeted the visiting Dayton delegation which came to Richmond last night, braving the inclement weather, to attend the Centennial exhibition. Their reception could not be described as cordial. Tomorrow there will be an even larger delegation of visitors come to Richmond from Indianapolis, accompanied by the famous Newsboys' Band. Unless the business men of Richmond take it upon themselves to assist in greeting the Indianapolis delegation there will be a repetition of the alleged welcome extended to the Dayton visitors. May Repeat "Welcome." The Indianapolis delegation will arrive in Richmond at 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning, leaving their special traction cars at the court house. Every Richmond business man should arrange to be at Fourth and Main streets BAYONNE STRIKERS RETURN TO SHOPS BAYONNE, N. J., Oct. 19. More than 12,000 striking employes of the Standard Oil company returned to work early today. The backbone of the strike is believed to have been broken. No violence attended the re sumption of work. Police and firemen armed with rifles guarded the men re turning to their Jobs in the various plants. All saloons are still closed. COLUMBIA VOTERS GIVE WILSON LEAD NEW YORK, Oct., 19. President Wilson leads over Charles E. Hughes today in a straw vote being taken at Columbia University. The president has overcome a Hughes lead of seventy-four and has forged thirty votes ahead. The vote now stands, Wilson, 685; Hughes, 655. STATE D. A, R. SCORES BAKER State leaders of the D. A. R., Mrs. Henry Beck of Indianapolis, and Mrs. James B. Steep, also of Indianapolis, who will attend the state convention in this city next week, today roundly criticised Secretary of War Baker. Ire of the patriotic women was stirred by the secretary's utterances in Jersey City where he compared the revolutionary war soldiers to Mexican brigands, placing them on the same plane. Mrs. Beck said: "Our revolutionary war soldiers were neither brigands or bandits nor are they to be compared in any way with the men In Mexico. That utterance is unworthy a man oc cupying a place in the president's cabinet. It is an affront of the grossest sort to the millions of people who revere their nation's history and take a justifiable pride in the origin of this republic." Mrs. Steep declared: "It is not surprising that our national course for the last four years has been one of many twistings and turnings when we reflect that our president has seen it to surround himself with men like Secretary Baker." WIFE HATES COUNTRY PARIS, Oct. 19. The Due D'Orleans, who is about to apply to the papal court for the annulment of his marriage, will charge the Duchess with being an enemy of the French, says the Figaro today. The Duchess is a cousin of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. Theh Due D'Orleans is the pretender to the French throne. SUES ON OLD LIEN Suit for the foreclosure of a mechanics' lien was brought in the circuit court today by Richmond Lumber company vs. Clarissa Schools and Martin S. Young. Judgment amounting to $66 is asked on a bill for lumber used in remodeling a house on the New Paris pike.

-j ter O. Lewis, Wayne county chairman to tender his resignation, an action Lewis flatly refused to consider. Lewis to "8tand Pat," Friends of Lewis, It is stated, bars) advised him to "stand pat" declaring: that the campaign has progreeed satisfactorily under his chairmanship., Lewis is following this advice. Certain other Democratic leaders in Richmond are thoroughly dissatisfied Continued On Page Seven.

when this delegation arrives and form an escort for them to the Centennial exhibition. At the Commercial crab today It was stated that a chicken dinner had been arranged for the Indianapolis visitors, to be served at noon at the First M. E. church, but that the business men had not been asked to turn out in force to escort the visitors through the city. It was also stated that the city band might be assigned to meet the Indianapolis delegation. . I It would be unfortunate If Richmond j acquires a reputation of not being hos-i pltafole in every sense of the word. priceIfUnd increases si 1 2 IN 100 YEARS Employes in the county recorder's office have finished a comparative list of average Wayne county land Talues ! for the past century. The average price paid for land In 1816 was $2.75 an acre. " In 1835, the average price paid for an acre of land was $35. This average did not change much until after 1862. The average for 1880 was about $73. In 1900 this average had raised to $84. Although it is Impossible to estimate accurately the average value of Wayne county lands taken as a whole in 1916, the employes of the office have reached the conclusion that it will range between $115 and $135 an acre. The foregoing estimates were based entirely upon warranty deeds which were recorded. KAISER DECORATES CAPTAIN WHO SENT 126 SHIPS TO RUIN BERLIN, Oct 19. For sinking 126 vessels totalling 270,000 tone Lieutenant-Captain Arnauldde La Perriers. commander of the U-55, has been decorated by the Kaiser with the order of Tour Le Merite. It was he who with the U-35 carried a special message from Emperor William to the King of Spain last June, traveling from Wllhelmshaven to Carthagens. The U-35 fought seventeen battles and destroyed ships with a total tonnage of 91,000 tone in a single trip. It brought home four naval cannon. Among its victims was the French line La Province, one French and one British small cruisers. CAPTURES SCHROEDER Julian Schroeder, the trusty who escaped from the county jail, August 8, was captured In Cincinnati yesterday by Sheriff Steen. Schroeder made no objection to coming back to Indiana and he is now in the county jail serving the remaining seventy days of a ninety day sentence. He was found guilty in .the police court of having been in unlawful possession of blue prints belonging to the National Automatic Tool company. Weather Forecast For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Rain and much colder tonight Friday partly cloudy and colder. Temperature Today Noon B7 Yesterday Maximum 55 Minimum 37 For Wayne County by W. E. Moor Rain tonight Friday partly cloudy. Much colder tonight and Friday with, freezing temperatures or below. General Conditions The Western storm Is moving eastward and is central over the Great Lakes. Another storm has joined It from the Gulf which caused general rains. Southern storm was very violent in Western Florida and Mobile, Alabama. Wind velocity 114 miles an hour at Pensacola, Florida. 98 miles an hour at Mobile. Cold wave following this storm and will probably reach here by tonight Snows are general, in the north' west. Temperatures near zero.