Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 295, 28 October 1916 — Page 1

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FRENCH TAKE STONE QUARRY NORTHEAST OF FT. DAUOUMONT IN DRIVE TO GET FT. VAUX

PARIS, Oct 28. Battling beneath the glare of a night cannonade, French troops on the Verdun front have captured a fortified quarry northeast of Ft Dauoumont the war office announced today. By this stroke the French have crept nearer to their main objective, Ft Vaux. The attack was made with grenades and was carried out brilliantly.

G. O. P. CAMPAIGN DONATIONS APPROACH TVVO MILLION GOAL

, NEW YORK, Oct. 28 The contrlbutlon to the Republican national campaign fund totals $1,667,757.29, was announced at headquarters here today.

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CONFRONTEDDY GREAT CRISIS

PARIS. Oct. 28. "The situation confronting Roumanla Is serious but not dangerous," writes the military critic of the Journal. , - 1 , The.flnaJ decision does hot He at Constanza nor In ':'the"TSan"ds:6f' Von Mackensen but with Von Falkenhayn and the operations in the Transylvanian Alps, Falkenhayn must be held. If that is done the whole German plan fails." Current events are proving that the German allies are still very strong, the writter admits.

A SPECIAL JUDGE FOR MORRIS' SUIT TO CONTEST WILL

Claiming that Judge Fox on account of his bias and prejudiced conclusions might not render a fair decision, attorneys for plaintiff filed a petition in the circuit court today for a change of judge in the case of Walter Morris againbt Isabella Haner. The suit was brought a year ago by Morris to break the will of Frank Morris, a wealthy bachelor who died four years ago, leaving an estate of 25,000 to his sister, Isabella Haner.

The Democratic total nounced, is $1,006,282.

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ALLIES RENEWING BAUPAUME DRIVES ON SOMME FRONT

BERLIN, Oct. 28. The allies drive on Baupaume on the Somme front has been renewed. The German war office announced today that another battle has developed on that front

FIND HUMAN FOOT ; IN MAN'8j APARTMENT - ' ' " i mi 1 ' v .- -IWAHrON Oct '28.- The police are Investigating the finding of a human foot by Attorney Alford Henry In the hall at his apartments over the Klley shoe store. The foot was In a splendid state of preservation.

BRIGHT LIGHTS BLIND WILD GEESE FLYING OVER LITTLE WARSAW

WARSAW, Oct 28. Thousands of wild geese, apparently blinded by the bright lights from the courthouse tower and street lights, clr. cled over the business section of the city many times before leaving last night The birds were flying unusually low. An early winter Is forecasted by old realdents because of the early exodus of the geese to the southland.

SAMUEL HILL EXPOUNDS GOOD ROAD DOCTRINE

Samuel Hill of Seattle, Wash., multimillionaire enthusiast for good roads, will deliver an illustrated lecture at the South Eighth Street Friends church tonight at 8 o'clock. He is a son-in-law of the late James J. Hill, railroad builder and promoter of the Great Northwest. Hill has traveled all over the world studying the road problem. Recently he visited the Russian front and the western lines where he saw what ad

vantage good roads were for military purposes. At a cost of a quarter of a million dollars. Hill constructed a

model road In Washington state. He will be the guest of William Dudley Foulke today. His lecture will be profusely illustrated.

HELEN KELLER

RECEIVES INJURY

TOWNS IN WAY OF GEN. VILLA TO SURRENDER

, EL PASO, Oct 28. The important towns of Santa Rosatl, Parral and Torreon are ready to surrender to the advancing Villistas, further isolating Chihauhau City, according to advices received today by' Government agents here. The same dispatches brought word that General Trevino still Is desperately defending Chihauhau, although evacuation of the city would be made virtually necessary if the three towns above are taken. Villa already is in possession of the railroad running south and is operat

ing trains between Santa Ysabel and San Antonio.

SCOUR STATE FOR ELECTION FRAUD PLOTS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 The string of towns along the northern border of Indiana and Illinois from Fort Wayne to Chicago is the scene of greatest activity in the election fraud investigation today. It was stated at the department of justice. South Bend, Ft. Wayne, Elkhart, Laporte and Chicago are being scoured by the department's agents for evidence of importation of voters, bribery and all forms of election corruption. Other centers of activity are Indianapolis, Anderson, Muncie and Marion, Indiana, Springfield, Peoria and Centralia, III., and Cleveland, Toledo, Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio. The latter city is alleged to be a hotbed of political fraud and the principal work of the department is being carried forward in that city. Negroes are being slipped up through Tennessee and Kentucky, it is alleged by the department and spirited over the Ohio river into Cincinnati where they are distributed.

COUNTY PAYS $675 TO SUPPORT STATE SCHOOLS 6 MONTHS

To pay Wayne county's part towards the upkeep of the state boys' school, the state girls' school and Easthaven Insane asylum, for the six months ending Sept. 1, 1916, county auditor Bowman today sent a check to the Auditor of State for 1675.34. Of this $206.75 went to clothe Wayne county inmates at Easthaven. All other expense is paid by the state.

NINE VESSELS SUNK BY GERMAN WASPS

LONDON, Oct. 28. A dispatch to the Morning Post from Christiania

says that the German submarines have sunk nine more Norwegian merchant

snips within the past 24 Hours. Among

them was the 8,000-ton steam Soda.

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SUPPORTERS OF RUTHLESS SUBMARINE WAR WIN OVER FIELD MARSHALL HINDENDURG WHO OPPOSES RENEWAL OF ACTIVITY ZURICH, Oct. 28 Supporters of a ruthless sub- marine warfare in Germany are reported to have won over Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, the chief of staff and General Bethmann Hollweg, the chancellor. Both have been opposing a drastic U-boat campaign. A dispatch received here today says that German submarining would be great ly increased as a result of a conference between the chief of staff and the chancellor. i Disoatehes Are Carried

ADVANCE OF OVER 100 MILES HADE DY VON MACKENSEN IN DRIVE UPON ROUCIANIA

German newspapers print dispatches telling of the sinking of twelve Nor. wegian ships in the Arctic because they carried contraband. It Is declared by the German press that "the Norwegian government will find it cannot suppress submarining by a stroke of the pen."

As a result of an injury to the spine, Miss Helen Keller, the famous blind girl, has been , compelled to cancel her lesture engagements for the sea. son. Miss Keller had planned an extensive tour throughout the United States, lecturing upon instruction for the blind and deaf and dumb, from all three of which, afflictions Miss Keller has suffered since childhood. ' After years of V application, however, , she learned to speak. '

BERLIN, Oct. 28. Gen. Von Mackensen's army that invaded Dobrudja has advanced 100 miles into Roumanla territory. The Austrian-German army striking at Roumanla from the north, has reached the Campolung district at the edge of the Roumanian plain. Campolung is the main objective of the German and Austro-Hungarian forces that have been attacking east of Rothenthurm Pass.

Dispatches from the front today state that the progress of the German

allies In the northern and eastern Roumanian should now be swifter. Gen. Falkenhayn's advance had been

hindered by strongly fortified barriers

in the Transylvania Alps and by heavy snowstorms.

TAKE EIGHT OFFICERS

BERLIN, Oct. 28. The capture of eight Russian officers and more than 500 men in the fighting on the eastern front was announced by the war office today. ,,- 'T ' yi rv r'- lV

SAYS GEN. WOOD IS SOX PITCHER

BRUNSWICK, Me., Oct. 28. In his examination on the subject of the government at Boudouin a student answered all the questions. He described Gen. Leonard Wood, as a "great Red Sox pitcher." He called Vance McCormick, chairman of the Democratic . national . committee, "the famous Irish tenor" and Gompers, he said Is a "city In France."

GRIND OF EMERGENCY DRAKE ON TRAIN SAVES HUGHES FROM CERTAIN DEATH OSWEGO, N. Y., Oct. 28. Charles E. Hughes had a narrow escape from being run down by his own train this afternoon. The auto carrying the governor became stalled on the railroad tracks just as the candidate's train started to pull back into the station. , . A man carrying a white handkerchief flagged the train just in time. The engineer threw on the emergency brakes and the train stopped within ten feet of the governor's machined

PLANE FALLS IN SEA

THE HAGUE, Oct 28. An English aviator who had evidently started out on a lone raid over German soil was found floating in the North Sea fifteen miles off the coast today. He was was rescued by a fishing boat. The machine had fallen into the water as the result of motor trouble.

KAISER NAMES AIDE

VIENNA, Oct. 28. Kloasch Von Roden, of the Austrian army, has been appointed personal aid de camp to Emperor "William for the duration of the war.

Weather Forecast

For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Sunday. Warmer tonight east and south portion. Temperature Today Noon 62 Yesterday Maximum 3 Minimum 32 For Wayne county by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. General Conditions Weather remains mostly fair over the Missippl valley. A storm over southern Canada is causing increasing cloudiness over the plain states. Weather will be mostly fair during the next 24 hours. Local showers possible over lake region.

HDGHES LEADS OVER WILSON IN EARLHWS STRAW RALLOT

Hughes and Wilson ran neck and neck In the Earlham straw vote taken Thursday and counted today under the direction of the Earlham faculty. The total vote of boy and girl students and faeulty members resulted in a victory for Hughes by four votes. In three divisions of voters the split was as nearly even as ballots could be cast.

Leads By Only 4 Votes

REFER TRACK ELEVATION DISPUTE TO ENGINEERS AND SURVEYOR AND POSTPONE HEARING DATE

- Differences between the county commissioners and the T. H., I. & E. Traction company over the company's petition now before the public service commission asking for permission to raise its tracks where they run along the National Road through Wayne county were referred to the county surveyor and the company's engineer this morning in hope that some suitable agreement may be effected. This action was decided upon in a conference between the county commissioners and W. H. Latta, the traction company's attorney, Guy Jeffries, general superintendent and Thomas Daniels, engineer for the corporation. -

Agrees on Postponement. Mr. Latta agreed to ask the public service commission to postpone the hearing on the petition from November 10 until some later date. The company's officials informed the commissioners that they were willing Continued On Page Nine.

Of 327 votes cast, 162 were for Hughes, 158 for Wilson, 7 for Hanly. Of 137 boy student votes cast, 68 were for Hughes; 66 for Wilson, 5 for Hanly. Of 179 girl student votes cast, 85 were for Hughes, 81 for Wilson, 2 for Hanly. . Of 21 faculty votes, 10 were for Hughes, and 11 for Wilson. Four speeches were made by debat-

FIX INHERITANCE TAX FOR MORRIS ESTATE

ers representing the two great parties. This had little effect on the vote, according to Janney Hutton, of the student body. The talks were in . the form of a debate for which no decision was made. -

GOES TO THE FRONT

Inheritance tax for the estate - of Henry F. Morris, Cambridge City, was set in the circuit court today at $49.30. The estate was valued at $14,39S. It is divided equally between the widow and two daughters.

ROTTERDAM, Oct. 28.- Advices from Berlin state that Dr. Von Bethmann Hollweg, the German chancellor, has left for headquarters. :

DECKER DIVORCE GRANTED

Sarah A. Decker, Milton, was granted a divorce from Joseph Decker in circuit court today. Abandonment was the charged

DROPS BOMB UPON KAISER'S FAST TRAIN

PARIS, Oct. 28 A Zurich dispatch reports that an allied aviator dropped a bomb upon a train, in which the Kaiser was riding, killing the engineer. The dispatch did not give any details. GERMAN WAR LOAN PASSES REICHSTAG

BERLIN. Oct' 28. Now that the government Is fortified " with the war credit of $2,856,000,000 in troducedL in the Reichstag yesterday, preparations are being made for that body to take a recess, It is expected that the Reichstag will adjourn on next Tuesday until Nov. 11. '

PROMISES TO MARRY IF PRESIDENT WINS

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 On his promise to make good a vote he intended to cast for President Wilson, Miss Jane Whittock of California, consented to wed Julius S. "Kingsley and came east for the wedding.

NO TIME CLAUSE IN THEIR CONTRACT HOLDS IIP CHURCH

Inability of members of the West Richmond Friends church to get action from the contractor building It has caused still further delays in the dedication. The date for the dedication is indefinite although efforts have beben made to have the contractor give a promise to complete the building at a certain time. No time clause was included in the contract. The church should have been built long ago, members said.

SEN. BORAH

WILL CLOSE '16 CAMPAIGN One of two of the foremost Progressive leaders in the United States, Senator Borah of Idaho or William Prendergrast of New York, will close the Republican campaign in Wayne county by addressing a meeting, to be held at the coliseum, this city, Friday or Saturday night of next week. Senator Borah, while an ardent advocate of progressive principles and a staunch supporter of Col. Roosevelt, has always remained within the Republican party. Borah played a prominent part in effecting a complete understanding between Col. Roosevelt and Justice Hughes. Is Brilliant Orator. Prendergrast is one of the nation'a

most brilliant orators. He became na

Continued On Page Seven.j DRAWS Gil ON GOODWIN IN CITY HALL

Mrs. Newton Chafln, 812 North Twelfth street, entered police headquarters this morning and was met by Chief Goodwin. Without saying a word she pulled a revolver from heppocket and pointed It at the chief. After a brief pause, during which Continued On Page Nine.

JOSEPH FRAME DIES

Joseph W. Frame, 68, died at his home, 300 South Thirteenth street, Friday afternoon. He had been ill for six months. Mr. Frame was a native of Ohio, but came here to live seven years ago. He is survived by a widow, Eunice F. Frame, one sister, Rebecca A. Frame and a step-daughter, Mrs. Dempsey Dennis. The funeral will be held from the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in the Ridge cemetery.

Palladium Straw Ballot

WHERE TAKEN

Previous Totals

Jordan Sale (Whitewater) Bry son's (Hagerstown) .. Hughes (Hagerstown) ... Cigar Stand (Westcott) . Conkey Drug Store Sam Vigran Store ....... Sale at Witt Station

Engelbert's Store (N. 8th St)

Fountain City ................... Williamsburg , , , Robinson Sale (W. Whitewater) , Economy F. ft N. Lawn Mower , ,

For Pres.

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445

18!

8 24 17 10 37 68

29 30

22 32

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316

8 12 ; 5 16 29

87 11

11 9

593

For U. S. Sen.

335

S 17 9

14 9 25 58 21

20!

18 18

594

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379

23 19 9

8 32

25 27

20 29

679

210

6 12 4 15 18

4 3 6

422

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230

For Gov,

4 0 7

15 6 14 19

5 62

459

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414

14 11

62 23 28 29

24 23

728

For Con.

265!

6 2 9

11!

7 16 23 83

7 6 75

525

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7 28 12

33 69

22 27 25 21 41

751

266

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5 15 36 8 3

4 4 64

343

175

6 6 9 17! 40 10

8 15 5 28

349

175

8' 3 5 9 6 13 58 13 17 14 12 18

358