Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 296, 30 October 1916 — Page 1

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LONTZ OPENS BIG FOUNDRY; EXPECTS BOOM

Plant Employing 200 Men in Sixty Days Will Bring 1000

Persons to Reside Here.

'Organization of a malleable Iron

foundry company was completed here

yeaterday. The foundry will begin

work In 60 daya and will employ 200

men. John M. Lontz is president of

the new company and Harry Lontz Is

' secretary-treasurer. , Mr. Lontz announced today the new Industry will not ask for assistance Continued On Page Twelve. VON HINDENBURG HOLDS OUT HOPE TO GERMAN FOLK

BERLIN, Oct. 30. "I welcomed Roumanla'a entrance Into the war with Joy, for through it we get out of the trench war. The Roumanians are retreating and the day of reckoning is coming." In his first comprehensive Interview since lie assumed the office of general staff Field Marshal Von Hindenberg made the above statement. Von Hindenberr: reviewed the general situation in the different theatres of war, expressing the opinion that there was only room for optimism from the view point of the Central allies.

CAT ON FIRE CALLS OUT SIX COMPANIES

CHICAGO, Oct 30. Fire apparatus from sfx stations turned out when a small boy set a cat afire and the animal leaped from a platform and started a biaze in a pile of acid carboys. Firemen with ex-

i tlngulshers pursued the cat several

blocks and quenched its burning fire when it ran under a house.

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Mrs. Clifford .Cherry, who has been called the "prettiest woman In Illinois," has been granted $150 a month temporary alimony pending her suit for divorce from her millionaire land-owner husband. Mrs. Cherry alleged that another woman had proven of greater charm to her husband than she. Mrs. Cherry and her infant daughter are at present with Mrs. Cherry's parents in Boston. Before her marriage Mrs. Cherry was a Miss Ruth Meyers of that city. i

POWDER PUFFS MAY BE THROWN AT FOLKS PROMENADING IN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

A strong rumor current today that the Ancient Halloween Celebrators of Richmond have started a movement to leave sidewalks, brick buildings and

telephone poles Intact in their annual initiation, was confirmed by police Chief Goodwin. Chief Goodwin is one of the most ardent supporters of the movement of

the A. H. C. R., he declared. So strong are his sentiments, he said, he will

personally see to It that they are propagated tonight and tomorrow night by

Continued On Page Twelve.

SOLDIERS ARE SICK BUT PROUD OF IT

CHICAGO, Oct. 30. "Sick and proud of it" was the answer of fifty troopers of the First Illinois Cavalry at roll call today. Yesterday was mothers and sweethearts day at their camp and they ate so much candy they were Indisposed today.

WILSON WILL NOT

. LIATORY

SHIPPING POWERS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. The powers of retaliation placed In President Wilson's hands to fight oppression of American overseas commerce by foreign governments will never be employed In the present form. That is the belief of state department officials today following completion of a careful investigation of the subject which was begun shortly after Congress passed the retaliatory legislation.

Weather Forecast

For Indiana by the United States Weather BureauPartly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Probably rain Tuesday, north portion. Warmer Tuesday. Temperature Today Noon 6 Yesterday Maximum 6S Minimum ..38 For Wayne county by W. E. Moore Unsettled tonight and Tuesday. Warmer Tuesday. General Conditions Great area of low barometric pressure over the middle west will cause continued warm weather during the next 24 hours. Weather unsettled probably showers. Much colder weather will reach this k ectlon before the end of the week.

BOELKE IS KILLED WHEN PLANES MEET IN AERIAL BATTLE

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 30. Captain Boelke, the noted German aviator who has shot down forty allied aeroplanes, was killed In an air fight Saturday, according to reports reaching here, when and fell. Capt. Boelke brought down his last aeroplane on Friday. He had Ive machines smashed under him, but always volplaned to earth safely until Saturday.

BOY BANDIT SHOT BY ONE OF GANG

CHICAGO, Oct. 30. Elmer Carlson, 19, boy leader of a gang of holdup men and burglars, stepped In front of a bullet intended for a man whom he and his companions were robbing last night and was killed. After a night of questioning, Jerry Suchardo, who admits he is a member of the gang, was confronted by his dead leader's body and confessed early today that he fired the bullet which killed Carlson. Three other men accused by Suchardo also are under arrest.

DIES IN CHOIR LOFT

KANSAS CITY, Mo.f Oct. 30. While leading a choir and singing the words, "The Shadows of the Evening Fall," In the hymn, "The Close of Day," Frank D. Palmer, traveling freight agent for the Chicago & Alton fell dead.

FRENCH WAR LOAN REACHES MILLIONS

PARIS, Oct. 30 The Bank of France has received $370,000,000 gold since the outbreak of the war, It was announced today. General satisfaction is expressed over the success of the second French war loan. So great was the r,ush of final subscriptions that it will be several days before all are asserted.

CAR SHORTAGE ACUTE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. The car shortage situation which Is now threatening the United States is becoming more acute and steps to alleviate the condition must be taken immediately.

SUBMARINE CONTROVERSY OPENED BY LATE VIOLATIONS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. German submarine warfare brought up a serious situation this afternoon for the first time since the sinking of the Sussex became a closed incident. A re-opening of the entire submarine con

troversy between the United States and Germany is threatened. Secretary of State Lansing this afternoon took steps to obtain an explanation from the German government of the shelling by a submarine of the freighter Rowanmore with Americans on board on October 26. :::' ' " " V v-.T-""

IS MRS, WILSON PLANTING FLOWERS FOR MRS. HUGHES?

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Gardeners placed plump tulip bulbs in the whitehouse garden yesterday. Whether Mrs. Wilson is having the bulbs set in the garden for herself or for Mrs. Hughes is a question which will be answered by the November election. The bulbs are for spring blossoming, and unless 1917 presents an unusually early spring the beautiful Holland tulips will not put forth their blossoms until after' inauguration day.

GERMAN DRIVE AT CAMPOLUNG MEETS REVERSE

LONDON, Oct. 30. Russo-Rouman-ian resistance on the Transylvanlan front has stiffened all along the line. North of Campolung and in the Jiual valley, the Austro-German forces have been compelled to give ground, says an official dispatch from Bucharest today. In the Lower Carpathians in the sector of Dorna-Watra, the Germans renewed their tremendous exertions to cut through between the Russian and Roumanian armies, but Petrograd reports that this movement has been checked.

LOVES BABY TO DEATH

CHICAGO, Oct. 30. Mrs. P. J. Sherrin loved her first ' baby ao much she held it too closely against her breast and it suffocated, according to physicians called when she found the child was dead.

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ALLIES IN COMMAND OF MEN ROMANIA PLACES AT FRONT

BERLIN, Oct. 30. The Roumanian army has been put under Franko-Rus-sian leadership. Ditspatch from Geneva today Quoted the Paris Matin as announcing that General Barthol has been appointed commander-in-chief of King Ferdinand's forces. The Echo de Paris stated that the Russian general, Bielayeff has been appointed assistant to General Barthol.

FALSE PROSPERITY IS HUGHES KEYNOTE FOR INDIANA SWING

ENROUTE WITH CHAS. EVANS HUGHES, Ogdensburgh, N. Y., Oct. 30. "False prosperity," will be the keynote of every speech Charles E. Hughes Is to make In his last swing through Ohio and Indiana, on which he left early today. Only six days of active campaigning are left, but the Republican candidate will go at full speed, both as regards the distance to Continued On Page Nine.

King and Queen May Flee to Russia

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. KWG AtfD QUEEN OF RUMANIA. Another throne Is tottering as a result of the war. If the Roumanians and Russians do not stop the advance of General Von Mackensen and his Austro-German-Bulgar-Turklsh troops another royal pair will be forced to flee their capital into exile on foreign soil adding one more to the number of deposed royal houses. Here are some of those who are King without countries, among whose names may soon be added that of Ferdinand of Roumania. Albert, of Belgium, heading his army in an effort to regain his lost Kingdom. Nicholas, of Montenegro, an exile in Paris. Peter of Serbia, an invalid exile on an island off the coast of Greece. The Khedive of Egypt, an exile in Turkey. Alexander, Prince-Regent of Serbia, heading an army in the Balkans.

ROUMANIAN

KING READY FOR FLIGHT

Queen Appeals to Czarina of of Russia Who Declines to Meddle in State Affair.

By WILLIAM BAYARD HALE BERLIN, Via Sayeville wireless, Oct. 30. King Ferdinand of Roumania and his court, is now in Jassy, in the extreme northeast of Roumania, ready to flee to Russia. The king Is visibly affected by events of recent days and has aged perceptibly. A Hungarian character who escaped from Bucharest a fortnight ago, was told by high personages there that on the day following the defeats of Hermanstadt and Kronstadt the Roumanian queen sent an urgent appeal to the Czarina of Russia asking help for Roumania. The latter is said to have sent her regrets with the comment that she never interfered in matters of state.

VOTES OF WOMEN BEAT CONSCRIPTION

SYDNEY, New South Wales, Aus., Oct. 30. The defeat of conscription in the referendum election in Australia is attributed to women's votes. Their vote was strongly against ocmpulsory military service despite the appeal issued to them by the Premier on the evening of the election. With many district still to be heard from the majority against conscribtion was 89,000.

REPORTS SAY AMERICANS WERE ON DOARD BRITISH SHIP, MARINA, TORPEDOED BY SUB - - rfV , .. . - ' . . . .-, " -'-V-.-' " . a. v --. .. ... " LONDON, Oct. 30. The British steamer Marina,' 5,204 tons, has been sunk off the Irish coast by a German submarine. It is reported that there were Americans on board. Only thirty-four members of the crew of 104 have been landed, says a dispatch from Queenstown. Survivors declare that the ship was not warned. The spot where the Marina was torpedoed is not far from the scene of the attack upon the Cunard liner, Lusitania. The Marina hailed from Glasgow. The Americans reported on the Marina are said to be seamen. The correspondent of Lloyds at Rothhaven reported that members of the Marina's crew were picked up by a patrol boat. He did not state how many.

TORPEDOED MARINA TRANSPORTS TROOPS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. American Consul Frost today Informed the state department that the British steamer Marina, sunk off the Irish coast by German submarine, . was engaged In troop transport service at the time she was sunk. Thirty-four members of the crew were rescued, according to the consul's statement.

GRAND JURY CALLED

To investigate the murder of Charles Rotch, whose Italian name is Nuflo Raucci, Wayne county grand jury will be called Nov. ) by Judge Fox.

CHURCH REBELS BACK IN FOLD

COLUMBUS, Ind., Oct. 30 The congregation of the Central Christian church, which seceded from the Tabernacle Christian church seventeen years ago, is back in the folds of the mother church. The 150 "prodigals" were welcomed with tears of joy. They came back because they found the financial burdens of their church too heavy to bear.

HOLD FUNERAL SERVICE

EATON, O., Oct 30. Funeral services for Francis Marion Christman, 83, were held Monday afternoon in Earron Street Church of Christ, conducted by Rev. T. A. Cooper. Burial in Mound Hill cemetery. Mr. Christman's death occurred Friday night after an illness caused by ureamic poisoning. He is survived by six children, one of whom is Councilman Frank R. Christman, of this city.

ARREDQNDO WILL REPODIATE CRITICISM AGAINST WILSON AND MEXICAN POLICY

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Elisio Arredondo, Mexican ambassador designate, planned to call on Secretary of State Lansing today to repudiate the

statements given In the name of Luis Cabrera of the Mexican commission at Atlantic City, attributing in Insolent language the Mexican border troubles to the failure of American officials to enforce neutrality. At the same time Mr. Arredondo plans to repudiate criticisms of President Wilson

and the American Mexican policy contained In newspaper interviews In to

day's press dispatches purporting to

set forth the anti-administration views

of Gen. Carranza himself; General Obre go n, war minister; Gen. Pablo Gon-

zalea and Candido Aguilar, secretary of foreign relations. .

The last four interviews are to ap-

LEARNER GIVES TALK

Secretary E. M. Learner of the Y.

M. C. A. spoke to the prisoners at the

county jail yesterday afternoon.

pear In a weekly magazine, advance proofs of which were given out for publication today. Intimation has come from the state department that these &

perfunctory repudiations will' satisfy officials. Secretary Lansing is expected to tell Arredondo, however, that "it must not happen again."

SUB SHELLS AMERICANS IN LIFE CRAFTS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Consul Frost at Queenstown cabled the state department this afternoon that a German submarine had shelled American citizens in life boats after they had abandoned the British freighter Rowanore under orders, In the Atlantic, on October 26. No loss of life is reported. The Rowanmore from Baltimore to Liverpool had on board seven Americans. She was shelled when she attempted to escape from the submarine but later stopped her engines and the crew took to boats. Consul Frost said the life boats then were shelled by the submarine, an act in which the the past had been held by this government to be in violation of international law.

HEAR HAMMOND CASE

Petit jury of circuit court has been summoned for tomorrow to hear the case of Indiana vs. Homer Hammond, former president of the board of public works, who is charged with failure to support his wife.

Palladium Straw Ballot

WHERE TAKEN

Previous Totals

For Pres,

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Carroll Store, 1617 N. E C. & O. Shops (Boston) ... Milton T. H., I. &E. Section Hands East Germantown Dublin '. Cambridge City Hagerstown (Hub Store) ...

17 24 4 11 17 74

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8 19 23

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751

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594

9 5

21 1

10 12 53

761

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679

4 29

4 9

893

422

28 5

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8 7

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6 7 8

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728

32 24

938

525

8 . 7

5 6 ' 8 49 25

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313

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4 3 '8 42 28

349

8 1

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462 434

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