Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 311, 16 November 1916 — Page 1

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SERB DRIVES FORCE FOES TO RETREAT ALONG CERNA

Bulgars Fall Back on Line For Six Miles of - Iven, Recently Taken by the Allies. V ARTILLERY SHELL RAKES MONASTTR Rest of Vast Eastern Theatre W i th e ss es Only Fitful Fighting of Very Little Consequence. SOFIA, Nov. 16. The retreat of the German-Bulgarian force In the Cerna bend under the assaults of the Serbians Is admitted in the official statement Issued by the war office today. According to the statement the Bulgarians have fallen back on a line four to six miles west of Iven, the last town west of the Cerna reported captured by the Serbians. The statement follows: "All day our position In the Monastir plain was subjected to a violent enemy artillery fire, especially east of the . railway . vigorous. . enemy attacks failed before the obstinate resistance of our troops and . the enemy who penetrated our lines at some points was -annihilated. We counted over 400 dead in front of one of our .battalions. .. , "In the 'Cerna bend heavy fighting tock place 'and the Bulgarian and Ger. man troops withdrew to position north of TcpavtSi and Ohegel. Nothing of Importance , occurred - elsewhere except artillery activity -near -Turtukai and Silistria." ARRIVES. IN BERLIN CERLIN;'n'ovY '15. Baron Von Burlan, the Austrian minister of foreign affairs, arrived in Berlin today accompanied by . Privy Councilor Von Merey and Count Frederick Hoyoe. BRAVY IS WATCHING FOR LAW VIOLATORS ABOUT CENTERVILLE Because of numerous complaints made by farmers near Centervllle because of damage done by reckless hunters who do not hold licenses, Deputy State Game Warden J. J. Hravy, ' Anderson, came to Wayne county today to make Investigations. This evening ho will return to his home in Anderson for a few days and then will come back tor a week's work In Wayne county. While here, the game warden arranged for settlement of the case of the Btate vs. Ulysses Moorman, who is charged with dynamiting fish. Moorman expects to enter a plea of guilty before Judge Fox in the circuit court. The Judge will pronounce sentence upon the man and then will suspend It. "Wo decided upon this plan because Moorman's aged mother would pay his fine if It were not suspended," said Mr. Bravy today. AMERICANS USE TROPICAL PRODUCTS WASHINGTON. Nov. 16 Amerl cans are now using more than a billion dollars worth of tropical products a year, it is shown in import statistics given -out by the department of commerce today. The demand has doubled in ten years and since the war began has grown by twenty-five percent. Some of the tropical articles the United States purchases and their value are given: ' Sugar, $314,000,000; rubber and substitutes, $159,000,000; raw silk, $214,000,000; coffee, $116,000,000; fruits. $53,000,000; tobacco, $38,000,000. Weather Forecast For Indiana (By United States Weather Bureau) Fair tonight and Friday. Warmer In east and south portions tonight. Temperature Today. Noon ; 30 Yesterday Maximum 34 Minimum 8 For Wayne County (By W. 3. Moore) Fair and not so cold tonight and probably Friday. General Conditions The cold wave Is slowly losing strength and now has reached the Atlantic coast. Very cold weather for the latitude controls the Gulf coast. Two below freezing at Mobile, Alabama. Weather generally fair In most of the United States.

PENNSY STARTS CAMP TO KEEP LABOR ON JOB

Unprecedented Demand for Men Keeps Force on Yard Extension Down to the Minimum. " For the first time on record here, an outside labor agency has been retained to establish a labor campany and commissary here. This means became necessary this week when the abnormal demand for labor at every factory and on every construction job pulled down the Pennsylvania railroad's force in the new yard work from 100 to 15. Division Engineer Hod gin announced today that the Chicago labor agency will open the camp and commissary in the east yards next week to accommodate 60 men. There are now about 50 men on the Job who hare been shipped in or hired here. The force will be as many more than 100 as possible and laborers will he received here in steady shipments. Means Great Saving. The men will eat and sleep on the job. This is' not only a great convenience but is a means of great saving. The labor camp will be operated niirelv as an accommodation and the cost will be pro-rated among those who take advantage or it. Tne men win De used for fill and shovel work. There are two steam shovels at work .and the third will be started. Shipments of semi-skilled and rough laborers win be made to Richmond also in December before the opening of the new malleable iron foundryMuch of this will be a higher class and the men are expected to become permanent citizens and to bTing their families. It is probable in this city a sort of a commissary will be opened. John M. Lontz, head of the new foundry company, and his son, Harry Lontz, one of the officers, have been working on a plan for sometime. Nothing of a permanent nature- can be done before spring, Mr. Lontz said recently. The men will be housed and boarded for the winter, probably in places established by the foundry company for the accommodation of its employes. No relief is in sight for the labor shortage, which, as the coal shortage, is expected to take time to work out. Factory owners here know of no available labor centers upon which to draw, they say, since the farm hands of the northwest have already been taken up and are being distributed to points where they are needed most. The climate here is not widely different from the climate miles north of Indiana and no advantage can be expected from that quarter, they say. COMMITTEE PLANS NIPPERT MEETING Final arrangements for the Nippert meeting at St. Andrew's hall Friday evening were made today. The program follows: Orchestra selection by orchestras from Trinity, St. Paul's and St. John's Lutheran churches, H. Zimmerman, director. , Maennerchor "Gott Gruesse Dich." German address, Rev. John Schubert, Wilkesbarre, Pa. English address. Rev. John Schubert, Wilkesbarre, Pa. English address, Judge K. Nippert, Cincinnati. Orchestra selection; collection; song by Maennerchor. The committee on arrangements is composed of thhe Rev. Father Frank Roell, Rev. E. W. Rohlfing, Rev. Oscar Tressel, Rev. F. A. Dressel, Rev. R Isley, Rev. II. Specht, H. Zimmerman, Joseph Richter. Edgar Uiff, B. A. Kennepohl, William Duning, Sr., William Duning, Jr.. Adolph Blickwedel, Fred liackman, Hans Koll. CIVIL SERVICE LAW; TOPIC OF MEETING PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 16. An informal conference on commercial education and civil service reformers on today's program of the third annual Conference on Universities and public service in session here. During the afternoon the delegates planned to make a tour of inspection of the principal commercial and industrial establishments of the city. NAVY TO CONDUCT v EXAMS FOR POSTS WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. The navy department announced today that examinations of candidates for appointment in the navy as "acting ensigns for engineer duty" wilVe held January 8 in various parts of the United States.' Thirty appointments are to be made in accordance with a recent act of congress. Appointees who complete a three year probationary period, two of which is to be spent aboard ship and one at the Naval Academy, are to be commissioned lieutenants in the junior grade. ' SELL 110 ACRE FARM Frank Fletcher and wife of Marion county, have sold their one-hundred and ten acre farm northeast of Williamsburg to Mary Brown of Delaware county. The deed was recorded today. Consideration was $10,000. .

ASYLUM OBTAINS SUPPLIES OF GOAL TO BREAK FAMINE

Dr. S. E. Smith, superintendent of the Eastern Indianaa Hospital for the Insane, today issued orders for the husbanding of the institution's coal supply. Only enough coal to heat the various buildings a few hours was on hand but Dr. Smith was greatly relieved by advices that three or four cars of coal would almost certainly arrive at the institution before the end of the day. President R. L. Kelly of Earlham college said today that the college was practicing strict economy in the use of its coal supply and he estjmates that there is a sufficient supply on hand to meet the ipstitution's needs until the beginning of the Christmas holidays. "Fortunately Ve secured quite good supply of coal before the opening of college in September," President Kelly said. RICHMOND BUYS COAL FOR PLANT GN OPENMARKET Superintendent Klelnknecht of the Richmond Municipal Electric plant announced today that the plant had purchased thirty carloads of coal, approximately 1,500 tons, from the A. Harsh Coal company of this city at the current market price, $6.45 a ton. "This deal was made after the C. & O. Railroad company assured us that the coal would be delivered within three weeks. The plant now has enough coal to Insure its operation for a month," Kleinknecht said today. "The report that the A. Harsh company had surrendered its contract with the plant to supply 10,000 tons at $2.50 and $2.55 a ton, entered into the first of last July, is erroneous," the plant manager said. , c "The coal contracted for "came from fields served by the L. &iti. railroad. That railroad har now established an emtrgoiJon the .shipment of coal norUf1 of the Ohio river and, conseqnedtly, the Harsh ' company is not able. At the present time, to -comply with Its contract. Tbat made it necessary for the municipal plant to go into the open market and buy- enough coal to tide it over until Mr. Harsh is in a position again to comply with the terms of his contract.' The coal just purchased is from fields served by the C. & O. railroad and that railroad guarantees to get our coal to us with in the next three weeks." Approximately 4,000 of the 10,000 ton 8 of coal the city plant contracted for last summer have been delivered. WITHHOLD SEATS PENDING RESULTS OF FRAUD PROBES CHICAGO, Nov. 16. Candidates for officeB in Cook county at the recent election will not be seated until investigations of alleged frauds are completed, according to the decision of County Judge Thomas P. Scully, today, following a conference of the election commissioners last night. He said there will be no proclamations of election Issued in time for the successful candidates to take office on De ttnber.4, when the terms of the lncun. dts expire. On the face of the ret is all Republicans were successful, cept in the case of one minor office. "There has oeen a mass of fraud uncovered in tJe election," said Judge Scully. "Until the state's attorney and the federal government have finished their investigations the proclamations will all be held up." The vote in hundreds of precincts in many wards of the city may be thrown out, Judge Scully added. FREE LODGING HALL STILL UNTENANTED CHICAGO, Nov. 16. The municipal lodging house is empty today, although wintry weather has prevailed for nearly a week. Itinerants have failed to appear this year, it is said, on account of the great demand for labor throughout the country. ,. Owners of cheap lodging houses are complaining that while ordinarily at this season their places are filled to capacity and they have to turn men away, at present, despite the cold snap, less than half of their beds are bing occupied. COMMANDS NEW CORPS LONDON, Nov. 16. Lieut. General Von Hoepper bas been placed in com mand, of the new aerial forces boardJ of Germany, according to an Amsterdam despatch to Reuters quoting an official Berlin announcement. The new board has control of all aviation and anti-craft requirements of the German army and has been formed in recognition of the increasing importance 'of aeriaj warfare.

CANADA'S WAR CHEF RESIGNS ON REQUEST

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"SIR SAtt HUSHES Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defense for the Dominion of Canada, has resigned. His resignation was requested. It is said that Sir Sam Hughes and Premier Borden and other officers of the government had difficulties over questions of military policy, and that the Minister of Militia was asked for his resignation as a result. HOWARD HQRTON WILL DEPUTIZE TWO INSPECTORS Surveyor Elect,' Howard Horton; announced today that the , National Cement association is planning to send an inspector to Wayne county next summer to oversee the laying of cement improvements on the National highway through Jackson and Center townships. . The Cement association . is a cooperative organization of all the leading cement mandfa'cturers in ' tr United States. v Excursion trips will be made to the completed road occasionally .on the same plan that the county officials were taken to Michigan last summer to view some cement roads. Will Deputize Inspectors. The inspector which the association sends here will be deputized by Surveyor Horton so that he will have authority to cive directions to the con-1 tractor. Good Roads bureau of the National Department of Agriculture will also send an insppctor. This man will also be deputized by Mr. Horton. Outside of these, Mr. Horton will appoint no deputies, he announced .. today. Since Contractor. Kirkpatrick was awarded the work of Improving the twelve miles of road, prices of material and labor have increased several percent. "Because, of ..the extraordinarily low price at which '.Kirkpatrick took the contract, many people hold the opinion that he will lose money. 1 It is reported, however that Mr. Kirkpatrick had his materials and machinery contracted for before the prices advanced and that by economy methods he will be able to cut down much of his labor cost. GOLD WAVE CAUSES HEAVY APPLE LOSS HOOD RIVER, Ore.. Nov. 16. Based on reports from all apple districts of the northwest, sales agency officials here today estimated the aggregate losses to the apply industry by the cold wave which has prevailed for nearly a week past, at $1,500,000. The frost, it was said, had made unfit for shipment approximately 1,750,000 boxes of apples in the four states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. The loss in the Hood River district is placed at ten 'to fifteen percent, of the total crops. SCHOOLS SUPPLIED WITH LOTS OF COAL Shortage of coal at present is not worrying authorities of the Richmond school system x inasmuch as every school building in the city is supplied with fuel .for at least a greater part of the winter. The high school, the only building, threatened by the famine, has a two months supply on hand. By that time school authorities expect shipments now overdue. - VALUATION INCREASES' CHICAGO, Nov. 16.-Real estate in Cook county; in which Chicago is located, is assessed at $2,395,836,678, according.. to figures made public today by the Board - of , Review. ; Chicago real estate is assessed at $2,185,-341,002.

CAR SHORTAGE COMES BEFORE FREIGHT MEN TO MEET HERE

Agents and Railroads May Place Embargo on Business Concerns Holding Unloaded Cars. TO PROPOSE TARIFF RAISING DEMURRAGE Pennsy Crowded With Freight Business Is Not Soliciting Trade Under Present Conditions. All freight agents of the Richmond and the Logansport divisions of the Pennsylvania railroad will hold a meeting in Richmond tomorrow and, it is understood, the principle question to be discussed is the freight car shortage. It is hoped that ways and means for relieving this shortage will be devised at this meeting. It has been suggested, according to reliable information, that an embargo be established against all business concerns which refuse to promptly unload cars consigned to them. It is believed this drastic action would go a long way in relieving the car shortage. , Demurrage Is Low Railroad men point out that at the present time car demurrage amounts to only $1 a day. This amount is so insignificant thai many firms are willing to pay this amount for a month or longer, using thenars for storage purposes. . . . . V . A tariff is soon to be filed with the Interstate pommerce Commission, for its approval, greatly increasing the ear demurrage." rates. .Railroads; desi H to place this new demurrage tariff in operation not Lter than December 1. This proposed tariff gives business concerns 48 hours to unload cars. At the expiration of this' time the demurrage rate would be $1 per car the first day, $2 the second day, $3 the third day, $4 the fourth day and $5 a day for each succeeding day. Has Sufficient Business On the Pennsylvania lines throughcut Eastern Indiana and Western Ohio freight is not being solicited at the present time. The company has as much freight to handle as it can care for. The traveling freight -agents at the present time, it is understood, are confining their efforts to preaching the gospel of prompt release of freight cars so that they can be kept in active service. The company is particularly anxious for business concerns to lose no time in unloading coal cars. Locally the Pennsylvania railroad was, so far as its coal supply is concerned, operating on a famine basis today. There was a somewhat larger supply of coal for railway use on hand today but there was no more than two days' supply available. CITY BREAKS ALL RECORDS FOR CEMENT ALLEY CONSTRUCTION City Engineer . Fred Charles announced today that all but two minor public improvements contracted for by the city this year had been completed. "This will be the banner year for the city in the construction of cement alleys," Mr. Charles said today. "I do not have the figures now as to. mileage of this kind of work done this year but I do know more cement alleys have been constructed the past ten months than any other previous year. The city has also closely followed its permanent street Improvement work this year and there has been a considerable amount of sidewalk and sewer work done this year." RATUFF receives RARE TULIP BULBS Through the courtesy of the bureau of plant industry of the U. S. department of agriculture at Washington, a shipment of rare tulip and hyacinth bulbs has been received by Walter Ratliff, who is one of a half dozen men across the country, employed to make government tests for the department. ' The allotment came from an assortment of 100 varieties raised in the National Botanical Gardens at Washington. There are many different varieties in the shipment and they are o varigated colors. A letter to Mr.r Ratliff did not state the origin of the varieties but all of them are native in other climates. : - A set of iris sent by the burerau of plant industry a year ago blossomed satisfactorily . last spring and have been planted again this fall, Mr. Ratliff said.

SLANTING SPAN WILL BE BUILT AT MAIN STREET

H. C. Starr Says C. & O. Refuses to Alter Grade for Construction of a Level Structure. A slanting bridge will be built at the Main street crossing of J.he Whitewater river. H. C. Starr, Indiana' representative of the C. & O. railroad, announced today that he has been informed that the general office of the railroad notified J. L. Harrington, Kansas City bridge expert, that they would make no changes in the grade of thir tracks at Main street to make possible the erection of. a level bridge. This strikes the death knoll for the level bridge. Almost every Richmond citizen favored a moderately high level bridge if the railroad problem could be eliminated but without a change of the tracks, such a bridge would be out of the question.. Mr. Harrington's report on the bridge situation will be opened by the commissioners Saturday. Since the engineer was informed that no change in the railroad tracks is possible, the report without doubt recommends a slanting structure. While here making personal investigations of the situation in September, the bridge expert said emphatically that he would not recommend a level bridge if it would necessitate a grade railroad crossing. WAR REVIEW . FOR THE DAY Field " marshal Von Mackensen's army in the Roumanian province of Pabrudja is In retreat,.. the Petrograd war office announces today, ' burning villages as it falls back. Increasing pressure by the RussoRoumanian army in Dobrudja" which rallied after its severe defeat by Von Mackensen last m.-.nth has been in evidence for several days. Bucharest reported a further advance yesterday towards the important TchernavodaCon stanza railroad which the Teutonic allies captured in their drive. Berlin today entered a denial of the Roumanian claim and in it3 report on the Dobrudja campaign chronicled other encouters between advance detachments. Fighting Continues Intense Fighing in the Somme region of northern France shows little diminution in intensity.' The British advanced in the Ancre region seem to have halted. London announces only artillery activity during the night Berlin, however, reports heavy attacks by, the British yesterday,- notably one on the village of Grandcourt, which is declared to have broken down. The snccessses against the French scored by the Germans now north of the Somme yesterday are reported by Berlin today. They consisted, according to the statement, in the capture, in house to house fighting, of the eastern section of the village of Saillisel, where the French were massing the German positions. For their part the French reacted against the Germans south of the Somme, near Chaulnes, where a German counter-attack was announced yesterday to have wrested a part of the village of Pressoire from French possession. The French re-captured this ground last night, Paris announces today in today's official bulletin. Take Ground Back Again The Invasion of Roumania is continuing successfully, Berlin announces, although increasing resistance is apparently being encduntered by General Von Falkanhayn's forces along the Wallachian , border, the tenacious defense of the Roumanians being mentioned. Nevertheless progress is claimed for the Teutonic forces along the Rothernthurm and Szurdk road with the capture of more than 1,200 prisoners. In Macedonia the entente allies are winning further success in their campaign for Monastir. In their flanking movement on the East they have advanced far into the Cerna river bed region to within about ten miles of the town, forcing the German and Bulgarian forces bacs and menacing the lines of the German allies on the plain to the south where the Russians are making progress. The German and Bulgarians admit withdrawals in the Cerna river region. CARR FILES EXPENSES Clem Carr,. sheriff elect, filed an itemized list of his campaign expenses with the county clerk today. The total cost of his campaign was $224; of this $200 went to the Republican Central Committee. ASKS CHILD'S CUSTODY Georgiana Barton brought suit in the circuit court today for a divorce from her husband, Jesse W. Barton. Mrs. Barton asks for the custody of her child.

C.O.WILLIAMS WILL ACCEPT STATE POST OFFERED Hlf.l

New Superintendent Offers County Official Deputyship During Next State Administration. COMES AS REWARD FOR SPLENDID WORK No Successor Mentioned for Vacancy to Be Created When Resignation Becomes Effective. Charles O. Williams, Wayne countv superintendent of schools, announced today that Horace Ellis, the newly elected state superintendent of public instruction, had tnrfrrf tn him th j appointment as deputy superintend ent of public instruction, and that he now had the offer under consideration. Mr. Williams intimated that he would accept the offer. It is understood that the effer made to Mr. Williams is in recognition of the work he has done as a member of the Indiana State Teachers association and as a member of the State County Superintendents' association. Williams Leads in Work. For two years Mr. Williams has been chairman of the rural schools supervision committee of the County Superintendents' association, a committee which has done very satisfactory work in revising the system of education and management of rural schools. His work as chairman of this important committee won for him the indorsement of the County Superintendents' association for the position he has just been appointed to. Mr. Williams was also a member of. the teachers' pension committee of the State TeaehersT association, the work of which committee won the indorsement of that organization. He was also' indorsed by the teachers' organization of the Sixth district. Performs Important Task. Mr. Williams has for some time done important work as president of the Indiana State Young People's Reading Circle board. Mr. Williams has been county superintendent of schools in Wayne county for several years, succeeding Charles W. Jordan, when Mr. Jordan was appointed secretary of the Richmond Commercial club.. It is expected that there will be .1 number of applicants for appointment as county superintendent of schools in the event of Mr. Williams' resignation. So far no applications have been filed as it was not known until today that Mr. Williams was considering an offer of appointment to the state school board. EARLY VERDICT ON HOUR CASE AIM OF U. S Supreme Court Decision Would Prove Binding on All Lower Federal Courts of Country. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Early decisions by the supreme court of one of the railroad suits attacking constitutionality of the eight-hour probably will be sought by the department of justice. An appeal probably will, be made in the first case decided in tho hope that the supreme court may be able to pass judgment as near as possible to January 1, when the law would become effective if not suspended by injunction. A decision in the highest court would be binding on all lower cosrts and might dispose of all other suits. The department's policy has not been finally settled but it was said today that this course is being considered and possibly would be followed. If an appeal is taken the court would be asked to advance the case and in view of its importance officials feel that, such a , motion would be granted, since such procedure is not unusuaL PAINT PORTRAIT OF - WM. JENNINGS BRYAN NEW YORK, Nov. 16. A New York artist is painting a portrait of William Jennings Bryan, to hang on the walls' of the department of state at Washington besides the portraits of other former secretaries of state. Several months ago Mr. Bryan was asked lo find an artist to paint bis portrait but campaigning in the west caused . a -postponement of the search until he came to New York after election. FILES SETTLEMENT Attorney Walter Butler filed report of the final settlement of the estate of Charlotte A. Milhaus4n the circuit court today. The value of the estats vas set at $3,434.86 and all went tar Arthur Smith. -