Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 22, 7 December 1916 — Page 1

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ARMY'S FATE IS ItJ DOUBT AFTER FALL OF CAPITOL

Military Experts Believe Last Stand of Defenders Made Merely to Delay Occupation. CITY DESERTED WHEN FOE ENTERS Capture of Ploesci, Railway Junction, May Have Blocked Retreat from Bucharest. The brief dispatches In which the fall of Bucharest was announced left In doubt the fate of the armies which were resisting the advance of the Teutonic Invaders. It Is assumed In most entente quarters, however, that there was no "last stand" by the Roumanians before their capltol and such news as has trickled through from German sources Indicates that Bucharest was vitually deserted when the Teutonic forces entered It The city is said to have been found uninjured. Delay German Advance. Military commentators in entente capitols point to the probability that the action just prior to the capture of Bucharest were fought merely with a view to delay the advance of the German forces and to aid in the escape of the main body of Roumanians: The capture of Ploesci, the railway junction, however, may have blocked the retreat of a part of the Roumanian forces, 'This city, moreover, Is In the center of the great Prahova valley oil district ' ..Wallachla Abandoned. German opinion is expressed to the effect that the Roumanians have de cided to abandon all of Wallachia, the main portion of the Roumanian kingdom and to retire to Moldavio, their northeastern province where their front would be materially shortened and where they would be In close touch with the Russians. The total captures of Roumanians by the forces of the Central powers since the beginning of the war are reported to have been 100,000 men. AUXILIARY ELECTS CORPS OF OFFICERS To take advantage of the high price commanded by waste paper, members of the auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen yesterday voted to save waste paper and collect It next Wednesday to sell for the auxiliary treasury. Officers were elected and will enter office Sunday, Dec. 17, at a public Installation of the brotherhood and the auxiliary. The officers are, Mrs. Ray Harter, president; Mrs. Iona Pierce, vice president; Mrs. Mary 1 Christopher, secretary; Mrs. Daisy Durall, treasurer; Mrs. Amanda Bryson, chaplain; Mrs. Grace McGriff, conductress; Mrs. Minnie Sntvely, warden; Mrs. Mabel Clark, inner guard; Mrs. Augusta Dfltx, outer guard. HIGH COST OF FOOD INTERESTS DAYTON In a rush to Investigate reports that Dayton is paying higher prices for food than her neighboring cities, the Greater Dayton association Wednesday sent a special delivery letter to the Commercial club asking for general quotations. A special delivery return envelope was enclosed. Secretary Haas will mail a price list of food stuffs to Secretary Guild of the G.. D. A. tonight. MEETING NOT CALLED The meeting of the Richmond Fed eration of Churches, which has been planned for yesterday afternoon was not called, it will proDaDiy do cauea some time within the next week. Weather Forecast For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Rain tonight. Colder extreme west portion. Friday much colder and generally fair. Temperature Today. Noon 49 Yesterday. Maximum 50 Minimum . 23 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Rain tonight. Friday snow squalls Much colder followed by fair. General ConditionsThe western storm with a diameter of 2,000 miles is moving - rapidly eastward and has caused general rains throughout Indiana and Ohio. It Is considerably colder over the west and northwest. Zero weather in the Canadian border.

LLOYD GEORGE WILL COLLECT NEW CABINET

LONDON, Dec. 7. It having been decided definitely that David Lloyd George will undertake the formation of a ministry, politicians today were Interested chiefly In the personnel of the new cabinet and the prospects of the new premier for getting together a combination that will have the support of the majority in the House of Commons. Few, if any of the liberal members of Mr. Asquith's cabinet are likely to accept office under Lloyd George and some of the Unionist members like Jj Austin Chamberlain, and Lord Robert Cecil are likely to stand aside. However, it is assumed that at the conference at Buckingham Palace, they assured the new premier of their benevolent neutrality thus making his task much simpler. MAYOR IS ACCUSED OF STARTING CRUSADE ON TARDY TAXPAYERS Mayor Robbins yesterday was accused by a resident of Abington, where the mayor at one time resided, of being responsible for the crusade now in progress to collect all delinquent taxes. The mayor had quite a time convincing his Abington friend that he had absolutely nothing to do with this movement A large delegation of delinquent Abington township residents visited Richmond yesterday for the purpose of ascertaining whether the tax collection campaign was a joke or a stern reality. They were astonished to discover that Treasurer Chamness was fully determined to collect all back taxes due the county before he retired from office. One Abington man informed the collectors that so far as he was concerned they were welcome to anything they could get from him. "I got one watch worth about $4 and it is now at a jewelers with 1 a repair bill of about $3 against it You're welcome to the watch If you want it," he said. COMPETE FOR MEDAL AT LUTHERAN CHURCH The program for the Silver Medal contest to be held in the Second English Lutheran church at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night under the auspices of the West Richmond W. C. T. U. was announced as follows by Mrs. S. E. Nicholson, today: Cornet solo, Claire Reid; devotional, Rev. Raymond Isley; song, Melissa Lane; speeches of three contestants; cornet solo, Claire Reid; speeches by other three contestants; reading, Mrs. Myrtle: Shallenburg; song, Melissa Lane; judges' decision. The names of contestants will not be made public until after the affair Is over. No admission will be charged but an offering will be taken. MEDICAL SOCIETY SELECTS DR. KING Radium was hailed as the greatest thing ever discovered for treatment of cancer by Dr. C. W. Hanford, managing director of the Physicians Radium association of Chicago, when he spoke to the Wayne County Medical association yesterday afternoon. The association took under advisement a proposition made by the Chicago man whereby a small quantity of radium might be rented for treatment of persons afflicted with cancer. Officers for the medical association to serve next year were elected as fol lows: Dr. J. E. King, president; Dr. O. N. Huff, Fountain City, vice presi dent; Dr. A. J. Whallon, secretary; Dr. J. M. Fonts, treasurer; Dr. J. N. Study, Cambridge City, censor. An application for membership was received from Dr. Napoleon LeBonte, of the medical corps of Easthaven. ONLY PURDUE ALUMNA Grace L. King, county domestic science supervisor, is the only woman graduate of Purdue university In Wayne county. Miss King discovered this when she began looking for a companion to go to the alumni banquet in the Y. M. C. A., Friday night. As far as Ivan T. Beck has been able to find, there are 66 men graduates of the university in the county. $20,000 IN SALARY WOULD BE OBTAINED No further information has been received here on the reported plan to make Richmond a central point for railway mail clerks in the PittsburgSt Louis service. This would mean more than the addition of an ordinary sized factory to the city, and if the plan goes through, will be without expense. The salaries in the families which would be brought to Richmond would be about $20,000 a year. ... The men are in a high class of civil service.- !-:"

GRAY DENIES VIEWS COST HIM HIS SEAT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Representative Finly H. Gray of Indiana, halted a meeting of the naval affairs committee of the House of which he is a member, by raising a question of personal privilege. He produced a newspaper clipping which quoted Representative Lemuel Padgett of Tennessee, chairman of the committee, as saying that Gray owed his defeat to his views against preparedness. Padgett promptly and emphatically denied that he ever made such a statement but Representative Gray read a prepared statement In which he denied that his views on preparedness had lost him his office and the Incident closed there. DAUGHERTY ALLOWED TO SEE HIS FAMILY BEFORE TERM BEGINS After spending two days at his home in Economy and In Richmond settling up business affairs, Raymond Daugherty, former postmaster at Economy, left for Indianapolis this morning without guard to report to Federal Judge Anderson that he was ready to be sent to Atlanta, Ga., to begin his two years term of imprisonment in the federal prison there. Judge Anderson, following his pronouncement of sentence on Daugherty last Monday, Informed the former Economy postmaster that he would be permitted to return to his home with out guard or the giving of bond pro viding he would, promise to report to the court Thursday, ready to begin his term in the federal prison. Daugherty readily gave the promise and left at once for Economy. He spent the few precious hours of liberty permitted him by the stern but merciful federal judge in the constant company of his wife and five young children, whom he wiUnqt see again for two years. ; Daugherty and his wife spent a few hours in Richmond looking after some business affairs, k .aVK'-' Daugherty whlld 'postmaster of Economy twice robbed his postoffice, each time asserting that it was the work of safeblowers. BANDITS KILL MINER EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 7. Howard Gray, an American mining man, at Paral, Chihuahua, was killed by Villa bandits when they entered the town Nov. 5. BARNARD REPORTS INSPECTIONS MADE INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 7. The annual report of the chemical division of the Laboratory of Hygiene of the Indiana State Board of Health of which Dr H. E. Barnard is the head, made public today, shows that no less than 1385 samples of food purchased in all parts of the state were examined during the fiscal year which ended Sept 30, 377 samples of milk were received and found to conform to the legal standards and 77 samples of butter; 121 samples of ice cream; 48 samples of so-called temperance beer; 311 samples of drugs; and 1609 samples of water were analyzed during the year. The department started 63 prosecutions and caused fines and costs amounting to $1,312.25 to be assessed. The department, however, leaves most of that work to the various police departments in the state. MAKE XMAS PRESENTS Domestic science students in the county schools are making Christmas gifts. The sewing classes are making pin cushions. Cooking classes will soon start making Christmas candies and packing them in decorated boxes. The housekeeping classes are learning how properly to decorate rooms. WILLIAMSBURG LODGE ELECTS NEW OFFICERS WILLIAMSBURG, Ind.. Dec. 7. Williamsburg Masonic lodge elected the following officers last night: Ivan Johnson, grand master; Verlin Shaf fer, senior warden; Chester White, junior warden;' Will McNutt senior deacon; Von Duke, junior deacon; William Lewis, treasurer; Wilfred Griffith, secretary; Frank Reynojds, tyler. Installation services will , be held on St John's night Dec. 27. There will be work in the Master Mason degree that night HIBERNIANS RE-ELECT Officers of the Ancient Order of Hibernians were re-elected without exception to serve In 1917. They are John F. Lawler, president; Christopher Conner, vice president; P. F. Shinn, financial secretary; Michael Sharkey, recording secretary; John F. McCarthy, treasurer. CROSS COMPLAINT FILED A cross complaint was filed in cir cuit court today in the suit of Lewis A. Mitchell against Lillie Florence Mitchell for divorce.

SECRET SOCIAL CLUB USES CARR COTTAGE FOR GAY CAROUSALS

Complaints of owners of summer cotr tages at Morton park that people have been entering these cottages after night fall and taking full possession of them are being investigated by Chief Goodwin. So far he has not been able to ascertain who these persons are but is inclined to believe they are residents of the north end. Apparently a social organization of men and women has been holding regular meetings in the cottage of James A. Carr. While the men play cards the women make use of the kitchen for preparing a Dutch lunch. -Hold Thanksgiving Party. Thanksgiving eve these housebreakers had an elaborate entertainment in the Carr cottage judging from the condition the house was found to be in the following day by members of the Carr family. Recently while one of the card parties at the Carr home was in progress a man living in the neighborhood ascertained that the people in the cottage had no business in it and telephoned to the police. A detail of offic ers made a hurried trip to the park in the police car but when they arrived the merrymakers had departed. It is believed the people who have been making use of the Carr cottage have secured entrance to it with-a skeleton key. Mr. Carr has decided to remove all the furniture from the building. One or two other cottages have been broken into In recent weeks. No reports of robberies committed In these cottages have been received by Chief Goodwin. BOND PREDICTS LARGE DEFICIT IN STREET FUNI . Cltyt. Attorney Bond Informed the board of piibMe works today that the present system of paying off street Improvement bonds would certalnliJ"esnirftcreatirig;sdeficit In thspecfal street Improvement fund. While the present system is an Improvement over the one operative during several former administrations, a system which resulted in a deficiency of $28,000 before it was abolished, he said there was still room for improvement Advocates Separate Bonds. .... Mr. Bond advocated the issuance of separate bonds on each property where the owner has waivered a public improvement and in the event of the property holder failing to make payments on his assessment regularly so as to reimburse the bondholder, as his coupons came due, Mr. Bond advocated the foreclosure of lien against the property by the city for the benefit of the bondholder. The city attorney pointed out that monies now collected for public improvements are all placed in one fund and payments on bonds are all made indiscriminately out of this fund. Monies received for an improvement in the south end are paid out to holders of bonds issued for waivered assess ments on a west-end improvement, a system which is so slipshod, the city attorney declared, as to eventually result in a deficit in the special street improvement fund. At one time all monies collected on improvement assessments were placed in the general fund and expended for general purposes. Naturally a large deficit arose, a deficit which the state board of accounts eventually compelled the city to make good. SANDWICH PRICES ADVANCE 5 CENTS Prices of egg and cheese sandwiches advanced five cents in price in some Richmond restaurants this week. This is practically the only advance which has been made, however. A prominent restaurant man has announced that he will not raise the prices of his lunches or meals. When a canvass of restaurant man agers was taken today it was found that since the price of foods has ad vanced by leaps and bounds their bust ness has increased materially. Many families are taking several meals out each week because they believe that it Is cheaper to buy them at a restaurant than to prepare them. This is especially true of Sunday dinners. TALK Oil TEMPERANCE FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind., Dec. 7. Under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. a temperance meeting will be held at the Friends' church Sunday, December 10 at 2 o'clock. Special temperance mlsic and a boy's parade are being arranged by local committee. A special invitation is extended to the men of the community. CANT OBTAIN JURORS LONDON, Dec. 7. Depleted staffs in business houses are causing considerable difficulty in getting juries in various courts and the Lord Chief Justice has appealed to the Bar and solicitors that they agree as far as possible to try their cases without juries. "''.. - -

FOULKE RIDDLES BURLESON'S SPEECH; HAD "BULLY TIME" AT SESSION

At New - Haven, -Conn., Tuesday, William Dudley Foulke riddled the speech of a cabinet officer when he answered Postmaster General Burleson's eulogy of the Democratic administration and its system of naming postmasters, according to New Haven newspapers which reached here today. Mr. Foulke also arrived in Richmond. "I had a bully time," said Mr. Foulke, the leader m the fight of the National Civil Service Reform league to place all classes of postmasters under classified service laws. "President Hadley of Yale, presided at the meeting. Mr. Burleson sat on one side of Mr. Hadley and I on the other. Mr. Burleson would not speak to me after the meeting." ' , Outline of Address In his answer, Mr. Foulke followed the thread of Mr. Burleson's speech and mentioned Congressman . Gray of the Sixth Indiana district as a peanut peddler of petty patronage, related instances of when the postmaster general had consulted congressmen not only regarding the residence, but the fitness and eligibility of fourth class postmasters for appointment and reviewed President Wilson's failure to his promised adherence to the civil service league's program. "When the postmaster general says the congressmen were only consulted as to the character and residence of applicants for appointments under the civil service law, he forgets that on Nov. 7, 1913, his office issued this order to fourth class post offices. In which the character and fitness of eligibles will be considered. Congress men well believe this fitness to mean political qualifications or availability. Congressmen have so interpreted it They have named henchmen and helpers In next elections. There is only one conclusion to draw CLASSIFIES ARABIA AS TROOP TRANSPORT WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Germany in a note made, public by .the state department . today contends that the British steamer! 'Arabia . sunk in the Mediterranean on . Nov." 6, was in reality "a transport ship for troops In the service of the British government which is to be considered as an auxiliary war ship, according to international law, and can therefore be treated like a war ship." PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGED BY FIRE A roof lire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kinert, 123 North Ninth street, last evening, threatened the destruction of the residence for a time. A section of the roof was burned off and the flames got into the attic. Chemicals and water used by the firemen did some damage. The blaze started from a defective flue. Some of the household goods were damaged and some personal property of a boarder, Miss Elizabeth Thomas, society editor of the Palladium, was also damaged. CHALK THREE ERRORS AGAINST DAN CUPID Cupid had three more mistakes recorded against him today on tho docket book of the Wayne circuit court Etta Peden filed suit for a divorce from William Peden. The man lives in Greenfield, O. Mrs. Peden asks for custody of her child, Frank Peden. They were married, Nov. 7, 1913, and separated Aug. 30, 1916. Elizabeth Carr sued for a divorce from Marion J. Carr. Cruel and j inhuman treatment was the charge, They were married, in 1882 and sep arated in 1916. Ruth V. Phillips asks for a divorce from Ralph G. Phillips. Neglect and cruel and inhuman treatment are the grounds on which suit was brought. The marriage was in 1913 and they parted this year. The man lives in Chicago. MAY OBTAIN CREDIT FOR GLEE SINGING High school credit or at least a part a credit will be given high school students who "make" the school glee club if the plan is fostered by Principal Pickell, and Instructors Sloane and Hackman is carried out The school authorities favor the plan. TAKES EXAM HERE One man took the trade commission examination held yesterday for the United States Department of Commerce. He was sent here from ' another city. His name was withheld under civil service rules. . The job for which he was competing pays appnQtiroately $3,500 a year, traveling expends and $4 a day living expense- : ' ;

from this condition and that Is that It produces quite the same results as the old spoils system. League Refused ' Eligible List "The. league has not been permitted to see the list of eligibles to offices. If the merit system obtains, why shouldn't we see the records? The action of the civil service commission in this regard leaves the suspicion that there is something that should not be seen. The president ought to do away with that "The highest posts in our government are the places in the diplomatic corps to the great nations abroad. What has the present administration done? A man who had 19 years' experience in the diplomatic service was turned out of the embassy to Constantinople and Mr. Morgenthau, without any diplomatic experience, was appointed to his place. Mr. Morgenthau contributed $30,000 to the Wilson campaign fund. Mr. Penfield contributed $22,000. He was given the post to Austria. Likewise, Mr. Gerard gave $13,500 and was made ambassador to Germany. : I had experience with him in Germany at the outbreak of the war. His embassy was without any organization. I hope that we may redeem the nation and its governmental departments from the cancer of party politics."

FIVE ODD FELLOWS HAVE INITIALS E. E. "Elmer Ellsworth" Five members of Whitewater lodge I. O. O. F. answer present when this name is called. To identify them it is necessary to call their full names which are: Elmer Ellsworth Hawkins, 1106 Butler street Elmer Ellsworth Newkirk, 610 Sheridan street; Elmer Ellsworth Christopher, 133 South Fourth street; Elmer Ellsworth Hall, 910 North G street; Elmer Ellsworth Jenks, 100 Kinsey street L. A.,Handley, secretary , of the lodge, a few nights ago began looking over the record. When he saw a similarity of first names he became interested thinking that 'he had made a mistake in recording them. He asked each of them what his middle name was. It developed that each of the men was named after Col. Elmer Ellsworth, a hero of , the Civil War who at the cost of his life hauled down a rebel flag from the top of a hotel building in one of the Southern states. He was shot by a southern sympathizer. EAGLES AERIE ELECTS Aerie No. 666, Order of Eagles, probably will make plans next Wednesday for Christmas and New Years parties in the club house. Lodge members selected their officers last night. They are: Frank Quigley, worthy president; Louis Essmacher, worthy vice president; August Yidding, worthy chapIain; William Nicholson, inside guard, Allen Rich, outside guard; Dr. W. W. Zimmerman and Dr. J. J. Grosvenor, aerie physicians; John Reid, trustee; August Johanning, secretary; Charles E. Potter, treasurer.

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HIGH SPEED PUT ON ALL RAIL BILLS IN SENATE

Leaders Propose to Hurry Legislation Through Congress as ; Amendments to Previous Bills. "2MEASURE AWAITS VOTE OF SENATORS Adoption of i Plan Would Save several Weeks Required For Routine of New BinsJ WASHINGTON, Dec 7. Admmlst ration leaders were planning today to hurry President Wilson's railroad legislation program through Congress as amendments to the pending bin to increase the membership of the interstate commerce commission which, already has passed the House and now Is awaiting action in the Senate. Adoption of such a plan they believe, would save several weeks of work, that would be required if an entirely new set of bills were Introduced. NEW YORK WOMAN ADVISES AGAINST BOYCOTT ON FOOD Opposition to the establishment of boycotts on the part 'of housewives against food products for which excessive prices are demanded, on the ground that such action does not provide any permanent relief, was expressed, yesterday by Mrs. Charles B. Hirst founder and president of the Food Alliance of New York City, an organization ' which has done much effective work in , fighting the high cost of living. , Mrs. Hirst spoke before members of the Richmond' DomesticScience association at a special meeting held yesterday. - , Mrs. Hirst urged that all American women who are interested In the modification of living costs unite in support of a bill now pending in congress which limits the amount of foodstuffs which may be placed in cold storage plants. . Mrs. Hirst also urged the members of the Domestic Science association to extend hearty co-operation to the local weights and measures inspector and the food inspector. These two offices are held by George McKlnley, who attended the meeting. INVENTORY WISE ESTATE An inventory of estate of Sarah and Christian Wise which was 'filed In circuit court today placed the value of property (personal and real) at $7,561.36. . . , Legion of Honor, Lieutenant William In the Franco-American Flying Corps engagements and fought at Verdun.