Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 40, 29 December 1916 — Page 1

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HOME EDITION HOME edition ' VOL. XLII., NO. 40- &llJrt93r'vmm RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 29, 1916. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

TEUTONS FAIL IN AHEMPT TO RECOVER LOST GROUND

Only Move is on Banks of Meuse in Effort to Penetrate French Line Between Eminences. RUSSIANS FALL BACK Striking back at the French In the Verdun region but on the banks of the Meuse, the Germans made a strong effort last night to penetrate the French lines between Hill 304 and Dead Man's Hill, two dominating eminences north of the fortress. According to Paris, the attack was broken up, the Germans succeeding in gaining a footing in only one trench south of Dead Man's Hill. The activities around Verdun have been virtually the only break in the monotony of the winter trench warfare along tbe Franco-Belgium front. The battle of the Somme is admittedly In a state of suspense because of the bad condition of the ground and unfavorable atmospheric conditions, according to British authority. Drives Russians in Retreat . From Roumanla where the real activity of the war now centers, Field Marshal Von Mackensen is keeping his thrust for the lines of the Sereth in Moldavia, driving the Russians before him in none too good order, the German reports intimate. Latest accounts placed the left of Mackensen's line beyond Rinnlk-Sarat near the Buzeu-Fokshani railway line, while his right apparently is growing close to Braila at the Danube end of the trunk line from Bruzeu. . Hope to Clear Territory The apparent hope is to clear Dobrudja completely of Russians and effect a permanent junction with the Teutonic forces in Waliachla at a point where the lower Danube will be closed completely to Russian uses and the way opened north of the river for a possible advance into Besearnb'a, Just beyond which lies Odessa. The latest peace move has been triad by Norway, Sweden and Denmark, the three Scandanavian governments having sent a joint note to the belligerents t-upportlng the peace note f t President Wilson. SE SEASON'S WORK OVER COUNTY Misa Mary Kennedy, county visiting nursereturned to Richmond last night to close up her work here by tomorrow when her connection with the Wayne County Anti-Tuberculosis society will cease. She urged that the association go ahead with the work despite County Superintendent Willlams personal order against health work in the schools. It is the primary effort of the association toward the accomplishment of anything of its kind and it would be a decided disadvantage to drop it completely now, Miss Kennedy said. The association probably will realize more on Its Red Cross seal sale this year than ever before and the money will be available for use in a few weeks. Miss Kennedy has not accepted any of the several offers which have been made to her since her accomplish-j nirniB in me jiiuurrr vrnyue county work. She is considering one in Chicago most seriously. COUNTY SPENDS $40,000 " FOR HIGHWAY UPKEEP "Approximately . $4p,000 was spent for road and minor bridge repairs in Wayne county this year," said County Road Superintendent Jones today "Practically all labor has been done by prisoners from the county jail. This has saved the county near $10,000." Every mile of the county's 400 miles of gravel roads has been graded sev eral times. All iron bridges have been repainted and about 75,000 feet of bridge flooring has been laid. Weather Forecast For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair. Slightly colder tonight. Saturday fair. Continued cold. ...... ..... Temperature Today Noon 25 Yesterday Maximum 33 Minimum 17 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight and probably Saturday. Continued colder tonight. ' General Conditions- Although the temperature has fallen more slowly than expected it has dropped 40 de- ' grees in this locality in 48 hours and will be still lower tonight. It was 15 above zero at 4 o'clock this morning in this locality and will probably be only a few degrees above zero by tomorrow morning The cold wave center was over Montana today with a temperature of ?2 below zero at Havre. The Pacific coast 6torm is moving eastward toward tbe middle west, causing general snows in the Rocky Mountain states and rain on the Pacific coast

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FRENCH SOCIALISTS DEMAND VIGOROUS POLICY IN CONFLICT

PARIS, Dec. 29. A resolution has been adopted by the Socialist congress calling upon the government to pursue a more vigorous policy both in military and in economic action so that the full resources of thj country may be brought into play and the war terminated more speedily. The resolution is predicated on the assertion that the replies of the central powers to President Wilson's note leave no doubt that the offer of peace negotiations was a snare. Deputies who met German and other foreign socialist delegates at the conference in Switzerland supported a motion in favor, of resumption of international relations among Socialists. This proposal was defeated by a small majority, after a long and heated discussion. BANK AT CAMBRIDGE HOLDS OPEN HOUSE CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Dec. 29. First National Bank of this city has invited all people of the Western part of the county to attend a big New Year's party to be given in its new home, Main and Green streets. After this date, the bank will be open for business in its new home. It has occupied temporary quarters since May when construction work on the $25,000 building was started. A savings department will be opened. SPAIN ADDS PRESSURE WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Spain's action toward the German submarine campaign caused surprise here because no such vigorous statements from Spain had been expected, Spain s action nevertheless, is thought to have come at an opportune time to add another source of pressure on Germany in what the state depart ment considers a most serious situation. REQUEST3 LAWSON GIVE HIS STORY WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The controversy which has followed Congressman Wood's resolution for investigating whether any member of President Wilson's official family profited in the stock market because inside information on the President's peace note got into semi-official form today when,: Chairman Henry of the House rules committee telegraphed Thomas Lawson at Boston to come to Washington and substantiate his public statement that he knew of the so-called leak and his prediction that there would be another. "Put up or shut up," said Chairman Henry's telegram. Cease slandering and libelling congress and public officials or make good your charges," Mr. Henry announced that he would re-introduce his bill next Tuesday to regulate the New York stock exchange. CLEAR CANAL CHANNEL TO PREVENT FURTHER TREACHEROUS SLIDES WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The channel through the treacherous sides of Caillard Cut in the Panama Canal now is in better condition than ever before. The work of clearing the passage with hope against recurrence of the slides is far advanced and the latest official announcement of its progress says: "The central cut through which the vessels pass, known as the sailing channel, has a minimum depth of 35 feet, and the least width of a channel of thirty foot depth is 180 feet. This is opposite the rock known as Gibraltar, at the foot of East Culebra slide. This rock extends into the channel about 110 feet from the prism line, for a distance of about 200 feet along the axis of the canal. At other parts between the Culebra slides and at Cucaraclia Slide as well the channel has been drr "ed to at least thirty feet for the n..l width of 300 feet between the prism lines. SPAIN'S NOTE GIVES POLICY OF NATION RELATIVE TO WASPS MADRTD, via Paris, Dec. 29. Tho note addressed to Germany on the submarine, question by the Spanish government reviews at length ,the policy of Madrid from the time the first Spanish ship, the Isidore, was torredoed in August, 1915. It declares that the Spanish government has always maintained that it was illegal to destroy prises, as is the constant practice of submarines and that the cabinet also demanded the observation of the declaration of London, notably article 50 which it is maintained submarines violate by abandoning the crews of sunken ships to the mercy of waves for from land. COST OF NEWS PRINT COMES BEFORE BOARD WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The federal trade commission reopened hearings today in its newsprint paper investigation, taking, up the inquiry where it was left off two weeks ago for study of a distribution plan proposed by paper manufacturers. The plan still is under consideration. The commission planned to present again facts concerning costs of paper manufacture and profits in newsprint making. HEADS MEDICAL SOCIETY EATON, O.. Dec. 29. Dr. A. Clyde Huntor nf Woo AlPTnnlrin tins hppn elected president of the Preble County Medical society.

LEDOOTILLIER GETS RIGGER PLACE WITH PENNSY LINE

Local Superintendent is Appointed to Logansport Division After Short Service in Richmond. GOES TO TOP FAST A' New Year's surprise In the shape of almost 300 miles of the finest roadway in the Panhandle railroad system is coming to George LeBoutillier, superintendent of the Richmond division. He is to be promoted to the superintendency of the Logansport division. While Mr. LeBoutillier has received no official notification of his promotion, it has been announced from the main offices at Pittsburgh and Mr. LeBoutillier has received the congratulations of Benjamin McKeen, general manager, who moves up a notch to the fifth vice presidency. It is expected .it will be effective Jan. 1. Young In Pennty Service. Mr. LeBoutillier is one of the young men in the Pennsylvania service and has worked his way from the bottom. His promotion comes as the result of the railroad's merit system of moving its men ahead from the smaller divisions where they have opportunity to show their capability. Almost invariably the Richmond superintendents have taken the big positions with the railroad. F. J. Stimson, superintendent of the Zanesville division, probably will be Mr. LeBou tillier's successor.. The present Loganspor division superintendent, R. K. Rochester, will be transferred to the Cleveland division. Extends from Bradford. The Logansport division extends from Bradford, O., to the edge of the Chicago terminals, 206 miles, and has branches to Effner, near the Illinois state line and to Muncie. It is the second division main line and was completely rebuilt five years ago. Mr. LeBoutillier was appointed superintendent of the Richmond division Feb. 1, 1914, to succeed J. C. McCullough, now superintendent of the Pittsburgh division, but did not receive the appointment until Feb. 2, on his thirty-eighth birthday. He came here after having been division engineer of the Pittsburgh division two years. Mr. LeBoutillier is a Cincinnati man -and received fdueatjon rt!jH versity or Cincinnati, entering tne rail road service as rod man on the chief engineer's staff at Covington, Ky., in 1895. He was made rodman on the Pittsburgh division in 1900 and in the same year was promoted to assistant engineer on the Richmond division. He was transferred to the Cleveland and Pittsburg division in 1901 and in 1903 was made superintendent of maintenance of way. He was transferred again in 1905 to the Cincinnati division where he remained seven years until his transfer to Pittsburg as division engineer. SECRETARY LANE SCANS CARRANZA'S LETTER WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. General Carranza's latest communication asking modification of the protocol covering withdrawal of American troops from Mexico was examined closely today by Secretary Lane, chairman of the American members of the joint commission, who has summoned his colleagues to confer with him here as soon as possible. They will decide what answer to give the Mexican representatives when another session of the commission is held early next week. EXPORT MANY PIANOS WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. American pianos are growing rapidly in popularity abroad, particularly in the remotest sections of the globe. Figures made public today by the department of commerce show that in the fiscal year 1916, over 10,800 pianos and player pianos were exported, breaking all previous records. FISKE SINGERS COME The Fiske University Jubilee sing ers will give a special concert at the First Christian church at the time of the regular church service, Sunday evening. SEEK INDICTMENTS FOR FOOD SPECULATORS NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Whether In dictments are to be sought against food and fuel speculators probably will be determined at a meeting of thirteen United States district attorneys from Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island held here today. The attorneys plan to compare the results of their several investigations into the rise in the prices of food and fuel. PARTY LOSES STANDING NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Owing to tho failure of the Progressives In New York state to poll the New York vote in the recent elections to entitle their ticket to a place on the ballot the party lost official recognition in this state and the doors of the progressive headquarters here state and national have been closed. , ., TURKEY SENDS ANSWER WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Turkey's reply to President Wilson's peace note was neceived today at the state department. It is substantially the same as Germany's and Austria'

GETS CHARITY HELP TO PAY HIS BOARD; TROUBLE IS RESULT

How a single man can square his weekly board bill without having to subtract anything from his salary 1b being revealed by an investigation being conducted by Wayne Township Trustee Edgerton. In case enough evidence can be gathered, charges of "obtaining property under false pretenses" .will be placed against the well dressed man who has been receiving grocery orders from the trustee for a "poor sick woman.'' The woman he represented as being in need was a well-to-do boarding house manager, his landlady. He would take the groceries to her, stating he had purchased them, and asking that their value be applied on his board bill. Mr. Edgerton said today that the man has received orders for about $6 worth of goods. Following his custom, the trustee investigated the claims made by the man and found them to be false. The crime is punishable with a jail or prison sentence and a fine. "I fear that I will have to make an example of the chap," said Mr. Edgerton, today. "I mean to put a stop to the unwarranted, appeals for claim for which I have had to be constantly on the guard this year." About a year ago, a man received a prison sentence in the circuit court for having committed a similar offence against Wayne township. FAVORS BOND ISSUE FOR FEDERAL DEFICIT OF $180,000,000 SUM WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. President Wilson has tentatively agreed with the administration leaders in congress on a bond issue to meet a part of the treasury deficit which confronts the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, estimated at about $180,000,000. With Secretary McAdoo the President is working on other plans for raising additionl revenue. The president has pointed out that he believes a bond issue should be used to make temporary and emergency expenditures. Many of these have been caused by the Mexican situation. The treasury already has authority by previous acts of congress to issue Panama bands and about $240,000,000 of these are available. They would bear 3 per cent. Plans for raising the other revenue are understood to concern the Income tax, and inheritance tax and special taxes on internal revenue and imports. SUPPORT PEACE NOTE LONDON, Dec. 29. The Scandinavian governments have sent a joint note to belligerents supporting the peace note of President Wilson. RICHMOND CLUB IS RANKED LOW IN THE STATE COLUMBUS,; Ind., Dec: 29. Com mercial organizations in Indiana, which number 158, have individual membership varying from 12 to 1,500, according to statistics compiled by John E. Northway, secretary of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, and read today at the annual meeting here. The statistics he compiled re lated to 84 of the 158 organizations. Fifty-two of the 84 have paid secre taries at work looking after civic matters. t Parker City has the smallest organization which has 12 members. The Indianapolis Chamber of Com merce with 1,500 members is the larg est. Other' chambers of commerce or commercial clubs, with large membership are in Anderson, 961 ; Fort Wayne, 800; Vincennes, 640; Indianapolis Board of Trade, 593; Huntington, 508; Connersville, 500; Muncie, 500; Terre Haute, 500; Columbus, 417; East Chicago, 400; Indianapolis Business Men's Association, 400; Richmond, 400, and Shelbyville, 400. - An income of $42,000 annually, that of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, is the largest. The Eaton Commercial Club with an income of $31 a year, has the least money. Among the incomes of organizations in other cities are, Vincennes, $8,000; Anderson, $8,000; Bedford, $7,000; Indianapolis Business Men's Association, $6,000; Wabash Chamber of Commerce, $5,500; Bloomington . Chamber of Commerce, $5,475; Terre Haute Merchants' Association, Shelbyville Chamber of Commerce, Connersville Commercial Club, East Chicago Chamber of Commerce Kokomo Chamber of Commerce and Richmond Commercial Club, $5,000 each. The annual meeting of the state organization closed this afternoon with a business session. 'I NEGROES IMPLICATE TWO WHITE FARMERS MINDEN, La., Dec. 29. Two negroes held as suspects in connection with the killing of five members of the family of John Nelson Reeves, nine miles north of here on Christmas eve have confessed, the . police say, implicating Henry Waller, a farmer and neighbor of Reeves, and John Long, 20. Long declares Waller instigated the Crime and with an ax killed Reeves, his wife and three children. An old feud is the cause

MAN RACES WITH DEATH IN CLOTHING ALL AFLAME

M A. Gladfeller, Nightwatch at Teetor Plant, Burned i When Gas Explodes in Enamel Oven. SHOP DAMAGED $1,000 HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Dec. 29. Painfully burned about the face and hands and . with his clothing ablaze in several places, M. H. Gladfeller raced with death for three hundred feet last night before he obtained assistance. Gladfeller, who is night watchman at the Teetor-Hartley Motor plant, made his spectacular dash following explosion of an enamel oven at 8 o'clock last night. . Alone on the second floor of the west factory building, he ran down stairs and across the street to the basement of the east building where fellow workmen extinguished his burning clothing and hurried him to a physician. Gas Causes Trouble One of Gladfeller's duties is to tend the enamel ovens which are fired with natural gas. For several days, management of the factory stated today trouble had been experienced with tbe gas. Gladfeller in narrating the story of the accident said he believed the gas had gone out in this particular oven and then had come on again, collecting in the oven. When he, lantern in hand, opened the door, the explosion occurred. So violent was the shock that the entire south side of the second floor was blown from the building. Only instant operation of the automatic sprinkler system saved the factory, said J. H. Teetor, in reporting the fire this morning. Mr. Teetor estimated the damage to the building and to stock from water at $1,000. Repair work will be started at once. The night watchman's face and hands were badly burned, one so severely that the skin dropped off before he reached the physician's office. His injuries, however, will not prove fatal. y.7 ual&j ai urriu TlftkW for the Charity ball to .be gtyen this evening at the Colieumiorthe benefit of the Domestic Science association and the day nursery fty the Ways and Means committee may be purchased at the bo ffleeithis evening. Single tickets-are fifty cents or a dollar acoutf, ; The Becker-Bott orchestra; of Dayton, Ohio, will play. Refreshments will be served for a nominal sum. , SNOW COSTS COUNTY if $150 TO CLEAR ROADS " Thfe Snow "storm of a week ago last night cost Wayne county $150. County Road Superintendent Jones reported today that it cost this much to run the snow plows over all the roads and to make minor necessary repairs. DINE AT Y. M. C. A. The banquet for outgoing county officials will beiserved at the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow boon tastead of in the lower ball of the court house as had first been planned. The Women's Relief Corps found it Impossible to serve the banquet and this necessitate the change of -plans. ., SECOND LUTHERANS TO HOLD ELECTIONS To bring to a close all business, for the past yearj and to lay plans for 1917, the annual congregational meeting of. the Second English . Lutheran church will be held next Thursday evening.' At this lime' reports of the treasurer, pastor and officials of all departments o& tie Jchurch will be made. One elder, one trustee and two deacons will be elected. - v The meeting will ; be . preceded at 6:45 o'clock by the' annual basket supper of all members of the church, and their families. The universal week of prayer, for this church begins Sunday, Dec.-31. "During the week, the pastor, Rev, C.' Raymond Isley, will preach a series of sermons dealing with conditions of the local church. The Rev. M. Edwin Thomas, missionary to India, at present on a furlough, will address the congregation, Sunday evening, Jan. 7, on "The Church's Missionary Program." ... PRINTS OFFICIAL DENIAL . ROME, Dec. 29. Via Paris. The Osservatore Romano, the official , organ of the Vatican, prints today an official denial of reports published abroad that 1 the , Papal Nuncio at Vienna informed the Vienna press that the Austrian emperor had requested him to ask Pope Benedict's intervention for peace and that the Pope had given a favorable reply." t ELECTION BILLS PAID The election and registration cost Wayne county, $9,886.55. All bills have been settled

25 MUNCIE WORKERS MOVE FAMILIES HERE TO WORK IN SHOPS

In two weeks there is a possibility that work will begin in the buildings of the Richmond Malleable Foundry company. Such great progress is be ing made now that it is hoped the foundry will open several days before Jan. 15. One of the big furnaces will be completed in a week and its completion will mean that the foundry will be ready to put about 50 men at work. By the time its output is ready for a second step in the treatment of the iron, one of the annealing furnaces will have been installed. ' Twenty-five of the workmen for the new foundry company have moved their families to Richmond, most of them from Muncie and several others will move here within a few days. When the foundry is running full force there will be 200 men at work. The F. and N. Lawn Mower company whose owners founded the malleable iron company, also is running full force across the street. The daily output is 850 to 1,000 lawn mowers, limited by the scarcity of material. KELLY WILL DIRECT CHURCH FEDERATION Pres. Robert L. Kelly, Earlham, has been selected president of the Richmond Federation of Churches to succeed S. Edgar Nicholson who recently resigned because of ill health. He accepted the position today when it was offered him by a special committee composed of Rev. J. J. Rae, Rev. L. E. Murray and Dr. A. L. Bramkamp. Pres. Kelly will be officially installed at a banquet of the federation in the Y. M. C. A., the night of Jan. 8. At this union meeting, all plans for the simultaneous revival which starts the middle of January will be made. BRITISH SHIP SUNK LONDON, Dec. 29. The British steamship Copsewood, 509 tons gross, has been sunk. The Norwegian steam ship Ida, 1,300 tons, is reported to have been sunk. TRADE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR PUBLISHERS WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Commiss iocer Davis made it clear at the start of today's hearing that the Federal Trade commission was determined to find some relief for publishers. He said the commission In the very immediate future would decide if the distribution plan were feasible. If it did not prove practicable and the commission could find no other measure of relief, he said, other agencies of the government would be given the facts uncovered by the commission. A report will be made to Congress on the whole situation soon. Publishers who testified today were asked by the commission for suggestions as to a resolution on the situation. Rep. Crampton of Mich., proposed that if it were not unconstitutional, the commission take into its own hands the matter of a price and distribution. When a combination, he said, could control a public commodity some public authority should have the power to see that justice was done. If the federation trade commission did not have enough power to meet the situation, he said a member of congress would do all he could to give it such power. GARDNER ENDS HIS LIFE WABASH. Ind., Dec. 29. Having failed to effect a reconciliation with his wfo from whom he was estranged, Glenn Gardner. 40 years old, 6hot himself in front of the home of his wife's parents some time last night. Mrs. Gardner was staying with her parents. She found her husband's body when she stepped out of the house. OIL REACHES HIGH SPOT PITTSBURGH, Dec. 29. The highest price ever quoted for Pennsylvania crude oil was announced by the principal purchasing agencies today when, through an advance of 10 cents a barrel, the quotation reached $2.85. Other grades were each advanced 5 cents as follows: Mercer black $2:30. corning $2.25, Cabell $2.22, Somerset $2.05. CONTINUES NIGHT CLASS Ivan T. Beck, Wayne township agriculture supervisor, is making plans to continue his night school for farmers starting January 1. He will address a large community meeting at school. Number 15, on the Abington pike, New Year's night GLEE CLUB TO APPEAR Under the auspices of the FlAt English Lutheran church the Wittenberg Glee club of Wittenberg college, Springfield, 0.,will give a concert at the high school auditorium Monday evening, Jan. 8. : - MARK 8ITE OF DUEL NEW YORK, Dec. 29. The spot on the heights of Weehawken, N. J, where Alexander Hamilton fell in a duel with Aaron Burr will be marked by a memorial to be erected by the Alexander Hamilton institute, it was announced today. '

CITY GLI HIGH AMONG LARGE CITIES OF INDIANA

Government Concedes Gain of 2,373 in Six Years Despite Industrial Reverse Since 1910. P.O. ESTIMATES 27,450 Estimates on the population of the larger cities of Indiana, just made public by the U. S. Bureau of the Census show that Richmond has maintained a steady growth since 1910, when the last official census was taken. At that time Richmond was given a population of 22,324 and it is now estimated the city has a population of 24,697, an increase of 2,373 in the past six years, or an approximate yearly increase of 396. Of twelve cities of the state whost populations In 1910 ranged between 17,000 and 24,000, Richmond is seventh in the ratio of gain during the past six years. Considering the fact that since the 1910 census was taken Richmond suffered an Industrial setback, featured by the closing down of what was the city's largest manufacturing concern, the Rumely plant, the population increase estimate is a very satisfactory one. The following table shows population recorda for the twelve Indiana cities, of Richmond's class: 1916 1910 Increase 19.098 9.645 East Chicago ....28,743 Hammond 26,171 20.925 5.246 3.920 3.000 2,556 2.485 2.372 1.520 1.419 1,205 996 473 Kokomo 20,930 17.010 New Albany 23,629 20.629 Elkhart 21,858 19.282 Michigan City ..21,512 19,027 Richmond 24,697 22.324 Anderson 23,996 22.476 Muncie 25,424 24,005 Lafayette '..21.286 20.081 Logansport 21,046 19,050 Marion 19.824 19,359 avsi n or table that Richmond's population increase since 1910 has exceeded that of its ancient rivals, Muncie, Anderson. Marion, Logansport and Lafayette and of the twelve cities listed above Richmond is now fourth in population, northern towns of East Chicago and Hammond and by Muncie, the latter cltv havinar nnJr Tnrrr ranldanii . than Richmond, according to the new estimates. Estimate Seems Conservative Estimate by the census bureau on Richmond's population is regarded conservative and gives the citjr a smaller population than indicated recently by the post office statistics on the number of families served by tho post office. Less than two months ago there were approximately 6,100 families in the city, and the postal authorities fgure an average of 4 to a family, which would give Richmond a population of 27,450. Richmond not only having held its own in the face of industrial reverses since 1910 but having actually gained substantially in population, gives promise of becoming one of the most important cities of the state, with the biggest development In Richmond's history now in the making. During the -past six years an unusual increase in the city's population has been in progress. Over one hundred men, 75 percent, of them with families, have been brought to Richmond by one local factory. Twentyfive of these families came from Muncie. ROUMANIAN ARMY TAKES THE FIELD The Petrograd war statement reveals that Roumanian troops are again in the, field in northwestern Wallachia, and the indications are that resistance of a most stubborn sort is being offered to Von Mackensen's thrust toward the Sareth line, which runs northwest to central Moldavia from a point on the Danube Just north of Braila. Germans, however, have taken 1,400 more prisoners from the Russians, to gether with three cannon. In Dobrudja. opposite Braila and Galatz the Bulgarian, Turkish and German forces have closed in further upon the Matcbin bridgehead, taking the town f Ratchelu, on the Danube ten miles across the northwestern nect of Dobrudja from Matchin and opposite Dessarabian shore. M'KINLEY COLLECTS FEDERAL EVIDENCE Prosecution for a violation of the federal pure food law is to b instituted against the commission firm of Armacost and Riley, Cincinnati, as a result , of information obtained by George McKinley, food inspector and weights and measures commissioner for Richmond. McKinley seized twenty-five hampers of sweet potatoes shipped to a local commission house by the Cincinnati firm because tbe weight of the sweet potatoes was not indicated on any one of tbe hampers. McKinley reported his action to State Commissioner Barnard who at once communicated with the federal authorities at Chicago. . i - BLAIR ASK8 DIVORCE Collie Blair of this city Tiled snit in circuit court today for a divorce from Clarence BlairDetroit, Michigan.

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