Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 64, 26 January 1917 — Page 2

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STORES HESITATE TO TRAIN CLERKS 111 WORKING HOURS

Richmond mochants todny isto thatr anproTtl to plan whereby theJr clerks may go to public tchool during workJnj: boor. Tne plan, which .is advocated by Superintendent Giles, was presented by him to the board of directors of the merchants' section of the Commercial club in the clnb rooms this afternoon. The plan provides for the establishment of a salesmanship course in the Richmond schools for. the benefit of the merchants. It provides for engagement of a teacher of salesmanship in addition to the regular force. Arranges Class Schedule Provision in the project which caused some hesitation among merchants was for clerks attending school on their employers' time. Superintendent Giles said this school should be conducted during school hours and this means the students mutt attend during working hours. His proposal was for merchants to arrange a schedule for their clerks so they could attend an hour each day by rotation. The board favored holding classes on alternate days. Details of the plan are subject to change, the school bead told the merchants, but now that co-operation has been given it steps will be taken to institute the school soon, probably early in the summer. Money for the proposed school will come from industrial education funds provided by state levy.' RED CROSS SHIPS RELIEF SUPPLIES NEW YORK. Jan. 26. The Ameri

can National Red Cross announced today it bad shipped war relief supplies worth about $35,000 during the past week to France and England. Much of this was hospital goods. The society sent also 100 cases of condensed milk for use by Belgian refugees in Trance.

S, 0. S. CALL FLASHED

NORTHHEAD, Wash., Jan. 26.S. O. S." calls sent out by the freight aad passenger steamer Prince John, stating she was ashore on Wrangall Island off the coast of Alaska were picked up by the radio station here today. The message said the steamer was leaking badly.

MARINE COMPANY BUYS 20,000 TON MERCHANT CRAFT

SAN PRANCI3CO, Jan. 2.Dispatches received here today from St Paul, Minn., confirmed the reports that the 20,000 ton steamship Minnesota, property, of the Great Northern railroad, has been sold. The price was said to have been $2,750,000 but the identity of the purchaser was not made public. Reports given credence bare, however, named the International Mercantile Marine as the purchaser. The Minnesota put in here in Dec.. 1915. while bound from Seattle for European ports, with a mixed cargo, largely foodstuffs, having been reported in distress 1,100 miles south of here. Since then she has been tied up . in the harbor here undergoing extensive repairs. : WANTS CHARLES' REPORT

ELECTION FRAUD ARRESTS CONTINUE CINCINNATI. O., Jan. 26. Addition, si capias were issued today for the remaining eighty-eight of the ninety-nine men indicated yesterday by the federal grand Jury which has been investigating alleged election frauds here. Kleven of those who were named defendants in the true bills, were taken Into custody last night Only two of the eleven are prominent politically. They are Robert Uricho, councilman from the eighth ward and John J. Burckhauser, - councilman from the eighteenth ward.

NEW YORK NEEDS TRAFFIC BOARD NEW YORK.! Jan. 2.-Revolution-ary changes in the. handling of traffic on Manhattan Island are recommended by Police Commissioner Woods in a letter to Mayor Mitchell. The police commissioner suggests the removal of elevated pillars from the roadways to the sidewalks on the curb line, the widening of certain roadways by reducing the width of the sidewalks, the opening of all north and south arteries of travel, and, finally, he creation of a traffic commietiion entirely apart from the police department.

PALLADIUM WANT ACL PAY.

Fame of City Engineer Charles' method of , computing- costs . data has extended to the Pacific coast Today be received a letter from the engineer

ing department of the city of Los Angeles requesting several copies cf the last annual city report containing bis cost data. ELECTRIC FURNACE TO REPLACE GAS WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. An electrical melting furnace of new design and said to do the work of nine old style gas furnaces more cheaply and quickly soon will be installed at the Philadelphia mint to melt copper and nickel for coinage. It will have a capacity of 700 pounds of metal. The old style furnaces rarely melted more than SO pounds at a time. The present method involves placing the metal in graphite crucibles upon which Is turned a powerful gas flame. The new furnace will introduce the heating medium into the metal itself and, instead of a crucible, a fire brick furnace, with silicon glazing will be employed.

FINCH SELLS HIS FARM

William K. Pinch has sold his fiftythree acre farm near Whitewater to Carrie B. Radford, et. al. Consideration, $6,000. RAILROAD SELLS MIIXIONSIN BONDS NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul railway company has sold to a banking syndicate here $25,000,000 worth of 4 per cent general and refunding mortgage gold bonds, it was learned today. It is assumed the money is to be used in property improvements. A Michigan contractor is the inventor of a motor-driven riddle which quickly separates gravel or sand into six different sizes.

NEW SOCIAL CLUB ELECTS MRS. JONES LEADER THIS YEAR

The Banner Social club which was newly organized met with Mrs. Jane Woods at her home, 141 Fort Wayne Avenue Thursday afternoon.' Light refreshments were served by the hostess. ' Officers for the coming year' will be as follows: President Mrs. William C, Jones: vice president Mrs. Jane Woods; secretary. Mrs. William Scbults; treasurer, Mrs. Daniel Scherb. The members are: Mrs. William Jones, Mrs. Jane Woods, Mrs. Daniel Scherb. Mrs. William SchulU, Mrs. Frank Broolra, Mrs. Albert Brooks, Mrs, Alfred Brooks. Mrs. George Walker, Mrs. Fred Eastman. Mrs. Ed Ball, Mrs. Wiu ford Land, Mrs. Roy Davis. Mrs. William Decker, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. George Macke, Mrs. Albert Ashcratt Mrs. Robert Hart, Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrs. Bert Duker and Miss Edith Duker. There were fifteen members present The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. William Schultz, 3S North Second street The last Thursday of February. BIRDMAN WINGS ANOTHER PLANE

PARIS, Jan. 26. For the third successive day, Lieut. George Guynemer is mentioned in the communication from the war office. Today's ' announcement credits bim with having brought down an airplane on the western front This bring up to 28 the number of airplanes destroyed by this pilot. FAIR CO-ED DIRECTS ATHLETICS AT SCHOOL

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MISS EDITH HJSOK. With Miss Edith Hisor, a fair co-ed of the senior class, elected to the presidency of the Dickinson High School Athletic Association, and Miss Dorothy Vriedenberg, a classmate filling the office of secretary.

RETURNED BY GRAND JURY

Bench . warrants were issued late this afternoon for ' three persons named in six indictments returned by the grand jury to Judge Fox.' This makes a total of 35 indictments. Keeping of blind tigers and houses of ill fame and association with minor girls were offenses charged. The grand jury investigated an al-

Hard Times? Mint Builds Larger Vault

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 26. The vaults at the local mint are being enlarged for the storing of more than a billion dollars in gold bullion. Upwards of $500,000,000 in gold bricks is already in the vaults and preparations are being made to relieve the New York sub-treasury of about $600,000,000. None of the bullion will be converted into coins, according to Adam Joyce superintendent of the mint, as there already is a surplus of gold coins in circulation.

RUSSIAN POSTS TAKEN BY FOES BERLIN, Jan. 26, By wireless to Sayville In the River Aa sector of the Riga region, along the northern end of the Russo-Galician front. East Prussian troops captured additional Russian positions on both sides of the stream . yesterday and withstood a counter attack on the east bank. Russians to the number of 500 were taken prisoner.

leged bucket shop in Richmond this afternoon. .No intimation was. given concerning probability of an indictment being returned. . '

PROBE COMMITTEE INTERPRETS ORDER

NEW YORK, Jan. 26. If any persons profited by the alleged "leak" on the president's peace note the rules eomrnittee will not learn how much they profited but . merely which side the account they were trading- on prior to the publication of the note. This appeared to be gist of the changes in the third demand made by the committee on . the stock exchange brokers when the new communication was made public today. The modified request was interpreted that date showing merely the extent of operations during the period in question is considered sufficient by the committee to indicate whether they reflected possession of advance information.

ENDOW ORCHESTRA WITH BIG FUND

ROOF SLIGHTLY DAMAGED

A roof fire caused slight damage to the residence of Henry Nungesser, 324 South Twelfth street, this afternoon.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan,' 26. The Philadelphia orchestra association announced today that it bad secured pledges aggregating more than $100,000 yearly for five years as an endowment fund, thereby meeting the condition of the offer of a donor, whose name was not disclosed, to pay the deficit of the orchestra during that period. The fund, according to the announcement, now amounts to $648,000 and is expected to reach $1,000,000 in the near future.

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Deaths and FuneralsHILLING Robert, . the 2-year-old eon of Mr and Mrs. William Hilling. 537 North Eleventh street, died at the home of bis parents Thursday afternoon. Death was duo to an attack of diphtheria. The funeral will be held from the borne Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The services will be private. ' Burial will be in the Earlham cemetery. ' : . GRISSI Body of John Grisat. 79 years old, who died yesterday in Dayton was brought to the borne of his son, Charles A. Griasl, 330 South Ninth street, today for burial. Mr. Grlssi lived for several years in Dublin and spent

some time at the home of his son here. Funeral arrangements later. BORTON Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Borton, 231 Charles street, died at the borne last night. Besides the parents, two brothers and two sisters survive. The funeral will be held from the home Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Burial in the Earlham cemetery. Friends may call any time after tomorrow noon. . LIVINGSTON Catherine Livingston, aged 76 years, died at her home. 36 South Third street, this morning. Death was due to pneumonia. The deceased is survived by three sisters. The funeral will be held from the home Monday afternoon at Z o'clock. Burial in the Earlbam cemetery. Friends. may call at any. time. The Relief Corps of which 6he was a member will meet at the court bouse at 2:30 o'clock Saturday to conduct S6rviC6B SITLOH Mrs. John Sitloh, aged 54 years, died at her home, South Twenty-third street, last night. Death was due to heart disease. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, three brothers. Frank, George and John Steinkamp; end eight sisters, Mrs. Simon Herman, of Birmingham, Ala., Miss Alice Steinkamp, Mrs. John Moss, Mrs. George Fulle, Mrs. Sophia Wuenker,-- Mrs. Emma Rodenburg, Mrs. Harmon Moelk and Mrs. Carrie Friedman, all of this city. The funer

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