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RICHMOKB) P AJXAJDIUM
VOL. XL., NO. 141-
Palladium and Sun-Telegram
Consolidated. 107
RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1915.
SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS
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FOUR ZEPPELIN
AIRSHIPS DROP
BOMBS ON ISLES
Kill Two Women and Injure
Child in Raid on Villages at
the Mouth of the Thames
River.
PURSUED BY BRITISH
Objective of Dirigibles Be
lieved to Have Been Works
Defending the Mouth of
Thames River.
LONDON, May 27. A fleet of Zep
pelin airships delivered an attack
against the British works defending
the mouth of the Thames river early
today, but were driven off by high
angle guns and British aeroplanes be
fore they could do any extensive de
struction. The attack centered about South
End-on-the Sea in Essex on the north
ern side of the Thames estuary, about
35 miles from the center of London.
Twenty incendiary bombs were
dropped at South End causing great
excitement and killing a girl. Another
girl and a woman were wounded and
several other persons were less ser
iously hurt.
Four Ships in Fleet.
There were reported to be four Zep
pelins In the fleet which was first
sighted at 11:15 last night. The great
dirigbles maneuvered, keeping high in
tbe air, but at the height of the at
tack they descended until they were
within range of the anti-air craft guns.
It was reported from Sheerness that
a Zeppelin was seen speeding toward
London.
This was the sixteenth air raid of
the Germans over the east coast. The
balloons are believed to have crossed
the North Sea from Zeebrugge.
Two of the Zeppelins flew over Burn-ham-on-C'rouch,
seven miles north of
South End, but no bombs were
dropped there.
Admiralty's Statement.
The admiralty issued the following
statement through the government
press bureau:
"A Zeppelin visited the east coast
at South End last night. The casual
ties were two women killed and one
child injured. The damage done was
hot material. The Zeppelin, upon be
ing pursued by our air craft, fled
toward the east."
A second Zeppelin appeared after
the first had disappeared and dropped
bombs for half an hour.
HEAVY RAINS DRENCH
MIDDLE WEST STATES
OMAHA. May 27. The drowning of
five persons in Nebraska was reported
today as the result of yesterday's
heavy rains. Six inches of rain had
fallen in the twenty-four hours end
ing at 10 o'clock today and in the east
ern part of the state it is still raining.
The heavy rains were general west of
Chicago. Kansas City had nearly 3
inches of rain. At Fort Smith, Ark.,
more than one inch of rain has fallen
in the last 24 hours.
CAN'T PAWN COATS;
COLD WAVE STAYS
Not in manv years has the month of
May been so cold in Richmond and vi
cinity while other sections of the coun
try report similar cold waves. Today
the temperature stood at 41 degrees
above zero. Mav 10 was the coldest
:la of the month, when the tempera
ture registered degrees above. On
May 11 it was :'.! degrees above zero.
New York dispatches today report
I hat this is the coldest May 27 in the
hi-tuiy of its weather bureau. The
ti miierature dropped to 11 at ." a. m.
The i old wave extends over New Eng
land and the eastern states, killing
frosts causing heavy damage in the
northeastern states last night.
Ileavv damage to fruit? and vege
tables was done throughout Northeast
:rn Ohio anil Western Pennsylvania
h frosts last night.
AERIAL BOMBS FATAL
AMSTERDAM. May 27 Allied
aviators have made another success
ful attack upon Ostend causing ex
tensive damaee and inflicting heavy
loss of life among the Germans. Iur
ng the latest raid the aviators are
said to have destroyed a street car
filled with German soldiers killing
"'if r y and wounding thirty. Rombs
dropped from the aeroplane also dam
aged the harbor defence work and rail
load station.
Weather Forecast
rOR INDIANA Unsettled tonight and
Friday. Probably showers. Warmer.
Temperature.
Yesterday.
Noon .
Maximum 6
Minimum 41
For Richmond Occasional showers
lonlght and Friday. Warmer Friday.
General Conditions The storm is
hoving slowly and is central south of
he Ohio river. The cool wave over
he lakes is moving eastward and is
'eing followed by rising temperature.
V. K. Moore. Weather Forecaster.
Will Italy's Campaign Plunge
Switzerland Into the Conflict?
I
These two photographs show the famous citizen troops of the Swiss mountains. Above a column is seen
proceeding through a very high valley, with a background of ice and snow covered mountains. Almost incredible
feats of endurance are performed by these troops. Below a Swiss field artillery battery is seen at practice. In
Switzerland every man is a soldier. The military training is not so extensive as in Germany but is considered
very efficient. The Swiss have been noted fighters for many centuries and thousands of them have died as
mercenaries in the service of various monarchs.
GENEVA, Switzerland. May 27.
Will Switzerland become a second
Belgium? Will this little state be able
to maintain its neutrality? Will she
moreover, be able to feed her people
and her many guests when all nations
which surround her are locked in life
and death struggle?
The entry of Italy in the war pre
sents these questions. It is an anx
ious moment for the nation of William
Tell.
Consider the present military posi
tion of the Teutonic allies. On the
Italian frontier Austria and their ene
mies have between them a mountain
barrier nine thousand feet high. These
mountains are pierced by only two
railway passes. In addition to the nat
ural defences, both nations have added
an immense system of forts, bastions
and field fortifications.
Similarly on the other side of Switz
eralnd the Yosges stretching north
ASSAULT G0STS 0GDEN
$10 IN POLICE FINES
When Harley Koontz remonstrated
with Ivan C. Ogden. because it had
been reported to him that Ogden had
been talking about Mrs. Koontz, he
received for his pains a black eye. To
day Ogden drew a fine of $10 and
costs.
It was brought out in the testimony
that while Koontz was south for his
health last winter Ogden was attentive
to .Mrs. Koontz until Mrs. Ogden com-
! plained to the police about her hus
' band"s flirtation.
i The case of Norman Thomas, col
jored, charged with healing up his af
i finity. f'earl Johnson, was taken un
! der advisement. The woman was or
. derd to leave town. She said Thomas
had attacked her twice lately. Thomas
denied this and asked the court if it
was reasonable to suppose that if he
had mistreated Pearl she would buy
drinks for him and follow him around
every place.
He said he had just got through
serving 128 days in jail at Muncie on
account of the woman. He said she
went after him with a gun and he
had to work on her with a knife in
self defense. The prosecutor was
much interested in Thomas' testimony
that the Johnson woman had purchas
ed drinks at the home of John Saun
ders. AVIATORS RAID RHEIN
PARIS. Mav 27 A fleet of nineteen
French aeroplanes raided the Rhein
valley of Germany carrying their at
tack loo miles inside the German bor
der, says an official statement of the
war office. This is the second raid by
the allies within forty-eight hours.
The statement says all German
counter attacks along the northern end
of the battle front have been repulsed.'
At Ludwigshafen in Bavarai on the
Rhein river, the great plant of the
Sadinsche Chemical works were de
stroyed by French aviators. Ludwigs
hafen is 90 miles east of Metz.
INSULT ARMY OFFICER
AMSTERDAM. May 27 Two Amer
ican women, Mrs. Harriet Boyce of:
San Francisco, and her daughter have
been sentenced to three weeks im-
prisonment at Linsau, Bavaria, for in-
cultinc a German army officer.
have proved a stumbling block to the !
r return ana me uennans aime. inese;fignt as bravely as Belgium did and
two mountain lines of battle cannot j , . nnarpd However th few
ha tnrne.fi ovnvnt hv u vlnlatlnn of ! SDe 18 Prepared. However, e lew
the neutrality of the Swiss.
By cutting across a little corner of
southeastern Switzerland, Austria
could pour an army through the En-
gadine and suddenly emeree on
the
nlains of Milan, dealing a blow at the i
heart of Italy. By invading a few j
miles of northwestern Switzerland the j
Kaiser might hope to approach the j
French fortified district of Belfort ,
from the south.
The same advantages would accrue
to Italy or to France by using the ter
ritory of this mountain people to flank
Germany and Austria's forces and thus
avoid the costly and slow "frontal at
tack." Would it be worth the cost to the
belligerents? That is what Switzer-
HERE'S APPLICATION
OF SCHOOL TEACHER
FOR JOBJN WAYNE
Believes He's Worth $75 a
Month and Says Ohio's $55
Salary Too Small for
Ability.
Of hundreds of applications for po
sitions received verbally and by letter
each year in the office of the county
superintendent, one which is proving
itself most puzzling arrived in today's
mail. Superintendent Williams ad
mitted the unusual application has
stirred his curiosity and whether to
follow it up or not, he is undecided.
The application came from Glen
Roy, Jackson county, Ohio. It follows
in part:
"Mr. County Superintendent, Good
morning to you. The sun is shining
again after the long 'wet spell,' the
birds are singing, my appetite is very
good, and why shouldn't I be optimis
tic this May morning? I don't even
know who you are but. I am writing
to you just like I'd known you always.
I'm just a school teacher seeking a
better job and living wages. Since
our new law went into effect, weak
schools receiving aid from the state
are limited as to the wages they may
pay.
No school below the high school:
and receiving state aid may pay more
than $55 without forfeiting their right
to state aid. I think my services are
worth $75 and that is what I am ask
ing. "I am 51 years old (but no 'fogy'),
165 pounds, 5 feet 10 inches tall, was
born and 'raised' in farm, attended the
; f.nntrv school till I was Ifi vears old
then taught country schools near home'
several years.
FIRE DAMAGES CLUB
LAFAYETTE, May 27. The Fafay
ette club, one of the finest buildings
in the city, was badly damaged to the
extent of $30,000 by fire and water to
day. The furnishings in the club
which cost $20,000 were damager by j
water. The building was owned by;
abcut loo business and professional ;
men of the city. j
land is wondering. Switzerland would
hundred thousand troops, hardy and
good marksmen though they be, would
probably not suffice to check the great
masses now engaged in the world war,
especially as no attempt would De
made to invade the heart of Switzer-
land but only to use a handy corner
as a roadway.
The entr-v of Switzerland in the war
on either side would be a great shock
to the sympathies of a large share of
the Swiss populace. Here in the north
the Swiss speak German and are Teu
tonic in their sympathies. Other parts
of Switzerland are French speaking
and still other Italian. The United
States alone presents a parallel to the
unanimity with which these people of
diverse race stocks have so far stuck
together.
WAR FEVER GROWS;
CITY TURNS ON FLY
A new method of promoting fly
swatting will be announced in a few
days by the public health committee
of the Commercial club. The commit
tee met last night and discussed plans
to increase Interest in killing off flies
before they lay eggs. They fly swat
ting campaign has not been vigorously
pursued this season. Various mem
bers of the committee report activi
ties in the past month, including Dr.
David W. Dennis, who has been con
ducting a publicity health campaign
through the newspapers.
The committee discussed the arrival
of Dr. Parry from Washington to make
a. sanitary survey of the city and de
cided that Dr. Parry should be prop
erly guided to the city health office
commencing work, as he will be ex
pected to keep in touch with the
health office most of the time he is
here.
WIRE CLICKS PAPA'S
CONSENT TO WEDDING
Telegraph wires played a new role
with Cupid's activities yesterday and
saved the day. As a result, Wednes
day, May 2ti, was the wedding day of
Earl Hutte, 20, of West Alexandria, O..
and Ruth Study, 19, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Arva Study of Williamsburg.
Miss Study was a bookkeeper here.
Hutte brought his bride-to-be to the
court house yesterday for a marriage
license. Unfamiliar with the Indiana
laws, Hutte was dismayed to learn
he had to have his father's consent to
the marriage before a license could be
issued.
After a few minutes delay, Hutte
and the marriage license clerk, Gus
Hafner, solved the dilemma and Hutte
telephoned
to his father in West
' Alexandria, asking him to step to the
f tfilorfVonVi 1 f f l " a o n v-1 i- zn V f i-m- - i ( J vi In
ic.csan aim V , i. ic.
i service. Within a short time a tele
j gram arrived with the following mes
sage: I give my consent to the mar
riage of my son, Earl Hutte, to Ruth
Study. F. A. Hutte." The telegram
was attached to the license application
and the license was granted.
SNOWS IN MAINE.
HOULTON, Me.. Mav
7. Snow fell
thermometer
here early today. The
registered SO above.
CZAR RETIRES
7 GENERALS IN !
GALICIAN ZONE!
I
Unofficial Dispatches Say j
Przemysl Is Surrounded j
by German Troops, Rein
forced by New Forces.
GET NEW MUNITIONS
In Western Front Germans
Claim Repulse of All At
tacks in Lorette Hills and1
at Souchez.
VIENNA, May 27. Dispatches from
Budapest report that Austro-German
troops in Galicia have reached and cut
a railroad line between Przemysl and
Lemberg, practically completing the
investment of Przemysl. While the of
ficial statements at the war office do
not confirm this report, they state that
the Germanic allies are making prog
ress both north and south of Przemysl.
The fighting has been resumed along
the entire Gallician front with in
creased violence. Both the opposing
armies have been reinforced and the
Austro-German troops have received
fresh supplies of ammunition, the non
arrival of which recently caused a
temporary lull.
SEVEN GENERALS OUSTED.
PETROGRAD, May 27. Seven gen
erals of the Russian army have been
removed from their command as a re
suit of the recent Austrian victories in
Galicia. They have been retired. Five
others have been relieved of field ser
vice and attached to the commissary
and transportation department.
The change in the personnel of the
commanding officers has been expect
ed ever since Emperor Nicholas left
for the front. The names of the gen
erals removed from active service
have not been made public. The Czar
returned from the front today.
WESTERN FRONT OPERATION.
BERLIN, May 27. Hard fighting is
going on on the north end of the bat
tle line, but attempts of the French to
break the German line have been re
pulsed. Assaults were launched by the
French in the Lorette hills, but these
were repulsed with heavy losses. In
the region of Souchez fierce fighting ! termining whether the rates establish
is in progress with the French at- j ed for this utility by the commission
tempting to drive the Germans from would bring in an estimated annual re-
I uir.i uiveucuj.
j uci iiidiia die again iui:ivt?u ill curuuai
with the
Belgians in West Flanders.
At Dixmude one Belgian officer and
25 men were captured.
TRY. COLORED WOMAN
FOR SELLING LIQUOR
AGAINST STATE LAW
Bruce Ben.iett, colored, former
scholar of Mayor Robbins when the
latter was teacher of an Abington
township school, was star witness for
the state today in a case against Jen-
I nie Boone, colored, charged with sell
ing liquor unlawfully. The case was
heard before a jury and Mrs. Boone
was represented by Attorney Rich
ardson, colored.
Richardson in questioning Bennett
intimated that Bennett was a police
informer, or "stool-pigeon," and con
temptuously referred to him as the
"black hope of the police department.
He also attempted to bring out the
ract tnat Bennett had "squealed on 1 now pending will be withdrawn.
Mrs. Boone because he had trouble; Company officials say that one
with her over a board bill and also 'reason why there has been less re
to secure immunity from being prose
cuted on a ch trge of having attacked j
a woman with a knife. '
A woman testified that she had
spent the night of March 27 with Ben
nett at Mrs. -Boone's home and the;
following morning she had purchased
two bottles of beer from Mrs. Boone
with money given to her by Bennett.
One man summoned lor jury duty
was disqualified because he did not
think it was wrong to sell liquor with
out license. He said that in his opin
ion there should be no such restrict
ions upon its sale. The jury is com
posed of the following: W. H. Romey,
Elmer Smith, Frank Steins, James A.
Williams, George Scott. Robert Boyd.
Silas Zeller, Ben C. Hill. Ambrose La
fuze, William Waking, Ray Robinson,
E. H. Hasemeier.
FOX RECALLS FROST
IN ALL 12 MONTHS
Judge Fox is not a climatological
observer, he said today, nor a school
teacher, but he made observations on ! learned that negotiations had come to
the weather from the bench this morn-: a halt because the Pullman company
ing. following a long walk he took declined to accept notes in the Ru's
without. a topcoat. I sian government.
"I've seen about seventy-eight sum-!
mers. nut. 1 cannot remember thej
weather in most of them." said the
judge. "This is cold enough for mc ,
in May. Still I remember a year long
ago when there was a frost every
month, although net heavy enough to i
do much damage."
"Was that when you taught school :
in Butler county?" the judge was ask-;
: h
. . m . . . i s. . i
- i nat s situ tanner oacK.
There
Judge
was a frost every day then,"
Fox answered.
WASP PENETRATES
SEA OF MARMORA
DONDON, May 27. An Athens dis
patch to the Star says that a subma
rine of the Allies entered the sea of
Marmora yesterday, proceeded almost
to Constantinople and sank a Turkish
destroyer before the Ottoman capital.
FOR SPEEDWAY RESULTS
WATCH THE PALLADIUM
Returns of the Speedway race at
Indianapolis Saturday, will be re
ceived by The Palladium over a
special leased wire running from
the Speedway track directly to The
Palladium office.
Beginning at 10 o'clock In the
morning and continuing until the
race is over. The Palladium will
announce results through tele
phonic connections from its office
to the site of the Dickinson Trust
company building on the northeast
coiner of Main and Eighth streets.
A megaphone man will shout out
results, lap by lap, tell of acci
dents to racers, detail the position
of each contestant, as the speed de
mons grind out the 500-mile path
to victory or defeat.
There will be no delay In the
transmission of the results from
The Palladium office to Main and
Eighth street, as the news will be
reported to the megaphone man
over a special telephone as each
incident takes place.
If you want to keep posted on
the race, watch The Palladium bul
letin station. Provisions will be
made so that the position of each
contestant will be given whenever
asked for.
STATE INQUIRES
YEAR'S REVENUE
OF WATER FIRM
Engineers of Utility Board
Examine Books to Deter
mine Whether Rates Allow
Reasonable Profit.
THE CITY ECONOMIZES
Unexpected Action Cuts
Down Returns Below Esti
mated Amount Higher
Figures Expected as Result
Engineers of the Indiana Public
Utilities commission are at work on
the books of the Richmond Water
Works company for the purpose of de-
turn of $S6 000t a sura sufficient to pro-
vide the company a reasonable profit,
in the opinion of the commission.
The water rates established last
year have been operative a little over
eight months and the company now
asserts that the returns for the twelve
months will be $10,000 less than an
ticipated by the commission.
At the time the local water rates
were esablished the company appealed
the commission s order to the courts.
where the appeal is still pending. The
company has not petitioned the com
) mission for an increase in rates, Supt.
' Howard Dill" states, and the investi
I gation now being made of the com
; pany's business is purely voluntary on
i the part of the commission,
j Rates May Increase.
If the commission engineers report
that the company's returns on its in
i vestment are considerably less than
I had been anticipated by the commis
sion the company officials are antici
' pating an increase in rates. They
I have intimated that if the contem
plated increase meets with the ap
j proval of the company the appeal case
turns than had been anticipated by
the commission was the; fact that the
city has not been using as much water
as it was thought it would use.
City Attorney Bond stated today
that no action in the re-investigation
of the water works situation would be
taken by tbe city unless it developed
that the rights of the city and patrons
of the company were to be infringed
upon.
RUSSIA'S POOR CREDIT
HALTS BIG WAR ORDER
! CHICAGO, May 27 Failure of the
1 Russian government to obtain cash in
' the United States has cut off the pros
. pect for placing a large contract for
i freight cars in Chicago. For several
weeks agents have been negotiating
for between $r0.non.nnrt and $75.ooo.noo
worth of new cars. Today it was
AGED WOMAN STRUCK
BY SWITCH ENGINE
Mrs. Mollie Gibson-Johnson, a wom
an over fifty years old. living at North
Nineteenth, and F streets, was struck
by a switch engine early last evening
while walking along a track near the
Twenty-second street crossing. She is
deaf and did not hear the engine ap
proaching and was not noticed by the
engine crew. She was thrown several
feet and her head badly cut. One rib
was also broken. She is at the hospit
al and is expected to recover. A rail
road detective informed the police to
day that lately he has had to order the
woman away from a camp of Italian
a borers two or three timer?.
20,000 GERMAN
VETERANS MOVE
AGAINST ITALY
Teutonic Allies Rush Season
ed Soldiers and Heavy Ar
tillery to Check Victor
Emmanuel's Army.
KING GOES TO FRONT
Austrians Hide Strength of
Armies and Prepare to
Strike Heavy Blow Against
Former Allv.
ON THE ITALIAN FRONTIER. Via
PARIS. May 27. Twenty thousand
German troops have pased through
Salsburg towards the Italian frontier
during the last twenty-four hours.
These forces come from the western
war theatre. Other German troops
from the eastern theatre are rushing
to the southern front to Innesbruck.
An entire Austrian corps is enroute
from Silesia, whence thirty batteries
have been transferred to Trentino.
German 17-inch guns have been placed
in position near Gradisca and the sur
rounding districts.
King Victor Emmanuel arrived at
the front today and assumed supreme
command of the Italian armies that
are pressing into Austrian territory
along the entire frontier from Switzer
land to the Adriatic sea.
Expect Battle Soon.
The first clash between German and
Italian troops is imminent if it has not
already occurred. A German army
corps is concentrated on the Trentino
frontier and is strongly entrenched. A
dispatch to the Vossische Zeitung
states that the main Italian army is
approaching, the army being only two
miles from the trenches when the
message was sent.
King Emmanuel announced his as
sumption of the command with the
following decree, issued as an order
of the day:
"Soldiers On land and see the sol
emn hour of the vindication of our na
tional claims has sounded.
"Following the example of my great
ancestor I assume today the supreme
command of the land and sea forces
with sure confidence of victory which
your valor, self-sacrifice and discipline
will bring.
Foretell's Victory.
"The enemy whom you are to fight
is seasoned and worthy of you. He is
favored by the ground and by scien
tific preparation. He will offer ob
stinate resistance, but your indomit
able dash will certainly defeat him.
"Soldiers, yours is the glory of hoist
ing the tri color of Italy upon the sa
cred bounds which nature places as
the confines of our country. Yours
the glory of accomplishing the work
undertaken with so much heroism fav
our fathers."
Austrians Hide Strength.
The offensive campaign of the Ital
ian armies has opened auspiciously,
but the Austrians. withdrawing slowly
to their first line of organized trenches
are yet to strike their first blow. Their
preparations are known to he com
plete, however, and even those most
confident of the ultimate success of
the Italian forces admit that they will
win only after desperate fighting.
Of course, it is impossible to see the
strength of the Italian armies, but it
is said at the Italian war office that
the Austrian and German forces con
centrated along the line number about
tOO.OiiO. Most of them are seasoned
veterans from 'the western and east
ern theatres of war.
TURKISH WASP
SINKS TRIUMPH;
REACHES PORT
LONDON. May 27. The Turkish
submarine which sank the British bat
tleship Triumph in the Gulf of Sares
off the northern shores of the Gallipoli
peninsula, passed underneath the Anglo-French
fleet in the Dardanelles
when she set out to make the attack.
The submarine steamed from a Turk
ish base between the Dardanelles nar
rows and the sea of Matamora which
made it necessary for the under water
craft to make her way between the
French and British warships which
are bombarding the Turkish forts on
the Dardanelles and the Turkish coas'.
WASP REACHES PORT.
CONSTANTINO I'LK, May 27. Offi
cial announcement was made today
that the submarine which sank the
British battleship Triumph in the Gulf
of Saros had returned safely to its
base. The attack on the Triumph was
made under cover of darkness early
Tuesday. The Triumph sank in a few
minutes and the submarine command
er believes she carried down with hr
at least 3o of the rew . The sub
marine was pursued by a British tor
pedo boat.
APPOINTS LINDLEY.
Prof. Harlow Lindley of Earlham
college has been appointed treasurer
of the Wayne township Library board
by Township Trustee Edgerton. suc
ceeding W. P. Robinson who resigned
because of heavy business duties.
COLLECT FRIDAY
As a number of Palladium car
riers will attend the Speedway
races at Indianapolis Saturday, col
lections by carriers will be mads
tomorrow instead of Saturday.