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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
Officials Declare Small Bud
get Left Precludes I'm
prOvements Petitioned for
From Various Districts.
$500 is AVAILABLE
Councilmen Expected to
Unite on Policy Calling for
Permanent Improvement
of Streets.

. Following suggestion made by
City Engineer Charles that North Six
teenth street from Main to F needed
to be permanently improved by paving
and the filing of petition for the paw
ing of North Ninth street from Main
to A, President Bavis of the board of
public works today declared that he
did not see how these improvements
or any other permanent street i'm
provements could be made next year.
Mr.. Bavis pointed out that the 1915
appropriation for city's share Of public
improvements was only SIS, 900 and of
that amount $500 was already mort
gagged for improvements made this
year but not yet paid for, $1,000 for
the North Twelfth street sewer and
$4,000 for the Morton park sewer sys-
tem So, Mr.. Bavis said, the city
actually has $500 available for public
improvements next year. Today pc
titions for improvements on which the
city will have to pay $4,000 were in
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
S|XTY-TH|RD CONGRESS
BEGINS final SESSION
Legislators Realize Important Legislation Cononts Body and
Await President Wilson's Message Tomorrow to Start
Hard Work Measures Fifteen Appropriation Bills
Program Ready to Plunge Into Mass of Work Con-
fronting Members .-.sx-..s
s&&@e<%~s-syv.-

freshed after their six weeks respfts
from work and there was a big attend.
ance upon the floors. Every legisla-
tor realized that a great amount of
work is to be crowded into the short
session and as soon as the President
delivers his annual message scheduled
for tomorrow. the members will keep
the wheels of legislation turning early
and late-eXcept for 4 brief recess ov.
er the Christmas holidays.
A survey of the calendars shows al.
most a record-breaking legislative pro-
gram. the features being as follows:
Fifteen appropriation bills must be
passed. This means that congress
must appropriate more than one bill
lion dollars between December and
March 4. There will be approximately
siXty-five working days. making the av-
erage appropriation per day about ST.
100000. estimating that the total ap-
preparations will be at least 81 100. .000.-
600, as compared with $1.116 200, 900
for the long session just past
Penrose Congratulated.
Vice President Marshall called the
senate to order at 1905 o'clock. After
members had exchanged greetings and
received congratulations on their re-
Continued on Page Seven)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
BY FREDERICK WERNER,
Staff Correspondent for international
News Servjce


BERLIN, via Amsterdam. Dec. T.
The battle of Lodz has ended in COM
plete victory for the Germans, the city
has been captured and the Russians
are in full retreat, according to an Of
ficial statement issued here today. 1t
Is stated that the Russians suffered
heavy losses which are being increas-
ed as the Germans pursue, and that
many guns and thousands Of prison
ers were taken by the Germans.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg and
General Won Mackenzen are the heroes
of Germany today. Won Hindenburg
is given the full credit for the master.
ly strategy that resulted in the Ger
victories, but Won Mackenzen shares
the glory with his commander for the
manner in which he cut the Russians
to pieces with his desperate attacks.
Admit Danger Period.
With the announcement Of the sue.
cess at Lodz. there also came for the
first time, semi-official admission
that at one time the Germans in
western Poland were in danger, but
extricated themselves and put their
forces in such a position that they
were able to cut the attacking Rus
SLAMS to pieces.
The German military experts make
no efforts to claim that the victory a,
Lodz crushed the Russians in Poland
They call the battle at Lodz only 1.-The
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07

average Democratic politician since
the last election, although the party
did better in Indiana than in states
that were formerly held by the Re-
publicans
Most of the Republicans leaders are
confident now that their party will
win in Indiana two years hence, but
from the inside eminates a story that
is not altogether pleasing to those Of
the faithful who have heard 1t.
The substance Of it Is that James e.
Watson, former first lieutenant to
Uncle Joe" Cannon, and James A.
Hemenway, formerly a member of the
united States Senate, and others who
were not consulted frequently during
the 1914 campaign by Chairman Will
Hays and his assistants, have conclud-
ed that the results Of the election is
an Endorsement of the policies for
which they stood to the last ditch and
call for them to come to the front
and assume the management Of the
party.
Watson, according to the story. has
concluded that the time is ripe for
him to become a candidate for United
States Senator to succeed John Worth
Kern. 1t is being stated that he Is
quietly lining up his friends through
out Indiana for a fight with any and
all corners who care to enter the race.
AS for Hemenway, it Is not being said
that he Is an aspirant for public office,
but it is asserted that he feels that the
returns have vindicated the old guard
and that he Is due for a come back"
as a leader.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
WATSON and HEMENWAY
TROUBLE G. 0. P, VOTERS

The re-entranCe of the old reaction
ary crowd into the Republican party
Of Indiana and the efforts Watson and
Hemenway are making to keep con-
troll, are set forth in special dispatch
from Indianapolis to Cincinnati
newspaper, by Robert G. Tucker The
dispatch follows:
How to rehabilitate the Republican
party so that it can cop the bunting in
Indiana in 1916 without forking over
to leaders Of the old guard the nomina-
tions for Governor and United States
Senator is the complex problem now
confronting the men engaged actively
in laying the plans for the next en-
counter with the ancient Democratic
enemy.
Less than a month ago the future
OF the grand old party looked simple
and easy. Members Of the organiza-
tion were so enthusiastic that they
couldn't detect a single cloud capable
of standing between them and victory
at the next election. The word went
the rounds that the Republicans We're
hitting their stride so rapidly and COM
pletely that there wouldn't be a ghost
of a chance for the Democrats to re-
tain control of the state government.
Democratic Outlook.
The wise men among the Democrats
admitted the obvious as far as the
Progressives are concerned. They
couldn't help but see that thousands
of the followers Of Roosevelt and Bev-
eridge have joined in the rush back to
the Republican fold The outlook has
not appeared any too gorgeous to the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07

French Claim Big Guns Silence German Battere. IN Eastern
Field But Claim No Great Progress in France and Belgium,
Where Invader. Hold Intact Long Eine-Anslo-French
Attack Trenches User River Held by Foes-German
Nation Enthusiastic Over Big Victory in Poland.

first phase" of the German campaign.
They declare however. that its sue
cessful termination will materially
in parts of the zone extending from
East Prussia to the Carpathian noun
tains.
French Boost Guns.
The heavy French artillery is gain
ing the advantage over that of the Ger
mans, says an official Paris statement
this afternoon. This is the first time
that France has claimed its guns were
superior to those of the foe.
The offensive taken along the User
river by the allies continues, but the
statement claims no great progress.
The Germans are resisting stubbornly
in this region.
The official statement follows.
"In the region of the User We con-
tinue to attack some trenches which
the enemy has maintained upon the
left bank of the canal.
"In the region of Armentieres and
Of Arras, as in that of the Oise, the
Aisne and the Argonne. there is moth
ing to report except that in a general
way the superiority of our offensive
has been demonstrated.
I'm the champagne district, our
heavy artillery, in several engage
ments. has gained a marked advan-
tage over the artillery of the enemy.
There is nothing new on the east.
ern front, where the position Of the
previous day has been maintained"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
GOODWIN STARTS
WAR ON RESORT

Flora Carpenter, colored, arrested
yesterday on charge of suspicion, to-
day admitted that she had been visit
ing the home Of Jennie Boone on South
Sixth street for immoral purposes. 1t
is probable that charge of conducting
house of i'll fame will be preferred
against the Boone woman.
The police have information that
there are quite few questionable re-
sorts in the city, and are trying to Sc
cure evidence to have them closed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
BRITISH IN EGYPT
SUFFER REPULSE
TBY LEASED WIRE.1

NSTANTINOPLE,. Dec. (Via
Sofia, Berlin and Amsterdam) War
office dispatches say that the British
have landed an expeditional force be-
tween Tigris and Suvago, where they
attempted to take up a position, but
were repulsed with heavy losses.
The Tigris river flows into the Ep-
pirates about ninety miles from the
Persian Gulf, but the Suvaga is not
mentional on the standard Rand-Mc-
Nally map Of Turkey in Asia. The
British would have access to Turkey
via the Persian Gulf from their Indian
possessions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
By THEODORE TiLLER,
Staff Correspo ndent The Internationa
CO


WASHINGTON, Dec. Its another
'billiondollar congress" This is
shown by the annual estimates of ap.
preparations sent to the house by Sec
retary of the Treasury McAdoo today.
However, the administration has de-
termined upon policy of economy fol-
lowing the record-breaking appropria-
tions of the last session This is evil
denced by the fact that few salary In
creases are recommended and the es-
Inmates are approximately 25,O0O,OOO
less than the estimates submitted a
year ago.
Because of the agitation of the al
legged unpreparedness of the nation for
war, chief interest attaches to the pro-
gram Of the navy and military esti-
mates The building program of the
navy is as follows:
Two battleships, six torpedo boat
destroyers, ole oiler, one gunbOat, and
eight or more submarines, one of the
latter to be of seagoing type and the
others to be of coast defense type. To
begin construction of these vessels the
sum Of $40, ,224, 900 is asked, and an ad-
ditional $1,000 900 is recommended for
armor and armament for vessels here
tofore authorized, and approximately
Sic, 900 900 on account of hulls and out
fits OF vessels heretofore authorized.
The requisition for eight or more
submarines makes it probable that the
naval committee will authorize more
than the customary number. Naval
Continued on Page Nine)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
MINES SINK STEAMERS.

STOCKHOLM. Dec. THE Swed-
ish steamship Luna and the Finnish
steamer Everilda were sunk by mines
off Bjornebor in the gulf Of Bothnia
today. The crew Of the Luna was
saved but all on board the Sverlida.
except one member of the crew. per
ished. Bjorneborg lies at the mouth
Of tho Kumo river in Finland,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07

Local Cond1t1ons-Rain tonight or
Tuesday.
General Conditions Unsettled
weather continues all over the United
States. Both the southern and west
ern storms are moving very slowly.
1t Is showing throughout the north
west and rain is falling south of the
fortieth parallel. w. e. MOORE,
Weather Forecester.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
GERMAN TRANSPORT
SINKS BRITISH BOAT
PrinZ Eitel Frederick Sends
English Vessel to Bottom
Off Chilean Coast.
TBY LEASED WIRE,1

VALPARAISO, Chile. Dec. THE
British steamer Charcas. bound from
New York to Pacific coast ports in
South America. has been, sunk by the
German transport PrinZ Eitel Freder-
ich off the Chilean coast
News of the sinking of the Charcas
was received today from Papudo. 45
miles north of here, where the Charcas
crew was landed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
SE2V|A WILL MAKE
PEACE OVERTURES

AMSTERDAM. Dec. IA dispatch
from Vienna says that the reichstag
declares that Servia intends TO con-
clude a separate peace with Austria.
With the fall of Belgrade, Servia's
chief resistance has been broken, the
Vienna neWspaper assertar
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
McAdoO Sends Annual Esti-
mate of Appropriations to
House, Showing Decrease
Since 1918.
ASKS 8 SUBMARINES
Total Naval Estimate S145.-
396,819.88, Slightly in Ex-
cess of Amount in Last Ma
val Budget.
BULLETIN.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE
great increase in the army and
navy which we hear advocated
will not be required by the United
States today nor tomorrow. Nor
can it be supplied right away"
With this statement, Vice Presi-
dent Marshall today expressed his
opinion of the bigger army and
navy policy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
after LODI VICTORY
GERMANS PURSUE RUSS
IN D|S0RDERLY FLIGHT

Won Hndenbwg and Won Mackenzen, Through Mastery
Strategy Defeat Cars Envelopng Armies, Capturing
Many Guns and Thousands of Lose Many
Soldiers and Officers as Strategic Railroad Center Falls
Into Kaiser's Hands.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-07
The Weather

FOR INDiANA-Unsettle tonight
and Tuesday, probably with rain.
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Continued on Page Four)
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
pu4fsrln,. Odd Right Eye.

Sir Thomas Barclay In Thirty Years
Anglo French "reminiscences" tells how
Lord Lytton once asked Lord Duherin
what he thought was the source OF his
success in conducting intercourse with
eastern princes. "My glass eye" said
be. "When l had anything serious to
negotiate / fixed them with the glass
eye and watched them with the other"
He may, Of course, have meant his
monocle, adds Sir Thomas. who also
describes the effect Of Lord Dufferin's
odd right eye upon himself:
when he spoke to you he dropped
his monocle and fixed you with q
steady gaze which made you feel as II
you were giving yourself away to one
whom no human sympathy would
move. When you had finished what
you were saying he would go on watch
ing you with the same steadiness as II
he were listening now to what you
were thinking. You would wabble on
the thin planks on to which in your
confusion you had stepped, and then
In the uncomfortable silence you would
say something you did not intend, and
Dufferin seemed to be waiting for
that"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
East Sumner.

Oxford Conference of Congregational
churches will hold its October session
at East Sumner on the 18th and 14th OF
the month. Visitors will, as usual, be
cordially entertained free.
Rev. j. N. Atwood was called to
Waterville last week to attend the funer'
al of his mother.
Arthur Hall and family, who have
been spending their vacation at Ezra
Keene's, returned to their home in New
Haven, Conn.,, ON Saturday.
Mrs. Meriah Goss, who recently sus'
tanned a stroke of paralysis, is said to
be improving steadily and may partially
regain the use of her left side. DR.. E.
j. MarstCn of Auburn attends her. The
doctor still has several patients In the
vicinity and comes up weekly. He is 10,
Gated at 223 Main St., Auburn, in the res.
idence formerly occupied by the late
DR.. Pennell.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
North Buckfield.

Mr.. George Turner from Lynn, Mass,
with his wife, granddaughter and Mrs.
Julia Bard, have returned to their home
after visiting a few days with relatives In
the place.
Miss Mae Hadley visited Ars. Jennie
Heald the 18th.
Mrs. Maggie Atwood of Rumford has
been in the place calling on friends.
Mrs. Caroline Sturtevant Of Greene Ia
stopping with her daughter, Mrs. Flor
ence Warren.
Quite a number in the place took In
the Canton fair.
Mrs. Howard Emery starts for Wash.
iugton, D. C., Friday, to join her hus,
band. Her mother, Mrs. Amelia San
bourn, who has spent the summer with
her, returned to her home in Brattle'
boro, Vt.
A terrific thunder shower passed over
the place at 1880 o'clock Wednesday
night. Fortunately NO damage was
done.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
Boots and q Bishop.

The bishop Of Yukon says that on
one Of his longest journeys he and his
companions were reduced to eating
their sealskin coats. They set out to
visit the Eskimos along the Arctic coast
and, having accomplished this stage of
the journey, hoped to cross the great
divide over the Rocky mountains In
order to reach Dawson City. The sick
ness Of an Indian guide delayed them.
the winter set In earlier than usual.
and the travellers had to pass through
a region which offered scarcely any
game for food. When they began to eat
their sealskin boots they had less than
two pounds Of -four, a little bacon and
handful Of rice. The boots they toast.
ed, and the bishop remarked that they
found them palatable enough. When
they came to eat the tops Of the boots
the bishop recorded the fact that they
were mot as good as the soles." New
York Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
Ooas Of War

Dogs have gone to the wars from the
earliest times. They barked at the
siege Of Troy. In those early days.
however, they were used as sentinels
and for purposes Of defense. In the
middle ages they attacked. The track
Ing mission Of the Scottish bloodhound
has been noted. but the dogs were also
used to attack cavalry. For this duty
they were clothed In coats Of mail
studded with spikes and scythes to
confuse the horses. And when fire.
brands were also attached to the mail
the opposing camp looked for fire ex-
tinguishers. That these dogs played
no mean part In the field is proved by
the fact that Henry VIII. offered the
Spanish king, Charles ", 10000 auxil.
iaries and 1000 war dogs to help him
against Francis I.-London Chronicle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
Rico THROWING at Weddings.

The origin of rice throwing at wed.
dings is accounted for by qunint Chi
nese legend. \ great sorcerer, Chao,
became Jealous Of another sorcercr, Il
woman, Peach Blossom. and thereby
conceived plan to destroy her. lie
persuaded her parent to give her IL
marriage 10 his supposed son and craft
ily chose the most un@ucky day for
the wedding-the day when the gold
en- pheasant" was in the ascendant-so
that when when the bride entered the
red chair the spirit bird would Kill her
with its beak. Peach Blossom, how
ever. prudently gave directions for rice
to be scattered at the door, and thus
she passed out unscathed. while the
spirit bird was busy eating the meal
she had provided for 1t.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
Bryant'S Pond.

Eli NJ. Noyes has sold bis place on the
Paris road to Mr.. Craige, who will occu
py it in few weeks. Mr.. Noyes viii
move to the village and into the Mount
fort tenement.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Whitman of South
Paris are staying for few days at the
old Whitman homestead.
Amos s. Bryant, who has been In fail
ing health for several months, went to
Portland Thursday, and will reside with
one of his daughters there through the
winter.
A new store is nearly completed al
North Woodstock. 1t Is located on the
old store lot near the Gallison house
and will be occupied as grocery store
by William Jackson.
Prof. Elmer R. Bowker left this week
for Wallingford, Conn, where he has ar
important position in one of the city
schools.
The drouth il getting severe In this
town. Many wells are dry and pasture
brooks hardly afford water sufficient fol
cattle. The sweet corn in many places
has been injured by the dry SPELL
Hardly any rain has fallen here for forty
days.
The corn shop will probably close the
first of the week. There has been g
rush of corn the past few days owing tc
the droutb. Several delays have occur
red in the shop, caused by break in the
machinery.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
Hebron.

The funeral OF W. Scott Bearce was
held at his late home here Sunday after.
noon.
Mrs. Jersey Munroe is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. A. NJ. Richardson.
Mrs. j. D. Sturtevant went to West
Peru Monday to visit her son, Ernest
w. Sturtevant.
Henry Bearce and family returned to
Washington, d. c., early this week.
Leon Whitney of Boston is In the
place this week looking after business
matters.
H.T. Glover had another operation on
his leg Wednesday. DR.. Marshall OF
Portland, assisted by DR.. Linn Marshall,
performed the operation. A trained
nurse is In attendance.
Mrs. Andrew Montgomery and little
daughter of st. John, P. O., and Miss
Frances Glover are at their fathers.
On Wednesday evening the usual re-
ception was given at the Home to the
new students.
Many apples are being picked In this
vicinity. At the price of barrels and work
the net proceeds will be small.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
North Waterford.

James Flint of Fryeburg and Ruth
Glines OF North Bridgton were guests at
VIM. Fiske's Saturday.
Mrs. Byron Bisbee Of Auburn 10 here
visiting her brother, Gorham Knight,
and sister, Mrs. N. j. Bisbee.
Dustin McAllister Is guest OF his sis
ter at Berlin, N. d.
Silas Stearns and family have moved
to Norway. He and his son Archie are at
work in the sled factory.
Mrs. Will Fiske and her sister, Mrs.
Lawrence Knight Of Harrison, started
Tuesday night to New York to visit
their sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Hazslton are work.
lug in the corn shop at East Waterford.
Walter Brown took party Of AZ to
Norway fair In the truck.
George Kimball had his pocket book
with about $12. 90 taken from bis pocket
In the hall at the fair.
Mildred Parker and friend from Au-
burn have been stopping with her moth
or, Mrs. Lincoln Holmes, tho past week.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
Tho Worlds stranses. University,

Founded lii the year 072 A. d., the
Mohammedan university Of El-Azhar
c'The Luminous'D is one Of the Oldest
existing and strangest universities In
the world.
El.Azhar Is the Oxford Of the Mos
lem world and Is at present attended
by upward Of 10000 students of all
ages and from every eastern country
from the Caucasus to Somaliland.
Board and lodging is free. The teach
ing consists chiefly Of Mohammedan
dogma, which is laboriously committed
to memory from sacred books.
The students squat in groups on the
floor of the immense building with
their boots-which have to be taken of
on entering-and their daily rations be-
side them and accompany the droning
repetition of their lessons with
rhythmic swaying Of the body. Writ
ing Is done on tin states.
Girls are allowed to attend the lee
lures, but only Us listeners; they may
not speak.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
Perpetual Motion.

A discovery which seems to be the
equivalent Of perpetual motion was
described by Professor Whitehead ut q
meeting Of the American Institute Of
Electrical Engineers. He declared that
by subjecting closed coil Of lead wire
to practically absolute zero tempera-
ture, and starting flow Of electricity
therein by some external means, Pro
lessor Kamerlingh Onnes Of Leyden,
Germany, succeeded In maintaining u
continuous current without the ex-
penditure Of energy. To obtain the
extremely low temperature necessary
to make the experiment success the
coil was immersed in liquid hehum.
The current was started In the wire
by magnetic induction, the flow Of cleo
triclty persisting, 1t is declared, for
four and one-half hours after the mag
netic influence was removed. It was
stated that If the experiment had not
been terminated when It was the cur
rent would probably have continued to
flow Observation-Disclosures World.