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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
COVER TWO ROUTES
IN RURAL DISTRICT
WITH ONE CARRIER

An experiment was made by Post
master Beck this morning in the de-
livery of mail on rural routes, which
probably will be used AS basis on
which to re-route the county, to de-
crease the number of rural route mail
carriers and make a saving to the
postoffice department..
Two routes were covered with an
automobile in about the same time it
requires one route to be covered by
the old system. 1t required three
hours and fifty-seven minutes to de-
liver the mail on Routes No and
No. 7, the routes running north and
northwest of the city. The speedom-
eter showed that 46.6 miles had been
covered in that time, and the mail this
morning was little heavier than u.s.
ual, according to the postmaster.
demand has come from the post
master general to decrease the ex-
pense of rural routes throughout the
country, and Postmaster Beck took
this method of making an experiment
to prove what can be done. At present
the rural routes out of Richmond are
losing the postoffice department ST.
200 a year. or $500 each month. 1t is
believed that routes can be doubled
by means of the automobile, and the
present number of eight carriers can
be reduced to five without injury to
the efficiency Of the system. At pres
ent three OF the carriers have auto
mobiles. ~
Another test will be made tomorrow
on Routes No. and No. 5, which run
north and northeast of the city. Post
master Beck will report the success OF
the experiments to the department
at Washington.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
PENNSY ASKS
PEOPLES HELP
At CROSSINGS
Superintendent LIE Boutillier
Issues Safety First Rules
for Drivers of Cars and
Motorcycles.

George lie Boutillier, superintend-
ent of the Richmond division, Penn
sylvania railroad, in an interview to-
day urged Richmond people to cooper
ate with the various railroads and
traction lines entering the city to min
imize grade crossing accidents.
ut has become almost a daily oc,
currence for an automobile to be
struck by train," said Mr. LIE Boutil-
lier, cor for an automobile to run into
train and since the railroad Compan-
les have but little, if any, control over
such accidents, certain business men
in Ohio have pledged themselves to
bring their machines to a full stop be-
fore passing over railroad crossings,
whether protected by watchmen, gates
or other means, and to look and listen
to satisfy themselves that no trains
are approaching, and further to so op-
crate their machines when passing
over railroad tracks as to avoid kill
ing" their engines, resulting in the
automobiles stopping on the tracks. It
is felt that if these precautions are
taken great many accidents may be
avoided. At crossings protected by
watchmen it is rule of the railroad
company to have the watchmen give
only two signals, the proceed and
the stop" the proceed" signal being
vertical one and the "stop" signal
being a horizontal one across the
road"
Show High Average.
He also stated that since early
spring there had been an average Of
one grade crossing accident a week on
the Richmond division. This esti-
mate includes only accidents to motor
lists and motorcyclists." he added. Il
cannot state off hand the number Of
accidents which have befallen pedes-
trians and drivers of horse vehicles"
Richmond has been fortunate in
having only a few grade crossing &C.
cidents this year, but in the past there
have been numerous crossing horrors
in this city.
"If motorists and motorcyclists will
take the trouble to stop their ma
chimes at every crossing to satisfy
themselves thoroughly that it is safe
for them to proceed, and if they will
also take the trouble to familiarize
themselves with the signals used by
crossing watchmen l am certain there
will be very few crossing accidents in
the future" Mr.. LIE Boutillier declar-
ed. These two safety first rules for
crossings will be recommended to a
committee of railroad men to the Ohio
railroad commission, the committee
having been selected by the commits
sion to prepare such regulations.
eff a watchman raises his arm ver-
tically above his head it is signal to
proceed. II he waves his arm horizon
tally before him. that is a signal to
stop. Many people who have been in
jured on grade crossings have stated
that they did not understand the
meaning of the signals given them"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
SON JOINS FATHER
AT MILTON HOME

Twenty years is long time for
son to be ignorant Of the fact that
his father, whom he had thought was
dead, is alive and a prosperous resi-
dent of Milton, Ind.
A happy reunion was witnessed
Sunday when John Clarence Borders
visited his father at Milton. G. A.
Borders, the father greeted his son
with open arms for he had not seen
him since he was small boy. The
son had been adopted by another
family many years ago and knowledge
that his father was living was with
held from him. While attending
Indiana university, the young man met
a Clarence Borders and after conver-
sation with him found that he had
found brother Through him he
learned of his father and arrangements
were soon made to have reunion of
the family.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
SEE DANGER FOR
Won HINDENbERC
Russians Claim Disaster
Threatened Army Com
manded by German Field
Marshal-Take Offensive.
EY FRANCIS LAVELIE MURRAY,
Staff Correspondent for International
News Service. , .,.

.EY FRANCIS LAvELLE MURRAY,
Staff Correspondent for international
News Service. ., .,.
PETROGRAD, July 26.-Succ
sorties by the garrison of Novo
Georgievsk have resulted in the re-
gaining of ground taken by the Ger
mans northeast Of that fortress, the
war office announced today. The
operations of the Russians in this dis
trict are said to threaten with disaster
the troops of Field Marshal Won Hin
denberg who crossed the Narew river.
The war office announcement
brought the first hope that the Ger
man drive against Warsaw from the
north would result in failure. In
Petrograd military critics pointed out
that the conditions in the Warsaw
campaign are now strikingly like those
of the German campaign against
Paris. In the latter the Germans
crossed the Aisne, but were rolled
back from the prepared French
positions on the Marne. . :
In their. drive against Warsaw the
Germans have crossed the Narew and
plunged forward toward the Bug.
Their success would be assured could
Field Marshal Won MackenGen have
broken the Lublin- Cholm line but lat
est reports from the front indicate that
not only has Won Mackensen been re-
pulsed, but the Russians have also
taken the offensive with good effect.
German artillery is necessarily
bombarding the outer works OF Ivan
gorod The Russian guns are respond
ing effectively
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
SPEEDING AUTO
RUNS IN DITCH
NORTH OF CITY
Daniel Harrigan Suffers
Slight Bruises as Result of
Fast Driving-Car Owner
Draws Fine.

The long anticipated automobile ac-
cident on Hawkins avenue, which
comprises a section of the concrete
boulevard skirting Morton park, oc-
Cured Saturday afternoon about 4
O'clock resulting in the painful but
not serious injury to Daniel Harrigan,
living north of the city. Harrigan was
thrown out of the rear seat of five
passenger machine when it's driver,
John O'Dea, a cousin of Harrigan,
lost control and the car dashed into
ditch a few feet north of where the
road leading to the Hawkins bathing
beach intersects with Hawkins ave-
nue..
In city court this morning O'Dea en-
tered a plea of guilty to charge of
having driven his machine at an ex-
cessive rate Of speed although in his
statement to the court O'Dea declared
that he has only been driving his car
at a rate of about ten miles an hour
until he reached the crest of the hill
Then O'Dea said. one of the rear tires
burst and he lost control of the ma
chine. He said his cousin was jolted
out Of the machine when the front
wheels hit the east curbing. O'Dea was
fined $40 and costs.
: Drives at High Speed.
Prosecutor Keller said that O'Dea
was not under the influence of liquor
but he believed Harrigan and another
man who was in the car, name un-
known to O'Dea and the police. had
been partaking quite literally of
booze. He said that O'Dea, who owns
a farm northeast of the city. was of
good character. The charge was made
by the prosecutor that witnesses had
informed him that O'Dea was driving
at high rate of speed just before
the accident occurred and people liv-
ing at the corner of the bathing beach
lane were afraid the machine was go.
ing to collide with the house.
After the accident Harrigan was re-
moved to the hospital but a few hours
later was sent to his home He was
painfully bruised and one rib was frac-
tured. The two other occupants of the
car were uninjured. Very little dam
age was done to the machine. The
police say O'Dea when taken into Gus
tody refused at first to state his name
or give any account Of the accident.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
FEARS RELATIVE
WAS ON STEAMER
Mrs. Ed Sweeney, Wayne
County, Anxious About
Harry Tieman-Intended
to Take Trip.

Many Richmond residents who are
acquainted with employees at the West
ern Electric works at Chicago, many
of whom met death in the disaster
last Saturday when the Steamer East
land sank, began making inquiries i'm
mediately concerning the safety of
their friends and relatives who might
have been on the ill-fated vessel
A telegram was received this morn
ing by Clement Wolfe, 312 South
Eleventh street, stating that his sister
and her. family, in. Chicago we're safe.
The telegram did not state whether
they were on the vessel at the time
of the accident or did not give any
further details Mr.: Wolfe is a civil
engineer at the Pennsylvania railroad
offices. Immediately after he heard
of the sinking of the excursion boat
he. made inquiry of Chicago relative
about his sister.
Anxiously Awaits News.
At noon today, Mrs. Edward
Sweeney. Boston, r. r. 2, had not
heard concerning Harry Tieman, a rel
ative of hers who is believed to have
been on the boat The family is an
xiously awaiting reply to the tele-
gram sent yesterday. Last week Mrs.
Sweeney received "a letter from her
relatives stating that they intended to
take the steamer Eastland on the ex-
cursion trip to Michigan City
Several Richmond people have been
on the Steamer Eastland during the
past few years. Miss Mabel Hase-
meier, 134 South Seventh street. was
on the boat several years ago and said
at that time people were talking about
the unsafe condition of it. At that
time she said, the boat listed to one
side but the passengers were given
to understand that there was no dan
ger of the boat turning over.
A travelling man from Cleveland,
who was in the city today, said that
people in Cleveland regarded the boat
unsafe and the disaster did not come
as surprise to many people who have
been on the boat on previous trips
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
TRIPLE INVESTIGATIONS
PROBE EASTLAND'S LOSS

hurrying back to Chicago from San
Francisco to take charge of the citys
part of the investigation and the relief
work. He is due to reach home at $3.50
a. m. Wednesday. <
Policemen and the city's official
photographers were ordered to bring
every scrap of evidence TO the states
attorneys office in stories Of surviy.
sors and othsr witnesses, photos and
sketches. -
~ BIames Inspectors. r..
! States Attorney Hoyne today de-
clared that much of the responsibility
for the disaster rests with the United
States inspection service. He said the
records of the inspection bureau show
that the federal officials were warn
ed that the Eastland was unseaworthy
{. year ago, and that so far as he can
find out, no heed was paid to the
warning.
The states attorney also said he
had learned that the life preservers
on the Eastland contained granulated
cork instead Of whole pieces Of cork,
as required by marine law.
Fifty.four officers and members Of
the crew of the il1-fated steamer were
locked up today pending develop
ments of the inquiries. Those in Gus
tody include the captain, first and
second mates of the Eastland and
some of the officials of the company
owning the vessel.
Half hundred detectives are
searching for George Munger, purser
of the Eastland, who disappeared fol-
lowing the accident Saturday morning.
Munger's son arrived from Kalama-
ZOO, Mich, and said that he had re-
ceived telegram from his. father that
he was safe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26

CHICAGO, July 26.-Spurred on by
an order from President Wilson that
the over-turning of the steamer East
land, with the loss of hundreds Of
lives, be made the subject of rigid
investigation. three separate inquiries
into the disaster were started today.
The United States authorities began
gathering evidence to present to q
special grand jury called BY Federal
Judge Lands. Officials OF the steam.
boat inspection service Of the depart
ment of commerce arrived in Chicago
over night and went to work early on
their investigation.
peared before the county grand jury
evidence gathered by fifty detectives
night and day since the disaster oc-
Cured. Coroner Peter Hoffman and
his jury of six prominent Chicagoans
prepared to begin taking testimony at
the inquests over the bodies of the
victims this afternoon. The coroner
announced that every person who had
edy would be heard by his jury.
The big question today was who
was to blame?"
All three Of the Investigations were
planned with view to uncovering the
answer to that query.
There will be no conflict OF author
ity in the triple Investigation. The
authorities heading each inquiry will
cooperate to make the search for fact
as thorough as possible. Evidence OBJ
tanned by each of the three inquiring
organizations will be available for the
other two.
Mayor William Hale Thompson is
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
TROOPS CALLED OUT.

Approximately fifty Italians living
in Richmond are subject to the recent
call to the colors of the Second Re-
serves made by King Victor Emanuel
of Italy. according to Francisco Jaco-
ma, 14O0 North street, leader of the
Italian colony in this city. Whether
all of these will answer the call is
doubtful In the last two weeks six
Italians have left Richmond to join
their army in Northern Italy. More Of
these will leave periodically within the
next month or so. Mr.. Tacoma believes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
SET ANNUAL SESSION

The annual meeting of all the Chris
tian churches of Wayne county will
be held at Jackson park on Sunday,
August 8, 1t was announced today.
President Jones of Milton will pre-
side and Rev. w. r. Motley, pastor of
the Central Christian church of this
city, will deliver the sermon. Many
people are expected to be in attend
ance al this meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
Weather Forecast

U. s. Report Generally fair to-
night and Tuesday. Not much change
in temperature.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
WARNED OFFICIALS
ABOUT EASTLAND

~ CHICAGO, July 26.-On August
3, 1913, the following letter was
sent to the harbor master of the
port Of Chicago by John Devereaux
York, an architect:
"You are aware of the condition
of the steamship Eastland and un-
less structural defects are RENE
died to prevent listing there may
be a serious accident"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
SEES HIS FINISH.

HARTFORD CITY, Ind. July 90
THE second of August will be the
last of August" This sign in a
saloon. window here baffled strangers
until they learned that the proprietor.
August Berriaux, would be put out of
business August 2, a result of a re-
cent local option election.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
WASP SINKS
LEELANAW;
U. s. CRAFT
Crew of American Freight
Steamer Escapes to Kirk
wald After Attack of Ger
man Submarine. ~sa'

LONDON, July 26.-Within forty
eight hours after the German foreign
office had received President Wilson's S
latest note on submarine warfare a
German y boat torpedoed and sank
the American steamer Leelanaw off
the coast of Scotland Her crew of
32 was landed at Kirkwald, Scotland.
today.
Reports from Kirkwall say that the
Leelanaw was approached Sunday
morning by the German sugmarine
off the northwest coast of Scotland.
The submarine ordered the ship to
stop and the commanders then
brought a crew aboard. The COM
mander inquired after the Leelanaw's
cargo and being told it was flax i'm
mediately declared it contraband and
ordered the entire crew to the boat.
After they had put off from the ship
she was torpedoed and went to the
bottom
LONDON, July 26-The American
Freight Steamer Leelanaw bound
from Archangle to Belfast has been
sunk by a torpedo or mine off the
English coast.
The first report of the loss of the
vessel whose home port was San Fran
cisco, gave no information beyond the
fact that she had gone down and her
crew had been saved. The Leelanaw
a vessel of 1900 tons, owned by the
Leelanaw company sailed from Gal
weston on May 5. 1t arrived at New
York on May Ia and sailed three days
later for kirkwald. Then it proceed
ed on June 26 for Archangel. From
Archangel the Leelanaw sailed for
Belfast
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
CARRIED MORE
THAN LAW ALLOWS

CHICAGO, July 26-"At 7:15 o'clock
Saturday morning the government in
spector at the dock showed me his
book 1t registered $500. This did
not include the children. From an
interview with Policeman Frederick
Fisher.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-26
WRECKED BY WASP,

NEW YORK, July ga. H. Bull
and company. local agents for the
Leelanaw received a cable today an
nouncng the sinking of the freighter.
The Leelanaw carried crew of 80
men. She was a steel screw steamer
equipped with wireless The crew was
taken to Kirkwald The sailors stated
the vessel was sunk early in the day
by a German submarine off the North
west coast of Scotland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
Exit Mr. Wilkinson.

Publicity in corporate affairs got an
ether black eve Yesterday. IL was an
nounccd that Horace S. Wilkinson
the director who told the truth about
Crucible's war orders had resigned
two DAYS before from the board. His
scalp was sought from the moment thai
be made his memorable statement. At
whose belt il hangs now is matter
Of no moment The chief point is that
he has lost IL, as mis- enemies said he
would. and for no other reason, appar-
entity. than that he told the truth.
There was a candidate for his job who
cid not get it-Harry s. Eldridge, who
bore with him 10 the meeting the
proxies o. half a dozen brokerage
houses II is more OF a mystery why
Mr.. Eldridge was not elected to the
board than why Mr.. Wilkinson felt
bound 10 resign. His ideas should have
made him prominently eligible for
the Crucible board. Of Mr.. Wilkinson
he is said TO have said: at Is all right
for him 20 think what he wants about
the stock Of the company. but as d.
rector he has no right TO say what he
thought" Mr.. Eldridge could not have
had much hope of being elected a d.
rector himself. or else he was mis-
quoted when he added: "In the next
few years the supply of Crucible COM
mon in Wall Street will be IS small az
that Of Bethlehem steel to-day. ! con-
fdentiy expect the common stock 70 sci.
at $500 a share inside Of two or three
years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
TO REORGANIZE
SAXON MOTOR co.
Sc, 100000 Stock Will Be Of
fered to the Public.

A new 100000 company will be
formed shortly, it was officially an
nounced yesterday, to acquire the Sax
on Motor Company. The new corpora
ton, having the same or a similar
name, will issue 100000 common
stock. which il was stated would be
the only liability except those Incl
dental to current operations.
The financing is being handled by
Merrill, Lynch & Co.. a New York and
Detroit firm. 1t was understood that
the new stock will be offered immedi-
stely for public subscription at SO a
share. The control and management
of the company. il was announced, will
not be changed. The Saxon Motor Com
pany now ranks as the tenth largest
manufacturer of automobiles in the
world. The company, it was stated, has
shipped 10000 cars this year and will
make 10000 in the current motor sea
son ending next July. Net earnings for
the current year are given at SS60,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
GEN. CHEMICAL DIVIDENDS
Six Per Cent on Preferred, Extra ) Per
Cent on Stock and 10 Per Cent Melon.

Directors of the General Chemical
Company yesterday. In addition to de-
claring the regular quarterly dividend
Of u per cent on the preferred stock,
declared an extra stock dividend of
per cent and a special stock dividend Of
10 per cent. payable in common stock
at par February to stockholders OF
record December 81.
A special bonus TO all present en-
ployes. excluding officers, was also
voted. To each employe who on De-
cember ! has been in the service Of the
company for year or more is to be
given a sum equal 10 10 per cent Of his
or her annual salary. To those who
have been with the company for a
shorter period will be given per cent
Of their earnings actually received.
Payments will come as a Christmas dis
tribution. as they will be made between
December Is and December o.
The General Chemical Company has
realized large profits as a direct result
Of the war through the sale of acids
used in the manufacture of explosives.
Yesterdays declarations made 90 per
cent extra stock and cash dividends
announced thus far this wear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-20
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

FEDERAL RESERVE DISCOUNT RArE.-Yor
paper maturing IN ten days VI less psf eh'' up
10 ninety days. per cent
CALI, MONEY opened at ~ per cent: hshs.,. :
per cent: lowest. IN per cent; closing per cent
renewal "a. per cent
TDn MONEY shqxed A.. .a'isE ,sSd..cy Rate e;
q. per cent for si1y GAYS. zH4s per cent Tor
ninety dGy. four nv, and str mouth.
MERCANTILE PAPER vas eUi-i. Ruling rate.
Sizes PEI cent for Test nAmes: bank acoeptAnees.
t&2t Dor cent
changes is2l $50 Ses; balsnees {2s.l7i.556 The
Sub Treasury was creditor TO The extent OF
s5is6ls.
SUB TREASURY New Yorh bank. bag lost 70 2 the
ia $4,000.
FEDERAL RESERVE DISCOUNT RATES ELSE
wilERE Boston. for tn DAYS; PER cent: up 70
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,,r;y 70 ninety DAYS. ~ 81. Louis. and pes
esat Minneapolis, and ~ p'r cent; Kansas CRY.
cisco. for ten days per cent for thirty DAYS !.
Tor thirty to sixty days. .: Tor sixty TO ninety
days. IA.
8, Louis ise discount lid. So discount ssked.
BANK CLEARINGs .--Bal,imore sIehang-s Sc {.
sis 500. balance, 1922 Ss2; Phisdsphi, .Ieh. :
$50 oS3 s57. balances ~ !lsta. 81 LOUIS exchanges
Iii. Ofs 25t balances tl6SO.75o
SILVER MARKET Bar silver IN London en
25d An advance 81 3-l6d; New York quotation
was II &c. gain Of hc. Meriean silver dollars
FOREIGN EXCHANGE Demand sterling ross
strongly IN III, morning getting yp % tlos ndsi
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