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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-27

INSPECT TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS
County Superintendent Williams and
Wayne Township Trustee Edgerton
started today on an inspection tour of
Wayne township schools.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-11-27

Temperature Today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
FINAL PREPAREDNESS
PLAN HAS APPROVAL
Standing Army of 10000. FNcdcraiiza-
tion of National Guarti--Coast
Defense and Navy.

Washington, Feb. 20.--A careful
canvass of sentiment in this country
on the subject of national defense dis
closes that the final measure of pre-
paredness to be enacted into law Will
be:
An increase in the standing army to
about 10000.
The liberalization of the national
guard of the various States.
The organization of volunteer
corps. through civilian training camps,
subject to call in war time. 10 num-
Der between 10, 600 and 100000
Immediate accumulation of i'm
mense stores OF ordnance. ammunition
and equipment to supply these troops.
Addition of armament to the coast
defenses OF the country intended to
make them the most efficient in the
world"
Initiation of the administrators
five-year naval program providing for
the first year two battleships, two bat
tie cruisers and auxiliary ships,
Legislation to prescribe abandon
ment of the present type OF submarine
for the German U-boat type, and the
still larger fleet submarine, OF which
three already have been authorized.
Large appropriations for training
the naval militia and increasing its
strength: great stores OF naval ord
nance supplies. ammunitions, mines
and anti-craft guns.
Provision will be made for a fleet
Of air craft and the training of aero
plane pilots and operators,
A clear majority of both House and
Senate favor these measures
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
Leslie Cesinghaus Has Wife
and Miss Troxler Arrested
On Serious Charge
PARENTS SEPARATED;
CHILD HAS GUARDIAN
When little Girl Was Missed
at F airnount Avenue Church
Search Led To Home Of
Mother

CHARGED with seixing and carry
F ing away from the Fairmount-Avenue
Baptist Church little Mary Alma Ge-
uinghaus, daughter of Leslie Gesing-
haus, who is employed at Hopewell
i by the DUPONT Powder Company.
Miss Mary Troxler, a seventeen-year-
old girl, daughter of Mrs. Mary Trox-
Ter. of ZOE East Main Street, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon. together
with her sister. Mrs. Myrtle Gesing-
lhaus. twenty-three years old, mother
Of the child. who Is alleged to have
carried the child away and secreted
Il from it's guardian, Mrs. a. S. Clay
ton, WIN resides at 21il Paramount
Avenue. They were taken into Gus
tody by Policeman j. o. Dutton and
bailed In the sum OF $500, their
mother, Mrs. Mary Troxler. going
their security.
Gesinghaus and his wife are said
to have separated several days ago.
and. according to n statement made
BY him yesterday at the First Police
Statiun "A suit for divorce is now
pending He Is said to have been
given full possession OF the child
while the case was in court. his wife
having left Richmond. Being en-
pioyed in Hopewell. and desiring to
give the child the benent of good
nome. ne let IL III GtlAA Va @"4S O.
Clayton.
Child Taken to Her Mother.
The child's guardian sent the little
girl to the Fairmount-Avenue Bap-
fist Church Sunday School yesterday
morning. At the conclusion OF the
Services Mrs Clayton went into the
Junior class to get the child and carry
ii home, when she discovered that IL
was not there. Inquiries disclosed
a 1NaNM THr n tnN
peared from the class
Believing that, Mary had strayed
out of the Sunday school class, as lit
tie children will do. several at the
church members, together with Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton. started search for
her. However. after efforts TO and the
little girl had proven futile Mrs. Clay
ton got into communication with
Gesinghaus, who soon arrived on the
scene and began search.
Shortly after his arrival he was told
that the child had been taken out OF
| che Sunday School class by Miss
Troxler and taken to It's mother.
Father Swears Out Warrants.
Gesinghaus Immediately got into
communication with the police author
files and as n result warrants were
sworn out for the arrest OF Mrs,
Gesinghaus and Miss Troxler. Follow
ing the arrests the child was taken
!, hack to the home of Mrs, Clayton,
whore 1t will doubtless remain until
after the divorce proceedings termi-
nate.
Mrs. ,Gesinghaus declared yesterday
shortly after her arrest that she had
been out OF town and that she was
not familiar with the fact that the
court had turned the child over to its
father. She asserted that she would
have consented to the child being
taken away had she been aware of
this fact.
Miss Troxier said that she was I'M
der the impression that she was per-
fectly justifiable In taking the child
hack to its mother The young girl
may be given hearing in the Rich
mond Juvenile Court
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
ALE.NNIANS LEAVE ALLIES
But ONE PORT ON ADRiATiC

London. Feb. 20.--Albanians, fight
ing on the Austro- Hungarian side.
have captured the Albanian, towns or
Rerat Lyusna and Pekiny Berat ID
thirty-one miles northeast Of Av!ona.
the only town of Importance now left
to the allies on the Adriatic. 1t Ia
situated on a high rock overlooking
the Osum River. which empties into
the Adriatic. about ten miles NORTH
of Avlona 1t is point of great
strategic Importance,
The Austrian official statement
which makes this announcement adds
that more than 200 of Essad Pasha's
troops were made prisoners.
A dispatch from Corfu states that
the last Of the Serbian army has been
landed safely from Albania ON the Is
land. which has been occupied by the
allies as q base for the rehabilitation
of the Serbian army.
A sharp engagement between Greek
and Bulgarian patrols has been
fought near Dorian. In Macedonia.
according to dispatch from SalonikL
The Bulgarians crossed the frontier.
but were driven back. leaving several
dead.
\ dispatch to the London Daily
News announces that reports OF the
withdrawal OF all Turkish troops
from Thrace and Macedonia are Coz
firmed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
BERLIN

Berlin. Feb. 30 (via Sayville). -
Official:
Western front: On the User Canal,
ncrth OF Ypres. a British position $50
''a~'s long was stormed and captured
by the Germans English attempts
10 retake the trenches by hand gre
made attacks at night failed. The
Germans captured thirty prisoners.
South of Loos lively engagements
occurred. during which the enemy ad-
vanced to the edge of one OF the Ger
man mine craters.
North of Hebuterne (north of Al
berD. the Germans won a small sue
cess during a night encounter and
made several English prisoners.
In an ar fight east OF Perrone an
English biplane. armed with machine
guns. was shot down. Its occupants
were found dead. German tiiers threw
bombs on numerous places behind the
enemy's north front and on Luneville.
Eastern front: Near Savtsche and
Beresina. east OF Vishinow, a Russian
attack was broken up between the
lines by German Ere. German f1iers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
UAIMPORTAkT ADVANCED
POST LOST BIZ BRITISH
Germans Claim attempts to .Rccapturc
Fail--OfTic.ai Reports show
Tame Day.

London. Feb. 20-One-fifth OF a
mile of British trenches have been
taken by storm north of Yp:es, ac-
cording to the Berlin Official state
ment received tonight All English
attempts to recapturr the defenses
during a night attack failed, says the
Berlin report, which adds that the
Germans Captuced thirty British
prisoners
The British statement, issued by
the war office tonight, makes no men
tion of such "a loss to the Germans
on the other hand it states thai
German attack west Of Serre failed
completely The British report adj
mits, however, that the Germans cap
tured AN unimportant advanced
post
The midnight communique from
Paris covering the operations IN
Belgium states that the Germans at
tempted to cross the User Canal at
steenstraete. north of Ypres. and were
8ble to reach the first line trenches
but Immediately were elected.
Artillery engagements and MINING
operations continue without cessation
on all points of the front. The fight
ing with the larger engines of war
Is intense, but there IS little infantry
activity.
Air raids on Dunkirk and Bunevil'c
hv the Germans were replied 10 hy
the British with an attack on the
Cambria aerodrome by the British,
The Germans brought down one Eng
fish machine armed with two ma
chine guns. The occupants were
found dead.
Official statements covering the
days operations follow:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
COLLINS BREAKS INTO
THE GOSPEL LEAGUE

Palmyra. ". j.. Feb. 20.-Eddie
Collins. star second baseman of the
Chicago White Sox. and formerly a
member of the Athletics 100000 in
field, made a home run hit with 500
persons who heard him break into the
gospel league" this afternoon. in his
first venture as platform speaker
before a church audience and APP
plauded like world series fans when
he handed booze" some wallops that
would have done credit to Billy"
Sunday.
Collins told his audience that he did
not come as an evangelist nor is he
anticipating an evangelistic career. II
am here to bring message to you
to.is rrtp!e from n baseball player =
viewpoint OF the necessity of clean
living an6 IN be glad II anything
can say will help any of you fight the
battle CT lee under the right rules"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
SHERIFF IS KILLED N
RUNNING AUTO FIGHT
Ons Of Five Prisoners who Broke Luna
County, n. NJ. Jail also
Killed.

Deming. New Mexico, Feb. 20.--Tn q
running battle between pursued and
pursuers In automobiles which came
As the climax OF cross country chase
after five fugitives who broke Jail here
this morning, Sheriff Dwight stevens.
of Luna County, was killed late this
afternoon. One of the escaped prison
ers also was killed and another wound
ed. Buck Sewer. 6 Demlrs merchant
and member of the sherifrs posse.
was seriously wounded.
The three remaining prisoners es.
capped In thicket OF cottonwood trees
Armed citizens and special deputies
Immediately surrounded and laid siegs
TO the place.
n I've avA prisoners, tAis morning over
powered CITY Marshal Tahoe in the
-1s.4tt, took hiJ Key, 'ot1Trgd eyery ceI1
s..ste cked tae- s,F"}pry. t"i~pnopey To
the jail garage for L machine, COM
i5..:It,5 ,..17, 4 81; tire rotut of a pistol
DIS ne~o.a yer the Mexican border.
! Sheriff stevens quickly organized an
auto posse ard started In pursuit. The
-flgitives were cvertaken near Rinoon
New Mexico, when the tatal running
ffRht occurred.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
british COAST RA|OtO
BY GERMAN SEAP[ANES
-Four Filters Make Daylight Attacks
Upon Lowcstoft and
WaImcr.
TWO MEN AND A BOY ARE
KILLED AND MARINE HURT
Windows of Church mt Waimcr Blown
In While Congregation SingS-Brit-
ish .Airmen Pursue, But Fail 10
OYertake.

London. FEB 20.--Four German
seaplanes today carried out 4 raid on
the east and southeast coasts OF Eng
land. killing two men and q boy and
wounding another, u marine. About
thirty bombs were dropped. The ma
terial damage was considerable. but
the military damage was apparently
nil. Lowestoft. il suffolk. and Wal
mer, north of Dover. in Kent. were
the towns attacked.
Two striking features of the raid
were an attack on the kentish KNOCK
Light of the mouth of the Thames
and the explosion OF n bomb beside Il
church in Walmer blowing in the
windows upon congregation which
at the moment was signing the "re
Deum"
All the German flyers escaped.
though pursued by British machines.
The war Office tonight issued the
following official statement covering
the raid:
-Four German sea planes raided the
east and southeast coasts about noon
today. The first OF the raiders. two
biplanes. appeared over Lowestoft A
1855, circled over the south side oi
the town for FIVE minutes. cropped
height and seemingly vanished
AT 1910 the two aerop,anes again
appeared over the town and then
vanished to the eastward.
Seventeen small high explosive
bombs were dropped with no casul.
ties. but considerab bile damage to out
buildings, a restaurant and two
dwelling houses.
our naval seaplanes assembled al
1905 and pursued the raiders with
out result
"Meanw lille two other German sea-
planes were making for the kentlsh
coast. The first passed over the Kent
ish Knock Light, dropping bombs in
he vicinity at 1920.
The last raider made Straight 70
Walmer, reaching the town at t1:2-,
Flying at less than 3,509 feet. it drop
ped six bombs and then turned sharp
ly back to the eastward. Two of tho
bombs fell on and destroyed roofs
breaking windows in the nighborhoot
One fell close TO the church. Another
fell in the roadway running along the
beach. killing one man, a civilian, an
injur.Rg one marine
The total casualties were two uiel
and enc boy killed and one marine
wounded
Two of our acroplanes ascende
from Dover and reached Walmer n
HIS They pursued the raider, hui
apparent, could not overtake hin
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
SHOULD PROTECT CH|lO
FROM IMMORAL PICTURE
Rev. George W. Mcdaniel, Pastor of
First Baptist Church. on
Movies"
QUOTES REPORTERS As
TO NATURE OF SHOWS
Says Parents Must Act and Keep
Young People From Attending
Wrong Kind of observation-disclosures
ship Needed.

Rev. George w. Mcdaniel, u. D..
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
prea ched to his congregation yester-
day on immora. moving picture shows.
His subject was entitled The Moral
Aspect of Moving Pictures" DR.. Nc
Daniel made some very strong state
ments in this sermon. but produced
testimony to substantiate what he
said.
The following is an extract OF q
part OF the discourse:
The moving picture has come to be
a medium OF entertainment and infor-
nation. Some OF the best people
patronize 1t and find enjoyment there
in. When ministers speak upon such
subjects their words have little weight
in certain quarters. because they are
supposed to know nothing about the
subject discussed. Furthermore, a
few ministers are opposed to all such
entertainments. This makes me slow
to discuss the present theme, and l do
so only from an imperious sense of
duty,
There is room for difference as to
the moral effects of various scenes :
what is regarded as salacious by one
mind is considered by another to teach
helpful lesson. This / freely grant.
But when a secular Richmond paper,
not noted for its moral sensitiveness,
characterizes certain shows In our city
as Indecent" offensive" and "sala-
cious," 4 - time that we were asking
ourselves, WHITTIER are we drifting 2"
Denies Papers Base Motive.
BY way of discredting the publica.
tons in the said paper 1t is asserted
that such paper is "sore' because 1t
has no moving picture Advertisements
TIla would Ue such an imputation as
no unprejudiced person would make.
&c cot want to believe that any pa
per IN Richmond would be controlled
by such a base motive. Furthermore,
am ieyor;rad that. when said paper
was receiving advertising from the
movies 1t protested against certain
shows, and that this was the reason
the movies ceased their advertising.
That Is to say. they boycotted the pa
Ter which dared to criticize the moral
effect of their plays
The laws of Richmond invest In the
Mayor the authority and impose upon
him the duty of controlling these
shows Knowing that he. and he
alone, had the authority to order them
closed or the Objectionable features
eliminated, and remembering that
Mayor Richardson and Mayor Nc
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
German Ambassador Said to
Have Publicly Discussed
Pending Negotiations
SECRETARY LANSING
EXPLAINS COMPLAINTS
Announcement Is Made That
United States Is to Stand
Firm On Armed Merchant
man Question

Washington, Feb. 20-The state
ment was made by a high admin.stra-
ton official today that Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador.
will be cautioned by Secretary OF state
Lansing against public discussion Of
pending diplomatic negotiations.
Count Won Bernstorff is expected 10
visit the State Department early this
week. probably Tuesday, with reply
from his government to the communi-
cation he sent to Berlin outlining the
views Of the United States on the arm
ed merchantmen question.
Secretary Lansing Will then discuss
with him the complaint in admnistra-
ton quarters that the amba ssa dor has
disseminated views in a manner not
consistent with diplomatic usage.
The official who made this statement
added:
This government. of course. re-
sents the discussion OF cases under
consideration by diplomat concern
ed in the negotiations. II need not be
said that If Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin were TO conduct a campaign in
Berlin based on negotiations between
himself and the German foreign o..
fee. he would be sent back to this
country This government has not
thought it advisable to call the atten-
zion of the German government to the
supposed activity OF Ambassador Won
Bernstorff All that can be said now
is that il is very likely that when
Am bassador Won Bernstorff calls al
the State Department the situation
may be called to his attention"
officials admitted that their opinions
that the German AMBASSADOR has vio-
lated displopatic usage are based on
hearsay, and that no formal commu-
nications or written statements have
ben issued from the German embassy
To Request Explanation.
II was stated also that the German
ambassador will be approached on the
subject with request for an explana-
ton of the reports that have come to
the State Department II the ra.t
kNnrtirna. secntNft ltart,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
Once Before Made Efforts to
Purchase Land in South
American Territory
PANAMA WAS LOYAL
TO UNITED STATES
Senate, Informed Passed Reso-
Observation-Disclosures Bursos
Told Washing ton of Yellow
Mans Dangerous Move.

Washington. Feb 2O.--Informauon
was forthcoming from an authorita-
tive source today that Japan has re-
newed her attempts to obtain a footing
on the Western Hemisphere.
At the present moment, il was stated
on high authority, Japan is negotiating
with Colombia for the purchase of a
a site on her coast.
These negotiations are of compare
lively recent origin. it is said, and fol-
low the failaire of Japan TO consum-
mate a similar bargain with the re-
public of Panama.
Japan approached Panama accord
ing to the international New Services
informant. through her ambassador to
Spain. who preached the subject last
summer to the Panamanian minister
at Madrid, Antonio Burgos. The ne
gotiations, begun verbally, finished
with a four-page document, written IN
French setting forth the terms on
which Japan would make the pur-
chase,
Immediately Mr.. Burgos got pos
session of this document he left Spain
and came directly TO Washington.
where he presented himself at the
State Department and laid before Sec
rotary Of state Bryan all the evidence.
verbal and written, showing Japan $
Intentions.
state Department Has Document.
The document itself. which is said
to bear the signature of the japanese
ambassador at Madrid. is now ftled
away in the archives of the State De-
partment.
The island named in the document
Is Coiba, situated in the Pacific at a
distance of more than 200 miles from
the coast of Panama.
Included in the offer MADE TO
Panama for the island. 1t IS under
stood. was a guarantee by Japan that
she would protect Panama's fhde-
pendence.
DR.. Don Eushebio A. Morales. Panh'
marian minister to the United states,
recalled tonight the circumstances oil
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21

EXPECT AT LEAST FOUR
MORE SPY CASE ARRESTS

New York. Feb. 2o.-Four arrests
and maybe more--are scheduled to
take place as a sequence to the ar
rest OF Ignatius T. r. Lincoln. the
German spy.
The arrests will be made by the
United States government. The charges
are that the marked persons aide J
Lincoln in escaping. assisted him to
elude the secret service operatives and
planned to get him to the Pacific
coast. and thence to the Far Fast.
The secret service has the names
OF several women and men WHO are
alleged to have rendered the fugitive
material assistance.
Meanwhile Lincoln Is in solitary
confinement in the Raymond-streHt
4sN.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
STANDARD OIL TANKER
SINKS AFTER COLLISION

New York. Feb. 2o--The big stand
ard Oil tanker. John ID. Archbold. sank
on Red Rock Flats, off South Brooklyn
today as a result of damages received
in a collision yesterday with the Brit
ish steamer Hova. Owing to the shall
low water in that part Of the bay.
the vessels deck is just above water.
Several oil barges are alongside. and
tugs with powerful pumps are pump
ing the cargo oil into the barges.
The vessel will be raised and put
into drydock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
BULGARIAN POLITICIANS
ADVOCATING NEW STATE

Athens Feb. 20.--King Constantine
has received the president of the
chamber. who expressed the gratitude
of Parliament for the manner in
which His Majesty has saved Greece
from becoming involved In the conflict
that has crushed other small States.
Reports are current here that GER
tain Bulgarian politicians advocate the
creation of new State to include
Albania and the greater part of Serbia.
Prince Cyril 10 proposed as the ruler.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
Resume lambert inquest Today.

Chicago. FEB. 20.--The inquest into
the dealt OF Marian frances Lam
;.ert VIII ,.e resumed at ;.akc. Forest
tomorrow morning. William II. or
pet. the twer,s wear I'D University
of Wisconsin student, who ls being
held on the charge of numbering the
high school girl. wilt 20 present at
the inquest. hut will not testify. /. is
that his attorneys will not
Aermit him 10 take the stand and he
has been instructed by them not to
siscuss the case.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
Where Prosperity
Meets Enterprise
Euery Day

In the Ad" section of Virgnian worthwhile
proposittors are offered daily
Have you something to SELF Is there some article in
your which Is longer useful to but
which might bring dollars you?
Use The Virg'r.inn ads. Thousands throughout
this daily.
that want ad along.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-21
Remains Of Turk Army In
Flight Being Massacred By
lnsurgent Armenians
TURK TROOPS REFUSE
TO MARCH TO ASIA
Revolt In Constantinople Makes
Situation I there Tragic.
Russian Victories of Last
Few Days Complete

Rome. Feb. 2U.--NeWs received hera
states that tnr Russian line Ia Already
from thirty -. sixty miles west oil
Erzerum. The Turkish dehaele in An
menta surpasses all imagination. No
unit remains intact and the debris OK
the army in flight is being massacrei
by the insurgent Arme MAN population.
The Armenians have now begun Civ
ing organized aid to the russians.
After the massacres of las year by.
the Turks all the able bodied men
who escaped enlisted in the Russian
army and Grand Duke Nicholas now
has under his command a force of 10,-
600 armenian volunteers
Turk Troops In Revolt.
Information from Coustantinople
depicts the situation there as tragic.
No direct news has reached the Tura-
ish capital from ASIA Minor for ten
days. but the Greeks have Informed
the Turks of the catastrophe at Free
rum. Agitation and revolt are the or
der of the day. The troops refuse to
march toward Asia.
The sultan has summoned the prin-
Cipal authorities Of the empire 20
take decision of supreme Importance
1t is stated that Germans are pre-
pairing to leave Constantinople, where
their position has become difficult.