Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 145, 1 June 1915 — Page 11
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1915
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CRAWLS TO COMRADE TO OBTAIN MEMENTO LONDON, June 1. A description of the battle north of Ypi'es in which the Canadians fought for four days was given today by Philip Sampson cf Chicago, who enlisted in the 14th batallion. Sampson who was wounded is convalescing at the Duchess of Connausht hospital which is at Cliveden, the home of Waldorf Astro. "For four days and nights the battle raged and it was one of the hottest days of the war. Sunday, the last day of the fight was worst of all. During the four days we had nothing to eat, our only nourishment being sugar and tea. The Germans opened the attack on the line with bombs. I was one of a detachment that captured the lost Canadian guns and we immediately turned them on the Germans. Our position was harder because we received no aid from our fellows. All our men were hugging the bottom of our trenches for it was the only thing we could do. They were spraying our lines with bursting shrapnel and then a fragment caught me .in the back. After a time, though weak from the loss of blood I went to my "pal" who had been killed. I crawled through the lines and unstrapped his watch from his
wrist determining to take it to his mother." CHECK TURKS.
Duke D'Bruzzi, at Head of Italy's Navy; Flotilli of Warships
HARVESTER COMPANY CUTS DOWN EXPENSE IN FOREIGN OFFICES
NEW YORK, June 1 A general retrenchment in all departments of its foreign business has been inaugurated by the International Harvester cor
poration, according to the annual report of the board of directors, made
public today. ' "The outbreak of the European
war," says the statement, "together
with partial crop failures in western Canada and unsettled financial condltions in South America materially affected the outlook and sales in foreign countries declined 12 per cent from the previous year. Many complex and difficult problems confronted ' the management as a result of the war. The efficiency of the European manufacturing and selling organizations was seriously impaired by reason of the number of experienced employes called to the colors of their respective countries. The company has adopted a policy of retrenchment in all departments of its foreign business. The report for the year ended Dec. 31, 1914, shows net profits for 1914 of 14,262,594.70; surplus on hand, $20,011, 119.60.
ATHENS, June 1. A British submarine is cruising in the sea of Marmora before Constantinople, according to a dispatch received today from Salonika and the Turks have been compelled to stop the transportation of troops to the Dardanelles by water.
NEW AND RETIRED BRITISH SEA LORD
The picture shows Admiral Sir Henry M. Bradwardine Jackson, called "the cleverest man in the English
AIR RAIDS FATAL
Austrian planes raidpd the east coast of Italy again today. Bombs were dropped at Barri and Brindisi. At Barri one was killed and two hous-
es destroyed. At Brindisi several were injured.
VETERAN RECOVERS.
RUSSIANS SEE FINISH OF NEW TEUTON DRIVE
TURKS CLAIM GAINS
LONDON, June 1 Three Turkish regiments were almost wholly wiped out in the fighting along the southern part of Gallilopi says an official statement on the Dardanelles.
John Vore, a veteran of the Civil war, is visiting his son, Frank Vore. Mr. Vore, whose home is in Davis county, has been ill for some time. His comrades are glad that he has recovered.
KERN VISITS WILSON,
SIR JOHN FiSHER ,?re SIR HENRY tt JACKSOh. lavy," who recently was appointed first sea lord of the admiralty, and Lord Fisher, who recently resigned :hat position owing, it, is said, to dif'erence oi opinion with Winston Churchill, then first lord of the admiralty.
WASHINGTON', June 1. Senator Kern today conferred with the president regarding patronage matters and a possible extra session of congress after the cabinet meeting today.
HALTS TO EXERCISE.
LONDON, June 1. A member of the London Scottish writes home: "We are at a depot now, a very dull life. Reville at 5 a. m., Swedish exercises till noon. Gott Strafo Sweden."
PETROGRAD, June 1 Russian military critics see in the halting of the Austro-German drive on the San river the beginning of the end of the campaign for the recapture of Przemysl and Lemberg. All reports of the operations Galicia agree that the Teuton allies are suffering heavy losses and the experts declare that this will necessitate the abandonment of the Austro-German offensive for a defensive campaign, in which the Russians, because of numerical superiority, will have the entire advantage. The Bourse Gazette's expert predicts that the present week will end with the Teutons in full retreat from the San. He asserts that the recent Russian successes between the Pilica and upper Vistula menaces the Austro-German left wing, whose withdrawal would compel the abandon
ment of the positions held by the Aus-tro-German center on the San. j "The nprmanir trnnns liave reached .
I the crest of their success" he asserts, i I "A few days will turn the tide again j i toward the west The end of the week
should see the enemy in full retreat." j As a result of terrific attacks by I Russians south of the Dniester the ' Austrian troops there are in full retreat, according to the war office,' abandoning their guns and great quantities of war material. In the last fortnight the Russians have taken ' more than 26,000 prisoners there, 1 7,000 having been captured in the last two da vs. !
SAVE ALL OFFICERS. LONDON, June 1 Official announcement was made today by the admiralty that all the officers of the British battleship Majestic, sunk by a German submarine at the Dardanelles had been saved.
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Russians Guarding Captured Big Shells
INJURED COMMANDER STICKS WITH VESSEL
ROME, June 1. Although his arm had been shot away the commander of the torpedo destroyer Turbine was sunk in the Adriatic sea last week, refused to desert his post and continued to shout orders to his men until his vessel went down. Further details of the fight were received here today including news of the gallant behavior of the commander. Although outclassed and sinking, the Turbine kept her guns going. The captain who had bee:- struck in the arm by a fragment of shell continued to direct his men and was the last to leave the ship. He is reported to have been picked up by Austrians.
ISSUES WARNING
Commissioner of Weights and Measures McKinley complained again today that several paper hangers were over-charging their patrons, asking them to pay for more rolls of paper than were actually used. He stated that he knew practically all the men who had been guilty of this sharp practice and he announced that if it was not discontinued at once prosecution would follow.
BUILDS NEW YACHT.
LONDON, June 1. The Central News Agency announces today that Sir Thomas Lipton will build in secret a Shamrock V to seek the America cup if American yachtsmen learn the details of the design of Shamrock IV, now at New York.
FALL KILLS AVIATOR.
EARLHM BOV PURSUES FICKLE GIRL IN FORD
Disappointed in love. Sheldon Bottsford Cooper is watching the world through tearful eyes. Sheldon Bottsford is a freshman at Earlham college and therein lies the story. Bottsford lives in Greenfield and following the lead of his sister, came to Earlham. But he tore himself from Greenfield with misgivings. Sunday night Sheldon Bottsford was walking down Main street, with visions of a beautiful fairy in Greenfield sitting on the front porch of her home, also alone. Then the vision became a reality under a different setting. The fairy queen passed Sheldon Bottsford in a Ford automobile bearing a Michigan license. Cooper broke through the crowd and ran until exhausted and perspiring, but failed to gain ground. He then jumped on the running board of
a machine driven by Fred Bayer and urged pursuit, declaring money no object if his loved were trapped. After driving to Centerville and then returning within a short distance of the college, the Ford was found. It was then dak and the driver asked questions while Sheldon Bottsford identified his sweetheart. When he saw her in the rear seat with another young man, he tore the side curtains from the machine. Indescribable scenes ensued. After leaving the machine and starting back to the college. Sheldon Bottsford thought he would end it all in suicide, but the hope of youth seized him and he again demanded pursuit. This was refused and a highly agitated young man was dropped at the college entrance while his betrothed proceeded to Greenfield.
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Reams have been written about Napoleon Lajoie about his baseball life with its entwined brilliance and pathos but it has remained for Billy Murphy, of the St. Louis Star, to toll it in a way that carries the story home for lasting memory. Here is Murphy's story, in part: "Lajoie's continuance and consistency as a star, have been remarkable. From his entrance into the big leagues, he has dominated the diamond, enriched it and aided materially in its advancement. "His work from his inaugural game down to our day, is so astounding that he electrifies every one who sees him. He is a ball player apart and distinguished from all the rest. He scorches and burns the diamond as if he indeed, is a concentrate solar ray. "Lajoie's serene, passive and calm method of fielding his position has led many to believe the man is indifferent and is without a soul. But his style is characteristic of his baseball genius. "Brilliant, yet pathetic, has been his career. Cankered by the worm in the bud, has been his ambition and aspiration for this immortal of baseball has never played on a championship club, nor figured in a world's series. "Bill Dinneen in 1908, on the last day of the season beat Cleveland, when Lajoie wa conceded the pennant. Hinchmand loafed on a single. He was thrown out with the winning run crossing the plate. Lajoie at the Planters Hotel that night, was a broken-hearted and bitter man. His team was preparing to depart for home, instead of leaving for Chicago, to participate in the world's series. That is one hurt that time will never heal. Wounded, he still bears the arrow in the wound. "Today finds Lajoie a Titan who has
seen baseball in its hey-day and at its lowest ebb. An iron soul in an iron frame, he looks around and sees the game, but a ruin; and the horizon is i blank. Baseball to him is a glorious past, a degraded present." The woods were full of aspirants to the light-weight title when Freddie Welsh first landed on these shores wearing the crown, but it's different now. Not that Freddie has put them out of the way. Oh. goodness, no! Freddie hasn't put anybody or anything away, except about fifty thousand American dollars. It's almost uncanny the way those fellows have slipped from view. Leach Cross made large noises some months ago; so did Charley White, Willie Beecher. Young Shugrue, Tommy Murphy, Willre Ritchie, Ad Wolgast and a flock of lesser luminaries. But somehow or other the gang isn't as prominent, nor as dangerous looking, as it was. Cross has fought some poor fights in the last six months. Wolgast has had no such trouble with his "bristle bones that he's been looked upon as a has-been; Murphy, after fifteen years of battling, is ready to quit: Young Shugrue has been in the drydock because of some sort of ailment that necessitated an operation. Charley White doesn't shine as brightly as he did. Something seems to be wrong with the Chicagoan. Willie Beecher's star began to descend after he got his chance at Welsh and floundered through ten rounds. Willie Ritchie is still in our midst, but William doesn't seem filled with, battle luat. Willie has made quite a hit as a stage dancer, and probably Willie thinks it's a better moneymaker than battling in the ring.
MANAGERS AND MOGULS ARE UNEASY; BASEBALL SEEMS IN POOR HEALTH
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Club owners and moguls throughout the country are expressing- displeasure at the present poor spirits of the national pastime. The game financially is in a very low state of vitality and the attendance this season so far has been poor. This is due largely to the many other interests the public has incident to the war in Europe. Some have hinted that should things grow worse the bail parks would be obliged to close.
COLORED FIGHTERS ARE GLUM THESE DAYS; THEY HAVE FEW CHANCES AT BELTS
TROY, N. Y., June 1. The body of George L. Newberry, an aviator, who was killed when his aeroplane fell yesterday, was shipped to his home at Kirkwood, N. Y., today. Newberry's plane became disabled when up 400 feet and fell into a cemetery.
FIRE WRECKS PLANT.
NEW YORK, June 1. Fire early today caused $250,000 damage to the plants of the Brooklyn Builders' Supply company, the E. J. Beggs Sulphur company, and the P. F. and V. A. Kane company, supply dealers in Brooklyn.
FALLS DOWN BANK.
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Louis Gay climbed upon a steep embankment at Glen Miller park yesterday to get a view of nature's glories. He sat upon his heels much the same as a ball player does on the coaching lines, and just then the bank caved in. When assistance reached Gay he was suffering with a broken arm and cuts about the head.
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