Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 134, 18 April 1917 — Page 1

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WASHINGTON, April 18. Opponents of selective conscription plan got the upper hand in the House military committee today, voting 12 to 8 to have the new army bill carry a provision to first try, to raise the new force by volunteers. ' - ' " : The bill, including the conscription provision was approved by the Senate military committee, 10 to 7. While the two committees were acting. President Wilson was at the capitol conferring with Senate leaders on the administration war measures, particularly the army bill. 'Volunteer Plan In Aemndment Is Rejected. The Senate committee rejected an amendment by Senator Kellar authorizing the president to call 500,000 volunteers, and made only a few changes in the bill as drawn by the army general staff. One amendment would bar liquors from all camps where the new army Is to be trained and another would Include persons engaged in agriculture in the industries exempted from service on account of military reasons. ... . . The president told senators he would consent to no compromise because the war department expects careful examination ' and discussion, that selective conscription was the only effective way of raising a strong army. . President Wilson Expects Bill to Be Passed. The administration expects the army bill to be made the unfinished business of the Senate, so that it can be pushed to passage promptly. Then, with the prestige of having passed the Senate, the measure is expected to receive more prompt and favorable attention in the House. . The president was assured that the majority of Republicans in the House were supporting his plans. - The vote in the House committee threw the situation Into confusion. The opponents of a straight conscription plan . immediately began to draft1 amendments in the hope of getting the conscription element to join in a united vote. Chairman Dent,, and other representatives conferred over a plan to use conscription after a call for volunteers apportioned among the states to be officered in the same way as proposed in the administration MIL German forces in Macedonia, the statement adds, drove the French from positions one kilometer wide on the Crvena Stena, which was captured by the French last March. Senators on the committee said the

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WASHINGTON, April 18. The periscope of a submarine running submerged was sighted by the deck officer, quartermaster and deck watch of the destroyer Smith early yesterday morning just before the wake of a torpedo was seen crossing the destroyer's bows. This information was contained in a. radio report from the commandant of the Smith received today at the navy department. Naval officials said this confirms the report of the presence of a German submarine in American waters. The officer on watch on the Smith reported that the periscope was distinctly visible at a distance of 300 yards from the ship. The report from the officer said the periscope was moving on a course parallel to that of the destroyer. The torpedo crossed the bows of the Smith at a distance of thirty yards as reported yesterday and today's statement added that all of the men on the ship who saw it w ere experienced torpedo men.

"RoU of The following additional recruits for the United States army have been accepted at the local army recruiting station: Frank J. Hill, Richmond,'. Infantry. Frank MeUBerr-Riehmond, coast artillery. John R. Biased, Richmond, aviation corps. Burred C. McKee, Sidney, Ohio, coast artillery. Hfll and McKee have both been students at Earlham college, the lrst young men attending tha Quaker institution who have tossed aside their class books to fight for Uncle Sam. Bissell is the first Richmond recruit to be accepted for the aviation corps. It is quite difficult to secure admission to this branch of the service as only trained, men are accepted. Bissell qualified as an expert gasoline c-nglne mechanic. . Passes With High Score. Young Metzger passed tho physical examination with one of the highest scores of any man accepted at the local recruiting station in recent months. There are seven other young men BERLIN ADMITS LOSS OF 3,000 BERLIN, Via London. April 18 The number of prisoners taken by the Germans on the French battle fronts yesterday, according to the official statement issued today by the German army headquarters staff was Increased to more than 3,000 officers and men. PAINTS FINE BANNER Miss Florence Fox, daughter of Judge Fox and one of the city's most prominent artists, is being congratulated on the beauty and originality of the banner she painted tor the Daughters of the American Revolution, carried by them in the patriotic parade, Monday. The display made by this delegation was one of the features of the pageant. ORGANIZE RED CROSS DUBLIN. Ind.. April 18. A Red Cross meeting was held at the Friends church Tuesday for the purpose of or ganizing a Red Cross society. Weather Forecast 1 For Indiana , by United States Weather Bureau Probably showers and thunder storms tonight and Thursday. Cooler Thursday Temperature Today. Noon 80 Yesterday. Maximum .-. 78 Minimum .45 General Condition The western storm now covers over a million square miles and caused last night's rain. It is moving slowly and is preceded by high temperature throughout the Mississippi valley. Weather continues very cold in northwest where heavy snow are falling. Cold weather seems Inevitable and will reach here the last of the week.

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who will be taken Into the service Saturday. Their names are withheld far the time being.' Recruiting in Richmond is progressing1-In a much more satisfactory manner than the first of the month but the number "of 'recruits '. is not high when it is considered that there are several hundred young, able-bodied men in Richmond for the army to draw from. "It looks like a good many of these young fellows are going to wait until Uncle Sam drafts them. I wonder what their best girls think of them?" says Sergeant Warner. Don't be a slacker. Fly Traps Laid For Early Comers By' City Official Several weeks ago George McKinIey, city food inspector, broke off diplomatic relations with the fly kingdom and declared war. Actual hostilities against these pests began today when McKinley set out the thirty-three municipally-owned fly traps, and he is calling for volunteers who will agree to put out traps. The carpentery class at the high school has made a number of traps which the students will use at their homes. Various hardware stores have large stocks of these traps which can be secured for moderate prices. "Put in the paper that the ordinance requiring all manure and trash bins and all garbage receptacles be kept covered at all times is now being rigorously in forced." Mayor Robbins said today. "It is no use trying to exterminate flies if their breeding places are permitted to remain uncovered." ORGANIZE CLUBS TO SWELL OUTPUT INDIANAPOLIS, April 18. A movement to organize the various clubs and social organizations of the state, which own or control real estate, tor the purpose of having them assist in the increased food work, has been started by Samuel Dowden, president of the Indianapolis Country Club, the largest organization of it3 kind in the state. Mr. Dowden has submitted his plans to Prof. G. I. Christie, state food director, and says he will work under the direction of that department Mnnsttn Waur Passed WASHINGTON, April 18. The largest single war credit in history will be at the disposal of the administration as soon as the house approves senate amendments to the $7,000,000,000 war revenue bill. , This may be today. The measure passed the senate last night; by unanimous vote.' - The house was expected to accept the few senate changes without send

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measure passes the first 500,000 men will be in training camps by August 1. Chairman Dent made this statement: 4 "The committee agreed to put in the bill provisions for a call for 500,000 volunters In the first instance and for 500,000 more than the president wants the number in each case contemplated in the administration bill for conscription. ' "The committee has not yet fixed the military age but it probably will be between 21 and 40 instead of nineteen to twenty-five, contemplated in the administration measure. The president is authorized to proceed with the enrollment of registration of men between the military ages immediately and on completion of the enrollment and registration the president is authorized to decide which he will proceed with, the volunteer or the draft system. "But meanwhile the volunter system will have ben in operation and the volunteers will be coming into the service in large nuifibers. Of course, on the final analysis after the volunteer plan has been in operation and the machinery of registration and enrollment completed, the president would decide as to the respective plans." DALTON TOWNSHIP HOLDS CLASS DAY Five graduates will be given their diplomas at the commencement exercises of the Dalton township schools to be held tonight in ' the Franklin Methodist church. They are Laura Cummins, Mary E. Smith, Ralph Swingley, Cecil Vores and Curtis Bales. Rev. George W. Winfrey, of Alexandria, Ind., is to be the class speaker,' and music will be furnished by the Williams Orchestra, of Richmond. County Superintendent Williams will present the diplomas and Rev. Sylvester Billheimer will pronounce the invocation and benediction. Farm Labor Corps To Cover Country WASHINGTON, April 18. Creation of a traveling corps of farm labor to work on irrigated lands of the country is the novel proposal of Secretary Lane to further the nation-wide campaign to increase food production during the war. The plan was outlined today in a communication to Chairman Taylor of the house irrigation committee in which the secretary urges prompt ac tion on the pending bill designed to stimulate food production on private and public lands without irrigation projects. This legislation, he says, is a necessary pre-requisite to bis plan. GERMANS ADMIT KAISER'S FUTURE HANGS ON VICTORY AMSTERDAM (via London), April 18. Count Von Reventlow, writing in the Tageszeitung asserts that victory is necessary if the German monarchy is to endure. He says: "We have long expressed the view that German victory and the German monarchy . are mutually dependent. Without a German victory, the German monarchy will soon cease to exist" Measnnpe toy Semiatte ing the measure to conference. ' The senate, however, named conferees to act should the house not approve the changes. The bill will be rushed to President Wilson for his signature aa soon as the house approves the measure. Treasury" officials,: anticipating the action of the house on. the bill, began today to work - out the policy to be employed in Issuing the bonds.

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18. The number of strikers in Ber lin is placed in even the semi-official report at: 125,000 and is distributed. according to the Tageblatt - through machine works, some electrical establishments ,and part of the munition plants. - The latter statement is interesting in view of a dispatch from the official news denying that the munition fac tories were affected, xne Tageniatt says, however, that the great munition industry at Spandau has not been involved. Reports in all the Berlin newspapers which have arrived here agree that the demonstrators were usually orderly although roughs resorted to occasional window smashing in the Unter Den Linden, the Freidrich and Leipsic strasses and other central thoroughfares. Car Repair Men Do Own Speaking at Flag Raising R. F. VanVoorhis, a Socialist, urged 350 car repair men and their friends to give whatever service was needed by their country in an address at the raising of an American flag at the car repair shops in the Pennsylvania east yards yesterday afternoon. . "It is the sacred duty of every American citizen to give to his country service at whatever task he is able to perform, whether it be bearing arms or at home," he said. VanVoorhis is a car repair man and was Socialist candidate for Congress from this district in 1914. Addresses also were made by H. S. Needham, master mechanic, and C. F. Hoeffer, who acted as chairman. W. M. Kittle, foreman of the shops, presided over the preliminary exercises. John Ruhl, One of the employes, offered prayer. When the flag had reached the top the assembled workmen gave three cheers for Old Glory. The men sang "The Star Spangled Banner." BRITISH REPORT 20 VESSELS LOST FOR LAST WEEK LONDON. April 18. The weekly report of the British shipping losses issued .today shows nineteen vessels of more than 1,600 tons sunk and nine vessels of less than 1,600 tons. Twelve fishing vessels also were sunk. During the past seven weeks in which . statements of the losses of British merchant vessels have been made in their present form, the figures show that 168 vessels have been lost, the total for vessels of more than 1,600 tons being 116 and for vessels of less than that tonnage, fifty-two. This week's losses of 28 merchant ships are slightly in excess of the average which is 24 for the period. CALLS ON FRIENDS TO SERVE COUNTRY EVEN WITH ARMS Members of the North A Street Friends Meeting heard the call to arms Sunday. It was sounded by Wilson Doan, of Indianapolis, one of the leaders among American Friends. He called upon Richmond Friends to "dedicate, yourselves to the execution of President Wilson's program against Germany unreservedly." "Do not undertake to take refuge from service behind a religious cloak," he implored. He urged each Friend to pledge himself for his nation's service. Members of the Meeting are planning to enlist for service wherever it is needed, although they prefer not to bear arms as that is against the traditional policy of the church. UNEASY CONDITIONS DELAY HOME PLAN DUBLIN, Ind., April 18. Owing to the unsettled conditions, the board of directors of the Indiana Association of Blind Women think it better to wait until conditions get better to try to secure funds o buy and maintain Home Craft for a home for blind women. . " "We do not want the people to think that the idea has been given up, for it has not, but the solicitor cannot get an audience with the people just now, and thinks we can do much better to wait The board is still hoping and is sure that this can be done later on," said one of the leaders. LMONOPOLY INCREASES STOCKHOLM,' Sweden, April 18. The state tobacco monopoly has again increased the already high price of cigarets. Cigarets formerly costing 1 1-3 cents apiece about the cheapest cigaret that even the non-particular smoker ean endure now cost 1 7-8 cents and the Increase of the dearer brands is considerably greater. Reasons given are the great increase in the price of raw - materials ' and . the great difficulties experienced in obtaining getting cigaret tobacco.

(By AMeelated Press) Continuing their great offensive along; the Aisne and in the Champagne, the French have made further important gains. More than 14.000 prisoners have been taken in the two days of the attack. Twelve cannons including three of large calibre were among the large quantities of war material captured. The . battle, described as the greatest since the battle of the Marne and considered a logical continuance of that struggle, after an interval of more than two years, developed during last night heavy fighting in the region northeast of Soissons where General Neville's troops made their most notable progress. Push North of Aisne. Pushing far north of the Aisne the French completed their occupation of Chivy, east of the Oisne-Aisne canal and pressed on to Bray-en-Laonnois, which was entered by French patrols. On the Aisne further west they occupied the village of Chavonne. To the east of this region several fortified positions were wrested from the Germans in the neighborhood of Ville-au-Bois, three miles southeast of Craonne and on the main highway leading northeast from Rheims. Momentarily halting in the Champagne district to organize their positions the French were attacked in the process by the Germans. Three counter attacks were delivered on Mont-Carnillet, ten miles southeast of Rheims. . All these German reactions were beaten off with heavy losses to the attacking forces. French Deliver Heavy Blow. While the French are delivering their heavy blows in the Aisne-Champagne battle, the British are organizing their forces for a renewal of the struggle in the Arras region. In their operations northwest of St. Quentin General Haig's forces last night straightened out' their line by an advance of more than a mile, capturing, the village of Guislain and made further progress east of Ephy toward the St. Quentin-Cambrai railway opposite Le Catelet.

ARTIFICIAL GAS MAY FILL LINES ANOTHER WINTER Indications are that Richmond will have no natural gas next winter. It is at least certain that if this service is maintained next winter it will only be a limited supply, sufficient only for cooking purposes. Representatives of the Logan company, from whom the Light, Heat & Power company secures its West Virginia gas, were in the city one day this week and informed Manager N. H. Johnson of the L. H. & P. company that there were excellent prospects for a failure of the natural gas supply after this summer. It is recalled that Mr. Johnson, several weeks ago, predicted that Richmond would be without natural gas next winter. At the present time the light, Heat & Power company has no frocblM for artificial gas service. A controversy between the city and the company over the establishment of a schedule of artificial' gafc rates is in prospect for the neat future. It is understood that tne gas com pany has already formulated . plans for the improvement of its gas making plant. Men of Earlham Form Drill Squad to Learn Tactics Earlham college is to be converted into a training camp for the men stu dents. Classes will start at 7:30 instead of 8 o'clock, recitations and lunch hours will be shortened and school will close at 2:25 . instead of 4 o'clock to give sufficient time. for training. Coach Whiteside has been placed in charge of the training classes and will divide the men into groups, under officers, along lines of regular army organization. Plans for training are under direction of a committee, of which Allen D. Hole is chairman. Other members are Miss Martha Doan. Miss. Clara Comstock, Miss Elsie Marshall, Miss Loretta Rush, Mis Lena Hivner, Paul Gordon, Ralph Nicholon and Coach Whiteside. Training for the girls also Is being considered. The training for men is to consist of drills and hikes. Instruction will be given in first aid work and practical gardening. REPULSE GERMAN COUNTER ATTACK PARIS, April 18. German counterattacks in force in the region .of Allies and Couroy were repulsed last night by the French, according to an official statement issued by the French war office. Heavy losses were inflicted on the Germans. CONTINUE MINING OF COAL SUPPLY i COPENHAGEN, VIA LONDON, Apr. 18. A strike has broken out among the Polish munition workers in Warsaw, where Germany has ben using Polish laborers to help supply the eastern army. Ordinances of the German military governor, which are republished in a Posen Polish paper, threaten those refusing to work with a year's imprisonment or transfer to a prison camp. The governor declares that no releases or favor for Polish prisoners of war will be granted until the strike movement is checked. MAKES PERFECT GRADE MILTON, Ind., April 18. Miss Ina Crawford, daughter of Earl Crawford made 100 per cent, in examination in physiology and geography In the township school examination. A number of the pupils of . the' township made 100 in one study.

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PARIS, April 18. The great western front was extended for another twelve miles today when the French drove the Germans from all of their first line positions and part of their second line from Rheims to the Champagne front. The victory was staged an the ground which saw the offensive of 1915 and the German loss is estimated at 30,000 killed, wounded and prisoners, i The Invaders were exceptionally well placed along a series of wooded heights, varying in height from 600 to 800 feet, and running north along the main road from Rheims to St. Halairs, Le -Grand. The Germans were well aware that an attack was coming and had made full preparations for it The French attack, however, was delivered with such skill of the attackers carried them clean ened by a long and furious preliminary bombardment, broke ground after a reasonably stiff resistance and NEW YORK WASTES ; t LES8 THAN LAST YEAR NEW YORK, April 18. The department of health notes with satisfaction that New York City is getting less extravagant and less wasteful because the amount of garbage publicly disposed of during the first three months of 1917 shows considerable decrease as compared with the corresponding months of the previous . year. INDIANA OFFICER COURT MARTIALED WASHINGTON, April 18. Second Lieutenant Robert H. Hall, First Indiana Infantry, National Guard, was today sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for twenty years In the Leavenworth penitentiary. He was court martialed on a variety of charges. Hall's home is said to be in Newcastle. Little is known here of the charges against him. GILES TO APPOINT PRACTICAL GARDENER . A garden supervisor probably win be appointed by the board of education within the next few days. Superintendent Giles has several men in mind for the position, but because of the need of haste in selecting a man, he plans to appoint a practical gardner. Father Roell, pastor of St Andrews church, yesterday offered the use of nearly three acres of land in the old cemetery on South Fifth street to the Gardening association. This, with the Reeveston and Glen Miller plats, will help to relieve the dearth of lots. There are nearly 500 applications in for lots now with only about half that number of lots.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOW INTEREST BY CULTIVATING MANY VACANT LOTS

Richmond high school boys may be released from school and given credits for work on Wayne county farms. Principal Pickell favors the plan to let such boys, as choose earn their credits by helping to relieve the rural labor problem this spring. The matter will be taken up with the board of education immediately. High school students are . taking a tremendous amount of interest la the thrift garden movement.' A poll of students was taken yesterday. It showed that 64 per cent, of the students either, have gardens now or expect , to have. There were 709 pupils in school when the survey was made and 458 announced their intention of doing garden work. A large percentage - of this ' number was of boys. Only three of the 19 rooms reported

the whole line fell Into the hands of the French. South of MoronvilHers. the Impetus of the atackers carried them clean through the front line into the second line system, which centered at Monte Haut. This ' summit. 850 high, was stormed. In the meantime on the Soissons front, the French troops are busy or ganizing the captured ground won ia the first day of the battle and repulsing fierce counter atacks. Over their heads a storm of ' artil-. lery Are is preparing the way for another drive against the Germans in the positoos to which they retired yesterday.

HEAVY SHELLING HEARD IN OCEAN NORTH OF BOSTON WASHINGTON,. April 18AA report from Cape Cod coast . guard station forwarded to the navy by the Boston naval district commandant, said that there was heavy firing this morning at sea, north of the station. Heavy gunB were heard in rapid succession. No explanation of the firing was obtainable when the report was transmitted. Three coast guard stations in the Cape Cod region joined in the report saying that the firing was heard at 9:45 o'clock this morning. All agreed that the sound Indicated the use of heavy guns fired in rapid succession. Reports of heavy gun ire at the entrance of Massachusetts Bay sent a thrill along the coast today. Three coast guard stations on Cape Cod successively reported to the navy yard here that they had counted distinct and repeated gun fire from the north and northeast of the tip of the cape. . It is believed at the navy yard that American vessels were engaged with the enemy. Inside the cape a heavy fog bung over the waters, but outside the weather was calm and a gentle breeze was blowing. No warship was sighted by the three stations, and after thirty minutes the firing ceased. Saloons Voted Out CHICAGO, April 18. Figures compiled today by the Anti-saloon league show that 142 saloons were voted out of business in elections yesterday la various cities and towns of Illinois. The "Drys" won in fourteen "wetcities and towns, but lost three dry towns. STARVATION THREATENED WASHINGTON. April . 18. Decimation of the Elk herd in Yellowstone National Park as a result of starvation is threatened, according to report! today to the forestry service. on the number of boys willing to work on farms. Out of these three looms 19 boys said they should like to do farm work. No data was requested on this. One interesting feature of the survey was the number of students who reported their parents owning vacant lots. Two hundred and sixty-two lots were reported as being vacant A list of these lots and their locations was given to Mrs. X. E. McDrritt, chair man of the lot committee of the Ctvfa Gardening association. Owing to the widespread Interest la1 gardening. Principal ' Picken is favorable to opening school earlier and closing at 3:15 to permit students to devote the afternoons to garden work. A vote was taken today on this question among the students and the parents will be polled tomorrow for tbeb opinion on the matter.