Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 141, 26 April 1917 — Page 1

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TO SATURDAY FOR VOTE ON WAR MEASURE Agreement Would Permit Action Earlier in Day if Debate is Concluded. DEBATE IS LIMITED WASHINGTON, April 26. An agreement to vote upon and finally dispose of the army bill not later than Satur day night was reached today in the senate. The senate agreement, made by unanimous consent, promises a final Tote not later than midnight Saturday and possibly earlier in the day. It also provides that no other bust Bess shall be considered in the mean time, and that if any senator decides to speak no adjournment shall be taken. , Another provision of the agreement provides that at 1 p. m., Saturday, de bate shall be limited to 5 minutes on amendments and 10 minutes on the bill Itself to each senator. ; The senate agreed Informally, how ever, that by unanimous consent, if no member, desires to proceed with the trmy bill, other business may be brought up without objection. Sena tor Overman secured this "gentleman's understanding",-in order that both houses may dispose of the administra tion bill permitting the Entente to recruit their citizens in this country, rhlch Attorney General Gregory today asked Senator Overman to expedite. FEDERAL AGENTS OBTAIN EVIDENCE OF PRICE CONTROL ) CHICAGO. April 26. Special agents "of the department of justice claim to have discovered evidence of supply manipulation and price fixing among potato dealers here and It is said the federal grand jury will start an investigation to determine whether the law against illegal combinations has been broken. Figures have been obtained by the federal Investigators which they claim show that 1,181 cars were held out of the consuming market during the first two weeks in March. The wholesale price of potatoes yesterday ranged In the Chicago market from $2.75 to $3.15 a bushel, with 31,000 bushels in storage. The federal agents point out that a year ago, there were In storage only 19,000 bushels and the price was 80 to 85 cents a bushel. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE COMPLETELY WRECKED HAZLETON. . Pa., April 26. Fire that is supposed to have started back of the stage at the Palace theatre, a vaudeville house, destroyed that building and completely ruined the department of Clarence Sasso in the heart of the business district today. The loss Is estimated ut $200,000. Weather Forecast For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight. Probably frost Friday increasing cloudiness probably followed by showers In southwest portion. Temperature Today. Noon .48 Yesterday. ' Maximum 64 Minimum 41 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight. . Frost probably heavy In the lowlands. Rain Friday or FriJay night. Westerly winds with showjrs and thunderstorms Friday. General Conditions The storm of the past two days has moved to the Atlantic coast and a cold wave from Medicine Hat, controls the weather Bast of the Mississippi river and south 5f the Gulf. A storm rapidly approaching Is expected to bring rain before Saturday. Germany BY CARL W ACKERMAN (Copyright, 1917. The Tribune Aslociation. : Registered according to the Copyright Act. Canada, 1917, by The Tribune Association.) Almost at the very beginning of the war, Germany attempted to put the Standard Oil Company out of business In Germany. A bill was introduced In the Riehstag providing for the purchase of ali 'oreign oil properties within the German "Customs Union" and for the confiscation of all property outside the union. Tho MJ was called to the attention

Nevada Leads States in Recruiting Troops

WASHINGTON, April 26. Nevada led all the states In proportionate recruiting for the regular army between April 1 and 24 by contributing 94.4 per cent of her war quota, which is based on approximate population, war department reports showed today. Oregon, Indiana, Utah, Illinois and Kansas ranked next with percentages of 59.3. 45.6, 40.7, 28.3 and 27.9 respectively : ' Vermont made the poorest showing with a percentage of 2.6, while other low states were Delaware 2.9; Maryland. 3.8 ; New Mexico, 4.5 ; New Hampshire, 5.6, and North Dakota, 5.7. M ADOO WILL OFFER BANKS SECOND PART OF WAR LOAN WASHINGTON. April 26. Secretary McAdoo Is considering another offering of $200,000,000 of treasury certificates, due June 30 to the banks of the country, within the next ten days. The plan has not been definitely approved but indications are that it will be adopted. Announcement as to the details of the first issue of bonds authorized under the seven billion dollar war finance law probably will be made not later than May 1. The second offering of treasury certificates, if made soon, probably will follow the same course of that adopted In the first offer of $250,000,000, from which $200,000,000 was loaned yesterday to Great Britain. The issue would be placed through the federal reserve banks acting as fiscal agents for the government and would be offered primarily to the banks of the country, state banks and private institutions as well as member of the federal reserve system. , -. Conference an to the further needs of the .EeWente governments ,.were continued today with representatives of Great Britain ajfrdjtaly ; ; t ", Exempts Are Ordered Into Field Service AMSTERDAM, (via London,) April 26. A Berlin official announcement received here says that the German war office has ordered a great number of exempts to be drafted for field service. They will be replaced In the war Industries by women and those liable for the national auxiliary service. City Opens Streets For Garden Space ONALASKA, Wis., April 26 Use of the city's back streets for raising potatoes was authorized today by the town council. High school boys under direction of the county farm school here will cultivate the highways. Highwayman Robs and Kills Minister CAMDEN, N. J.. April 26 The Rev. Joseph T. M. Childrey, pastor of the First Baptist church of Haddenneld, N. J., who was shot last night by a negro highwayman, died in a hospital here today. The clergyman was on his way to perform a marriage ceremony when he was held up on a lonely road. He gave the negro two dollars, all he had, but this did not satisfy the highwayman, who then shot him. The negro has not been captured. ROBINSON FOUNDRY PUTS UP ADDITION A large addition Is being built on North Second street to the SwayneRobinson factory. It is a one-story brick and concrete building,- 180 feet long by 60 feet wide, and is to be used as a foundry. It will be finished by July 1, according to the plans. Forty additional men will be employed In the foundry department of the plant If they can be obtained. The addition is made necessary by a large growth in business.

Repressed News of Relief Given Nation by Americans

of Ambassador James W. Gerard by attorneys for the Standard Oil Company, who were much concerned over the Reichstag proposal. Gerard, who for a number of years was a Supreme Court judge of New York, examined the measure carefully and discovered that the words "German Customs Union" made np the joker in the bill, because the properties of foreign oil interests were located mostly outside the Customs Union, and these were to be seized. v ... Taking a copy of the bill. Ambassador Gerard ralld upon Imperial Chan

ALLIES PROVE BETTER IN AIR THAN TEUTONS SAYS GENERAL

Superiority of Britich Artillery Enables Army to Maintain Gains in Offensive. GERMAN LOSS HEAVY LONDON, April 26. The outstanding features of the second day of the battle of Arras Is the definite establishment of superiority in artillery by the British and it is due to this superiority that they have been able to maintain a successful offensive, said Major-General Maurice, chief director of military operations at the war office in his weekly talk with the Associated Press today. He declared that the Germans had drawn on their reserve and brought up great new forces in an attempt to stem the onslaught, but that the British machine was working without a hitch. The German losses have been terrific and thousands of dead Germans, he said, were lying in front of the British lines. In the 18 days of the Arras battle General Maurice continued, the British casualties had been something less than half what they were in the corresponding period of the Somme offensive, while the number of prisoners and guns captured by the British forces was much greater than in the same period on the Somme. , Another important, feature of the fighting, said the general, is the fact that the British have definitely established their superiority in the air. FORCE STRIKERS TO RESUME TASK UNDER THREATS - WASHINGTON. April 26. Newspa per reports from Berlin issued in summarized form by the state department, say that as a result of the continuing strike at Elbing, the commander In chief of that district has issued orders directing munition workers under leave of absence from the front to re sume work before April 20. Unless the order is obeyed the statement said the workers would have to report at once to military headquarters. Un der threat of that penalty the workers. resumed their labor. MOORE WARNS OF BIG FROST W. E. Moore, weather observer for Richmond and vicinity, today issued a special warning of a heavy frost tonight "The temperature may get down to the freezing point," Moore said. "This unseasonable weather is being caused by a Medicine Hat cold wave. "Indications are that there will be a moderation in the weather tomorrow but it 19 probable that there will be rain. There is no immediate prospect for real summer weather." LABOR COUNCIL HEAD TEARS FLAG DOWN GLOBE, Ariz, April 26. George Smith, president of the Globe Central Labor council, and secretary of the Miners' Union, tore down the American flag from the front of the Miners' Union hall and from behind the chair in which he conducted a 'council meeting last night The flag had been placed there by representatives of the Carpenters' Union. " ' Recently Smith issued a public statement denouncing President Wilson and congress for plunging the nation into war. cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and said that ' the United States ' government would not permit an American corporation to be discriminated against in such a fashion. The Chancellor seemed surprised. He called the Ambassador's attention to the belief in Germany that the Standard Oil Company was so unpopular with the American people that the American government would surely not attempt to protect its foreign interests. Gerard Corrects False View. , The Chancellor said that both President Wilson and Secretary Bryan were

WHAT UNCLE

A typical daily field ration of the United States-soldier, supplying 4.99 calories of heat energy Is shown in the model. The photograph by courtesy of the American Museum of Safety.

WHEN STATE BECOMES ORY LOAFERS MAY MEET WIVES ECONOMY, Ind., April 26. Mrs. S. W. Hodgin, of Richmond, explained here today at the county W. C. T. U. convention how men who frequent saloons may pass their time after the state goes dry. "In the first place they can become acquainted with their families," she said., "Lots of men who loaf around saloons seldom see their families." Mrs. Hodgin spoke on "Counter-Attractions for the Saloons." She mentioned Y. M. C. A.'s and public libraries as substitutes for the saloon and advocated opening of coffee houses for loafing places. She also urged expansion of vocational night schools. Miss Martha Speicher, state superintendent of temperance instruction in the schools, talked on the prohibition law with reference to the new constitution, the responsibilities' laid on women with suffrage and scientific temperance instruction. ? - . She was forced to combine the three subjects because pf a decision to consolidate-; the afternoon and evening programs to make way for-an Odd Fellows lodge meeting here tonight ' Mrs. Robert-" Kelly, of Richmond, and Mrs. O. N- Huff, of Fountain City, also spoke today. Standing committees were appointed in the morning session. ..... Miss Bowers Returned Winner of Oratorical The silver medal contest , which marked the opening of the county W. C. T. U; convention at Economy last night was won y Miss Beulah Bowers, this city. - v . Other speakers were: Helen Chamness, . Juanlta Ballard and Epsy Moffitt ' The judges were: ' Mrs. Anna Morrison and Mrs. Celia Weyle, Economy, and Mrs. S. W. Hodgin. Richmond. Mrs. Hannah Taylor opened the meeting. . Calls Upon Indians to Increase Output MUSKOGEE, Okla., April 26. Five thousand circulars printed . in the Cherokee language have been sent to Indian farmers in Oklahoma from the office of the Five Civilized Tribes asking them to use their farms to the fullest advantage in the movement to increase the food production : of the country. , . x ARTHUR ROBINSON TO ADDRESS FORUM Civic organizations, including women's clubs, are choosing representatives to the Advisory Council of the Wayne County Constitutional Forum. The Council probably will be organized next week. - - . " Wet and dry issues will , be present ed at the meeting next Sunday afternoon by State Senator Arthur R. Rot inson, of Indianapolis, who will speak on "Prohibition and the New Consti tution." ,:' c-;: :" ; The meeting next Sunday afternoon will be at 2:30 o'clock in the High school auditorium. A musical program will be given. ". .-. BLACK LIST WITHDRAWN LONDON. April - 26. The British black list of shipping has been witb drawn so far as it concerns the United States. ' " ' ' . " v reported to ' be ' such friends of the people that they could not afford to protect the property of the Standard Oil Company. Gerard replied that the very fact that these, men were known in the public mind as having "no connection with this : corporation Twould enable them to give it the same protection they would give other 'American property. ' - " When the Chancellor still expressed surprise Mr. Gerard spoke about the following words to him: ' "You know that, you have been disCTlminfetlng against the Standard Oil

SAM FEEDS HIS BOYS OF THE ARMY

MORGAN'S DEPOSIT

NEW YORK, April 26. Twenty cashier's checks for $10,000,000 each passed through the clearing house today, completing the transaction for the transfer of $200,000,000 from the government of the United States to the government of Great Britain. These checks, payable to J. P. Morgan & company were passed out by the federal reserve bank here yesterday in return for a check for the full amount deposited by the Morgan firm, soon after Secretary McAdoo of the treasury had handed to the British ambassador in Washington a treasury warrant for the first installment of the government loan to Great Britain. The check deposited by Morgan & company is said to be the largest ever drawn. It was written in long hand upon a sheet of white paper six by eight inches and signed "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by Sam H. Lever, financial secretary." The twenty $10,000,000 checks were deposited by Morgan & company at various banks and trust companies.

Egg Prices Tumble With Heavy Receipts CHICAGO, April 26. With the placing of 162,000 cases of eggs on the market in Chicago and New York in the last two days and continued heavy receipts from the middle western states, wholesale prices have dropped from three to four cents a dozen in this market with extras quoted today at 32 to 33 cents' a dozen. Further reductions are looked for, some dealers expressing the belief tthat eggs would drop to 25 or 26 cents a dozen retail in a short time. BERLIN FEARS SECOND STRIKE FIRST OF MAY AMSTERDAM, (via London), April 26. "Today's statement from headquarters, comes just early enough to influence, the . conscience of the munition workers," says the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, in a recent issue. "For the most part they have resumed duty again, but they will also have to repair the consequences of their dereliction from duty and, above all things, these regrettable occurrences must be prevented from taking place again today or tomorrow. "We are informed that attempts are still being made to instigate renewed action by the munition workers and it is openly threatened that we must be prepared for new outbreaks of ill will If certain claims are not acceded to. It is also reported that on May 1 there will -be another general strike for 24 hours." . BULGARS CHECK BRITISH DRIVE BERLIN, ' April 26 A British attack on the Macedonian front on Tuesday was made in force in the expectation of making important results, the war office says. Bulgarian troops are credited with repulsing the attack, which, as previously reported, met with no success. No Relief is Seen For High Coal Price : INDIANAPOLIS, April 26. Wholesale coal dealers attending the meeting of the Indiana- Retail Coal Mer chants' 'association here today expressed the opinion that there is no relief in sight from " the present situation and shortage. They said they believed the retailer and. consumer who stores all he can get and pays for during the. summer will be in the best condition next winter. ' ' 1 Company here in Germany for a number of years already. The Prussian state railways have been charging the Standard Oil Company twice as much : to , ship oil from Hamburg to Berlin as they have charged German corporations to transport Roumanian oil from the Austrian border to Berlin, which is almost twice as far. Now don't you think that is enough?" Although Mr. Gerard obtained no promises from the' Chancellor, the bill was " never brought up again in the Reichstag. ' . - , ,When ? the British ' blacklists ; were

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WILSON ORDERS HUELLER HELD INDEFINITELY INDIANAPOLIS, April 26. Arthur Hueller, a German reservist, who was placed under arrest . a week ago at Richmond, Ind., by the local police there, will be interned by federal authorities who received an order for his arrest' and detention today. The arrest by the federal authorities is the first of its kind made in Indi ana, and was made under regulation No. 12. of the' President's war proclamation of April 6. v The authority f for HuellerV deten tion was received in ft telegram by or der of the President, received today by L. -Ert Slack, district ( attorney, who turned the order over to Mark Soren, United States marshal, i Frank S. Ream, , deputy ; marshal, went to Richmond today to take Hueller into custody. ' He will be brought to' Indianapolis, and will be lodged temporarily in the Marion county jail. " The' telegram sets out that Hueller shall be kept in custody until further notice, and It is thought that this will mean that he will be Interned until the end of the war, . Frank S. Ream, - depuy United States marshal arrived here this afternoon, to take Arthur Hueller to Indianapolis on orders from L. Ert Slack, United States district attorney. Ill-Fated Eastland Rebuilt For Service at Training Station GREAT LAKES, Ills., April 26 A fleet of training ships shortly will be sailing the Great Lakes, it was announced at the United States naval training stations here today. Captain W. A. Moffett, commandant. has planned the mobilization of a number of vessels mounting guns ranging from one-pounders to six-inch pieces. The fleet will serve to train recruits passing through the training station here, which has been greatly expanded since the outbreak of war in addition to protecting lake cities. The steamer Eastland, which turned over in the Chicago river in 1915, with a loss of 812 lives and which is now being rebuilt as a gunboat, will be the flagship. Other vessels in the fleet will be two of the former Spanish gunboats which were captured by Dewey at Manila bay. FAMOUS RESORT HOTEL GETS MILITARY TRAINING EASTON, Pa., April 26. After ninety-one years Lafayette College has at last realized military training as a part of its curriculum. . NEW BISHOP INSTALLED ROCK ISLAND. Ills., April 26. Rev. Granville Hudson Sherwood, of Rock Island, was today installed as bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Springfield. "

published the greatest indignation was shown in Germany. The German Press Bureau sent out columns of protests, but what was the government doing at the same time? . . i . American Merchant Coerced. ' - Last December an 'American merchant named Adolph Barthmann, the leading shoe dealer in Berlin, wanted to close his ' store and return to the United States. He could not obtain ' American shoes and was dissatisfied with the treatment the government and police accorded him, so he decided to close his place of business on -Freid- ,'' ' ' ' tJ :

FOES BATTLE

VAINLY FOR DECISION IN GREAT FRAY Germans Mass Men and Sacrifice Many Lives to Stem British . Advance in Fight- - ing at Arras. LABOR TROUBLES QUIET The fourth day of the terrific struggle on the British front is France has opened with both sides still striving vainly for a decision. , The Germans have resorted to the terribly costly tactics of massed attacks and have apparently succeeded in checking the British advance. This partial success has been won, according to spectators of the titanic conflict, at a staggering toll of human life. -.v.It would seem as If the revolutionary mutterings which were ominously swelling through Europe prior to the inception of the great battle were drowned in the thunders of the battlefeld but indications are not lacking that momentous events are about to occur behind the fighting lines. Plans Labor Demonstration The summary adjournment of the Riechstag, when its sittings had barely opened, is given added significance by hints in the German press that the strike agitation in Germany may burst forth with renewed, violence on May Day, the great International socialist holiday. ' ' " A nation wide labor demonstration in Sweden is also planned for that day and may have its counterpart in Spain. No news of any importance has come from Australia in several days, a fact, which has given fresh vigor to the ever, recurrent ' report, of . intentions or efforts on the part' of the dual l&onarchy to seek a separate peace; .'. ' - . No Confirmation Available - " No ' confirmation of the reports Is available from any reliable source, but there is more definite tidings of the status of affairs in Turkey, the third member of Germany's imperial -ium-Continued On Page Eleven. LORD CECIL DRAFTS RECRUITING MEASURE TO INCLUDE ALIENS LONDON, 'April 26. Lord Roberts Cecil, minister of blockade, told the House of Commons today that there would be introduced shortly a bill dealing with the enlistment of friendly aliens of military age. On being asked whether Americans would be included in the provisions of the bill be replied : "I think It is better to wait for the bill. If I were to give a preliminary account it would be inaccurate." Lord Roberts added that the delay in dealing with the measure was due to the necessity of negotiating with Great Britain's allies. WASP SINKS CRAFT WITH SEVEN SHOTS WASHINGTON. April 26. The destruction without warning by submarine gunfire of the American schooner Percy Birdsall of New York was reported today to the state department. Time and place were not announced. The submarine fired ten shots, seven of which struck the schooner below the water line, some of them while the captain and crew of nine were taking to the boats. The survivors were rescued by a British patrol boat after being in the boats about an hour and a half. The Birdsall was of 1,127 tons gross; built in Wilmington, Del., in 1890 and was owned ,by Edward I. Holmes. MINISTER RESIGNS POST LONDON, April 26. A Christlanla dispatch says the Norwegian minister of justice has resigned owing to the rejection of the government bill curtailing the freedom of the press.

richstrasse. Before he could leave Berlin be had to get police permission to leave Germany and go to the United States. Every American had to have permission from the police to leave Germany. ,-. -,;:;V';' Barthmann handed in his passports and -was told to return in eight -days. On the appointed day he was asked to sign a paper, stating that he never had, and that the American shoe company he represented never had, sold shoes to ' Continued On Page Seven.l .