Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 163, 22 May 1917 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1917

CAPTAIN LEVIS

REACHES CITY;

DRIVES A SCOUT

Driving the famous "OrerUnd Nary .'Ecout" presented to tas recniltlnf 'service , by John N. Willys, od to wh'A ! he bu already, mad 10,000 1 miles of "whirlwind" recruiting canv

"paln for the navy, Capt Stanley Hunt-

.Jey Lewis, The well Known auiuor, ; .-.artist and lecturer. arrlTed In Richwnond last evening and is quartered at the Westcott. m. Equipped with a Colt quick-firing machine gun and a powerful bugle - blown by the exhaust of the engine; wjth its sides decorr.ted In the national colors and "Olu Glory" flying from the ?"rear, the sturdy little car was the 2 cynosure of all eyes on the streets to day. , Capt Lewis has just completed a week's stay In Indianapolis, where he SJ addrassed over fifty open-air meetings 3 and also addressed the schools on "Lincoln" and "Patriotism", under the y auspices - of the board of education. - Um ataten that the war and navy de

r! Dartments, realizing the Immense value

or visual appeal bb regras euuments, have officially adopted as a recrultlng adjunct a film called, "Worn- " anhood, the Glory of a Nation," by Theodore Roosevelt, Cyrus Townsend W Brady and Commodore Blackton, and i which will appear in Richmond ,ln the near future. Orders from Secretaries I' Baker and Daniels have been received W by the various recruiting station, and branch offices will be opened In the SS theatres where the picture appears. H During his stay in Richmond, Captain W Lewis will address the various fac 3 tories, lodges and theatre audiences, j and has made arrangements with several leading business houses whereby ri he will paint patriotic designs upon their show windows stimulating enllstK ment

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DEMAND BUOYS UP STOCK TRANSACTIONS

NEW YORK, May 22. A general demand for metals and oils buoyed the list after the first signs of a backward movement. Utah, Inspiration, Kennecott, Chino, Cerro De Pasco, Grands and Calumet and Atizona coppers and American smelting, American clnz and Butte and Superior advanced 1 to almost 2 points. Mexican petroleum rose 1 3-8 and Texas company 2 3-4, Minor Issues of the latter group also hardening. Included in the list of active and strong specialties were American can. Beet Sugar, Air Brake and Harvester corporation. The. more prominent industrials and equipments remained under pressure. Rails and shippings rose briskly at mid-day. Bonds were irregular.

BRITISH SHIPPER " CITES HANDICAP TO NATION'S SHIPS

L LIVERPOOL, May 22, (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) While '""loyally accepting the government's ac--tion in taking over virtually all ves- ; sets for war purposes, Sir Owen PhilJTlps, chairman of the Royal Mail and other steamship companies, in a 2 speech at a meeting of the Holt Line K said the problems of the future must iX not be lost sight of if the British maTine is to hold its own hereafter. 2 "Bearing , in mind the vitally essen2 tlal character of the service of the British mercantile marine, whether in peace or war. and what the governg xnents of other countries friendly and the reverse are doing or propose to do to foster their respective meschant navies," he said, "we trust our Z government will be wide awake to the new conditions, likely to arise, and Z "will see to it that British shipping shall Z not be unfairly handicapped in the fierce competition which will ensue with the Btate-aided merchant fleets of our psesent enemies, of neutrals, or " even of our Allies."

z EGYPT RECORDS L: LARGE REVENUES

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CAIRO, May 22. Government revenues in Egypt have this year risen to the highest point ever recorded, and this has been accomplished without nny war increase in direct taxation, which is the lowest in Egypt of any country comprised within the British empire. There have been some increases in Indirect taxation, however. Railway rates have been increased ten per cent, telegraph and postal rates have been increased in some cases 100 per cent., and the taxes on tobacco, coal and construction wood have been raised.

COVERING SERB ATTACK WITH BARRAGE FIRE

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INCREASE LIBERTY LOAN

NEWARK, N. J., May 22. A liberty loan meeting to increase subscriptions in northern New New Jersey will be held in Neward this afternoon. The speakers will be Frank A. Vanderlip. and Dwight Morrow of New York, and U. H. McCarter, a Newark banker. Subscriptions from Newark to the loan total more than $15,000,000.

POSTAL EMPLOYES BUY LIBERTY LOAN BONDS

Richmond postal jnen are responding to the appeal of the government for the Liberty Loan. Frank Wilson, superintendent of mails, has headed the list with a subscription for a $500 bond. Postmaster Beck expects to buy as heavily as he can. A number of clerks and carriers are planning to purchase bonds.

REPRESENT SOCIALISTS AT STOCKHOLM SESSION

It ' - CHICAGO. STay 22. Morris Hill- ? nuit, New York; Victor L. Ecrger, MilM'aukeo, and Algernon Lee, New York, j nvIII represent the Amerlcial socialist - party as delegates to the conference at t Stockholm. Sweden. Announcement J of the selection of the three delegates 'as made today by the national exe51 uUvo committee of the socialist parC v. Th-? dotegitcs will be uninstruct-

PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY

The stirring events connected with the Allied advances on the western front have taken public attention from the East, where Serbs and Bulgars are fighting daily. This remarkable photograph shows Bulgarians seeking to counter-attack and being prevented from doing so by the Serbian barrage fire. The shells are seen bursting Immediately before them. " ' - v I- ...

$722 is Subscribed to "Y", War Fnnd

One day and a half "of canvassing has brought $722 for the Y. M. C. A. war work fund. Luncheons are held each day at the T. M. C. A. when the seventy-five canvassers make their reports. Wilfred JesBup presided at the luncheon today. Since yesterday $500 has been collected. All parts of the city will be visited during the campaign, .which will last until May 28. Yesterday $35,112 was raised in the state. Indiana's apportionment is $150,000.

12 TRAINMEN DIE IN B.& 0. CRASH

QLARKSBURG, W. Va., May 22. Twelve trainmen were believed to have been killed and others seriously injured when a wreck train on the B. & O. railroad crashed into a moving freight train at Wallace, fifteen miles north of here today. Five bodies have already been" removed from the wreckage. 'According to reports received here f rom the scene of t the. wreck, which is in an out-of-the-way section on the short line from Clarksburg to New Martinsville,' the wreck train was running backward and met the heavy freight train on a curve.

OBREGON EXPLAINS MEXICO'S POLICY

MEXICO CITY. May 22. General Alvaro Obregon, who recently resigned as minister of war, explained today the reasons which prompt Mexico to endeavor to maintain absolute neutrality in the war. : At a farewell dinner before his departure tomorrow for Sonora he said Mexico's self respect called for this policy. Even if Mexico joined the war, he said, she could give no effective aid.

Sunday Ball Would Benefit Army Units

CHICAGO. May 22. Major league baseball on Sunday in all the cities of the eastern end of the circuit, the gross receipts to be donated to varioua units Of Uie United States army, is what magnates of the American league hope to bring about. President B. B. Johnson, of the league, has already arranged, with the approval of Mayor Mitchel of New York for a game in New York on Sunday, June 10, between the New York and St. Louis Americans.

PROPOSE TO STRENGTHEN RAILROAD FINANCES

DERTOIT. Mich., May 22. Plans to strengthen the finances of railroad companies and to improve their services without increasing transportation charges, are to be discussed at the emergency league to consider national transportation and rate problems. The convention opened here today and will close tomorrow.

AGREE ON COMPROMISE

WASHINGTON, May 22. A compromise on the proposed second class mail tax so as to make it from one and one-half cents per pound to the first parcel post zone to eight' cents in the eighth zone was agreed, upon today by the House ways and menas committee.

DENMARK LOSES SHIPS

LONDON, May 22. A Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company says that since the beginning of the war, Denmark has lost 450 ships through submarines or mines. The destruction of the ships has been accompanied by the deaths of 210 Danish seamen.

CLEAR FOR PATRIOTISM

DALLAS, Texas, May 22.Whea the 129th General Assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America met today it began rushing through committee reports and other routine business to clear the decks for a patriotic program.

A white bean found In the collection hasket in a church in Illinois, was auctioned off, and brought $7.50.

TO FORCE COAL DOWN ; IF PROMISES FAIL

WASHINGTON, May 22. Measures to force down anthracite coal prices will be taken, the federal trade commission announced today, if producers and dealers do not adhere to their recent promise to cease extortionate practices. The commission issued this statement on the subject: "In its interim . report ! of May 4 to the United States senate, the federal trade commission promised that Its efforts would be used to assure fair distribution and fair prices of anthracite coal. ' : "The .commission has sent agents into different parts of the country who will observe closely, throughout the anthracite trade, the operation of rlans formulated at recent conferences of the commission with operators, jobbers and representative retailers for bringing - down prices to moderate levels and keeping them there."

FUSILLADES REPORTED

PETROGRAD, (via London), May 22

Today's war office "report is as fol

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"Western and Rumanian fronts

Fusillades have occurred. ' "Caucasus front Kurds attempted an attack south of Erzingan but were dispersed by our fire."

Portugal's Executive Pleased Over Chance to Fight Imperialism LISBON. May 22. President Bernardino Machado, of Portugal, told of what the change from monarchy to republicanism had done for Portugal, and emphasized the steady march of republican Institutions throughout the world, in the course of an Interview today with a representative of The Associated Press. The presidential quarters are now established at Belem Palace, where King Manuel was attending a banquet the night the revolution broke out, and It was here the interview took place. ' The president speaks of the satisfaction he felt in having aligned Portugal with the entente allies at the outset of the European war which later led to her entering the war, soon after be became president. - "In the previous government," said the president, "when I occupied the post of president of the council, I took the earliest occasion to state in the chamber that Portugal's historic alliance with England, and her admiration for the liberal spirit of British institutions as compared with the Imperial and aggressive policy of Germany, would naturally incline us to the side of the cause represented by England and her allies. From that time forward Portugal's course was clearly marked, and soon after I entered the presidency, the conditions of war which had long been impending became a reality. Portugal is thus ranged with her traditional friends, in defense of all those liberal principles of government which England and France represent so conspicuously."

SHIP8 BOMBARD KAVALA

' SOFIA, (via London). May 22. Today's Bulgarian war office statement, after reporting artillery actions in

various sections of - the Macedonian front, announces that thirteen enemy warships bombarded Kavala, while twelve airplanes dropped bombs on the town. :

AUSTIN FOR HATS Every day for the rest of the season will be Dollar Day at Austin's. Special prices on both Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats assure you of the greatest value, dollar for dollar, that you will find anywhere. See these Hats at

Grocers of Columbus, 0 have been ordered to candle all eggs during the summer months to prevent the sale of bad stock.

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA SETTLE POLISH POLICY

BERLIN, May 22! It is learned' on good authority that a complete agreement has been reached between Germany and Austria on the Polish question as the result of the conference' at great headquarters between Chancellor VonBethmann-Hollweg and Count Czernin. the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister.

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