Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 168, 28 May 1917 — Page 7

TUB RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. MONDAY, MAY 28, 1917

RUSSIAN ORDER FOR OFFENSIVE MEETS APPROVAL

, PETROGRAD. (via London). May 27. Virtually all the divergent political factions, all class organizations, councils and . even the socialist leaders, with the exception of the Extreme Letters today re-echo the appeal of Minister of War Kerensky to . the troopB and applaud the new order of the day, "advance." It remains to be ccen how the army Itself will receive this final exhortation to patrotlam and , the defense of Russia's newly won freedom. s Constant efforts have been made luring the past two months by representatives, not only of the government but of the soldiers, to bring home to the army that the abandonment of acjive warfare would not only mean ( ireachery to the allies but the inevitable loss of all that has been gained in the revolution. It is confidently be ' lleved that this last call, s.yported at It Is by almost every element of society, will move the army to a realItation of the situation. All the commanders have added their appeals to the order of Minister Keren6y. They all emphasize the necessity of not only defending the country against the enemy but of an immediate advance to relieve the pressure upon the allies, which Germany has been able to exert by transferring the bulk of her troops from the eastern to the western front "Attack the Enemy." ' General Alexieff says tersely: "Forward! Advance to attack the enemy." 'General Brussiloff says: "It is necessary to conserve and consolidate freedom. The soldiers must overthrow and defeat the enemy. Shame and dishonor to those who have a weak Hpirit' General Dragomiroff is less laconic: "An advance upon the enemy," he says "is an Immediate necessity. The enemy Is taking advantage of our passivity to leave this front open and end forces westward. The French and British are honestly doing their duty as our allies. They are saving our new freedom, which otherwise we would lose. But soon their afivance must wear itself out and there will be no one to help us." The newspapers contain similar appeals from the heads of the government.' Premier Lvoff writes: "Honor demands our activity. We are drowned In speech and word. The muscles of our organization are being attrophied. Further passivity will mean ruin." Skobeleff. the new socialist minister of labor, joins the choruS with ihe declaration: "Our present task is to advance." HUNDRED THOUSAND YANKEE SOLDIERS IN FRANCE SOON LONDON', May 28. An official i. foment issued here today says that, 'tinting the Americans serving in the P.:itiih and' French armies and the flditlonal units ordered to France, there shortly will be 100.000 Ameri cans in France. The statement says 3,500 war airpianos will be constructed and 6,000 s viators trained in the United states this year. EDWARD F. WARFEL IS PUBLICITY MAN OF DEFENSE BOARD INDIANAPOLIS. May 28. Edward K. Warfel, of Richmond, has been appointed publicity man for the state council of defense and will bo connected with the headquarters, in the ttate house, according to announcement made today. During the recent cession of the state legislature Mr. Warfel represented the Associated Press in the Senate. He went to Washington at the close of the session as secretary to Representative Daniel W. iftary to Representative Daniel W. Com stock of the Sixth district and served in that capacity until the death Of Mr. Comstock. PATRONS DEMAND LARGER SCHOOL County Superintendent Williams was a busy man this afternoon: A mob of patrons of Earlham Heights school gathered in his office to assert their rights and demand justice. Their school building has become Inadequate and two-new rooms are wanted. Bid: for this addition were opened last week, but the advisory board refused to let contracts. The patrons are determined to have these rooms and are starting on a campaign to get it. Men, women and children were members of the congregation that met this afternoon. On The Boards "The Girl He Couldn't Buy" will be the Oliver Players offering at the Murray for the first three days of this week, and judging from the rehearsals Richmond theatre-goers are going to see one of the. best comedy dramas ever offered by these popular players. Miss Pauline LeRoy will join the company today. She was iast seen here with the Sayles company and has many friends in the city who will be glad to welcome her back. During the run of "The Girl He Couldn't Buy," no children under fourteen wi!I be admitted. The play for the last half will be "The Tidal Wave. The iistufl matinees will be given Tuesday and Wednesday. PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY

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Passports have been refused Morris Hillquit, of New York; Victor L. Bsr-j ger, of Alilwaukee, and Algernon Lee, of New York, who were designated to represent American Socialism at the. international conference called to meetj at Stockholm, Sweden. Action was .taken under the Logan law of 1799, de-l fining the punishment of any American who interferes as an individual, with- j out governmental authority, in international affairs. The conference is plan

ned to discuss peace, and it is the opinion of the Allied Governments that in reality it will be absolutely under the control of Berlin, and that a Socialist movement for a peace satisfactory only to Germany will be launched. English Socialists have refused to take part ill it, although there will be a delegation of Russians present.

Men Join Quakers to Avoid War? Report False; Prof .Hole Says

Allen D. Hole, prominently identified with the Friends' church today said there wasmo disposition on the part of young men to Join the Quaker church in order that they might escape conscription on the "non-resistance" plea.

Chewing Gam, Jewelry and Films Removed From War Revenue Bill

WASHINGTON. May 28. A tax on chewing gum, jewelry and motion picture films was removed from the war revenue measure today by the senate committee. Instead of the House rates on manufacturers' gross sales of athletic goods, perfumes, cosmetics, and proprietary medicines, the committee decided to keep them as sources of -revenue, but by stamp taxes instead of the five per cent, gross sales tax. The committee also la considering a tax on tonnage of pleasure yachts instead of the House tax on' their cost. The changes decided upon today followed the committee's decision to stride out the five per cent, tax on all manufacturers' sales. No substitution for the House rates on motion picture films, jewelry and chewing gum are contemplated. Motion picture films would be taxed from one-half to one cent per foot in the House measure with estimated revenue of $7,000,000;, jewelry and chewing gum would be taxed five per MOVIE ACTRESS BUSY $10,000 NEW GOWNS I ! 11 Marjorie Rambcau, the motion picture actress, went shopping along Fifth avenue, New York, the other day, and before she, finished her tour of the shops she had acquired $10,000 worth of new gowns. Miss Rambeau is not normally extravagant in the matter of dross, but she was preparing for the production of "The Mirror," her latest Mutual-Powell picture, and the scenes of the photoplay required that she appear in the most elaborate of evening gowns. The picture takes her, time and again, to exclusive cabaret parties and that it be a true portrayal of fcroadway life, Miss Rambeau insisted that the same gown would not do twice. She believes, very firmly, that a motion picture actress, to bt completely successful, mast own an e-ctensrve wardrobe, and it is an established fact in the business of mrking movies that an actress does lose prestige matcrially with her critical audiences when she wears the sane grwn a second time. ,

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Hole said the usual accessions to the church had taken place this spring but that the number was normal and not out of proportion. He said he did not believe that many young Quaker would join the church merely to evade military duty.

cent, of manufacturing cost in the House measure, with .estimated revenues respectively of $7,500,000 and ?7,000.000. . The proposed tax on confectionery is a new plan of the Senate committee on which the treasury department has been asked to submit estimates of revenue. Under the House bill $2,000,000 would have been raised from athletic goods, $4,750,000 from cosmetics and perfumery; and $8,500,000 from proprietary medicines. The committee has not determined whether higher or lower revenue returns will result from a stamp tax. House taxes on admissions to places of amusement and upon club dues were considered today by the Senate committee without decision. HAGERSTOWN WEDDING. HAGERSTOWN, Ind., May 28 Miss Laura Mills, sister of Mrs. David Mettert, was married Saturday evening to Mr. James Benbow at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Long on Walnut street. Rev. J. W. Gruber,. pastor of the M. E. church, officiated. Those present were Mrs. David Mettert, Miss Lillie Benbow, Eddie Benbow, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Benbow and daughter Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cordell and four children, and Mr. and Mrs. ewton Long. The bride and groom will live in the house vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hershberger.on Elm street. City Statistics Deaths and Funerals. M'GEE Mrs. William McGee. 46 years old, died at the Reid Memorial ! hospital Sunday morning. She was a member of the Friends church. She had lived in Richmond her entire life. She leaves two sons, "one daughter, three grandchildren, her father, five sisters and four brothers. The funeral will be private and will be held from the parlors of Doan and Klute Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Milo Hinckle will officiate. Burial will be in the Earlham cemetery. Friends may call any time. GARRETT Mrs.. Roxanna Garrett died Sunday morning at her home, 617 South A street. She was 64 yesrs old. She leaves two sons, Herbert and Gloster, of this city, and two daughters, Mrs. Hiram S. Chinn, of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Harry O. Foster, of Columbus; also two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Hunter, of Richmond, and Mrs. Mattie Hicks of Columbus, Ind. The funeral will be held from the home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial in the Earlham cemetery. Friends may call any time. TEWART William Arch Tewart, 52 years old. died at his home, south of the city, Saturday afternoon. He is survived by his wife, Amanda Tewart, and three daughters, Eva, Pansy and Ellen. The funeral will be held from the home Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in the Earlham cemetery. Friends may call any time. BEST LINE OF 5c AND 10c WALL PAPER IN THE CITY DICKINSON WALL PAPER CO. EC 4 Main Si. Phone 2201

MOVIES TO AID IN LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN WEEK

NEW YORK, May 28. Every available agency has been enlisted and many novel campaign activities have been Inaugurated , to make a success of Liberty loan week In New York city. The swing into the second half of the subscription campaign today saw business houses and individuals united in the co-operative effort to popularize the loan. Employers throughout the city are offering their employes opportunities to buy bonds on the Installment plan. Tomorrow the federal reserve bank expects to have ready the $10 participation certificates; making it possible for any person with that amount to heed the call to subscribe. The motion- picture industry will send, out Jbeglnning today a short film urging the 'American people to subscribe to- the. loatx, . .The film will be shown in 10,000 movie theatres. Tomorrow night there will be a mass meeting, of life insurance agents to j instruct them in bond salesmanship. The merchants' association of New j York, it was announced today, will hold a members'- meeting on the Liberty loan next Friday afternoon. The speakers will outline plans for the distribution of the bonds among salary and wage earners- with the assistance of employes. , MISS RANKIN MAKES HER.MAIDEN SPEECH WASHINGTON, May 28. Representative Rankin of Montana made her maiden speech on the floor of te House today and, incidently, won her initial fight. She succeeded in amending by a unanimous vote in the committee as a whole the food bill so as to provide that in making the proposed food survey , the services of women shall be used insofar as practicable.

UGLY; DIRTY-FACED ROLE FOR PRETTIEST GIRL IN MOVIES

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MARY MILES MINTER, prettiest girl in the movies, appears as an ugly, dirty-faced basement salesgirl in "Annie-for-Spite,"i her latest Mutual photoplay. When Mary "did up" her hair there was a gasp of surprise from her screen friends, but they are due for a more severe surprise when they see her in painfully plain black, her hair braided tightly to her head and her face besmeared with stove polish. Mary is a regular little Gnderella. Sh'e is always getting adopted in her Weisbrod's PIANO SALE Closes June 1st BUY NOW Save 15

EVERY PIANO AND PLAYER-PIANO offered for sale, whether it is now in the hands of the hierchant or manufacturer, will be taxed per cent, according to the new revenue bill which is now before congress. .. , Thus the proposed 5 per cent tax and the increased cost of almost every item entering into piano construction, will immediately increase the selling price of pianos and player-pianos from $50 to over $100 each, and this applies alike to pianos, player-pianos and grands. There is no evading it. If you are going to buy a new Piano or Player Piano, the time to buy is now and before June 1st If you want to save 15 on your purchase. f Remember you must buy before June 1st. ' See us at once to make arrangements for the delivery of your Piano or Player Piano.

The Piano House That Deserves Your Confidence. Opp. Post Office MUM

RICHMOND 'PHONE MEN ADVISED TO "STICK TO POSTS? -According to a letter from-Brig. General George O.. Squler,. S. Signal Corps, to Manager Bailey of .the Home Telephone company, employes of that

company can serve their country "in no better way than by sticking to their pOStS." .- -.- The letter in part says: "They (the telephone companies) have been called upon to provide men trained in-the art of constructing and maintaining telephone . and telegraph lines. I therefore direct your attention to the fact that the men and the women now engaged in providing this all important service can serve their country in no better way ' than by sticking to their posts." FIND NO EVIDENCE OF GOAL COMBINE, GREGORY DECLARES WASHINGTON, May 28. No evidence to warrant additional, proceedings against anthracite operators and dealers has so far been found, Attorney-General Gregory today, informed Chairman Webb.of the house judiciary committee, replying to a resolution by Representative Dyer, of Missouri. Investigation into bituminous coal, the attorney-general wrote, has so far lesulted in some Indictments at New York. "In the course of the. investigation into the increases' of prices generally, wrote the, attorneygeneral, "the several, .United States district attorneys and an investigating force of the -department have been inquiring into conditions in the anthracite and bituminous coal markets. . TAKE FRENCH WORKS BERLIN, May 28. German troops yesterday captured a line of French trenches-on the Toohlberg and the Keilberg, south of Moronvilliers in the Champagne region, together with more than 250 prisoners, army headquarters announced today. pictures and it's because she likes these modern fairy stories so well herself that they are chosen for her picture dramas. She emerges from poverty, awkwardness, and ugliness into a beautifully gowned, charming daughter of luxury, into the Mary Miles Minter that the screen knows so well, and in-; cidentally has an opportunity to wear some of the $4,000 worth of new clothes and hats which sho bought on a recent orgy in the shops of Los Angeles. 7y A Mehlin,; Emerson, Lindeman A. Sons Pianos and Player Pianos PHONE 1655

BROTHERS HELD Oil SHOOTING CHARGE

Charged with shooting with Intent J to kill two brothers. Shade and Charles ! Harris of this city, who recently came here from Tennessee, are being held at county Jail. . The wife of Charles Harris was shot In the arm by her brother-in-law during a pistol duel yesterday between the two men, but she is not seriously injured. Charles Harries fired twice at his brother . but both shots went wide of their mark. Prompt arrival of police prevented a murder. The trouble occurred in a room where Shade Harris was living. It is stated that when the two men and the woman came here they went to housekeeping together, purchasing furniture on the installment plan.. It is said that Shade Harris refused to assume his share of the debt and moved to another place. .Charles, and his wife went to see him yesterday with a demand that he pay his share of the cost of the furniture. After a dispute Shade Harris fired, wounding his sister-in-law. Then Charles Harris tried to shoot his brother, it is said. HOMESICK NEGROES LONG FOR AMERICA WASHINGTON, May - 23 . With dreams of wealth unrealized and faith in promoters . destroyed, homesick American negroes have petitioned the acting governor of the Gold . Coast Colony in Africa to send them back to Texas, which they left in 1914, under the sway of the arguments of "Chief Sam," who pictured lives of ease. The negroes turned over to "Sam" varying sums of money with the understanding that he would land them on the Gold Coast where they would receive titles to their own land. Ambassador Spring Rice has notified the state department that Chief Sam grossly misled the immigrants and finally deserted them, leaving many in destitution. Whether any governmental assistance will be given to the negroes so they may return to the cotton fields of Texas is unknown.

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Attention Elloose Funeral services for. Brother W. A. Tewart will be held at the residence tonight Autos have been secured to leave the hall at 7 p. m. Meet at hall Tuesday night at 7 p. m. to attend the funeral services of brother J. F. Strothmier. Moose defenders appear in full dress uniform. G. G. MINIX, Diet . ? L W. HOWARD BROOKS, Sec

SPANISH CITIZENS f DEMAND ENTRY OF I NATION INTO WAR

MADRID, May 28. Resolutions adopted at the great mass meeting; in favor of the entente allies, held in Madrid yesterday, were presented tc the "Spanish minister of the . interior today. The resolutions were to the effect that: " First: - . Spain should not remain isolated in the European conflict. "Second: Spain should change het policy toward France and Great Brit ain and the allies. "Third: Following Germany's breach of Spanish neutrality Spain f-hould break diplomatic relations with Germany and should accept all th consequences from the action which she is compelled to. adopt for the defense of her dignity. VAIN PROTEST BY SOCIALIST LEADER WASHINGTON, May 26. - Victor Berger, Milwaukee- Socialist and former member of congress, protested in vain today to Secretary Lansing e gainst the government's decision to issue no passports to American Socialists intending to participate in the Socialist peace meeting in Stockholm. Mr. Berger did not get a passport, but he . did learn that the government had not changed its policy. Mr. Berger was with the secretary only a few minutes. Neither would make an extensive statement. ILLINOIS MAN GIVES MILLION TO DEFENSE CHICAGO, May 28. Levi Mayer.' a member of the Illinois State Council of Defense, subscribed today to $1,000,000 of the Liberty Loan bonds. He is the second member of the council, to individually subscribe to that amount. J. Ogden Armour having purchased $1,000,000 of the bonds a week ago.

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