Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 169, 29 May 1917 — Page 1

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BOBBINS HAS ASSURANCE OF SOLID VOTE OF HOME COUNTY

Boom for Young Attorney Reaches Large Proportions Greenfield Man is Candidate. BASSETT IN RAGE The boom for the nomination of Byrara C. Robbins of Richmond as the Republican congressional candidate , has now reached such proportions that there no longer exists much doubt that his candidacy will receive the solid support of the Wayne county delegation to the convention, to be held in Rushville, Friday, June 8. Scores of friends of the young Richmond attorney now are actively engaged in the development of his candidacy and as a result he is assured of strong support throughout the district. In Henry and Rush counties particularly the Robbins candidacy has been well received. Party leaders recognize the fact that Wayne county is entitled to receive the congressional nomination and they agree that Robbins wculd be a most acceptable nominee. Two Counties For Him. With Wayne county solidly supporting the Robbins candidacy the support of the Rush and Henry delegations is pledged to him, assuring his nomination on the first ballot, for Wayne, Henry and Rush counties have a total voting strength of 68, or eight more votes than required to nominate. Will Hough, of Greenfield, a well known attorney who has sought the Republican congressional nomination for many years, is again a candidate. He was in Richmond last night talking with several friends, but he failed to find any encouragement for his candidacy, discovering that Wayne county was solidly supporting . the Robbins candidacy. Elnwr Basaett, of Shelbyrille. is also a candidate for the Republican nomination, but his boom has been coldly received everywhere except in Shelby county. Apparently Bassett does not have much hope of success for he has failed to visit either Wayne or Henry counties, the two largest in the district. In the Interests of his candidacy. Pick Delegates Next Monday. Ward and township meetings for the election of delegates to the Republican district convention will be held in Wayne county at 7:30 o'clock next Monday evening. "I hop these ward and township meetings, to be held simultaneously throughout the district, will be largely attended. It is the patriotic duty of every good citizen to attend such meetings." aid Walter Bossert. Republican district chairman, today. "The district must be represented in congress by a high type of man for our country is now at war and there are great problems before the congress. "Good citizens will attend the ward and township meetings to aid in the selection of the best, obtainable delegates to the district convention, for the membership of the convention must be men who are competent to select a congr? clonal candidate who will meet all the requirements of the hljrh office he asDires to. "A man who will not attend such a political meeting as will be held next Monday evening is just as much a slacker as a mar- who refuses to fight for his country.". Women Respond To "Save Paper" Appeal "Don't throw away that piece of paper!" Is the slogan of Richmond housewives now. Last week the ways and means committee of the Domestic Science club made a pica for all women to save all waste paper, the proceeds from the sale of It to go toward maintaining the Day Nursery. The committee in charge today announced that the women of the city were responding enthusiastically to (he plea. Boy scouts will collect the jiaper July 15. The committee is asking only for paper that otherwise might be burned. Wrapping paper, magazines, newspa pers and circulars are wantea. Do Yonri-J Join the Bit NowLij-JRed Crois WEATHER FORECAST FOR INDIANA by the United States Weather Bureau Fair; warmer tonight. Wednesday, probably show ers. Temperature Today Noon 66 Yesterday Maximum 60 Minimum 49 Fop Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight; thunderstorms Wednesday. General Condition The great storm of the past , few days which caused such great loss of life has passed through the Eastern states and Id losing energy. The storm over the Rocky Mountains yesterday is now moving eastward and is expected to bring rain Wednesday or Wednesday night. Frost yesterday in parts of Michigan and Kansas. Warm weather over British Columbia. Warmer here tonight.

Japanese Finance Gold Shipments

TOKIO, May 29 The heavy movement of gold from the United States to Japan was explained today by Kazue Shoda, Minister of Finance, as being due principally to the fact that the indebtedness of Great Britain and France to Japan is being paid partly through America. M. Shoda revealed the fact that Japan is now negotiating with Great Britain and France with the purpose of making war loans to them, while private Japanese concerns, including the specie and industrial banks, are planning the purchase of British and French securities held in the United States. These operations will reduce the outflow of American gold and relieve the burden of Japan's accumulating supplies. M. Shoda emphasized the fact that MORE THAN QUOTA GIVEN BY COUNTY TO "Y" WAR CHEST With a total subscription of $28,215, 45, the district of which Wayne county is a part, oversubscribed its share to the war work fund of the Y. M. C. A. by $8,315.45, which is more than any other district in the state. The biggest record in the local district was made by Delaware county, with the Muncie association as the center. Ball brothers, of Muncie, who have been active in Y. M. C. A. work for several years made the biggest single subscription of the district. They subscribed $5,000 to the fuud. Johnson county, with a total of $1,588.10. and Madison county with a total $5,437.74 also made records during the campaign. Wayne county oversubscribed its apportionment $310.50, with a total of $3,310.50. The totals of the counties in the district, with the exception of Union county which has not reported, follow: County. Amount. Tipton $ 1.054.00 Hamilton 394.75 Madison 5.437.74 Delaware 11,046.36 Blackford 1,200.00 Jay 200.00 Randolph 500.00 Henry . . . i 473.00 Wayne 3,310.50 Union ." . . . . . Fayette 655.00 Rush 600.00 Shelby 906.00 Johnson 1,588.10 Hancock , 850.00 Total ; $28,215.45 Tn the state campaign, all but two of the districts- subscribed more than their apportionment and the state quota of $150,000 was oversubscribed by $11,960. With several counties throughout the state yet to report, it is believed that this amount will be increased by several thousand dollars. The South Bend district, with a goal of $13,700 subscribed only $13,479 and the Terre Haute district fell $360 below their apportionment of $12,500. The gift of Ball Brothers, of Muncie, counted in the subscription of the Richmond district, was the largest single subscription in the entire f state.

Liberal Appointed Premier of Hungary; Count Andrassy To Take Tiszde Place

ZURICH. Switzerland, (via London) May 29.- British Admiralty per wireless press: An official telegram from Budapest says that Emperor Charles has appointed Count Julius Andrassy Premier of Hungary. There has been a vacancy in the Hungarian premiership since May 23, when Count Stephen . Tlsza, AustraHungary's "iron man" and leader of the pro-German party in the monarchy, resigned his post. Differences with the throne over franchise reform measures were assigned as a reason for the resignation. "GET ON FARMS" ADVICE TO ALIENS NW YORK, May 29. Unnaturalized Germans, hundreds of whom have been discharged by public service corporations and other private concerns were advised by Thomas D. Mc Carthy, United States marshal, to "get on farms somewhere," if they are phy&ieully fit. Tiiis advice was Marsha! McCarthy's reply to many appeals from Germans yesterday when the governments restrictions on all water fronts, as well as forts and arsenals were urawn tighter as a result of apparent activities of Teutonic plotters. The ban is expected to be carried so far as to prohibit absolutely the use by Germans of even private craft on any of the waterways about the port. ORATORS PICKED FOR CELEBRATIONS EATON, Ohio, May" 29. Arrangements for the observance of Memorlol Day has been made by several towns of Preble county. Orators and their assignments are as follows: Eaton, Attorney Allen Andrews, of Hamilton; Lewlsburg and West Alexandria, A. P. Sandles.of Columbus; New Paris Judge Emerson E. McGriff ; Portland, Ind. ; Camden. Clark L. Gowdy, of Cincinnati; College Corner, Charles J. Orbison; Eldorado and New Madison, Rev. W. R. Rowland. Services were held Sunday at New Hope and Concord.

Minister Explains From United States

the trade balance was not an exact gauge of the . situation, , pointing out that Japan now has a yearly income of 300,000,000 yen from abroad in the form of ocean freights, insurances and remittances from Japanese . in other countries. He also called attention to the fact that British discount restrictions made necessary the sending of specie to India in settlement of the importation yearly of cotton to the value of 200,000,000 yen. ITALY DESIRES CLOSER UNION, DECLARES ENVOY Head of War Mission Says His Nation Wishes Nothing From America. WASHINGTON, May 29. Italy, fighting her last war of independence, feels that all questions must be subordinated to the one great problem of an allied victory. Francisco Saverio Nitti, former Minister of Agriculture and Industy and Commerce and economic head of the Italian war mission, said today that the mission had come, not to, seek any thing for Italy specifically, but to draw more closely together the two great nations now allied. Only One Question. "All problems of peace and eco nomics are of minor difference," he said. "They are absolutely secondary to victory. There is only one great question today and that is wether Ger man militarism or allied democracy shall survive. Both cannot. Any thing which confuses this issue is j hostile. "If Germany wins this war, her oligarchy will destroy the world, the United . States included. We cannot continue to live with Prussian mill tarists. "This does not mean the crushing of the German nation, but rather such a military defeat as to discredit absolutely Germany's military task. Could Have Stayed Out. "Italy did not enter this war for any particularly interest. She could easily have stayed out on the basil of her treaty with Germany. The threat of world combination under the men ace of the mailed fist made such a course possible. - -t.. " "This Is Italy's last war of independence. It gives her opportunity to rectify her boundaries and to win back her lost provinces. It gives her opportunity also to undo that Austrian diplomacy which in 1856 left her 'a country without a boundary. "Our mission here is essentially political. We wish to cement the alliance between the two countries and make plain to the American people that Italy enters the war for the same reason as you did. We are glad to say that we have been better understood than was expected." Count Tisza's proposals were understood to be narrower in scope than those which the monarch favored. County Andrassy, a former premier and long one of the most prominent leaders of the opposition to Count Tisza's ministry is regarded as a liberal of the advanced type. Teachers Will Get Raises, Says Giles "There is little doubt but that an , 7 1 .111 V. - i 1 . . inurrase in ba.id.ry win ue granted 101 the teachers of the city, but the question that will confront the school board will be the amount of the increase," said Superintendent Giles, this morning. A special meeting of the school board will be called as soon as possible to determine the amount of the increase, and, according to Superintendent Giles, none of the members of the board oppose a general raise in the salary of all of the teachers in the city. The increase was asked for by the City Federation of Teachers some time ago. GUTHRIE'S BODY TO LIE IN STATE PITTSBURGH, May 29. Accompanied by representatives of the state, army and navy departments and of the government, the body of George W. Guthrie, former United States ambassador to Japan and formerly mayor of Pittsburgh, arrived , here early today from San Francisco. M. Guthrie died at his post in Tokio in March and his body was brought to this country aboard a Japanese warship. The party accompanying the body, which included Mrs. Guthrie and Robert W. Guthrie, a brother of the late ambassador, was met at the station by Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong and city officials. The body was taken to the residence of a relative of Mr. Guthrie. Tomorrow afternoon and evening the body will lie in state in Memorial Hall. , ATTACK IS EXPECTED BERLIN, May 29. An attack by Russian and Roumanian troops is expected today's official report says.

RICHMOND WILL PAY HONORS TO IIEROESOF 61-65 Senator Watson to Deliver Address at Memorial Day Exercises Business to Suspend.

Richmond will pay tribute to the heroes of '61-'65 tomorrow. The majority of the business houses and factories of the city will be closed in honor to the men who fought and died for their country during the Civil war. ' All of the city and county offices will be closed tomorrow and Postmaster Beck announced that there will be no delivery of mail at any time during the day. The general delivery and stamp windows, as well as the money order and registry departments also will be closed. To Decorate Graves. Members of the Sons of Veterans and other patriotic orders will decorate the graves of the soldiers in the morning and have requested that all persons with flowers for the soldiers bring them to the Coliseum as early in the morning as possible. An appeal has been made for some of the larger blossoms. In the past, according to the men in charge of the decoration, it has been a common sight to see the family lots covered with beautiful flowers, while on the soldiers' graves are only the flag markers and a few small blossoms. The flowers will be taken to the cemeteries in automobiles donated for the purpose. Memorial day exercises will be held tomorrow afternoon in the Coliseum under the auspices of a special committee of which L. A. Handley Is chairman. Senator Watson to Speak. Music for the exercises will be furnished by the Richmond band and the principal address will be deliver by United States Senator James B. Watson, of Indiana. The program also will include patriotic songs and a special patriotic drill by a number of children. Ralph Ballinger, a high school student, will deliver the Gettysburg address, having won the prize of $3 offered by the Sons of Veterans for making the best delivery of the address in a high school contest. The exercises will begin at 2 o'clock. TARIFF INCREASE: 1 MEETS DISFAVOR AS WAR MEASURE WASHINGTON. May 29. Another fundamental change in the war tax bill was agreed upon unanimously today by the Senate finance committee which decided to strike out the whole section levying $200,000,000 by a general tariff increase of ten per cent, on an advalorem base. As a substitute the committee proposes direct excise taxes on sugar, tea, coffee and cocoa. The committee's action on the tariff section Is to leave the tariff low as it now stands. Reductions in the House taxes on soft drinks also were decided upon. For the ten per cent. House tax on syrup used in soft drinks, the committee tentatively decided to substitute a smaller specific tax based upon gallons of syrup. Reduction of the House tax of two cents to one cent a gallon on grape juice and other soft drinks was tentatively decided upon. Reduction of the tax on carbanic acid gas also was temporarily agreed to, other soft drinks taxes being referred to a subcommittee. FOUR NURSES TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS Invitations have been issued for the graduation exercises of the class of 1917 of the Reid Memorial Training school for nurses, to be held in the Reid Memorial church on Wednesday evening, June 6. Four young women will be graduated at the exercises. The candidates for graduation are Miss Dorothy Rodefeld, of this city. Miss Cecil Lacey and Miss Gladys Williams, of Fountain City, and Miss Beatrice Williams, of Winchester. DRAFT PLOTTERS HELD IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, May 29 Three men and two women are held today for investigation on a charge of conspiracy to defeat the conscription law on June 5, and other arrests are expected to follow shortly, according to Hinton G. Clabaugb, chief investigator here for the federal bureau of justice. The names of those in custody were not made public, but the federal agents claimed that the leaders of the alleged anti-conscription conspiracy are under arrest. Clabaugh said the alleged conspiracy of which he had been apprized, is not confined to Chicago, but extends through the entire central district, over which he has control. He said evidence of the alleged plot has been found in portions of Wisconsin, northern Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan ' and Iowa, and that arrests would be made in many parts of tbo district between now and June 5. " .Whether his information showed that the alleged conspirators planned actual interference with the operation of the registration on June 5, or merely demonstrations, Mr. Clabaugb declined to say.

WASHINGTON AVERS BRAZIL IS IN WAR

WASHINGTON, May 29. Brazil's decision to revoke her decree of neutrality Is construed here as little less than a declaration of a state of war with Germany. Brazil's action is believed to . indicate a general breakdown of German propaganda all over the southern continents. Unofficial advices that Chile would endorse and perhaps join Brazil in the stand against Germany are taken as evidence of 'the growth of a friendlier spirit and a corresponding decline of German influence. , NEGRO QUARTER RAIDED BY MOB; SCORES BEATEN East St. Louis Police Powerless to Check Crowd Mayor Closes Saloons'. EAST ST. LOUIS, Ills., May 29. A mob of perhaps two thousand persons went through the negro quarter during the night, ebot one colored man, seriously wounding him, beat a score into unconsciousness, drove several hundred negroes across the Mississippi river bridge into St. Louis, Mo., and then dispersed early today. The assault began after a report had been circulated that a white woman had been insulted and two white men held up by negroes, just after a committee from the Central Trades and Labor Union bad attended a meeting of the city council to make a protest against the importation of any more colored laborers into St Louis. . One Negro Hurt. Shots were fired at frequent inter vals, but only one negro is known to have been wounded. He fled to St Louis and was found there uncon scious with a bullet wound in his head and three ribs fractured. All negroes were searched and if armeoTthey were beaten into unconsciousness. Many negroes were given refuge in the city jail and at midnight, the police estimated that 2,000 persons sur rounded the building threatening to storm it. ' The mob was dissuaded, however, and rushed into the business section, where street cars were stopped and saloons searched. Several negro saloons were wrecked and Mayor Mollman issued an order for. all bars In the city to close. . . Police Force Out--Riot calls brought out the entire city police force, but the mob went virtually unchecker. The Sixth Illinois Infantry was called and put under arms but took no active part in the disturbance. Many workmen here have been Idle on account of strikes, and it Is estimated that at least 8,000 negroes have been imported from the south to take their places. At the meeting of the council which was held in the main auditorium of the city hall in order to accommodate the crowd, the mayor pleaded with the men to restrain themselves from violence and promised that some method of controlling the ingress of negroes would be found. The crowd seemed peaceable enough until a rumor was heard that a white Continued On Page Two. Reid's Son-in-law To Go To France Henry J. Topping of Greenwich, Conn., son-in-law of D. G. Reid, the New York multi-millionaire, formerly of this city, has enlisted in the American Ambulance Corps and will leave for France soon. Mr. Topping married Miss Rhea Reid, daughter of the financier. Stay In High School Urges Dr. Claxton WASHINGTON, May 29 Declaring that trained men and women will be needed during the war 'just as much as fighting men, P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education, today urged all high school pupils to remain in school next fall. "If the war should be long," said Dr. Claxton, "the country will need all the trained men and women it can get many more than it now has. "There will be men in abundance to fight in the trenches but there will be a dearth of officers, engineers, and men of scientific knowledge and skill in all the industries, in transportation, and in many other places where skill and daring are just as necessary for success as in the trenches." '

FRENCH FLATTER SELVES WITH HOPE OF LIBERATING COUNTRY, SAYS KAISER

AMSTERDAM, May 29. Emperor William during his recent visit to the Arras front, says the correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, delivered an address to his troops in which he said: "The enemy, relying on his experience in the Somme battle and on his unprecedented supplies of munitions has been trying to break the German resistance. "The French flatter themselves with the hope of liberating their country a good enough motive but the British

Youngest Patriot Buys Liberty Loan Through His Father Richmond's "youngest patriot" subscribed to the Liberty loan, through one of the local banks today. He is the six months old son of a local business man and is listed at the bank as the subscriber to a $100 bond. The bond was subscribed for through the baby's father with the condition that under no circumstances is it to be sold. Although there has been a number of subscribers to the loan, the demand is not as great as local bankers anticipate will be made following the launching of the advertising campaign, final arrangements for which 'will be made tonight. Representatives from every bank in Wayne county will meet tonight in the Dickinson Trust company to discuss plans for the Liberty Loan campaign to be conducted in the county for the sale of Liberty bonds. The meeting was called by E. F. Hiatt, chairman of the county Liberty loan committee. DEMOCRATS TO PICK CANDIDATES AT CAMBRIDGE District Convention to be Held in Wayne County ;., T L A 1 1 1 W31V4W. At a meeting of the Democratic county chairmen and District Chairman Chambers, of Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, it was decided to hold the congressional nominating convention on Thursday, June 7, at Cambridge City instead of Rushville, as originally proposed. Wayne county will be entitled to 25 delegates, the largest delegation of any county, at this convention. The delegates will be elected at township meetings, to be held Saturday of this week, either in the afternoon or evening, as desired. W. O. Lewis, Wayne county chairman, said that he would make public tomorrow his announcement appor tioning the delegates among the var ious townships and naming the places for holding the various meetings. At the Rushville meeting yesterday it was decided to invite Henry U. Johnson of this city to preside over the district convention as permanent chairman. Mr. Johnson still has this invitation under consideration. Richmond Democrats who attended yesterday's conference reported today that it was the general opinion that Finly H. Gray of Connersville would be the Democratic nominee. Wayne county has no candidate and it is quite probable that Gray will receive the support of the entire Wayne delegation. These Farmers Can't Lose If Prices Drop NEW YORK, May 29 With a fund of $25,000, which later may be increased, the Winchester County Commission of Safety has insured between fifty and seventy-five farmers against all possible loss on their crops in the event that prices should drop, it was announced today. These farmers, who bare enlisted in the reserve army of food producers are assured a minimum price of $1.50 a bushel for potatoes and $1.75 a bushel for corn and buckwheat In ' turn the farmers have pledged themselves to increase their acreage and raise as much food as the soil can develop. To Recruit Women And Girls For Farm WASHINGTON, May 29. Women and girls' may be used for light farm work under the department of agriculture's plan for enlisting a volunteer work army, for the harvest season. Women would be employed, the department announced today, to feed and care for harvest hands or extra labor, and to can and dry surplus perishable products. The department machinery, which already is in operation in forty states is expected to enroll many retired farmers for active work in the emergency. Organizers have been named for each state, county and community. bave no such justification. They fight only to increase their power and don't inquire where the right might be. "Our people and our army stand firmly together. How long this may last must depend upon God's will but meanwhile we must keep firm and the people in the Fatherland will give us their gratitude.' . . - "In the meantime our comrades In submarines are doing everything possible to cut off the enemy's sources of living."

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AIR ACTIVITY IN WEST SEEN AS SIGNAL OF GREAT BATTLE

Allies Report 19 German Airplanes Brought Down in Aggressive Fighting in Clouds. ITALIAN DRIVE IS ON (By Associated Press) ROME, (via London). May 29. The Italians in the Plava sector yesterday drove the Austro-Hungarian forces to the end of the valley east of Globna, says the official statement Issued today by the Italian war department. Since May 14, the statement adds, Austro-Hungarian prisoners taken on the Julian front number 23,681. The Italians also captured 36 guns, including thirteen of the heaviest calibre. While the only sphere of intensive activity at present is on the AustroItalian front where General Cadorna is day by day pushing back the Austrian lines upon Trieste, there are indications that the stagnation along the French and British fronts in France soon may be interrupted. The signs that point most strongly to this impending change is the intense aerial activity taking place. The British report last night emphasized this in its accounts of twelve German machines destroyed and ten others driven out of control while today from the French front Paris announces the bringing down of seven German aeroplanes in engagements and the serious damaging of twelve others. Infantry Held Close For the present, however, the allied infantry is being held close to its lines. Raiding operations and occasional local attacks by one side or the other are the only developments reported in the official statements. The German infantry facing the British armies is apparenUy being held in check by its commanders as closely as that of its opponents, but sharp attacks continue upon - French lines, notably In the Champagne region where two of these were unsuccessful last night. The French made a minor thrust on their own account In the Verdun region where a small German post north of Vacherauville was captured. Bracil to Enter War Brazil is rapidly passing from the status of a neutral to that of an active participant on the entente side of the world war. The measure revoking her neutrality is now well on Its way to parliament. In Austria the political situation is still in transformation period. The Hungarian premiership according to a Zurich dispatch, is to be filled by Count Julius Andrassy, a pronounced liberal. TURKISH POST DESTROYED. PETROGRAD. May 29. Russian sailors of the Russian Black Sea fleet yesterday made a landing at Chivi to the east of Samsum on the Anagolian coast, destroyed the Turkish post there and burned a store of grain and two large sailing boats. FRENCH TAKE POST PARIS, May 29. The French have captured a German poet north of Vacherauville in the Verdun region, according to an official announcement issued by the war office this morning. Two German attacks in the region of Hurtebise, on the Champagne front, were repulsed. The Germans at tacked after a violent bombardment. SEPARATE PEACE SEEN BY BER6ER WASHINGTON, May 29. Victor Berger, Milwaukee Socialist and former member of Congress, today abandoned his attempt to get a passport to attend the Socialist peace conference at Stockholm and said he believed the other prospective American delegate would do the same, because there was not now time to reach the Swedish capitol in time t0 the meeting. The state department was unrelenting in its determination to grant no passports. In a statement, Mr. Berger declared that without Socialist delegates from the United States, Great Britain and France the German influence In the conference would be uppermost and undoubtedly would lead to an understanding between the Russian and German Socialist forces. "Thus, Berger declared, "Secretary Lansing will bring about the very condition he tried to avoid. The American delegates do not ctand for a separate peace between Germany and Russia; we want to bring a lasting peace to the world." CROCKER EXPL0RER8 SAFE IN GREENLAND NEW YORK, May 29. Donald McMillan the explorer and other members of the Crocker land expedition which went into the Arctic in 1913 are safe at Etah on the northwest coast of Greenland, according to a cablegram received here .today by the American museum of natural history.