Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 173, 2 June 1917 — Page 12

PAGE FOURTEEN THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1917 " ; BRINGING UP FATHER : : v , ":" By McMarius . . " " sBagecc . -A l T. J, M S

BERLIN CLAIMS Continued From Page One. captured on the Western front 12,500 rank and Hie and 237. officers, including one general. They also took three heavy guns, 211 machine guns, 434 quick loaders and 18 mine throwers. OFFENSIVE IS CHECKED? BERLIN, (via London), June 2. The French and British offensive on the western front has come to a definite conclusion, according to a report from Field Marshai Von Hindenburg to Emperor William. Official announcement is made that the emperor has sent the following telegram to the empress at Homburg castle: "According to a report from Field Marshal Von Hindenburg. the great British and French spring offensive has come to a certain conclusion. Prepared since autumn and announced eince winter the attack of the British and French armies, supported by powerful masses of artillery and technical resources of all kinds, has failed after seven weeks of hard struggle. God's aid - has granted our incomparable troops superhuman force to accomplish these excellent acts and endure successfully the mightiest battles ever seen In the history of war. All our heroes by their deeds command the lespect and gratitude which every German feels. The Lord be praised. II lory for His help, and thanks for uch magnificent people in arms." Emperor William also has sent a telegram of congratulations to Emperor Charles on the Austrian resistance to the Italian attack on the lsonzo front, saying. "In a tenacious struggle the lsonzo army defied the mighty and stubborn . enemy and caused him to fail. I congratulate you and your brave troops on this great success. Gcd will be with us further."

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War is a potent stimulus for the renewal of the bicycle popularity. Besides the great service the bicycle can perform in direct military work, it can be of tremendous value at home, as an official of the United States Tire Company pointed out. With such organizations as the boy scouts and the camp-fire girls, bicycles are almost indispensable, if their service is to be effective in war time. If these bodies are seeking inexpensive devices for transportation and dispatch work, then the bicycle should be a most welcome agent. This representative of' the United States Tire Company calls attention to the fact the present efficiency of bicycles and bicycle times makes bicycling far less expensive than lnthe past. Bicycle tires have lately approached a state of durability, which was believed impossible ten years ago. When Americans awake to the fact that great economy must be made at home, if this was to be successful, then they will turn to the bicycle, as a money saver in Individual transportation. G. 0. P. TO SEND

Continued From Page One. riaces where addresses will be delivered and the dates for these meetings will be announced later by District Chairman Bossert. Hiram Johnson to Speak.

Through the activities of Senator Watson arrangements were made yes

terday to flood the district with both oratory and literature. On account

of the fact that Wayne county, the the money

most populous in the district, has been a Progressive stronghold in recent years it was arranged that Senator Hiram Johnson of California shall make a speech at Richmond, the county seat.. Johnson made many friends in Wayne county in 1912 when he was the Progressive party's candidate for Vice President. Senator Harding of Ohio, who was chairman of the Republican national convention in 1916; Senator Jones of Washington. Senator Borah of Idaho, Senator Curtis of Kansas and other Republican senators agreed to" speak

in the district. Each of the senators

named will make two speeches. Senator Watson, who formerly represented the district in the lower branch of Congress, will speak in every county in the district. Watson also announced that Representative Foss of Ohio, Wood of Indiana and Kelley of Michigan will speak for the Republican

congressional candidate. Plenty of Literature. Meanwhile the district is to be flooded with literature, mainly along protective tariff lines. The prospective speakers ay there will be no trouble finding issues on which to wage the campaign for the Republican candidate. They will state

in their speeches first of all that Republicans are loyal to the government j

in time of war and that there is no party division on that question and then they will launch into a defense of Republican policies as being exactly what the country will need after the war is over.

that it would cost $150,000,000 to build the cantonments and only $77,000,000 was available. Change View on Canvas

In announcing its plan to build thir-1 being

ty-two wooden cantonment camps on

May 18 the war department said that "canvas is so scarce and high in price" at the present time that the amount needed for tents could not be secured. In a statement today Secretary Baker said: "The Quartermaster general's de

partment, co-operating with the council of national defense committee, studied the project and discovered that the cost of building the number of cantonments contemplated would be beyond the possibilities of the appropriation that congress is considering. It was further discovered that it would be impracticable to build that number on account of lack of labor, material, and transportation facilities. The supply of tentage has now been increased to s,uch an extent that it will be possible to have some of the encamDments in tents."

Contractors Boost Cost? Recent hearings in the house and senate appropriation committees have thrown some light on the tremendous Increase in the estimated cost of building the cantonment camps. In some cases It has been charged that contractors have been paying two or three times as much for their material as necessary because their profits are to be based on a percentage of the total cost of their work. Furthermore, ' it has been charged that contractors have paid as much as $7 a day for labor which they could get for $4 a day, the cost of their work, and consequently their profits,

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MEDALS GIVEN TO GLEE c Lubbers and debaters AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY

OXFORD, Ohio, June 2. The seventy-seventh annual commencement of Miami University began today with the farewell chapel and recognition service at which medals were awarded to glee club and debate team members, and several hundred graduates

of Teachers' Colleges gathered for their yearly reunion and , luncheon. This year's class of 125 members was made members of the alumni association, and Dr. John W. Heckert spoke on "The Heart of the Training Course." Tomorrow the baccalureate sermon to the' graduating classes will be preached by Dr. Henry Churchill King, president of Oberlin College,

and a sacred concert will be given in the evening.

When Billy Sunday asked one thousand "hello" girls in New York, who came to hear him, what they wanted to sing, they selected a song, f'RIng the Bells in Heaven."

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Continued From Page One. labor can be obtained and where the transportation facilities are adequate. Decision Often Changed The original intention was to have sixteen divisional training camps for the selective draft army. The quartermaster general, estimated that it would cost $77,000,000 to build the

wooden cantonments in these camps. ; f

Congress accepted the estimate and voted the money, Then Secretary Baker decided to increase the number of training camps to thirty-two in order to accommodate the national guard. This was done without the knowledge of the quartermaster general, wlio received no instructions and consequently did not ask congress for an additional appropriation. Nobody else in the department appears to have thought of the little matter of getting

Then it was discovered

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