Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 175, 5 June 1917 — Page 1

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FEW SINGLE M CLAIM EXEMPTION; CLERKS BUSY

One Alien Enemy Listed Two Austrians Declare They Will Not Fight for Uncle Sam. NO OPPOSITION FOUND Young men of Wayne county of mulctary age, 21 to 31 years, were registered for army conscription today without the slightest difficulty almost without incident Very few of the single men claimed exemption from service except for disability or in cases where they were the sole support of dependents. All precinct registrars commented on this fact, for it. was the opinion of many that numerous eligiblcs would cite every reason Imaginable in support of exemption claims. j A yUUUK WUUJttil QASIDU4I1, III Itl registration work in a north-end precinct expressed he- admiration at the fine spirit Ehown by the young men who were physically able to serve their country. Joke About Trenches. " "The boys we registered were splendid. All of them accepted the situation calmly and joked about going to the trenches," she said. "Not one unmarried young man in our precinct claimed exemption unless he was absolutely justified in doing so." Reports received from seventen city precincts, at noon showed only one alien enemy of military age listed, a German. This was in the twentyseventh precinct, ' North Nineteenth and E street. This man is employed as a railroad laborer. 'He was promptly reported to the conscription board. Twenty-eight subjects of cations allied with Germany but-sat-at war with the United States, : Austrians, Hungarians and Bulgarians, were listed as aliens, reports from these seventeen precincts showed. Austrians Will Net Fight. Two Austrians listed in the twentyfifth precinct. ' North Fourteenth and O streets, declared they were loyal to their country and would not fight for the United States. They asserted that they intended to return to Austria and Join the Austrian army. There had been a total of 867 regis trations in twenty-one of the thirty-one Richmond precincts up to noon and all the registrars were kept busy . throughout the morning. The registration places close at 9 o'clock tonight. It is believed the total registrations in Richmond will be more than 2.000 and there probably will be at) equal number registered in the precincts outside Richmond. Reports from the precincts in the county outside Richmond showed the registration was proceeding rapidly at noon and all eligibles probably will be listed in these precincts by late afternoon. One Religious Objector Only one report was made, up to noon, of a man claiming exemption because he belonged to a religious pect which does not permit its members to take up arms, namely the Church of God. Registration of eligibles proceeded as briskly this forenoon in south end precincts, with their large number of German-American residents, as It did elsewhere In the city, and claims of exemption in these vrecincts were as few as elsewhere. It was estimated in the twenty-sixth l.reclnct, 100 North Twenty-first street Continued On- Page Two. School for Women Conductors Planned NEW YORK. June 5. A school to teach women to become car conductors is to be established under the auspices of the Women's Section of the Navy League, it was announced today. The course will be carried on in the Interborough Railway Training school. The "conductresses" will wear khaki uniforms and army hats. ' Do Yonri-J-i Join the Bit NowL-j-J Red Cross WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana; By United States Weather Bureau Probably showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. Temperature Today Noon 77 Yesterday Maximum 77 Minimum . 47 For Wayne County, By W. E. Moore Showers and thunderstorms tonight. Probably Wednesday. General Conditions Heavy rains prevailed over the eastern and cential states during the past 24 hours. Storm extends from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Cold weather continues In far north and below freezing in Manitoba, Canada. ,

Giles9 Resignation is Demanded; Clamor Over Ramsey Case Grows; Factory Girls Signing Petitions

Added fervor in the condemnation of Superintendent Giles, who dismissed Principal Ramsey of the Whitewater school on flimsy grounds, was to be noted here today. Not only in the Whitewater district but in all sections of the city, men and women were demanding that Giles hand in his resignation andthat the school system be given a thorough overhauling. Patrons of the Whitewater school today were still signing. the petition that is to go before the school board, asking for a re-hearing of the case. Factory Girls Protest. . Even girls employed in the factories have asked that the petition be presented to them for their signature of protest against a Russian method of exiling a valuable school man. t Citizens said today that the tenure of a school teacher In the Richmond schools is insecure so long as a superintendent can vent his spite on an instructor who does not play up to his wishes. Thcteachers themselves feel that they are in a very trying position, for the principle of "fair play" and of being judged solely on their merits is jeopardized by the theory of "hostility to the policy of the school administration." Continued On Page Five.

"AN INFAMOUS OUTRAGE"

JAMES Editors Palladium

That a most infamous outrage has been perpetrated upon one of our most faithful and efficient teachers is admitted by every fair minded and intelligent patron of our city schools, to say nothing of our excellent corps of experienced and able galaxy of fellow teachers who have been so long and pleasantly associated with Prof, D. D. Ramsey in their school work. Mr. Ramsey had been teaching in our Whitewater school years before Mr. Giles came into the school work in cur city, .consequently knew far more about the peculiar needs of the Whitewater school and its environments than a man of Mr. Giles' caliber would be able to learn in much longer time than he has yet spent in Richmond. One thing, however, Mr. Giles did soon learn, after, his installation as superintendent here, and that was the fact that Mr. Ramsey stands high in the estimation of school workers all over the city and county as well. This evidently was the provoking cause of the bitv.er jealousy which has at last culminated in his vindictive and autocratic course in throwing Mr. Ramsey out of any position as teacher in any of our city schools, and this too without giving him any chance to be heard in his own behalf, besides giving neither him nor the public any adequate reason for such an insulting act toward one of our efficient and highly honored teachers. The moral uplift that Mr. Ramsey has given to this peculiarly difficult section of our city for any teacher to handle successfully, has been so clearly evident to all of our citizens who have had any opportunity to observe the improved conditions in that locality under Mr. Ramsey's wise and efficient regime that there is a firm determination that he shall promptly be reinstated as head teacher and superintendent of the Whitewater school, and that if anybody has to be so unceremoniously dismissed it shall be Mr.Gils himself, since h hs shown himself to be such a sad misfit as school superintendent for such a city as Richmond. Word comes from Marion that practically, every teacher in their schools breathed a 'long sigh of relief .when he had to leave there, as he was so cold .and. autocratic -that non o them felt any vfjrs4et4s coin to him to Consult over their school work, and one of Marion's prominent business men said: 'VWe were glad to. get rid of him .and . we presume Richmond will have a similar expedience with him before he has been there long, as he tacks arlv eyrx-jQualifiction' nece&sary.to,Jlt .him. fornne'hlgtt aririmportant'oWeVoa city i chobt supetiatendent. a v. . So if Mr. Giles does not promptly" reinstate Mr. Ramsey and also render a decent apology to him for this uncalled for course toward such a faithful teacher, we purpose having large bills printeJand posted up all over the city, calling for a meeting of all of the teachers and patrons of our city schools to meet in the High school auditoriuri for the avowed purpose of demanding his immediate resignation and withdrawal from his position as. superintendent of our city schools, as both the teachers and patrons interested in our schools have rights which every man in this important office MUST RESPECT. This is not Russia uuder a Czar or any other one man power, so no school board would care to stand back of you Mr. Giles, after such a course as this is forced upon our citizens. ' : JAMES CHARLES. '

Mechanics Support Claims of Ramsey The Junior Order of United .' Mechanics rallied to the defense of Principal Ramsey, deposed by Superintendent Giles, when it appointed a committee last night to investigate the conditions that brought about his dismissal. Members of the order believe that Ramsey is entitled to a fair trial and ought not be railroaded out of office by the superintendent. The commit tee consists of G. H. Bowen, Fred Huckery and J. C. Briney. The following officers were elected : Councilor, W. H. Wallace; vice councilor, Charles Hoos; R. S., G. H. Bowers; V. R. S.. J. C. Brinery; Conductor, H. J. Thompson; warden, A. Dewall; I. S.. H. Taylor; O S., John H. Stratton; trustee, J. J. Bricker; chaplain. Fred Huckery; D. C, W. A. Sims; representative to state council, Frank Vore and W. W. Carr. Arch Supports Are Popular Just Now Richmond shoe dealers are reporting a rushing business tn shoe braces and arch supports in the last ten days. The increase in sales of these supports is due, it is believed, to the idea nossessed by som-j eligible youths that if they wear arch supports, and j claim to have flat feet they will be exempt from the draft. One shoe store manager declared today he had sold no less than 50 pairs of arch supports in the last week. RUSSIAN RADICALS REAFFIRM POSITION

I lurunuue wruusiiuui uie cuuuiry, sua the . few arrests reported were iconPETROGRAD, (via London), June 5. ' strued by officials not as evidence of The Council of Soldiers and .Work-; any effective organized resistance, men's delegates today sent a long; but' rather as sporadic arrests that statement to the Socialist party and were to be expected in an undertakCentral Federation of the . Trade I ing of such magnitude and importance. Unions of the World repeating Its ap- Weather generally was fair and inpeal of March 28 to the people of the j coining reports' indicated a healthv

world to unite in resolute actions in ; favor of peace and in which it Inscribed on its banner: "Peace Without Annexation of Indemnities on the Base of Rights of Nations to Decide Their Own Destinies."

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GIRLS PIN ARM RANDS TO MEN AS THEY ENROLL Registration in Indiana Proceeds Quietly High Water no Excuse Eschbach Rules. INDIANAPOLIS, June 5. Registration moved swifUy and smoothly in Indiana . today, according to reports received here this morning. Practically every registration place in Indiana was crowded with men during the first two hours.' Especially was. this true in the negro tection. In many cities of the state . young women pinned khaki arm bands to the sleeves of the men as they were registered. Buglers, on horseback, rode through the streets . in some cities at 5:30 o'clock arousing the citizens to registration day. v Jesse Eschbach, state conscription officer, at the state house received a telephone report from Brown -county that the sheriff had been unable to distribute the registration supplies, and that the men had been unable to reach the registration places in some parts of the county because of high water. "This is a national emergency and legistration must be carried out today It the men nave to go to tne regplaces in . t boat .or swim," Mr. Eschbach told the Brown county man. adding, "It cannot be stopped by high water." Registration Day Is Quiet Everywhere WASHINGTON, June - 5. Registration proceeded gererally without disregistration during the early hours and continuing as the day passed on. The extent of evasion win not be known until complete returns are assembled, but officials are confident It will be negligible. ; r

WAYNE COUNTY DEMOCRAT WILL ENTER CAMPAIGN Lawrence Bertsch of Cam

bridge City, Hlaced in Fight Against Finly Gray. Wayne county Democratic leaders today started after the hide of Finly H. Gray, of Connersville, candidate for the Democratic nomination : as representative from the Sixth district They announced that Lawrence Bertsch, of Cambridge City, a young manufacturer and staunch Democrat, is a receptive candidate for the nomination. His name was sprung as a dark horse to defeat Gray. The only opponent of the Conners ville aspirant is Lewis Fedderman of Brookville, and indications were that Gray would have had no trouble in defeating him. Interesting Fight Seen. The entrance of Bertsch into the fight changes the entire complexion of the Democratic situation and precipitates a fight that will be interesting. Gray is exceedingly unpopular in a number of counties of the District, especially so in Wayne where his patronage assignments, his attitude on the motorization cf the rural routes, and his opposition to preparedness while he was in Congress brought down on him the wrath of his party. Other counties are dissatisfied with the political manipulations of Finly and his brother, George. Tactics which the Grays have- employed against Fedderman are already reacting as boomerangs. . Using Fedderman's Race. It was said here today that they were fighting Fedderman on the ground that he is of German parentage and that in the present crisis the Sixth district would make a big mistake in sending a man of Teutonic ancestry to Congress. A feeling of resentment against these . tactics has grown in Franklin ana other counties where there are thousands of voters of German parentage. . - ' ' ' LTJje ; springing of Jhe .Bertsch can.:. aiaacy is expected 10 concentrate ueie gates in his favor. It is conceded that Fedderman cannot win and that Gray has a poor chance if there is another candidate in the field. Bertsch is accepted as the best man in the district to whip Gray in the convention. The Cambridge City man is a college graduate, very popular in Wayne county and has a large following in the district. High War Tax May Close Distilleries WASHINGTON, June 5. Distillers' representatives declared today that the manufacture of whiskey and other spirits during the war would be virtually Btopped under the prohibitive tax on grain, molasses and other In gredients, written into the war tax bill by the senate finance committee. Consumption, however, would not necessarily decrease, as it is estimated a two or three years' supply is held in bonded warehouses. - Withdrawal of thi3 for use would furnish the government the U3ual revenue. The prohibition feature still has to be acted ujion by the senate and house before being effective. The committee today reviewed wine and beer taxes and documentary stamp taxes in the bill. Troops Called To Prevent I. W. W. Riots LANSING, Mich., June 5 Governor Sleeper today wired ' orders to the commanding officers of N Company, Thirty-third Michigan Infantry, at Marquette, to hurry to Negaunee, a nearby mining town, with twenty-five national guardsmen. : Reports from that place to the governor said that five I. W. W. agitators there were threatening to forcibly oppose registration. . CHARITY BUREAU MAKES APPEAL TO COMMERCIAL CLUB -The question of taking over the finances of the Social Service Bureau was discussed by Directors or the Commercial Club last night The Social Service Bureau has asked the Commercial : club to take charge of raising its budget. The welfare committee of the club was instructed to confer with the trustees of the Social Service Bu reau. Definite action will be taken when they make their report. ' 1 The industrial committee reported that about 90 letters have been written . to industries. The plan of erecting an "Incubating" plant was discussed. The Vlan is to build a large plants could work in this one large make their start. About twenty small plants cauld work in this one large "Incubating" plant. It was suggested that this would being many industries to Richmond, -.

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BYRAM C. "PROlllBSypk POLITICfiPOTIN SIXTH DISTRICT Drys Call Mass Meeting in Newcastle to -Pick Candidate for Congress. The Prohibitionists are in the fight, too. : - " v , E. E. Worth, chairman of the Sixth District, today; Issued a call' for a mass meeting of the party to be held in the court house at Newcastle on June , at 2 p. a. A candidate will be nominated to make the race for representa tive in Congress. J. Raymond Schmidt of Indianapolis, state chairman, promises that the Prohibitionists will throw their best Continued On Page Five. , GERMAN NAVAL BASE SHELLED BY WARSHIPS LONDON, June 5. Orricial announcement is made that an aeroplane raid is now in progress f . over the Thames estuary, about twenty-five mile from London. one German aeroplane is reported to have been brought down. Bombs were drooped over Essex and Kent. ' V (By Associated Press) Today's official statement again emphasizes the trepidity of the British in Belgium, reporting the continuation of heavy artillery firing in the Ypres region and British raids all around the front. In the same connection comes news of new atacks by British warships on the Belgian coast. . A fleet this morning heavily bombarded the German naval base and workshops at Ostfrnd with excellent results, the admiralty announces. It also reports that en engagement between a British light cruiser and a destroyer fleet, presumably off the Belgian coast, In which one German destroyer was sunk and another badly damaged. The British had no cas ualties. " On the Alsne front the French made a spirited attack last night and drove the Germans out of the portions of trenches in which they had obtained a footing the previous day, northwest of Froidmont farm. A bombardment of the city of Trieves by seven French aeroplanes" is also reported together with dropping bombs .by French machines on various German barracks and aviation fronts with damaging results,' ; rr :' " ' Vienna places a high estimate on losses the Italians have sustained in their offensive novement toward Trieste, The killed. - wounded and prisoners, the official statement declared, totals 180,000. ,

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ROBBINS Ohio! Cities Bombed ; By Noted A viatrix In Interest of Loan CLEVELAND, June, 5. Ruth Law, aviatrix, leaving Cleveland at 8 o'clock this morning, flew over numerous Ohio towns dropping "bombs" in the shape of pamphlets urging people to subscribe to the liberty bond issue. Fol lowing her successful flight over Cleve land yesterday she received many Invitations from nearby towns to appear there. Her flight this morning covered Warren, Alliance, Massillon, Mansfield, and Toledo and she expected to in clude Lorain in her Itinerary. Her first stop was at Mansfield and she hoped to reach Toledo, the last stop for the day, late in the afternoon. Her Ohio flight will be preliminary to a 2,500 mile airplane trip through the middle west and the southwest. Log Tied on Track In Front of Train Bearing Gen. Wood . BIRMINGHAM. Ala., June 5. An attempt was made to wreck the train which brought Major-General Leonard Wood from Chattanooga to Birmingham last night. Passengers 'on the train today confirmed the report that a log was tied across the track about four miles south of Chattanooga. Inmates of Illinois Penitentiary Riot CHICAGO, June 5. Rioting in the state prison at Joliet, forty miles from Chicago, was reported today. A. L. Bowen, temporary warden, telegraphed to Governor Lowden asking for the militia. Three fires were set in the prison, it was reported. Bowen, yesterday issued orders that no visitors except relatives would be received at the prison. This is said to have incensed the prisoners. .'They began the trouble by throwing dishes about and even at their guards ' at breakfast. - They then formed into groups and are said to have marched about the prison. . SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 5. Federalized troops at Joliet were today placed at the disposal of authorities at the Joliet in quieting riots among prisoners there, Adjutant General Dickson said, after communication: by telephone with General Thomas Berry at Chicago. . f , v , TO DELIVER ADDRESS A. M. Graham, of Brooklyn, will deliver an address at the K. of P. temple - tomorrow . evening at 7:80 o'clock on "The Meaning of Present Conditions and Their Outcome."

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LAWYER LEADS HIS OPPONENTS If FIGHT BY GOOD MARGIN Twenty-Four of Wayne1 County Delegation of Thir-1 ty-one Credited to Him J Kelly is Mum. j WILLIAMS TO STAY 111 Supporters of Byram C. Bobbins as-i eerted today that twenty-four at thai thirty-one delegates to the Republican congressional convention, elected In Wayne county last, night, are known to favor the candidacy of Robbina for thJ congressional nomination. t Those active In th ma n a tram am the Robbins candidacy state that only I two or the delegates are known tn i favor the candidacy of County Superintendent Williams, while another i gate Is pledged to support Williams ; until he withdraws from the contest; Continued On Page Six. PRINCIPAL PICKELL GOES TO LINCOLN TO SEE ABOUT NEW JOB i Principal Plckell, of the High school. Is In. Lincoln. Nebraska, it was learned today, in conference ' with school authorities there over accepting the principalship of a Lincoln high school. Authorities of the Lincoln . schools were in the city several - weeks ago looking up Plckell's record here and it is understood that the present confer ence was arranged at that time. The Lincoln men not only investigated his work in the schools but consulted a number of business men concerning his qualities. Pickell has been principal of the high school since September, 1913. On several occasions since that time he has had -controversies with the students. His first trouble with the school was in the spring of 1914, when his dealings with three members of the basketball team caused a storm of protest from the students and resulted in several students marking the front of the High school building with the words "square ideal," which the members of the class declared they had not received. During the last year he Inaugurated a system of grading in the school by which a fraction of a credit extra could be given to the students making higher grades. . This about some confusion among the pa trons or me scnooi as well as the students. His latest action was In refusing at the last moment to allow Bradford Meyers and Nile PattL members of the 1917 graduating class to tak nrt in the commencement exercises on account of their lacking fractions of a creaiu mis last act has caused a strong feeling against Pickell not only among the students of the school but from numerous patrons as well. ' Pickell Is exnected tn minm Nebraska some time this week. COUNCIL WILL ACT ON FOOD PROBLEM Petitions urging the city council to take some action regarding the food situation In the city In an effort to reduce the present high cost of foodstuffs were presented to the members of council at their meeting In the City hall last night. The petitions were signed by 838 residents of the city. Following the receipt of the petitlons, Mayor Robbins was ordered by council to appoint a commission of councilmen and other citizens to take some further steps in regard to the matter. An ordinance prohibiting the erection of downspouts from eaves in such a manner that the water is poured into the city streets was passed. Resolutions of respect were adopted by the council for the late Judge D. W. Comstock and Perry J. Freeman. CHURCH BELLS RING WASHINGTON, June 5 A citizens' patriotic celebration on the 'Washington monument grounds, was the feat ure of registration day here. - 8ecre-. tarles Baker and Daniels and Senator Ollle James of Kentucky, were on the program for speeches. Church bells rang and whistles tooted as registration places opened this morning. -4 -

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