Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 199, 3 July 1917 — Page 1
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SHOOTS NEGROES;
GUARDSMEN PATROL CITY
Man Fills 60 Feet, Strikii on His Head L
BatiBreais No Bone
EATON. July 3. The first accident of cofrquence to mark the construction f the new court house occurred shdlly after 1 o'clock Monday afternoon, Jrhen Louis Barnett, colored, plungeffrom the top of the structure to thlround 60 feet below. He alighted utB his head, but never lost consciously. An exaation by Dr. J. C. Ryder
showed npones were broken. Con
cussion of ao brain was feared and so
East St. LoUiS Quiet After Barnett went to Miami Valley hos-
Night ot Kionng ana on Houses and Theatres
Burned.
CARS ARE DESTROYED
Barnett pped upon a heavy stone
forming airt of the cornice at the top of the uildlng. The stone was loosened tin its settings and was only a fev Ct ahead of Barnett in the fall. . Bart struck scaffold work a short distae from the ground.
WAR i AX BILL
IS JEADY FOR SEATE ACTION
BULLETIN EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., July 3.Flres which were started by rioters In three negro quarters at noon were fanned by a high wind and spread rapidly flatting beyond control. Troops and police have hurried to the scene where rioters also were assembled.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ills. July 3-A , d
night or nouns, aunus v . t-2! -u r27 negroes are known to have Profl Contribute Big
been killed, approximate: auu pw ftuk (TSeW Kevenue
none injured, and more than one nundred and fifty negroes houses burned.
was followed early toaay Dy cobp
Excess War
WASHIKON, July 3. The war
Zll cTlm teri BOOIllinois national tax bill, rfted and reduced to $1,tive cairn, aiier i.ouu -7n 1 ?n nna th senate finance com
mittee as Inst the $1,800,000,000 of
While the death list Is known to ne additional -r xeB v.uru it
!... v.ntv unconfirmed reporvs uomo
, A high as today. Cknan Simmons or the
piaco u - Mfflinl
city.
committee anned to present the
measure tie senate today for con-
Confcd On Page Seven.
r in
Burning of negro homes began last night shortly before darkness and the mobs went from section to section setting fires. Shoot Down Refugees. As the negroes ran from their cottages, rioters fired at them, and many fell back into the flames and it is be-
i4.v. that a number were burned to washTiON. Julv 3. Richard
death. Not only whits men. but white EU, tt Rcan of Connersville, to-
women ana guns 7 av w i in bv SDeaker Clark as
ELLIOTIS SWORN IN
. . . . .l ,, on1 In KPV.
v men set upon iu-'"r"? -lth euccessorpie late Representative eral cases beat themto D. w Cack. Republican of the ciubs. White women and girls attach district.
ed colored women on tne sireei -j-
ln the street cars, puiiea meir iair uul. tore off their clothes and beat them with all sorts of weapons. The rioting last night was the culn.lnatlon of a series of disturbances , which began with the killing of a poContinued On Page Seven.
SLAVS TAKE 6,000 MEN, 21 GUNS, IN NEW DRIVE
Kerensky's Offensive Takes Germans by SurpriseCrown Prince's Army Driven Back on West Front.
BERLIN ADMITS LOSS
(By Associated Press) The great offensive of the regenerated Russian army, initiated under the leadership of Minister of War Kerensky, In person, is being successfully pushed. Advices to the Russian government declare it Ik developing in "an absolutely favorable manner." The successes of the initial thrust in the new drive by General Brusslloff in Gallcia was beyond question. Costly as it probably was to the Russian personnel the taking of more than 10,000 prisoners by the attacking army in the comparative narrow sector affected, shows how disastrous it must have been to the enemy. There remained - the question of whether the drive could be kept up with sufficient force to reap the full advantage of the victory. While this question does not yet seem to have been definitely decided the indications are admitedly encouraging. Ground has been gained beyond the line of the original attack and the Russians are advancing in the direction of Zlochaff. Capture 21 Guns. Beyond this, today's Russian official statement shows further heavy losses inflicted upon the Austro-German forces including the capture of some 6,000 additional prisoners and 21 guns. Zlochof f towards which the Russians are pressing is almosts directly east of Lemburg, and slightly more than 35 miles distant from it. It lies on Continued On Page Five.
Cops and Fire Boys Get Salary Boosted; : All of 'em Smiling City policemen and members of the fire department in Richmond were all smiles Tuesday. Why! The ordinance, increasing the salaries of policemen and firemen $5 monthly, passed by the city council several weeks ago, went into effect Monday. But the guardians of life and property aren't worrying about what they will do ;Wlth the extra money. They've been an tlx; a ing it for a long time and already know. The proposed ordinances raising the salaries of city officials is, still before the City Council, and it is expected action on the bill will be taken at the next meeting. The ordinance increasing the salaries of firemen and policemen will increase the city's pay roll $2,8S0.
East. Louis Fears Notoriety;
Ppents Photographers Takiqg
iews of Violence Done oy Mob
TO TAKE BACK
UNSOLD BREAD
EAST
LOUIS. 111., Jtily 3.
Policemepy tried to prevent the
taking pfaphs of fire ruins and
till lying in the streets
night's riot. "It s the
said one bluecoat.
doesn't want that kind
black bol
here aftc
chief's
'East StJ
of adveH
The
deeply underlying the
Richmond bakers will co-operate .i ..vmmant in the conserva-
tlon movement by refusing to take disturba-e said to be of interest back unsold bread from retailers. The! to many northern communities
State Council or uerenne w . where nfbor has been brought In ing of all bakers In Indianapolis Mon- tQ ep,a enUsted ln tne armed
vw- . meetlnm sianed a forces oJUnited States or who
r,acn uuci v . i nifrfee to abandon after July 10 me nave beepted to other sections ft . . . . . , i, ni,nli4 hreflfl I . -
practice ot laaing u "'j by highl paid in munitions fac-
and to support every tories
ot recommended Dy me
t-11 or food administration. tv- Tnriaaier renresented Ricn
mond. . He brought heme a number of pledges for bakers here to sign. Wo are not compelled to do this he said, but it is one way in which we can , .crvirps to the country.
This new rule will safeguard the cslve prices which
might result from a small supply of wheat. Bakers will not bake so much
bread now. and gv.rs win m care
ful to buy only what will be sold.
QUIE
In Eas.ouis with a population
of about there was already a large neiony, and the war influx
extent
increased the proportion to
which caused much comment.
" Unrest among the whites smoulder
ed and even flamed up last May .When in a 6mall riot three negroes werMhot and wounded and a number beatm An incident of the night indicated the temper of the mobs. One crowd
went about the
Continued On Page Eight
FOUR INJURED; NONE SERIOUSLY IN AUTO CRASH
Victor vNewman Cut About Face and Taken to Hospital, Others Bruised.
FOOD RIOTERS GET PRISON SENTENCE
LY FOURTH
GONBTS RICHMOND
the
Richnjll tomorrow pass
quietestj in its history. The 5incil prohibited fireworks, fwere laid by the Min-
AnSWerS DeCtth Cfl'l services? Fourth, bujt no places
Fourth forations will be made.
Mrs. E. C. Kehlenbrink
Mrs Elizabeth C. Kehlenbrink. wife of Fred W. Kehlenbrink, died Monday evening at her home. 1914 Main street. Mrs Kehlenbrink was 68 years old. fnd has spent her entire life .in Wchmond. She was an active .worker in the First English Lutheran church, being a member of the Missionary Society and Aid Society. Besides her husband, she is survived bv one son. Clem; one sister, Mrs. Henrv Knollenberg; and three broth-i----o Henrv and John Egge-
J,., wnnpral services will be held
" MCMnre. Thursday after-
.? i : Hork. Rev. Frank A
Sresiel will officiate. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery. Friends may ,t mo Wednesday afternoon
ciui and evening
Do Your Bit Now
J-Ujoi TL-HRed
oin tne
Red Cross
Flagspat from hundreds of residencbuslness buildings, the parks hing places will be
crowdedllchmond citizens will
do a lotius thinking about the meaninfe day, but that will be all. 1
COPENHAGEN, July 3. Residents of Stettin, Germany, appeared before the military court Saturday to answer for participation in the food riots on June 19 and 20. The testimony showed that excited by rumors that merchants were shipping potatoes abroad great crowds hostile to the merchants, attacked the police and plundered the stores. The ringleaders were sentenced to 18 months and a year imprisonment, others receiving lighter or suspended sentences.
Traveling at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour, a Peerless touring car owned by Sidney Rose and occupied by Rose, George Hieger and Elmer Beseke and Victor Newman, plunged down a ten-foot embankment at a culvert on a curre in the road, four miles west of Greensfork, Monday night, smashed through a barbed wire fence, turned over twice, and landed on its wheels. ; Of the four occupants of the car, thrown out when U turned over, Newman was the most seriously injured. He .sustained several deep gashes on the head and face, a badly lacerated nose, and a deep cut on the leg. The
other men, while scratched and bruised, are able to be out Tuesday. Newman is in Reid hospital. Believed Road Was Straight ; : Rose asked about the road when the party left 5 Hagerstown shortly before th accident, and was tolcTthat It was perfeJstraig and 'the culvert ItftmedTttph as titf able to hold the ar on the road,' and a rear wheel striking the corner 'of the abutment as the machine went over the bank, was stripped of spokes. Turning turtle twice, the car landed right side up, a peculiar feature being that no tires were bursted. All glass-
streets shouting! work about the machine was smashed,
nd it was badly damaged otherwise. The men were able to rouse the occupants of a farmhouse, and Newman, who was unconscious, was carried there. Dr. Neff of 6reensfork dressed the wounds of Newman and the others and they were taken to Richmond by Earl Gilbert, who came along shortly after the accident. Newman was resting easily at tb hospital Tuesday. His condition is not serious unless he has sustained internal injuries, and no evidence of these was found. The car was left on the scene of the accident and had not been brought to town at noon. Damage to It is estimated at $500.
COUIERCIAL CLUB TURNS DOWN OFFER OF BUREAU
Welfare Committee Recommends Formation of New Charity Organization to Replace Old One.
SHYS AT FINANCES
Manchu Dynasty Back on Throne of China
PGLENEED HELP
WEATHER FORECAST Far Indiana by United States Weath.r Bureau-Falf tonight and Wednesday. Slight change in temperature.
STOG. July 3. Three Poles now infm, M. Scheko, formerly a mf the Russian Upper House, ibieski and Sobanski, have isiappeal for aid for the Poles ow. Their appeal says i,eople ! in the streets of
hunger S60Ciated Press is informed er sources as well that
conditiOvhere in Poland are equaliyeirg particularly serious in I
Metis Unable
Todify Interests
Noon
Temperature Today. " " " Yesterday.
, (0
...76
Maximum Minimum
ui.wm r.auntv bv W. E. Moore
'Vl.-.J.iM and Wednesday. Mod-
-j1 sir iomnArature.
General Conditions-High pressure and fair weather now controls condiuons north of the Ohio river and east Mountains. Freezing in
Wyoming and hot weather in western HjuuiiuB ,.nrltnna tftas.1 for
Canada. wu.vu the Fourth of July.
If
TRAtlTY, Mich., July 3. The effe part of the commission 'indication of Methodism In An bring the Methodist Episcoie Methodist Episcopal South I ' together ' and ' thus unify in all of its nineteen brancliactically failed. Delegates fcference that is being held ptically admitted this when for adjustment It was at thlsided to hold the conferenctll tomorrow to com
plete dhe reports back to the
respecfaes
PEKING, Sunday. July 1. (delayed.) According to an edict issued in the name of Hsuan-Tung, the young emperor, who was put back dn the throne today under the protection of General Chang-Hsun, President Li Yuan Hung has submitted to thi monarchy. The edict follows: "Li Yuan Hung memorializes us to
take over the government, stating that
he was forced by the troops during the first revolution to become the nation's head. He bemoans his defects as head of the republic and asks us to punish him. We recognize his mistakes and also his merits. We hereby appoint him a duke of the first class."
Gives Away Child So He Can Enlist
WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 3. Joseph Katona, aged twenty-nine, of Westmoor, gave his only son John, nine months old, in adoption that he may be free of dependents and acceptable to the army. Mr. and Mrs. John Kuhler, of Westmoor, adopted the boy, appearing, before Judge Fuller, who signed the decree. . The mother of the child died last month, and Katona was left with v two children, the boy and a girl, aged three. He found friends willing to care for; the girl. When he appeared ; before the recruiting officers he was told he would not be accepted if he had dependents. He arranged at once for the adopUon. a ....
NOTICE The Palladium will be issued at noon tomorrow. I Subscribers are asked to heed this notice. '
FOES OF FOOD BILL HOLD UP MEASURE
WASHINGTON, July 3. Holding the new cloture rule in reserve, ad
ministration senators made another
futile attempt against the opponents of the food bill to voluntarily agree on a time for a vote.
Senator Chamberlain in charge of the bill, warned the senate that more
than two weeks have already been used up in discussion and that he believed all senators who intended making speeches had done so. He asked for a vote on the bill today at 5 p. m. Senator Penrose, at once objected, declaring that he favored "free and fair discussion," and objected to "The use of the steam roller" in forcing the bill. Senator Chamberlain replied that it was not his purpose to urge the use of the "steam roller," and he had no desire to "implicate that there has been any filibuster."
- Resolutions calling for the organization of a new Central Charities Bureau were passed by the executive board of the Commercial club last night. A meeting of the welfare committee of the club with the executive board of the present Social Service Bureau and all the societies which have supported the work of the latter, to plan the work of the organization, is provided for. The decision came after a lengthy discussion which kept the members of the board until after midnight. Underwriting of the bureau's expenses, an essential part of the plan proposed by the welfare committee and the executive board of the bureau, was the chief bone of contention, and the board members also felt that the soContinued On Page Five. Bockhoffs Offer First Tuberculosis Cottage to County Announcement was made before the Wayne County council at its session this morning that the first cottage to be built as a part of the county Tuberculosis hospital will be given to the county "by Mr. and Mrs. William F. Bockhoff. Members pf the county council were informed by the grandsons of Mrs. Smith, from whom the gift of the hospital site was received that the expense of transforming the
farm into a hospital would be too great for the county to bear. The gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bockhoff, however, solves at least a part of the problem of expense as the cottages will be a big factor ln the curing of tubercular patients, i, Final arrangements for the. receiving of the gift-were made to&ay wrhen the founts' council adopted the appropriation ordinance at its second reading.
Work of transforming the farm Into a hospital will begin as soon as possible.-: '
Not Cold But Booze Prompts Weaver to Steal Two Overcoats
It wasn't cold weather that prompted Bracey B. Weaver, 35 years old, living on North E street, to steal as overcoat and a raincoat belonging "to Harold Perkins," 1315 North E street Weaver,' in police- court this morning charged with petit larceny, said be took the coats to buy whiskey. After freely imbibing in the flowing bowl all day Saturday only the desire for more remained late Saturday night, and he said he took the coats and sold them for $2 with which to buy more whisky. Mayor Robbins sentenced him to thirty days in jail and assessed a fine of $25 and costs.
"YOUNG BLOOD" GOES TO FRONT FASTJN NAVY Chief Yeoman in Less Than a
Year Wins $100 a Month Position. ,
U.S. TROOPS REACH PARIS TO MARCH OH JULY FOURTH
Enthusiastic Crowds Wildly Greet Battalion of Troopers as They Swing Through the Streets.
BOYS GET FLOWERS
GREAT LAKES, 111., July 3. The value of the enlisted man in the Unit' ed States navy is going up. Since the United States entered the world war, the newest recruit has the satisfactory feeling of being the highest paid fighting man of any nation ln the world. For those more experiiiced promotion is so rapid that, as one man at the United States Naval Training Station here expressed it, he never knows in the morning who will have to salute him as a superior before eight bells announce the close of the day's work. - Removal of "dead wood" ln high commands and the advancement of "young blood" to obtain vigorous action, has been a feature of every 'warMuch noise has been made when an admiral was scrapped, but little attention paid to the rank and file, and yet promotions of enlisted men have been more frequent and more rapid than the progress in grade of commissioned officers. Wins Promotion Fast. Take the case of a chief yeoman at the station here, ranking as chief petty officer with salary and allowances of something more than $100 a month. Less than a year ago he was sworn
iato the first Una ol defense - jn. elv-J
rn , muuuiB,, .ae ua... wan. promotion Continued On Page Seven.
ARMED EPISCOPAL RECTOR HELPS QUELL ARIZONA STRIKERS
ELKS GO TO BOSTON
BOSTON. July 3 The first of the 50,000 delegates expected to attend the national convention of the -Order of Elks in this city, which will open on Monday next arrived today. Among the early comers was Fred Harper of Lynchburg, Va., a candidate for the office of grand exalted ruler. , The big day of the convention will be Thursday, July 12, designated as "New England day." The principal event will be a patriotic demonstration on Boston Common, preceded by a military and naval parade.
GERMANS RENEW ATTACKS
PARIS, July 3. The Germans made repeated attackB last night on the Aisne front on both sides of. the Allies-Paissy road. The most' violent fighting continued throughout the night Today's official announcement says the Germans were thrown back each time and finally abandoned the effort this morning.
GLOBE, Ariz., July 3 All of the large copper mines ln the Globe-Miami district, where 7,000 men normally are employed have suspended operations on account Of the strike of employes. The properties are so closely picketed that even county officers have been unable to pass the line. Automobiles containing Sheriff Tom Armer, . Superior Judge Shute and a number of deputies, were stopped by several hundred miners and after an argument the sheriff ordered the automobiles turned about and drove away. The sheriff has deputized 100 citizens including the pastor of the Episcopal church who patrolled a beat last night armed with a gun and a club.
Tries to Kill Cat; ; loses Three Fingers
ARLINGTON, Ohio, July 3. Henry Beach, living three miles south of here, was disturbed by the night meowing of cats. He got up and secured a shotgun to kill the cat that meowed the
most. He fired at a black animal, but the contents of the gun went into Beach's hand. He went to a Findlay hospital, where three of his fingers were taken off.
24 APPLY TO TRAIN FOR OFFICERS' WORK
Twenty-four Richmond men have made applications for training In the second Officers' training camp to be opened August 27. Applications are still coming ln at the rate of four or five a day. Ex-army men, with from three to five years' military experience, make the bulk of the applicants. Ages range from fifty-three, to twenty years and ten months, and more men between twenty-lve and thirtyfive have applied than any others. Business and professional men are the classes from which Richmond's repre
sentation in the reserve camps will come.
PARIS, July 3. A battalion of American troops arrived ln Paris this morning to parade on July 4. The -Americans were greeted by wildly en-, thuslastic crowds which packed the streets through which they marched to Neuilly barracks, where they are quartered. The officers are being entertained at the military club. - The Americans arrived at the Ansterlitz station at 7:40 o'clock, having been thirty-six hours on the way from; the French port at which they debark-' ed. The ' soldiers were greeted by; representatives of the French' and American armies. The French Red. Cross provided refreshments and thej Americas. Red Cross and Young Men's i Christian Association also sent representatives to greet them. ' Headed by their own band, the soldiers, carrying their rifles and field! packs, fell In and marched off to the barracks. The crowds waved Axneri-j can and French flags. Hundreds of! Americans were ln the throng at the! station. ;
As the troops swung through Hie streets, French girls pinned bouquets and American flags on the soldiers'
breats. Flowers were scattered along! the route. The band played "Yankee; Doodle, "Dixie," "Marching Thronsh, Georgia," and other American airs. French soldiers on leave grasped th hands of the Americans and marched beside them.
COCCHI BARES CRIME STORY TO RELATIVE
FIVE NEGROES HELD FOR ALLEGED THEFT
25 LIKE THEIR DOGS
Over twenty-five owners of dogs saved the lives of their pets Tuesday by taking out licenses at the office of the city controller, E. G. McMahan, the result of a news story published in the Palladium Monday to the effect that dogs, not bearing license tags, would be shot by city policemen. Over seventy-five owners will have to buy licenses for their dogs during the next few days if they want to keep them. The taxes were due June 1. f
Parents Send Bible
to Prove Son's Age
Following an exciting chase through about a quarter of a mile of wheat field, five negroes, members of a Pennsylvania railroad construction gang, were arrested late Monday afternoon by Sheriff Carr and Chief Goodwin of the police department and are now in the county jail awaiting trial on a charge of highway robbery.
The negroes are alleged to have held up a white boy on the C. & O. right-of-way south of the city. When the police arrived at the place where the negroes were, one of the number started to run. He was running along the tracks when he passed Sheriff Carr, who was hiding along the weeds at the side of the track. The sheriff ordered him to stop and when the negro refused, fired. After firing four shots while running through a field, the negro fell to the ground and began to yell. He was badly frightened but was unhurt. The gang was placed in Jail.
BOLOGNA, July tr-Oocchl tnfc sed his crime to me before his arrest. He also discussed his relations with the New York police,", said Francesco Baroncinl to the Associated Press correspondent today after submitting evidence ln the New; York murder case of the Royal Prosecutor., Baroncinl is the husband of Emma,! sister of Maria Cocchi, the slayer's wife. He is a cement contractor at Imola, 22 miles from here. At present he is caring for , the 75 year old mother of Coccbi's wife together with the latter's younger sister Carolina, who are Indignant at the refltctlons made on the Cocchi family. ; "We have Maria's Interest at heart" said Baroncinl. "We propose to fight' for her reputation and hope to bring her home soon. We are as much shocked as the Cruger family and will do all In our power to punish ' Cocchi. Confesses the Crime "When I demanded of Cocchi who, was visiting me at Imola to explain his abandonment of Maria, he lied ' '
first, then holding his head in his J hands, said: "This is too much. Ij j must tell somebody.' Tears were j i streaming down bis face and he satdj i over and over again, 'Why did I do it? I didn't mean to molest the girl.' "Cocchi swore to me that he didn't assault the girl but this I do not be- ' lieve, though I think the crime unpremeditated. Neltherdo I believe bis story of her falling and striking her head. The truth probably never will be known. There are certain details that even a man of that sort is ashamed to tell. Cocchio said he had a pull with the police. When I showed him my motorcycle license he boasted he did not need one because he knesv the police. Bollmeyer in France; We Are for You, Fred J. Fred Bollmeyer, Jr., formerly city editor of the Palladium, who resigned a lucrative position on a Cleveland newspaper to enter the ambulance service, arrived safely in France yesterday according to a cablegram received today from a "seaport la France" by his father, J. T. Bollmeyer. of the Palladium. Bollmeyer is the first Richmond boy with an ambulance corps to reach France. Fredvwas one of the most popular men on the Palladium staff.
Used Post-Hole Digger to Plant 'em lite Wonders Whv Snnds Dnnt Grain
MC ALESTER, Okla.. July 3 A letter received by James A. Harrison, formerly chief of police,' from R. F. James, father of Claude, Lee and Edwin James, reported to be Intrenched in the Jack Fork mountains prepared to resist all efforts of Federal officers to compel them to register under the selective, draft law; contained a leaf of the James family Bible and proved Lee too old and the others too young for registration. - Upon receipt of this Information Federal officers abandoned the hunt ; ' . " ..
He didn't know anything about gardening, but his heart was in the work. When Richmond back-yards mobilized for war, he flamed with patriotic fervor, and swore that his should not be a slacker. True, he knew nothing about gardening, but he could learn. He got some instructions from neighbors, several pecks of seed potatoes, tools, and made the architect's plans for a potato patch. "You must plant 'em deep," said the neighbors. "Or ; the potatoes won't grow, and if they do, they will be sunburned."
He planted them deep and waited. One week, two weeks, three weeks. No potatoes. Monday he called Civic Gardener Murphy. . Murphy went ont to find what the trouble was. He asked . some questions. The amateur gardener had followed , his neighbor's instructions too faithfully. Feeling that, , ordinary tools j would not put the potatoes deep j enough, he had used a post-hole dig-; ger. And the spuds had been buried, at least a foot beneath the surface of the ground! ' And the neighbors laughed!