Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 212, 18 July 1917 — Page 8
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1917
LEAVE SOLDIERS ALONE, GLENN
ADVISES WOMEN
Chill Thrown on Social Efforts' at FortMushy Letters Received.
Tells Poland's Woes
INDIANAPOLIS. July 18. Efforts
of Indianapolis women to provide en
tertainment for the Btudent officers from West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, and soldiers at Fort Ben
jamin Harrison, near here, have been
given a more or less chilly reception by the army officers in charge of the
camp, and Brig. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn,
In command of the 11,000 men at the
Fort in three words has told the women what to do. He said, "leave them alone."
The advice was given to the women
at a meeting held to discuss what to do to entertain the candidates and soldiers. Gen. Glenn was invited to give suggestions. His advice was unexpected.
Gen. Glenn also has been conducting
for some time a campaign to keep young women and girls without chaperons from the camp. i Women Will Write.
Althoueh the efforts of the com
manding officers along that line have met with some success, as yet no ways have been devised to keep women and girls from writing to the student offires. Every day hundreds of letters are received by the young men from women they never heard of before. Most of the letters are of the so-called romantic type, but occasionally one of the different kind is received. The objection to letter writing to soldiers at the training camps, in the opinion of the commanding officers, is confined to missives from emotional, sentimental women and girls and not all of the offenders against propriety are young women. Little or no objection is made to clean wholesome letters devoid of sentimentality or reference to-the personality of the writer and her wish to meet the soldier recipient of the letter. The young women writers evidently do not know what the men do with tho letters. One of the favorite pastimes of the candidates, and one which
provides them much amusement, is . reading the letters they consider especially "60ft" to their comrades, and comparing them. Following are some of the types of letters: Saw Name in Newspaper. Dear Mr. : I saw your name in a newspaper and picked it out because I liked it. We girls in this town are so lonesome, and I do want to be a real friend with some fine, big man who is a soldier. There aren't any .soldiers here. I am 23 years old, five feet, four inches tall and a brunette, and my friends tell me I am, at least, not ugly. Are you married or engaged? I am not. If you are, or if you do not want to write to me, will you give this letter to eome other man? I will send you my picture If you write to me. Yours hopefully,
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The letter was from a girl In a small Indiana town.
All of the letters, however, are not
from Indiana girls. Many come from " far distant states. How the names
of the students become known to the
writers has been more or less of a
mystery.
One letter received by one of the young men from an unidentified writer
recently read:
"I love manly soldiers, I just think they are grand. But we don't see many here. Maybe sometime I could
come to Fort Harrison on a Sunday.
i ve Deen torn I iook line (naming a
well known motion picture star) and I got curls that come around my
shoulders. Are you tall? I like either
blondes or brunettes. Do you? I am
blonde. Chum Is Writing Too.
"I have a girl chum that is writing
to another fellow , maybe you know him. Wouldn't It be nice if we
could all meet at Ft. Harrison some Sunday? Are you going with any girl
steady? I am sending you a small pic
ture of myself, but it's not very good
of me. Please write to me right away,
because I am so lonesome, and I want
some soldier to think of me when he Is fighting for his country."
Some of the letters are of different tone, and evidently are from girls of
refinemen and dignity. What candidates call the "romance stuff" is lacking. One man at the camp has each week been receiving a letter and a pack of cigarettes, or some other little gift from a girl in Texas. After the first gift he wrote her telling her he did not wish the gifts. She replied: "I am not sending them to you, Mr. , I am sending them to one of Uncle Sam's soldiers. It gives me pleasure to do this, and I am sending similar packs to one man in each of the training camps. When the war is over, or when you. for any reason, take off your uniform, you will, in your own proper person, receive no more cigarettes from. ." In speaking to women who have asked him "what can we do for the soldiers, Gen. Glenn said. "My answer is here at home let, him alone. The American soldier when let alone, is
the most peaceful and uncomplaining animal In the world. You don't think much of him in time of peace, but in time of war you fall over yourselves to do something for him you don't know what it is, but it is pretty certain to be bad for him. Send Nothing to Eat. "I've got 11,000 of them out there at the camp enlisted men and student officers, as well as 3,000 workmen. Please, please, don't send them things to eat they have all they want. We are doing the very best w e can for these boys, and we are going to give them, and your boys the boys these
student officers will command a sporting chance, and . that is all any
body can ask." General Glenn told the women that
when the troops went abroad that was
a different matter, and then good reading matter, . r.ew3papero, books and magazines would be acceptable, as well as small comforts fee government does not provide. Among theso little comforts. Gen. Glenn suggested that the women might Rimnlv iha nM!rB v)iui fhov trn
abroad, with needles, thread and thim-j
Madame Laura Gozdawa de Turczynowicz, who is In Chicago seeking aid for the relief of her stricken country. '
London Papers Hit Churchill's Appointment To Ministry Job
LONDON, July 18. The new cabinet appointments get a mixed reception in the morning newspapers. The majority, however, are indulgent and express the willingness to give the appointees a chance and to judge them by results. The selection of Sir Erie Campbell Geddes, who has been director-general of the munitions supply, to head the
British admiralty arrests a large share of the editorial attention. It is described as startling, original and bold, but his record in other posts is amply recognized as a great one. The Tory press deplores the removal of Sir Edward Carson from the admiralty where it declares he has been a great success, while the radicals to whom Sir Edward is a perennial objoct of their displeasure, were disgruntled at his admission into the innermost ministerial sanctum. Churchill Greeted Coldly The reception to Winston Spencer Churchill, who succeeds Dr. Christopher Addison as minister of munitions is nowhere enthusiastic. The Morning Post after a luke-warm reference to Sir Eric Campbell Geddes and a vitriolic attack on Edwin Samuel Montagu, the new secretary for India, says of Churchill: "Although we have as yet not invented an unsinkable ship, we have discovered an unsinkable politician," and refers to his "colossal blunders and overweening conceit." The newspaper fully expects he will
repeat his blunders and says his appointment "shows our politicians have an open contempt for all sound principles of administration." Energy Recognized Winston Spencer Churchill's enthusiasm, push and ingenuity are recognized by writers, who, nevertheless, doubt his suitability as minister of munitions, where the thorny task of dealing with labor, in the production of munitions complicates the duties of the post in a manner for which it is feared Churchill is unequipped. Among these, the Times says the country is not in a mood to tolerate
an attempt to resuscitate amateur strategy. The Daily News says Churchill has shown courage in accepting the post of minister of munitions, saying: "There are various kinds of courage. Some of them are virtues."
Draft Army Will Tafee 'Em, Says Hayes Men who have been turned down for the regular army because of physical defects will be taken in the draft army, unless something serious is the matter with them, says Recruiting Sergeant Hayes. . Since Hayes has been in the Richmond station he has accepted just four out of sixteen men who applied, but many more than this will be taken in the draft. Many men who come into the office know they won't be taken, but they think that the rejection for the regulars will keep them from being taken in the draft army. This is a mistake, says the sergeant.
MAIN STREET MERCHANTS WOULD RESTRAIN BELL ON BASEBALL MACHINE
ble. "But I never learned to use one of those things myself," added the general, referring to thimbles. Advice to trust the Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross in providing diversion for the soldiers also was given by General
Glenn.
A petition to city officials to stop the clanging automobile advertising baseball is being considered by Main street merchants. Most of their clerks haven't learned to tell the bell on the advertising machine from that of an ambulance, and work has to stop several times a day to let the clerks find out that no one has been hurt.
City Statistics
Deaths and Funreals. SPATJLDING Charles Spaulding, infant son of Mr., and Mrs. Warren Spaulding, died Wednesday afternoon at their home, 24 South. Third street. Funeral . services will be held-Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at th residence. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery. .
YOUTH DRINKS HALF OUNCE OF CARBOLIC ACID ? -"- v .... ' ' . . Drains Bottle in Foundry . After Workmen "Kid" Him " About Draft.
Farmers Advised To Stack Their Wheat
v.William F. Walterman, 20 years old,.
Wednesday drank an ounce of carbolic acid in an attempt to end his lift, crazed, It is said, by fear he would be conscripted. , ' "IH not do it again," he said as Dr. C P. Cclburn and M. J. Qulgley, druggist, worked on him to save his life, shortly, after he drank the poison in the. foundry of the Swayne-Robjn-son company. An antidote was given him by Qulgley. Two hours later, at his rooming house, , 2ia . North , C street,' he had fully recovered, although he was very weak. ' . ' His Second Attempt According to police it is the second unsuccessful attempt he has made during the last year to end his life. ", "I'm tired of living and have nothing to live for. I wish I were dead," he told Dr. Colburn. Walterman was employed at the Lontz foundry as a moulder, but was not working Wednesday. He went to the Swayne-Robinson company to see friends and claimed they "kidded" him into the belief that he would be conscripted for military service, despite the fact that he is under the
age and Ineligible on the first draft. He's Hard to Kill Although a half ounce of acid is a sufficient quantity to kill a person, Walterman at no time lapsed into un
consciousness.
Several weeks ago, Walterman left his home at 217 North Second street, and went to a rooming house at 213 North C street. According to his uncle, John Klingman, 411 North D street. Walterman's mother had up
braided aim because of his drinking. Klingman said he had been drink-
- Advice to farmers to stack and hold their wheat on the farm for the present, has been. received by farmers in Wayne county from Harry E. Barnard, of Indianapolis, who is acting in Indiana for Herbert Hoover, national food administrator. It is pointed out that if the advice Is not followed elevators throughout the country will be overtaxed, and farmers are asked to co-operate with the United States government in Its plan to handle the country's food supply systematically in the present war crisis. Barnard regards It better to stack the wheat as long as possible, rather than store it in granaries, causing the loss of much through ordinary wastage in handling.
RAIN CAUSES WASHOUT ON PENNSY NEAR COLLINSVILLE
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BAILEY IS SPEAKER
William Bailey, manager of the Home Telephone company, gave a talk on "Concrete Pole Construction," Tuesday at the Central Indiana Independent Telephone Owners Association meeting in Columbus.
SCOUTS TO MEET
A meeting tof the Boy Scouts will be held this evening at 7:30 in the court room of the City hall. Every scout is urged to be present.
ing heavy and often spent $20 or $30 on one spree. Walterman at his rooming house, said he got sick and got crazy ideas in his head when they kidded him, when seen by a Palladium reporter. "A fellow's liable to do most anything when he gets crazy ideas in his head," he said.
Been In Good Health Asked what those "crazy ideas" were he said he didn't know. According to his uncle and Mrs. Bailey, who operates the rooming house, he has been in good health and has not appeared to be despondent. He denied that he was afraid to go to war and said that he tried to enlist several times but had been rejected. According to his uncle he has shown fears of having to go to the trenches In France.
Rains Tuesday afternoon caused a 'cashout near Colllnsville, Ohio, on the Richmond division of the Pennsylvania railroad. An abutment of the bridge and two hundred feet of track were washed out. The Chicago train due here at 3:40 o'clock was detoured through Dayton, Ohio. The track was repaired in a short time and traffic was resumed after a few hours.
INDIANA WOMEN TO BE ENROLLED
INDIANAPOLIS, July 18. Endorsement of a campaign to enroll, on August 15, every housewife in Indiana, in the Hoover Food. Conservation Movement, was given by the state council of defense today after hearing of the plan worked out by Dr. Harry E. Barnard, volunteer representative of the national food director In Indiana, at the regular session of the council to-t day. , ' " The council also gave Its approval of the plan of Prof. G. I. Christie to hold practical demonstrations of effective and successful methods of
conserving fruit and vegetables in
every county in Indiana. .
Prof. Christian reported great losses
of food stuff due, he said to the failure of many producers to realize the possi
bilities of modern methods as applies
to the preservation of vegetables. Mrs. Carl Fisher, of Indianapolis,
will assist Dr. Barnard in directing the enrollment of Indiana women in the
food conservation organization ordered by Mr. Hoover.
DRAFT QUOTA PROBE CALLED
WASHINGTON, July 1&.A resolu-' tion declaring that the secretaries of. war and commerce in fixing the quota : of the state and territories on the basis of registration and not on the ) basis of population have acted illegally and calling upon them to furnish : the house with their reasons-for "so Ignoring the express provision of the conscription law," was introduced today by Representative McCulloch, of Ohio.
SETBACK IS GIVEN TO CORN MARKET
It was one time stated that there were in Holland at least 9,900 large windmills, of which the sails ranged from 80 to 100 feet long. At that time their yearly cost was reported to be nearly $10,000,000. The mills are used for many purposes their principal use has always been to pump water from the lowlands into the canals, and to protect the little country from being inundated.
CHICAGO, July 18 Assertions that; the Missouri crop of corn this season' would exceed the bumper crop of 1902, and that there would also be a big yield in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska; and Illinois led to a sharp setback in' the corn market today after an early advance. The initial bulge was due toj
weather in general was too cold, and: that the crop was not making season-, able gains. Bearish reports which: were given attention later seemed tobe more specific and comprehensive' than the advices which had been a! stimulus to the bulls. Opening prices,, which ranged from c off to c up,' with September at 160 to 160,f and December atll2 to 113, were followed by a material bulge all around and then a general descent; which carried new crop months to well below yesterday's finish. ' Wheat developed firmness on account of the prospect of the speedy; enactment of legislation fixing a mini-S mum price. Trade, however, was of; very limited proportions. After opening 3c higher at 196 September, the" market reacted to 195. , : Oats were governed by the action of corn. Holders showed a disposition to realize whenever the market ad-i vanced. Talk of labor trouble at thej stock yards here weakened provisions..
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