Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 245, 25 August 1917 — Page 1

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ITALIANS IN PURSUIT OF FLYING FOES, ROME AVERS

Austrian Line on Isonzo Front is Said to Have Been Pierced at Several Points. PEAK IS CAPTURED . (By Associated Press) r The Austrian line on the Isonzo front had been broken at several points by the Italians, It Is announced officially at Rome. The Italians, continuing their furious assaults between Tolmlno and the Adriatic, are now pursuing the retreating Austrians who are defending the difficult ground yard by yard. One of the most brilliant feats of I the Italians was the capture of Monte Santo, 2245 feet high. This peak, several miles north of Gorlzia, dominates the broad plain beyond that city, and occupancy of it has enabled the Austrians, to hold up the Italian advance to the east since their capture of the city. Tells Little of Facts. The brief official recital gives little idea of the struggle which attended the storming of the Austrian stronghold on the mountain top but it doubtless will have an important bearing ob the development of the Italian campaign. Having gained their principal objectives on the Verdun front the French are completing their victory by local attacks to round out and secure their new line. Profiting by the capture of hlU 304 yesterday, they advanced last night to the north of it Three fortified woods in the vicinity of Bethincourt were Btormed. Renewal of fighting in the Cham pagne may be forecast by the state ment in the orricial Frencn report mat violent artillery engagements sare in progress there. In Belgium also in the vicinity of Vixschoote the big guns are heavily engaged. No further InWitry action on a large scale are reported by the British al though they were successful In minor operations last night. Tne German .trench positions west of Lens of local Importance and a post near Lombaert- , zyde were captured with prisoners. Near Epehy, northwest of St Quentin there is increasing activity with heavy artillery fighting under way. Escaped German Is Captured By Farmer CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 25. Arnold Henkel, a German army officer who sawed his way out of prison at Ft. Oglethorpe. Ga., Thursday night was captured by a farmer near there yesterday. Henkel approached the farmer's home and asked for something to eat He was recognized and when he resisted arrest he was shot, receiving a flesh wound. WAR TAX DEBATE iS POSTPONED WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. After a brief session today the senate recessed until Monday without action or debate on the war tax bill. Absence of senators, conference by both factions in the contest over raising Income and war profit tax rate, and reluctance to spend the day in perfunctory speech-making Induced leaders tp agree to the recess. Leaders of those advocating greater conscription of wealth met and discussfd the question of leadership in next weeks' fight to raise the Income and war profits rate. Since the defeat of Senator LaFollette's amendments,, some senators have thought the proposals would draw better support if presented by some one else. It was learned today that during the last week while the dispute over the finance committee's revision of the bill was before the senate, the committee room was twice broken Into at night and papers in the custody of Chairman Simmons were stolen. Nothing of importance It was said, was lost. Proposed amendments and statistics of treasury experts on the bill are said to be the only things missing. The police have gotten no trace of the mirauders. Do Your Join the Bit Now LJJ Red Cross WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Sunday. Today's Temperature. Noon 65 Yesterday. Maximum o Minimum 57 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight and Sunday. Fifty degrees or lower tonight. Rising temperature Sunday. General Conditions A severe storm Is passing down over the St. Lawrence valley toward the Atlantic ocean. General fair weather prevails over the western states. There were severe gales over Lake Superior and Lake Michigan last night. Weather will continue fair for at least 36 hours.

Chautauqua Weather Sunday, Says Moore

Fine Chautauqua weather is going to be the rule Sunday In Wayne county, says Weatherman Moore. The storm which threatened Friday and Saturday passed off to the north and east, and danger of its spoiling the Richmond day has passed, although heavy rains are falling northeastward Cool weather will last over Sunday, but it will be warm again Monday. said Moore. PETAIN LAUDED FOR TRIUMPH PARIS, Aug. 25. Minister of War Painleve has addressed a warm letter of thanks to General Petain, comman der in chief of the French armies on the French front, congratulating him his officers and their men on their recent triumph before Verdun. "You, who history already recog nizes, as the glorious defender of Verdun," says the letter, "have now achieved your aim by definitely driv ing the enemy from the crown of heights from which he still threaten ed the inviolate city." The letter adds that the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on General Petain. The decree conferring this distinction ends with the brief but eloquent sentence, "He defended and saved Verdun." ALLIES TO BUY THROUGH BOARD WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. All British, French and Russian government purchases in the nited States will be handled by an allied purchasing commission, composed of three American officials. The agreement providing for the commission is the initial step in the president's policy of seeing to it that the allies get their war supplies at the same prices charged the American government Members of the commission are Bernard M. Baruch, Robert S. Lovett and Robert S. Brookings, all of the war industries board, recently created to negotiate for American war purchases. All the other allied countries are expected to emulate the entente and allow the commission to buy their war materials. LENIENCY URGED FOR BENEDICTS WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. President Wilson has written Secretary Baker expressing the view that the drafting of married men who are heads of families should be carefully examined to avoid it if possible, and expressing the view that single men should be taken where it is possible. Provost-Marshal-General Crowder is conferring with Secretary Baker on the suggestions made by President Wilson in his letter, and a statement cn the subject will be issued later. As the President Is empowered by the draft law to make the regulations under which it will be carried out, the effect of his letter to Secretary Baker is to throw his influence toward a more liberal policy for exemption of married men than heretofore has been pursued by the provost marshal general's office. It Is no Becret that the President's view Is in open conflict with the In terpretation placed at present upon the law by the army officers who are administering it They contend that as the history of the law shows that congress voted down amendments to exempt married men they have no legal authority to exempt them except on the grounds of dependency alone. President Wilson's view, as forecast in his recent letter to Senator Weeks is that the taking of married men and heads of families should be avoided at least on the first draft. The President's letter probably will be made public later by Secretary Baker. NEGRO TROOPS LEAVE HOUSTON HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 25. The negro soldiers of the 24th infantry who Thursday night took part in shooting in the streets that killed 17 persons, were taken from here and started toward Columbus, N. M., early today. Among them were the thirty-four men charged by District Attorney John H. Crocker. The entire 633 members of the .battalion which came here four weeks ago to guard Camp Logan during construction were entrained by daybreak and shortly after, the train started westward. With the arrival today of MajorGeneral George Bell, Jr., investigation of the shooting is expected to begin. The departure of the battalion for Columbus, N. M., early today appre ciably lessened the tension in Houston although from the hour the authorities took firm hold of the situation, there had been little fear of any serious trouble. Captain L. S. Snow did not accompany the battalion as he has been detailed as major to the national army camp at Ft. Smith, Ark. He said that while no charges had yet been preferred against the more than one hundred men who marched through the San Felice dterict shooting at random, they might be "very serious." ,

WAYNE COUNTY TO UNITE IN PAYING TRIRUTE TO SOLDIERS; SCHOOL CHILDREN MAY MARCH

All Wayne county will unite in paying deserved tribute to its soldiers men already in service and men selected for service in the national army. The date of the celebration, planned to show the people's appreciation of the men's spirit has' been definitely set for Monday, September 3. A huge street procession, the largest ever held in Richmond, will travel the main streets of the city in the afternoon starting from the court house at 1:30 o'clock. A short program of music and speeches will be held at Ninth and A streets following the procession. To Have Military Ball. In the evening a military ball has been arranged which will be staged on A street between Seventh and Ninth street. Every organization in Richmond is heartily co-operating with the committee and many decorated floats, showing the spirit of the day, will be in the parade. More than 2,000 school children from various townships may march. County Superintendent of Schools Williams said Saturday, that he would ask the county board of education for authority to place school children in the parade. Schools open in the morning of the day and are dismissed several hours later, giving the children ample time to come to Richmond and participate in the procession. Odd Fellows to March. About 400 members of the Whitewater lodge of Odd Fellows will also march. The lodge will also be represented.by a decorated float. The Moose lodge, Red Man and old soldiers, soldiers who fought In the Civil and Spanish-American war, who know what it means to have the people of one's home town back of them, will march. Relatives of the men who are alWheat Averages 51 Bushels on 12 Acres DUBLIN, Ind., Aug. 25. Bert Woodward, of this section, had a record In wheat from 12 acres, cultivating and using fertilizers. He scored 51 bushels to the acre.

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LONDON, Aug. 25. "I see they again are talking in Germany about how England started the war," remark ed Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, in his weekly talk yesterday with The Associated Press. "It Is an old song but I think the time has come, particularly In the United States, when it is well to re-state briefly the bald facts regarding the beginning of this great conflict "Frankly, I do not think any one any where can honestly believe that England began the war. If any person had arisen In a public assemblage in this country two weeks before the war began and asserted that in a fortnight we would be plunged into the greatest International conflict the world has ever seen the speaker would have been regarded by everybody as a dangerous lunatic. Busy With Ireland. "Our people's thoughts were the farthest possible from war and our statesmen were with domestic affairs, particularly the Irish question to the almost complete exclusion of international politics. It is true that some of our people were saying for a year beThough Germantowns Name Is Changed By P. 0., R. R. Wont Act PERSHING, Ind., Aug. 25. Although the postmaster general at Washington has granted permission to change the name of the post office here to Pershing the Pennsylvania railroad station will bear the name of East Germantown for more than a year. Because the town is incorporated the consent of the state legislature will have to be obtained to change the name. The Pennsylvania has refused to change the name of the station until the legislature grants the authority. The town board of trustees will present the petition for the change at the next meeting of the legislature. Mail Carriers Cant Wear Soldiers' Hats WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. Acting on reports that letter carriers at certain places have been wearing hats similar to those prescribed for use by the. army, the postoffice department today issued an order forbidding the wearing of a uniform by employes of the service any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of that prescribed for the army, navy or marine corps. Attention is called to the fact that such use of the uniform by persons other than officers or enlisted men is punishable under the national defense action by fine or imprisonment, or both.

ready in service will be given a place of honor, just as the 254 men selected for the first national army. An effort is being made by the general committee to make arrangements for Richmond soldiers in camp at Fort Harrison to get permission to come home for the celebration. Line of March The probable line of march of the parade follows: From court house, east on Main street, probably to Sixteenth street, north on Sixteenth to A street, west on A street probably to Tenth, north along Tenth to B street west on E street to Fort Wayne avenue and Sevenh street south on Seventh street to A, thence to postoffice corner. Ed. H. Harris is chairman of the general committee; Mayor Robbins of the finance committee; Lawrence A. Handley of the parade committee; Will Bailey of the committee on entertainment and decorations, and Frank Albus of the Commercial club, chairman of the program committee. "Send him away with a smile," is the slogan which has been adopted by the committees.

REDMEN PLAN TO HONOR SOLDIERS Russell Keller, of Battery A, 17th Field Artillery, now stationed at Camp Robinson, Sparta, Wis., was the guest of honor at the Council fire of Hoquendoqua Tribe, No. 196, Improved Order of Red men, Friday evening. A committee comprising Roy Brown, Lance Miller, and Dempsey Pierson, was appointed to make arrangements for a "Get-Together meeting ana smoker for all members of the order who are to join the new army next Friday evening. Hoquendoqua tribe will make final arrangements for the parade to be given in honor of the young men serv ing Uncle Sam, Friday evening next Invitations will be sent out m a few days for the smoker and luncheon to be given the members, who are to join the new army. fore that time that Germany intended to attack us, but their warnings fell on deaf ears, so much so that no preparations were made. "Certainly we did not want the war. Who did? I think the answer is unquestionable. For at least a year before the war began Germany had definitely made up her mind to fight. "An Italian writer has told us how in 1913 Germany approached the ItalContinued on Page Eight. TO SELL $35,000 WORTH OF STOCK Six teams organized from the personnel of the Commercial club put on a whirlwind campaign Saturday for disposal of the $35,000 worth of stock yet unsold in Richmond of the Jenkins Vulcan Spring company. Saturday's compalgn was the result of a meeting held Friday night by the Commercial club directors and the trustees of the Industrial Development company. One man took $6,000 worth of the stock, $5,000 in preferred and $1,000 in common, as a result of Jenkins' talk to the club, and the campaigners believe that disposal of the rest can be made by Monday noon. Just as soon as the $100,000 worth of stock to be sold in Richmond is disposed of, the company will buy a fiveacre site, and start building, Jenkins said, Saturday morning. The company is negotiating for the purchase of a spring factory in the middle west which if made, will remove one of its strongest competitors. SERVE RATIONS, URGES BARNARD INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 25. The suggestion that portions of food served members of a family be cut'down and the rule "if you want more asked for it" adopted has been made by Dr. H. E. Barnard, state food and drug commissioner. He says: "In institutions each Inmate gets a fixed amount of food. In the army every soldier Is served his ration. The allowance Is based on the idea that a certain, definite amount of food is necessary to sustain life and do work. But some individuals need more food than others. They weigh different amounts, they do different work. Some are what we call 'heavy eaters,' others are content with less. There must be some waste when a fixed food allowance is measured out, unless that amount is held so low that the danger of under nourishment is always present

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CHICAGO, Aug. 25. Mrs. Karl G. MacVitty, nee Miss Frances Ingram, operatic singer and a recent bride, wants to know whether her husband wants to be married to her any longer or not Her husband Is now In France, hav ing sailed there from South America. Mrs. MacVitty didn't even know that he was thinking of going to France. All of her letters, telegrams and cablegrams have been returned. Mrs. Clark A. Shaw, mother of Mac Vitty, is blamed by the young and pretty bride for the estrangement Eugene Bundy is Dead at New Castle NEWCASTLE, Ind., Aug. 25. Eu gene Halleck Bundy, 71 years old, an attorney widely known in this part of the state, died here early today at his home. He had been suffering from a nervous breakdown for some time. He was the first judge of the Henry circuit court. He also had been associated with interests which built the Indianapolis, Newcastle and Toledo traction line. WIDOW OF FAMOUS EDITOR DIES HEBE Mrs. R. J. Bollmeyer, eighty-three years old, mother of J. F. Bollmeyer of the Palladium, died Saturday morning at her home, 231 North Eighteenth street Mrs. Bollmeyer was the widow of J. F. Bollmeyer, noted editor of the old Dayton Empire, who was murdered in one of the most sensational cases of the last century, when Civil war feeling was running high. Fred Bollmeyer. Mrs. Bollmeyer's grandson, and a former city editor of the Palladium, is now in France with an ambulance unit. Funeral arrangements have not been made. She will be buried at Dayton. Friends are asked to call at any time Sunday. She "was a member of Second Presbyterian church. Rural Route Boxes Must Be Placed In Order, Warns Strawn c. A MRRTDGE CITY. Ind.. Aug. 25. In accordance with the rules of the government Postmaster Strawn has sent out peremptory notices to farmers rtPinandins that approaches to their letter boxes be placed in order at once, and that the boxes be placed in satisfactory locations. Six days notice is given before summary action will be taken. The rural carriers have met with trouble and accidents by reason of bad approaches.

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Y. M. I. MEETING TO ATTRACT 200 DELEGATES HERE Convention of Catholic Men Opens at St. Andrew's Sunday Afternoon. Two hundred delegates, coming from fifteen states east of the Mississippi river, are expected to arrive here tonight and tomorrow morning to attend the Third biennial coventlon of the Atlantic jurisdiction of the Young Men's Institute, which opens Sunday morning at St Andrew's church. The program will last four days and will end with a banquet and dance at the Westcott hotel on next Tuesday evening. Work of arranging the program and planning for the entertainment and care of the 200 guests has been done by a convention committee made up of Joseph Schwegman, Richard Sharkitt Rev. Clement Zepf. Rev. F. A. Roell, William Torbeck, Henry Knauber, John Galvin. Joseph Walterman and Clarence Zeyen. To Come From South. The convention will bring to Richmond representatives from practically Continued on Page Eight Liberals Trying To Is Charge of BERLIN, (via London), Aug. 25. The minature parliamentary tempest which set in Wednesday has abated. Its sequel may be found in the customary interchange of editorial recrimination, in which the liberal and conservative press have been indulging in the last twenty-four hours. Newspapers supporting the majority party accuse the pan-Germans of attempting to use Chancellor Michaeli3 as a "battering ram" against the coalition, relying for success for their tactics upon the difficulty of, the chancellor's position and the fact that he is a newcomer in the arena of practical politics. Conservatives Reply. The conservative organs make counter-charges that the majority parties are endeavoring to force the chancel lor into slavish submission to their peace program and generally are seek ing to run the government That is about the gist of the press welfare which has followed Wednesday's flurry. Much of this comment makes engrossing reading, and the outside world may come into possession of it when the Berlin newspapers reach nearby neutral capitols. The chancellor's presence at great

NO DANGER OF COAL FAMINE SAY RAILROAD FREIGHT MEM

Shipments Being Received Every Day Facilities for Handling Fuel to Be Better. 15,000 TONS STORED There Is no danger of a coal famine , in Richmond this winter, due to a lack of transportation facilities, railroad of- i ficlals said Saturday. If the coal can be obtained at themines transportation facilities will be adequate for handling the supply from present indications, they said. Will Be Better. "Indications are that the transportation facilities this year will bo much, better for handling coal shipment than they were last year,' P. C. Sprague, division agent of the Pennsylvania lines, said Saturday. T. A. Greenstreet local freight agent of the C. & O., lines, said that in his opinion there was no danger of a coal famine being caused by the lack of transportation facilities. Railroad officials said they knew nothing of an embargo on coal shipments into the central states, under which no coal could be shipped Into Richmond. Received Every Day. Coal shipments are being received every day, consigned mostly to Richmond retail coal dealers and various industries. So far as Is known here the only order issued to railroad was issued by Judge Robert S. Lovett, national director of priority of transportation, who directed that railroads give bituminous coal shipments Into the northwest precedence over all other freight ' transportation. C. S. Heet, manager of Hackman. Klehfoth and campany, estimated there Is 15,000 tons of coal stored in Richmond coal yards at the present time. The usual tonnage of coal used for domestic use in Richmond he said Is between 40.000 and 50,000 tons. He said he believed that half of this amount has already been laid In by Richmond families. Jackie Invited Out To Sunday Dinner In Chicago Suburb GREAT LAKES, I1L. Aug. 25. Sunday used to be a lonesome day for the Jackles at the Great Lakes Naval Training station. Now its the one of all the week that is always looked forward to with pleasant anticipation. Formerly there was no girl to "fuss,1 no family to talk with, and most of all. that great American Institution the Sunday dinner was missing. After a week, crowded with drills, study, work and play, the Day of Rest found Jack ie with time heavy on his hands. Then some residents of Winnetka, one of Chicago's suburbs which is near the station, as an experiment, invited; several to their homes. Instead of the rather crudish overgrown youths that; they had expected, they found clean..' well-mannered young men, many oC them from universities and colleges, and delightful guests. DUTIES ARE SUSPENDED WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. President Menocal, of Cuba, has suspended all export duties on copper and iron ore shipments to the United States. Slnoe Cuba's declaration of war against Germany, she has recognized that her part as one of the allies is largely economic and assurances have been given hte United States that she is willing to do all she can in that direction. if Run79 Nation Pan-German Press headquarters has brought a lull to the general political debate, and the Reichstag main committee today is considering economic problems. The situation Friday morning may be epitomized as follows: Majority Is Satisfied. The supplementary statement made by the chancellor, definitely explaining his position on the Reichstag peace resolution, has satisfied the majority parties, which are convinced that the chancellor since rely is endeavoring to achieve a peace reconciliation on a compromise, and, further has agreed to work on Germany's reply to the papal note in active conjunction with the main committee, or its newlv created sub-committee, to be made up of seven members of the Reichstag, who are to confer confidentially with the government on matters of foreign policy. This new committee will consist of two socialist democrats, two centrists, one national liberal, one conservative and one Progressive People's party deputy. It has not yet been agreed to make this smaller unit a permanent auxiliary to the main committee or to bestow upon it functions greater than those of the main body. The committee of seven has been conceived rather in the sense of confidential spokesmen for the committee.