Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 246, 27 August 1917 — Page 1

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Secretary Carroll of Brazil, Ind., Reports to Members Annual Convention Business Session Held. 200 DELEGATES HERE The third biennial convention of the Young Men's Institute of the Atlantic jurisdiction, a Catholic organization of 20,000 members, was formally opened in the Y. M. I. building of St. Andrew's church Monday morning with 200 delegates from fifteen states. The convention will not close until all business is finished, which proba bly will be Wednesday night. A din ner and dance will be given at the Westcott hotel, convention headquar ters, Tuesday night. Delegates Welcomed. Addresses of welcome were given by Mayor Robbina on behalf of the city, and Joseph Walterman on behalf of Gonzago council. Y. M. I.. Richmond, following the opening. The opening was preceded by a solemn high mass celebrated by Grand Chaplain Rev. Maurice O'Connor at St. Andrew's church. He also delivered the sermon This took up most of the morning. The convention will discuss the proposed merger of all Catholic young men's organizations In the United States, some time before final adjournment. A movement was recently started to merge the various organiza tions Into one national body, under the name of th National Young Men's association. Reports Are Read. Various reports were read Monday and according to the report of Secretary Francis J. Carroll of Brazil, Ind., forty per cent of the members of the organization will be serving Uncle Sam before the end of another month. "An old-fashioned picnic" was held at Beallview park in the afternoon with heaps and heaps of "eats" followed by dancing. Automobiles took the delegates to the park. Tuesday afternoon the Richmond women will entertain the visiting delegates' wives in the afternoon. Officers for the ensuing two years will be elected Wednesday morning and resolutions offered. Michael J. Slattery of Pittsburgh, president of the Catholic Young Men's National union, is attending the convention. He is on his way to attend the convention of the Federated Catholic societies to be held in Kansas City, Mo. RUMANIANS HOL ENEMY IN CHECK PETROGRAD, (British Admiralty per wireless press,) Aug. 27. An Au-stro-German attack on Rumanian positions south of Ocna last night was repulsed, the war office announces. Northeast of Sovela the Rumanians recovered a height which had been wrested from them. RUSSIANS YIELD BERLIN, fvia London), Aug. 27. Today's official report from the RussoGalician front says that in the Dvina river region northwest of Jackobstadt, on the northern sector of the line, the Russians yielded some positions to the Germans. FIRST U. S. NAVAL FLIER IS KILLED WASHINGTON. Aug. 27. The first death of an American naval flier at the French front was announced here today in official dispatches to the navy department. He was George Herbert Manley, a machinist's mate in the naval aeronautical corps and was killed in an airplane accident, the nature of which wa3 not described. Manley was a son of Herbert Manley of Maplewood, N. J. Do Your Bit Now Join the Red Cross WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau. Fair tonight and Tuesday. Cooler tonight in north portion. Cooler Tuesday. Today's Temperature Noon 78 Yesterday Maximum 79 Minimum 49 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Unsettled and cooler tonight, preceded by local showers. Tuesday cool and probably fair. General Conditions The fair weather of Saturday and Sunday was general over the Central states but a storm over the lakes today is causing unsettled weather with local showers. Another cool wave is approaching and will arrive late tonight or Tuesday. A temperature of 49 degrees was regis tered Sunday morning, ana a luse tem peratuie is probable some time during the nest 43 hours. J

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5 'v rroatv SYDNEY, N. S., Aug. 27. Donald B. MacMillan's Arctic exploration expedition arrived here last night on the relief steamer Neptune after four years spent In the Polar regions. MacMillan, who was one of Rear Admiral Peary's lieutenants on his successful dash for the north pole, confirmed previous dispatches from him that there was no Crocker land, such as had been reported by Peary. Peary's mistake was due to a mirage so real that the MacMillan party had been deceived by it for four days, he said. APPRAISER VALUE AT $1,775 Appraisal of the Newman's hill property, prospective site for Richmond's new $1,000,000 cement plant, at $1775 by the three appraisers appointed by Circuit Judge Fox was approved by the board of public works Monday. City council finally will pass on the appraisal Thursday night, and if it is passed the cement company will have to pay the amount for the site. It Is believed that council will act favorably on the appraisal. The property cost the city $1200 several years ago but the appraisers, Willard B.'Dye, H. E. Williams and Frank M. Price found that its value had in creased, due to improvements in the neighborhood. New York Workers to Make Half Million Shirts for Soldiers NEW YORK, Aug. 27. Shirt makers of New York and vicinity will begin work soon upon one of the largest cr(ss given in the history of the country. The order which calls for 500,000 dozen 6hirts for the men of the navy and army, means the employment of 10,000 persons from now until Dec. 1 when it will be completed, according to announcement of the organizer of the shirt union. It was also said that the f hirt makers will be paid from $5 to $6 a week more on this contract than is usual for military work. TWO INJURED IN AUTO SMASH-OP EATON, O., Aug. 27. In an automobile accident which occurred Sunday morning near the home of Pat McKelligan, two miles west of here, Mrs. Ed Eikenberry, sustained a fractured skull and broken left collar bone. Her grandson, Roy Huffman, 10, suffered a broken left arm. Both patients were attended by Dr. J. I. Nesbit and later sent to Reid Memorial hospital, Richmond, Ind. Mrs. Eikenberry's condition is reported to be improving. The accident occurred when the automobile, driven by Mr. Eikenberry, ran into a buggy occupied by Mrs. Ira Guckian-and son. Eikenberry swerved the machine to avoid striking the buggy, and when the collision occurred the machine was upset. Occupants of the buggy escaped injury. MINERS IDLE WHEN SMELTERS GO OUT Butte, Mont., Aug. 27. Thousands of miners are idle today because of the shutdown of all the copper mines of the district, made necessary by the closing Friday of the Washoe Smelting Plant and the Anaconda Copper Mining company at Anaconda when of 3,000 men employed on the day Ehift, only 110 reported for work. Indications are that the independent mines of the districa which did not shut down Friday will be compelled to cease operations in the near future. Miners gradually are failing to report for work at the independent properties. The machinists union has formulated new demands, which members say they will insist upon.

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LABOR COONCIL

SOLDIERS' PARADE SOCCESS

Preparations were rapidly progressing Monday for the celebration to be held next Monday afternoon and night In honor of Richmond's and Wayne county's soldiers. . The Central Labor Council, in a letter to Lawrence A. Handley, chairman of the parade committee, pledged support and has appointed a committee of Leslie H. Tucker and Robert E. Graham to co-operate with the parade committee. "Will Co-Operate" The committee "will co-operate to the fullest extent with the view of making the celebration a complete Buccess," the letter says. The St. Joseph commandary, Knights of St. John, will participate in the parade in a body with both uniformed and non-uniformed members in the huge street procession. About 100 members will march in uniform. The Richmond Bugle corps, an organization which disbanded when Theodore Roosevelt split the Republican party, will not remain disbanded when a celebration in honor of soldiers is to be held. Call is Issued Carl Jessup and George Mathews, leaders of the organization, Mondar issued a call for all former members to meet at the Commercial club rooms Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. There were sixty members in the original organization, which traveled throughout the country. The Whitewater lodge of Odd FelLance Corporal Wins Ward of Vanderbilt LONDON, Aug. 27. The marriage of Miss Gertrude Langtry, adopted daughter of Frederick W. Vanderbilt, of New York, and Lance Corporal Locquell of the Canadian army, son of a professor in Oportuna University, is announced in the Daily Mirror. The bride said her parents had not yet heard of the wedding which took place at Seaford and which was extremely quiet, only a few witnesses being present. The bride gave the name of Vanderbilt which she said she was authorized to use. The girl said she became acquainted with Corporal Locquell while riding along the seashore. Becoming 111, she was obligde to dis mount. Locquell happened to come along, assisted her with the utmost kindness and the acquaintance ripened into mutual love. AO WORKERS VEN "RAISE" Increase in the wages of all men working on the county roads was granted by the county commissioners at their session last Saturday. A recent ruling of the state board of accounts made it possible to Increase the wages of certain employes of the county on account of the high cost of living and as a result, several Increases were granted. Existing laws made it impossible to grant an increase in wages to the men, but it was possible to hire a man at a higher salary than the one previously paid. The road supervisors and work ers were asked to resign therefore, and then were re-hired at an Incrased salary. The new scale of salaries for the road workers Is as follows: Assistant highway superintendents, service, 25 cents an hour; service with team, 50 cents an hour; service with two teams and extra driver, 90 cents an hour. Other employes, team and driver, 40 cents an hour; laborers, 25 cents an hour. By a special resolution, the salary of M. T. Fox, bridge inspector, was increased to $3 a day. Royalty is Getting Its Last Trial in Greece, Says Premier ATHENS, Aug. 27. M. Boussios, op- , position member, raised a tumult in the chamber when he declared that King Constantine never abdicated but onlv had been dismissed by the en tente powers as proved by the fact that the act of abdication had not been presented to the chamber. Premier Venizelos and other deputies left their seats to protect M. Boussios from personal attacks by angry members of the majority. Later the possibility and opportuneness of establishing a republic In Greece was discussed. M. Venizelos declared: "Despite the weakening of the royal power, through the fallen king's actions the government, interpreting the feeling of the chamber, thinks another trial should be given to the royal institution in Greece. It is certainly the last experiment we are asking. I am certain the Greek people and majority representatives will approve sincerely the trial in order to make strong and sure conditions for the eventual working of the regime of a crowned republic." HOW? PARIS, Aug. 27. The German imperial bureau of foreign affairs has addressed a note to the French government through the Swiss legation here accusing General Maitrot of the French army of insulting German officer prisoners during the German offensive at Verdun.

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lows will meet Monday night to decide on a design for a float in the afternoon parade. The lodge plans to spring a surprise. The committee wants decorated auto mobiles in the parade. If you are an automobile owner decorate for the event, an event which will be long remembered by those who remain at home and fondly thought of by the boys who may soon be on the European firing line, fighting for the glory of the nation, county and state. CANADIAN LOSS HAS BEEN SMALL CANADIAN ARMY HEADQUART ERS, (By Candlan Press. Limited) Aug. 27. During the last few days the Canadians in front of Lens have had a period of comparative quiet and have been able to consolidate positions recently captured with little retaliation from the enemy and with surprisingly little loss. Posts have been pushed out a fav orable points and where trenches could be cannected to shorten he front, this has been done. The general result is that the Canad ians hold a compact line which on that part of the front wests of Lens is about 600 yards from the burned out area in the city. Police Will Arrest Street Car Guards SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27. An nouncement of President Lilienthal of the United Railways, 1,700 of whose employes are on strike here, that be ginning today that company would be gin operating cars on a regular scnea ule with armed guards on each car, was met by Police Commissioner Boche with the statement that police would remove the guards and arrest them. President Lilienthal declared that this move was the only method to re store service and said police protection had been inadequate. He further stated that the armed guards would be eliminated if the police furnished of ficers for the cars. Swaner Takes First Vacation in 15 Years Tom Swaner, foreman of the Rich mond Home Telephone company for the last fifteen years, is taking his first vacation this month in his new automobile. Accompanied by his wife, they vis ited his former home in Knoxville, Tenn., and hers in Kentucky. They returned last Saturday after having been gone two weeks. NO EXEMPTIONS FOR POLICEMEN NEW YORK, Aug. 27. Policemen and firemen, eligible to draft, will not be excused from military service, ac cording to a communication received from Provost Marshal General Crowder by Police Commissioner Woods. Recently Governor Whitman, at the request of Commissioner Woods, wrote the secretary of war requesting that in cities where the population Is two million and upwards, firemen and police should be exempted from service. The provost marshaigeneral says In his letter he took the matter up with Secretary Baker and the conclus ion reached was that it would be unfair to the smaller cities to exempt firement and police in the bigger ones The same condition, he said, applies to the fire department. If police and firemen were exempted, the provost marshal general added, medical stu dents and others probably would make claims for exemption on the ground that they are saviors of life and limb. SPEEDER IS FINED DOLLAR AND COSTS The first case of speeding, since the police declared war on speeders, was tried in city court Monday when George Folkner was fined $1 and costs by Mayor Robbins. Several accidents have been caused recently due to speeding and all automobile owners are warned to obey the letter of the law. Driving over fifteen miles an hour in the residence districts and ten miles In the business districts is illegal. Folkner was arrested by Patrolmen Parks and Kuhlman who held a stop watch on Folkner as he drove along North A street. The patholmen testified 'that Folkner was driving at a rate exceeding twenty-three miles an hour. DWARFS ARE ADMITTED ROME, Aug. 27. The decree which goes into effect this month, lowering the military height from 5 feet 2 inches to 4 feet 6 inches, includes all the men borri between 1876 and 1888 who had been excused from duty previously because of their short stature.

Here's Call to Arms

jJSr direction of the Sseratary of to tho office of this Local Board at..

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portation to the Army stabilisation From tk date bercin apedfled military arrico ,of tho United State to rwper rt or unuunctuahty ara cravo martial. Wilful xaunre to report, axtul.

commute deaertlon, wnien ur a capital o (lance m time or war. Present yourself at the precise bour specified, in order that yon may not begin your military record in the serrieo of your country with a delinquency. Yon will be bold under tho orders of this board until the hour of departure of your train. During this period the -Local Board will furnish

ou food and lodrrinr. t you live within one hour's travel of the office of the .aesl Board yon may obtain nermleslon to sleep and eat at borne, bat only if

you fill out and forward to the office AnnHcutlon for this. nermission at the X OU wilt BvT n Mrminra w

hand bagxaM. do not need beddinc or changes of clothing- except aa

spccinea oeiow. xon may w- wun i below. oaavinf accessories, comn ana biubb,

uaderclothinr and socks; and. If you desire, ehantea of collars and abirta, but you will have no uae for these, after arrival at the mobilisation camp.

Since yrU win not oe jpibw at tho railroad station, ico ar articles hand bundle, If you deeire to do so, you

wearing when you arrive at the moMlft&non camp to your home by express r -otherwise, but if you desire to make no aneh-'arrangesent, it will be better to appear ia civilian clothes that you do not car to keep. t N

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Here is a facsimilie of the "red card" which will be sent to the men v called for the National Army, directing them to mobilize under the orders of their local bords. Upon the receipt of this card a man is regarded as under military discipline and any infraction of the rules is punishable by military court martial.

Wilson Assures Russ Council of Full Support of America; Kerenskys Speech Pleases None

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. President Wilson sent to the members of tho national council assembly at Moscow today assurances that this government is willing to extend "every material and moral assistance" to the government of Russia. No official comment was made by government officials on Premier Kerensky's speech before the members of the council yesterday, but it was made clear that the sentiments expressed by the Russian leader were heartily approved here and that his declarations Indicating the firm manner in which he and his counsellors are prepared to deal with enemies of the new government had aroused a great confidnce in the outcome of their plans. The message cabled by President Wilson follows: - "I take the liberty to send to the members of the great council how meeting in Moscow the cordial greet ings of their friends, the people of the united States; to express their confi dence in the ultimate triumph of Ideals of democracy and self-government against all enemies within and with' out, and to give their renewed assur ance of ever material and moral assist ance they can extend to the government of Russia in the promotion of the common cause in which the two nations are unselfishly united. (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON." PREMIER'S ADDRESS FINDS ECHO IN NONE OF GROUPS LONDON, Aug. 27. "Premier Kerenskys speech In opening the national conference did not satisfy a single party or succeed in uniting the differ ent groups in mutual service for the country," says the Exchange Tele graph correspondent et Moscow. "The Democrats are dissatisfied with the dictator-like government. The anti-Democrats expected a practical program for the carrying out of meas ures to put down anarchy. They also are dissatisfied with the premier's statement regarding the impossibility of imagining a country without free-, Retreating Germans Filled River Beds With Heavy Debris ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, Aug. 27. (By the Associat ed Press) While the soldiers of the active army are engaged all along the front attacking the Germans or de fending the French positions against the frequent assaults of selected Ger man shock troops, their "poor rela tions" composing the troops of the second line are kept busy removing traces of the destruction which marked the retreat of tho Germans in March before the advancing French and British. Dozens of bridges over rivers and canals as well as many locks which held back the waters of the canals, were blown up by the Germans as they hurriedly retired. In many instances the reaches of the canals have run dry, while the courses of the rivers have been blocked by large masses of steel, reinforced concrete and stone which, if not removed would cause the whole surrounding country to be flooded in rainy weather or in case of frost, thus rendering impossible the digging of trenches or the occupation of import ant positions. Machinery Shipped For Cement Plant The first shipment of machinery to be used in the new cement plant here, is on its way to Richmond Secretary Albus of the Commercial club said Monday. About $75,000 worth has been shipped. Under the terms of the contract, received by Secretary Albus Monday, work on the plant will be started immediately. The plant will produce lr 500 barrels of cement daily under normal working conditions.

War, yott srft-b&vfex rdwtf to report

tb.r........T of conp t for you to report, you -will Do In tho and asbject to military law. ilitarr law. Failure militaxr offeneaa ouniabaBla by courtwith intention to evade military semee. of the Local Board at one the printed end of this sheet, io win you vn hi rvb anyming: nut juu onij vua juiiowing- arucios: &oep. hwmuiubo ua tusHnowur; towels; w nwu y. inuu jour arrival listed above should be brought in a may retern the civilian clothes yea are Board fW. .(Chairman.) (Secretary.) dom, saying this is no time to talk of freedom and social reforms. "Monday is expected to be the day of atonement The various groups are expected to speak out freely and voice their aspirations. Much depends on whose words find an echo in M. Kerensky's own aspirations. No Changes Seen. "Personally, I do not believe the cabinet will, undergo changes as a coalition is the only possible form of government at this Juncture. Should the conference fail in a last effort to organize a national government the re sponsibility will fall on those elements which put the interests of their own classes above those of the country. "Moscow has rused its normal as pect. The strike has been discontinued and the Moscow council of work men's and soldiers' delegates with other organizations, has appealed to the population to abstain from demon strations. "The Petrograd Maximalists of the central executive council, have been deprived of their mandates on account of unwillingness to submit to the decis ion against separate action. Wine Nearly Four Hundred Years Old Tasted by Experts AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 27 Rhine wine nearly four centuries old was submitted the other day to a critical test of a committee of connois seurs at Speyer, Germany. In that ancient cathedral city there is a "wine museum" to which the King of Bavaria has donated some bottles, the contents of which date back to the time of the Reformation and the Thirty Years War. The solemn business of tasting these venerable vintages was carried out with due decorum. Some brands dating back to 1728, 1631, and 1540 were found to have lost all bouquet. The committee of experts afterwards proudly reported that they had tasted wines of five successive centuries at one session; an unprecedented feat, they say. Doctor Bassermann-Jordon, who presided, mentioned as an interesting fact that the present method of bottling wine is comparatively young; it dates back to the end of the eighteenth century. AMERICAN WOMEN NO TO WOUNDED GENEVA. Switzerland, Aug. 27 A member of the Devon regiment in the Clive Hospital, Bombay, to his uncle here : "What was our surprise on entering Bagdad, I went in on a stretcher to find a number of American ladies awaiting us. A few wore the Red Cross badge, but I have not been able to find out how the others got to Bagdad before us, because I was moved down south quickly. How kind they were to the wounded. I believe they bought up the whole bazaar of fruits, flowers, sweets, tobacco, etc., and worked hard in the heat. "But as long as I live I shall never forget an iced drink of clear, wholesome water an American girl gave me when I was suffering from fever. I have never tasted nectar, but I think that was it. Think of ice after a march through a hot sandy region. Many a British officer and man will remember those kindly American ladles who have saved many lives." CARDINAL IS BANISHED LISBON, Aug. 27. Cardinal Anthony Mendes Bello, the patriarch of Lisbon, has been given five days by the Portuguese government to leave the capital. A decree issued today forbids the cardinal to reside in Lisbon or the suburbs for one year.

FRENCH GAIN TWO THIRDS OF MILE ON VERDUN LINE

Front Pushed Forward ' on Length of Two and OneHalf Miles 1,100 Prisoners Taken. FOE ATTACKS SHARP (By Associated Press) General Petaln is holding all his gains of great Verdun offensive movement in tho face of formidable counter attacks which the crown prince is now launching. The French commander reports the repulse last night of strong assaults on newly won positions In this sector. He announces also the capture of 1100 prisoners in the fighting yesterday, when the French lines were carried forward two-thirds of a mile on a two and a half mile front to the outskirts of Beaumont village. Alsne Attack Resumed. Possibly as a diversion, the Germans have resumed their attack in the Alsne region where for many days in July and early Aueust thev mpt. xrith repeated checks in desperate attempts j unve me Tench from the valuable ground in the Chemin-des-Dames won in the spring offensive. A renewal of the attempt met with no better success, the breaking up of the crown prince's thrust hpin? an. nounced by the Paris war office. i ne .British are continuing their systematic smashing of aviation and other bases behind the German front in Belgium. The dropping of a large number of bombs by naval drome of St. Denis Westren is announced today. In Infantrv onera Hns f, i tlvity reported is a successful trench camea out this morning near Ossttaverne. CITY JUDGESHIP ORDINANCE UP The city Judge ordinance and the city budget will be the targets for argument at the special meeting of city council Thursday night Because next Monday, Labor Day, is a legal holiday council meeting has been called for Thursday night. The city Judge ordinance, creating the office of Judge of municipal court at an annual salary of $1,200, -will be before the council for final nrtinn Council i3 about evenly divided on the aavisaDuity or passing the ordinance MAY REPLY TO POPE THIS WEEK WASHINGTON. Aue. 27. 4 rnl. Pope Benedict's be made by the government this week. ' secretary Lansing said today it would be made soon but deeii indicate Its character or time of disReports from th enfnto day indicated that thev mi&h waiting for the United Stacs to make ne iirst reply. Half of Grain Near Greensfork Has Not Moved, Says Banker GREENSFORK, Ind., Aug. 27. D. W. Harris, of the First National bank, said Saturday that halt tha c-rm'n in this section had not been moved, although a trifle more than a half tad been sold. This, taken tosether with the high prices realized on cattle and nogs, naa kept the volume of business moving in Greensfork, he said. tie declared Zo percent of tho corn had. been laid flat by rain storms. The acreage in grain will not be so large this fall on account of this loss of corn. AUSTRIANS ARE FALLING BACK LONDON, Aug. 27. It was reported from Austrian headquarters today that the Austrian troops who were fighting to the north of Gorizia on the Isonzo front, have now retired, says a central news dispatch from Amsterdam. MILITARY DRILL All young men who come under conscription and have not been exempted are requested to' meet at th K. of P. Temple tonight at 7:30 for the purpose of preliminary drilling. The men will meet in front of the Temple and march to North A street where the drill instructions will be given. The drilling la for the benefit of the men. - COMMITTEE IN CHARGE.