Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 248, 29 August 1917 — Page 1
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ARMY BOARD GIVEN HIGH PRAISE FOR
ITS FAIRNESS
Eschback Reported to Have Told Foulke Richmond
Board Was Best in Indiana
CITED FOR BRAVERY
67 FILE CLAIMS
Richmond's selective army board bandied claims for discharge and
exemption better than any board In
Indiana, Jesse Eschbach, state con
scription agent, Is said to have told William Dudley Foulke, the government's attorney In conscription cases In Richmond, according to members of the board Wednesday. Attorney Foulke was out of the city. . In every case the fact of dependency has been established before a man has been dlschargd members of the board say. Marriage In Itself has never been the basis of a claim for discharge. Sixty-Seven File. Men In the last call who were examined Tuesday have until Thursday evening to file claims for exemption. Sixty-seven men out of the 123 who passed the physical tests had filed
claims for discbarge up till late Wednesday afternoon. One percent of the district's quota will be sent dally for five days, beginning September 5, to the division training camp at Louisville according to new orders received by the board from Provost Marshal General Crowder, Wednesday. According to the orders thirteen men will be sent in the five
days beginning September 5.
The men will be picked according to their nualificatlons and cooks, if
there are any, will be the first to be
sent. Three One Day, Two Next.
One percent of the district's quota
is two and one-half so three will be
sent one day and two the next
These men will be sent to form the skeleton of the new army in the camp
at Louisville.
Forty percent more of the 1 total quota will be sent on September 19 and an additional forty percent on
October 13. The remaining fifteen percent will be sent as soon thereafter as possible. ., . Twenty men who were In the last call of 168 men failed to appear before the board. Most of .them, however, are in other cities and intend taking the examination where they are.
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GORDON C. GILLIES
Gillies, of Wilmette, 111., who is In
the transport service In France, was cited for bravery within a week after
he was assigned to duty.
City Has 200 Houses That Can be Rented
Richmond is easily able to accommodate the families that will be brought here by the Jenkins spring company and the Indiana Portland Cement company, according to a letter received by Secretary Albus, of the Commercial club, from the MillerKemper company, Wednesday. According to the Miller-Kemper company officials, there are more than 00 houses in the city that are for rent and there are a number of houses for sale. These houses include dwellings of all classes, from the small cotatge to the apartment, and the rentals vary from the small rent within reach of the laborer, to the higher rentals paid for the apartments.
BELGIAN RELIEF
SHIP SENT DOWN
LONDON', Aug. 29. The Norwegian
steamer Kongsli, from St. Nazaire,
France, for the United States has been
sunk off the Spanish coast, according to a telegram received In Christlania
from Santander and forwarded by the
Morning Post
The Maritime Register reports the
Norwegian steamer Kongsli as a Bel
gian relief ship. She measured 3,663
tons net and is reported last as arriv lng at Amsterdam on June 6.
The Kongsli was attacked by a sub
marine last April. She was at first reported sunk but was able to reach a British port One fourth of her cargo of relief supplies was lost and tho sec
ond mate was killed.
SOLON PLEADS
FOR NEWSPAPERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 Debate on
the publishers' taxes was begun by
Senator Shields of Tennessee who
supported Senator McKellar's substi
tute and argued that magazines and
other periodicals not newspapers caused the deficit in carrying second
class mail.
"I am satisfied," he said, "that the
daily papers pay for practically all if not the full amount of the service they
receive. Rates on magazines and other publications which cause the losses should be increased."
UNDER SEALED ORDERS
Word has been received here by
Mrs. Emma O'Bayley, TS South Seventeenth street, from her son. Thomas R. O'Bayley, who is chief electrician on the battleship Arizona, that he has left an American port under sealed orders.
Fewer Fail to Pass Physical
Tests in Examination Tuesday
PROCESSION FOR SOLDIERS TO BE LARGEST EVER
Demonstration for "Our Army Boys" to Be Huge Affair.
Plans for the huge street procession to be held next Monday afternoon In honor of "Our army boys" were rapidly nearing completion Wednesday. Indications are that it will be the biggest parade ever held In Richmond. It is believed that fully 15,000 from Richmond and a?i parts of Wayne county will participate and nearly 100 owners of automobiles are preparing to decorate their machines for the parade. Soldiers In Rear. The procession, as outlined by Lawrence A. Handley, chairman of the parade committee, will be divided into five sections with the county's new soldiers in the rear always the place j of honor in a parade. Relatives of
soldiers already in the service, who will be unable to come for the celebration, will also have a place of honor in the rear. Omar G. Whelan, grand marshal of the procession, will appoint several other marshals in several days. Women will ride hoseback. The first section of the procession wiil be led by a platoon of police followed by the "Spirit of 76," with Carl
Jessup in charge, followed by the fire
department and a band. The G. A. R.
veterans, Spanish-American war vet
erans, Sons of Veterans and Boy Scouts will also march in the first sec
tion.
Red Cross to Walk. The second section will be made up ,
of the Richmond Red Cross society
and women and children. The third
section will be the fraternal section.
one of the biggest in the parade. Sev
eral thousand, it is believed will march
in this section.
All floats and decorated automobiles
will be in the fourth section and the
ilfth section will be made up or "our
army boys," home guards from Hag-
erstown, Williamsburg, Economy,
Cambridge City and Richmond.
A platform will be built for the wom
en of Eden Rebekah lodge of the Odd Fellows at Eighth and Main streets
where flowers will be showered on the
soldiers.
A short program will be given at
the postoffice corner and a male chorus
of picked voices will sing several pa
triotic songs. They will be under the direction of Lee B. Nusbaum who has called a meeting of the singers for Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock In the Commercial club rooms.
Spanish-American war veterans will
meet at 909 . Main street Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock to make preparations and arrangements for the parade. The veterans will march in a body.
Tea Jag is Latest Form of Dissipation in Merrie England
LONDON. Aug. 29. "Has it been noticed that since the anti-treating epoch and since alcoholic liquor came to vanishing point men Invite one another to cups of tea and get quite feverish over their potations" asks the Daily Express. "Yesterday afternoon an actor who la 'resting,' confessed that he had consumed nine cups of tea since breakfast time. They had certainly changed his condition. He was terribly restless. Glittering eyes, rapid, nonsensical voluminous talk, high temperature, an uncertain " temper, a fluctuating pulse, hands nervously clenched all these are the signs and tokens of tea drunkenness."
FIVE PERSONS ARE
BURNED TO DEATH
UNION OFFICIAL
HELD IN MURDER
CHICAGO. Aug. 29. Six men and a
woman are in custoy today suspected
of complicity in the robbery and mur
der yesterday of Barton O. Allen and
Louis C. Osenberg, messengers for
Brink's Chicago city express company.
as they were about to deliver the
weekly payroll of $9,100 at the plant of
the Winslow Foundry company on the west side. The robbers opened fire as the messengers aproached the foundry gate, took the money and fled in an automobile. Acting upon Information obtained from an anonymous telephone call which identified the auto used by the robbers, the police lasts night arrested, Charles Carrao, president of the Chicago Street Cleaners Union. Later five other men were arrested after a fight in a saloon and are being held for investigation. A woman, the companion of Carrao, is also being held.
ALBUS TO SEEK WAR CONTRACTS
BAY CITY, Mich., Aug. 29. Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Lupo and their three daughters were burned to death early today in a fire which destroyed their fruit store at Bad Axe. The only per
son to escape from the building was
George Woodhall, who slid down a rope.
Secretary Albus, of the Commercial club, will go to Indianapolis Thursday to attend a conference called by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, with the view of obtaining war orders for Indiana cities. The Indianapolis chamber has sent a representative to Washington o look after the Interests of Indianapolis and other Indiana cities in obtaining the state's share of the millions of dollars to be spent on war materials and war munitions by the government. The Indianapolis conference Is called that the other cities In the state might get together, through the representatives from their commrcical
bodies, to find out what contracts and.
war orders can be handled In Indiana
and what cities are best suited for
I inose contracts.
i Several Richmond factories are fit
ted for manufacture of war supplies.
and efforts will be made to obtain or
ders for these supplies for Richmond
firms. Two Richmond manufacturers, S. C
Swayne and James A. Carr, have also been named as delegates to the War Convention of Business Men to be held in Atlantic City, N. J., on September 17 to 21. This conference will also deal with the making of war sup
plies ana uie nananng or war orders,
Y. M. I. HONORS PASTOR OF ST. ANDREWS CHURCH Father RoelL Elected Grand Chaplain;, Delegates Are Leaving for Homes.
The Rev. Father Frank A. Roell, pastor of St. Andrews Catholic church, was elected grand chaplain of the Young Men's Institute, of fifteen states, at the closing session of the institute In the Y. M. I. building Wednesday. The office of grand chaplain is one of the highest honors the organization confers. Honorary grand chaplain elected is the Right Rev. Joseph Chartrand, bishop of this diocese, at
Indianapolis. Thomas G. Herbert of Altoona, Pa., was elected grand president; Phil M. CanallL Memphis, Tenn., first vice president; Benjamin J. Sandmann, Louisville, second vice president, and Francis J. Carrol of Brazil, was re
elected grand secretary. The board of grand directors were elected as follows: Robert T. Burke of Louisville, Leo Smith of Indianapolis, and W. C. McKensie of Pitts
burgh.
The next convention place of the institute will be selected later by the board of grand directors. The organization meets every two years. Delegates were making preparation to return to their homes Wednesday afternoon following the last session of the convention, which has been one of the most successful meetings ever held. Resolutions pledging the support of the membership of the institute to President Wilson and administration measures were passed late Tuesday afternoon. Another resolution also
praised Pope Benedict In proposing peace. The convention voted for the merger of the Institute with a national organization of young men's Catholic societies which will be known as the Catholic Young Men's association. The organization will probably con
tribute between $500 and $1,000 for welfare work in army cantonments.
The exact amount has not been defi
nitely determined however.
EXPORT DICTATOR fir v f
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VANCE M'CORMICK McCormick, as head of the export license board, must enforce the recent rigid restrictions.
German Press Hits
Moscow Conference
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 29. German newspapers are not disposed favorably toward the Moscow conference.
The Cologne Gazette describes Jt as ! many. .
The prohibition of
WILSON EXTENDS EXPORT CHECKS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. Use of export control as a war weapon to hasten the submission of Germany is seen
here in President Wilson's proclamation placing further restrictions on overseas shipments. The proclamation directs that goods may not be sent to European neutrals except under license and extends the list of commodities for which license
is required in shipments to the allies
and neutrals other than European
countries.
ine resident, m a statement accompanying the proclamation, declares it is the main purpose of the government to see that no American products
are made the occasion of benefit to the enemy, either directly or indirect
ly. Neutrals already have been in
formed that the United States will see to it that no American goods may be
used even to replace indirectly com
modities forwarded by neutrals to Ger-
JAP FORCES REPORTED TO BE ON WAY TO RUSS FRONT
Munich Newspaper Prints Story That Troops Are Be ing Mobilized in Mauch-
UNIT FLEES
ZURICH. Switzerland, Aug. 29. Reports that strong Japanese forces have' been concentrated In Manchuria are given currency in Bavaria by the Neueste Nachrlchten, of Munich, which also speculates on the possibility of transporting such troops to the Russian front. If thef railway facilities were the same as before the war, it says, such an operation would require a long time, but the situation has been changed greatly, American and Japan havlnk laid new tracks and made great Improvements in the rolling stock.
SENATORS REPLY TO
MESSAGES
PRAISE PRESIDENT'S POPE'S PROPOSAL; FLOOD WHITE HOUSE
The percentage of men. physically disable for military service was lowered in the examination of 147 men Tuesday. Out of 147 men examined 123 passed the tests and only twenty-four were rejected. Names of those examined late Tuesday afteraon follow: PASSED
Chester Grover Lohse. Elmer C. Yordy. George F. Shoop. Benjamin Harrison Hartzler.
Do Yonr -''-j Join the Bit Now XS1 Red Cross
WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana by United States Weather Forecast Partly cloudy tonight with rain in extreme south portion, warmer. Thursday partly cloudy and warmer. Today's Temperature. ! Noon 63 Yesterday. Maximum 6 Minimum 51 For Wayne CoCnty by W. E. Moore
Partly cloudy and unsettled tonight. Thursday, partly cloudy with rising
temperature.
General Conditions The cool wave
now controls the weather over central states and will extend as far south as Tennessee. There was frost yesterday In South Dakota and Iowa, and freezing temperature on Canadian border. An area of low barometric pressure 13 moving south eastward from British Columbia, and will cause a reaction to warm weather after tonight. Showers were general this morning east of the Mississippi and south of Lake Michigan, ,
Thurman L. Constable. Charles M. Cook. John William Parks. Claude H. Carter. Frank J. Alexander. Walker Layman Jones. George Adolph Calkins. Cleveland Daniel Pyle. Elmer Iluntwork. Russell Lyman Cummins. Harry E. Watson. Harry Ray. Carl Fred Kehlinbrlnk. August Henry Rodefeld. Jr. Arthur Smith. Frank Thcmas Gatzek. William Harrison Hoggatt Glenn Mann. Joshua Lafayette Ferguson. Roy J. Harvey. Antonio Do Carlo. Charles William Carper. Irvin Ellsworth Moore. Clayton Clifford Dickey. Frank M. Long. Malon Dazell. Harold G. Barnard. Denni3 Joseph Ryan. Bernard Andrew Reckers. William Harrison Rodefeld. Harry Parrella. Clarence H. Ball. Sidney Rose. Myron W. Hill. Fred Kohlem. Ernest Peter Landwehr. Charley Showalter. William Frank Hoelscher. Harry Morgan. Jacob E. Revalee. George Forest Bailey. REJECTED Levi S. Miller. William Williams. Walter Robert Osborne. Charles Finley Tye. John Stanley Thornburg. Forest Ray Longfellow. Abe Gross. Aubrey Taylor-Mlaor,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 Upon motion of Senator Brady who characterized it as a last farewell to the autocracy of the world, President Wilson's reply to the Pope's peace proposal was ordered printed today In the Congressional Record. "While it rejects the Pope's propos
als," said he, "it points tne way xor the other nations to reach a peace in
a fair and honorable manner. Chairman Stone of the senate for-
oitm relations committee made this
comment: "Twas Strong Note"
"The note was just what I expected
It would be. It was a strong note as are all notes of the president." "It was a very good note," said Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, ranking Republican of the committee. Telegrams from all parts of the country began to pour into the White house today approving President Wilson's reply. NOTE REGARDED AS SETTLING QUESTION OF PEACE PARLEYS WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. President
Wilson's note rejecting the popes peace proposals was regarded here today as final settling the question of dealing with present German rulers
unconquered or uncurbed at home.
The President makes it clear that a
lasting and durable peace can be ne
gotiated only on a complete under
standing with the German people and
not on unstable guarantees of the ex
isting German government
The note indicates that the Ameri
can government aoes not intena post-
bellum reprisals on the German people but desires, in the interests of world
peace, that they be allowed to share
in international economic opportunities "if they will accept equally and
not seek domination." The note, with its unequivocal de-
nuciation of German military auto-
the attitude of the allied governments. The general tenor of the communication had been anticipated, but diplomats were surprised to find in it a virtual appeal to the German people to strive for emancipation from military control and become fitted to deal with a world democracy. Among other objections to a premature peace the note indicates that it would result In the abandonment of "new born Russia to the intrigue, the manifold, subtle interference and the certain counter revolution which would be attempted by all the maling influences to which the German government has of late accustomed the
world."
the "comedy of Moscow" adding that It is Intended to excite the Russian people to further mad sacrifices. The Kreuzzeitung says: "Premier Kerensky's speech proves that the Russian government is acting autocratically. The Russian peasant has to bleed at the government's command
and without knowing the government's aims. This is the freedom which the
revolution has given the country."
exports to the
Central Powers is understood to Indi
cate mat export control will supersede the British system of giving let
ters of assurance for American cargoes.
The proclamation contains the first formal announcement of the transfer of administration of export control from the department of commerce to
the export administrative board, head' ed by Vance McCormick.
Error in Affidavit Might Have Forced
Lohse Into Trenches
A mistake In filling out his claim for discharge from military service
might have caused Chester G. Lohse, 28 years old, 715 South J street, to bo
sent to war.
Lohse passed the physical examina
tion Tuesday and Wednesday filed claim for discharge on the grounds
that his wife and three-year-old child are dependent upon him for support. His affidavit stated that his wife bad
an "income of $900 yearly."
When asked by Sheriff Carr if that
was correct he said that $900 was
What he earned annually. The affida
vit was hurriedly changed by Lohse
when he saw the mistake and . he
breathed a elgh of relief.
"Men should be careful in making
their affidavits," Sheriff Carr said.
"Such a mistake as Lohse made would
have sent him to war and he would
have had no recourse."
JUacyr is believed to reflect acuratelyjjiags byt the, fcyddmlolstratois
WHEAT BOARD STILL MEETING
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. The wheat fair price committee was still In session at noon today determining
the price for the 1917 crop. There was no Indication of when the price would
be announced. Last night's meeting was adjourned after several votes were taken without disposing of the question. There had been a prior agreement that a three fourth vote would be necessary to determine the price. Failure to reach a conclusion 's ..believed to indicate that there are strbng differences of opinion regarding what constitutes a fair valuation on the crop. ' The basic pricec fixed will be for No. 1, northern wheat, or its equiva
lent. Scales for the other grades will
be worked out within the next few
American Airplanes
May Drop Weed Seed
on Germany's Fields
PARIS, Aug. 29. It might have been
thought that nothing new remained to be attempted in aerial warfare, but
the French aviation authorities are considering an idea, first suggested by the celebrated pilot, Vedrines, of
throwing seeds of that troublesome weed, couch-grass, (known to farmers as squlutch or quitch), over the cultivated land in Germany. It is asserted that it would be an easy matter for an aeroplane to carry 500 pounds of the seed and let it fall on fields-where corn, beet, or potatoes are planted and that, if a supply is not available, scientists would not take long to raise it in sufficient quantity to send a thousand of the aeroplanes which France Is expecting at an early date from the United States, over German's crops. The possibility of dropping seeds of some rapidly growing form of mush
room fungus or een germs or phylloxera is also under consideration.
CHANCELLOR IS ATTACK VICTIM
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 29. Attacks upon Imperial Chancellor Michaelis continue and Professor Hans Delbrueck now asks the chancellor an em
barrassing question concerning peace.
In the Prussian year book Prof. Del-
brueck inquires of Dr. Michaelis why,
if he really accepts the Reichstag
resolutions as the basis of his policy, he neglects to answer the inquiry made on July 26 in the English house
of commons by former Premier As-
quith regarding Germany's readiness to evacuate and restore Belgium.
Professor Delbrueck, who openly
questions the good faith of the chancellor in professing to agree with the
terms of the resolution, asks whether bis silence in the face of Mr. Asquith's
summons does not show that those are
right who insist that Dr. Michaelis
takes another standpoint from that
contained in the resolution.
RUSSIAN ARMIES CONTINUE TO SHOW PERILOUS WEAKNESS (By Associated Press) While Russian leaders are debating at Moscow with divided opinion as to the best step to take for saving the
country from threatened disaster within and without, the Russian armies continue to show perilous weakness at critical points. The latest break In the line through disaffection among the troops occurred on the southern Russian front where the Austro-German armies are menacing Moldavia with the fate of Wallachia, overrun in the great Teutonic Bulgarian drive of last year. Flees In Disorder. In the Fokshani region a Russian division abandoned its position and fled in disorder. Thl3 facilitated a Teutonic advance that continued all day yesterday on the southern Rumanian front, the Austro-German troops pushing northeastward and toward the Ocna-Pantzin railway. The lines were still yielding last night in the Varnitza region. Stormy weather apparently is preventing any notable military activities on the Franco Belgian front. . The British, after .completing their successful operation of Monday near Langemarck, in which they pushed forward a considerable distance along a front of more than a mile, contented themselves last night with clearing out a German advance position in front of the new British line. Capture Prisoners. In other sectors the British carried! out successful raids, capturing prisoners. Apparently there Is also a halt in
the great campaign which General Ca-
aorna is waging on the Isonzo front
against the Austrians.
Violent artillery fighting is in pro
gress on the Verdun front between Avocourt and hill 304. and on the
Aisne front, the war office at Paris . announces. North of Caurieres wood in the Verdun sector German reconnoitering forces were repulsed.
BRITISH ARE DRIVEN FROM
ADVANCED POINTS IN FLANDERS
BERLIN, (via London). Aue. 23
German counter attacks drovp th
British from the indentation thev had
made in the German positions north east of Frezenberg, on the Flanders front, army headquarters announce
today.
In the Oituz valley reeion. on the
Rumanian front Teutonic forces storm
ed hill positions yesterday was today's army headquarters announcement. More than 600 prisoners were taken. Field Marshal Von Mackensen's forces, the announcement also states, captured the village of Munccelul and pushed back the opposing forces In a northwesterly direction past se-eral positions on both sides of the Suchitza valley. Prisoners to the number of 1,000 and 3 guns were taken.
ILLNESS CLAIMS EARL GREY,
FORMER GOVERNOR OF CANADA
GERMANY PLACES TAX ON COAL SHIPPED TO SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM, - Aug. 29. Swedish
industrial and business circles are stirred greatly over an export tax of
25 kroner a ton which Germany has
put on all coal for shipment to Swed
en. The tax is effective at once, no matter when the order for the coal
v. as given. Germany also has imposed a tax on parcel post, payable after Au
gust -15,
LONDON. Aug. 29. Earl Grey, 65
years old. former governor general or
Canada, died at six o'clock tnis morn
ing at Howick House, NortnumDer-
land, after a long illness.
The funeral will be held at Howick
on Saturday when a memorial service
will be held In London.
Lord Strathcoma described Earl
Grey as a statesman and a philan
thropist in the best sense." His active
career comprised not only the adminis
tration of the government of Rhodesia and representation of the British gov
ernment as Governor-General of Canada, but industrial and financial operations in the development of South Africa.
Led in Temperance Work. Earl Grey was an intimate friend of the late Joseph H. Choate, American ambassador to Great Britain, often visited the United States, called upon Presidents Roosevelt and ' Taft at Washington, and declared that he was
a lover of America. This eentlmentl
he gave as his reason for restoring to the United States a picture of Benjamin Franklin which had been in the possession of his family since Earl Graey's great-grandfather, Major-Gen-eral Charles Grey, was quartered In Franklin's house in Philadelphia as an
officer of General Howe's staff during the Revolutionary War. The restoration of the picture was announced by Earl Grey at a banquet tendered to him in New York while he was Governor-General of Canada. In making the announcement he said he believed there were higher laws than the laws of possession. Was 65 Years Old. Born November 28, 1851, Alfred Henry George, the fourth Earl Grey, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He married in 1877 Alice Holford, of WTestonbirt, England. Two daughters, Lady Evelyn Grey and Lady Sybil Grey were the- result of .the union. ; , : -. By profession Earl Gray was a lawyer. He was a member of Parliament from r. Northumberland for " six : years beginning 1880. On. -the death of his uncle. General Sir Charles Grey, in 1894, he succeeded to the title and took his seat in the House of Lorda. FcT two generations previously the Earls Grey had been prominent in the political affairs of the British Empire. His grandfather had been Prime Minister, Continued on Page Eight