Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 248, 29 August 1917 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29, 1917

RUSSIANS USED CARE IN BUILDING THEIR RAILROADS ; Tracks Kept Up By Labor of Peasant Women, American Experts Find. MOSCOW, Aug. 29. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) John F. Stevens and his associates on the American Railway Commission now visiting Russia for the purpose of assisting the administration of the Russian railways In Increasing their efficiency have discovered many ways in which transportation may be speeded up on all Russian lines without additional equipment The commission has advised the United States government to supply Russia with 2,500 more locomotives and 40,000 more freight cars as soon as possible. However, It will be considerable time before this rolling stock can be manufactured and shipped to Russia. The shortage of bottoms on both the Atlantic and the Pacific will delay the delivery of the new rolling stock and additional shops must be erected at Vladivostok before such great quantities of locomotives and cars can be put together speedily. j Must Get Along. i

Meantime Russia must make the most of its available rolling stock and locomotive power and the American

engineers are busily engaged assisting the Russian railway officials In a

ttudy of the immediate problems. The Russian roadbeds are In excel

lent condition. Virtually all the lines

were well built originally and the

tracks have been kept up, chiefly

through the work of peasant women.

in spite of the shortage of labor creat

ed by the heavy draft the war has

made upon the male population.

After traveling thetfull length of the Trans-Siberian line and inspecting

many of the Important lines in Central and Southern European Russia the

American engineers have found that

Russian railway men are working at great disadvantage in not having up-to-date equipment for coaling, watering

and cleaning locomotives. Larger Pipes Will Help. At nearly all stations in both European and Asiatic Russia, engines are watered by means of eight-Inch pipes. From twelve to twenty minutes is required for work which is accomplished in the United States In four or five minutes. By the installation of twelve inch supply pipes this delay can be eliminated. By the Russian methods twenty-four hours Is required to clean a locomotive, coal it and get up steam again. Coal shutes are lacking and the fuel is transferred from piles to the tender by means of steam shovels. "Work that rould be done in five minutes with n.odern coaling apparatus requires much time. Then the Russian engine houses lack the hot water equipment necessary for the washing out of boiler engines as soon as the locomotive comes rff its run. Engines are allowed to cool before they are washed. Then the boilers are washed with cold watpr. Steam must then be raised In a stone cold boiler before the locomotive is ready to go on its run. With modern coaling apparatus and facilities for supplying abundant hot water to cleanse boilers, the American railways coal and clean an engine in four hours, a paving of twenty hours over the Russian system.

Oil Used as Fuel.

Oil Is used as fuel for locomotives In Southern Russia but, in Siberia and Northern European Russia, coal and

wood are the fuel. The facilities for loading wood are also bad and plans

fire under way for improvements in

the system. Water is supplied to pas

renger cars by means of buckets at

most railway stations. Few stations have the hose necessary for watering

cars in a hurry. These have not been

lequired because engines took water fo slowly and labor was so abundant that it was possible to supply the cars with water by hand while the locomo

tive wa being cared for.

Rut now even the labor or women

must be economized as much as possi

ble. Women are required In the fields to replace men. They are the baggage

handlers at most stations and are even

firing locomotives. Wages necessarily have risen with the increased cost of living and every possible labor-saving

device must be used. Because of the lack of skilled labor, the inadequacy of repair shops and the scarcity of metals and other supplies many locomotives on the Russian railways are out of repair. The American railway engineers have advised an immediate extension of repair shops and (he employment of foreign mechanics, If necessary, to restore these locomotives to service Immediately.

Getting Soldiers' Prints

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WASTAGE OF GUNS BIG WAR PROBLEM

Men of the new National Army being fingerprinted on arrival at head

quarters, Cleveland, O. The new system has so many advantages and is so

Bure a means of laenuucauon mai 11 was aaopiea ai una posi. ine pnoio shows new arrivals having their impressions taken.

Drafted. Employes9 Names Posted

on Honor Rolls hy Pennsylvania

The policy of the Pennsylvania railroad towards its drafted employes al

ready has been manifested by the lists of honor posted up in the different de

partments on the Richmond divisionEach employe will keep in touch with the head of his department, and his place will be kept open during his time of service. The brotherhoods and unions of railroad employes will keep all drafted members on the membership lists, and every provision will be made to look after their families and Interests.

The division storekeepers on the Pennsy are to hold a series of protracted meetings at a date to be selected in September, probably at Fort Vf yne, when matters and methods of meeting the increased business of the department made by the army and general railroad service increases will be de

bated in general and separate sessions. The Richmond division storekeepers office will probably have a separate meeting as well as taking part in the general sessions.

An Indication of coming business is seen the preparations made in antici

pation of the big army transportation movement of the next month. Second

to this but not the less Important is the movement of the grain nd food

produce. There are about 600,000 re

cruits to bbe moved to army cantonments. The Pennsy has an increase already of about 15 to 20 percent more freight service, and joined some time

ago in the movement lor supplying 100,000 cars for the handling of the

handling of the lumber intended for

the contonments.

F. Mariono and A. Zuzolo of the shop service here, have been accepted for

army service, and have left the shops to say good bye to their relatives and

friends.

W. H. Bonner, utility man at the round house, who had been off on a

few days vacation, returned to duty,

Wednesday.

William Chiles of the store room,

has gone to that magnificent mountain resort, Lone Dog, Ky., to catch trout

and camp out.

John Heilman, store man, who has been on a visit in Paducah and Ligon-

ier, is back again on duty.

Clarence Berg entertained his Sun

day school class of the Mt. Moriah

Baptist church at the Chautauqua.

Ralph Personette of the Master Me

chanic's office goes to Winchester,

Sunday, to attend the reunion of the

family in that town.

Babe is Drowned in

Half -Filled Boiler

SEEK 1,000,000 HOUSES

LONDON. Aug. 29. The Joint Committee on Labor Problems aftej the war is pressing for an immediate decision as to the government's housing policy and declares that 1.000,000 houses ought to be completed within four years from the declaration of peace. The cost Is placed at 250,tOO.OOO Including a sinking fund to repay the whole debt within 60 years.

POSTMASTER TO QUIT

EATON. O., Aug. 29. H. D. Collins, postmaster at New Paris, has announced that he will resign from that office ind engage In the automobile business. He was only recently appointed to the position.

Superintendent Stlmson has issued

bulletin 56 for the information of em

ployes declaring Monday next as a

legal holiday. The local freight trains will run, however, as usual, in order to take care of the business going to

and from this city. The freight offices

and freight houses will be kept open, Monday, for a resonable time In order

that way freight may be handled.

PENNSYLVANIA SITTINGS

The water service is to be renewed at Elwood. The water station there is

temporarily out of service. Harold Diltz, yard conductor, has left for his favorite camping vacation near Logan sport.

J. G Campbell, road brakeman, left for Pittsburgh yesterday where he will enjoy his annual vacation. C. H. Brehm, road brakeman, who has been sick at his home the past three days, returned to duty, Wednesday.

J. S. Thornburg, yard brakeman, C. H. Ball, yard brakeman, took the examination for military service at the court house, Tuesday.

C. F. Hoeffer, Chief clerk. Master Mechanics office, is back from the hills of North Carolina, and tells of good trout fishing. Some of the natives, he says, did not know the war wars on, or that Pershing was in France. P. H. Miller of the storekeeper's office, who is in the first draft, is saying farewell to his friends in the city and may not return to duty here. Charles Harris, of the boiler maker's

department, has been appointed instructor in welding at Columbus, O. A. II. Keller, boiler maker foreman, and

J. J. Korvls, assistant engine house foreman, were with him at the school, and have returned to Richmond.

EATON, O., Aug. 29. Funeral serv

ices were held Tuesday for the 16

months old-child of Mr. and Mrs

Charles Shiverdecker, living four miles south of West Alexandria. While the

child's mother was momentarily ah

sent from the house, the babe fell into a washboiler half filled with water

and was drowned;

"TANK CORPS" FORMED

LONDON, Aug. 29. The "tanks" are now a recognized unit of the British army, and an order issued an

nounced the formation of a "Tank Corps." The personnel of the corps

will be divided into technical and non

technical sections, the latter receiving

rates of pay given , their respective

ranks in the Royal Field Artillery.

Good News For Foot Sufferers

If you have tired, swollen, aching,

burning, sweaty feet, painful, stinging

corns or calluses, here is good news for

you.

Recently In the treatment of foot

troubles by patients using Ice-Mint,

these distinctive features were notice

able. Tired, aching, burning and swol

len feet invariably became cool, easy

and comfortable after the first apphca

tion, while in the treatment of corns ar. calluses, it was noticed that after

a few nights' application, the corns

or calluses had a tendency to loosen

and in a short time could easily be

lifted out with the fingers root and

all leaving the surrounding skin in

normal,healthy condition.

When you stop to consider that the

simple, pleasant process of rubbing a little Ice-Mint on the foot at night will shortly rid one of every painful corn or callus and will keep the feet cool,

comfortable and rested on the hottest

days, it is easy to understand why it is thought that foot troubles will soon be a thing of the past. Ice-Mint is an entirely new departure

from the disagreeable old time foot remedies, inasmuch as it is absolutely

harmless and comes in the form of a

snow white creamy preparation, which is delightful and easy to apply. It costs little and can be obtained here from any of our local druggists. Adv.

Kodak Films developed Free Prints 3c each, thwaite's Drug: Stores.

Thistle-

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Richmond's Leading Homef urnishers

BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES IN FRANCE, Aug. 29. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) In the war question of wastage of material Is second only to that of men. Armaments become rapidly unserviceable through old age and casualties, the big guns most of all. For gun casualties a regular system of hospitals exists. The first-aid station Is in the battery

itself, where, much as a medical orderly keeps a supply of medicine and

bandages, a trained artificer keens a

supply of tools and spare parts. He Can deal with nnv IHfHnc nnMfnt

that may occur, or replace any small

part that may be broken. The mod

ern gun or howitzer is a complicated

piece or mechanism, requiring constant skilled attention if the frpst results are to be obtained. This, Attent

ion tne artificer supplies. But. should tho p-iin dpvplnn a onm

plaint beyond the powers of his tools

to rectiry, or should an unlucky splinter of shell wound It In nm-ne vulnerable

part, its removal to hospital becomes

necessary, uun hospitals are workshops, wonderfully organized to deal with the work that falls to their lot,

ana staffed by skilled men of the Ord

nance Corps. The workshops are graded according to mobility, and are all capable of more or less rapid trans-

rer irom one point to another. They are styled light, medium, or heavy, ac

cording to tnelr powers of movement and their capacity for dealing with

work requiring light or heavy toolB,

H0LLANSBURG, 0.

Orville Newton and family of New

castle motored here last Friday even ing and visited with Mr. and Mrs Floyd Armacost and mother. ...Mr

and Mrs. A. J. Downing spent Sunday

with O. A. Downing Mrs. K. T,

Locke is still in a very serious condi

tion George Anderson and family

of Indianapolis, Ind-, is here visiting J

R. Payne and otir relatives .... Mr

and Mrs. Orville Timmons are the par ents of a baby daughter, Dorothy El

len., i . J. H. Spencer has commenced

to Temodel and build his home on Lib

erty street, known as the Henry Sell

property Mrs. Floyd Armacost

spent a few days last week with Edgar

Hill and family. . . . Frank Bowman and family attended the funeral of his

uncle B. F. Bowman near Brookvllle

last Friday Mrs. Bessie Howell and

son of Greenville and Nellie Lewis and son of Arba spent last Friday with

Mae Suurte and daughter. .. .H. H

Jones and wife spent Sunday morning

in New Madison. . . .The Spencer reun

ion which was held last Sunday In the

Spencer woods east of town was

grand success, there being over one hundred present. An excellent dinner

was served and every one seemed to

enjoy the affair. . . .Henry Hoos is vis

Iting his children in Dayton, Wilson

Hoos and family and Mrs. Kate Neioh-

Says Health

Better Than

For 25 Years

Hankins Thanks TanlacFor

Bringing About the Change

In His Condition.

T. D. Hankins, prominent resident

of New Rosa, Indiana, ten miles south east of Crawfordsville, had been ner

vous and run-down for years when he

met a man on a train one day who was

taking home a bottle of Tanlac

"That man told me what Tanlao had

done for him and praised it so highly that I decided to try it, Mr. JJankins

said. Since I ve started taking it feel better and weigh more than have for twenty-five years.

'I was weakened and run. down In

every way before I started taking Tan

lac. I wasn't sick enough to go to bed and yet I didn't feel well enough to do

my work.

"I was so nervous that I couldn't

sleep well at nights and my stomach

was so out of order that my appetite

was very poor. I didn't eat much,

'Well, the fellow on the train that

day thoroughly convinced me about

Tanlac. And since taking it I know

what he said was true.

'Yes, I've taken eight bottles of

Tanlac now and my appetite has come back so that I can eat good agin. I

Weigh more and feel better than I have

for twenty-five years and I wouldn't

take anything for what Tanlac has

done for me."

If you are not feeling right get Tan

lac and get it today. Delay in health matters is dangerous. Tanlac has built

up thousands of weakened men and wo

men and it will do for you what it has done for others. You can get Tanlac

at any of Clem Thistlethwaite's drug

stores. Adv.

PHOTOS

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Don't Throw Away Your OLD Umbrellas Let us Cover or Repair them for you. Duning's

omer..Mrs. Walter Williams spent Monday with. Mr. and Mrs. Nate Davis near Chester. .Mr. and Mrs. Stump of near Eldorado spent Sunday with Charles Koontz and family. ..Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Roberta and Mr. and Mrs. Jake Pence spent Saturday afternoon In Richmond.... Mrs. Addle Hill is moving into the C. C. Davis property on Union street.... Rev. Mr. Frailer will move Into the H. R. Mikesell property when vacated by Mrs. Hill Clyde Thorne and family of Indianapolis are spending a few days here visiting relatives and friends. .. .Ezry Petry and family spent Sunday In Richmond.... R. F. Robertson and family spent Sunday In Richmond and attended th'e chautauana O. O. Wlitnd

of Rossburg, O., spent Saturday and Sunday as the guest of Miss Olga A. Jones. . . .Elmer Armacost and wife of

near Eldorado spent Sunday with S. B Mikesell and family.

NEW PARIS ELEVATOR SHIPS 16,000 BUSHELS OF GRAIN

NEW PARIS, O., Aug. 28 Sixteen thousand bushels of grain have been received and shipped at the local elevator, although many farmers are holding their grain. Uncertain market conditions and scarcity of cars have also out down the sales.

PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY

Airvlane Lumber is

Bought at New Paris NEW PARIS, O., Aug. 29- The government has bought much airplane lumber around New Paris, A. L. Hiller, sawyer, supplying most of it. Pieces of walnut lumber thirty-six feet long, and of ash lumber twenty-tour feet long, were required.

"The Poor Man's Potato" has become the rich man's luxury. Whether at three dollars a bushel, or twenty-five cents a bushel, potatoes are not a complete food. Two or three Shredded Wheat Biscuits with milk furnish more real, body-building nutriment than a meal of potatoes or meat, are much more easily digested and cost much less. Shredded Wheat is 100 per cent, whole wheat, nothing added and nothing taken away gives mental vim and physical vigor for the hot days. Delicious for

breakfast, or any meal, with sliced bananas, berries or

(Other fruits, and milk. Made

iat Niagara Falls, N. Y.

ADVANCE Showing of EARLY FALL STREET BOOTS

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DRESS FOR COLLEGE If you can have but one Betty Wales Dress let that one be the adorable model the "Antigua" here shown. Mannish French serge in navy or black, cut on the smart youthful lines that make Betty Wales Dresses so delightful, but the touch of touches is the belt with its trimming of 1700 natural beads in black and scarlet woven by native women of the tropics hence the name, Betty Wales "Antigna." Price $18.50. 43old in Richmond by us exclusively

Our New Woolens and Silks Are Now on Exhibit I

The Woolen Fabrics comprise a most varied assortment of the staple and newest weaves, suited for every requirement of a lady's wear, either in the way of Dress or Coat. The weaves in woolen are French and Storm Serge, Wool Rajah Weave, Gunneburl, Clay Serge, Wool Taffeta, Nunsveiling, Silk-Finished Henrietta, Shepherd's Check, Plaid Skirting, Striped Skirting, Silk and Wool Poplin, Silk and Wool Santoy, Tussah Royal, Challie, Fancy Weaves and Broadcloth. The combination of colors is also as distinctly new as the fabric themselves, and it will be our pleasure to note the appreciation of our patrons when they call to see them.

The Silk Display is really enchanting In Its variety of weaves and colorings. We wish especially to call attention to the beautiful Silks shown in Charmeuse, Pussy Willow Taffeta. Satin. Crene. Men.

v saline, Plain Taffeta, Falax, Striped and Plaid Silks for skirts. Fancy Print Soft Taffeta, Silk Shirting. Black Pean De Soie and Heavy Coating Silk, really charming? in effect for Coats, Fancy Jack eta, DreBses, Separate Skirts and Waists.

An Enumeration of Our Silk Showing would be like looking over a catalogue to learn of all the different varieties. In plain colors the variety is seemingly greater than that of the rainbow; and in the blending of colors quite equal to those of the "bow of promise," and In weaves so varied as to have exhausted the artist's skill In the creation of design.

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