Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 254, 5 September 1917 — Page 1

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FIRST RAID OVER LONDON BY MOONLIGHT

KILLS ELEVEN Sixtv-Two Iniured When German Planes Visit Eng lish Capital Few Persons On Streets. ONE FLYER DOWNED U-BOAT BOMBS TOWN. KILLING THREE PERSONS LONDON. Sept 5. Scarborough on the English east coast. was bombarded last night by a. hostile submarine, is officially announced today. About half of the shells in the 30 round fired from the under sea boat landed, three persons being killed and five Injured, but little material damage being caused. LONDON, Sept. 5. Eleven persons were killed and 62 injured in last night's aerial raid. One raider is reported to have been brought down off , Sheerness. it Is announced officially. It was the first moonlight air raid over the London district and occurred about midnlcht last night. One bomb fell Just outside a hosnitaJ. another smashed through theatre and still another hit a retail Btore in which a number of girls were sleeping. Notwithstanding the moon licht little could be seen of the raid ers, although their engines could be heard overhead. Haze Shields 'Em. That they were invisible was perhaps due to a slight haze, which how ever, was insufficient to obscure the moon. The raiders were constantly shelled by anttaircrat guns and several British machines took the air to attack the Invaders. The streets were practically desert ed at the time of the raid, it being long after theatre hours. The few late street cars that were running either put out their lights or stopped. A message from a southeastern district savs that apparently the invaders crossed the north sea in three successive arouDs and that they were

all severely shelled. : -r-r crowd Fill 8trtv -; The streets were filled with curious crowds until the early hours today inspecting the damage. More bombs appear to have fallen in the streets than hit buildings. The Chronicle estimates that eight or ten raiders visited London. There were two separate attacks over the London district, the second occurring about 1 o'clock this morning.

Some people claim to have 6een a half dozen airplanes but they were quicKiy lost sight of in the haze. After dropping bombs the raiders flew seaward. One machine was located by searchlights at an estimated height of 9.000 feet. It was severely shelled and onlookers declare it was hit. At the same time British airplanes were seen manoevering for attack on the raiders. LONDON NEWSPAPERS HIT AT AIR ADMINISTRATION LONDON. Sept. 5. "Has Germany got her air offensive ready before ours?" is a question asked by a morning paper apropos of the invasion of England on three successive nights, and Field Marshal Haig's overnight report of aggressive enemy aircraft. "The enemy seems to be getting on rather fast with invasion plans. The German aircraft came, bombed and departed. Our guns fired and our aircraft went up but without result, according to the latest official reports. This is the ninth serious raid this summer and of 127 machines which have crossed our coast Germany only ad mits loss of seven." The paper refers to the growing casualty list and the relative immun ity of the invaders and adds: "It cannot be said that we are get ting on with our Invasion plans faster than the enemy." AIR RAID OVER CHATHAM CAME WITHOUT WARNING LONDON, Sept. 5. The Chatham district for the first time, experienced an air attack on Monday night when one or more bombs fell on a section of the royal naval barracks, killing 107 bluejackets outright and wounding S6 others. Four bombs In all fell about the barracks, but two were harmless and In fact apart from those which Continued on Page Eight. Do YourpJ -iJoin the Bit Now -if Red Cross WEATHER FORECAST Fop Indiana by United State Weath er Bureau: Fair south. snowers north portion tonight. Thursday fair and cooler. Temperature Today. Noon 72 Yesterday. Maximum 72 Minimum ...... ... ... 53 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore: Unsettled tonight with possibly showers, Thursday cooler. Probably air. General Conditions: Two cool waves exist east of the Rocky Mountains. One is over the north eastern states and the other over the northwest with mild temperature between. The northwestern cool wave is the strongest of the season with killing $rost4a-Jorta Dakota

Nature Advertises Liberty Loan Sale Nature will continue to advertise the sale of Liberty Bonds, which will again start October 1, provided Old Jack Frost doesn't interfere. "Buy Liberty Bonds" is lettered in different colored Alpernathera flowers, a foot high, at the park. "Do your bit" is In smaller letters. The flowers were planted some time ago and look the same now as they did then, as Alpernathera are foliage flowers. The design was set out by Norman Hoffman, florist, at the suggestion of the board of works.

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Londoners lined the streets and shouted Professor Kelseys to Sail for France Rev. M. A. Kelsey has received word that his brother Prof. W. I. Kelsey and wife of Oskaloosa, la., will sail for France. September 22. Prof. Kel sey has for many years been a mem ber of the faculty of Fenn uoiiege. He will go to France to do work un der the war work council of the Y, M. C. A. Both Prof, and Mrs. Kelsey are grad uates of Earlham and have many friends here. Mrs. Kelsey was for merly Miss Anna Townsend of Fouu tain City. NEILSON WEDS PACKER'S WIDOW CHICAGO, Sept 5. Mrs. Helen Swift Morris, widow of the late Ed ward Morris, Chicago packer, was mar ried last night at her home here to Francis Neilson, former Liberal member of the British house of commons for the Hyde division of Cheshire, it was announced today. The marriage was precipitated by the departure of Mrs. Neilson's son. Captain Nelson Morris, for a training camp and was declared to be a sur prise even to immediate members of the family. Francis Neilson has attained prominence for hi3 espousal of the Single Tax. He is a great grandson of David Hume, the historian, and cousin of Gladstone, the statesman. His home is in Boston. Francis Neilson lectured in RichMond Sunday, Aug. 19 the opening day of Chautauqua, on "Europe After the War." Several times, while talking to a Palladium reporter in the Westcott hotel he asked when he could catch a train to Chicago. lie was disaDDointed when he learned that he was forced to wait until almost mid night. YEARLY MEETING OPENS SEP.T 17 The Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends will convene here September 17 to 23 Inclusive. All eessions win be held in East Main Street Friend's church. A program of speakers has not been received here, but will prob ably be announced soon. The Five Year's Meeting of the Friends will be held about the middle of October in the East Main street church also. Definite plans for this meeting have not been announced. HEAVY GUNS OF RUSSIANS FALL INTO ENEMY'S HANDS BERLIN, (via London), Sept. 5. Duenamuende on the Riga front which was evacuated yesterday by the Rus sians has been captured by the Ger man forces, the war office announced today. The heavy coastal guns there fell undamaged into- the hands -of the OoTTTumd

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their enthusiasm when Pershing's men passed in review The people took copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

THEY WERE REAL SMILES AT

THAT WHEN Although some of the smiles were forced through tears, Richmond's first trio of young men to go to Camp Taylor were "sent away with a smile" from every one of about fifty persons who gathered at the Pennsylvania sta tion Wedneseday morning to witness the departure of "Our Boys." The three young men, Lawrence Jessup, Clem McConaha and Grant Fry, left for Louisville, Ky at 9:45 o'clock Wednesday morning by way of Indianapolis. Six other young men, three from Portland and three from Winchester, Ind., joined Richmond's men at Richmond and will make the remainder of the journey with them. Going to Man's Job. The spirits of all of the young men were kept up by the joking of their friends, but beneath the light appearance of the men, the real feeling of the seriousness of their journey was France to Control Potatoes and Beans PARIS, Sept 5. The minister of provisions has announced that beginning on Sept. 15, he will assume control over the prices of potatoes and beans grown in France and will determine for each region raising these pro ducts the prices which may be charged for them. All trade prices will be decided by him on the basis of recommendations from departmental committees com posed of the prefects and directors of agricultural services in each department and three tradesmen and three representatives of agricultural organizations. The prices established will be revised every two monthts and no ex portation of these vegetables from the department of origin will be permitted except upon certificate. Heavy penalties will be imposed for infrac tions of the order, including confisca tion of the goods. Eleven Billion Bill May Reach Vote In Congress Wednesday WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. House debate on the $11,533,945,460 war bond and certificate bill continued today with prospect of a final vote being reached before night. No serious opposition to the bill has bo far developed and its passage in virtually the form reported to the house appeared certainRepresentative Moore of Pennsylvania, continued his fight to secure the adoption of his amendment providing for a congressional war expenditure committee. Because President Wilson still is opposed to the creation of such a committee, the democratic leaders were determined to defeat, if posHihlOj the. Moore, proposal.

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plainly apparent, and the three fully realized that it was to a man's job that they were going. Clem McConaha, one of the first three, was the only one of the married men of this district that was chosen to go with the first five percent of the quota. Mrs. McConaha accompanied her husband to the train, but did not go to Louisville with him. The next three men, Aloysius Otten, Paul Minor and Everett Mitchell will leave Thursday morning at the-same hour. BULLETS FLY IN $100,000 FIRE HAMMOND, Sept. 5. All the fire departments in the Calumet region were called out to fight a fire caused by the explosion of an ingot from an open hearth funace at the Inland Steel plant. Thousands of rifle cartridges intended for emergency use were stored in one of the buildings which caught fire and the lives of the fire fighters were imperiled by the flying bullets. The fire Durned five hours and the loss was estimated at close to $100,000. RIGA REFUGEES AT PETROGRAD PETROGRAD, Tuesday, Sept 4. The first refugees from Riga arrived here today and gave a dramatic description of their last hours In the city before the German occupation. The first shells were fired from the direction of Uxkull and fell early Sunday morning causing numerous fires and spreading clouds of suffocating gases. The people rushed 'into the streets, many only partly dressed, and there was a general panio to -each the railroad station, which seemed to be the enemy's chief target This panic resulted in heavy losses, according to Vechernee Vremya, which de-j clares that several thousand were lost.' Tne next nignt alter midnight a Zeppelin appeared over the city and in the rays of its searchlights, citizens might be seen fleeing. The Zeppelin dropped many bombs, some emitting gases. These bombs were aimed chief ly at Moscow, a supurb of Riga. Shelling with big projectiles from the direction of Uxkull was resumed early in the evening, one shell falling in moving picture hall causing losses and another exploding in the Hotel Suvoroff. The last train which left for Petrograd was heavily shelled. A great many buildings in Riga, accord-ingto4here&gee4S,ere-det5edl

ITALY WINS CONTROL OF GORIZIA LINE

Cadorna's Men Capture Last Stronghold Dominating Important Area New Flemish Drive Seen By Associated Press. Italy's long years of preparation and General Cadorna's, strategy and ability as a commander continued to bear

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fruit in the great offensive the Italian armies now are waging for Triest. Although official announcement is lacking, there, seems little reason to question dispatches from rarious sources that Monte San Gabriel, the last of the Auttrian strongholds an th Gorizia- diatriVlias" b&e tiken, ttiid tdiuruus liana a iroops, ivmg jtuciu possession orthe entire chain or nuis dominating the Gorizia area. With the taking of Monte San Gabriele, the capture of 950 prisoners, probably all the remaining Austrian garrison, with 32 officers, is reported. May Abandon Line. 'On the Franco-Belgium front the British hail of shells being dropped upon the German line in Flanders is causing the Germans to contemplate abandoning a wide expansion of territory there now being swept by General Haig's big guns and those of the French cooperating with them in the Belgium campaign. The launching of the next entente push here is apparently imminent and as a measure of preparation the Germans are" reported to be removing the civilian population of a district extending 12 miles or more to the east of the present front in West Flanders, embracing an area of some 200 square miles. One theory advanced for the reported evacuation is that the German comContinued on Page Eight. Junior High School One of New Features In Cambridge City CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Sept. 5. Cambridge City schools, reorganized. will open Sept. 10. A junior high school has been introduced. All teachers of these departments are graduates of college or normal schools. A special teacher has been employed for retarded pupils. Mrs. Leonard Champs temporarily will take the place of Miss Vonnie But ler in the English department Miss Butler, who is recovering from appen dicitis, will be confined to her home for some time. Miss Elma Knapp, a senior in the Indiana state normal school, will teach the primary. She comes from Goshen where she has been in charge of the lower grades. POLICE RECOVER THREE MACHINES Three automobile, recently stolen, have been recovered by police. A machine owned by W. C. Sourbeer, rural route "B," which was taken from the Chautauqua grounda last Saturday night was found deserted near the corner of South Eighteenth and B streets. A car owned by William Wilson, taken from North Eighth and A streets was later found about five miles in the country. A car owned by Jesse Frankenhorn rural route "D" taken Monday night was later found near his home. 13,000 MEDICAL OFFICERS WASHINGTON", Sept 5. There are now more than 13,900 officers in the army medical corps, according to a war department announcement today. They are engaged in medical, dental, sanitary und veterinary work. With the corps brought up to full strength, it is believed the officer personel will tncludeyjOGUmeai

Soldiers in France Are Eager for News,

Writes One of 'Em News from home, anything just so it comes from one's home town is what the soldiers want after they get in France according to Frank Kilgus, son of Mrs.. Anna Kilgus, 102 North Third street, who is serving in General Pershing's forces behind the French linese. , Kilgus, who is one of the three sons of Mrs. Kilgus in Uncle Sam's service, in a letter to Harry GJoderson here says it certainly is some exciting life with the first expeditionary forces. He didn't say whether the forces have seen action yet His address is "A. E. F. Par B. R. M., Paris. 5 ;v, v Y-CSlh"-.'''! -ft , -v

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the war. Photographs 55 MARRIED MEN DISCHARGED BY DISTRICT BOARD Richmond Officials Overruled By Ft. Wayne Men 300 More Will Be Called. Married men In Richmond who were accepted for military service by the Richmond board and appealed temporarily will be" discharged. The district board at Fort Wayne has reversed the decision of the Richmond selective army board in passing all the married men without children. All married men with dependent wives will be discharged, even though they have no children. Three hundred additional men may be called before the board as the result of the district board's ruling, Sheriff Carr, chairman of the board, said. Foulke Sends Wire William Dudley Foulke, the government's attorney in conscription cases in Richmond, sent a telegram to the board Wednesday afternoon, which read: "District board here is reversing your ruling and discharging all with dependent wives, without children. About flfty-ive married men, with out children, were accepted by the Richmond board and certified to the district board for military service. The board discharged all married men with children. The cases were appealed to the district board and Attorney Foulke is prepared to present information in several cases which may send several married men in Richmond who were in the first call and whose wives are not dependent upon them into training camps. The board immediately will start preparing the list of the new men to be called, according to Sheriff Carr. Most of the married men, without children, who were accepted here, appealed to the district board according to Sheriff Carr. It is too late to appeal now, according to the belief of board members.

Soldiers Call Man They Take For Mayor Thompson "Kaiser"; Banners Stripped From His Car)

CHICAGO, Sept 5. A demonstration of soldiers against 50 automobile parties constituting a delegation of the William Hale Thompson Republican club bound for a county fair and political rally at Kankakee was avoided by the Mayor. Soldiers, however, mistook one of his supporters for him and stripped a banner giving the name of the club from the machine in which they thought he was riding. Civilians joined in the demonstration and other ban ners were torn from machines. The man who looked like the mayor was asked, "What are you doing with an American Flag?" There were hisses, cat calls. cxysof Ffclacker," -kaiser? and the like.

BUCK PASSED BY COUNCIL IN PLAN TO HIRE FERRET

Appropriation Passed, But Responsibility For Hiring Man Is Put Up To County Commissioners. BANKS MAKE PROTEST Members of the Wayne countr council Wednesday refused to accept the responsibility for hiring or refusing to hire a tax ferret and "passed the buck" back to the county commissioners by voting for the appropriation of $25,000 for the hiring of a ferret with the understanding that the letting of a contract for a tax expert rested with the commissioners. The entire appropriation ordinance including the tax ferret appropriation was passed by the council unanimously, after President Nusbaum explained that the appropriation of the money for a tax ferret did not necessarily mean that a contract for a tax inquirer would be made, but that the matter rested entirely with the county commissioners. Only one of the commissioners, W. A. Seaney is on record as favoring the measure. Passed Tuesday Afternoon The tax ferret appropriation was passed on the first reading Tuesday afternoon, after a hot wordy battle between Henry U. Johnson and John Robbins, attornevs representing Ferdinand Van Der Veer, who is seeking a contract as tax collector, on one side, and members of the county council. with W. A. Bockhoff as the leader, on the .other side. Tuesday evening's argument started after the first two names to be read when the vote on the measure was called, votid "no" to the appro priation. -.Attorney Robbins then started argument !? which he declared, that unless they voted for the ap propriation, they would force the burden of taxes from the shoulders of the" rich to the middle classes and the poor. Attorney Johnson also waxed warm la his argument la fator o the appropriation and declared tha "Unless - they voted for the measure they would, go on record as favoring non-payment of taxes. Nusbaum Makes Talk. Tuesday evening's debate was brought to a close by a conciliatory talk by President Nusbaum, in which. he deplored the insinuating tones used, by the attorneys in their tirades on, the councilmen and suggested that the measure "be held up until ther was an honest council." The debate. was continued Wednesday morning when the entire ordinance was read and presented to the council to be voted on as a whole. At the morning session, representatives from the banks of the city, including Attorneys Ray K. Shiveley. John L. Rupe and Wilfred Jessup, and C. W. Jordan, president of the German American bank, spoke against the passing of the measure. Shiveley opened the argument for the bankers by declaring that "a vote against the measure does not mean a vote against the collection of taxes." Might Remove Money. It was pointed out in his argument that If a tax ferret was hired that would probe into the private affairs of the people of the community it would cause some of the more timid people to remove their deposits from the. Continued On Page Two. Forest Fire Menaces Large Buffalo Herd SAiT LAKE CITY, Utah. Sept 5. The largest herd of buffalo in the United States consisting of more than 30 animals, is menaced by a fire which has rased on Antelope Island, in the Great Salt Lake, from early yesterday to an early hour this morning and is' still burning. In addition to the buffalo 400 head of fine horses, belonging to the United States government are being trained by six cowboys for cavalry and artillery purposes and 1,200 head of cattle and other stocks are in danger if the fire should sweep the entire island. The blaze was started by lightning.' A boy at Thirty-third street similarly misled, tried to present the "mayor with a German flag, but it fell to the pavement Hold Their Noses. The demonstrants were members of the second Illinois field hospital corps, encamped In Camp Grant on the lake front Civilians Joined la cries of "slacker!' burled at th mayor and his retinae, while passing automobllists halted, some ostentatiously holding their noses as if In the presence of a stench. The banner stripped from the mayor's car bore the legend "William Hale Thompson Republican Club." The outbreak was quelled by the ap pearance of officers of the hosntstli corpa wlt&, the. pxoTOEt gaatd,