Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 275, 29 September 1917 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1917

NOISE OF DUCKS SAVES BRITISH UNIT IN SALONIKI

The Ladies of Hell"

Company Able to Rout Bulgarians Thcough a Timely Warning.

WITH BRITISH FORCES IN SA

LONIKI. Sept. 29. Correspondence.)

This is the story of how the ducks of

Kale-Zir gave the warning and saved a British detachment. When the Bulgars left their native fastnesses and came down into the

plains, their advance was halted by a certain famous river and a historic lakp A TlriHsh onmnnnv waa holrtin?

the Upper Lake, for it was divided into two parts connected by the river. The company was charged with responsibility for the upper lake and five miles of the connecting stream as far as Kale-Zir. They had absolute command of the lake thanks to the motorboata, and a crossing there was inconceivable, but the river flowed through a maze of reeds and swamps and forests, most parts of which appeared absolutely impenetrable from the British side. A feeling of comparative safety pervaded the British camp. Sees Ducks Fly. Then one evening the orderly officer set out, from the camp on his bicycle to visit two outposts up the river nearly two mile3 from the camp. It was very dark. As he reared the

sentry, he heard the movement of,

wings, and distinguished flock after flock of ducks flying from their night rest among the reeds. "Looks odd," he remarked to the sentry. Then to a sergeant "111 take one man, sergeant, and we'll cycle down the path and have a look." The path ran a quarter of a mile along the marsh and then died an abrupt death In a stifling fence of reeds. The officer and his orderly dismounted and listened. They could discern over in - the swamp a long line of men in single file. Back at the picket post, the orderly sent a man to warn the camp, while he remained behind to keep the enemy raiders under observation. Pirn Pour Stints

The raiders were two hundred strong, under command of a German officer. They kept to the path until just before it came into a clearing. Then they halted and prepared to attack. They got into a loose sort of open order and came on quickly. At that moment the British officer fired four shots. Immediately a light over the British camp appeared. The glare was dazzling. There was a moment's silence . then a roar of fire. It was a complete surprise. The raiders were bunched close, and must have had fifty casualties in the first fusillade. They made

no attempt to resist, but flung everything away and made for the maize .Jields. Thfe first person picked up was the German officer in charge of the enterprise, who had been hit in the thigh. Altogether there were 25 dead and 58 wounded, while 35 more surrendered during the morning at different places and more kept giving themselves up for several days. Probably not more

man live or six ever got DaCK to tne Bulgar lines. .

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SCOTTISH T2DQBS

The "Ladies of Hell," as the Boches call the Scottish troopers, are not all dressed in kilts, as is the prevailing opinion in this country. Many of them keep as their only distinguishing marks the Tam-o'-Shanter caps and bare knees. The Scottish troops shown in the above picture are marching past Lieutenant-General Sir Ivor Maxse

MARKET ROADS ARE SELECTED

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 29. The Btate highway commission announced its selection of five main market highways in Indiana as the result of several months of travel over roads to select the best routes. The routes chosen make a total of more than 800 miles, according to W. S. Moore, state highway engineer. Route No. 3 is part of the state comiuonly called the National road beginning at the Illinois and Indiana state line thence easterly through Terre Haute, Brazil, Putnamville, Plainfleld, Indianapolis, Greenfield, Knightstown, Cambridge City and Richmond, and to the Ohio state line.

CHARLES WILEY IS MADE AN OFFICER

Charles T. "Wiley, former manager of the Richmond Electric company, Is the third Richmond man to be granted A captain's commission in tlie army. Valley has been In training at Fort Benjamin Harrison. He expects to soon be sent to France. -

Prominent Quakers at Pittsburg Rally Dr. Robert C. Root, director of the Pacific coast of the American Peace Society, who conducted peace meetings here In connection with the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends, will

leave Richmond Sunday for Pittsburg

where he will attend the Inter-Church Federation convention, held under the

auspices of the Federal Council of Churches. Dr. Charles Tebbets, secretary of

the American Friends Board of Foreign Missions and Dr. Robert L. Kelly, former president of Earlham college, will also attend the sessions. Dr. Kelly will probably address the conference. Russian Radicals

Hanged by iiermans LONDON, Sept. 29. According to a Central News dispatch from Petrograd 150 Russians belonging to various Socialist, left and other political organizations have been hanged by the Gerbuluji circa tiualr occupation of Riga.

LABORERS TO BE CHINA'S FIRST CONTRIBUTION

Forty Million Persons Capable of Bearing Arms or of Working. PEKING, Sept. 29. (Correspondence of the Associiated Press) China's irst and most important contribution to the cause of the Entente Allies in the war doubtless will be laborers. Before China joined in the war against Germany and Austria, she already supplied more than 100,000 laborers to France, England and Russia. Coolies for agricultural work and dock work have been going to western Europe for nearly two years. Russia has also teen drawing from China's inexhaustable supply of labor for Siberian mines and Siberian farms. Now that China is actually in the war, the task of recruiting laborers for work beyond the seas" will be far easier. The government will lend a willing hand and competition which hitherto had existed between the various powers in recruiting coolies probably will be eliminated. Forty Millions Capable. Of the 400,000,000 persons in China, it is estimated that at least 40,000,000 are men capable of carrying arms or doing some sort of lbor directly connected with the war. Of this number, 20,000,000 are living within reasonable distance of transportation facilities, and could be mobilized were it necesr sary. China has such an abundance of men that millions could be spared to the advantage of those remaining at home. Premier Tuan-Chi-Jui is enthusiastic about sending an army to Europe. He believes 1,000,000 soldiers could be trained and sent to Europe within six months, were the Allies to supply equipment and officers for general supervision. Figures concerning the actual number of men under arms in China are imperfect and misleading. Each of the provinces has its own army. In addition the central government has 500,0000 men in all under arms in China at the present time. Perhaps half of these or 250,000 would measure up to the standards of a modern army and be an effective fighting force, if properly equipped and trained for a few months under foreign supervision. Chinese officials, high and low,

would welcome an opportunity to send

a large army abroad. But unina lacKs transports for sending her troops abroad, and her small arsenals and poorly organized leather and cloth in-

30 Perry Farmers Have Silos, Nate Edwards Discovers

By NATE EDWARDS ECONOMY, Ind., Sept. 29. Perry township has thirty farmers that have silos. Here are the names and capacity of each silo: Will Williamson, (2) 120, 80; C. D. Hunnicutt, 80; Jim Jackson, 60; Herb. Fisher, 60 ; Everett Clark, 90 ; George Barnard, 90; Albert Weldy, 60; Charles Sanders, 60; Thomas Hadley, 80; John Taylor, 100; Howard Manning, 90; Lon Cain,. 60; W7hittier Beard, 60; Otis Turner, 60; Sumner Beard, 60; John Replogle, 80; Charles Bartlett, 60; Ollie Weyl, (2), 110, 46; Frank Cain, 10; Harry Cain, 60; Howard Stanley, 30; Joe Lamb, 80; Mack Lamb, 80; Gus Weyl, (2), 80, 80; Harvey Townsend, 60; Oscar Ballenger, 40; Billy Charles, 50; Person Bane, 20; Ollie WeyJ, 80; Vernon Marshall, 80; total, 4,155 tons. The majority have been filled and crews are busy filling the rest. . . . .Wheat sowing, cutting up fodder and silo filling- was abruptly brought to a close Thursday afternoon by a heavy rain. Mrs. Peggy Morrison, Miss Edith Lamb, Robert Morrison attended the 57th Soldier reunion at Richmond, Thursday afternoon..... Arnold Underhill, Greensfork, was here Thursday evening.. . .People here were greatly shocked Thursday morning when word reached here from Williamsburg that Mell Lundy was found dead at his room.' Mr. Lundy was well known here as a nurse..... Mrs. Emma Hiatt of here, Mrs. Anna Pugh of Williamsburg, were Thursday guests of Mrs. Inez Underhill, Greensfork..... Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Hiatt were at Richmond Friday. Mrs. Hiatt attended the Wayne county W. C. T. U. meeting.. . . .Rev. Oliver Frazer was at Richmond Friday. . . . Miss Edith Lamb occupied the chair at the Economy exchange Friday morning.. ;. .Clarence Pedro was driving the Davis-Randell motor grocery truck, Friday a. m.. .. . Joe Morrison made a special trip to Richmond today The new bungalow home of Will Fouts is nearly completed.. .. .Mr. Sheid, Cambridge City, was here Friday.. ...Mrs. Kimball.is reported a little better this Friday a. m Winchester people were here today.

dustries make it impossible for her to outfit even small army. China has the wool, the cotton and the hides necessary to clothe a great army, but she lacks facilities to convert these into shoes and clothing. Raw material and leather exist In China in abundance, but there is no effective industril organization. Should it become necessary, China's unlimited labor could furnish much of the clothing for the allied armies, were modern factories erected in Chias under foreign supervision.

ANNQUNC

E NAMES

OF SOLDIERS TO LEAVE ON OCT, 5

Seventy-five Men Will Be

Sent to Camp Taylor From

This District.

Great Britain Plans to Settle Hindus in West Indian Isle

LONDON, Sept. 29. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) A plan for encouraging the emigration of native laborers from India to British Guiana, Trinidad, Jamacia, and Fiji, announced by the British Government, is expected to result in the permanent settlement of many thousand East Indians in each of these four colonies, three of which are close enough to the Atlantic Beaboard of the United States to make the project of neighborly interest to the American people. The object is to provide a fair substitute for the abolished system of indentured or contract East Indian labor. In some countries to which Indians used to go under the indenture system, their coming led, as it was bound to lead in the end, to serious trouble. They were white communities, which wanted the labor of the' East Indian but did not want him aa a settler. Large Indian Districts. It ia claimed that there was and is no question of that kind in the case of the four Crown colonies selected as areas for the new settlement scheme. They each possess already large and prosperous Indian communities. Their industry is tropical and , depends on Asiatic labor, which they have been accustomed to obtaining from India without any sense of grievance on either side. ' Laborers who enlist under the new plan will serve a probationary period of three years' employment in their new homeland, before being invited to become landholders. During this probationary period of employment under

government supervision, they will be trained and fitted for the new conditions of life, at the same timo affording the colony the benefit of their labor. On first arrival the immigrant will undertake work for a period of six months under selected employers. He will then be free to move from one employer to another at a month's notice, being encouraged to work for the ensuing two and a half years in agricultural Industries by the offer of numerous benefits subsequently as a colonist. At no time will he be under any indenture or contract, the relation between him and his employer being exactly the same as that prevailing in the colony between any employer and employee. Government to Decide. For the protection of the immigrants the government will decide who may or may not employ them. A fair minimum wage will be fixed, and will be revised every five years on the basis of changes in the cost of living. ' As soon as the worker has completed i three years employment,, he will have the choice of returning to India or becoming a permanent settler. If he chooses the latter land will be put at his disposal by th colonial government. The emigration from India of whole families will be- encouraged as far as possible, particularly of families containing young unmarried girls who may become in the colonies the wives of other -immigrants. Women unaccompanied by their families will not be assisted.

Names of the 75 men who will be sent to Camp Taylor as the 30 percent of Richmond district's quota for the

national army were announced Saturday by the Richmond army board.

Announcement was also made by the board that an order had been received from State Agent Eschbach as to the disposition of any man' that fails to present himself for military service when called by the board.

According to the ruling of - provost

marshal general, these inj;i, when

captured may be court martialed if it

is found that their absence was wilful and without cause and the person Is

to be classed as a deserter.

This includes he payment of $50

reward for the delivery of the desert er at the nearest army post. Wilson's Name On

The name of Roger Q. Wilson, who

was discharged by the local board was

placed on the list of the 75 men to leave next Friday when word was received Saturday from Ft. Wayne that his discharge had been revoked on account of his being married after the

time limit set by the district board

Following is a list of the men who will report at the office of he conscription board on Thursday afternoon, October 4, at 2 o'clock and who will leave for Camp Taylor on next

Friday morning at 9:45 o clock:

Roger Q. Wilson, James W. Grimes,

Sherman F. Kortwnght, Edward H

Wiechman, Carl B. Toschlag, Hugh

Chandler, Wrllbur Kampe, Elmer A

Hertzler, William L. Jones, Benjamin O. Lawrence, Myron WTettig, Charles Russell White, William Wilson Zook, Myral Burrier, William E. Nolan, George F. Shoop, Charles N. Cook,

Golie Knoll, Harry J. Bockstette. Paul

F. Turner, Emery S. Beardsley, George

Hill. John B. Reichel, Henry J. -Cc-

horst, Harry H. Smith, Albert D. Burkhardt, Nathan Vigran, Raymond E

Jones, Walter Davies, W7illard Jay,

George C. Kem, John F. Laugel, Robert D. Ashby, Fred Fisher, William D.

Kamp, Carl L. Maier, James E. Pelton, Raymond Mather, Angelo Zuzolo, Rush

S. Butler, John F. Unverzagt, George

H. Kramer, John Wm. Parks, Walker

L. Jones, Elmer Huntwork, Russell L. Cummins, Carl F. Kehlenbrink, Frank T. Gatzek, Francesco Marino, Glenn Mann, Antonio De Carlo, Frank M. Long, Mahlon Dalzell, Bernard A.

Reckers, Wm. H. Rodefeld, Harry Parrella, Ernest P. Landwehr, Charley Showalter, Wm. F. Hoelscher, Daniel M. Thompson, Mark Witte, John H.

Vogelesang, James I. McNew, Homer Miller, Lawrence Schutte, Edgar Lim

ing, Benjamin B. Heneley, Vernon

Hobbs, Harry E. Moran, Robert Jus

tice, Haryr Vohn Victor H. Clauder, Chester F. Helm's, Leonard Vosmeler,

Grover Isenhour.

700 MARYLAND SOLDIERS

LEAVE FOR TRAINING CAMP

BALTIMORE. Sept 29. Maryland's

first; contingent of selected men for

the new national army, about 700 in number, began moving on Camp Meade

from all parts of the state this morn

ing and all were expected in camp this

afternoon. The movement will con

tinue daily until Sunday, when about 3,000 men from this, state will have

joined the colors at that cantonment.

POEM IS REPRINTED

OXFORD, O., Sept. 29. Miss Flora T. Mercer, of Lima, a senior in the

Western College for women, has been

honored "by having a poem, "In a Greenhouse," which she wrote last

year, chosen for publication in "A Col

lege Anthology," a work published annually in Boston, , and containing the

cream of all college poetry written the

previous year. , .

Fifteen hundred thousand employees

In the British Jalea received increases

in wages totalling $1,500,000 in April,

according to statistics prepared by the

Labor Department of the Board of

Trade. -.: '

LAST DAY SEES

SMOKE FUND AT MAROF $232

Campaign for S d d ie r s

Smokes Closes Saturday Night at 10. Today, Saturday, Is the last day of

the Palladium Tobacco fund. The

grand total of the fund is now near

the $250 mark, which means that al

most 1,000 kits will be sent to the boys In France from people of Richmond and surrounding towns. If you have not made your contribution, do so before 10 o'clock tonight, when the fund will be closed. If you cannot reach any of the lists before

that time, mail your contribution to the Palladium. You gave your share to the Hospital Tag day campaign to relieve suffering in Richmond. The Boys in France will have a lot of comfort too, if you do

your bit towards them. Send your contribution right away. Following is a list of contributions

to date : Previously acknowledged ......$217.25

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Elizabeth Williams

Margaret Wickemeyer Edna Marlatt R. T. Van Zant .... Frank Johnson Bertha Larsh E. E. Rice Voyle Hybarger

James Van Zant .25 Russell Brown .25 Frank Walker .25

Walter Miller .....

Florence Ratliff , Katherine Cox John Evans Lyman Lyboult .............. Ellsworth Thomas

S. H. Hunt A. H. Wilson . E. F. Murphy Women's Relief Corps Maurice Green John Albertzart

Mrs. May Hawkins Abbie Urban Mrs. Eva Moorey George H. Kramer Mrs. George Kramer ......... Mrs. Wilhelmina Stafhorst John HInsky

Elmer E. Eggemeyer ,

Warren Hubbell

John Smith Otto Schuetter ................ W7alter Eggemeyer H. L. Brendel ,

Bessie Goldrick

Josephine Pffeffer , Ruth Evans ,

Saul Davis Paul Davenport ...............

Tell Simmons

Charles Werts , Don Brooks

British Drop Seven Tons of Explosives

LONDON, Sept 29. British aviators dropped seven tons of explosives in attacks Thursday night on German military establishments in Belgium. The following official report was given out today by the admiralty: " "On the night of Sept 27-28 there were bombing raids by naval aircraft on the following objectives: The lockgates at Zeebrugge, the St Denis Westrem airdrome, the Gontrode airship shed, the Houttave airdrome. "The bomb dropping at Zeebrugge appeared to be good, while at Houttave bombs fell among hangars and huts on the southwest side of the airdrome. Seven tons of explosives were dropped. All the machines returned."

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EVERY SOLDIER WILL BE TAGGED

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. A card index of all American soldiers at home and abroad, is to be compiled by the war department. Congress has appropriated money for the purpose in the general deficiency bill. Every man in the army, .whether officer or private, will be indexed by name, and the records filed in alphabetical order for Immediate reference should he appear in army orders or casualty lists. With the description of each soldier will be given the name of his next of kin and emergency address. The plan of giving each man a number virtually has been abandoned and it is understood that each soldier instead will be supplied with a small aluminum tag bearing his name and company. It will be worn around his neck as at present. Plans have been completed for the creation of a "statistical division," with a branch in Paris, which will employ several hundred clerks to compile records. It will include not only men actually in the f ghting corps, but civilians, war correspondents and others attached to the forces. Major J. J. Jones of the Adjutant General's department is the head of the statistical division here.

ATTENDANCE AT '

EXHIBIT LARGE

Attendance at the Art Gallery, since

the opening of the beautiful exhibit by

American artists, has been large

than in former years and the lnteree

manifested in these pictures has bee more than gratifying to Mrs. M. 1 Johnston, president, and members the Association. ' An unusual number of out of tow persons have visited the galleries du ing the past week.

In the collection of pictures are se

eral which are priced as low as $1(K

Two small pictures, "Sunatee Mouz

tain. New Hampshire," and "Glouces

ter Harbor" by Elliott Clark, have at

tracted unusual attention.

A beautiful autumn scene priced $175 is exhibited by Panl King o Philadelphia. There are also severs

handsome landscapes at $200 and $250

British Casualties

in Month 104,598

LONDON, Sept 29. British casualties reported during the month, of

September totalled 104,598, divided as

follows: r

Officers, killed or died of wounds

636; men, 18,302; officers,-wounded" o

missing, 2,151; men, 83,509.

Governors Condition j

Efforts are being made in China to improve the native tobacco by planting seed from the United States and teaching better methods of cultivation.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 29. A more . . 1. , A, . J)UIA

general improvement ill iub onnuuuu

of Governor Goodrich, who has been

III at a local hospital of typhoid fever I

for almost four jweeks, was reported j

by the attending physicians. Th'

bronchial Infection, was greatly irrj

proved, the physician said, and th j

chances for his complete recovery ar

the best theyhave been at any tin

during his illness.

HANSON IS ELECTED

LONDON, Sept 29. Charles A. Ha son, alderman of London and memb of parliament for the southeast dir ion of Cornwall, was elected lord mil or of London , today. He will succe Sir William Henry Dunn. . -

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GASOLINE MAY BE INCREASED

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29. The United States government, it was understood has been offered and accepted the free use of a process discovered, by Frederick A. Kormann, San Francisco chemist, which Kormann said, would increase the output of the country's gasoline by twelve-fold. The offer was made through Gavin McNab, San Francisco attorney, recently appointed federal conciliator in the Iron Workers' strike here. Kormann announced that Secertary of the Interior Lane had authorized the construction of a plant at which the process will be utilized.

SETTLING REVOLUTION

LONDON, Sept 29. Nearly a hundred Russian soldiers who have escaped from captivity in Germany are now in London, awaiting repatriation. They are occupying their enforced period of idleness by holding almost continual "meetings" at which, in characteristic Russian fashion, they discuss gravely and verbosely the greatest affairs of state and pass resolutions and memorials dealing with every phase of revolutionary activity in their native land.

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London Board of Trade returns show the following rate of pauperism per 10,000 population of the leading Irish towns:; Belfast, 82; Dublin, 270: Cork and Limerick. 2S4, and Galway, 127.

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