Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 303, 1 November 1917 — Page 1

MOM) PAIXADIUM iVOL. XLH., NO. 303 Sggfflaafr' Sun-Tixraia RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1917. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

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TORPEDOED TRANSPORT RETURNS TO PORT SAFELY

United States Troop Ship pipped by U-Boat But is 'Able to Make Foreign , Shores. NO REPORT ON LOSS WASHINGTON", Nov. 1. The trans port Finland was recently torpedoed

' while returning to the United States,

' but wa3 able to return to a foreign

port under her own steam. The navy department received a report of the attack and Secretary Daniels authorized its publication. The navy's report does not say whether there was any loss of life on the Fin land. This official announcement was au thorized: i Damage Wa3 Slight "The navy deparement has received dispatches stating the transport Finland, was torpedoed while returning from foreign waters. The damage to the ship was slight and she returned to port under her own steam. The . Finlond was under escort but no 6ign of the torpeSo or the submarine was seen." The Finland 13 one of the largest steamers flying the American flag. Before going into the army transport service she plied between New York Jjind European ports in the International Mercantile Marine Company serUSe under the Red Star and other The vessel has a gross tonnage of r 12.806 and a net tonnage of 7,711. She normally carries a crew of 257 men. The Fit land was built in Philadelphia in 1902. Her home port is New York. 200 ATTEND DEMO RALLY More than 200 voters attended a Democratic rally held in the headquarters of tae party ,1a the Colonial building Wednesday night, proving that Henry Farwig has been working hard to land the mayor's position. Talks were made by Joshua H. Allen, former prosecuting attorney, Joseph Walterman, chairman of the city organization, and the various precinct committeemen. Poll books of the party show that Farwig will get more votes than Alfred Bavis, according to precinct committeemen. MRS. BATES CALLS MEETING OF BOY SCOUT HELPERS Mrs. Frederick S. Bates, chairman of the Way3 and Means committee of the Domestic Science association, has called a meeting of the Boy Scuats of Richmond and boys of the Junior high school, who assisted in the collection cr paper for the Day Nursejy. Satur day afternoon at :S0 o'clock at the y. m. e .A. THE WEATHER For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Friday. Slightly warmer Friday. Today's Temperature. Noon ....34 Yesterday. Maximum ....41 Minimum 28 Fcr Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Somewhat warmer Friday. General Conditions The great cold wave is gradually breaking up. The temperature is lower in the south than in the northwest with frost as far south as Tampa, Fla. There is no severe storm in any portion of the United States at present Temperatures are rising somewhat in the west. It will be below freezing tonight but will rise to several degrees above Friday. Richmond Richmond and Wayne county soldiers in camp at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., are rapidly preparing to go to France and according to Lawrence Hoover, one of the soldiers from , here, the men will be ready by February 1. Hoover, who was recently mads a corporal, in a letter received here, says that it is very doubtful if the . soldiers will be allowed to return to their homec at Christmas time. "We would like to see our old home town once more but I don't know of a man who Is homesick." he writes. Most of the Richmond and Wayne

Grand Opera Singer, Native of Camden, Sells Liberty Bonds CAMDEN, O., Nov. 1. The many

local friends of Mrs. Shirley Munns will be Interested to know that she took an active part in the Second Liberty Loan campaign. She disposed of $40,000 worth of bondaj $15,000 worth to the lieutenant governor of Illinois. She also had the pleasure of being Introduced to Lord Northcliffe at the Blackstone hotel. Mrs. Munns is the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Pocock of this place and is the leading contralto singer with the Chicago Grand Opera company. She is becoming quite a favorite under the stage name of Cyrena Van Gordon. MIRTH RULES ON HALLOWE'EN If you found your gate or porch swing several blocks away from your home, Thursday morning, don't blame the "bad" boys. Because boys will never be anything but boys, and the spirit of mirth ruled Wednesday night when the goblins and spooks appeared for their annual frolic. Youth reveled in grotesqueries while old age nodded over cider, and the serious side of life was momentarily forgotten. Hundreds of girls and boys paraded Main street from early evening until after midnight, puzzling their friends as to their identity. ; Fewer complaints were received by the police than in previous years, and no corn was wasted by throwing. In former years Main street would be covered with the white grains on Hallowe'en night, but not so this year. The merry revelers realized that the country is in war. Several hundred persons en masque attended a public dance at the Coliseum. The merry couples danced until late into the night, and then the goblins finally vanished into the night, not to appear again until next year. Japan Cant Send Troops to Europe, Says Baron Megata A PACIFIC PORT,. Nov. 1. Baron Taneta.ro Megata, head of the Japanese financial commission that has ar rived here, said Joday , ttrwar lmpqsW sible for Japan to send ua army to aid the allies on the European battlefront. "If In the face of physical Impossibility, Japan should be foolhardy enough to make a superhuman effort to send troops and if she speedily became exhausted," he said, "who would then protect the Orient If Germany remained undefeated?" "Though we have sent no troops to Europe," he said, "we have helped in other ways. Our navy Is serving the allied cause in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean and our merchant nmriue is largely at the disposal of the allies. Japanese ships do practically all of the carrying between Asia and Europe." Baron Megata said that the great distance and the conditions of the trans-Siberia railroad Btood in the way of sending troops to Russia, for, once sent there they could not be supplied. TOTAL IS INCREASED WASHINGTON. Nov. ly The total of the treasury's latest offering of certificates of indebtedness of indefinite amounts was increased today to $585,572,000.

Dudley Hughes Given War Cross For Bravery in Saving Wounded

Before America began sending her troops overseas to the aid of bleeding Franc young Dudley Hughes, grandson of William Dudley Foulke and of the late Rev. Isaac Hughes, for years pastor of First Presbyterian church, Richmond, gave his services to the French in the ambulance service. How young Hughes recently won the Croix de Guerre, or war cross, for conspicuous gallantry on the field of battle, is told in a letter from the young man's father, Rev. Stanley Hughes, of Newport, R. I., to his mother, Mrs. Jane Hughes, C23 North Ninth street. "We have just heard the wonderful news," writes Rev. Mr. Hughes, "that Dudley has received the Croix de Guerre, or war cross, which is given by the French government for distinguished service ... Dudley, it seems, was given the cross for bravery In Soldiers at county soldiers at Hattiesburg are in M company The men like Hattiesburg better than they did the camp at Louisville, according to Hoover as it is more life "real army life" where they are, stationed many national guard companies. M company, in which are most of the Richmond men, leads the other companies of the regiment in athletics, Hoover says. The company ranks third in the sale of Liberty bonds. Proud to be Soldier. The heart of a soldier beats fast and he is proud to be one of Uncle Sam's protectors when the bands play the "Star Spangled Banner" and the sol

AIR RAID BY 30 PLANES IS FAILURE

Eight Killed But Only Three Machines Get Into - London. LONDON, Nov. 1. Eight persons were killed and 21 others were injured in the German air raid last night, ao cording to an official statement issued today by the British war departmenL About 30 airplanes in seven groups took part In the raid. Three of them penetrated to the heart of London, says an official report today. The casualties and damages were slight. Lord French, commander of the home defenses, respecting last night's air raid, says the German aviators took advantage of the clouds to pre vent any decisive engagements. e BARRAGE FIRE AND AIR ATTACKS USED ON FOE Seven groups of German airplanes, totaling about 30 machines, made a de termined effort to bombard London last night, but apparently not more than three of them succeeded in pene trating to the heart of the city, a few others reaching the outskirts. The British defensive measure barrage fire and attacks by British air craft broke up the enemy formation The few bombs dropped in London did slight damage and the casualties are reported to have been comparatively few. - Infantry fighting on the French front last night wa3 of limited extent. The most important was an attack by the Germans northwest of Rhiems, which was repulsed by the French. WASP SHELLS LIFE BOATS AN ATLANTIC PORT. Nov. 1. A German submarine torpedoed and sunk the British steamship East Wales, of 4321 tons gross, off Queenstown on October 14, according to a survivor, who arrived here today. One of two U-boats which took part In the attack - shelled the open life boats and. , four tof the crew perished and five others were.wounded. Pennies Are Rare; War Tax to Blame A penny famine has struck Rich mond according to Richmond bankers, Thursday. There's also a scarcity of nickels and dimes the bankers said! Never before has the lowly "copper" been in such demand throughout the country, due to extra government war taxes are many articles. Bankers are unable to get pennies from Cincinnati or Indianapolis banks as the same situation is confronting bakers there. Stamps have been used by several merchants in the place of pennies. One of the best ways to temporarily remedy the situation, Lawrence Handley, cashier of the German-American, bank, is for parents whose children have penny banks filled to take them to some bank Immediately. With added government taxes becoming effective Thursday the scarcity, it is believed, will become worse. t rescuing the wounded under heavy shell fire. War Must Go On. "With the shameful collapse of Russia and the equally serious, if not so cowardly, retreat of the Italians it Is plain that the war must go on for years. Only a thorough defeat of Germany will serve to win, and she 1 has grown stronger and stronger by these two victories. Many, many useful lives will have to be sacrificed, it seems. . "My church gets on very well indeed, and we are going a great deal of work for the sailor boys. A great many of them come to our services. Among other things we are preparing to adopt two French orphans and give them an education. "We must pray daily for victory for our brave soldiers. On them the burden of the war will now fall. God give them great success."

Hattiesburg Will be

diers stand at attention, Hoover writes. Camp Shelby is located about ten miles southeast oi Hattiesburg, Miss., In the heart of a large forest which has been partly cleared. The men are now housed in tents instead of barracks as they were housed while in Camp Taylor. The tents have wooden floors, electric lights and a small stove. Ten tents are twenty feet square and from eight to twelve men sleep In them each night The men are drilled for twenty;five minutes and then rest for five minutes. Wednesday afternoon the men

By DR. RAY LYMAN WILBUR, President of.Leland Stanford University. We've got to conserve our food or lose the war. There it is, a stark, unvarnished threat, based on a thousand different contributory causes, but merciless in its single truth. You may take it or leave it, but there it stands. And there it will 6tand : Conservation or defeat. If the spirit of self sacrifice cannot persuade us to action, the instinct of self preservation must. Those people whose motto In life is "Let Georgs; doJlt,"i fctai'tfcss,utoe-feat tne creation or. a rood administration ln'Washlagton will solve all food problems automatically. They 'expect to have a nice front orchestra seat where they can sit back and watch a magician named "Conservation" step out upon the stage, wave his wand, mutter an "Abracadabra!" or two, and BEERSHEBA IS CAPTURED LONDON, Nov. 1. The city of Beer6heba in Palestine has been captured by the British, it is announced officially. (By Associated Press Indications from Palestine are that with the advent of favorable weather the British are resuming their active campaign up to the Syrian coast. The capture by British troops of Beersheba, approximately 40 miles southwest of Jerusalem, is reported In an official statement today. When the operations In Palestine halted last spring, the British had pushed up the coast from Sinai penninsula to the gates of Gaza, on the coast In southern Palestine, while in interior Palestine their columns had advanced on a virtually parallel front to the vicinity of Beersheba. There were reports that there had been a penetration as far northward as Hebron, which is less than 20 miles from Jerusalem, but apparently there was no definite advance of the British main force to this point. Reports early last month stated that the British and revolting Arab forces from the southern interior had effected a junction in southern Palestine and that combined operations by these forces against the urks might be expected shortly. MEANS IS INDICTED CONCORD, N. Car., Nov. 1. Gaston B. Means was indicted today by the grand jury for the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, a wealthy widow, here last August. have to themselves, however, as It is field day and cash prizes are awarded. M company had already taken several prizes In these competetive events. Plenty of Fun. And there is plenty of entertinment for the men. They have vaudeville and Chautauqua house which furnishes entertainment at a nominal price. The men are off all day Saturday and Sunday and often prepare a lunch and hike into the nearby forest in search of lizzards, rattlesnakes and holly cotton. . Hunting rattlesnakes Is an entirely new attraction for Indiana men he says.

Lest We Forget

then extract from the previously empty urn all sorts of good things to eat: Unfortunately that Isn't the way life works nor food : conservation either. The only magic there is in it is just precisely what you yourself put there. The only thing in the urn will be what you put in, and leave in. In a democracy like ours there is just one way to save a vast store of food, and that is by the unremitting and concerted voluntary effort of all. This applies to groups as' well as individuals. There must be co-operation, and it must come from those bodies in the.dei'bcraywhieh are already organixed.' Fraternal organizations must do their share. Patriotic societies must not lag behind. Associations of labor must show themselves not want ing in that hour when the very co-operation which is their watchword and aim can be employed for the good of, the commonwealth.

Wayne County Women Rally to Food Conservation Campaign; Indiana First Among States

TELEGRAM To Miss M. E. Culbertson, Richmond, Ind. Many states report one hundred percent enrollment this morning. Indiana first in list of states. Redouble your efforts to keep us ahead list. Phone , every aide to cover her territory and put enrollment card in every window. Your work supplants work of schools, churches, clubs, it puts the finishing touch on the campaign. Send reports each day, cards next week. BARNARD. Federal Food Administrator. Thanks to the energetic and patriotic efforts of Richmond women who are "at the helm in the movement here, Richmond and Wayne county are occupying a conspicuous position in the food conservation campaign that is now under way. Mrs. H. L. Monarch, secretary of the publicity committee, yesterday placed nearly 1,500 pledge cards with women in Richmond factories, and with children in the several parochial schools. ,W. C. Seeker, who was chairman of the city Liberty Loan committee, also assisted in this distribution of pledge cards. Today the work of mailing out to practically every home in the city envelopes containing pledge cards was begun and between now and Saturday these cards will have been received. The committee believes that practically every woman in Richmond understands the plan under which the national food conservation commission is working. No Stamp Required. Cards which are received by mail

Ready For France

M company was the original national guard company of Newcastle and was commanded by Captain Harrington. Hoover says that the men are a "jolly bunch and we mix with the older ones who have had previous training in the army." The men are taking up trench fighting now and are also learning how to throw hand grenades. The men have finished their close order drills, and are now preparing in earnest for the strenuous work which will be encountered upon reaching France. - E. M. Learner There. E. M. Learner, formerly of the Rich

Most of all, the churches must prove worthy of their high calling. Theirs Is now the great opportunity of proving that they are capable of practicing what they preach. In the main it is the horaemakers and housewives upon whom the saving of food depends. It is upon their foresight, their susceptibility to advice

and their individual ingenuity and de votion that national economy rests. Food administration is a convenient term to designate those who counsel or guide, but such effort can be no more than s rope of sand unless it: is supplemented Jhe food -administration of the home. 1 ; Our allies, fighting, men In the trenches and omen and children at home, need wheat, beef, pork, dairy products and sugar. We have those foods. We shall have plenty to send over when it is needed if we are willing to make the slight substitution necessary in our own diet. should be signed, if the housewife already has not signed one, and mailed immediately. There is no stamp required. The post office authorities will see that each card mailed is returned to the local committee which in turn will send it to the State organization and later the State will report to th.3 national food commission. On every hand the committee is receiving encouragement and scores of women who during the original campaign declined to sign pledge cards, are now much interested in the movement. They have realized fully what must bs done in this country to assist in the fight for liberty and they also are realizing that unless this program 'of food economy is voluntarily done, the government will be compelled to resort to the card system, limiting purchases of certain foods, as is now being done in some of the European countries that are in the war. Hen No. 707 is Egg Champion of World LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 1. Hen Number 70", a White Leghorn, owned by Dr. R. Lindsey Ireland, of Louisville, last night was announced as the winner of the year's national egg laying contest at the Kentucky Experiment station here. She laid 289 eggs and was for a time believed on the way to break the , world's record of 314. The lighter breeds outlayed the heavier practically through the entire year, the records show. mond Y. M. a A., is stationed about five miles away from the Richmond men and the Y. M. C. A. halls are popular with the men. Band concerts and vaudeville shows are given regularly. "The army is a wonderful organization and it i3 hard to understand how the work moves so smoothly," Hoover says. "I think the most interesting part of the day is a retreat at 5:20 o'clock In the evening. We are assembled in a double alignment down the different avenues and are called to attention. "Every soldier stands perfectly still. "The band strikes up "The Star Spangled Banner." The first lieuten

R OF PRISONERS INCREASED TO 180,000 Germans Claim They Are Pushing On Heels of Fleeing Disorganized Italian Forces. 1 ,500 GUNS TAKEN BERLIN, (via London). Nov. 1. The Austro-German forces invading Italy have increased the number of prisoners taken to more than 180,000. They have captured 1,500 Italian guns. The. foregoing information was officially announced today by the German war office. The German statement says the Teuton's fourteenth army yesterday gained another great victory. Portions for the Italian's retreating forces made a stand at the Tagliamento river. The bridge head positions at Dignano and Codripo were captured by the Germans. The Austro-Germans penetrated the rear guard positions of the Italians to the east of the lower Tagliamento where they cut off and captured 60,000 Italians. ' - WOUNDED ITALIAN OFFICERS SICK TO GET INTO FRAY LONDON, Nov. 1. The disaster on the Isonzo has welded together all seclitical antagonism, says the Milan correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, who adds that everything Is being done to meet the invasion. Troops are being rushed from depots and all availAll the great arteries of transport are being utilized fcr military purposes. Hundreds 'of convalescent officers in all hospitals are demanding that they be sent to the front Eight hundred such applications were made in Rome alone. The whole third army of the Carso, with its guns and material, got away safely, the correspondent adds, and will give battle, "when the time comes." The Austro-Germans are being held in check and tie concentration on the Venetian plains is proceeding without hindrance. IT ALf ANS O RAWW-i P-- . ' LINE OF STEEL TOWARD FOE ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, Nov. . 1. (By Associated Press) Premier Lloyd George has said that the horrors of a Zeppelin raid received much attention whereas in their relative importance to vast sections of London remaining untouched, they are insignificant. Exactly the same conditions exist here, for while the horrors of the recent experience stand out boldly to those who went through It. yet this i3 offset by the magnitude of the beneficial military and strategic results accomplished. Exactly what these are cannot b9 even hinted at for the present but the main fact is that another wall another line of steel will face the enemy and all Europe and America are now doing their part to second Italy's tremendous task. SAYS THEY'RE HOLDING FOE ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Wednesday. Oct. 21. (By A. P.) As the bulletin of Genral Cadorna, the commander in chief, indicates, the Italian troops perfectly reorganized, are holding back the enemy at a distance of seven miles west of Udine. LIVE STOCK IN BURNED Three horses, two cows, a mule and a hog were burned to death Wednesday night when the barn on the farm owned and occupied by Charles Hire, three miles northwest of Richmond, was completely destroyed by fire, causing a loss estimated at more than $2,000. Hire said Thursday that be believed that the barn was set afire and that he had the imprints of a man's shoes In the rear of the barn. He said he followed the tracks through a cornfield back to the main road nearby. The blaze started at about 9 o'clock and Hire rushed into the flames In an attempt to save his horses and stock. He released two mules and drove them out of the barn but could not reach the horses and cows. He was slightly burned. One of the mules ran back into the barn to its death. Fire Chief Miller and hose company No. 5 were called but arrived too late to save the barn. February 1 ant standing erect before his men salutes the flag and a man's heart beats fast and he is proud to be one of Uncle Sam's protectors." Hattiesburar, Hoover says, Is a town of about 13,000 inhabitants and the. merchants are prospering as the result of the military camp being stationed near to the town. The town is "dry and military police are stationed la It. The food the men get Is not fancy. But it's very nourishingr and there Is plenty of it - And. the water Is well filtered. - ; -;r, "We are In the regular array now and consider ourselves full-Hedged soldiers." -. -

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