Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 38, 26 December 1917 — Page 2

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PAGE TWO THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26, 1917.

50 BRICKLAYERS ORDERED TAKEN FOR PERSHING Will Get Them From Indiana ; Either by Draft or Voluntary Induction Into Service.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. The new draft machinery was invoked for the first time when Provost Marshal Crowder made public today instructions to all governors calling for the mobilization of 1.000 bricklayers urgently needed by General Pershing at once. Local boards are called upon to examine questionnaires now being returned and report as rapidly as possible the number of bricklayers of draft age available for service. Only white bricklayers will be taken either by draft or by voluntary induction Into the military service through local boards. They will be forwarded to the aviation section, 6ignal corps at Kelly field. San Antonio, Tex. The purpose for which they are to be used in France is not disclosed. The order is the first application of the special occupational classification provision of the new draft regulations. The bricklayers in any board jurisdiction will be assembled as their draft number relationship to each other but without regard to the men in any other occupations. Gen. Crowder's letters to the governors indicates that similar calls for other trades are to be expected. NO BRICKLAYERS REGISTERED IN RICHMOND IS BELIEF The Richmond selective army board started Wednesday to examine questionnaires which have been returned to the board for the names of bricklayers. Sheriff Carr, chairman of the board, said that he did not believe that any brick masons were registered in the first district. If any bricklayers In Richmond are registered they will be inducted into military service, regardless of their classification under the new regulations. The board has also nearly exhausted its supply of questionnaires and the work of classifying the men in the limited time may be delayed because f the Inability of the boar'l to secure more forms. GOAL POOL IS NEAR-GARFIELD WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 Fuel Administrator Gjrfield told the senate investigating committee today that if the war continued very long the government would be compelled to pool oal and sell it at reasonable prices. Some coal operators, he said, were making the greatest profits in their history, but he considered high prices a stimulus to the great production the war demands. The fuel administrator said he saw little relief in prospect for the railroads until their operation was centralized. Private consumers have felt the shortage because the government has come first in its demands, but that rule has been changed in the last few days. Dr. Garfield said. "We are giving it to the people first now," he said. "With a discontented people we could not make much progress in the war. Dr. Garfield said he did not want to place blame for lack of transportation on any one nor did he want to try to shift the blame that might be attached to his administration. He added that it was impossible for the railroads to cope with the situation. "Unless conditions are improved I may abrogate contracts and divert shipments to prevent congestion," Dr. Garfield said. "I think that a wise plan," remarked Senator Kenyon. City Statistics Deathsh and Funerals. PARISH Mary E. Parish. 6G years old, widow of William Parish, died at the Reid Memorial hospital Tuesday morning. She resided at 313 North Fourth street, and has been a resident of Richmond all her life. The funeral services will be conducted Thursday afctrnoon at 2 o'clock from the parlors of Doan and Klute. Burial will he in Karlham cemetery. Friends mav call at any time. ELLIOTT Mrs. Avis J. Elliott, 85 years old, died Monday, at her home, near Greentown, Howard county. The body arrived in Richmond Wednesday morning and was taken directly to Earlhani cemetery. Short services were held at the grave by Rev. Charles Woodman. JOHNSON Mary Johnson, 43 years old, died at her residence, 1421 North G street Tuesday morning. She is survived by her husband, John F. Johnson: five sons, John Taylor, Levi Taylor, Hamilton, Verlin and Clifford Clay and one daughter. Mildred Clay. The funeral services will be conducted from the Mt. Moriah church, Friday at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery. Friends may call at any time. SHERWOOD Ray R. Sherwood, 23 years old died at Hattiesburg. Miss., Dec. 21. He was a soldier in the One Hundred and Fifty-first Infantry. He is survived by his wife and child both residing at Wcstville, Ohio. The funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 at the Friends' church at Westville. Ohio. Burial in the New Paris cemetery. BELL Mrs. Louisa Bell, 40 years old. died at the Reid Memorial -hospital Tuesday morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. WILLIAMS IS TIPEED.

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Way i Captain W. M. Meredith, Wayne county man, who was for many years r. director of the United States bureau of engraving and printing, who died Monday, was buried Wednesday in Washington, D. C. He was eighty-two years old and was an uncle of Meredith Nicholson, the famous author. Captain Meredith, who was born in Centerville, Ind., was widely known in Richmond. Most of his boyhood and young manhood was spent in Indianapolis, however. At the outbreak of the civil war he became a recruiting officer at Indianapolis, and then, with the rank of captain, he became the commander of a company of volunteers that became a part of the 70th Indiana infantry, of which Benjamin Harrison was colonel. He was married after the war and three of the four children who survive him were born in Indianapolis. He was at one time foreman of the composing room of the St. Louis GlobeDemocrat. He was a member of the Indiana Society of Washington, and it was always with pride that he referred to Indiana as his native state. He last visited Indianapolis about two years ago, when he returned to attend the funeral of his sister. Mrs. Edward Nicholson, mother of Meredith Nicholson. ' Reappointed by McKinley. He became director of the bureau of engraving and printing during President Harrison's administration, and after leaving this position during Little Girl Thinks Chief Ed is Santa The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fuller, 312 South Eleventh street, certainly believes in Santa Claus. And she was certain, Christmas morning, that Fire Chief Miller was old Santa himself, when the chief, in answer to a fire alarm, suddenly appeared in the little girl's room as she lay wrapped in bed, awaiting Santa's arrival. The chief stepped on the bed and drew himself through a hole and into the attic where soot was smoldering The little girl's eyes widened as she quietly watched the chief disappear. Several minutes later the chief came down the hole again. The girl didn't move. "Hollo Santa Claus." she suddenly cried as she sat up in bed. And far be it from the chief to destroy such a fond dream. And he asked her if she had been a good little girl and she said that she had. Then her parents came in from the outside of the house, where they attempted to locate the fire, and the little girl was sure that she had seen Old Santa himself. Turtles Are Finicky, So Hoosiers Get Soup For Christmas Dinner HAMMOND, Ind., Dec. 26. Routine efficiency of the rew YorK central yards at Gibson wis ruined on Christmas, eastern roads having put embargoes on all freight, except live stock and perishables. The Chicago & Northwestern notified the Indiana Harbor Belt railway that it. had a carload of turtles for ea;;t rn delivery. Turtles were not classified as either live stock or perishable by the Indiana Harbor Belt, but the Northwestern claimed they were both, so the car was shipped, classed as live stock. Undr the interstate commerce law they had to be fed. General Manager George Hannauer declared turtles were meat eaters. Beef was purchased for them. They refused it. Then corn was purchased and also scorned by the turtles. "When it appeared they ate neither meat nor grain, but ate things they found in the soil, they were let loose, but in such numbers that they escaped. In consequence, there is a turtle every two feet between Gibson and Hammond, and every brakeman that went home had one tucked under his arm for Christmas dinner. W. W. BLACKWELL DIES HENDERSON, Ky., Dec. 26. W. V. Blackwell, a decade ago supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and since recognized as an authority on affairs of the order, died at his home here today after suffering a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Blackwell was 65 years old.

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President McKinley's first term of office, was reappointed during President McKinley's second administration. In 1907 he was transferred to another position in the treasury department, where he had been ever since. He was a member of the destruction committee of the bureau of engraving and printing, which is under the supervision of the United States treasury. He remained at his work until about five weeks ago, when he was taken ill. Captain Meredith leaves four children, A. A. Meredith and Miss Margaret Meredith, of Washington, and Mrs. C. II. Burras and Mrs. G. W. Farrell, of Chicago. ONE KILLED, FOUR HURT AT CLINTON TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 26. As a result of a head-on collision between an interrurban car and an automobile at Clinton at an early hour this morning, one man is dead and four others are in a local hospital badly injured. Two of these may die. All of the victims of the accident are residents of Clinton and vicinity. Samuel Pitman, 18 years old, son of John Pitman, a Clinton coal miner, was killed. The injured are: Roy Reeder, 20 years old, skull fractured and injured internally, who may die; Milton Brodock, Jr., 20, son of retired farmer; Martin Fermenti and Tony Santanro, Italian coal miners. Roger Giles Lands Safely in France Roger Giles, son of Superintendent Giles, has arrived in France. Young Giles is a member of the Lily Base Hospital unit. He sailed from New York, December 3. Superintendent Giles received word Saturday night from Indianapolis of his safe arrival. CAXADIAXS YOUNG There i3 a hustling and bustling across our northern border these days. It is in preparation of the coming of the Winter Sports season. Young and old are busily engaged in overhauling skates, skils, sleds, sleighs and snowshoes; inspecting hockey sticks and lacrosse racquets; wondering if last year's brightly colored sport outfit will stand another season s wear. Wartime urges this economy. Winter months do not spell close housing for Canadians. Quite the contrary! Every possible hour is spent in the open in the pursuit of tome popular sport. This outdoor life results in rosy cheeks, happy spirits and rugged health.

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AND OLD-XOW WELCOME WINTER SPORTS

No particular locality has a monopoly on these sports, nor is the season a brief one. From first fall of enow until skates and sleds go into retirement because of disappearance of ice, you will find Canadians enjoying outdoor recreations. Americans who visit Quebec in winter time are astonished at the popularity of the famous three-track toboggan slide on Dufferin Terrace overlooking Lower Town and the mighty St. Lawrence. All day long and late into night toboggans may be seen gliding from the Citadel Heights, past turreted Chateau Frontenac and on down the Terrace at a forty-mile-a-minuta clip. Banff in the Canadian Rockies, is

100 BANDITS CROSS LINE

MAREA, Tex., Dec. 26 American troops today were guarding all outlets to Van Morne Canyon, where 100 Mexican bandits on Christmas morning, crossed the American border, raided the postoffice and general store on the.Brite Rranch, 27 miles southeast of here, killed Michael Welch, a veteran stage driver and his two Mexican passengers, wounded Sam Neill, foreman of the Brite Ranch and carried away booty estimated to be worth $7,000. After the bandits disappeared over the rim rock, which rises abruptly more than 1,000 feet above the Rio Grande, the soldiers, who were in close pursuit fired many rounds at them and are reported to have killed and wounded many of the Mexicans. The shootin compelled the bandits to abandon the horses on which they carried the loot. Col. George T. Langhorne, in command of the American forces in the Big Bend, expected the pursuit to be resumed at daybreak. When the bandits attacked the ranch, Neill. with his wife and a number of ranch hands barricaded themselves in a house until United States soldiers had been sent to their assistance. Cavalrymen, under command of Captain Leslie A. Sprinkle, were sent to the Brite ranch in automobiles, the soldiers leaving camp just a few minutes before mess call for their annual Christmas dinner was to have been sounded. When the raiders sighted the approaching cavalry, they abandoned the work of pillage and rode off over the rim rock toward the southwest. At the point where the bandits dropped from sight of the pursuing troops there is an abrupt descent of more than 1,000 feet. When the sol diers had gone as far as possible in automobiles, they continued the pursuit on foot to the edge of the rim rock, where they did some expert shooting at the fleeing bandits at a distance of more than 1,000 yards. LABOR SECRETARY SLIGHTLY ILL WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 Secretary of Labor Wilson today is ill from overwork on his long trip through the West mediating labor disputes. It is not known when he will be able to resume his official duties, though his illness is not regarded as dangerous. Girardin Exhibits Work in Cincinnati Frank J. Girardin1, Richmond artist, is exhibiting a number of his pictures in Cincinnati. The Commercial-Tribune publishes the following under the head of Art News: "The well-known landscape painter. Frank Giradin, of Richmond, Ind., is exhibiting some of his charming woodland scenes at the Savoy hotel. No painter understands the truths of the woods better than Girardin. His portrayal of great beech trees with the play of sunlight and shadow through their branches is wonderfully convincing. They must be seen to be appreciated." Folks here at home can do their tasks without a lot of things, but the boys across the seas cannot do theirs without guns and munitions, food and clothes. Save and Serve. known far and wide as a summer playground whither thousands annually wend their ways. Banff is not dead in Winter. No indeed! The transcontinental traveler who drop3 off there in Winter will find her very much alive and indulging in every known winter sport. He may take his choice of unrivalled skating rinks, toboggan slides, curling rinks, skiing routes, and, what is to be found nowhere else on this continent, outdoor bathing pools of warm water in which he may take a plunge in comfort while ringed about by snow and ice and envious fur-clad spectators. If you doubt this, drop off and see for yourself. .

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Aeroplane camera set One of the most important tasks of the airmen of the allies has been reconnoisance work. The flyers are depended upon to spot the enemy batteries, the opposing trenches, movements of troops behind the enemy's line and like activities. For this work a new camera has been devised and it is being attached to all planes of the American aviation corps which will be used in scout service. The Royal flying corps of England has used it with success. German Conscripts Under Guard FRENCH FRONT, Dec. 26. German soldiers from some of the towns of Prussia are sent to the front under armed guards "as criminals are led to the executioner," says a letter found on a dead German soldier, who was killed in a recent battle on the French front. The writer had given a vivid description of the scene at the departure of a detachment of reinforcements from Saarlouis, a town in Rhenish Prussia. The recruits were intended to fill the gaps in a battalion which had suffered heavy losses. The writer says: "The first battalion is ordered to furnish a reinforcing detachment of 99 men. To escort them to the Saarlouis station 300 men have been ordered out, some of them with arms to march alongside the men going off and others to act as pickets on the way to the station. The men were all "ready in the afternoon and had to wait some time for another squad of comrades from the first company of convalescents, who eventualy arrived. "What a scene! Ahead marched a squad of guards and to right and left of each file two armed guards, while another squad of guards brought up the rear to guard these German soldiers our brave soldiers in field gray who, acording to the magnificently phrased stories of the newspapers, dash forward full of joy and sus Bank Deposits Are Larger Than Ever Richmond merchants . and individu als are prospering as they never have j before if the amount of money deposited in one single day in the Second National bank signifies anything. More than $125,000 was received in deposits in currency alone, at the bank Monday. A steady stream of persons poured Into the bank during the day, making deposits and the receiving tellers. Earl Lundy and Albert Morrel kept leceiving m6ney from the time the bank opened untjl it closed. Dudley Elmer, cashier of the bank, said Wednesday that the amount of currency handled Monday was the largest ever handled on any previous day. his was exclusive of checks. Only One "BROMO QUININE" To get the genuine, call for full name LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for signature of E. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. 30c.

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Sent to Front of Armed Soldiers tained by love of fatherland to destroy our enemies. "The detachment moved off with a band playing a march. The guards were so numerous that tJhere was one for every' two men of the departing detachment. Is it not a scandal that our children in field gray should ue led to war to fight and shed thir blood in the same way as criminalare led to the executioner, or, still worse, like cattle to the slaughter house? It was not sufficient that for hours beforehand in fact, from the moment of the announcement of the departure of the dPtaehme-Tit even soldiers who did not telong to it were prevented from going into ike town by sentinels posted every five yards. No. it was considered necessary to submit the men to the shame of marching to the depot under, guard. "Do net the magnificent mendacious articles in our papers represent in a false light our brave boys in rie'd gray going to fight and destroy thf enemy for the love of thv fatherland, while such things as these are happening? Verily it is a voluntary sacrifice!" Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itchin.e, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Pilps. First application gives relief. 50c. Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Druggists refund money if it fails. 25c to Shop A.fter All"

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