Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 84, 18 February 1918 — Page 1

THE BIGHMOMD F JdULABIUM

VOL. XLIH., S3, Palladium and Sun-Telesram Connolldated 1907 RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 18, 1918 SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

4,000 KILLED WHEN KIEV IS TAKEN BY BOLSHEVIK! Russia, Ravaged by Civil War Is Apparently About to Be Subjected to Another Military Attack by Huns. POLES WIN BATTLE

(By Associated Press) PETROGRAD. Saturday, Feb. 9. Kiev, one of the principal cities of Ukraine was captured by the Bolshevlkl on Friday after Banpruinary fighting. The streets were filled with dead or wounded while the fighting was at the highest on Thursday the city was bombarded by Bolshevik! aviators. The casualties at Kiev are estimated at 4,000 killed and 7,000 wounded. Polish troops have defeated the Bolsheviki at Bobruisk, 85 miles southeast of Minsk. Other Poles are advancing toward Smolensk. Rumanians control the Akkerman district of Bessarabia and are threatening Odessa. (By Associated Press) Belated dispatches from Russia furnish further revelations of the disordered conditions prevailing throughout tbo former empire, ravaged by civil war and apparently about to be subjected to another military attack by Germany, The thick of the fighting lias been in the Ukraine from which fertile region the central powers have been confidently expecting shortly to secure supplies of foodstuffs to . replenish their sadly depleted stock. Kiev, the seat of the government of the pew Ukrainian republic, which made peace with Germany and Austria, is reported to have been captured by the Bolshevtki on February ft arter fighting in which the killed was estimated at 4,000 and the wounded at 7,000. About the same time there was a battle In the streets of Odessa the great grain shipping port on the Black Sea, In which hundreds of persons were killed and the city was bombarded by warships. On the ether hand the Bolshevik! are reported to have been defeated by the revolting Polish troops in northern Russia, the Poles winning a battle nt Bobrinsk, some 83 miles southeast of Minsk and sendln gtheir forces oHoward-tinOrnSk; trt" The road "to" Moscow and nearly 200 miles northeast of Minsk. In the tvo air raids of Saturday and Sunday night on London the Germans killed a total of 10 persons and Injured 41. In each case only one raider appears to have been able to escape the British barrage and bomb London itteir. The great harm was done by the Sunday night raider when bombs killed 16 persons and injured 37. Boy Scouts Will Meet Scoutmaster Sam Vigran asks members of Troops 2 and 3 Boy Scouts, to meet in the Council Chamber Tuesday evening at 7:15 o'clock. Vigran receiftly took over the leadership ' of these units and is extremely anxious that all members report.. tTIIE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair and warmer tonight. Tuesday increasing cloudiness, probnbly snow or rain with rising temperature. Today's Temperature Noon 40 Yesterday Maximum 25 Minimum IS For Wayne County by W. E. Moore - Partly cloudy tonight. Tuesday, snow " or rain, probably the latter; warmer. General Conditions. The storm which threatened Sunday broke in two sections, one covering the Lakes, with snow in northern Indiana and Illinois, und rnin south of the Ohio river, moating in Tennessee and southern states. The old wave which has prevailed for the lost thirty-six hours, has settled southward and is passing away. Rocky mountain storm is moving eastward and is expected to cause snow or rain generally by Tuesday. Severe cold weather is reported in northwest; 3G below zero at Prince Albert, Sask. By RAY JORDAN Hoy power in Richmond and Wayne county is to be used more and more as the war goes on. in shops and on farms where men have responded to their country's call. Richard Study, 157 South Thirteenth street, who is in charge of the boys working reserve in Wayne county said Saturday that it was hoped that .SOU Richmond nud Wayne county boys would be enrolled to supplant man power on the farms. There are about 4,o04 Wayne county boys who will be asked to enrolFfor agricultural work during the week of March IS which Is the week set aside as national enrollment week for the 1'. S. boys working reserve. ' The country boys in the city and the city boy on the farm lias long been the favori'.j Jokes of the jokesmiths. Lut tk-j farmer toy in the city has

Boy Power in Richmond and Wayne County Will be Mobilized For Farm Work

Will Make Intensive Advertising Campaign

for "Liberty Dollars NEW YORK, Feb. lS.-Because It Is expected the third Liberty Loan will be "of tremendous size," a proportionate effort is being planned to insure its overwhelming success, it was announced by the Liberty Loan committee here today. A feature of the coming drive for "Liberty dollars" will be one of the most intensive advertising campaigns in history it was stated. This will be imperative because of the great variety of demands upon public attention at this time, it was said. A special endeavor will be made to have users of newspapers and other varieties of advertising who assisted generously in the first and second Liberty Loan campaign, contribute still greater allotments of space, the committee announced. GEN. ROBERTSON DECLARES HE HAS NOT RESIGNED British Staff Chief Says He Believes He Has Been Dismissed. LONDON, Feb. 18. The weekly newspaaper National News says it has been informed by General Sir William Robertson, whos resignation as Chief of the British Imperial Staff was announced officially last night, that he has not resigned. General Robertson, interviewed by a representative of the Sunday Times at his residence at 9 o'clock last night, said: "I have not resigned. The only statement t have to make is that it is quite true that I will not accept either position," referring to the posts of Chief of the Imperial General Staff and British representative on the Supreme War Council of Versailles. The political correspondent of the Sunday Times says: "General Robertson considers he has been dismissed. I hear that before the succession (on the Imperial General Staff) was given to General Sir Henry Wilson it was offered to and declined by General Sir Herbert Plumer (Commander of the British forces in Italy), and it is anticipated that other members of the military heirarchy will follow General Robertson into retirement. "The Generals have in fact revolted against the Cabinet, and the gravity of their action can hardly be overestimated. The weakness of the soldiers' twain cm is thntther "cannot 'agree among themselves. "It is not anticipated that the defection of the Generals will wreck the Government, as, apart from a comparatively small section of militarists, there is no great sympathy with the attitude of the soldiers." The correspondent adds that the Earl of Derby may resign as Secretary of State for war. Center Township Sets Record for the Sale of Thrift and War Stamps Center township in Wayne county has established a record for the sale of War and Thrift Saving Stamps. Up to date $13,000 worth of stamps have been sold in the township. Postmaster Beck said Saturday, $3,000 worth of stamps were sold in two days.

Congressmen Honor the Memory of Late Judge D. W. Comstock

WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. Memorial services in honor of the late Judge D. W. Comstock, who was the representative in Congress from the Sixth district of Indiana, were held Sunday 1n the House of Representatives. Expressions of respect were made by Joe Cannon, former Earlham man, Representative Charles Timberlake, also a graduate of Earlham college, Rev. Isaac It. Sherwood of Ohio, a veteran of the Civil War, and Congressmen Merrill Moores, of Fairfield, Barnhart and Dixon from Indiana. Members of the Sixth District colony in Washington attended the services. Congressman Richard N. Elliott, who succeeded Judge Comstock, delivered the principal address of the services, expressing the love and respect for which the late congressman was regarded in his own community. The address follows: "In these days of sorrow and tribulong ceased to be a joke as the farmer boy made good in the city and now the city boy will have a chance to kill the jokes of the city boy on the farm for the city boys everywhere are making good on the farm. The fact that the city boy is beginning to make good on the farm is directly due to the war. To the farmer falls the duty of supplying the world witli food but he alone cannot handle the mamouth crops that the world will I demand in order to win the war so this duty must necessarily fall to the boys between sixteen and twenty-one years old. The organization which is doing the work of putting the town and city boys on the farm is the United States Boys Working Reserve, which is under the direct supervision of the department of labor, and now has a branch in every state, and is working in each

yAfat(a'-'h J I

STRIKERS ARE RETURNING NEW YORK, Feb. 18. The strike bv carnenters in the Atlantic seaboard: shipyards engaged on government eon-4 tracts; is overf-fobwIeerwrttonal or-yi ganizer of the United BrotherhoocV i Carpenters and Joiners, said today. Several thousand men still idle are expected to be at work tomorrow morning. About 3.000 of the strikers returned to work this morning, Mr. Rice estimated. "The men are going back because they have every confidence that President Wilson will adjust this matter to their satisfaction," he said. Perfectly Delighted v IS T. R. When Eighth Arrives NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Col. Theodore Roosevelt who Is convalescing in a hospital here-said he was ''perfectly delighted", when a . Ions djsancu telephone message from Boston today brought word of the birth in that city of his eighth grandchild a boy born to Captain and Mrs. Archie- Roosevelt. t lation, when the world is on fire and we are daily called upon to witness scenes of carnage and suffering such as the world has never before been called to look upon, it is hard for us to realize, living as we do so far from the scene of conflict, what this war means to this world. It is impossible for us to conceive of the untold suffering which war brings to the nations which are engaged in it. Men who have gone through the terrible scourge of fire and blood and endured hardships and the sufferings of the late Civil War can,- perhaps, in a measure, realize what it all means. Should Not Forget Them "While we are now most intensely interested in the daily reports of the present war and are engaged with our own troubles connected with the terribleconflict now raging in Europe, we should not forget that we, as a naContinuecJ On Page Five. county through the county councils of defense. Richard Study is now in charge of the boys working reserve in Wayne county, has started enrolling the boys throughout the county. Blanks, which answer as miniature questionnaires have been placed in the hands of all the school principals and teachers in the county schools with the request that they ask the boys to take them home and talk it over with their parents and then fill out and return. Pledge for Service. All boys who enroll in these classes are required to sign the following pledge: "I have enough purpose and persistency and patriotism to train hard this winter so I can substitute on a farm next summer for some older man who has gone to war. Therefore, I apply for membership in the Emer

1

WESTERN FRONT-EASTERN

31 Aviators Killed in Four Months in Texas FT. WORTH, Tex., Feb. 18. A statement from American aviation headquarters here shows that of the 31 killed at the Texas flying field, 20 were English and 11 Americans. The list includes several mechanics who met death on the ground. The flyers have been here four months. Mrs. Susan Cornelias. 77 Years Old, is Dead ' CENTERVILLE, Ind., Feb. IS Mrs. Susan Cornelius, 77 years old, widow of the late George Cornelius, died Sunday at Providence, Ind. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Centerville Christian church. Rev. , Mr. McCormick will be in charge. LONDON, Feb. 18. The casualties in Sunday night's air raid were 1 killed and 37 injured, it was officially announced this afternoon. The official report on Saturday night's casualties reads: "The total casualties caused by the airplane raid Saturday night were killed, 3 men, 5 women and three children; injured 1 man and 3 children." Six German airplanes attempted to attack London on Saturday night, but only one of them cucceeded in reaching the capital. This raider dropped one bomb in the southwestern district. One of the-German airplanes fell into the sea. On Sunday night London was raided again, a number of bombs being dropped in the city. Mrs. Hannah Henderson of Centerville is Dead CENTERVILLE, Ind., Feb. 18. Mrs. Hannah J. Henderson, 85 years old, died Sunday morning at her home. Death was caused by pneumonia. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Methodist church. Rev. Mr. O'Conner will officiate. gency Agricultural Class and hereby pladge myself, if I make good and am accepted, to respond to the call when needed. 'I will be ready.' " Signature of Boy. County Superintendent Williams said that about 1,500 boys were already being employed on the farms of the county. However,' about 2,804 Wayne county boys have not been working on the farms and' it is this group of boys that the reserve wishes to reach. Richmond has 2,212 boys, according to County Superintendent Williams. Already many of them have signified their intention of going on the farm as soon as school is out. The farmers of the state approve of the plan and are giving it their hearty support. A large number of calls for boys to help out during the

19 ARE KILLED IN AIR RAIDS

FRONT

GRAND JORY REGINS PROBE Investigation by the grand jury of alleged discrepancies and overcharges -turaed-tor r.'tEi HrMTidetdtaiI and W. G. Huffman in treating smallpox patients, began Monday. Testimony of about 250 witnesses will be heard. The state board of account has investigated the discrepancies, the bills which were paid by the city. The state board of accounts, Governor Goodrich and Judge Fox, realizing the importance of the investigation, appointed Will W. Reller, deputy prosecutor, to assist Prosecutor Strayer. The prosecutor said Monday that he would not stop at the investigation of these men, but would be glad to probe violations of the law by other city officials. The grand jury is composed of Charles II. Koll, Franklin township; J. F. Borroughs, Harrison township: Orla McKee, Jefferson township: Henry Hoover, New Garden township: Omer Kerlin. Washington township and John L. Weller, Wayne township. Believe Ruling at Forecasts Richmond "dry ' workers are not worrying over the decision of Judge Hostetter of Evansville in the prohibition test suits, Timothy Nicholson, one of the most active prohibition workers of the state said Monday. "There is no reason to believe that the state court will uphold the lower court's decision, even if it is favorable to the breweries," Mr. Nicholson said. "We believe the dry law will hold. In almost every state the Supreme court has decided in favor of prohibition." William H. Kelley, attorney for the Richmond breweries, said Monday that lie had not read the opinion rendered in the prohibition suits at Evansville Saturday, and that he knew nothing about the case. He refused to make a prediction as to the probable action of the state court. The following was written by Mary Henke, a former Eransville newspaper Bummer and spring months have already come in. At many places "Plattsburg" farms have been found available in which the inexperienced city lads can be trained to do all kinds of farm work and thus taking the part away from the farmer of being the teacher. Classes Are Formed Besides the training camps, classes are being formed among the boys, such as corn classes and hog classes to learn them how to keep record of howmuch feed they use in fattening hogs and the cost of an acre of corn, including labor and fertilizer. Ivan Beck, of Richmond. Vocational agricultural director of the boys of Wayne county, is planning to form classes of this kind among the country boys this spring. Demonstrating County Agent Zechiel of Culver, Ind., appointed men, through

U. S. TROOPS IN TRENCHES HAVE OUTWITTED EVERY ROSE OF THE GERMANS

Raids Have Had No Effect on Americans Who Are Restrained With Difficulty by Their Officers from Attacking at Every Opportunity Gen. Pershing Splashes Through Mud and Ice of the Trenches Encouraging Men. (By Associated Press) As the time for more active military operations on the western front approaches, the American expeditionary force is widening its sphere of activity along the front lines. Not only do American soldiers hold a sector of the front east of St. Mihiel, but American artillery is helping the French in Champagne and infantrymen in company with French units are holding the front lines in one of the most famous battle fronts in the world. It is not disclosed where this front is, but it is described as being a place where ruined villages and devastated country tell of hard fought battles in which the Germans pushed forward only to be driven back later by the French. The Americans are well equipped to deal with the enemy and their officers with difficulty restrain them from attacking the Germans at every opportunity. .

WILL RELATE EXPERIENCES Bruce McKay, who has seen service in France with the Cameron Highlanders, and -Victor Van, a Belgian interpreter with the engineer corps, will speak Monday night at S o'clock at the First Presbyterian church, Tenth and North A street. Personal experiences at the front will be related by the speakers. An invitation has been extended to the general public to attend the lectures. The speakers are sent out by the National Council of Defense, and are brought to Richmond by the Men's club of the Presbyterian church. Lieut. Walter Davis May Sail Soon for France Lieutenant Walter Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Davis, 59 South Fifteenth street, will leave Dayton, O., Thursday for an Atlantic seaport from which, he expects to sail soon for France. . ""Lieutenant Davis has "been in training at Dayton nince last spring and was the first Richmond man to receive a commission in the aviation branch of the service. He spent the week end with his parents here and said he would leave Dayton Wednesday. Four Minute Men Will Make Drive for Workers Plans for a series of addresses on enrolling Wayne county men for government service were discussed Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock by a committee of Four-Minute men with Dr. J. J. Rae chairman of the committee in charge. Wayne County's Four-Minute men are. Superintendent Giles, Will W. Reller, Rev. F. W. Dressel, George Seidel, Luther Feeger. Ray K. Shiveley. Secretary Albus, O. K. Dunbar, and Rev. Mr. O'Connor of Centerville. Evansville Victory For "Wets" woman, who w as in the court room at ! Evansville when Judge Hostetter1 handed down a decision on the "dry" suits, which, it is believed, forecasts victory for the "wets" for the present at least. Miss Henke has joined the Palladium staff: Will Speed Suits. EVANSVILLE, Ind.. Feb. IS. The action of Judge F. M. Hostetter, in overruling the demurrer of Prosecutor Osborn to the suits attacking the state dry law, leads to the prediction in Vanderburg county that the final judgment of the court will be in favo of the "wets." The merits of ! the case were presented in the argu-1 ment on the demurrer and the action j of the court is a forecast of what his! final judgment will be when the case' is brought to trial, it is believed. i The Evansville breweries, that brought the suit to obtain an injuncContinued On Page Five. the county council of defense, to solicit farmers through the county and find out how many men and boys they would need to plant and harvest the crops this year. After the boys are enrolled and by means of this survey the number of boys required by the farmers is known, the boys will be distributed among the farmers needing their lid most in planting and harvesting the crops this year. Farmers' Pledge Before accepting the boys the farmer must make the following pledge: "In consideration of the services that they are to render me I shall gladly co-operate with them in their efforts to succeed and will be patient and considerate of them. I realize that their presence on the farm will be indicative of the patriotism that they possess and therefore deserving of an equal amount of patriotic effort,

On the American sector, especially, the Germans have tried various ruees. in an endeavor to outwit the newcomers in the battle line, but in vain. Raids have had no effect. The enemy has tapped and destroyed telephone lines; Be has sent np false signals and has charged his wire entanglements with electricity, but h has been outmaneuvered each time. Only Small Raids. Except for a few small raids, only the artillery has been active at various point3 on the British, French and American fronts. British airmen have been intensely busy dropping bombs on German towns, and downing enemy airplanes. Seven German arrjrlane were, brought down by the British Saturday and seven more disabled. The British losses were five. ' Communication with Petrograd has been restored and delayed reports tell of serious rioting there and of indications that the Bol6heviki power is waning. An ultimatum again has been sent to Rumania. This time the Rumanians are asked to evacuate Bessarabia and to permit Russian troops to pass through Rumanian territory and Bessarabia. Kiev, which until a few days ago was the capital of the Ukraine, is the center of m jch fighting and it is reported Germany intends sending troops there imrrediately to help the Kiev rada against the Bolsheviki. German airplanes raided London again Sunday night. Only one raider got through the defenses Saturday, while one of another group which attacked Dover was brought down into the sea. Last night several bombs were dropped in and around London. Returns From Inspection WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. Feb. 18 (By the Associated Press). General Pershing has complettd a two-days' inspection of the American sector northwest of Toul In a "tin hat" with a t,as mask swung over his chest at the alert position the American commander-in-chief walked through the first line trenches, splashed through the mud and slipping on the ice. he dropped down into the dugouts and visited batteries busy hurling "fron rations" at the enemy. In all places the general asked innumerable questions especially of th men with regard to food, how they were and how they liked conditions. All except one cook agreed that they were satisfied with, everything. To the cook General Pershing said: "You are getting enough to eat?" "No. sir," the cook replied. "What," said the general; "yon the cook and do not get sufficient food? I never heard of a cook in such a condition before." "Weil, sir, I did not mean that exactly. I mean not enough variety." Green Stuff Wanted General Pershing asked what he had had for dinner, today. The cook replied that he had roast beef, potatoes, onions, white bread, coffee and rice pudding. "That seems like a considerable variety," lemarked the general. "What else do you want?" "Well, 'I would like to have some green stuff, sir." General Pershing then turned to a long line of soldiers with mess kits in their hands and asked: "Do you men get enough to eat out here?" The line faluted briskly and almost in a chorus came the reply, "Yes, sir." The general next appeared in regimental headquarters in a dugout in a town which has been riddled by shells. The colonel was not there at the time and the eommander-in-cbief called for all trench and other orders and all Continued On Page Five.J

on which of necessity they must know my part, to build of them fine, upstanding citizens, equipped for the man's job." The work of the boys on the farm dos not lack the endorsement by men of national prominence. In an official letter to the reserve, President Wilson said: "Permit me to express my great appreciation of the. work undertaken by the United States Boy's Working Reserve of the employment of service of the department of labor. To give to the young men between the ages of 16 and 21 the privilege of spending their spare time in productive enterprises without interrupting their, studies at school while their elder: brothers are battling in the trenches' or on the seas, must greatly increase! the means of providing for the forces! Continued on Page Four.