Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 92, 27 February 1918 — Page 2

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 1918. -

SECOND DRAFT CALL IS TIED UP BYSENATE Call, Scheduled for April or May, in Danger of Postponement, ?iis Said. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 27. Congress is so slow in getting action m pending draft legislation that the tecond draft call ' which Secretary Saker recently told members would be issued late in April or early in May is n danger of postponement. . .. The provost marshal generals organization can make no authoritative move to prepare the local draft boards lor mobilization of the second increment of 600,000 men until congress jassen the pending bill providing for :hanging the basis upon which the luotas of men to be called from the rartous states are to be computed. The administration has determined ?ot to distribute the quotas of men required for service on the basis of regM rat ion to population but upon the basis of the number of men in class 1 is compared to the total registration. Thin will eliminate all unfairness td localities due to alien population. Minority May Press Bill. Legislation to authorize this change 'n method of quota distribution has een pending for some time and the bill was reported favorably from the senate committee on ' military affairs weeks ago. Senate leaders said today that ill-

ttess of Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military affairs committee, lad been responsible for not pressing the quota bill In the senate. Senator Hitchcock, ranking Democratic memaer of the committee, also is out of the city and will not return for anjther week at least. . "The bill ought to.' be passed and massed at once," Senator Wadsworth, republican member of the military af'alrs committee, said today. It is probable that minority members of the :ommlttee may leap into the breach md press the measure for action. Few Farm' Workers Called. Provost Marshal General Crowder iaid in a letter to Representative McKcown of Oklahoma, made public tolay, that less than .0036 per cent of available farm laborers in the country would be called for service in the next Jraft Only .0074 per cent of available igricultural workers, he said, were tailed for service in the first draft. Only 205,731 agricultural workers of the total of 13,843.578 were liable for Military service, he said, or 1.48 per cent. "The conclusion that the shortage ) !n the farm labor supply is attribut ion in any substantial degree to the! arart is shown m a most striking andi conclusive way to be erroneous," Gen. Crowder said. The reclassification of registrants, he insisted, afforded a w ealth of protection to farm labor. France to Sign Treaty France and Italy have accepted in substance the proposed treaties. with the United States respecting military service of nationals similar to that signed with Great Britain and Canada. Secretary Lansing bent word to Chairman Flood of the house foreign affairs tommlttee today that he had received that word in cablegrams from the American ambassadcrs at Paris and Rome. ' The so-called alien slacker bill, which would compel military service of subjects of co-belligerent countries In the United States seems certain to come up for action in the house tomorrow In spite of administration opposition. Before the signing of the British and Canadian treaties action on the bill was deferred upon request of the state department. Today's Thrift Stamp Winners A case of scarlet fever does not prevent youngsters from writing verses. Late Tuesday afternoon a mother called at the Palladium office and dictated her son's verse over the telephone. She explained that the verse could neither be mailed nor brought to the office because they were quarantined with scarlet fever. The verse was taken and duty Judged. Wednesday's winners are: Ladies knit Do your bit. Soldiers fight Save the light Cooks can, Eat more bran All of this I'm sure you do But you should buy a Thrift Stamp too. Alice Lemon, National road east. Rave your pennies Make a quarter Buy a Thrift Stamp Like you orter. Ula Pike, Centerville. My daddy had to register And may have to fight for Uncle Sam So I am buying Thrift Stamps To help make him comfortable as I can. Malcolm Leroy Land, 537 W. Main St. I am buying Thrift Stamps more and more I am buying Thrift Stamps by the score And thats' the way I 'help win the war. Ttaelma Albin. Funeral Services for Mrs. Kerr, Thursday Funeral eervlcs for Mrs. Caroline Kerr will be held Thursday afternoon It 1:30 o'clock from , the Dunkard church east of Kltchell. The funeral party will leave the home of Mrs. J. D. Willson at 12:30 o'clock. Pallbearers will be Mrs. Kerr'H four nephews, Clarence, Harry ana Marion L.yprooK md William Willson, and her two trandsons, Harry and Ralph Clenden'n of Richmond. Burial will be in the Lybrook family cemetery near Kitchen. Friends may call at the Willson home Wednesday afternoon and eveting. ... ' " " Buy thrift stamps and help win the

FRENCH HEROES LEAVE TRENCHES LONG ENOUGH TO RECEIVE HONORS THEY WIN

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The respite from the trenches is doubly welcome when the order to drop behind the lines bears the information that the drop back is for the purpose of receiving honors. The French heroes in the pictures are lined up to receive the honors from General Dauzan and also from a civilian committee of the Oriental Lyceum.

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MURRETTE "Babbling Tongues," the remarkable Ivan photoplay, which plays to the Murrette theatre today and Thursday, and in which an all-star cast of screen favorites, including James Morrison, Grace Valentine, Arthur Doanldson, Paul Capellani, Louise Beaudet and others has been assembled, presents an entirely new view of the Eternal Triangle. Neither a vampire nor a Magdalene story, it, because of its tensly and entirely novel situations, has been accorded by critics exceptional praise for its particular excellence of artistry. "Babbling Tongues" will be shown for the first time in this city at Murrette theatre. WASHINGTON "A Man's Man," in which J. Warren Kerrigan makes his initial appearance as an independent star, under the auspices of the Paralta company, will be the attraction at the Washington starting today. It is the first offering of the newly launched Paralta company. . "A Man's Man" is an adaptation of Peter B. Kyne's well known novel, arranged for the screen by Tom Geraghty, in which the scenes are staged In the romantic atmosphere of Central America. What is perhaps the most powerful and thrilling love story ever unfolded on stage or screen is ingeniously threaded in and out of the spectacular features of this tremendous photo-drama. No Central American romance would be complete without a revolution. In "A Man's Man" no opportunity was overlooked to make the revolution as true to life as possible. More than 5.000 troops were used in enacting the scenes depicting this feature. A large number of the scenes were staged in Yucatan, where Director Apfel took his entire company in order to secure the proper atmosphere. An entire Central American city containing more than 100 buildings, together with streets, sidewalks, etc., was also

Night School Echoes

There will be no lecture in connection with the Arts and Travels course at the night school Wednesday evening on account of the reception for the Richmond Art association mem bers. The class in public speaking will meet at 8:15 o'clock. The English class meets at 7:15 o'clock. More conscripted men should take advantage of the telegraphy class work. Many women have joined the class and are studying the Morse code. The international code is taught drafted men. Miss Constance Bell will entertain the children in room 37. Games and other amusements will be provided for them. Kent Morse will teach the French class in room 33. The Spanish class meets in room 32. Enrollment may be made with the teacher in the class room. It is not necessary to register In the office, according to Principal Carman. Thrre are four departments in the Signal Came and Child . Said "Let 'er Go" INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 27. It was mid-day at the orphans home. An Italian woman had just said good-by to her little 3-year-old Marie. An attendant took the child to the dining room and placed her in a high chair at a table. Three hundred pairs of strange little eyes looked her up and down. Verily, this was a new and strange world to her and she had to remark about it. A teacher told her she must not talk out loud, and she muttered. "No talk?" The teacher assented. Well. she must have reasoned, she couldn't talk, but she could eat, for there was a plate of food set before her. She began at once to eat. The teacher reproved her, explaining she must wait until all the ethers were served and the gong sounded. "No eat?" she questioned. Shortly the gong "banged" fas the children referred to it), at which Marie cried out with delight: "Let 'er go!"

built on the Paralta property at Hollywood for staging a number of scenes. Lois Wilson, who two years ago won the prize for being the most beautiful young woman in twenty-one states, plays the leading feminine role. Others well known in the cast are Ernest Pasque, Ida Lewis, Ed Coxen, Eugene Pallette, Harry Vou Meter, John Steppling, Kenneth Harlan, Arthur Alardt, Joseph J. Dowling and Wallace Worsley. MURRAY John Stevens, the inventor, has been robbed of blue-prints containing the secret of an invention desired by the United States government. . Mr. Stevens, who resides with his daughter Alice, in a somewhat isolated home in the suburbs of New York, was visited by a woman who presented credentials from the government. She announced that she was authorized to look over his plans for the manufacture of a device that was to nullify the attacks of the submarine. As Mr. Stevens sat in consultation with her. his daughter Alice entered. She displayed a letter from the authorities at Washington asking Mr. Stevens to bring his plans to them. . The visitor's treachery was immediately disclosed. She was a German spy. Seizing the aged inventor's plans, the visitor fled. In her flight, she permitted her cloak to be caught in the door and left it hanging. A waiting automobile whirled her away to safety. With the cloak as a clue, and a letter found In one of the pockets, it Is hoped that the daring thief will be apprehended. "From Two to Six" is Triangle's photoplay that embodies this beginning of a novel and entertaining story. Charming little Winifred Allen plays Alice. Irene Leanord, who made an excellent impression in "The Grafters," portrays the female spy. "From Two to Six" will be shown at the Murray theatre tonight and Thursday. Commercial course, bookkeeping, stenography, typewriting and commercial arithmetic. LABOR SELECTS FRANK P. WALSH WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City, Mo., formerly chairman of the federal industrial relations committee was today selected by labor as its representative in public interest on the board framing a national labor policy for the government. Employers already have selected former President Taft to represent the public interest for them. Struck His Wife and Daughter When They Insisted He Work James Tartaglia, shoemaker, living at Fifteenth and North G streets, was arrested Wednesday morning by Assistant Chief of Police McNally for striking his wife and daughter because they insisted that he go to work. His daughter filed an affidavit against him, charging assault and bat tery. This is Tartaglla's first offense He is the father of six children. Add 20 Pounds to Post Package Limit WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 27. As a means of stimulating movement of farm products to the consumer. Postmaster General Burleson today increas ed the allowable weights of parcel post packages, effective March 15. Pack ages, when mailed in the first or sec ond zones for delivery in the first, second, or third zones, may thereafter be as heavy as seventy pounds. They are now restricted to fifty. The weight limit for all other zones was increased from twenty to fifty pounds. Thrift and war 6tamps bought of Uncle Sam will help win the war against Prussianism.

MAY COMPEL ALL PLANTS TO DRAW ON CITY PLANT Superintendent Dillon of the city light plant Wednesday received a request from the National Fuel Administration for a list of independent electrical plants in Richmond. He sent in the names of eight plants which operate their own electrical stations furnishing their own lights and power. The Starr Piano company, American Seeding Machine company, United Refrigerator and J. M. Hutton factory were among the larger plants with their own stations. The Pennsylvania railroad also operates its own plant. The request contained no hint concerning the use of the poll, which is being taken throughout the country. It is supposed, according to Dillon, that the fuel administration is considering plans for requiring all independent and isolated plants to get their power from the central plant as a fuel and transportation saving measure. CANNED MS ORDERED HELD WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. All canners were advised today by the food administration to hold for war pur poses until further advices all canned corn, peas, tomatoes, string beans, and salmon on hand. Reports of such holdings must be made at once separate from those to be submitted before March 15. Canr.ers who have no stock are required to report indicating this fact. Quantities not wanted will be released promptly. Reassurance to householders that the government has no intention of commandeering any canned goods, preserves, home grown food, or usual stocks of provision kept for family use was given today in placards which the food administration will distribute to every posteffice and public library in the country. The placards were headed: "Do Not Be Fooled By the Lies Of Enemies." Sensational reports that the government would take over all food supplies have been spread by enemy propagandists. In fcome instances agents represented themselves as agents of the food administration or as government officials. They appeared first in the southwest it was said today, then inj Wisconsin and from there worked to Virginia and the Atlantic sea board. In the south negroes began to bury their home-made jams and jellies and smoked meat for fear it would be taken from them. All the reports were turned over to the department of justice. Kept Light Burning in Window Fifty Years DANVILLE, 111., Feb. 27. Mrs. E. Walgamott, eighty years old, whose husband was among those reported "missing" during the civil war, and who had kept a lighted lamp in the winaow or tier cottage for more than fifty years, hoping that some day he would return, and the lizht mieht guide him home, is dead at the hoani. uu xor tne insane, at Kankakee. Her husband was a member of the 125th Illinois infantry, which was organized here. Years after the close of the war, the widow moved from Sadorus township to Urbana, where she remained until neighbors petitioned the court to have her sent to the hos pital for the-insanc. As far as known she had no relatives in this part of the state. Senior Basketballers at Oxford Take Tourney OXFORD, O.. Feb. 27. The senior class basket ball team. Western College for Women, won this year's tournament and the silver cup, defeating tne juniors 44 to 2. This team is one of the fastest the college ever had, and is composed of Sena Sutherland, of St. Louis, Mo.; Mary Stapp, of Columbus Junction, la; Edna Pepper, of Hamilton; Edna Sebald, of Middletown; Dorothy Vance, of Detroit, Mich., and Pauline Wise, of Middletown.

BOLSHEVIKI WILL RESIST

LONDON, Feb. 27. The Russian revolution will defend itself against Germany, says an official ., Russian statement sent out by wireless and which announces that Germany has refused to grant an armistice. The announcement reads: "A peace delegation is now on the way to Brest-Litovsk. We expect any moment news . that it has arrived at the place appointed for peace negotiations, but there is no armistice. The German government has formally refused an armistice and German detachments continue to advance. "We are prepared to sign their peace of usurpation. We have already declared this but there are many indications that the German imperialists do not desire peace at the present moment, but rather an immediate strangling of the workmens' and peasants' revolution. "Brave, Heroic Resistance." "Resistance to the German hordes thus becomes the principal task of the revolution brave, heroic, obstinate and pitiless resistance. Every position, every railway station, every locomotive must be defended. Every possible obstacle must be put in the way of the enemy. "Our greatest strength is in our wide territories. Enemy detachments, still very small, have occupied Reval and Pskov. Even Petrograd itself, which is still far distant, can no way decide the destiny of the revolution. The government of the people's commissaries can and if needs be, must retreat, must gather Its forces and must appeal to the country to use its whole strength for the defense of the revolution. Should the threat to Petrograd increase the government will remove to Moscow or any other city of Russia. "If Germany's plundering rtid should advance the task of the government would be to destroy the possibility of a simultaneous catastrophic decision by the Germans. They are attempting to crush the authority of the councils and are in search of it on the routes leading to Petrograd. Task of Proletariat. "We will bar these routes by everything we can interpose as obstacles. This, at the moment, is the principal task of the heroic Petrograd proletariat and its revolutinary staff. But at the same time we must act in such a manner that the German generals may declare they recognize the authority of the councils, not only in Petrograd, but throughout the whole country, north, south and on both sides of the Urals. Even if they think they can reach Petrograd by a mere military promenade, we will prove to them that they will have to disperse themselves all over Russia before they can reach and crush the authority of the councils. "Will they have adequate forces to carry out such a task if we defend ourselves heroically? No. Thsy never will have forces enough. Such an enterprise inevitably will resolve itself into an adventure and will fail. However deeply they penetrate Russia, then the more surely will they bring about the outbreak of a revolution in Germany. Patience and firmness is necessary. ."The r - t symptoms of panic created by the Germans' plundering raid have become bygone events. The cow ards are in flight and have made room for the brave who are rallying themselves in hundreds and thousands for tne aerense or the Socialist fatherland. "If peace with the revolution is not the aim of the German Imperialists, they will see the revolution knows how to defend itself." . . WANT FIFTY WORKERS Fifty Richmond men can get employment by notifying the Richmond Electric company. Work on the underground electric light and telephone system for the Pennsylvania railroad frpm Whitewater river, paralleling their track, to the proposed new yards near north Twenty-first street, began Wednesday and men are needed. The work was started last fall but was discontinued on account of the weather. Thrift and war stamps bought of Uncle Sam will help win the war against Prusslanlsm.

SENATORS' PROBE WILL TELL WHETHER THIS IS WONDER SHIPYARD OR PROFITEERS' PASTURE

General view of Hog Island shipyard and wi-io recently caned or? Host Island shipyard, for months

engineering speed and skill, suddenly becomes prominent as the alleged pastureland of profiteers. A senatorial investigation is under way to determine the truth or falsity of charges that the government was cheated , out of millions on the building contracts. '

William L. Hutcheson," president penters and Joiners, called off the strike work in all eastern yards after he had

Richmond Can be Prize War Garden City, Murphy Declares

mond can have more War Gardens proportionately than any other city In the United States. Though there are no figures available for comparison he gives it as his belief that the city ranked among the first last year. Here is the way for the city to be a 100-percent War Garden city and rank at the top in Murphy's opinion: "Let every family in town have a garden somewhere, some size and somehow. If they haven't any room, that is, live in an apartment, let them get a vacant lot. There are still a few left. "No one who occupies a house but can have a back yard garden. That is, unless the back fence is nailed to the back door. A patch three feet bysix will raise considerable lettuce, radishes and onions and will help the city's percentage." Murphy has issued a statement in which he calls attention to the benefit to be obtained from joining the War Garden Army. They are:

U-Boat Chaser Rides Gale With Sail Made of Bed Coverings

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Left alone and helpless in mid-ocean when her engines became disabled in a terrible gale an American-built submarine chaser has reached the other side of the Atlantic after being at the mercy of the seas for 39 days. Secretary Daniels made this announcement late today. The chaser had been turned over to the French Government and was man ned by a French crew. The safe navigation of the tiny craft Into port officially is recognized as one of the most remarkable naval acnievements of the war. The feat was accomplished by rig ging up a sail from bed coverings. Running before the wind, a speed of two or three knots an hour was made under this means of propulsion. A compass was the only navigating Instrument on board the vessel. The commander of the crew, was forced to estimate his positions. A shortage of rations aggravated the hardships before port was reached. The chaser and other units of the convoy were overtaken by a storm January 15. The little boat became separated from her escort and being adrift, as the result of her engines breaking down the mountainous waves tossed her about like a cork. She was soon out of sight of other ships. A report that the chaser was missing was the only word of her until today, when Secretary Daniels received a cable message telling of her safe arrival in a foreign port. The boat virtually had been given up for loet, with her entire crew of about 20 men. Officials Gratified. Secretary Daniels and the officers at the Navy Department were highly gratified at this practical demonstration of the seaworthiness of the American-built submarine chasers. Full credit was given to the French crew, but the fact that a HOfoot craft, helpless and adrift, could successfully ride out a terrific mid-Atlantic gale leaves nothing to be said in behalf of the American builders. The storm which separated the chaser from her escort was one of the worst on record, It was officially re ported to the Navy Department. According to one navy officer this is the second time that an American submarine chaser has shown that she can live in the worst of ocean storm. A few months ago, he said, a large number of merchantmen under convoy were overtaken by a gale at night The wind was of hurricanic velocity. The merchantmen became separated and the convoying vessels sought safety in running before the wind. The tiny chaser, manned by Americans, stuck by the ship she was protecting from U-boat attacks. When the storm abated with the coming of day she was still on guard, the crew a little the worse for the terrible experience, but ready to take a shot at the first periscope that showed above the surface. Secretary Daniels announced the news in this statement: "I was delighted to receive a mes-1 portrait of William L. Hutcheson, the shipworkej-s' strike in the public eye as a marvel of of the United Brotherhood of Car and sent the shipbuilders back to been rebuked by the president.

"You will be in the Big Push, one of the majority, a huppy, patriotic War Gardener; "You will increase your store of wealth, reduce the cost of living, help relieve the food shortage and enjoy the product of your own toil. "You will get flref-class exercise and the communion with the earth earthy that is good for every man's soul in the spring of the year." The city gardener has sent for 4,150 copies of the War Garden Manual which will be distributed free for the asking at the Commercial club. These manuels are issued by the National War Garden Commission at Washington and will help any garden" er, no matter how experienced. More prizes have been added to the list to be competed for by school children gardeners. They are: Baseball outfit given by the Hornaday Hardware company: a pair of tennis

snoes given Dy sain irea; a necKue given. by George Fox and $2 in trade by George Brehm. sage today telling of the arrival In port of an American-built submarine chaser, which became separated from her escort in the terrific gale of January 15, bad not been reported since that time and which, we feared, was lost. This was one of the 110-foot boats which we turned over to the French Government and was manned by a French crew, which saved the craft by a remarkable feat of navigation. "In the storm, which was one of the worst on record, the engines were disabled and the boat left adrift far out at sea. The crew managed to rig up a sail made from bed coverings, and were able to make two or three knots an hour before the wind. There were no navigating Instruments, except a compass, aboard, and the crew had to estimate their positions. They sailed for 39 days, going on short rations, and finally reached port." BETHEL, IND. Mr. and Mrs. Lafe White, entertained to dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Thompson and Mrs. Sarah Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Das Horn entertained Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Frank White and son Ralph.... Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hyde und son Harold of Richmond spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Eli Hyde Ray Polley, who is working at the Automatic Tool Company at Richmond, spent Saturday night and Sunday here with his family. ...Mr. and Mrs. John Mooney and son, Leonard, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Clem Moore Mr. and Mr3. C. E. Anderson spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boren, and Mrs. Anna Van Nuys of Fountain City Mrs. Fred Elliott and daughter. Blossom, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Harlan...Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knoll and son Leonard were Sunday guests of Mr. August Knoll and family of near Fountain City, Sunday. .. .Miss Opal Hodgins spent Thursday night with Miss Florence Boren. . . .Everett Peden and family moved near Richmond last week. ..Mr. and Mrs. Herman Thomas spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Jehu Boren The Red Cross chapter will meet for work at the Red Cross rooms, Thursday afternoon Miss Florence Boren 6pent from Friday evening until Sunday evening with Miss Opal Hodgins Mrs. Phebe Long of Richmond, was calling on friends here Sunday afternoon Mrs. Henry Knoll nd Nina Love spent Friday with Mrs. M. L. White Forest Boren, who is stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss., wishes to thank bis many friends for remembering him so well on his birthday, as he received about fifty remembrances. POOL REOPENS , Richmond women will swim Friday afternoon and evening at the Y. M. C. A. The pool which has been closed for some' time on account of the fuel shortage has been reopened.