Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 102, 11 March 1918 — Page 1

THE RICHMOND PAIXABIUM

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BAKER IS IN FRANCE FOR CONFERENCE WITH PERSHING Secretary of War Will Inspect American Troops and the Positions They Occupy on Front. MAY MEET POINCARE PARIS. March 11. Newton D. Baker, the American secretary of war, arrived in Paris this morning. He was received by General Pershing, General Tasker H. Bliss, the American chief of staff, French officers representing Premier Clemenceau, and Ambassador Sharp. The secretary's voyage was without incident. (By Associated Fress) Secretary of War Baker, the first American cabinet officer to visit Europe in an official capacity since the United States entered the war, is now in Prance for conference with General Pershing, and an Inspection of the American troops and the positions they occupy on the front between Soissons and Alsace. The secretary's mission la purely military and has no diplomatic significance. On board an American cruiser. Secretary Baker and his party eluded German submarines and arrived yesterday at a I-'ivnch seaport, whence he departed for Paris. After a tew days in the Trench capital, where he probably will meet President Poincare and Premier Clemenceau, the secretary will visit the American troops in the field. Active On U. S. Sector Increased activity, especially in the artillery, on the western front, has not yet resulted in any determined attack by either of the opposing forces. The Germans are more active on the Brit ish and Belgian fronts than elsewhere. On the American sector northwest of Totil the artillery and aerial activity has increased. American gunners have shelled affectively various enemy tnrgets opposite the American trench es. The German reply was w ithout re suit. Gorman airplanes have attacked American trenches with machine gun fire, while French gunners brought down nn enemy airplane within the American lines. Belgians Drive Foe Back. Near Kipps. in Flanders, the Bel gians have driven the enemy from parts of tienches he took several days a so. Recent German attacks on the Brit ish lines in the Ypres area were checked through British knowledge of enemy plans gained from deserters and prisoners. The enemy intended to take important positions south of Iloutholst forest, but heavy British artillery fire prevented a major effort and the strong British defense threw back the strong local attacks the Germans tarried out. Progress is being made by the British armies in Mespotamia aud Palestine. Eighty miles west of Bagdad on the Euphrates river, the British have occupied Hit, the Turks retiring without opposition. Advancing northward in Palestine, General Allenby's forces have gained ground immediately west of the Jordan and along both sides of t lie .Terusalem-Nabulus road. Tbe Turks resisted strongly in both places. On the .Terusalom-Nabulus road the Hritisu advance was two or three miles on a front of thirtefn miles. Chinese Bandits Capture American Engineers PEKING. Friday. March S Two American engineers, Nyl and Purcell. have been robbed and captured by bandits near Yehsien, in the province of Honan. A Chinese assistant also was taken prisoner. The party was on its way to inspect 6 survey, the site of a proposed railway between Chovkaikow and Slang Yangfu. They were carrying a large sum of money with which to pay survey parties. An escort of twenty soldiers resisted the bandits until their ammunition was exhausted, when the party surrendered. Two of the Chinese escaped and reported the outrage. THE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Cloudy and warmer tonight i,id Tuesday. Probably rain in north portion. Today's Temperature. Noon 46 Yesterday. .Mavimu.n 34 Minimum 22 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Tuesday. Probably becoming unsettled Tuesday. General Conditions The severe storm which passed through Richmond about 6 o'clock Saturday evening, caused violent gales throughout; its course Uiul tornadoes in some localities. The storm's diameter was over 1000 miles. Cold weather which followed ths storm now covers all the central Mates but is much warmeer aver the plain states and in the eastern Uocky mountain plateau. It is 68 at Denver. Severe cold weather continues in Canadian northwest to the Youkon valley, where it is 44 below zero .it Tanana. Alaska. Another storm 'is moving southward from the northwest and will cross the lakes.

Total Deaths in Army in U. 5. and Overseas for Seven Months are 7,679 WASHINGTON. D. C, March 11 The American army has lost 958 men in France and 5.763 men in tbe United States in the last seven months. The casualties occurring on the other side date from last July and the deaths among regular army, national army, and national guard troops from Sept. 21. The details follow: Deaths among all American troops in France since embarkation began last July to

March 1, 1918 .- .. 958 Deaths among regular troops in the United States, Sept. 21. 1917, to March 1, 1918 823 Deaths among national army troops in the United States, Sept. 21. 1917 to March 1, 1918, 2,969 Deaths among national guard troops in the United States, Sept. 21, 1917, to March 1, 1918 2,929 Total deaths in the United States Sept. 21, 1917, to March 1, 1918, 6,721 Total deaths among troops in France and United States 7,679 NAME TOWNSHIP CHAIRMEN FOR LIBERTY DRIVE Mrs. Charles Druitt, Wayne County chairman of the Woman's part in the Liberty Loan drive has appointed the following township chairmen to assist with the work: Abington, Mrs. Charles Kauffman: Boston, Mrs. George Hart; Center, Mrs. Nelson Carlson; Clay, Mrs. Ora Wise; Greene, Mrs. L. I. Cranor; Harrison, Mrs. L. D. Dougherty; Jackson, Mrs. Willard Petro; Jefferson, Mrs. A. R. Jones; New Garden, Mrs. C. M. Huff; Perry, Mrs. Charles Mendenhall; Washington, Mrs. Edgar C. Benny; Webster, Mrs. Joe Thompson; Dalton, Mrs. Cora Thornburg; Franklin, Miss May Saxton. Wayne township, outside of Richmond, will be represented by Mrs. Richard Smelser, Mrs. Paul Neff, Mrs. C. D. Shldeler and Mrs. Will Barton. WIND STORM CAUSES SLIGHT DAMAGE HERE The severe -wind storm Saturday night, which cost several lives in Ohio, did slight damage in Wayne county. The chief damage in Richmond was the unroofing of the old Gaar-Scott warehouse No. 6. Wires, telephone and interurban, were down due to falling polei and communication "was still impaired Sunday. An interurban car Saturday night was struck by timbers from a bridge at Hiser's station and the windows were broken but no one "was injured. The Wells family of Ave in Van Wert. Ohio, every member of which was killed, is related to Mrs. L. M. Howard, of 105 North Fourth street. Property damage in the path of the storm, full force of which was felt at Newcastle and north to Fort Wayne, was large, but loss of life was small. The only fatalities reported were in Van Wert county, Ohio. May Soon Send Live Chicks by Parcel Post WASHINGTON. March 11. Live chicks may be sent by parcel post after March 15, provided they are properly prepared for mailing. In announcing this decision today the postoffice department orders said chicks could not be insured or sent c. o. d. nor car ried to Oestinations more than 72 hours mailing distance. Steel Manufacturer to Address Commercial Club PresMent W. G. Verity of the Am erican Roller Mills company oi ;uiadletown, Ohio, will address the annual meeting of the Richmond Commercial club Monday evening. "Ventv is a splendid speaker and will have p. special message for manu facturers. Every member of the club should hear him." said Secretary Albus. CAPT. JAMES M. GAAR VISITING RELATIVES HERE Captain James M. Gaar who has been in training at Fort Sill. Okla., was in Richmond Sunday. Captain Gaar has been located at Camp Lewis, Washington, and after a few days' visit with his mother who is at Martinsville, will return there.

Mayor Advises Gardeners to Spade Up Their Back Yards

Mayor Zimmerman delivered a bit of homely advice to backyard war gardeners Monday morning in the board of works meeting. The advice was directed at City Gardener Murphy who asked the board to plow backyard gardens. "Can't you tell thes people who are going to tend small bickyard gardens to get busy with a spade and turn 'em up?" inquired the mayor. "People with energy and who really want a garden surely can spade it up," he said. The board took Murphy's request under advisement with a promise to consider it if at any time in the future the city has enough teams to divert one to that use. A tractor is to be used in plowing vacant lot gardens.

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Shade of Attila the Governor of Florida Would Suppress Bryan for Period of War JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 11 That "Bryan should be suppressed for the rest of the war" is the plea of Sidney J. Catts, Baptist minister and governor of Florida. In an address, before 8,000 soldiers from Camp Johnson, the Rev. Mr. Catts said: "Every, mother who mourns a son, as a result of this war; every wife who mourns a husband; every girl who mourns a sweetheart, can lay her loss at the feet of William Jennings Bryan, Carnegie and other pacifists who led this country into false ideals of peace." The governor's son is in a training camp at Macon, Ga. China Willing to Aid Japan in Siberia PEKING. March 11. By The Associated Press. China, in response to an inquiry from Tokio, has signified her intention to co-operate with Japan in the protection of allied interests in the far east. The Chinese war bureau has been requested to arrange for the sending of two divisions to northern Manchuria. Japan will bear the expense pending the completion of a proposed American loan to China. 16 Are Sought Here for Immediate Navy Service Young men who have been itching for immediate service can get it in the navy. Recruiter Golfarb Monday received notice from the Indianapolis station to enlist 15 apprentice seamen for active and immediate service on or before next Thursday. Selected men may enlist if they can get a release signed by the local army board. Nine structural iron workers are also sought by the navy. The "men must be thoroughly qualified, will be rated as machinists mates first class with pay at start of $67.60, and are wanted to work on towers 800 to 900 feet tall. WILLIAM COOPER NAMED William Cooper was appointed administrator of the estate of Amy A. Cooper in circuit court Monday. Letters of , administration were issued James M. Colvin and Christopher C. Williams in the James Colvin estate. Other action taken by the board was this: Instructed city engineer to prepare plans for a storm sewer on North Seventh street to relieve conditions described as "bad;" Voted to urge council to grant demand of city firemen for pay increase from $80 to $90 a month; Directed city attorney to investigate plan to widen North 'Third street with view to asking council to pave it; Rescinded resolution calling for paving of an alley between Second and Third and South A streets; Instructed city attorney to draft an ordinance requiring safety appliances on all elevators ; Gave Captain Myron Maisby permission to use North A between Tenth and Eleventh srreets for drill purposes for his militia company.

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OUTCLASSED Hun: "I'm outclassed I surrender my ISAAC DOUGAN PASSES AWAY Isaac G. Dougan, well-known res! dent of Richmond, died Monday noon at, his.. hove, 1224 East Main street Mr. Dougan was at cne time chief of the city fire department, and had held various political positions. . He-was 80 years old, and was born at Niles, Mich, coming to Richmond in 1856. For a number of years he conducted a plow shop at Fort Wayne avenue and Seventh street, where the Warner school is now situated. He resided on a farm in Nebraska for some time, and moved from there to a farm in Wayne county. Recently be gave up active farm work and moved to the' Main street residence which has since been his home in Richmond. Mr. Dougan had been a member of the Order of Odd Fellows since he became of age. Besides his widow, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Scott of Richmond, and Mrs. Elbert McClure of Kansas City; three brothers, Daniel G. Reid of New York, Dr. D. H. Dougan George B. Dougan of Richmond,, and a sister, Mrs. Martha Fosler of Richmond. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.' Services probably will be in charge of the Richmond order of Odd Fellows. Friends may call Tuesday and Wednesday evenings between 7 and 9 o'clock. Four. Minute Men Will Seek "Eyes" for Navy Four-Minute Men this week are to call attention of American audiences to the opportunity for service in turning over binoculars and spy glasses to the navy. Each "eye of the navy" thus donated will be tagged with a metal disk, which will identify it after the war, and if possible the navy department will return them to their owners. "These will have historical significance when they are returned," the navy department says. County Awards Seven Contracts for Bridges Two contractors were succes?fu. bidders in the awarding of county bridge contracts by the board of commissioners Saturday afternoon. Isaac E. Smith was awarded the contract for the Myer bridge on a bid of $3,500; for the Boyd bridge on a $6,000 bid, and for the Harris bridge on a $6,000 bid. Marshall and Meredith were award ed the following contracts: McMath bridge, $2,380; Abington bridge, $1,000; Cobine bridge, $987.50; Clark bridge, $7S7.50. Bids received on the Clements bridge were above the appropriation, and the contract was not awarded. Boston, Ind., Man Fined for Petit Larceny Ed Conley, Bqrston, Ind., charged with petit larceny, was fined $1 and costs in police court Monday morning. Conley was arrested Feb. 27 for being drunk, and was fined $1 and costs. He was held in the county jail. According to the affidavit filed by Kelly Lykins, of Boston, Conley stole $12 from Lykins sometime before his arrest on Feb. 27. The affidavit charging him with petit larceny was filed Feb. 28.

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honors to you, Bill!" Trotzky Did Not Favor Hun Terms LONDON, March 11 Leon Trotzky was dismissed as Bolshevik foreign minister by Premier Lenine, owing to a quarrel over the German peace terms according to a dispatch to The Morning Post, dated Saturday in Petrograd. Trotzky held that the peace had been extorted by force and that no law- recogmzei promises made un der duress as obligatory. Therefore, he is reported to have said, it. was Russia's duty to fight, if only guerrilla warfare, and the German treaty should not be ratified. Premier Lenine. on the other hand, held that the treaty must be ratified and carried out on the theory that disastrous treaties do not necessarily annihilate nations, as Prussia had proved several times. NAPLES BOMBED BY HUN FLYERS . ROME, March 11. Naples was attacked by enemy aviators this morning who dropped twenty bombs in a residental section. Seven occupants of a hospital were among the victims. The raid was one of au unusual character because of the length of the flight, made to reach Naples, which is more than 300 miles south of AustroItalian battle line and some 250 miles away from the nearest enemy territory o n the Albanian coast to the east. Preliminary Work for Loan Drive Progresses At a meeting o fthe Wayne County Liberty Loan executive committee, Monday afternoon, reports relative to the preliminary work thus far done were made. Township chairmen for both the men's and women's organizations have been notified of their appointment and at some time in the near future a conference of the township chairmen of both organizations will be 1-eld. It is expected that on Saturday, March 30. a county conference will be held in Richmond, though plans for this were not agreed on prior to Monday afternoon's session of the executive committee. Tentatively, however, it is proposed that a conference of the . women's organization of the county shall be held in the morning, followed by a luncheon for the women at noon. In the afternoon a joint conference of the men and women campaigners will be held and prominent speakers will be assigned to this session by the State Liberty Loan committee. It has also been learned by the committee that the Marine band, stationed at the Great Lakes training station, near Chicago, may be sent to Richmond for the county conference, which will be open to the general public. The Liberty Loan drive will begin on April 6, and while approximately four weeks will be given under the call of the treasury department to complete the canvass, it is hoped by the Wayne county committee to complete the work in less than two weeks. Roll Call Meeting of Odd Fellow's Lodge Annual roll call meeting of Oriental Encampment, I. O. O. F. lodge will be held Tuesday night in the Odd Fellow's hall. There will be a musical program. Members and sojourning members are invited.

Sergeant-Major Schoof, Who Spoke Here, is Held As Agent f Germany Sergeant-Major Gustav Schoof, who addressed school children and church and civic societies of Richmond about six weeks ago, was arrested in South Bend last week as a German spy. Schoof wore the uniform of the Canadian Mounted Police when he was here. He delivered many addresses during his stay of more than

one week. He claimed to have been a British soldier, to have been military adviser to Villa and presented credentials signed by Canadian and American officers. He was German-born and claimed he had been preaching the cause of the Allies to the Germans in Canada. While here he demonstrated his expert swordsmanship. He was under suspicion while in Richmond but convinced the suspicious of his identity. AMERICANS FACE DEADLIEST GAS EVERJNVENTED American Defense from Attacks Is "Perfect as Gin Be" Says Department. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 11. The Germans have invented new and deadlier varieties of poison gas now being directed against the American sector. American defense from gas attacks is pronounced by the war department as perfect as can be made made. Retaliation with American gas that will give the Germans something to think about is also promised. The war department got a late start in organiz ing for gas warfare because, until Oct 15, President Wilson and Secretarv of War Baker pronounced such warfare too barbarous to contemplate employing. Gas warfare methods have undergone a constant change ever since their introduction by the Germans. At first the Germans used to send poison gas over the enemy trenches when the , wind was favorable. But British troops soon found a defense from this form of attack and the Germans accordingly abandoned it. The Germans then invented the chlorine gas shells, which they fired at the trenches. The Russians, however, invented a mask with a neutralizing agent in its composition. I Invent An Odorless Gas This checked the German gas offen sive for a time, but the Teutons then came along, with-the phosgene shell. This was an odorless shell which could not be detected for two hours, after which the heart stopped beating and the victim fell dead. As there was no odor troops could not tell they had been gassed until too late. The gas shells and the explosive shell came over in great number and it seemed impossible to distinguish one from the other. But here the allies brought into play a new defensive move. It was ascertained that there was a slight difference in tone betwreen the detonation of a gas shell and other shells. Men were trained to distinguish and give the signal in time for the green rockets and the gas masks. Latest Trick of Enemy But the Germans met this with another move which for a time seemed to baffle all efforts to counteract it. They mixed gas and explosives in the same shell. This is the form of attack they tried on the Americans. As an emergency measure the allies ordered gas masks to be worn continuously, but the Germans then invented the sneeze bombs and the tear bombs to force the men to take their masks off. Tbis and other de vices all have been counteracted now. Each new move by Germans is met with a move to offset it. Patriotic Rally at School No. 6 Tuesday A patriotic meeting in the interests of the War Savings Stamps campaign will be held under the direction of the county council of defense Tuesday evening, March 12, at 8 o'clock at School House No. 6 on the Middleboro pike. Dr. J. J. Rae, pastor of First Presbyterian church and O. K. Dunbar of CenterviJle will be the speakers. There will be a special musical program. All persons living in the third precinct are urged to attend by Charles Duke, precinct chairman.

Relative of Richmond Woman Tells of "Peeking Over' at German Trenches

A letter in which he tells of look-! ing over the top at Fritz's first line j trench has been received from Tii- i L. M. Edens by his niece Mrs. E. M. Anderson of this city. Mrs. Anderson has twenty-nine relatives in the service. He savs the trenches nf thp allies and Germans on the sector in I which he is located are about 300 yards 8 part, and he calls that 'uite a way apart." Dr. Edens relates how a German "whiz bang" caused one poor chap to vanish completely not even a piece of him being found and another soldier standing beside him was hardly scratched. Following is the letter from the trenches: January 10. Dear Folks: Things seem to be rather quiet tonight, so will scribble a few lines before going to bed. Have put in rather a busy day. so am glad to get a little breathing spell. The Hun took a dislike to our front trenches just before noon and dropped several "whiz bangs," causing several wounded to

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0. S. SOLDIERS PENETRATE TO SECOND LINE OF GERMANS Two Simultaneous Raids by Americans and French After German Positions Are Leveled. HUNS FLEE TRENCHES WASHINGTON, March 11. General Pershing's casualty report today shows four privates killed in action; four severely wounded; twenty-one slightly wounded; four died of wound and six of disease. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Sunday, March 10. Br The Associated Press. American troons. co-operating with the French have carried out three raids opposite theAmerican sector in Lorraine. Two of the raids were executed simultaneously last night. The Americans swept past t?ie German first line and penetrated to the enemy's second line, 600 yards back. The two simultaneous raids, one northwest and one northeast of (de leted), were made after Intense ar tillery preparation lasting for four hours in which the German positions were leveled. At midnight two forces, each one of (deleted), with small French forces on their flank, moved upon the German objectives behind a creeping barrage, each on a front or 600 yards. When the Americans reached the enemy first line, the barrage was lifted so as to box in the German positions at north points. Germans Flee Trenches. The men dropped into the enemy trenches expecting a hand to hand fight but found the Germans had fled. Continuing the advance thv went for ward to the second German line. All the time American machine ciina n-em firing in on each flank of the two par ties to prevent the enemv from undertaking flanking operations. One French flankine Daitv fnnnA t-n wounded Germans in a dug out and took them prisoners. The Americans found none. The Americans remained for tnrtvfive minutes in the enemy lines. They found excellent concrete dug outs which they-blew so and nJan hrmnrht back large quantities of material and valuable papers. While they were" in the enemy lines, German artillery began a vigorous counter-barrage. It was quickly silenced by American heavy and light artillery which hurled large quantities of gas shells on the batteries. An American trench motor battery, the homes of most of whose men are (deleted) participated in the artillery preparation preceding the raid helping to level the enemy's position. . Obliterate Foe Positions. The artillery, both light and heavy, was manned by soldiers most from (deleted). Soon after these two raids had been carried out the Americans staged another attack at a point further along the line to the right They went over the top after artillery preparation of 45 minutes in which the enemy's positions attacked were obliterated. At this place the dug-onta were found to have been constructed principally of logs. Engineers accompanying the raiding party, completed the artillery work of destruction. The American infantrymen who took part in this raid were from (deleted) and the engineers from (deleted.) The raids were carried out skillfully and but for the fact that the Germans fled, more prisoners doubtless would have been taken. The American gas shells are believed to have caused many casualties among the enemy. No 'Americans were accounted for. Militia Company Will Drill on Street Tonight Company K, I. S. M., will meet and drill on North A street between Tenth and Eleventh streets. The drill starts promptly at 7:30 o'clock. The board of works has ordered the street barricaded for the evening and has placed additional lights. come in, so was busy on them all afternoon. A few were killed outright; one poor chap vanished entirely couldn't even find any pieces of him, while tiie fellow standing beside him received a very slight wound on the leg. It's really astonishing how badly one chap can be torn up and another Just a few feet away gets off sa lightly. "Quite Comfortable Here." I have been on duty at the advanced dressing station for four weeks now; expect I'll be relieved shortly for duty at headquarters, that is, back about four miles. We are quite comfortable here. Have a dugout nearly twenty feet deep to sleep in and it is quit dry. In fact, I don't notice the cold as much, down here, as at headquarters. We have been having some real cold weather with quite a bit of snow, but it is some warmer at present and the snow melting has mad? things muddy, especially in the trenches. Slush and mud up to your knees there. I can't see how the poor devils there stand it for three or four Continued On Page Eight