Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 120, 1 April 1918 — Page 1

-' 1 V -; ....

t i : j

)

VOL. XI.TTI.. NO4 -Suut4 tw

W SFFf

DETAIll

HETIIfl IS.

jdlum llAat

i

ICHMOMB FAIXADIUM

RICHMOND, 1ND., MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1918

SINGLE COPY, 5 CENTS

Ct

German Leadero

Soldiers to Ot&te

Information Atow"

can Fighters. I

TAKING NO fOES

M (By Associated; "P ,

WITH Ttim AMttKIQaJl"

PRANCE, April l.-p6ny

leaders are exceedingly snob-

tain information concernliet minute detail of the AaeVThis is disclosed by 4 caerman document Issued to sa-

rarlan landwehr infantry ,id

wnicn instructs every patrol to do bis or Us

information about the;jn

The results obtained an to official reports. i.

The captured documca

by Riving details tbat art

quipped partly with

form and adds that too as those regarding the A:

and that the artillery :pr French guns. It says ua'

troops will continue V; Wan aVj4lnv. '

"Nothing is known as an

meuoas or ngnting or let

j4tie&c Gr SzfftTM

ATLANTIC OITT, N. J, A?

rirs ongmaung In the OIW

inus ivuriwry onck bulldil center of a business hik k

South Carolina avenue and T avenue, on Atlantic umn.

'f. early tod'a

a naii ojock to Tennessee avei ting eight business buildings

niviiua vvv,uvu damage. The lire originated from

wires m ine rear of the Orf

Duuuui. . r or a uma It was the center of the business

WOUICI DO Wiped OUt. The TnavnJ

for aflHiiiffinca tmm m.,,. J

-- wo x-uuaq Are department, but the apparaU I stopped as It was in place to W ll

sprciiu irain ai uamaen when I seen the Are was under control

GUN SHOOT GANGSTER READY TO TELL STORY "Harry the Yot Kflled on Way to Expose Gambling Ring.

LIBERTY LOAN

MASS MEETINll PROGRAM 0(

Bookwalter, Miss Barker

Barnard to Be Princ

Speakers.

(Associated Praas.)

NEW YORK. April 1. Seven hours before the district attorney's office was to have been Informed by Harry

Cohen, also known as "Harry the Yot" of the name of the "man higher up"

i in the prosecutor's anti-crusade. Cohen

was shot and killed at 6:30 o'clock

this morning.

District Attorney Swann Immediate

ly ordered the apprehension of Bam

Schepps. who was one of the prosecu

tion's star witnesses against Charles

Becker, the police lieutenant who was

executed for the murder of Herman

OBenthal, gambler, in 1915.

Schepps and two other men who

ere with him when the police visited

cheDDB lewelrv nhon In Sixth avenue

llwere taken into custody a few hours After the shooting.

rroTesses ignorance. At the district attorney's office,

chepps and the other men were ques-

toned in regard to Cohen. Before the

lamination, Schepps told newspaper

Hen that while he had heard of Cohen

"e had no connection as he, Schepps,

"been out of touch with gambling

id the underworld for three years.

According to the police, Cohen who

Must Collect

tails" it continues, "it is et

sectors K and M have fieie task of obtaining as muc& tyi as possible on particular ftf American fight and outjof.

This will then be used urj

the information bulletin Jkration or identification, 5&o-

signllcent, may be of the vx

ue in connection with l ready at hand."

Attention then is dra

iaent questions, wnicn oi

trols and outposts are ex

answers for. Under t

"The Enemv'a SeeiirUvJ

ment says:

sentry posts.

"Are sentry posts, sent:

stronger posts? Further a$tt connoiterlng patrols? Maar'i longing? Behavior on post ard uleht? Vidian?. A

Iks and ounniog? -;.''f 1 -Tte they tao&'sad Wgn oocasion? - . Do the posts V i ground on the approach of l do they fall back? Da the!

rage fire signals? When t i

liefs and what Is the behaj 4 them? Have they any lie j otlwr than French ones?" Sjp

8eek Fighting Meth Under "Eiemy . Patrols"t

ment asks details - on -Ji methods of advance, beklv

meeting and initiative." Tt,ts

tlons come under informatica era! behavior: .

"Are the Americans er

cautious? And are they & ri

Elmer E. Eggemeyer. chalrma

arrangements for the mass mee

in behalf of the Liberty Loan c

palgn. which Is to be held next Sato said to 8have ben idenUf led with

wj mgnt in ine couseum, today toe so-called gambling ring, was sum-

nounced the program in detail. f 'oned from his apartment in the West

At 7:15 various fraternal organi(jPety:sectmd Btreet nouse h un-

uv,u., umg tac aiKB, me mga-lway the man fired several shots

oi uoiumous. luiignts or st. John, oifl fled

Fellows, Red Men, Eagles, Druids aifhe circumstances In the case reother huiiaa BM t ....M. . 3 Jed sharply those connected with

r-Twt)w- vi, murder of Herman Rosenthal, in

"V .X. r"" .r'" summer of 1912. Rosenthal, a

uiu inim eucew sua lacn wim icmr Maxwell-Brlscoe band at their hea&i march to the Coliseum where a seat

lSU?fS th .fl0r be.reing into the criminal assocIaUon

All the remainder, of the flolisannfl tCont.nued On Page 6.flnt.j will ho AnAfl vkitKIt v.f : '

w via? aukriA auu turn M a V

uoors wm ce open at 7 o ciock to accommodate the crowd expected. From 7 to 7:30 there will be a band concert and following there will be patriotic addresses by Charles Bookwaiter, of Indianapolis; Miss Eleanor Barker of Indianapolis, and George Barnard, of Newcastle, the latter being district chairman of the Liberty Loan campaign. ; ; Albus Presides. Frank Albus, secretary of the Commercial club, will officiate as chairman of the meeting. The Invocation will

be made by the Rev. Mr. Dressel. oas-

tcr - of , M v fim- .Snglfclt'- lJttnerar

bier, about to be a witness in the

iiry which Gov. Charles S. Whit

then district attorney, was con

test of Holland

WiU Not Affect Seizures

church; fU"'

The plans for the meeting to be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock also have been completed. This meeting alRo wHl be open to the public. In addition to Miss Brisette who is to deliver an. address, Stuart . Bryan, the British ambulance driver will deliver an address illustrated by stereopticon. The high orchestra will play. Wayne county's quota in the Liberty Loan campaign probably will bee offic

ially announced tomorrow by the State committee. The opinion prevails among members of the Wayne county committee, that the quota will be ap-

ipg smoke screens? When ae mlnlmum S1 1 M.ooo. The committee

?r ch ?nnrCvF been informed by the National there much reconnoitering? f I a

there much machine gun flv

M . I.. 1

terial than formerly?" y service flag. The Germans also want feo ' . .' ...... r whether during reliefs tiSnPteSldent WM Open tomary with the French, andfvh , . loan Drive in Baltimore the times and sounds of re. eft . , ' is said that used Infantry fens fBy Associated Press) chine gun bullets, unexplodcl 1 WASHINGTON, April 1. President and shell splinters are of spgcia.Vilson today accepted an Invitation

ne. The Germans want p o open the Liberty Loan campaign m whether the " copper . rotatlfl-Baltimore Saturday, the first anniverhave sharp incisions, indica( ngary of America's entrance Into the or worn out guns, the cCJlbVar. While in -Baltimore the presi-

f Associated Presa.)

ISHINGTON, April 1 HoUand's

t against the requisitioning of lips by the United States and Britain as published In the Of-

rjazette at The Hague and Itted in news cables, reached

t e deuartment today. Minister

QL at The Hague cabled the docut Vhich was not sent as a formal Pt 1 although - it is regarded as

was handed to Minister Gar-

t'y ai a- .atateme&t ot 4he

tit's views..-. 4 ' '

Is bad not studied the state-

efully today, but it was indi-

t it was improbable any ai

t the action of the United

d her co-belligerents would

It Is quite possible that not

ply may be sent as the did not assume the form

!t protest. ' . h .

bounty's Quota , . .

Set at $1,100,000

5 , 5 - & Associated Press) ;

INAlPOLIS. April 1. Wayne

count! ,ta for the third Liberty Loan 1 po.OOO the quota committee annoullpro this afternoon.'

Carpi

on Strike

Government Yards

ssoclated Press) 1 Va.', April 1. A strike

1 nters employed on gov

NOR

of unioi

ernmenl Itruction .work. At- the

eent will also review 18,000 troops

rrom the natloual army cantonment at

amn Meade.

lis. The occasion of the address is the

liberty Loan "cantonment" being held

iject Baltimore to stimulate interest in

which can be determined by

vature of the splinters, ac

the document. Want to Know About 8

Information regarding t

and outside appearance of n:

fired by the Americans alsi lsie loan drive. sired. The German soldiers are, dered to keep fuses, splfSten

shells and shell bases havinfj fac Initials and numbers. Uueri beading "Enemy Shelling" tfey i

asked the; American pectiiariFor Indiana by United States compared with the French, what eather Bureau Probably rains and jectivea are preferred and Irhetoler tonight and Tuesday, dugouts are shelled. The apcuu asks also that it be deUrmt Today's Temperature. whether the Americans employ. buion ' .53 of fire or single shots at flx In ; ""'YVsterdaV.-'; vals and what Isf the normaij flfuinium 70

ra-io wuea oiwemuoa is gooaj. ; ' nlmum 30

THE WEATHER

army

morninj

navy ya

aviation

the cari

ernment!

out.

bases here called this

d this afternoon to the It Portsmouth and the 4at- Hampton.' ' Most of

J employed, by the gov-

ie entire vicinity ; are

Day of J,er Asked

fSenate Resolution , v; , BffVclated Press) ' WASHIV&C, April l.A resolution requi the president to proclaim a I f public humiliation, prayer, anj jmg" to be observed by the pel f the United States with religi Jiemnity and offering of. fervent locations to Almighty God for thf Cf OUr cause, His blessing o4img and speedy restoration offtonorabie and lasting

peace, was, Muced in the senate today by ii. Gallgher of New

Hampshire.

German&Makes Its

STEADY FLOW OF TROOPERS MARCH FORWARD : TO THRUST BACK POWERFUL DRIVE OF FOE

French divisions movlna forward to meet the lines of German assault. -

This photograph which has just arrived In this country illustrates a scene that is now enacted dally behind the lines in France. French divisions are moving forward to relieve other French ox British troops In resisting and thrusting back the German assaults. ' ' ?

GALLANT FORCE HOLDS OFF BIG GERMAN ARMY American Engineers Help the British in Defenses About Somme. LONDON. April 1. It is now possible to tell of a spectacular feature of a brilliant British defense last week below the Somme. It is the story of a little army composed largely of assortments of troops who were hastily assembled in a great crisis and who successfully held a vital stretch of the front against furious German onslaughts until reinforcements could arrive. In this gallant force, were included American railway engineers who, as In the battle of Cambral last November, threw aside their tools and took up arms in defense of the allied col

ors. . .. t AJ-

, - Cathara Together Traoes.

It was last .Tuesday afternoon ftt -a

critical moment when it was - absolutely necessary that ? more ? troops should bethrown Into the British line to hold the onrush of Germans. Reinforcements were on the way, but could not arrive in time. There was no time to lose and a certain general immediately organized force collected from the various units near by, in which were the Americans. . Fifteen hundred followed the lead of ' their dashing brigadier out into the swirling battle line where they were strung over a front , of 1.200 yards against which hordes of Germans were flung. It seems almost in

conceivable that these defenders,

brave unto death though they were.

could have been able to hold that

long sector, but they held.

The enemv advanced in force and

hurled themselves time and time again against the British line in this res-inn. but thev found no weak SDOt.

This composite force stood as gallantly and as well as their comrades

to the right and to the left. They dune on for many hours until the

regulars came up. This is. a sample

of the - fighting spirit wnicn allied soldiers are showing in this time of

stress. -: . , ''

Se V

i

r w 7

r V

4 -.:-:-:-s C-T-:

fry 4'i

n V .i.

f -StA" ZjaaT

V

APRIL FOOL DAY . FOR VON HINDENBURG LONDON. April 1. If Field Marshal von Hindenburg intended to spend April 1 in Paris ' he must have meant some other year than 1918. - His troops are still more than fifty miles from the French capital and In eleven days of fighting and under tremendous losses they have not even reached the Paris-Amiens railway, the principal route from northern France to Paris. Indeed, they are getting ready to defend themselves against the Anglo-Franco-American forces under General Foch. The boastful utterances of the German leaders much in evidence In the early days of the present campaign also have ceased, v - - '

' ; ' ' . v General Foeh."..'. ,l ' WASHINGTON, April 1. General Foch. recently chosen commander in chief of all the allies' armies, has the record of having never led his troops to defeat. r ' Tommies and Bersaglieri know him and idolize him .only less than . do his own pollus. If any man can take the supreme command of the British armies without inflicting heartburn in England, it is General Foch, according to the opinion of British military men. t r

British Papers Give Unanimous Approval fo Focfis i4ppoinfment

(By Associated Press) , LONDON, April 1. Unanimous approval is given the appointment , of General Foch to be generalissimo of the allied forces in France, by the morning newspapers, including those which have been loudest in their opposition to such a move. Many columns are devoted to details of the career of the French general. , ' 'i "The appointment," says the. Daily Mail, "secures complete unity, a priceless asset on the side of the allies, and means that the movements of Field Marshal Haig and . General Petain will be linked together." The Daily Telegraph says: "In conferring this authority upon the most

distinguished and successful of French j generals in ; the field, the allied gov- j ernments have come at length to what J

from a purely military standpoint is the incontestably right thing." Controversy Ended. , The Dally News declares that Premier Lloyd George's statement on the appointment puts an end to a controversy which never should have been allowed to arise and adds: - I . "Assuming that General Foch's powers are confined to the limits laid down by the premier and that the responsibility for the conduct of the British campaign still rests unimpaired with the British commander, the main objections to the creation of a general-1 issimo vanish and It is even possible to share President Wilson's belief that the new unity of command la a hopeful ' augury." : , -j

FIRST DRIVE OF GEUS IS CHECKED DV ENTENTE

French and British Troops Beat Back Desperate Efforts to Take the Gty of ;' Amiens.

U. S. TROOPS Oil WAY

41

The

Associated Pre

Germany's great ; drive into the allied lines - . in 1 northern France seems virtually ' at 'a

standstill today. Her first

t onrush appears to have

n stemmed with large gains

territory scored, . but with

1 victory no nearer in sight

d her resources in' men and

terial depleted.' : ;

French and British troops

t back the enemy last night

1 his desperate effort to ad-

nce toward Amiens and - to

ush out from the . Montdidier

alient. Slight progress in the

ve for Amiens along the

uce and Avre valleys is the

forward movement report

ed anywhere along the line, despftd the almost incessant TeutonicWtacks and at least at one point he enemy i was pushed back. ,'r''

Break VP Attack. . -The most determined assault

this effort seems GLbav

neighborhood of HanSBXittSn-Sant

where Franco-British troops I

assaulting waves. A British!

attack paved the way for an,

victory after the combined forces

broken up the German attack.

French gallantly followed np the advantage and the village was recaptured. The setback for the Germans here was most pronounced, as they were endeavoring to debouch from this position held within a scant ten miles of the outskirts ' of Amiens. . 'They hare now been posted beck veU beyondthat limit.. .rS-r . yj-r?--Further south is a the ' MotrUUdler region, the enemy made a-determined attack to capture Grievsnes and enlarge the alient he had pushed in here west of the, Avre. . His powerful thrusts, however, delivered virtually without Interval, were broken , up by the - French who - punished their German assailants badly and retained possession of the village. " ' r Una Holds Fast. r ? To the north of the Somme,' the British held their lines intact. The Germans made two attacks upon the British position In the western outskirts but each time met with a repulse. ' : London dispatches reflect the' expectation there of a renewal of the powerful assault all along the battle line when the Germans have further consolidated their position and brought up their: heavy - artdery. There seems Increasing hope, hewever, that the allied line, reinforced and under co-ordinate command, wm prove an Impassable barrier, even to the heaviest assaults the enemy max bring: to bear. At 2 o'clock; yesterday sftenoeo. the Germans made a heavy attack between Moreull 'and Demuin, Fleree lighting followed. , The - attacking - troops gradually forced their way forward until they penetrated the large foreata lying northeast of MoreulL A little later

the Germans were reported to be en

tering Hangard- and to be-

westward along .the Lace rtvw, ' Assaults Weakening.

As awed troops begin

movements on the Plcardy battle field, the German : assaults show slxas of slackening both in -numbers and intensity and the Germans are '"nrjr themselves In feverishly around Laaslgny on the southern line of the salient where French pressure has been heavy. South of the Somme the tide Continued On Page Eight. I RENEW PARIS SHELUNQ - LATE THIS AFTERNOON

v (Asaoelatod Presajr . ; PARIS, April 1 The bcanbardmestt

or Paris by long1 range German was resumed this afternoon,:

Spring

Campaign,

Say

U. S.

War ExpeHs ;

. -wn during the engagements of the -has staked Its fortunes on the spri;t week B , m victory elude campaign, says the war departmen, eat,my SSv 1 Ind ialSlflSl 1 Trained Soldiers Help iStJf.!? ,f hi nr.n.!i 0, placing of. American resources Attack? 5U tw6 poffiTtf ASn S rSS'an higher cohn continues the statement, "Is apparer,'?, ' !h" ' niU?r?ncl and ly determined to force a decision r he rencb prove to its own satisfaction that li"!6!,.! ,vat Amer-

. . . ne revie

In eaae of hi faJinr obtain troops are taking their places -In

results in the nresent theater ofT" Pfs of the lino,' thus reuevmg

iratinn. that n wiu .TJfran 1 French units ror emergen

OffenslVA MOnlti In iKoxant 7 10e

But despite the successes earned h?.e department statement follows.

the Germans, says the review, una? Ji, ? the enemy has been unable to force id?1' een " lJ, Z it cislon.- and "so long a. the .11I-.S:2S

oie to maneuver- with the consisted. "u" Tr. -I hnv

T?5 units, long and carefully

Warfare for the par-

Were to undertake,

Tieen compelled to

lg in the face of

&b been awe 10

r of battle, at. the

Mng his troops to V- -

No Del Attained. - ;

"In spite of I t.,..AfiRes rained.

the large area! lin overrun and the great numM DrisoneTS and war

trained In m

ticular tasks

the British.

eive around.

Field Mars

grave difficul

maintain basi

same time wi

more secure

material caDturi

uable tc force a

"Though the

pelled to retire: occupied some!

strategic import .Ifl.il . In. nf

enemy has been

ion."-; :

have been conv

thej enemy! has

ts of primary

as long as. the

allied armies ai maneuver with the conalstl .flexibility which they K Uwa during- the engagements of 1 W week, so long wUl victory elud" CJemy

y "However, as, the German higher command has staked its fortunes on the success of the spring campaign of 1918 and is apparently determined to force a decision or prove to its own satisfaction that it is unable to do so, we must be prepared to case of his failure to obtain major results in .the present theatre of operations, that he will attempt further offensive assaults In adjacent areas:':. , i-d ,j "From, a tactical standpoint, the most important event of the week has been French participation in the bat

tle. French reserves ried to the scene of

arrayed along . the southern flank of the new salient which the enemy has pushed out, stretching from Barisis to Montdidier. , ' Fierce fighting continues in' the Montdidier area -where a successful French counter offensive is already outlined in the vicinity of Lassigny.

-"North of the Somme the British are hold in? the enemy on the line running from Feuchy through Boyelles,- Bucquoy, Beaumont-Hamel, - Albert s to Sallly-le-Sec. ' ; :, "To the south of the river the Germans are still forging' ahead. The thrust toward Amiens is being carried through with great vigor along the line Hamel-Mezieres; Strong assaults have also been directed against the point of junction of, the Franco-British forces In the hope of being able to strike a decisive blow here and roll back either

have been hur- the French or British.

action and are j "Our . own resources have ' been

placed unreservedly at tne disposal oi the allies and our , divisions will be used If and when needed. Our troops are taking their places in other parts of the c line, thus ; relieving ; veteran French units for emergency service. : "Such of our troops as. have received a sufficient amount of training

will co-operate with the latter and insofar as they are able will assume a share of the great burden now 89 valiently borne by the French and Brit ish armies. V : .r''i"' ' 'Tr: ' .i "Other sectors of , the western front

not within the "Immediate radius of 4

the, battle zone have been relatively quiescent The bombardment of Paris by ,a long-range gun, firing approximately ,75 miles is. noted. 1 : "From Italy information reaches us that fresh Austrian divisions are arriving 'along the Italian front; coming from Rumania, and important troop movements are taking : place . in the Vaisogana.' Renewed activity along the f ntire front is recorded . and the Austrians were able to conduct a successful operation in the Frensela valley.. :;-iZ" : l'':.-S': "In the s eastern theater the Germans are continuing their advance fn

the Ukraine. A number-' of engage-

ments are reported fn which Austrian forces were-driven hack.' la EStorfa the important strategle center, Irkutsk, has fallen into the hands of the enemy and a hostile detachment believed to number approximately 000 is in full possession of the town.' "The principal event in the outlying theaters of war took place along the Mesopotamian front where an entire Turkish force was-neariy opt to pieces 22 miles northwest of Hit The British have reached a point forty-are miles north of Hit - From Persia, news of the possibility of the Persians joining hands with the' central powers has been current. 1 . .,,. v ' "Turkish units under German tsed-" ershlp are believed to be advaaehtz in the vicinity of Teheran. This cm be taken toto considerate loirti t the jwasfblltty of the esy rtrrrr a Sank movement arrti ttj

ooeratmK in Mesopcrr , x

J . 4 '

- , - ' . -J - -

I