Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 136, 19 April 1918 — Page 9
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELSGRAM. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1918
PAGE NINE
WITHIN SIGHT OF DECISIVE POINT SAYS FRENCHMAN t Allies Will Fight Until Enemy Reserves Are Exhaust ea May Take Month, i ' (By Alseelatcd Pr.)
OTTAWA, Ont, April 19One of the
foremost French generals, who commanded the three rreneh divisions in
the heavy fighting previous to April 7, declared unreservedly to Reuter's cor
respondent with the French armies.
that there waa nothing disquieting in the nrcaeat battle situation, "but on
the contrary we hate every ground
for confidence both in Plcardy and Flanders" The correspondent die patch received by Reupter'a agency here quotes the French general aa follows; i
"The course of tola battle, like all others, waa eeaeaMally the same. Each aide would continue to ply blow
weight of numbers or superior skill to And the weak points ia the enemy's armor and each endeavoring to retain sufficient reserves m trun the scale .when the decisis , moment waa reached. . After four years we are now only within sight of this decisive point. The Oermana have still got in France unused reserves and freah divisions.
The battle will proceed and the next
shock muat be expected as soon as the flood pouring in through Bailleul up towards Hasebrouck la checked. The battle may continue a month or more, but the entente will continue until the enemy reserves are exhausted, and his numerclal superiority worn down to the vanishing point. Then our turn will come, with the help of the American divisions."
Urges Farmers to PlerA
Victory Acre and Lend
Proceeds to Government jnnh rv nitver. state director of
the war savings campaign has issued
a call to the farmers or me state u
Eant an extra, acre this year to ne lowa as a "Victory acre"
mi Ma ia- n hm avarv rftnn-
er in the state plant this extra acre ni tin tke the nroflta derived
therefrom and invest them in thrift
tumrui And war s&vlncs stamps.
"You lend your own eountry me nt thU tortr Acrmf ha said, "to
be returned to you in less than four
and one-half years at four per cent interest compounded quarterly Vou save that much for your own home and family; you write your name as
a patriot, and before a unitea cuuen-
shlp the enemy shall win as an unwatered plant in the burning sun " DEMONSTRATE NEW DIRIGIBLE
(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, .April 19. A den onstratlon of a lt-foot model dirigible of the Zeppelin type swung on wire a machine said to be much superior to the German craft in that it ia more mobile and can alight on water, waa given today to the senate military committee by Alfred Herbert, a Montclalr, N. J., Inventor. He said hla dirigible could be built 600 feet in
length. , carry ' 60 persona, machine guna and bombs and attain a speed of T5 miles an hour. Development of the ' dirigibles by the government was urged by the inventor who said Germany in time would send Zeppelins to America.
FARMERS ASKED TO RAISE SHEEP
Farmers representing every township in Wayne county attended a meeting in Richmond Thursday afternoon at which time it was decided to make an effort to get the farmers of the county to raise sheep aa a war measure. The primary purpose of sheep raising la tor the wool of which the country is said to be in need. The local banks have agreed to loan money for the purchase of sheep to farmers in need of same, and it was decided at the meeting Thursday to send a committee to Chicago in the near future to select and buy the Btock for shi. meet to Wayne county.
Louisiana Sugar Cane Acreage Reduced 13,000 (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 19. Small growers turning their attention to other crops caused a reduction in the Louisiana sugar cane acreage this year. The total area af 28.000 acres was reported by the department .of agriculture in a report issued today. That is 13,000 acres less than last year and 25.000 acres less than in 1909.
Six Men Conscripted for Common Labor Six men of Class IA are to be conscripted for common labor work as Wayne county's quota, and sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison May or 7, according to a letter received Friday by the selective service board from the war department. It was firt announced that Wayne- county would send only five men. The men to be conscripted for this work must be registered in Class IA as common laborers, as no skilled laborers are to be included. . . Superintendents Vote Change in School Course At a meeting of Indiana city and town school heada held in Indtanapo lis Thursday afternoon, according to County Superintendent Williams who attended, it was decided to repeal the law requiring two years of mathematics or two years of foreign language study in high schools. n.r.oir th courses will be op
tional with the students. City Super-J .a a. s am ei in aa 1
Intenoeni unes renu meelins regarding this subject. Milling Companies Must Keep Accurate Accounts The retention of Richmond milling companies i called to the necessity of keepinr an accurate bookkeeping system whereby federal agents may establish that company's conformity to the food regulations as applied to the business of willing, ' One company, the Ziliak and Wchafer Company of Hanbstedt. Ind-. 11 Gibson county, has been ordered to quit business until a system Js in'stalled which complies w(th the requirements of the food administration according to a bulletin received from the oftice of Dr. Harry Barnard. Rev. W. J. Cronin Speaks to High School Pupils The Rev. Father W. J. Cronin of St. Mary's church spoke at the high school chapel exercises Friday mornIr.g on "The Obligaiona of Modern Civilization." He pointed out that the opportunities impose obligations on those who profit by them, and spoke of the war as one way in which modern men are sacrificing themselves in order to maintain civilization. Music was furnished during the chapel hour by the high school orchestra. A free moving picture film waa shown at the high sehool auditorium Friday evening after school. The picture showed the development of transport at ion from the primitive lecemotlve to the electric railroad. . Mineral lands will be. developed bjr the Minerals Development Co., Caput pa. Okla., incorporated with $100,000 capital. i
Indian Prince Is On Lecture Tour
Prince Sarath Ghosh. CLEVELAND. O., April 19. Prince Sarath Ghosh, a member of an ancient family of India, who recently lectured here on "The Destiny of America" and whose lecture tour will take him to many of the larger American cities, plana to make America his home. The prince was educated In England, taking several honor? at Cambridge and Oxford, and has been a world-wide traveler. He is the author of several works op political sociological apd other subjects and 1ms written novels, including "1001 Indian Nights," "The Verdict of the.Gods" and "The Prince of Destiny." His Wondrous tales of India interest children and frequently in London he entertained them at parties given by the lord mayor. These tales have been told i America by the prince, under the auspices of the New York Kindergarten association. Earth Shocks Felt On Island of Martinique (By Associated Press) FORT DE FRANCE MARTINIQUE, April 18. Slight earth checks have been felt here for five days. . The tre mor began soon after noon Sunday and continued until 2 o'clock this afternoon. In the eruption of Mount Pelee in May, 1902, thirty thousand persons lost their lives on the island of Martinique and the city of St. Pierre was destroyed. The island of - Martinique is covered with volcanoes and there are many others on nearby islands ia the West indies.
Bi Your Coal Now
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to Escape shortage
Next Winter Says Fuel Administrator
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IT is far Wiser
T6 BORROW MONEY TO $UY COAL NOW
- THAN TO , DO WITHOUT
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.TUfc PRODUCTION OF COAL IN THIS COUNTRY 15 FUNDAMENTALLY A TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
U.5.FULL ADHINDTKATOk HARRY A.GARFIEL0
Problem Is One of Transportation, Declares Garfield Cars and Mines Must Be Kept Busy Every Day in the Year, He Says. By HARRY A. GARFIELD v U. S. FUEL ADMINISTRATOR. EVEBY householder, every public utility, and t very industrial user of coal engaged in work essential to the prosecution of the war are earnestly advised and urged to place without delay their orders for coal to cover their needs for the twelve months beginning April 1. During the past twelve months there has been suffering among consumers, and a curtailment of essential production by industries, through inability to obtain necessary fuel after the beginning of winter. A year ago consumers were led to believe that they might safely withhold their Orders until later in the year. They labored under the impression that coal could be bought and secured as well at one time as another. They were told that there was plenty of coal for everybody and that there would be plenty of coal, cars to move the coal in also. This advice and its acceptance by consumers was one of the contributing causes to the coal shortage with its consequent suffering among domestic consumers and lessening in production of commodities needed in our war activities. The Fuel Administration was not MUST NOT LOSE A DAY. then in existence, and did not begin The production of coal in thla its work until August 23. It waa country is fundamentally a transw ndr the portation problem. There are enough then already, too late to undo the ear8 laiid enough locomotlve8 to barm which had been done. Tne tranBport (be uecessary quantity of Fuel Administration would be neg- coai OKLY IF EVERY CAR. AND ligent of its doty to the public if it EVERY LOCOMOTIVE IS USED failed to call attention- at this time TO ITS MAXIMUM CAPACITY to the unfortunate results of the EVERY DAY I? THE YEAH, mistaken eourse punned by the pub- There are enough operatires in the lie a year ago, and to warn all con- mines to get the coal ' from the sumers in the most emphatic man- ground, if those operatives can work ner possible that a repetition of every day in the year, and if the those results Can be avoided only by coal cars and locomotives are availaccepting and acting immediately able every day. If the, coal care upon the Fuel Administration's ad- are idle for a week or a month, the vice, here given, let every consumer result is a loss of a week's or a of the classes mentioned ascertain month's possible coal production, his fuel requirements for' the com- There is no way to make up this ing year. Do this at once. Order loss. The country needs the greatsufficient coal to meet those require- est utilisation of the coakcarrylng ments. Place your orders, at once, facilities every week and every If domestic consumers have not rof- month." It has no surplus cars and flcient storage space for the coal no surplus locomotives to carry they will need, they should enlarge more coal in a succeeding week or their bins. If public ntilitiea and 1ft a succeeding month, to make np industries engaged upon government for the failure to use the "existing work have not sufficient storage ears and locomotives in a preceding space, they should at once provide it. month.
COAl-
D0MT WAIT
UNTIL AUTUMN OR WINTER 4
TT MAY BE TOO LAT1 1
Owing to more favorable weather conditions, a greater quantity of coal can be transported each day from April to November than Is possible in each day from November to March. Conditions adverse to coal transportation are aure to exist every winter. Such adverse conditions were unusually severe and long-continued in the winter Just passed. To an appreciable degree, however, they have existed every winter, and it is the part of felly to suppose they will not be encountered next winter. THERE IS PLENTY OF COAL. There ia plenty of coal in the ground to meet every need. This coal can be taken from the ground only in consequence of ordera placed with the operators. If those ordera are delayed the coal remains where nature has put it. Coal operators have no other storage space for their coal. Even if such storage spaee existed, it would be of little benefit. The coal mlsnt as well remain in the mines as be stored at the mouth of the mines. In either case, to be used it must be transported to the points where needed. Consequently it must be loaded on coal cars, and this is equally necessary whether the coal is taken directly from the mine to the car, or taken from a storage pile at the mine's mouth to the car. Unless the operators have orders for their coal they cannot load the coal cars, nor will the coal cars be placed at their mines. Without orders for coal the operators cannot ship it, for they can aive no directions where it should W taken.
With the exception of limited: storage capacity In retail dealers' j yards, there are only three places where coal can be kept. First, in, the ground where it has always! been, and. where it must remain un-i til mined and loaded into cars. Sec-; ond, in. the cars themselves, .where; unless those cars are promptly moved to their destination and un-1 loaded it is a hindrance to transport tatlon, blocking up tracks and yards; already overtaxed and sadly needed, for transportation of other commod-j ities. Third, in the coal bins of do-; mestlc consumers, and In the coal, piles of industrial users. The valuel of coal as fuel begins only when it, reaches the third place. The fuel problem Is to get the coal from the first place of deposit to the final i place of deposit with as little delay j as possible, and in as steady and. continuous a stream as dream-j stances will permit. j The railroads may be compared to a water pipe, which needs to run full all the time to carry the neces-' sary amount of water to its destination. If that water is shut off for any appreciable time, it means an ultimate shortage. .The pipe can carry no more than its maximum capacity per day. j Inconvenience of paying for coali in the spring or summer, when it' will not be needed until autumn or winter, should not influence anyj consumer to delay placing his order: and securing his supply. It Is far! wiser to borrow money in the spring to pay for one's coal than to wait until autumn or winter, when If the coal has not been mined and shipped, money cannot procure it.
CHESTER, END.
- Humphrey Mikesell and Louis Tice have bought new Fords... I.Haten Rhoadea spent -Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Duke Rev. L. f. Ulmer will fill his regular appointment here next Sflnday morning, April Zl. . Come Mrs. Frank Pickett, Mrs. Bert Carman and Misses Marjorie Pickett and Bonnie and Blanche Carman attended the entertainment given by the Middlebord school last Thursday night Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turner are the parents of a new baby hoy,... Mrs. Maggie Boerner visited Frank. WiUUu) and family, recently. Mrs. Williams is seriously ill with a nervous breakdown..., ,.
COLORED DESERTER
IS SOUGHT HERE
A reward of $50 has been offered fcy
the United States government for information which may lead to the er rest of Reginald A- Tylor. colored, a member Of Company K of the First Infantry, who is wanted on a charge
of desertion, according to a letter received Friday from the war department by Clem Carr, chairman of the local selective service board. Taylor originally registered in Chi eago and through the assistance of the local board waa transferred to this city. At that tim he was employed here py Haeltman aad Klh foth. coal dealers, and w3 lter conserved into the service. . Tho letter from the war department stated that Taylor deserted from Cap Taylor at .Louisville on Tuesday, April 9, and no trace of . his whereabouts can be learned. It ia thought that he might have returned to Richmond and the sheriff has been asked to assist in locating him. The $50 reward will be paid for information Of any. kipd regarding the man providing it proves reliable and ladp to his arrest. Anyone who may know anything about Taylor is asked to notify Sheriff Carr at once.
Bosch Magneto Company, Enemy Owned, Taken Over (Associated Press.) ' H WASHINGTON, Aprfl ls.rThe gov. ernment has taken Over the big plants of the Bosch Magneto company at Springfield, Mass and Plainneld, N. J., and directors will be named by Alien property Custodian Palmer to conduct their - Operations. InvejUgatians showed, it was announced today, that the company is entirely enemy owned.
Richmond Men in Fort Hamilton Learning to Fire Heavy Artillery
Luther G. Hagerty, who was in charge of the selectf sent from Richmond to Fort Hamilton. Y has written W. B. Marsh of tha safe arrival, of the men "i camp. "The Richmond boys arrived safely, he writes, "and are all right, excepting for colds. We are having a sleet storm at present, and there was a snow last night. We have not received our uniforms yet but have drawn most of our supplies, overcoats, under wear, shoes, socks, raincoats and extra blankets. 9 loeated t the mouth of the
T-Tiuienn rivtr and are about two hours
i Ka from New York, and thirty
minutes from Coney Island. On a
clear day we can see ine aiaiue oi T.ihortv THiif-lrwell and Ellis Island.
We can see the different types of Ships from mine sweepers to the larg? est dreadnoughts. They patrol the harbor and coast. "We can hear the 12 inch guns vtnar t tarspet ranee at Sandv Hook.
which is about 25 miles out, to sea.
. "You can be proud of the Ricnmona boys, for we are in the Coast, artillery, and will get our training on a 12 Inch disappearing gun. "The people of thi6 famous old fort are very generous. We have a free enNew Secretary Comes to Richmond May I The board of directors of the Commercial club has been notified by Carl Ullman, 'recently selected to succeed Frank Alhus as secretary of the organisation, that he ha accepted th9 position and will arrive in Richmond about May 1. -
FIX SUMS FOR
DEFENSE BODIES
REP. TULARE ?
TO SPEAK HERE
Representative Charles B. Timber-
lake, of Colorado, will speak in Richmond, Sunday, May 12, at a public
meeting to be held In some local au--i ditorlum, the location to be decided
upon. . . s
Tlmberlake will speak In Indianap
olis on Saturday, May 11, and will come to Richmond the following day to visit his nephew, Fred Charles. When Representative Richard N. Elliot, of this district, learned that Tlmberlake would be here he at once asked him if be would be willing to deliver an address If a public meeting
was arranged. The Colorado statesman said that he would be glad to do so.
According to a letter received here
Friday from Rep. Elliott, Tlm
berlake was one of a group of congressmen who went to France last winter and inspected the American expeditionary forces. At that time they visited the first line trenchea and
thus gained first hand experience
about the war. - Tlmberlake will tell of his observations on the western
front in his address in Richmond. '
Charles B. Tlmberlake was born in
Clinton, Ohio, and married an Indiana
girl. He graduated from Earlham
college and then went to . Colorado
where he served 17 years as a receiver for the Sterling county land office.
He was elected to the sixty-fourth
congress and re-elected to the sixty-
fifth congress to represent the second
district of Colorado. He has a national reputation as an orator.
tertainmert every night through the rY.. M. C. A., the Theatrical bsp,.
I tion of New York, and the Ladies'
Ljva.g.uv ui c ujrv jnaiiijiLUU, run iuuci and Tilden."
Hagerty gives bis address as 20th
Company, S. N. Y,, Fort Hamilton,
New York.
FRIENDS WILL HAVE SUPPLY HOUSE HERE
The executive board - of the Ameri
can Friends' Five Year, Meeting
i Thursday will open a central rnenas . Book and Supply house in iliehmond. I The only supply house of thti kind at
tne present time is loceieawn iNew York, and the opening of t supply house here is in line with the , Man of the Friends' church to central'ze its activities in Richmond. The board voted to increase the budget thii year and turn over the surplus for Un establishment of the supply house. v The Bible School board preset ted to the executive board the outline of their program for publication for t. is year. A child's story paper is to e started In onnpction with the otht
publications. The business office 6. j
.the Bible school c-oara wm De movea from Finnount to Richmond,' accordA
ing to the plans maae Tnursaay. i ne editorial office is at present at Boston. '' The session of the executive board closed Thursday evening. , An oil refinery will be constructed by the Cgrpegie OH ReftniHg Company. Camie. Okla., Incorporated with $150,000 capital.
The state board of accounts has an
nounced a list of what It holds to be equitable sums which may be appropriated by jcounty councils for their respective county councils of defense, placing Wayne county in the third vlth an appropriation of $7.500. Sx ot her "counties are mciuaea iu t-o third class with the same amount. Marion county, in which Indianapolis is located, is the only county in the first class, and the appropriation is set af $30,000. There are five counties in the second class with $12,000 as their amount. The entire list and the approximate sums which it is recommended the county councils appropriate, contains ten different classifications, dependent upon the financial conditions and size of the counties. "We do not pretend that there is any law behind this arrangement," Gilbert H. Henderson, chief examiner for the board, declared, "but after a conference with Governor Goodrich, Attorney General Stansbury and M. E. Foley, chairman of the state council of defense, it was agreed that the sums Would not be attacked by the state board of examiners in the hope tuat their authorization would finally be made legal by some future legislature." The money thus appropriated if the action is taken by county . councils, vould be solely used for home deuifee work during the period of the w r, and such a move is regarded hy st te officials as a patriotic step.
OFFER PLATINUM
TO GOVERNMENT
(Br Associated Press) "WASHINGTON, April lfc Many of
fers of nlatinum held by private citi
zens are being received by the government aa the result of the shortage
which is handicapping scientific and
munitions work necessary to winning
the war. Dr. C. L. Parsons, of the Bureau of Mines, said today some of
the platinum bad been tendered as gifts, while other lots were offered for sale at the market price because the owners did not think it patriotio to hold metal for personal adornment in the present crista. All of the owners were instructed to turn over their holdings to certain refiners, who will hold the platinum, subject to government disposition under the order commandeering all free and unworked
platinum.
Requisitioning of all platinum in
the hands of manufacturing jewelers
may be the next step In the govern
ment effort to obtain a sufficient quantity for the manufacture of acids
and for use In electrical apparatus.
The war industries board has warned jewejers that not more than $100 an ounce will be paid for commandeered
platinum and that efforts to corner all the scrap metal available by run
ning up the price may rebound to their financial loss.
Government officials are watching
with keen Interest the work of the
women's national league for the conservation of platinum and are assisting
in an unofficial way their efforts to discourage the use of platinum In
jewelry. The league la urging women to have their jewels reset in gold or
in some of the white alloya of gold.
such as palladium gold, which would give the same effect as platinum. Be
sides aiding the government, they
would obtain a new ornament without
cost, since the difference in the value
of the platinum and the new setting
would more than pay for the work, of resetting. '
Mrs. Elwood B. Spear of Cambridge. Mass., Is chairman of the league, which Includes In Its membership.
Miss Ellen F. Pendleton, president of
Wellesley college; Miss Bertha E. Boody, Dean of Radcllffe college; Miss Marlon Talbott, dean of Women. Chicago University; Miss Gertrude H. Beggs, dean of Women, University of Minnesota; Miss Eva Johnston, adviser for women. University of Missouri; Mrs. .Thomas W. Llngle, ad visor for women. University of North Carolina; Miss Ethel Hale Freeman. Smith College; Mrs. Roy Martin, New York, Mrs. Robert E. Neff. New York; Mrs. B. C. Hesse, New York; Mra Philip N. Moore, St. Louis; Mrs. Henry D. Ross, Arizona, "and others. Drop Teaching of Hun Language in Wheeling WHEELING, W. Va., Aprfl 19. The teaching of the German language in the grade schools of Wheeling was discontinued today. The city board of education at a meeting last night, at which petitions signed by 4,650 per sons presented and committees of citizens were heard, voted to discontinue the teaching of the language In the grade schools at once and In the high
school ' at the end of the present scholastic year. . A thousand pupils in the grade schools gave up their German classes today. Twelve teachers in the course will be given other employment.
T, ve German women's jwlitical and suffytge bodies, have issued a joint manifesto protesting against continued A 'nial of their political rights. '
NAME GOMITTEES FOR MAY CAMPAIGN
George Eggemeyer was selected as a member of the Richmond War Fund committee to fill the vacancy caused by the sesignation of James A. Carr. The city committee met at noon Friday to discuss preliminary plans for the Red Cross fund drive which starts May 20. Committees were appointed as follows: Rating: George H- Eggemeyer, C. W. Jordan, Fred W. Battel, I S. Bowman, Arthur Smith. Publicity: E. M. Haas, E. H. Harris, J. E. atansel, C. A. McQulre, D. 8. Coe. Organization: George E. SeideL H. R Robinson. W. F.' Bockoff, H. Romey and H. C. Doan. E. H. Harris heada the finance committee and will select the other members of the committee. ;
A $100,000 meat-packing plant will be bui)t by the State Packing Co, Raleigh. N. C. daily capacity -to b 250 hogs and 30 cattle.