Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 143, 27 April 1918 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1918

DESCRIBES HOW IIUN TERROR GUN WAS DESTROYED

Germans See "Bertha" Dam

aged Beyond Repair, with

Rent in Barrel. (Br Associated Press) PARIS. April 27. A description of tbe destruction by the French artillery of one of the long rage cannon with which the Germans have been bombarding Paris Is published today by the Petit Parisian. . " . "All the signs that Bertha (a French nick-name for the big German guns, referring to Bertha Krupp) was going to Are had been noticed. The smoke curtain had gone up. All around there was a chorus of loud reports. Undoubtedly Bertha and two or three hundred 70 millimetre naval guns were all-firing simultaneously to disguise the whereabouts of the big cannon. , "After a short pause the firing was resumed. This time ten naval gun supplied the obligate French air observers were on the lookout, however, and French guns opened Are in their turn. The aviators signaled quickly that the result of the first salvo was most promising. "Two heavy shells ' exploded 250 yards north of the big gun, tearing up the railroad tracks leading to the concrete gun platform. The firing was continued, getting . closer , and closer, until finally two enormous shells went through the camouflage. Two formidable explosions were heard and the discomfited Germans saw Bertha damaged beyond repair, with a rent fifty feet long in the barrel. The aviators reported that they could see plainly through the camouflage two gaping craters in the platform. "French gunners then set about preparing to destroy the third Bertha. But thus far they have not succeeded, for shells arrived in Paris again durthe small hours of the night."

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48 Wavne Draftees Leave

First Lap of Journey to France

TVia 19 soWtprT men included in

the latest call for army service left

Richmond at 9:45 ociock eaiuraay

morning. The 144 colored men infiiiHari in thn onli will leave Monday.

All of the 'selected men were present-

ed with 5 smileage dookb oy me iwcumond Rotary club, and smileage books ha riven to the colored men.

The men met in the offices of the

selective service board at 8 ociock, and though no attempt was made to have a parade they moved in a body through the streets on their way to the station. Many were the cheerful Baintatinna which greeted them as

they passed along the streets, and

everyone - joined in wianms mem "Godspeed." At the station one patriotic citizen asked one of the new recruits If he was going to Camp Taylor. "Yes, sir," replied the recruit, "and we are also going to Berlin." The optimistic attitude of the new soldier was greeted with a cheer. There were hundreds of people at the station to bid. the boys goodbye

and Godspeed. Mothers, sisters and

sweethearts lingered wltn "my ooy. until the train pulled out. . The An man nehn were recently se

lected to take training courses at Pur

due University, also lert saiuraay morning for Lafayette, Ind. These men will train at the university for about two months and will then be assigned to staff positions in the fedgf&I service One very interesting feature' about tha Hannrtnrn of the selected men Is

the fact that it recalls to the minds of mnnv neonia an event of a similar na

ture which occurred Just 20 years ago

this month. In April, is. company

F of the 161st Indiana infantry, left Birhmnnrt nt the country's call to play

their part In the Spani3h-American

war. Thav want then direct to Indianapo

lis and from there to Jacksonville, Fla.

Red Gross Notes

The American Red Cross has designated a service flag for Red Cross nurses. One blue star for each nurse in service may be sewed in the white field of the standard Red Cross flag. If any hospital furnishes more nurses than can be represented on the flag's white field, white numerals, indicating the number in service, may be sewed in the center of the Red Cross. As a war measure to meet the need for graduate nurses the Cleveland League of Nursing Education is cooperating with Western Reserve University to give a ten weeks' preparatory course to young women desirous of entering the nursing profession. The course has the indorsement of the Lake Division Bureau of Nursing. Captured American soldiers, arriving in German prison camps, will find American Red Cros emergency food parcels awaiting them, if arrangements already in operation are fully carried out.

LIQUOR LICENSES STILL WITHHELD The board of county commissioners

in session at the county auditors oifice Saturday, again continued the hearing of liquor license arguments as the supreme court has not yet rendered its decision as to the validity of the "dry" law. Practically every I saloon keeper in Wayne county ap-

piled lor a new license m that the court will hand down a decision favorable to the "wets." By next Saturday the board members feel certain the saloon case will be decided, and the matter of liquor licenses can be definitely settled. If the state remains dry all of the applications will automatically be dropped. If the court gives a "wet" verdict the board will regrant most of the 11-

New Japanese Ambassador Now Actively in Charge (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 27 Viscount Kikujiso Ishil, the new Japanese ambassador to the United States, today is in active charge of affairs at the Japanese embassy , here. He arrived in Washington yesterday accompanied by the Countess Ishil and a staff of secretaries. ' He is well known here because of a visit he made several months ago as ambassador on rpecial mission at which time he and Secretary Lansing reached an understanding between the United States and Japan regarding China. Count lshii succeeded former Ambassador Sato, who returned to Japan several months ago.

Americans Released By Chinese Bandits (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, April 27. George A. Kyle, of Portland, Ore., the American engineer who since March 5 has been held captive by Chinese bandits in the province of Honan, China has been released according to advises to the-state department from the American legation at Peking forwarded to tbe Siems-Carey railway and canal company here. Two other Americans and a Chinese engineer had been previously freed.

censes.

Richmond Debating Team Deaf eats Fort Wayne High The Richmond High school debating team won the debate held with the Fort Wayne High school team at Ft. Wayne Friday night. The Richmond debaters had the negative side of the question, "Resolved, That the United States should own and operate the merchant marine," and received the votes of two out of three judges. Bessie Buell, William Haberkern and Richard Taylor were members of the Richmond team. Benjamin Null, of the school faculty, accompanied the debaters to Fort Wayne. William C. Jones to Be Buried Sunday Funeral services for William C. Jones, .whose death occurred at Indianapolis, will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Jones, 1419 North C street. The Rev. R. L. Semans will be in charge of the services. Burial will be made at Economy, Ind.

Mrs. Dora Mitchell Dies At Home in Washington Word was received Saturday by Miss Mary Brothers, telling of the death at Washington, D. C, of Mrs. Dora L. Mitchell, former Richmond, resident. Mrs. Mitchell had lived in Richmond until a few years ago, and during her residence here was an "active member in the Baptist church. Funeral set vices will be held Sunday at Washington from the home of her niece. Miss Cullaton.

65 SELECTS TO BE GIVEN INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION

The selective service board received 65 questionnaires of Wayne county registrants from the district board Friday. These questionnaires were sent to the district board so that the names of the men, all of whom were engaged in industrial work, could be given the proper classification.

ONE MILLION DUTCH SOLDIERS READY TO RESIST GERMAN AGGRESSIONS

With Holland in a crisis with Germany, her strength as a possible belligerent Is of interest. Facts about the "country beneath the sea" follow: Population (approximately), 7,000,000. Total area (square miles), 15,760. Troops under arms (army and navy), 1.000,000. Infantry equipped with Mannlicher magazine rifles. Field artillery equipped with Q. E. Krupps 75 centimeters. Field army has four divisions and a cavalry brigade. Navy has four large cruisers, eight coast defense ships, thirty-tour torpedo boats, twelve destroyers and four building, ten submarines, 'and several gunboats. Four destroyers being built in Germany for Holland when the war broke out were seized by the Germans. In Holland all males between nineteen and forty are subject to army service, the period beiug ten years, with about three or four years in actual training. Holland is bordered on the south by Belgium and on the east by Germany. It has few fortresses and its scheme of defense is concentration of all forces in a restricted area, known as the "Holland fortress." Two-thirds of this area is surrounded by water and could be made more impregnable by inundation. It is said that three persons, including the queen and the commander-in-chief of the army, carry keys which would unlock the dikes and inundate the greater part of Holland. Since the outbreak of war Holland has greatly strengthened her forces and defenses and her whole array has remained mobilized since August, 1914.

Later they were sent to Savannah, Ga., and from there across, tha. miif tn Ha

vana, Cuba. This company did not take any active part In the. fighting. Major Comstock at that time was a

second lieutenant with Company F, and was promoted to a captaincy while In Cuba. He returned to Richmond with the boys after the war. ODD FELLOWS LODGE OBSERVES FOUNDING Patriotism was the kevnntn nf tha

meeting held at the Odd Fellows hall Friday night in observance of the nine-

iy-nintn anniversary of the founding of the Order of Odd Fellows. Charles W. Jordan gave an address on patriotism, urging the unqualified support of the government in the war.

and praising the men who have gone

10 tne front.

Frank Strayer. nrnser.utinsr nttnmav

talked on "Fraternalism," giving credit to fraternal organizations for direct service to mankind. Mr. Stravar

praised the sacrifice of mothers who had given their sons Into the service, and spoke of the service flag of the order as expressing the patriotism of

the men in the lodge.

Three hundred persons attended the meeting. Following the addresses a musical program and dance were given. In keeping with the order's observation of food conservation rules, no refreshments were served.

A patriotic meeting was held at the

Red Men's hall Friday evanins? in

compliance with the request made by

ine government that fraternal orders get together in meetings and encourage active patriotic service, and the

support of the Liberty loan issue. A patriotic address was given by Prosecuting Attorney Frank Strayer, and musical numbers were given. A dance followed the program.

What the Y. M. C. A. Is Doing For Our Army In the Industrial Trenches

AUSTRIAN PREMIER

AGAIN QUITS POST

(By Associated Press.) LONDON, April 27. Dr. Von Seyd-

ler, the Austrian premier, has for the second time presented his resignation according to an exchange telegraph dispatch from Zurich today. The pre

mier is quoted as declaring that he desired to quit office because he found his situation untenable. Austrian internal conditions like those of Hungary and the dual monarchy as a whole have been extremely unsettled for some time, the agitation being due not only to complication over foreign affairs, but to the question of suffrage reform in Hungary and the Perennial radical disputes in both kingdoms.

Richmond Elks Will Attend State Convention

Several members of the B. P. O. Elks of Richmond will attend the seventeenth annual session of the order to be held in Indianapolis' May 23 and 24. All festivities and demonstrations of a public nature have been eliminated at this convention on account of the war. Richmond Elks will take no part in the program.

According to the Koran the four principal angels are: ' Gabriel, the angel of revelation; Michael, the friend and protector of the Jews; Azrael, the angel of death ; Izraf el, whose office it will be to sound the trumpet on the last day.

A Marine railway with lifting capacity of 3200 tons will be built by the Beaumont Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Beaumont, Tex., the cost to be $200,-000.

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Soldiers of industry have the same "clubby" instincts as their brothers in khaki. Center picture shows one of the popular recreations in the huts that the V. M. C. A. is building just behrnd our "home trenches." On the firing line the "Y" hut is regarded as the enlisted men's club. Similar club houses are now being built for the armies in overalls at our shipbuilding yards and munitions plants.

"Two American armies are fighting together to help the war an army in khaki, and an army in blue overalls. The work they are doing is of equal importance. That i3 the reason the Y. M. C. A. plans to do for the industrial soldier -what it is doing for the soldier in the fighting line. " 'Y' huts will spring up around munition plants and ship yards here just as they have sprung up in the war zone of Flanders. For the workman who coes "over the top' for his

country in the war industries the As

sociation will provide gymnasiums, shower-baths, ames, movies and a chance to study if he likes. In the crowded mushroom cities where he must work, the Association will furnish him a place for rest and recreation." This is the way John Sherman Hoyt, Chairman of the Committee on Work in War Industries of the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A., summed up today the new work cut out for the Association. Briefly stated, the new plan consists in treating "the army in blue overalls" exactly like "the army in

khaki," so far as the comforts and conveniences of the "Y" are concerned. All over the United States, in every town or city where hundreds or thousands of munition-makers, shipbuilders, or other war-workers are stationed, Y. M. C. A. huts, like those for our American soldiers overseas, are being built. The same recreational facilities, the same entertainments, and the same educational opportunities that the "Y" offers the men who go into the French trenches will be on hand for the industrial soldiers. They will be able to find almost everything in the huts from a shower-bath to instruction in the English language. Cdncert singers and other entertainers who have been touring the camps for the Y. M. C. A. will be just as Eroud to appear before this "army ehind the army"- as before the men in khaki. In many of the munition and shipbuilding centers there is a twentyfour hour day. When the men work in eight hour shifts, the Y. M. C. A. will do the same. If a workman wants a cup. of hot chocolate and a sandwich at two .o'clock A. M.t they

will be ready for him. If he wants to go to the movies at four A. M., he can do so. War workers have been recognized by the President of the United States as just as essential as soldiers in winning the war. They work without uniform, or thrills of battle. In many of the war-industry cities, where population has doubled overnight, and has been multiplied by a hundred within a month, they lack even the proper housing facilities. The Y. M. C. A. will do its best to make up for the discomforts and inconveniences here, just as it does in the case of soldiers at the front. Employers and labor leaders alike are lending their enthusiastic cooperation to the JT. M. C. A. plans for "the army in overalls." John Sherman Hoyt, Chairman of the Committee on Work in War Industries of the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A., has the matter in charge. Charles R. Towson, secretary of the Industrial Department of the International Committee of the Y. M. C. A., is working out the problems of the industrial soldiers with Mr. Hoyt.

Copy of Palladium, Published 82 Years Ago , Tells of Southern Wars

A copy of the Richmond Palladium for Saturday, February 20, 1836, is being displayed in the. window of L. M. Hayes' wall paper store. 404 East Main street. The copy belongs to W.

L. Becknell, employed by Hayes as

an interior decorator, and was originally owned by T. Newman. The name of the subscriber written in ink appears on the front page of the paper and though the years have caused

the ink to fade into brown the name. Is still legible. The Palladium was established in 1831 as a weekly and the copy on display is No. 7 of Volume VI. John Finley was the editor and publisher and the offices were located at Main and Front streets, the latter now being Fourth street. There is one item in the paper of particular interest at this time as it concerns the Southern wars in Mex

ico and Texas. The "story" tells of the movement of troops near the Mexican border. There is also a printed proclamation which was signed by Andrew Jackson, then president of the United States.. - The advertisements in the paper are quaint and interesting. One of them by Dr. E. Griffith, reads as follows: "Having located himself in the

town of Richmond, Dr. E. Griffith

fers his professional services to t

citizens of the town and surrounding country. From an experience of eight years practice in the state of Maryland, he flatters himself that he will be able to give ample satisfaction to

I those who may enturst themselves to !his care. He therefore solicits a

share of their patronage."

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EUGENE V. DEBS TO SPEAK HERE MAY 21

Eugene V. Debs of Terre Haute, famous Socialist orator and candidate on the party's ticket for president of the United States three times, will ppeak at Vaughn hall here on Tuesday, May 21. The subject of his address will be "Labor and Democracy." The meeting will be held under the auspices of the county organization of the Socialist party. The sixth district convention of the Socialists will convene here Sunday. April 28.

No Ruling Received On Cases of Newly weds The selective service board recently appealed to the president for a ruling as to the exemption of men who are included in Class 1, but who have married since the registration last Jane. No ruling has been received from Washington.

COUNTY MANAGERS OF BONDCOMPANY GUESTS OF HAAS

By Kettner, Western Newspaper Unlox

County managers for the Muncie district of the R. L. Dollings company of Indianapolis were guests of E.' M. Haas, Wayne county manager, at a luncheon at the Y. M. C. A. Friday. Guests were present from - Muncie, Fort Wayne, Decatur, Portland and Newcastle. J. H. Summers of Muncie, the district manager of the company, attended the luncheon.

SPEAKER WILL PRESENT NEEDS 1 OF RED CROSS

The need of tbe Red Cross for nurses in war service will be presented by Miss Mary Roberts, director of nursing for the Lake Division of the Red Cross, who is to speak here Monday. Miss Roberts will be entertained at luncheon at noon at Earlham college and Immediately following will speak to the college women on the need for nurses In army service. At 2 o'clock she will address a meeting at the high school to which the public Is invited. The high school girls will be excused from classes to attend this meeting. At this time she will discuss the general questions of nursing from the standpoint of military service and the needs of tbe community. She will point out to women the necessity of preparing to take the places of nurses who have gone into service.At 6:45 o'clock Miss Roberts will address the graduate nurses of tbe county and the student nurses of Reid Memorial hospital at the hospital. While in Richmond she will attempt to enroll more of the Wayne county graduate nurses for war work. The Red Cross nursing service 1 attempting to enroll 5,000 nurses for, war service before the first of June, and of this number tbe Lake Division's quota is 500. In order to obtain the number for this division it will be necessary to enroll ten nurses dally until June 1, and at the present time tbe Lake Division is receiving an average of two applications a day for enrollment in the nursing service. An appeal to nursing committees and to . V. A n 1 1. V. J t

luc cucioi ffuuiiv; unn utscu uiaue Belling assistance in increasing enrollments.

Masonic Calendar

Tuesday, April 30 Richmond lodge No; 196, F. & A. M. Called meeting, work in the Master Mason degree. Wednesday, May 1 Webb lodge. No. 24. F. & A. M. Called meeting, work in Master Mason degree; commencing at 7 o'clock. Thursday, May 2 Wayne Council. No. 10, R. & S. M. Stated assembly. Saturday, May 4 Loyal Chapter, No. 49. O. E. S. Stated meeting, floral work.

Spanish-American War Vets to Meet Wednesday Spanish-American war veterans will meet in the G. A. R. rooms at the court house Wednesday, May 1, to discuss the purchase of Liberty bonds. It is the plan of the organization to lend further assistance in the drive in order to boost Wayne county's quota. At this meeting delegates and alternates will be selected to attend tbe national convention of Spanish-American war veterans to be held in Marion, Ind., May 17 and IS.

APRIL 30 LAST DAY TO FILE MORTGAGE EEMPTIONS.

Tuesday, April 30, is the last day for nling mortgage exemptions in the county auditor's office. As people have not been filing these exemptions very fast this year, attaches of the office believe some have probably forgotten the matter, and wish to call their attention to the fact that they

win save money by flilng Deiore the last day.

IS GIVEN WRIST WATCH.

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., April 27. Charles Thompson, an iron worker, one of the selected men who left yesterday for Camp Taylor, was presented with a wrist watch by the Iron Worker's union, 16cal No. 270.

Millions of tons of coal actually In sight have been found by American experts investigating the fields of southern China.

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