Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 145, 30 April 1918 — Page 10

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY APRIL 30, 1918

PAGE TEN NOT A FRENCH TOWN SHELLED BY HUNS; . JUST CALIFORNIA VILLAGE HIT BY QUAKE SECRETARY BAKER ON TOUR OF INSPECTION SEES GREAT ACTIVITY BEHIND THE LINES Dutch Diplomat In Trying Role

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Secretary Baker (foreground) with Ceneraf Pershing (at hi left), visiting cold storage plant behind American lines in France. Secretary of War Baker witnessed scenes of great activity behind the American lines during his recent visit in France. A great deal of building was going on. and the American forces appeared to be getting ready for-a long stay. They have erected many villages behind the lines. The photo was taken as the war secretary together with General Pershing left a great cold storage plant which has been erected for" the benefit of the American fighting men.

AMERICA'S SLOGAN THIS YEAR SHOULD BE NOT AN INCH OF WASTED BACKYARD

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Luther Burbank Points Out the ' Pleasures of Patriotism and Financial Profit from Utilizing That Space to Provide More Food. By LUTHER BURBANK (Written for U. ' S. rood Administration.) Now Is the time to begin your drive for that spring garden. Are you getting your beds In shape and mapping out what you are going to plant and where you are going to plant it? If not you are failing in your patriotic duty to your country and those who must risk their lives to keep you and me safe from the evils f Herman autocracy. Food Is a forceful, vltnl weapon of rffer.se nnd defense. Without food !-.ere can bo no victory; it matters

not how great a fighting force a nation may throw Into the field, such a force must be impotent and ineffective if those left behind fail to supply it with food. . Hunger is defeat. AH Europe Is threatened with hunger today and it Is America's duty to see that starvation is avoided. We can relieve them with little hardship to ourselves and every ounce of food we can raise aids us towards victory. Every man, woman and child should make it his or her duty to see that every inch of yard produces food this year. Americans slogan should be: "Not one Inch of idle yard." A garden returns' many fold in a "decreased cost of living, in health and In happiness. To many a garden Is a drudgery, whereas it can be made one rt th"e nnst ir'?nsely interesting of all pursuits. If one views it with the eyes

of the reeker after knowledge, watching the little shoots as they come forth and learning to distinguish one from another, the good from the bad, he will soon find himself absorbed in the most fascinating of all studies a contemplation of nature at work In the greatest of all laboratories. If you give -nature a little help she will pay you generously. My advice to the novice Is to learn, difference in color, size and quality in that which he Is growing. By observing this you will soon develop a keen- sense to distinguish the varying changes, because the, wprk of nature Is never the same. Tt is coning these differences thnt the seeker stantly chanting and it is by lenrnfor knowledee ultimately finds it. And there Is no greater, finer stud in the world than thit of. watcbr Mother Naturo '. In hor every-day worU. - "

TURK FORTS MADE HARMLESS BY BRITISH

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Jonkheer J. Loudon

Jonkheer J. London, the foreign

minister of the Netherlands, was the central figure in the recent difficulty between Holland and Germany over the sand and gravel question. It is his duty to maintain at one and the same time Holland's neutrality and

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Ruin of Harvard Avenue. Hemet.

This California village .thanks to the earthquake which recently visited the coast, somewhat resembles in appearance some of the towns in northern France that have been shelled by the Germans. Hemet was almost totally destroyed by the seismic disturbances.

To Do Important Work in France

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U. S. Liner, Strangely Gipsized, to Be Raised and Put . Back Into Service

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The American liner St. Paul sunk at lier pier.

The work of raising the American liner, St. Paul, which Ftrangely capsized at her pier a few days ago, is well under way. Besides the loss of the vessel for weeks there will be the loss of the dock where she lies which renders idle the sides of two piers which feed vessels in it. The St. Paul was launched in 1S35, and since America's entrance into the war has been engaged in carrying troops and supplies to Europe.

bliUr-eiiNGr AND"SHIP BTJTLDTXG TXTTJILT: SWING IX CANADIAN -METROPOLIS

Brig.-Gen. Charles B. Wheeler Brig-Gen. Charles B. Wheeler has been relieved as chief of ordnance in the war department so that he can go to France as chief ordnance officer with General Pershing. Brig.-Gen. C. C. Williams is on his way from France to become chief of ordnance at Washington. . .

Garibaldi Meets Yanks in Italy

Photograph taken just as the explosion occurred, and shortly afterward. To safeguard against any unforseen happening that might again" give the Turks a foothold in Palestine, the British forces operating there are removing or demolishing any aud all of the Turkish fortifications, some of which were abandoned without a fight.. This Turkish, fortress, held by a strong defending party, was evacuated as the British approached. Then the demolition squad of the British army got in their fine work, which completely destroyed for alltime this Turk stronghold., r . , . -. '

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General Garibaldi chatting with Amer lean soldier-bandsmen in Italy.

Members of the American military band that went with other allied army

bands to Italy and took part in a re

cnt Red Cross concert there were honored by a friendly chat .with General Garibaldi, son of Giuseppe Garibildi, the famous Italian patriot. Six sans of the Garibaldi family are now lu t&e service. .... v ' .

Who would think of finding a busy seaport one thousand miles from the sea? Canada, that land of marvelous development, has one it " is Montreal, its metropolis. Built on the Island of Montreal that lifts Mount Royal where the waters of the great St. . Lawrence and Ottawa rivers mingle, its site is admirable. This marks the head of ocean navigation and here the great ocean-crossing ships meet the lake and river boats. The cargoes brought from the west by boat and rail are transferred to ocean carriers and start on their way to faraway ports by an initial voyage down the mighty St. Lawrence, thirty feet deep at this point. During 1917 Montreal witnessed the sailing away from her wharves of more than sixty-five million bushelj of grain. Over two-thirds of this grain came into Montreal by rail, chiefly on the tracks of the Canadian

Pscif.c Railway, and was handled with little or no congestion. This was accomplished through a co-operative arrangement. The representatives of all transportation lines met in conference with Montreal's Harbour Commission and after discussion decided that 650 cars of export freight should be delivered daily by the lines, the Commissioners undertaking to handle that amount without congestion. ; This, they have, done successfully. Because of secrecy entailed by the war, little has been heard concerning movements of vessels and it will surprise many to learn that 647 ocean vessels came into Montreal harbour during 1917. Naturally, passenger travel has been greatly curtailed. The war shoves continental travel out of the question and demands all available ship space for the transport of supplies. These have been going forward in enormous quantities and landed on the other side

with comparatively few losses thanks to the efficient convoy system maintained by England. In addition to the great grain shipments, other products of the fruitful Prairie Provinces meats, fresh and cured, butter and cheese are going forward in a steady stream to feed the hungry millions of Europe and our armies overseas. This volume of shipping means unceasing activity in the elevators, warehouses and along Montreal's waterfront. It has given an added stimulus to shipbuilding, the 1917 output of one firm being 12 submarines for the Allied Governments; 9 steel trawler hulls, and installed supplied boilers and machinery; 8 steel trawler hulls complete with boilers and machinery; 26 wooden drifter; hulls; installed machinery and boilers in 16 drifters; built and launched one 7,000-ton cargo boat; docked and repaired 30 vessels a creditable showing. :