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RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1918

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RAIL170RKERS GET RAISE OF 300 Millions FROM 00ARD

All Employes Whose- Wages Were Less than $250 a Month in December, 1915, to Be Benefited.

M'ADOO MAY NOT SIGN

(fty Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 9. In recoramending wage increases of $300,000,000 annually for all railroad employes whose wages were less than (250 a month In December, 1915, the railroad wage commission made several original and far reaching suggestions on the problem of railroad labor which

attracted the close attention today of Director General McAdoo and other

government officials. Mr. McAdoo is expected to announce his decision on the recommendations in about ten days. There are indications that he will not accept them in their entirety. Some union officials already have expressed dissatisfaction

with the amounts recommended for the

men of their organizations, the Increases ranging from 43 percent downward to 4.6 percent, the highest paid men receiving the lowest increases nd average being 15.021 percent advance over the 1917 payroll. Perhaps the provision of the recommendations likely to encounter most strenuous objection Is the one that all wage increases allowed by the roads In 1916 and 1917 shall be deducted from the amounts now to be given. The commission declares that Its conclusions were based on a principle, which was that the men were entitled to recompense for the Increased cost of living, and in basing its recommendations on the payroll of December, 1915, in comparison with present prices of necessities, decided that It would b unfair to allow certain employes who already had received wage advances, to benefit twice. Not Increases In Pay The commission declares in its report that reduction in hours are not to be regarded as Increases in pay, a stand frankly at variance - with high railroad officials, who during the hearings asserted that the Adamson 8-hour law was in effect an increase in pay, because the overtime resulting wa inevitable and amounted to many millions of dollars In money. Requests for an eight hour' day for nil railroad employes and for time and a half for overtime were not acted on by the commission. "At the outset of the hearings" the report says, "it was manifest that the matter of hours of services is lodged deep In labor's mind. A standard day of reasonable limited length is as much a part of the measure of justice with the worklngman as is his rate cf wage. "It would be a splendid achievement If we could at this time crystalize the experience of the world into a conclusion concerning the length of the work day that would be of universal application. This is Not the Time. "But this is not the time, in the judgment of the commission, to make experiments which might lessen the output of that commodity which railroad men produce tons of freight hauled, and numbers of passengers carried. The one thing now imperative is volume of and speed in railroad output. Since the commission's work began, as before, our needs as a nation, and the vital needs of those nations with whom we are allied, have been imperilled, by the shortcomings of our transportation

system. There Is no one who wishes 1

to risk a repetition of this condition. "The railroad employes have asked for the shorter day, saying frankly that they did not wish an increased rate for overtime save as a means of compelling the observance of shorter hours a penalizing of the employers for too 'ong a work day. At this time, however, to penalize the government for working its men as long as they

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Fire Loss Here in 191 7 Estimated at $13,438; 66 Cents Per Capita About 180 fires occurred in Richmond during 1917, "with a loss of $13,438, according to the report of Fire Chief Miller. Estimated value of the damaged buildings is $272,710. The department made about 189 runs. The fire loss per capita for Richmond is about 6 cents.' The report of State Fire Marshal Friedley shows that 5,000 fires occurred in the state last year with a loss of $6,176,436. Dwellings suffered the most, 3,748 being fired in the state, at a loss of $1,307,511.

TIMBERLAKE TO FIRE OPENING GUN IN DRIVE

Will Describe West Front Conditions in Talk Here Friday Night. All persons in the county who are interested in Red Cross work, or any other patriotic campaign, are expected to attend the meeting at the high school auditorium Friday night, at which Rep. Charles B. Timberlake will speak. The meeting Friday night will be the most important "inspirational" gathering of the Red Cross war fund campaign, and for that reason it is considered important that all county Red Cross workers attend. Rep. R. N. Elliott is urging all Wayne county people to attend the lecture, and hear of the experiences which Mr. Timberlake underwent In the war zone as a member of Congressional investigating committee. "Mr. Timberlake is very much interested in the work of the Red Cross, and will do his best to stir up interest in Richmond for the present Red Cross war fund drive," says a letter from Rep. Elliott. "He is a very interesting man, and a good speaker." , Rep. Timberlake is an ardent supporter of the administration, and has stood behind the president in every war measure. He states his stand on the war in a speech which he delivered recently in Colorado. "After seeing what I did in Europe I have come to this conclusion, as did every other man who accompanied us. I believe that we decided right when we decided to fight Germany somewhere in France, rather than in America, on the North Sea, rather than in New York harbor. The battle for liberty was sure to come, and if we did not fight it there we will have.

and our beloved land will be subject

ASQUITH NOT CONSIDERING CENSURE OF GOVERNMENT

Motion to Investigate Maurice Affair Not Intended to Bring Vote Against Admin

istration, Ex-premier Says. IRISH DESIRE CHANGE (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 9. Premier Lloyd George was cheered loudly when he arose to speak. He said he had been treated unfairly. It was the business of General Maurice " to come to the cabinet and point out where the ministers had made mistakes, be declared. Denying that the strength of the British fighting forces had been misrepresented as stated by General Maurice, Mr. Lloyd George asserted the figures which he had given were taken from official records at the war office. Since that time he had made inquiry on this point, he added, and the figures were not inaccurate. The demand made by Mr. Asquith for a select committee was characterized by the premier as without precedent in the history of the house. During the time General Maurice was in office and when he had access to information and to the ministers themselves, Mr. Lloyd George said, he never challenged statements of the ministers'. ' Mr. Lloyd George said that if the Asquith motion was carried Mr. Asquith would again be responsible for the conduct of the war. (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 9. In the House of Commons today former premier Asquith denied that his motion respecting the Maurice affair was designed to obtain a vote of censure of the govern ment, saying it was absurd to describe it as such. Should he find it his duty to censure the government, he said, he hoped he would have the courage to do so in direct and unequivocal form. Moving his motion for the appointment of a select committee to investigate the charges made by General Maurice Mr. Asquith said he thought it was not the business of parliament

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ON THE U. S. FRONT LINE IN FRANCE ' l "

. The American boys in thef ront line trenches look out on a scene of V .... . - . & desolation. Only a few rods away the "Fritaies" are crouching in their . trenches ready to meet any unfriendly advances on the part of our boys, A group pf American officers are shown entering the trench to make an ' inspection and observation. L

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forefathers fought for independence and we won it; in 1812 we fought for the freedom of the seas, and we won that; in 1861 we fought for the liberty of the slaves, and won that; and today our sons are fighting for. the liberty of humanity and democracy, and we shall win that."

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NAMES OF 53 DESERTERS GIVEN RICHMOND POLICE

MARRIED SELECTS REMMN GLASS t Thirteen questionnaires of men who have married since May 18, 1917, were received Thursday by the selective service board from the provost marshall general's office at Washington, and the decision of the district board was upheld. The Richmond board had recommended that these men be given a deferred classification on account of having wives to support. The district board reversed this decision and the matter was taken to the higher authorities at Washington. These thirteen men will have to remain in Class 1. The law governing this matter states that the local boards shall grant deferred classification to men who have married since May 18, 1917, if. after their cases have been inves-

tigated, it is found they did not marry , - - hastily and ror tne purpose or evaa.ng . Timeg from DubIi are taking the

of successive phases of ' war . The

House of Commons, he added, had more than enough of inquiries already. WILL WEATHER STORM LONDON, May 9. Although indications are that the government will weather today's storm it is interesting to note that for the first time in the history of the Lloyd George administration inspired intimations appear in that portion of the press which supports former premier Asquith that in event of the government being defeated there exists "an alternative government ready to step into the breach." It is confidently declared in the same quarters that even should the ministry survive today, its days are numbered. On the government's side it is asserted the premier has a complete answer to the accusation of General Maurice and that the debate will not turn on technical proceedure but will be what is described as an open discussion of the merits of the case with certain important disclosures relating to the extension of the British front lu France by the fifth army. It is understood that both Premier Lloyd- George and Chancellor Bonar Law will make comprehensive statements replying to all of General Maurice's points leaving it to Mr. Asquith if he considers their explanation unsatisfactory to push his motion to a division. IRISH WANT TRANSFER. (By Associated Pm.-ss)

LONDON, May 9. Irish nationalist

' Cold Waw h Commit Says Weather Forecaster A cold wave brineing temnerature1? of 40 or below is scheduled to arrive here Thursdav evening or Friday morning, according to Weatherman Moore. The cold weather will last phout forty-clsht hours, he says. An Alaskan Ftorm Is causing this cool wave, which is to be preceded by thunder showers.

THE WEATHER

Tor Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Probably showers tonlht and Friday. Cooler tonight in northwest 1'ortion. Cooler Friday. Today's Temperature. Noon 69 Yesterday. Maximum 76 Minimum 5 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore. Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight, and probably Friday. Much cooler Friday and Saturday. General Conditions The western storms have merged and are moving rapidly easiward. The center of the etorm will probably cross the lakes and will affect all central states, causing strong winds and electrical storms in Indiana. A cool wave is moving ioutheast from British Columbia and there is snow in the northwest.

the draft

In the opinion of the members of the Richmond board the thirteen men. whose questionnaires were received Thursday, should have been given a deferred classification as it was said all of their cases were meritous. The provost marshal general, however, failed to act upon the recommendation of this board and reversed the decision.

President Disapproves Plan to Give States Credit for Volunteers in Service (Bv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 9. In a letter to Chairman Dent of the house military committee President Wilson today said he was in error when recently he advised the committee he thought it would be proper to give states credit for volunteers furnished. The president wrote today he had rot analyzed the situation fully at the time. Yesterday the president wrote Chairman Dent disapproving the volunteer credit plan and the chairman announced he would ask the house to kill the proposed legislation.

Body of Man Gone for Two Months Found in Creek (By Associated Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., May 9. The mysterious disappearance of John C. Coffee at Decatur several months ago, was solved late yesterday afternoon, when his badly decomposed body was found in a "swimming hole" of a creek that runs through the Butler farm near Decatur, by two boys who had gone in bathing. The belief is that he committed suicide.

most lively interest in the parliamen

tary crisis, the nationalists obviously praying for a transfer of the government to hands which would refuse to enforce conscription in Ireland. The Freeman's Journal, it is added, describes the letter of Major General Maurice a3 a ray of hope and says that unless the ministers can clear themselves, they must go or must divert the interest of the British public by a sensation. LONDON, May 8. Regarding the withdrawal of Major General Maurice from the war office, the Times, says it was "superceded." It adds that it is undestood that pending his appointment to a post in France, th egeneral was allowed to retain his pay and continue to work in collaboration with Major General Padecliffe, his successor, as chief of military operations.

Prepare Publicity for Fourth Loan Before Work On Third Drive is Over (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. May 9. Before work on the third liberty loan is finished, the treasury's loan publicity bureau has started preparations for the fourth loan which will be held next fall. All artists and designers were asked today, to submit designs for posters, window cards and buttons by June 1. These are to be donated to the government. The Italian government has been asked to furnish an exhibit of spiked cfubs used by the Austrians to kill wounded Italian soldiers to be shown in the fourth loan campaign, and other American, British and French war exhibits will be used extensively.

The names and last known addresses of 53 Richmond men who are classed as deserters (by the United States government, were given police Thursday by the Richmond selective service board, wjth orders that all of the men who can be found be immediately placed under arrest and held for the federal authorities. These are men who have either failed to return their questionnaires to the. board, failed to appear when summoned . for physical examination,

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they had been, -drafted. Chairman Clem Carr, chairman of the selective service board said. Some of them, no doubt, are not guilty of. wilfully neglecting their duty, but it is the opinion of members of the board that most of these men have disappeared for the primary purpose of evading the draft. One or two of them are thought to have enlisted, though their names are not known. Citizens Asked to Help. "It is the duty of every patriotic citizen," said the chairman of the board, "to assist us in , locating these men. Anyone who has any information regarding them, should get ki touch with this board at once, or notify the local police. ! In case any of these men are now with the United States army having volunteered before their questionnaires were sent to them, we are especially , desirous of getting their names in order that we may place them upon our roll of honor. At present we have no means of knowing just which men in this list are guilty of trying to escape the draft, and which ones can show good reasons as to why they have not returned their questionnaries or come to our office for physical examination when notified." The United States government has offered a reward of $50 for information which may lead to the apprehen

sion of a deserter, but whether or not this offer stands good in the cases of men under this classification, the chairman of the board was unable to say. Names of Deserters. Following are the name3 of men classed as deserters who registered

from outside the city, giving their

last known location: - William Weaver, St Louis, Mo.; Mike N. Rousos, Chicago; Nicholas Athanasopaulos, Dayton, O.; Tom Continued On Page Ten. :

Flour and Potatoes are 4 Lacking in Austria; Whole

Districts Without Bread

KLINE WILL TAKE SEED CORN ORDERS

The following statement was Issued Thursday by County Agent Kline: "Farmers who find that they are still short on seed corn notify this office at once. The U. S. Department of Agriculture has recently purchased a large quantity of corn suitable to all parts of Indiana. Every effort possible will be made to supply the shortage. "J. C. KLINE, "Wayne County Agricultural Agent."

SEN HITGHGOOK

SUCCEEDS STONE

(By Associated Press) -WASHINGTON, May 9. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska was made chairman today of the senate foreign relations committee. Mr. Hitchcock, who was senior Democratic member of the committee, succeeds the late Senator Stone in a re-arrangement of Democratic committee assignments caused by recent deaths of several senators. Senator Hitchcock upon election as head of the foreign relations committee, retired as chairman of the Phillippines committee. His place will not be filled until later. Senator Saulsbury of Delaware may be named. Senator Robinson of Arkansas was named on the foreign relations committee to fill the vacancy caused by Senator Stone's death.

Trial of Officer is Halted by President (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK. May 9. Trial by court martial of Brig. Gen. Arthur B. Donnelly of the Missouri national guard, on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, which began here today was suspended by order of President Wilson pending an investigation of new developments In the case which have come up. The court martial Is being conducted by three major generals and five brigadier generals.

Railroads Use Largest QuanityofOilinl917 By Associated Press) , WASHINGTON, May . 9. Railroads consumed a larger quantity of fuel oil in operating locomotives in 1917 than ever before, according to figures announced today by the U. S. Geological Survey. The total consumption was 45,507,082 barrels. The average distance covered per barrel of fuel . was 3.2 miles.

Parents Receive Word of Death of Soldier -Son On His 22nd Birthday (By Associated Press) - FORT WAYNE, Ind., May 9 Private Clinton C. Walda, reported in today's casualty list as dead in France of wounds received in action, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Walda. of this city. He enlisted before war was declared and was with a battery of field artillery in the Rainbow division. He was born 22 yeans ago today and his parents received word of his death on his birthday.

SUB SPLIT BY AMERICAN SHOT

Bv Associated Press) AN ATLANTIC PORT, May 9. The sinking of a German submarine by a U. S. war ship with a shot which lifted the U-boat completely out of the water and broke her In two was reported by officers of the ship on arrival here today. Because of tbe fine work of the gunner the crewof the ship was given an additional furlough of ten days. . ' - On the voyage over, the war ship, previously reported from German sources as having been wrecked, sighted three submarines and the gunners sprang to their guns. The first two shots fired in quick succession at the nearest enemy missed, but the third went home. It caught the U-boat just below the water line and so great was the force that the craft was lifted out of the water and in another moment her back broke, she double up and sank to the accompaniment of a chorus of yells from the warship's crew. . " . No survivors were seen In the water and the other submarines as the destroyed submergible disappeared, dived and did not reappear.

(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, May 9. Further de

tails of the critical food situation in

Austria, is given in statements of bur

gomasters published in the Vienna

Neue Freie Presse which were quoted

in an official dispatch from Switzer

land. The burgomaster of Innsbruck wrote that for months it has been im

possible to obtain flour throughout the

Tyrol except that made of maize and

even that is scarce. Potatoes practically are unobtainable. Whole districts have been without bread for

weeks.

The burgomaster of Klagenfurst said

he did not know how sufficient food is to be obtained this month. Flour is

almost entirely lacking, while milk

and potatoes are not to be found. The canned goods are entirely exhausted

and be says the situation will be unbearable unless help arrives from Vi enna or Germany.

The burgomaster of Gablonz, In Bo

hemia says: "It is folly for the govern

ment to distribute food cards when

nothing can be procured with them. This method will only succeed in driving the people to despair."

ASKS $35,000 FOR

PERSONAL INJURIES

A. $35,000 damage suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad company has been filed in circuit court, by Edward Nolan, for injuries which he alleges he

received while employed by the company. According to the suit he was seriously injured on October 10, 1917. when

he. was hurled from the top of "a box

car into the road. He said that he

was in charge of a "cut" of cars, running west on the tracks in the Pennsylvania yards in Richmond, and that

another string of cars was sent along the same track in the opposite direction. In the collision which resulted

Nolan said that he was thrown from

the top of one of the box cars of the first cut, and received injuries to his spine, causing his legs to be paralyzed below the knees. He has been unable to leave his bed since and his lower limbs are encased in a plaster of paris

cast he says.

SENATE WILL TAKE

UP AIRCRAFT CASE

(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. May 9 While the department of justice was starting to

day its investigation of aircraft pro

duction. Senator Chamberlain of Ore

gon, chairman of the senate military

committee, opened the way for his committee investigation by offering a

resolution authorizing it. The resolution will be taken up tomorrow. Sharp criticism of delays in produc

tion were heard again in the senate, Senator Thomas of Colorado, a democratic member of the military committee, declaring there was evidence of

a monopoly of production had been

planned.

Ask Removal of Governor of Porto Rico ' fBy' Associated Prss) WASHINGTON, May 9. Removal

of Arthur Yager as governor of Porto

Rico, was asked of President .Wilson

today by Samuel Gompers, president

of the American federation of labor.

Mr. Gompers charged . the governor

with incompetence in handling the la bor situation in Porto Rico.

GIRL SLAYER IS FREED

RICHMOND, ya. ,May 9. Fifteen-year-old Luella Foley, who shot and killed her widowed father's housekeeper, Mrs. Nellie Alexander, is free today, exonerated by a : coroner's jury which heard testimony last night that the girl acted in self defense.

HEAVY ATTACK RESUMED ON NARROWFRONT IN FLANDERS Germans Again Attempt to Drive Wedge Between Entente Line and Outflank Hill Position.

BRITISH MAKE GAINS

. (By Associated Press) . WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, May 9. Fighting was still in progress this morning near Vierstraet on tJne front southwest of Ypres. At one time the British were forced back slightly by machine gun ire. All the rest, of the original defenses, however, appeared to be again in the hands of the defenders in the Voor-mezecle-la-Clytte sector. After their .first success In yesterday's fighting the Germans were unableto gain further ground despite repeated smashes at the allied line. Bitter struggles took place about Kleine Vierstrate . Cabaret, west of Vierstraet, and in the ridge wood, but the British clung desperately to their positions. The i British organized a counter attack during the night which was so vigorous that the Gernians were unable to withstand it and gradually fell back until they had abandoned all the ground gained. (By Associated Press.) Heavy fighting, although on a comparatively narrow front is continuing in Flanders where the Germans began yesterday another attempt to drive a wedge into the entente line and outflank the hill position southwest of Ypres. This attempt failed and only a temporary success was secured by the enemy in gaining a foothold of the allied front line at points between Voonnezeele and La Clytte. Last night the British and French drove back sharply at the Germans and ousted them from the small bits of territory they had won. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the two German divisions which were engaged in this operation. . " Germans Are Peralatent

Notwithstanding their heavy losses, the Germans seemed reluctant to abandan the effort and this morning found them renewing the attack to the north of Kemmel. A heavy machine gun fire forced the British line back at one point but the recession was a slight one and the ground remained disputed territory. The fighting was continuing here when the day's report from British headquarters was dispatched." The British are continuing to improve their position in the Somme region on the high ground between the Somme and the Ancre. Further progress was made there during the night. There was local fighting in the Bucquoy region, between Albert and Arras, and south of the Somme the heavy artillery fire that has been reported for some days past continued on the French front on both sides af the Avre. Return to the Attack. In Flanders the Germans have reX . A - - . . 1 a. . ,

lurneu io me aiiacn, oui apparently only in a strong local attempt to outflank the positions of Locre. Scherpenberg and Mont Rouge, which they were unable to take by a frontal operation. While this amy be the beginning of another furious battle on the sector where the enemy made his strongest effort ten days ago, indications are that the attack is not in very great force, although the fighting is intense. Pushing against the Anglo-French forces on a five-mile front, between Voorbezeele and La Clytte, the Germans gained the allied front in the center, but were repulsed elsewhere, the French even making a slight advance of their own south of La Clytte. In the center the allied troops continue the fighting In an effort to throw the Germans out of the advance positions they captured. Huns Lose Heavily. Seemingly the Germans are attacking in the hope of driving the enemy toward the Kemmelbeeck river and its branches or beyond Poperinghe and thus outflank the ridge running west from Mont Kemmel. Very heavy loses were inflicted on the enemy in his previous strong effort to penetrate this line and the line about Locre and its adjoining hills. It may be the attack is only a mask for a stronger effort elsewhere, although to break through the VoormezeeleLoore line might be of marked advantage to the enemy. Elsewhere in Flanders and in Picardy the infantry has been inactive. The big guns, however, are roaring without cessation, especially north and south of the Avre, east of Amien3. Aerial fighting is most active and in a big air battle near Douai, British aviators brought down eight of the enemy without any losses. Four more German machines were brought down at other points. Bad weather prevails on the American sector in France. Northwest of Toul an American patrol has been ambushed by the Germans.- In this sector also American artillery has been in action for the first time. Near Montdidier, in Picardy, the American gunners continue their harrassing fire against the Germans. . .

LOOT FAMOUS TREASURE HOUSE

(By Associated Preen i PETROGRAD, May 9. The famous patriarchal treasure house in the Kremlin at Moscow has been looted. The treasure bouse is the repository of many sacred treasures, including the reputed, shroud of Christ.