Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 157, 14 May 1918 — Page 1

THE

RIGHMOHB PAJLI

1

VOL. XLIII., NO. 157-

Palladium and Sun-Telegram "Consolidated 1907

RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1918

SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

FOE LOSSES ARE HEAVY IN ATTACKS ON ITALIANS

Italian Positions Remain Intact After Bloody Hand-to-hand Fighting Over Rocky - Mountain Slopes.

ARTILLERY IS VIOLENT

(By AsKoclated Press) ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, May 14 Italian troops repulsed with heavy losses a desperate enemy attempt last night to redeem the loss of Monte Corno. It Is believed tht this was only the first of a series f efforts to regain the lost ground owing to the value of the height which commands the approaches to the valley leading from Trent to Rovereto. The fight last night was ?n the darkness and was a bloody hand to hand struggle over the rocky slopes of the mountain. The Italian positions, however were maintained intiet. Thus far the fighting around Monte Corno has been of local character t.nd not a part of any general offensive although the outposts show increasing activity all along th mountain front.

Richmond Leading Country as

War Garden City Says Director

The 'enrollment of school children as war gardeners has almost reached Gardener Murphy said Tuesday. The percentage has raised from over 98 to 99 per cent, and Mr. Murphy is hoping to make the city a hundred per cent, perfect In war gardens. The increase in enrollments gives Richmond the leading place in the United States as a war garden city, according to the garden director. "It is always more difficult to make that one percent, between 99 and 100," he said, than it is to raise from 50 to 90. Our greatest problem in getting a hundred per cent enrollment will be to obtain ground for those who have no place in their yards where they can plant a war garden." There are a total of 4,084 home gar

dens represented in the graded schools

according to reports received from the teachers of the various rooms. The number of home gardens reported exceeds the number of pupils

j enrolled in the schools, owing to the

fact that a number of school children have more than one garden. Starr school leads in the number of war gardens w ith 677. Other schools reported are, Hibberd 597, Vaile 528, Sevastopol 504, Baxter 410, Whitewater 406, Finley 388, Warner 362, Joseph Moore 212. The organization of the Richmond war garden army will begin as soon as instructions and plans for the organization are received from Washington.

BRITISH TAKE PRISONERS (By Associated Press) LONDON. May 14 G-rman ai til-

Scmme and Ancre sector, says the!'""

erally increasing naval pressure

BRITISH AND U. S. FLEETS WORK IN CLOSEST ACCORD

Improvement in Naval Situa-i

tion Due to Our Meet bays Expert. (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 14. American naval aid has been the greatest help to the British fleet, says Archibold Hurd, the naval expert, writing in the Daily Telegraph on the new situation in the North Sea resulting from the Zeebrugge and Ostend raids, the' exten-

official statement from Field Marsl al llalg today. The statement follows: 'Ve carried out a successful raid last night northeast of Robeeq (Flanders) and captured a few prisoners without casualties to ourselves. A party of the enemy which attacked one of our nopts west of Merville was repulsed with lo3S. "The hostile artillery was active during the night in the Somme and Ancre sectors." Huns Taking Their. Time. Committed as they are, to a continuation of heavy fighting on the western front, the Germans apparently are taking their full time before beginning another forward operation on the line from Solssons north to the Belgian coast. In two weeks the enemy has made only one determined attack nnd this was repulsed by the allied forces southeast of Ypres. :-" ; Along the vital sectors of the salients driven by the Germans since March 21, the enemy artillery has been active, but there are no signs of renewed infantry activity in strength. North of Kemmel, around Serre, on the line between Albert and Arras; and on the southern end of the British line across the Somme and on the French sector immediately Mouth, the German big guns are hurling thousands of shells into the allied positions. Allied airmen are taking advantage of every opportunity to Invade enemy territory. Many more tons of bombs have been dropped on important rail way centers and other military targets behind the German lines in Flanders and Plrardy. In aerial fighting the British have brought down six more enemy machines. White, Brit-; ish naval airman bomb the German submarine bases at Zeebrugge and Ostend, army fliers continue the aer'al j bombardment of Ruges. i West of Montdidier, in Picardy, and I northwest of Toul. America's artillerymen are harassing the Germans with u heavy fire. Considerable damage is j

believed to have been caused on both sectors. The announcement from Ottawa that the American army was not to be '

employed tully against the Germans until it was a complete organization, It is declated in London, was due to an error which has been corrected. Lively fighting continues in the Corno region, south of Asiago, with thp Italians throwing back repeated Austrian efforts to regain the summit of the mountain. Elsewhere on the Italian front the artillery duel goes on, but there are no indications that the enemy is ready to start his heralded attack.

Born in Germany, Mother Is Glad Son Will Get Chance to Fight Huns A little woman of 75 years called at the home of Clem Carr, chairman of the selective service board, Sunday morning. She wanted to know if her boy was going to be called in the next draft. She had his two classification cards with her which she showed to Carr, and the chairman told her that her boy was one of those included in the next contingent of Richmond boys who will leave for camp this month. The woman was born .'n Germany and talked with a decidedly German accent. When the chairman told her that the boy would go this month, she expressed delight and said that her boy would consider it a privilege to fight for Uncle Sam. And as she left, with a happy smile on her old face, she turned and said: "I am only too proud that my boy can be one of the Yankees who will help lick that dirty kaiser."

naval

azaist Germany.

"When the war is over," he said, "the nation will form some conception of the extent of the debt which we owe the American navy for the manner in

which it has co-onerated. not only in.

connection with the convoy system, ! Minotto. son-in-law of Louis F. Swift, but in fighting the submarines. j packer, is out on $50,000 bonds today "If the naval position is improving ias tne result of habeas corpus protodav. as it is. it is due to the fact I ceedings following his arrest yester-

Son-in-Law of Packer Held as Dangerous Alien (Ry Associated Press) CHICAGO. May 14 Count James

that the British and American fleets are working in closest accord, supported by an immense body of skilled workers on both sides of the Atlantic

day on a presidential warrant charg

ing him with being a dangerous alien. The bonds were signed by Mr. Swift and his attorney, Henry Veed-

who are turning out destroyers and ! nd "le hearing was set for May other crart for dealing with the sub-:20 b FeraI Jaie GeorSe A- Carmarines as well as mines and bombs. Een1t,cr- The count, who was born in

.ueriiii aim claims 10 ue an uauan

--"The Germans can have a battle whenever they want it. The strength of the grand fleet has been well maintained. Some of the finest battleships of the United States navy are now associated" with It. They are not only splendid fighting ships, but they are well officered and manned. "If Admiral Beatty were asked his opinion, there is no doubt of what he would say of the value of the aid which the L'nited States has given ;n thfH respect. The conditions under which the Germans would engage us, therefore, are less favorable than two years ago."

Four More Married Men in Class One

Four more questionaires have been received by the selective service board from the office of the provost marshal general, in which a decision

of the district board was upheldand)

all of the men were placed in Class 1. The Richmond board had recommended that these men, all of whom were married sir.ee May 18, 1917, when the selective service law was passed, be given a deferred classification.

Confident War Will End Soon Writes Local Boy " Finer son Ashinger, a dispatch messender with the American expeditionary forceH in France, in a letter to his parents. Mi. nnd Mrs. Orvan G. Ashinger, said that he exported to cat his rest Christmas e'inner at home. "We are confident." he .vrofe, "Ihat the war will be over before the present ytar is spent."

LITHUNIA MUST AIDGERMANY IN WAR

fBy Associated Press! AMSTERDAM. May 14. Emperor William has issued a proclamation concerning Lithunia in which he says it is assumed Lithunia will participate in the war burdens of Germany.

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 14. Emperor

U.S. TROOPS WILL STAY IN ACTION

(By Associated Press) OTTAAVA, May 14. The statement that it had been decided not to use American forces in France until they had become a "complete, powerful t-elf supporting American army" was incorrect and-"due to an error in compilation." according to a statement received from the British government by the Canadian government and made public today as "official news." (Bv Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 14. The British government's prompt repudiation of the statement sent out from Ottawa Sunday that it would not be necessary now to brigade American units with the Anglo-French armies was regarded by American officers as virtual confirmation of their theory that the unexpected development had been an echo of the General Maurice incident. The announcement of Lord Reading, British ambassador, yesterday that he was confident that no statement, changing the plan of utilizing American troops at once, had been issued with the knowledge of Premier Lloyd George, canted observers here to connect the report with recent political controversy in England. Co-incident with Lord Reading's announcement, Secretary Baker issued a formal statement declaring that American troops were being used in battle and would continue to be used

LAST RITES FOR AMERICAN WHO DIED GAMELY IN FRANCE

3

S? 4 -Hill 1 flfeptr--;

The committee on public information, which supplied mis picture, lurnished also the following descriptive para graph: "Lieut. , Chaplain Infantry performing the last rite, over the body of Private , Co. D, In fantrj from . First American soldier of Division killed in sector. This soldier was killed at a listen ing post by a German raiding party. He saw the Germans come out of the trench and after hurling two band gren ades in their midst, turned to warn his comrades, when he received the fatal bullet."

WEATHER AID TO

HUNS IN ATTAC

ON FIFTH ARMY

Mist Prevented English from

Seeing Enemy Until in Close Range. (Ry Associated Press) LONDON, May 3. (Delayed) Misty

weather and an overwhelming weight in numbers probably four to one enabled the Germans to push back Major General Gough's Fifth Army in the opening days of the spring offensive and to gain a decided advantage. The line west ot St. Quentin was held by the Fifth Army and ' it only fell

Jenkins, in Paris When Hun Terror Gun Opens, Aids Those Wounded

Will Jenkins, who is with the '

Friends' unit in France, loft the city of Ham the day before it was captured by the Germans, according to a letter received by Im parents here. Jenkins wrote that he was in Paris when the first shells from the long range guns hit the city. He said that he assisted other members of the

i Friends' unit in carrying injured peo

ple cut of the apartment houses that were shattered by the shells. He has hot been in the war zone for several weeks, he said.

n a Iho cunroma (Mti m nwlnr f ' An nfn 1

William's proclamation recognizing i v. , aA K, ,,', t tv

war department showed that the ex-

j THE WEATHER

For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Slightly warmer Wednesday. Today's Temperature. Noon CO Yesterday Maximum G5 Minimum 48 For Wayne county by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy but mostly fair tonight and Wednesday. Moderate temperature. General Conditions The storm of Saturday and Sunday is now crossing the Atlantic ocean and generally fair we.ither prevails over the United States excepting for local rains in Iowa and Missouri. Temperatures are rising over the west. No severe Btoruis are within the limits of observation.

the independence of Lithuania allied with the German empire was received today with no enthusiasm by officers nt the Lithuanian national headquarters liere. "The assumption that Lithuania will participate in the war burdens of Germany means a contribution of three things: Money, munitions and men." The officers declared. "The first we have not. as Germany already lias impoverished us, the second we have no mer-.ns of supplying because we lack the first. Therefore Germany can have reference only to men. Men from self declared democracy to fight in the ranks of autocracy? Unthinkable. Lithuania would not consent."

JAMES 6. BENNETT IS DEAD IN FRANCE

subject, won a fight with the. federal authorities last fall when proceedings looking to his deportation were

rl-j:; wwn n

atter a gallant detense,

Fighting cesperately all the way

the divisions of the Fifth Amy were forced further and further baejk until

belated reserves arrived to stem . the

German tide

The four army corps of the Fifth

Army held a line fifty mile long. To provide against a determined attack a "deep system" of defenses had been built. The outer system was composed of concrete blockhouses and similar defenses, so placed and constructed as to pour a deadly crossfire on an attacking enemy from any point. Defense System Fails. But this system of defense, relied upon to hold the enemy until reserves could be moved up, failed owing to weather conditions. The Germans made their attack in a dense mist

through which the defenders could not i

discern the enemy until they were within a few yard3 of the blockhouses. The outer system did not have the opportunity to use its strong crossfire and after a stubborn struggle was overwhelmed or compelled to retire. In the area known as the "Battle Zone" behind the blockhouses, the enemy was held throughout rhe first day in desperate hand to hand fighting. Then the overwhelming numerical superiority of the enemy began to tell. The British line weakened and breaks soon developed. How doggedly the British resisted is shown by the fact that all breaks occurred at the juncture of army corps and net along the line held by a particular corps. One break necessitated a retirement for a considerable distance. This had to be repeated again and again as fresh breaks developed and the expected reserves, delayed by difficulties behind the front, failed o get up in time. The immediate reserve divisions of the fifth army had been thrown in at the beginning of the battle when

15,000 DRIVERS

HAY WALK OUT

(py Associated Press) CHICAGO, May 14. rive thousand teamsters and truck chauffeurs went on strike without warning here today and Patrick Barrell business agent of the truck drivers' union, said that 15,000 men would be out by night. They demand an approximate advance of 3 a week in wages. The strike was authorized at a secret meeting of the teamsters' joint council last night. No notice was served on employers Delivery of coal, ice, freight, building material and many other commodities was paralyzed. The teamsters and truck drivers are weil organized throughout the city. Their action

caught

guard.

employers completely off

SUNDAY TQ BE RED CROSS DAY IN ALL CHURCHES

Campaign Start in Tuesday.

for $25,673 to Richmond Next

BOSSERT RE-NAMED DISTRICT CHAIRMAN

RUSHVILLE, Ind., May 14. Walter Bossert of Liberty was re-elected chairman of the Republican central committee for the Sixth congressional district at a meeting of the county chairmen held here this afternoon. George Elliot of Newcastle was elected secretary, and A. L. Riggs of Rushville was elected treasurer.

Wayne county ministers will be asked to make Sunday a Red Cross Day, when they will present the appeal of the Red Cross war fund campaign from their pulpits. Requests to this effect were sent out Tuesday by the Wayne county war fund committee.

All orders of the" coiinty Milf also e

asked to contribute to the war fund

as organizations, and to lend their

support in other ways to the drive. Notification cards will be sent by Saturday to every person in the county expected to contribute to the war fund, and the canvassers will cover the county thoroughly next week. The solicitors will begin work in Richmond Tuesday, and expect to complete the canvas of the city in four days. The greater number of the townships will only give one day to the soliciting of funds, and have distributed the territory so as to have it covered in that length of time. Richmond must raise $25,673 and Wayne county $50,000. The organization committee met Monday evening and arranged for the

! selection of assistants for the city

campaign. John W. Mueller was made a general in the city campaign in the place of Fred W. Bartel, who announced that he would be unable to serve.

London Heads Producing Section of Aircraft Board

(By Associated Prss) WASHINGTON. May 14. Archer A. Landon, of Buffalo, was today appointed director of the division on

i production of the air craft board. He

The meeting was attended by all of has been vice-president of the Amerithe Republican county chairmen in ! can Radiator companj'. the Sixth district, and plans for the !

ensuing year were discussed.

JAP MISSION TO CHINA

pedited moement of troops to France was proceeding as planned after it was announced that Americans would be brigaded with the British and French. The London denial last night said that the statement attributing to the war committee of the ritish cabinet, the announcement that It had been decided not to use the American army until it became a self-sustaining force was due to an error, which has been corrected.

(By Associated Press" TOKIO, May 14. A delegation of members of the Japanese House of

Representatives will soon visit China, mum, iridium

Manchuria and parts of Siberia to ob-i refiners and

All Platinum Metals are Commandeered by U. S.

(By Associated lV'ssi WASHINGTON. May 14 All plati-

and palladium held by importers, manufactur-

l?y Associated Press) BEAUL1EU, France, May 14 James Gordon Eennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, died at 5:30

Position is Unfillable; is Granted Exemption (By Associated Press) LONDON. May 14 The military tribunals have granted exemption from military service to Tom Fowler who s described in the official report as "a specialist in the construction of padded cells." His firm is the only

serve conditions. Harbin and Vladi-'ing jewelers and large dealers has VOStOCk are amone the Dlaces at vhih hppn rnmmamlpprfsfl hv th mvcrn.

tne DreaKs cieveiopea ana were imme-tney will call. ! fixed at $105 per troy ounce, diately absorbed and used up.

Gen. Gcugh and his corps command-! ers have nothing but praise for all

the units concerned in the fighting "They all did well," said one of the officers. "Some perhaps did better than others; but none of them failed and no blame can be attached to any division of the fifth army. '

Puppy Dog is Born in U. 5. Front Line Trench

New Commercial Club Secretary

Already Has Eye on Industries

THOUSANDS OF GERMAN GUNS SENT TO U. S. IS TESTIMONY Testimony that Guns Were Imported to "Germanize" the United States Is Related at Inquiry in New York.

STORED IN 40 PLACES

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, May 14. Reports that thousands of rifles had been secretly imported from the Krupp works at Essen in order to "Germanize" the United . States were related today at an inquiry conducted by United States Attorney General Lewis into rumors of hoarding of arms by German Interests in the United States. Edgar A. Holmes of this city, a witness, credited the report to a man named James H. Crossley. Holmes as a broker, tried to buy the rifles but was unsuccessful he said. During the negotiations he said, Crossley told him that some one mill

ion rifles had been imported from Essen via the Hoboken docks of two German steamship companies and were to be used In the United States if the Germans were successful in reaching the English channel ports. Identifies Letter. Mr. Holmes identified a copy of a letter written by himself offering to sell on million mausers and one million cartridges. The letter was dated June 9, 1917. Holmes testified he had never seen the articles but had talked with an engineer named Francis I. Jndd who said he had seen boxes containing 280,000 rifles. A few months ago Holmes said, the United States tried to buy them but they were not produced. Holmes had been in touch with the United States officials throughout the negotiations he said. Gustave Lussing was named by Holmes as the man who was said by various intermediaries as to be able to deliver the goods. Judd told Holmes the rifles had been In an east side warehouse in New York and had been removed but were within an automobile ride of an hour and a half from Broadway. Charles H. Murray, ft hotel owner of-Washington, D. C, testified he had heard of the existence of the rifles through a Russian agent, Ivan Norodny. Through Norodny, Murray met Lussing and was shown an itemized statement of the quantity of rifles hidden as follows: Four hundred and fifty thousand Mauser guns; 250,000,000 cartridges; 100,000 carbines; 1,000 rounds cartridges; 1,000,000 rifles and 600 machine guns. Lussing. according to the witness, said they were stored In 40 different places in the United States. Another witness said he was thoroughly convinced Lussing knows where the rifles and ammunition are.

MILLION TONS OF SHIPS COMPLETED

fBy Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 14 The first million tons of ships completed and delivered to the United States government under the direction of the shipping board have been put on the high seas to help defeat Germany. A total of 159 vessels of 1.10S.621 tons was completed up to May 11, according to statistics compiled by experts of the shipping board. Since

Jan. 1, more than half of the total ton

nage 667,896 has been delivered and the monthly totals have showed a steady increase. Most of the ships delivered were re

quisitioned or on contract form when

the United States entered the war. Virtually all are of steel construction.

None of the ships of the great wood program, have been delivered although 46 have been launched due to delay in obtaining boilers and other machinery. The first completed wood ship built on contract for the government now Is undergoing speed trials off the Pacific coast.

ufacture of padded cells for lunatic asylums, police institutions and hospitals and the tribunal found that 'there ia rtrt a man in riAat ttrttafn

, , . ... - c L . J . a.vi. mull All I LUL Ul ibalU

ociock mis nioimug, tmer ictvuig u. cu who cm take the ace Qf thJg unconscious for two days. 'cant" Several thousand miles sway frm j ' his main newspaper office, James Gor-j don Bennett directed in minute details Funeral Services I Of the affairs of the New York Herald, j D yl f II II T J and maintained for himself one of the 11. A. J. WallS I UeSuOy most commanding positions in American journalism. For more than a quar- ' Funeral services for Dr. J. A. Walls

i i Till in M.ncrifinn o yi rr r rr r n m r r n -m

w.... u ..m.,,. luc """ . norn in a rront line trencn. it wns

ter of a century he lived ia Paris, and

worked simultaneously there and ia New York. No man before him or since has attempted such long distance editing.

who died Monday were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Christian church. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery. Rev. L. E. Murray conducted the services.

Carl W. Ullman, the new secretary ! have civic betterment In mind, but no of the Commercial club, assumed hl3 j matter where the emnhaRls i nUcoA

position here Monday and Tuesday was U. i,,, , , , , ... ,tA the ultimate result is always for the

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN i matters of the . office. Mr. Ullman j welfare of the citizen. fT.Tr.ij. JTay 13 (Monday) A came to Richmond from Palnesville, I "I feel that the membership should puppy dog born In an American front O., where he haa been engaged in or- j be kept in touch with the work, and .ine ii eucn was the subject of a noti"e ; ganlsatlon work as a representative of ; I appreciate the value of the press in

posted on the newspaper correspond- J the Ameiican City Bureau of New : making this possible." j

ents bulletin board tonight by the iork. v. Mr. unman will devote several days

The new secretary is enthusiastic j to becoming acquainted with the past about the prospect3 of the Commercial j work of the club, and is installing a club In Richmond, and fa.'d Tuesday new accounting and fi'.ing system. He that he hoped to make the organiza-1 ha3 already under consideration two tion an even greater factor in the civic i industrial prospects which he expects

censor in a jovial moment. The notice read: "Lieut bas a dog, a puppy dos.

born with a camouflage suit already

on. It sounds the dog."

fishy, but go look

"Stork" Birdman Brings Down His Eighth Plane

at j life than It Is at the present time.

I "Of course our first interest rigat

now," Mr, ullman said Tuesday, is to win the war. 1 feel that the Cora-

to present to the club at the next board

meeting. Before beceming connected with the American City bureau, Ullman was

(By Associated Press PARIS, May 14 Sergeant Frank L. Baylies, of the "stork" escadrille, has brought down another German machine, the eighth to his credit slne February 19. The sergeant's home is in New Bedford. Mass., and formerly served In the American field am bulance. .

mercial" club should be used to the ! managing secretary of the Salem, O., fullest extent in all war activities, be-j and Riverside, Cal., Chambers of Com

merce. He resigned his position at Riverside and returned to Indiana to enter the second officers training

cause it is well organized, and has the

machinery ready for use. Must Get People Interested.

"We want to get all the people in- j camp, but was rejected because of his

terested in the Commercial club. The j eyes. Attempts to enlist in the varfirst function of an organization like i ious branches of the service were uuthl3 ia to make people think. We will successful, and when he was called to work for industrial expansion, to try Camp Sherman with a draft continto stimulate trade, emphasize the inter- gent he was rejected for physical disdependence of city and country, and ability.

Will Drill for Oil

in Center Township CENTERVILLE. Ind., May 14 P. L. Cherry of Philadelphia, has been leasing considerable land in the vicinity of Doddridge the last few weeks and it is understood a Chlcaga company, which Cherry represents, ntends to start drilling for oil in the near future. A Chicago financier is said to he furnishing all of the capital for the project, and is so confident that he has already leased more than 7,000 acres of land.

Eight Steel Skips are Completed in Seven Days el?v Asociatr! Pres WASHINGTON. May 14. Eight steel ships totaling 48,150 tons were completed during the seven days ending May 11. Fourteen vessels were launched with a total tonnage of 67,100, of which seven were steel with a total capacity of 32,100 tons.

British Casualties tor , Week Reach Total of 41,612 LONDON, May 14. The total British casualties reported in. the week ending today is 41.612. ,