Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 159, 16 May 1918 — Page 9

-THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1918 '

PACE NINE

U. S. PROMISES 1,500,000 MEN BY END OF YEAR

(By Associated Press)

PARIS, May 16. The United States

has promised to have 1,500,000 fighting men in France by the end cf 1913, says Premier Clemlnceau's newspapers. These troops, it adds, must have their

own organizations and services which

will mean at least 2,000,000 specialists, workers, men in the quartermaster department and others.

Soldier Sees His Name All Over First Boche Shell When the Yankee lad In the trenches hears his first Boche shell hum through the air, he imagines that !t has his own name "witten all over it," according' to Harry McLear who has bejen with the American expeditionary forces in France since last October, in a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McLear. who live on the National road, east. McLear said that he took part in the recent big battle and was in the front line trenches, but he was not permtited to give his definite location. He said that his company did not lose a man during the German drive. "It is a mighty ticklish business," he wrote, "when you are getting used to It. You hear the shells bursting all around you and never know which one may be billed for you. However, once you are used to it you cease to give bursting 6hells the slightest consideration but tarn your attention to the serious work in hand." McLear said that he witnessed a fight between two airplanes but that it did not amount to much as the Uoche machine turned tall and fled.

Red Gross Notes

Yarn for socks will be given out at 11:30 o'clock Friday. Knitters wanting yarn must call for it in person.

Music Festival at High School Here, May 28-30 The annual school music festival will be held under the direction of R. C. Sloane, music supervisor, May 28, 29 and 30. The festival will be held at the high school auditorium, and the orchestra, choruses and other musical organizations of the school will take part. An admission of 25 cents will be charged for the entire program, and 10 cents for single admissions. On May 31 the last community sing of the season will be held at the echool.

Appeal to Jews to Subscribe to Red Cross (By Associated Tress.) NEW YORK, May 16. An appeal to the Jews of America to subscdibe generously to the $100,000,000 Red Cross fund next week was issued here today by the Rabbinical association as the result of a conference of Rabbis and Jewish editors. The Red Cross Is printing 500,000 raniphlots in Yiddish, as devised by a special committee representing the conference setting forth tlu Red Cross plans and these papers will be widely distributed among the Jews.

RETURN FROM CONFERENCE

Lee H. Nusbaum and George H. Knollenberg have returned from Indianapolis, where they attended a meeting of the board of directors of the Indiana Drygoods Merchants association. The meeting was called to arrange for a session of all the members of the association to be held in June. G. R. HALE ENLISTS

Gordon R. Hale left for Indianapolis Wednesday to take the final examination for r.ilistment in the regular army.

For Closer Union Between Bohemia and This Country

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Prof. Thomas MaS3ryk. Tror. Thomas Masaryk, a memrer of the Austrian parliament who was twice sentenced to death by the Prussians, has reached Washington after a 15.000-mile trip by way of Vladivostok and the Pacific Oran. He is a Bohemian whos published articles and speeches in defense of his country incurred the deep displeasure of the Prussian rulers. His purpose in coming to the United StateB is to effect a closer union between his own people and America.

American Veterans Like School Boys on Their Leave From the Trenches

They Lie Awake at Night in the Y. M. C. A. Headquarters "to Enjoy the Soft Beds" Great Organization Works Hard to Make the Fighters Happy.

BOYS just let loose from school have nothing on American soldiers on vacations from the trenches, according to the last word from France. ' From the town where most of them go when they get a few days away from "the big noise" comes the assertion that if you take the fun youngsters get' out of an unexpected halfholiday, add a million and multiply by ten, you only begin to approximate the high spirits of the boys from the United States on leave. To see them in their playtime you would be convinced that a course in trench warfare Is the first essential to a good time. They lie awake nights to enjoy the beds; they would like to have the entire milk supply of a cheese manufacturer for their morning coffee. Apparently they have never heard of war. With the trenches just before and just behind them, they have "the time of their lives." That they may do it the better, the Y. M. C. A. has helped build the American soldiers a city of fun, on a spot the location of which may not be stated. There many of them go on leave. Everything possible has been done to make them enjoy themselves. And do they so? DO they? Back from the Trenches. The following account, written by the Rev. Shepherd Knapp, D. D., former assistant pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York, recently pastor of the Central Church of Worcester, Massachusetts, who is in France as a Y. M. C. A. worker, and who helped plan the city of fun for the boys, tells the story : "They came straight from the trenches. The mud was thick on their boots and clothing. They wore their steel helmets, and they looked like tear. They weren't the neat and gay crowd that thronged the decks oa their arrival in France, but men who had been up to the front, and who bad tasted the real hardships and perils of the trenches. I was glad and proud to have the French people here' see them dirty and tired, with their muddy clothes and the signs of real service plain upon them, not unworthy to stand beside the poilu in his dingy blue. "And then to see the transformation! It seemed barely an hour before they were streaming into the Y. M. C. A. casino, washed and spruced up, with their natty barracks caps on their heads, instead of the uncomfortable and ungainly helmets,and already with a much more rested look on their faces, which showed! that the strain was beginning to let up. "We have a wealth of entertainment for them, and this beautiful

'Pinch me, old man. This is too good to be true. I must be dreaming.'

region, aided by superb sunshiny weather, offers every possible out-of-door attraction, but the one joy that I have heard moat often mentioned is the bids, to euftr xs a. beax, bex BETWEEN SHEETS AITO TO SEUAHT AS LATE IX mm MORKIHO AS THEY choose that is the height of blit. One boy said to me today (he arrived yesterday) that the bed was so soft he could not get used to it It kept him awake! Another boy, commenting on the same luxury, said that it made him dream of being at home. " 'I think I dreamt it fifty times during the night, he said. "Some boys, in spite of all the hard work they have done, are off at once on bicycles or climbing the mountain on an all-day hike. Others just luxuriate in sitting around. Most of them love to talk, and we Y. M. C. A. secretaries consider it a privilege to provide them with Interested listeners. Their stories must be very accurate, I tolnk, for I've heard the same incident half a dozen times from different men. Of course, I try to act just as surprised at the sixth hearing as at the first. The least you can do for these boys, who have been 'up where the big noise is," as they say, is to listen to their tales of 'the war as we have mixed in It,' Eager for More Exercise. "The Casino has taken on more and more the air of the huge pleasure palace that we intended it to be. To see its great rooms and halls literally thronged with men in khaki has been a tremendous satisfaction, as it has been, still more, to note the growing chorus of approval and appreciation.

"The roads In every direction roundabout are full of men on bicycles or afoot. In spite of all the biking they have had In their training, or going to and from the trenches, many of them , have gone off on long hikes and are climbing mountains with as much zest as if they had just been released from the tedium o some sedentary occupation. "Evenings they flock in for ti theatre and movies, and on special nights there is a perfect mob, as for instance on 'Stunt Night,' when the men themselves provide the numbers on the program. Still more was this true on the night of the costume ball. This last was really one of the funniest performances ever witnessed. It was amazing to see the costumes which the men produced. American ingenuity was thoroughly illustrated. The French people, who came in to look on, seemed fairly bewildered by the whole performance. It was astonishing to witness the fun and high spirits of men who have just come from the hard and terrible experiences of the front and who are geing back to them when the short leave is over. Before They Go Back. "The women have been doing wonders, in making ready for the boys, cleaning,- furnishing two large club, houses, opening a restaurant, bargaining-for 'the whole milk supply of a cheese manufacturer, hiring a small army of servants, and so on. The men have been preparing three athletic fields, bathing and boating facilities, equipping three moving picture houses, hiring two orchestras,

engaging dramatic talent In Paris, and as s foundation for an this, srrangi. the hotel accommodation for the thou, sands of men who are expected here. Today at the Mairie we bad a meeting with ail the Lotel-keepers, the mayor at the center of the long horseshoe shaped table, and five of us secretaries next him. "The only thing that is not joyous about the whole enterprise is the fact that the vacations come to an end, and every day some of our friends appear in their steel helmets, with their packs on their backs, to ssy goodbye. Not one of them goes without a fine spirit of courage and readiness to see the thing through. "I can tell you it's a much harder thing to go back to the trenches than it was to go up to them the first time. You would all be proud to see the way your fellow-countrymen in khaki accept their share of the peril, and also of the hardship, which I really think is even harder to face. Mud and wet and cold for weeks together are a severer test of courage than shell fire, I'p inclined to believe. The spirit with jich our men take it all is well illustrated by a remark one of them made to me the other day. He had told me how his shoes were often frozen stiffs the morning. '"So stiff,' said he, 'that you can't possibly get them on.' " 'But what do you do, then ?' I asked. " 'Put them on just the same !' he said. "It's in this spirit that our American boys go back to the trenches after their play day here."

100 MEMBERS FOR GASOLINE RANGERS

The Richmond company of Gasoline Rangers will be composed of 100 owners of cars, under the captaincy of Ed. H. Harris. Forty-seven have signed as members of the company and 12 more have signified their intention of becoming members, making a total of 59 now enrolled. The enrollment of 100 is desired so that the company can meet any emergency call that the militia might receive. The company will be divided into squads of eight or ten with a man in charge of each squad so that the entire comnony can be at the service of the militia company at a moment's notice, if demanded. The captain, in case of a call, will notify the men in charge of a squad and they will notify their men. Any men wishing to donate their cars and a driver's services will notify E. II. Harris, captain, Myron Malsby, Verne Pent 'ost or Lieutenant Benn. The following men are included in the company: W. N. Johnson, Thomas Tarkelson. George R. Hays, Fred Bartel. J. J. Rae, Howard A. Dill, T. B. Jenkins, D. N. Elmer, F. J. Bartel, A.

J. Harwood, H. Goldflnger, L. B. Nusbaum, O. A. Kemper. E. W. Carapfield,

Charles S. Kidder, Walter McConnaha, F. W. Kemper, B. C. Bartel, A. L. Jenkins, G. M. Logan. O. B. Fulghum, C. E. Thomason, F. H. Lemon, J. M. Lontz, C. A. McGuire. G. E. Siedel, H. R. Lontz, J. T. Giles. H. G. Clark, E. E. Townsend, Frank Strayer, John Shurlev, K. H. Haner, H. H. Horton, C. J. Piehl. L. E. Iliff, C. W. Jessup, Clem A. Gaar, Howard Townsend, J. R. Longstreth, Henry Gennett, Harry Gennett, Clarence Gennett, Fred Gennett, Ralph Cain, Benjamin Kelley and Ray Uate. The Starr Piano company. Lieutenant Frank Benn announced, would furnish two trucks for trarisfarring supplies if needed. Works Board Rescinds Improvement Orders The board of works Thursday rescinded its order for the Improvement of parts of North Second street, A street and Third street, when remonstrators and petitioners agreed that the Improvement was not essential at the present time. The petitioners stated that they would be willing to withdraw the petition until after the war. The remonstrators claimed that the improvements now would cost more than they would at a later time. President Johnson announced that several people living near Tenth street park bad complained about the militia drilling in that park. He said that any petition against the drilling of the militia company in city parks would be turned into the attorney general and the petitioners branded as pro-

Estimate Sugar Forms

Distributed by Gubert The estimate sugar forms for manufacturers have been received by Food Administrator Gilbert and are being distributed. If a card is not received by any manufacturer within a few days, he is requested to notify the food administrator.

FLOWERS ARE DONATED

ENLISTMENTS OPEN IN NAVY AVIATION

The naval reserve flying corps is now open for enrollment in the rating of landsmen for machinist's mate,

Navy Recruiter Kienzle announced Thursday. Men who have had experience as automobile chauffeurs or repairmen, and those with a general electrical knowledge are eligible for this rating. Experienced machinists can also be enrolled as machinists' mates, second class, and transferred to this branch. Men enrolling as machinists' mates are paid $32.60 a month while under instruction, and after a three months' course at one of the naval aeronautic schools are rated machinists' mates, second class, or machinists' mates, first class, depending on their ability. The pay for the latter ratings is $55.50 and $66.50 a month, in addition to which is received the retainer pay. The work consists of overhauling, inspecting and tuning up seaplanes, flying boats, dirigibles and observation balloons. No promise can be given of actual flying, although some of the men will undoubtedly be given the chance.

Ed Hollarn, superintendent of parks announced Thursday that two Rich

mond citizens had donated flowers

for the decoration of city parks. Joe Hill gave 200 rUna plants and' "00 geraniums. One hundred dahio. plants were presented to the city by Floyd Davis, South Twenty-third street.

Report of Condition of The UNION NATIONAL BANK At Richmond in the State of Indiana, at the close of business on May 10, 1918

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ARTILLERY ACTIVE

LONDON, May 16. The artillery was active last night in the valleys of the Somme and Ancre rivers, east of Arras and on the Flanders battlefields, the war office reports.

1,200 OFFICER 8TUDENTS

BATTLE CREEK. Mich., May 16. -More than 1,200 officer students have enrolled in the fourth officers' training camp at Camp Custer, and large arrivals here throughout the night are expected.

WOODWARD TO SPEAK

Walter C. Woodward, general secretary of the. Friends Five Years' meeting, will be one of the speakers at the Friends yearly meeting in New York, to be held the first of Jufie. TREATY 18 EXTENDED

WASHINGTON, May 16. Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Jusserand today exchanged ratifications of . treaty extending for another term of five years the treaty of Arbitration between France and the United States which otherwise would have expired by limitation.

RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $441,349.21 Overdrafts, unsecured . U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 140,000.00

S. bonds and certificates of indebtedness pledged to secure U. S. deposits (par value) 1,000.00 S. bonds and certificates of indebtedness pledged to secure postal savings deposits (par value) ... 5,000.00

S. bonds and certificates of indebtedness owned

and unpledged 15,000.00 Liberty Loan bonds, 3 and 4 percent, unpledged . . . Securities other than U. S. bonds (not including stocks) owned, unpledged 300,130.00 Collateral Trust and other notes of corporations issued for not less than 1 year nor more than 3 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 percent of subscription) Value of banking house Furniture and fixtures Real estate owned other than banking house Lawful reserve with Federal Bank . Cash in vault and net amounts due from national bahkB , , Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank Checks on banks located outside of city or town of reporting bank and other cash items Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps actually owned Other assets, If any

$ 441,349.21 3,855.79

161.000 00 6.050.00 300,130.00 100,000.00 7,000.00 34,000.00

2,500.00 25000 65,530.58 225.399.93 1,457.33 3,464.51 7,060.00 2.184.60 35.900.00

Total $1,397,071.95

LIABILITIES. Capital Btock paid in Surplus fund Undivided profits .. $ Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid Circulating notes outstanding Net amounts due to National banks Net amounts due to banks, bankers and trust companies Individual deposits subject to check Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for borrowed money) Postal savings deposits Other United States deposits, includlnd deposits of U. S. disbursing officers Bills payable Federal Reserve Bank

65.853.59 13,528.14

t50.000.00 100,000.00 52,325.45 140.000.00 5,893 28 15,237.84 674,6115.68 219,503.96 2,691.74 1,000.00 33,900.00

Sfotal ......... .. $1,397,071.96 State of Indiana, County of Wayne, fis: , I, H. J. Hanes, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly ewear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. H. J. HANES, Cashier. Correct Attest: . George L. Cates. W. D. Loehr. E. G. Hlbberd, . ' Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before roe this 18th day of May, 1918. Benjamin F. Harris, Notary Public. My commission expires October 2, 1919.

DENIES CHANGE IN BRITISH COMMAND

(By Associated Press.) LONDON, May 16. Reports that were In circulation' that a change was imminent the higher command of the British army in France were denied in the house 'ol commons today by Chancellor Bonar Law, spokesman for the war cabinet. Replying to a question, Mr. Bonar Law said no change in the higher command had taken place, nor was an In contemplation.

800 Insane Patients are Guarded by Quakers Some of the unusual duties which have fallen to the members of the Friends Reconstruction unit In France are described in letters received at the general office of the Friends Five Years Meeting here. The most recent and most unique task related is that assigned ten members of the reconstruction unit, who guarded 800 insane patients in a trip from the Amiens hospital to the extreme southern part of France. When the German offensive advanced the Paris directors asked the Red 'Cross to take charge of the transferring of the patients, and they were immediately turned over to the Friends unit. Half of the insane patients were women, the reconstructlonists said, and the others were mostly soldiers suffering from shell shock. The length of the trip made many of the patient? difficult to handle, and the men who acted in charge were complimented for the manner in which they conducted them to Lourdes, where they have been temporarily lodged. Not only did they prevent any of the patients from escapting, one worker wrote, but they arrived at Lourdes with two more than were counted on the train. The Friends unit probably will be assigned to more refugee work, after they have been relieved of their present charge.

Crowder Reviews 300 Negro Drafted Men WASHINGTON, May 16. Provost Marshal General Crowder today reviewed 300 negro drafted men of the District of Columbia who go to Howard university for special training. This was the first draft contingent the provost marshal general ever has reviewed. f

Military Camp for Training of Instructors Open June 3 The junior camps committee hat written the Richmond Commercial club, urging that some member of the high school faculty or of the state militia company here be interested in attending the military camp at Lake Geneva, Wis. The camp is to be opened June 3, and is for the purpose of training: men who can act as instructors in military drill for high pcbool boys and drafted men not yet called into service. It is in charge of Captain F. L. Beals of the U. 8. army. It is pointed out that men who have had military drill before entering the hervice are more easily trained, and are more quickly advanced.

ITALIANS TORPEDO AUSTRIAN VESSEL

(By Associated Press) ROME, May 16. An Austrian battleship was torpedoed by Italian naval forces in Paola harbor early Tuesday morning, it was officially announced today. The battleship was of the Vlribus Unitis type (20,000-ton vessels). The Italian force worked ints way Into the Austrian naval base by dodging the patrol boat and searchlights of the defenders. While the naval operation was progressing, an Italian seaplane force engaged Austrian battle planes above Paola. Two of the Austrians were brought down and several others were compelled to descend out of control. The Italian machines all returned safely.

Child Burned to Death in Fire; Two are Saved NORTH MANCHESTER, IncL, May 16. Donald Winebrenner. age 2, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Winebrenner, was burned to death southwest of here early today when the family home was destroyed by fire. The mother saved two other children by throwing them out of an upper window, but she fell from the window before reaching the younger son. No trace of the child's body has been found In the ruins. The fire started from a defective flue.

Oklahoma mines will be operated by the Baxter Jack Mining Co., Okmulgee, Okla., incorporated with $100,000 capital.

Report of Condition of The SECOND NATIONAL BANK At Richmond in the State of Indiana, at the close of business on May 10, 1918 RESOURCES Loan and discounts ' $1,862,542.4? Overdrafts, unsecured 2,953.49 U. S. Bonds (other than Liberty Bonds, but including U. S. certificates of indebtedness): U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) $ 250,000.00 U. S. bonds and certificates of indebtedness pledged to secure U. S. deposits (par value) 7,000.00 257,000.00 Liberty Loan Bonds: Liberty Loan Bonds, 3 percent and 4 percent unpledged 18,123.00 Liberty Loan Bonds, 3 percent and 4 percent, pledged to secure U. S. deposits.... 35,000.00 Payments actually made on Liberty 4 percent Bonds 216,240.00 269,363.00 Bonds, Securities, etc. (other than U. S.): Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure U. S deposits : 105,000.00 Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal savings deposits 15,000.00 Securities other than U. S. bonds (not including stocks) owned unpledged 80,570.00 Total bonds, securities, etc., other than U.S. 200,570.00 Stock of Federal Reserve Banks (50 percent of subscription ) 16,500.00 Value of banking house 85,000.00 Equity in banking house 85,000.00 Real estate owned other than banking house... 3,156.51 Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank.... 135,591.97 Cash in vault and net amounts due from national banks 527,665.85 Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank (other than Item 17) 26,946.13 Total of Items, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 554,611.98 Checks on banks located outside of city or town of reporting bank and other cash items 22,861.53 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer 12,500.00 Interest earned but not collected approximate on Notes and Bills Receivable not past due 5,200.00 War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps acctually owned 1,424.94 Total 3,429,275.90 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in $ 250,000.00 Surplus fund 300,000.00 Undivided profits $ 126,743.94 Less current expenses, interest, and ta paid. 18,571.18 108,172.76 Interest and discount collected or credited, in advance of maturity and not earned (approximate) 5,200.00 Amount reserved for all interest accrued 7,266.58 Circulating notes outstanding 250,000.00 Net amounts due to National bank3 2,813.97 Net amounts due to banks, bankers, and trust companies (other than included in Items 31 or 32) 32.1S9.92 Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to reserve (deposits payable within 30 days) : Individual deposits subject to check 1,238,701.37 Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed) 430,032.17 Certified checks 285.64 Cashier's checks outstanding 2,464.40 Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 80 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice, and postal savings): Postal savings deposits 4,056.13 Other time deposits 510,695.40 United States deposits (other than postal sav- ' ings) : War loan deposit account 89,290.00 Other United States deposits, including deposits of U. S. disbursing officers 2,859.79 2,313,388.69 Contingent Fund 21,713.02 Deposits to cover undelivered Liberty Bond subscriptions 173,535.85 Total...'. . 3,429,275.90 State of Indiana, County ct Wayne, ss: I, D. N. Elmer, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. D. N. ELMER. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16tb day of May, 1918. JOHN L. RUPE, Notary Public My term expires June 6. 1921. Correst atteBt: A. G. MATTHEWS, E. G. HIBBERD. SAMUEL, W. GAAR, Directors. y