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BRITISH AND U.S. HOSPITAL BEHIND LINES ARE BOMBED

Medical Workers and Patients Are Buried in Ruins Some Americans Are Slightly Injured by Glass.

SOME SLEEP THROUGH

(By Associated Preasl WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, May 31. Another big British hospital was bombed by German airmen early yesterday morning and once more, many medical workers and some patients were killed or wounded. The hospital caught fire after a large i section of the building had been demolished -by s bomb. A few women their bodies together with those of a ' considerable number more of the per- ' sonnel and patients are burled in the ruins, according to the latest reports. i (By Associated Press.)

! WITH THE AMERICAN-ARMY IN PRANCE, Thursday, May 30. German airmen made a pretentious raid on the area behind the American lines in Picardy last night. Bombs were dropped on all sides of one of the largest hospitals In a town many miles to the rear of the front American and French wounded soldiers were carried to cellars and caves by American nurses and member of the American Red Cross. Only a few persons were Injured by flying glass as most of the windows in the hospital had been shattered by bombs dropped the previous night. Several private houses were wrecked and a number of civilians, including

several babies, were killed and injured. That the raid was planned on a much larger scale than recent ones, over this territory is evidenced from reports made by many Americans in villages over which the raiders passed.

The Germans came in wave forma

tion and then scattered widely. One

squadron dropped bombs a few hun

dred feet from an American field hospital and at the same time one of the

range guns shelled a village a few hundred yards away. The first alarm was

sounded at 11 o'clock. The dropping of bombs and the firing of many anti

aircraft guns began almost immediately. Later there was : a brief pause, after which the raiders returned to remain almost until dawn. A new American evacuation hospital had been opened only yesterday in a certain village. A bomb fell In front of it last night and shattered windows, but none of the patients was injured. In some instances the bombs fell

within thirty and forty feet of a hos

pital building but, fortunately, there were no direct hits. A French nurse, her mother and two little sisters were killed in a house a short distance from a hospital. Another nurse was standing on the upper floor of the hospital ministering to patients when a piece of bomb struck her, piercing her lung. Five American nurses were in the same hospital. They were Miss Natalie Scott, of New Orleans. Miss Helon Spalding of Brooklyn, Miss Mary McCadlish, of Atlanta, Miss Blanche A. Gilbert of Cleveland and Miss Constance Cook of San Francisco. While the raid was in progress they went about cheering the patients. Although many serious cases of sick and wounded were aggravated and had to be moved, the nurses had to carry them to the lower floors and the cellar. "It was an exciting time," said Miss Scott, "but there was no panic. Some of our boys actually slept through it all although their beds were showered with broken glass." Ambulance Caught. Three American ambulances were caught in the raid. Sergeant Ethan Wells of San Francisco, who was driving the first ambulance, said: "Our three ambulances were hurrying to hospitals with patients when a a bomb wrecked a building directly in front of us, in a narrow street. Our ambulance was perforated by flying missies. We were all hurled out, but escaped with a few scratches." Private Robert A. Bowman of Galveston, who was in the same car said: "There was a terrific explosion. The next thing I knew I was lying on the ground. I looked around and heard

the patients groaning. I pulled myself together and found the patients uninjured except for the shock. Our ambulance was shot to pieces." The second car apparently received the full force of the explosion and was wrecked completely. Private Roscoe Wiley of Madisonville. Tex., was driving the third car. Sergeant J. W. Nolder of Altoona, Pa., and three patients were with him. "There was wreckage all around us," said Sergeant Nolder. "Injured civilians in the shattered houses near by were begging for help. We all pitched in as soon as we had recovered from the shock and assisted in the work of rescue. We had to dig many persons from the debris, by the light of small pocket lamps. Meanwhile enemy aircraft were buzzing overhead. The barrage was deafening. Bombs continued to fall. It was worse than anything in the trenches. I would rather have been in No Mans Land.

Hun Hospital Patients Revolt Because of Treatment Received (By Associated Press)

AMSTERDAM. May 31. Drastic

methods employed by the German

medical authorities in treating nervous patients in military hospitals in Mun

ich, resulted in revolts by the patients in which wards were wrecked, according to the Koelnische Volkszeitung.

At Rosenheim, the hospital was burn

ed by the rebellious patients. The

paper adds that electric shocks of such strength are employed that the patients screamed in terror. Deputies

have prepared a long series of questions to ask in the Reichstag concerning the reports of ill-treatment.

CITY SETS GOAL AT $100,000 IN

THRIFT DRIVE

Organizations Make Extensive Campaign Today and Exceed Week's Quota. City organization for the thrift stamp drive, Friday began an intensive campaign to raise the greater part of the city quota assigned for thrift stamp week. The eight wards and five voting precincts were canvassed by members of the ward organizations, and a general appeal was made to aid in putting Wayne township and Richmond over in the campaign. It was hoped to raise $100,000 in the city Friday. County Chairman Mills urged the members of his organization to work toward that end, in order that the city might report an over subscription of its share of the week's quota. The quota assigned Richmond for this week is $79,000. The sales Friday were made for

To Meet Friday A patriotic meeting in the interest of the thrift stamp campaign will be held at school district No. 11, Friday evening. The Rev. Oscar Tressel will be the speaker, and there will be music by a male quartet. The meeting is held under the direction of the Patriotic War club of district No. 11.

the most part to other purchasers than first class agencies. Mr. Mills had urged that the quota be raised by direct purchases by the people, rather than by the' agencies. Withdrawing Savings. At the banks it was reported Friday that a number of persons were withdrawing small savings accounts, and investing the entire amount in war certificates The Richmond postoffice reported a large increase in the thrift stamp sales made through the postoffice during the week. In two days and a half this week, $20,000 was invested through the postoffice in thrift stamps and war savings certificates. This includes sales to smaller postoffices ever the county. The mail carriers are selling a large number of the stamps on their routes. The township organizations outside Wayne township have reported their quotas for this week subscribed, and are working for the remainder of the annual quota. The entire year's quota. The entire year's quota of $945,000 must be raised in the county by July 1. The fourteen townships of the county outside Wayne have oversold their quotas by $3,000, County Chairman Mills said Friday. The quota for the townships totalled $38,536, and the sales amount to $41,520.

President of C. and 0. R. R. Made Federal Manager (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 31. George W. Stevens, formerly president of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, nas been appointed federal manager of the road. .

Celebrate First Day of Wedded Life, 1,800 Miles Away from Each Other (By Associated Press.) KANSAS CITY, Mo.. May 31. Although separated by more than 1,800 miles, Mrs. Goldie Orrick, until last night Miss Goldie Carden, of Lenape, Kas., and Private Homer T. Orrick a machine gunner stationed at Camp Mills, N. Y., today were celebrating the first day of their married life. The ceremony which made them man and wife was performed by telegraph. The bride sat in a commercial telegraph office In Kansas City, Kas.,

a minister asking her the questions, which were then flashed to the army

camp, where tney were received Dy the camp operator, who in turn trans

mitted those put by the officiating

minister at that end of the wire.

Mrs. Orrick said the probability of

the husband being sent over seas very soon hastened the wedding.

TROOPS OF U. S. MAKE RAID ON LINES OF HUNS

Americans Withstand Heavy Bombardment and Repulse Attacks with Heavy Loss. (By Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Thursday, May 30. German artillery in the course of the night severely bombarded the new positions cf the Americans at Cantigny west of Montdidler. They fired as many as 4,000 high explosive shells in a brief space of time. Several attempts by the Germans to come over were repulsed with heavy losses by the Americans. (By Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, May 31. American forces northwest of Toul carried out a successful raid against the German lines late last night. TRIED TO USE TANKS. (By Associated Press) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Thursday, May 30, In one of the counter attacks launched against the Americans in Cantigny, the Germans tried to use tanks. The enemy infantry had not more than shown itself that the American artillery opened a heavy fire. Both the foot soldiers and the tanks were driven back in disorder. The new American positions in Cantigny are being improved constantly. The Americans have not budged an inch since they gained the town. Every time the enemy artillery starts a bombardment, the American gunners retaliate and smother the opposition fire. German airmen, flying at a great height penetrated many miles to the rear of the American lines today. They were driven off by aircraft guns and were unable to drop any bombs. THREE HUNS WINGED. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. Thursday, May 30. There was much activity on the front northwest of Toul today, and two if not three, German machines were shot down. Lieut. Edward Rickenbacher, the former automobile racer, not only brought down one machine but rescued Lieut. James A. Meisener of Brooklyn, after his machine had been

damaged. Single handed, Rickenbacher attacked two Albatross biplanes and three monoplanes. After

be had fired a hundred rounds into one j

of the biplanes it fell crashing to the ground. - The lieutenant turned and attacked another which sought safety

in flight. Meanwhile, the remaining

German machine had descended too

low for Rickenbacher to attack.

As he was returning to behind the American lines, Lieut. Rickenbacher

saw four German airplanes coming towards him. He turned and saw Lieut. Meisener, who was flying high, at

tack one enemy machine just as a

second hostile airplane attacked Meisener. Meisener's machine collided

with one of the enemy and a wing of

the American's airplane was torn. Meisener immediately turned toward home, when a third enemy machine, seeing that he was crippled, took hastily after him. Saves Meisener. Rickenbachec made a long dive and drove off the German with his machine gun, undoubtedly saving Meissner. The combat took place east of Thaiucourt. In another fight, two American pilots were forced to withdraw because their guns became jammed just as they attacked the enemy. Another encountered five hostile machines and had fired six bullets without apparent damage and the enemy machines retired. Later five Americans saw two enemy machines over Apremont. They attempted to get away as the Americans came up, but two Americans got on the tail of one enemy machine. Hundreds of bullets were fired In the fuselage of the German airplane and it crashed into a wood. The other enemy machine was cha?ed down by an American and it was seen to overturn as it reached the ground. The results of several other combats have not yet been reported. An American aviator was captured by the Germans in No Man's Land after his machine had been damaged in a fight between five American machines and a German Rauadron. The

American aviator was last seen going!

Into the enemy trenches under cover of German rifles.

Men Who Survive No Man's Land Are Shelled Again by the Huns

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ALLIED LINE DRIVEN BACK IN POWERFUL HUN STROKE

Tide of Advance Flows Less Swiftly Toward the Marne Aisne Battle Front Is Linked with Somme.

No Man's Land, above, and a Canadian dressing station just behind the lines.

The lower photo shows Germans attempting to drop high explosive shells on wounded men carried back from No Man's Land and being cared for temporarily. The cloud of smoke and dirt in the background is where a Hun shell has landed. The survivors thought they were away from the danger zone and one man can be seen raised up on his elbow in surprise at the exploding shell.

RUSS VILLAGES GASSED BY HUNS FOR UPRISINGS

. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, May 31. The Germans in their reprisals against peasant disorders in the Ukraine, drenched several villages near Kiev with gas, according to a Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Express. Thus, adds the message, whole communities were asphyxiated. fBy Associated Press MOSCOW, May 29. Strong revolutionary detachment of demobili7ed soldiers and peasants equipped with machine guns and artillery have arisen in the district of Tschigerine in the province of Kiev, in an attempt to seize governmental power. The Bol

shevik government has been asked to send troops to subdue the revolutionaries. German forces while disarming

Ukrainian trops at Odessa were fired upon. The Germans themselves arrested a number of the important personages in the Black Sea port and took them to the German army headquarters. Peasant disorders are spreading through the province of Podolia.

Call Issued For Women Autoists to Enlist in Wayne Motor Corps

MrsX.W.Elmerto ' Be Buried Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. C. W. Elmer, who died suddenly Thursday, will be conducted from the residence, 218 North Eleventh street, Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery, and will be private.

Richmond's young women motor enthusiasts soon are to have their chance to help the nation in its time of need. The call for volunteers was sent out today by Miss Nina V. Short, emergency, home demonstration agent for this county. ' Very soon now Miss Short is planning to have . demonstrations of canning: Her plans, as at present worked out, will be to hold small classes in the city, at which a few women may obtain Intensive training m the work so that on becoming efficient, tliey may be used as instructors in the

country districts, which it will be Impossible for Miss Short to reach her self, or by any of the economics teach

ers nearby, whose help she expects to

enlist. Her big problem on having

trained instructors will be the one of

transportation to the classes in the

country.

Right here will the new "Volunteer Female Motor Corps" step in and do

their work. So the call went forth

j today for every young woman in the i city and county who drives a car, to

I volunteer her services and the use of

the car during the period in which these country meetings are to be held, No regular hours of service, or prescribed uniform will be used, but each volunteer must hold herself in readi

ness to take an instructor to her

meeting somewhere in the country In the larger cities the women's motor corps already an established institution, wearing uniforms similar to the regulation army garb, taking regular courses of instruction in the running and care of automobiles, and

at all times holding themselves ready to do messenger service of any kind for the army, and other government branches. Tlip mntnr mma whioh

Miss Short expects to establish here may lead to Richmond having the first organization among the smaller cities. Volunteers are asked to" present themselves to Miss Short, who

win De giaa to give all the Information, and explain the work which Is expected to . be accomplished with their aid.

PLAN COURSE FOR CONSCRIPTED MEN

THE WEATHER

For Indiana by United States Weath. er Bureau Fair tonight and probably Saturday. Little change in temperature. Today Temperature. Noon 88 Yesterday Maximum 88 Minimum 63 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy but mostly fair tonight and Saturday. Conditions are favorable for local thunderstorms. Continued warm. General Conditions The warm wave continues unbroken over most of the United States and the Utah storm Is causing somewhat unsettled weather over the Mississippi valley with heavy local thundershowers. Some places are suffering from droughts. There is no immediate prospect of a breakup in the warm weather. '

LIEUTENANT AND CORPORAL KILLED

(By Associated Press.) MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 31. Lieutenant Arthur Pickins and Corporal Arthur B. Willard, of Columbus, O., members of the military police of the thirty-seventh division," were killed almost instantly early today when an army truck, in which they were riding, ran off an embankment near La Pine, pinning them underneath.

Brig. Gen. Charles Treat is Ordered to Italy (3y Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 31. Orders detailing Brigadier General Charles G. Treat to duty in Italy were issued by the war department today. It was said that the orders might be revoked as" they are contingent to some extent on the final assignment of Major General Leonard Wood, who, though assigned to command the western department, probably will be transferred at his own request to a divisional camp.

STILL AT IT PARIS, May 31. The German long range bombardment of Paris was resumed early this morning. ,

An all year contract for the con

tinuation of vocational education as an emergency war measure, has been put up to the Indiana state board for vocational education by the federal board representing the wishes of the war department, according to a letter received by C. O. Williams, county superintendent of schools and a member of the state board. The program involves an immediate drive through the public schools for training conscripted men. The plan is to innaugurate evening schools for teaching radio and buzzer war service work. The plan has been approved by the Indiana state council of defence. The Richmond school board will meet next week for the purpose of discussing the innauguration of a night school to carry on the work here. The plan was in vogue here last winter and the summer school will probably be an extension of this training. The federal government shares up to one-half of the total expense contracted by the school board.

40 HUN DIVISIONS IN AISNE BATTLE (By Associated Press) LONDON, Thursday, May 30. Forty German divisions are engaged in the Aisne battle and forty more divisions are in reserve, says a dispatch from Reuter's correspondent at French headquarters. It is possible, the dispatch adds, that the enemy may srike another blow for Amiens or Dunkirk, but for the moment he appears to be throwing his entire strength into the conflict on the Aisne. Fierce street fighting, it is added, attended , the capture of Soissons by the Germans. The city is reported to hae been in flames Wednesday evening.

280,000 MEN TO BE CALLED DURING JUNE (By Associatea Tress. WASHINGTON, May 31. Official announcement was made today that 280,000 men will be called to the colors during June. They will be ordered to report June 24 but it has not yet been determined to what camps they can be assigned so the list of apportionment is for the present being withheld. The quota is based on estimates of the space available for the men in camp and cantonments. If the rate of shipment of troops across again is raised, still more men may be called. In any event the probabilities are that enough men will be called for special service to round the number out to 300,000.

400, 000 Tons of Ships are Released to U. S. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 31. More than 400,000 tons of ships are released to the United States and the allies by Sweden under the terms of the commercial agreement signed at Stockholm by representatives of the two governments, the state department was notified today.

Situation Becomes More Favorable, Says Frenchman (By Associated Press) PARIS, May 31. "We return with the impression that as the day advanced the situation became more favorable," Rene Renoult, president of the army committee of the chamber of deputies, who accompanied Premier Clemenceau to the front yesterday, said to Marcel Hutin of the Echo de Paris, on his arrival in Paris.

Ferry Steamer Sinks in 20 Feet of Water (By Associated Press.) PORT HURON, Mich., May 31. The ferry steamer, James Beard, operated between this city and Sarnia, On t., crashed into the dock at Sarnia this morning and sank in twenty feet of water. A large number of passengers were aboard the vessel but all reached ' shore safely. A thick fog hung over the river at the time. , -

Germans Lose 664,104 Men in Offensive Up to First of April (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, May 31,On April 27, the German general staff was not in position to give detailed information regarding the German offensive oDer-

ationa begun March 21. The an

nouncement was made in the reichstag by General von Wrisberg, according: to the Berlin Vorwaerta. a ennv

of which has been received here. The number of men taken prisoner and missing in the German armies up to March 31, General von Wrisberg said was 664,104. Most of these were prisoners, there being 236,000 prisoners in France, 119,000 in' England and 157,060 in Russia and Rumania. The remainder, about 152,000, should be considered as dead.

Rev.H.W.SchwantoDo "Y" Work in Florida

The Rev. Henry W. Schwan, former pastor of the Cenlral Christian church has been assigned to Y. M. C. A. work at the navel training station at Key West, Fla. Mr. Schwan resigned his pastorate here a short time ago in order to enter Y. M. C. A. war work. He will be in charge of the work of the "Y" at Key West.

Milwaukee Aviator is Killed in Action (By Associated Press.) MILWAUKEE. Wis., May 31 Lieut. John K. Mitchell, aviator, was killed in action somewhere in France according to a telegram received by his mother last night. Lieut. Mitchell, 25 years old. was a son of John L. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, and a brother of Col. William N. Mitchell, in charge of the American aviation.

FRENCH BREAK ATTACKS

(By Associated Press) Keeping the tide of the advance in the center flowing strongly although Marne, the Germans simultaneously have execjted a stroke on the allied

left flank that has extended the battle line westward and virtually linked up the present battle field .with that of the Somme. The attack was delivered along the Aillette river northwest of Soissons. Sweeping forward in the 6alient that projected between the Somme and the Aisne battle fields the Germans drove the allied line back so that it now runs northwestward from the vicinity of Soissons to the Oise river, apparently at its point of junction with the Oise canal. The advance in the center has now brought the Germans within two miles of the Marne, at one point, Paris dispatches report. The wedge here appears increasingly narrow, however, and on its flank below Soissons and Rheims the enemy is reported firmly held. Foe Attacks Broken. The French war office announces the breaking down of enemy atacks in the Soissons area and to the south, while on the allied right the line extending northeastward toward Rheims from the neighborhood of Vezilly appears virtually unchanged. The Germans failing in all their efforts to win ground. The energetic defense on the right, wing is exemplified by the fighting at Thillois, three miles east of Rheims, where the Germans entered the town only to be driven out by a French counter-attack. By such resistance the safety of Rheims is momentarily safeguarded but observers of the operation view its ultimate fall as apparently inevitable. The probability of German penetration right up to the banks of the Marne in the center of the advance is likewise indicated in the news dispatches. On the British front the Germans are active with their artillery east of Amiens and in the Albert region to the north as well as on portions of the Flanders front, but no infantry movements of note are reported. In the Toul sector on the French front the Americans have carried out a successful, raid. Every Progress Slacks. Baffled in their efforts to strike eastward and westward from the new salient in the allied lines, the Germans are attempting to reach the Marne with their heavy forces before the allied resistance becomes 6irong enough to halt them entirely. In the center, however, the enemy progress is slackening as the allied reserves are being thrown into the battle. Heavy fighting continues all along the Aro-shaped salient from Soissons to Rheims. Struggle as they will against the French defense on the west around Soissons, the Germans are unable to gain. In the region of Rheims the same story is true as the British and French divisions thtre stand firm. By penetrating to the Marne or southward from - Fere-en-Tardenois, seven miles north of the river, which they now hold, the Germans apparently hope to spread out eastward and westward, as they failed to do further north, and thus outflank the strong allied positions at Soissons and at Rheims. French resistance in the center, however, is growing in strength

and the Germans are getting farther and farther away from their original base along the Ailette. Capitals Unharmea. Paris and London view the situation more favorably and in neither capitol is there fear that the German offensive will become as serious a menace to the allied defense as the original onslaught in March. Although the salient is about IS miles deep in the center, Paris is not much nearer nor has the enemy advance yet affected the allied lines eastward from Montdidier. In fact, the Germans would be in a dangerous position should General Foch strike eastward along the Aisne from Solssons. This may be the purpose of the allied strategy in holding strongly on the flanks as the Germans get deeper and deeper into the pocket toward the Marne. Air Fighting Intense. The aerial activity over the territory of the German advance is most intense and French airmen have dropped many tons of bombs on enemy targets in addition to bringing down nineteen German machines. Berlin claims the capture of much war material, including a number of (Continued on Page Twelve.)

Murphy Seeks Men and Teams for Plowing City Gardener Murphy needs men and teams to plow vacant lots. Persons with teams who are willing to plow this ground for pay are asked to call Murphy, phone 3307. - The cultivation of the vacant lots In Richmond haa been retarded by lack of plowing. Persons who can do this kind of work will be doing a patriotic service by getting in touch with Murphy. Payment will be made for the work.