Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 178, 7 June 1918 — Page 1

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WORKINGS OF DRAFT BOARDS TO BE PROBED BY CROWDER Thousands of Men Now in Class 4 Should Be in Class 1 and 2, Says Provost Marshal General.

LOCAL BOARD WILLING

Judge Fox Lets Unfit Mother

Obtain Custody of Young Child

I (By Associated Press WASHINGTON. June .7. A general revision of classification under the selective service act was started today by Provost Marshal General Crowder when he telegraphed to the governors of all states ordering Investigations to the reason for the small

number of registrants in Class 1 in

some localities. The list of some boards show an vrnir far below the national aver

age of 28.7 per cent, registrants in

Class 1. Some boards even nave uu ion bb inw as in ner cent.

Thousands of men now in Class 4 hould be nut in Classes 1 and 2, the

nrrwoBt marshal said. The instruc

tions also ordered investigations to determine If any men who have been erroneously put in the upper classes when they should have been put in

those lower down. Will Effect 500,000

It Is expected the rearrangement will bring into class one more .than

500.000 men.

Cases where registrants were mar

ried after naseaKe of the drau aci

will be carefully considered and if evidence warrants classifications in class 1, boards will proceed to re-

r!Kifv them. Married men wnose

wives have sustaining incomes, prob

ably will be reclassified "This office has reached the con

rhmion." said the provost marshal

general, "that corrective proceedure

can be made most effective by revis

inn hv the local boards with the

heartv and active assistance of gov

ernment appeal agents and members of legal advisory boards. , "You will therefore issue' instructions that they shall immediately proceed to a careful, examination of all the questionnaires and records in the classes of cases herein after indicated and make such recommendations to the local board as they deem necessary. Local boards, government appeal agents and members of legal advisory boards should ' direct special attention to the following classes of cases: , "Class 2A and B; Class 3 A, B and C; and Class 4A. Thousands of registrants are now in Class 4 who should be in class 2 or class 1. Government appeal agents should be instructed to appeal every case when the reclassification is not convincingly correct. "The activities of local boards, appeal agents, and members of legal advisory-boards,' is not limited to the classes of cases above indicated, but the same corrective measures should be applied to all other cases if of deferred classification when the same appears necessary. "Local boards, should set aside a Fpecial week in June to be called class 1 week to conduct examinations of doubtful cases. Classifications 6hould be sclentificaly adjusted now so as to avoid the necessity of proceeding to the deferred classes. The remedy is yours to apply. "It Is important also that corrective proceedure should be applied where necessary in case of boards showing unusually high percentage of class 1. Where there are no apparent explana

tions for such high percentages you should make inquiries of the proper boards with a view to ascertaining whether the boards have correctly applied the regulations. "Also instruct all local boards to reexamine under the new standards of physical examinations all doubtful jases which may have fallen into ?roup B. group C or group D with the particular purpose of finding men physically fit for general military service who may have been placed in one of the above mentioned groups nd of removing to group C as qualified for special and limited military service such men as may heretofore have been totally rejected or placed in the deferred remediable group." 23 PER CENT. HERE. Chairman Clem Carr of the Richmond selective service board, said Friday regarding the above dispatch, that this board's percentage was 23, which falls below the national percentage. "If such an investigation is made and the Richmond board is included," Carr baid, "it probably will mean that officials making the investigation will have to go over all of the questlonalres again outside of Class 1. This would mean a vast amount of extra work. "We are perfectly willing that such an investigation should be made because we have always sought to place men In the classes where. we thought they belonged, and in full accordance with the law governing the draft."

Judge Henry C. Fox of the Wayne

circuit court reversed a decision re

garding the custody of Albert Mc

Carthy, 12 years old, Thursday, per

mitting Mrs. Hilda McCarthy, Ins mother, to rear him.

She obtained a divorce from James

McCarthy last Saturday. The father;

on a cross-complaint asked that the son be turned over to the board of guardians. Witnesses were introduced

at the trial to show that Mrs. McCarthy morally was unfit to rear the

child. The judge granted Mrs. Mc

Carthy a decree but ruled that the child be turned over to Mrs. Elizabeth Candler, probation officer. Arthur Willsdorf, attorney for Mrs. McCarthy, subsequently had an interview with Judge Fox, who then reversed his ruling giving the woman control of the boy. Attorneys for the father were not called into this conference. Judge Fox has been in feeble condition for some time, interfering with his duties as judge of the court. His action in taking away the child from Mrs. Candler and returning it to its mother, after testimony in the divorce trial showed that she forced her son to drink whisky and In other respects

was not a fit guardian of the child's morals, created intense surprise and bitter criticism. , .Investigation Friday disclosed that Judge Fox had not signed a court record since February 4, 1918. The exact legal status of proceedings since that time had not been determined

Friday. If the judge should die before he affixed his signature, it is feared that considerable worry and trouble would ensue to the litigants.

PRES. EDWARDS INSTALLED AS EARLHAM HEAD

Degrees Conferred on 44 Earlham Seniors at Commencement Exercises. The induction of David Morton Edwards as president of Earlham college

was made Friday morning at the installation exercises held at Lindley hall. The installation' was made by Dr. Walter C. Woodward, general secretary of the Friends Five Years meeting. "Earlham college is a spirit." Dr. Woodward said, "Into it are woven the spirit of our fathers, their common faith, and their enduring sacrifices." A processional including the members of the board of trustees, President Edwards, members of the alumni, Visiting speakers and the Earlham chorus, marched from Bundy hall to the . auditorium where the exercises were held. " " ' VW"' .1" College Presidents Speak. Salutations were given by Professor Stanley, Coulter, of Purdue University, representing the universities of the state; President George L. Mackintosh of Wabash college, representing the colleges of Indiana, and President William W. Comfort, of Haverford " college, who brought the greetings of the Friends colleges of America.

"It is a marvellous period for great

achievements." said Dean Coulter.

"Men and women are accomplishing the impossible, and what the nation is doing, the colleges must also do. Old things have passed away, and ; all things have become new. Men are measured now in terms of service and sacrifice. It is a wonderful thing to assume a position of trust in times like these, and to have the privilege of continuing the splendid record made by Earlham college." The need of the 6mall independent colleges in the scheme of American ducation was emphasized by President Mackintosh in expressing the interest of the other Indiana colleges. in the record of Earlham college. "I am looking for great expansion in the small colleges during the war," he said. "We must prepare to meet conditions after the war. The things that we think will happen after the war will not happen, but this thing is certain, that great things are coming down to meet us." The Friends colleges have been

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BELIEVE SUBS WAITING FOR LARGER PREY

(By Associated Press.) AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 7 A French armed merchant ship .came into port here today and reported an en

counter with a German submarine off

the Virginia capes. Details of the battle are lacking, but It is said the fight

occurred a short distance outside the

capes. The extent of the damage to the merchantman is unknown. (By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, June 7. Belief that the German submarines which early In the week successfully attacked coasting schooners and 6teamers off the New Jersey coast are now lying in wait for larger prey in one of the trans-Atlantic travel routes off the

Virginia Capes was expressed in of

ficial circles here today. This theory

was strengthened by the torpedoing Wednesday of the British steamer Harapathian. 100 miles of fthe Vir

ginia coast, news of which was announced in navy department dispatch

es published today. Having as the Germans believe struck fear into the

hearts of America, through depredations near the-ports of Philadelphia,

and New York, it isprobable, officials

said, that the U-boat commanders have decided to make a bolder effort and despite the multitude of patrol boats engaged in search of them make

a supreme effort with a transport or large cargo or passenger carrying

vessel as the prize. In the torpedoing of the Harapath

lan the raiders struck without warn

ing -and apparently at an armed ves

sel. The nfvy department had not

received wora as to wnetner tne amp was armed but expressed the opinion that . it was .-as... all British steamers plying through ' the wajf " zone carry guns. The : Harapathian went down

within seven or eight minutes after

the torpedo struck but the crew man

aged to get away and were landed late

yesterday at a port in Chesapeake

Bay. '

The sinking of the Harapathian

brought the total number of victims

of the German raiders. to fourteen

six steamers and eight schooners.

1 ,500 Men are Held as Alleged Draft Dodgers (By Associated Press.) GLOBE, Ariz.. June 7. Fifteen hundred men in Globe and Miami were taken into custody last night and early today by federal officers for examination to determine whether they were draft evaders. Of five hundred men taken in Globe, all but 50 were able to prove that they had registered and were released. The other fifty were held in jail for further investigation. After completing the examination of the men taken in Globe, the officers in charge of the round-up went to Miami to examine 1,000 men held

-there. ,

The Weather

60 Per Cent of Han Sabs Destroyed by Allies (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. June 7. Uonator Swanson. acting chairman of ti3 naval committee, after a conference with navy heads today declared that the allied and American naval forces have destroyed 60 percent of all German submarines constructed and that they have cut shipping losses in half. s

For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair and cooler tonight Saturday, fair and warmer. Today's Temperature. Noon , 52 Yesterday. Maximum 81 Minimum ;-64 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair and continued cool, temperature about 50. Saturday, mostly fair, followed by increasing cloudiness. Rising temperature. General Conditions The Medicine Hat cool wave reported moving seaward now affects the north central states east of the Rocky mountains.

excepting on the Atlantic coast. Tem

peratures below freezing occurrea in western Canada and 4 degrees above,

in western Montana. A storm is de

veloping over the Rockies.

IRISH ANTI-DRAFT

PARTY WARNS PEOPLE

(By Associated Press.)

DUBLIN, June - 7. 'A warning to

Ireland that Lord French's recruiting

proclamation does not mean the with

drawal of conscription was made Jn a statement issued last night by the

anti-conscription . conference after

four-hour session at the Mansion House. The Lord Mayor of Dublin

presided, and John Dillon, Joseph Dev-

lin and other Nationalist leaders, as well as representatives of labor and

the Sinn Fein, were present.

The lord mayor of Dublin, it was an

nounced, will proceed to the United

States when the attempt to conscript

Ireland is renewed. The imprison

ment of the Sinn Felners without trial

Is condemned and the Irish military

administration denounced.

The statement says nothing of the attitude of the conference toward the requiting campaign. Its reference to

the proclamation of Lord French fol

lows :

"The conference takes note of the latest proclamation from Field Marshal French. In view however, of its

terms, we warn our countrymen against false confidence that conscription is at an end. In the future, as hitherto,' Irishment must trust above all else their own unbroken unity and unshakable purpose for, safety against a renewal of the danger of conscription which the proclamation has only provisionally postponed." In regard to the lord mayor's proposed visit to America, the statement says that the lord mayor "has patriotically promised! to hold himself in readiness to take up the mission whenever any fresh attack on the right of Irish to self determination as a nation may be attempted.

These Women Victims of U-boat Raid, Spend Hours on Atlantic in Open Boat ,-...-... - - - ... 'r&jf- 'Wy'l ' 9 u si" 4i ft 1

Some of the survivors of the U. S. steamer Carolina, sunk in the Huns' submarine raid on the U. S. coast, above. Smaller picture at left is of Lieut. G. Nadal, army officer among the survivors. Other small picture shows one member of crew with his coats, which he said he found after it had been torn by shell firef rom the submarine. These survivors drifted for hours in an open boat before reaching an Atlantic port.

U. S. BAYONETS FORCE GERMAN TROOPS TO FLEE

Germans Do Not Intend to Attempt Further Progress, . Says Dispatch;, " (By Associated press.) LONDON, June 7. The Germans do not intend to attempt any further or immediate progress around Chateau Thierry, says Reuters' correspondent with the American army in France, who spent Thursday northwest of that town. The enemy, he adds, shows lassitude which might well seem an intentional effort at deception. The French still hold that part of Chateau Thierry on the left bank of the Marne. FLEE BEFORE BAYONETS. ' - (By Associated Press LONDON, June .7. German troops fled before the bayonets of the American marines in the action between Veuilly and Torcy Thursday, according to the correspondent of the Daily Mail, with the American forces in France. W'ounded soldiers, he adds, tell how one company of Marines fighting in a wheat field, became surrounded by superior numbers, but they eventually fought their way out in the face of severe German machine gun fire. In addition they captured several machine guns. The American - troops, the correspondent adds, showed considerable skill In using cover and thereby reduced their losses appreciably. Despite this caution, however, they made the pace too hot for the Germans.; The full haul of prisoners, it is added, may reach 300. - ' TV; -1 Several wounded Germans complimented the Americans on trAsir fighting, saying they were as good soldiers as the Germans. , The . Americans adapted themselves quickly to the situation and carried out their instructions without a flaw.

Suggestion That Hun Airplanes Can Bomb U. S. Towns is Absurd Says British Naval Expert

French Bridge Named ' in Honor of Wilscn

40,000 Workers Needed to Harvest Wheat Crop in Oklahoma and Kansas

WASHINGTON, June 7. Harvesting of the western wheat crop began today in Oklahoma, where six thousand workers will be required and it will extend next week to Kansas, where thirty thousand will be needed, the federal employment service announced. Wheat cutting commenced earlier this year than last and will require more men. Wages are higher than last year, Oklahoma farmers paying $3.50 to 54 per day with board. " In Kansas $4 to $5 is being offered. Temporary offices of the federal employment service have been -established throughout the wheat belt from which agents will keep in touch with farmers by telephone.

(By Associated Press.) PARIS, June 7.- Senator Herriot, mayor of Lyons, and the city council have given the name of President Wilson to a new bridge over the river Rhone, which will be opened on July 14. The bridge has been built since the beginning of the war. The Wilson bridge parallels a bridge which for a century has borne the name of Lafayette bridge.

THOUSANDS VIEW BODY OF FAIRBANKS

INDIANAPOLIS, June 7. Escorted by a battalion of Indiana militia, the body of Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice-president of the United States, was taken from the Fairbanks residence here and placed in the state capitol ' today. Thousands passed through the corridors of the building to view the body. . The funeral was td be held at the Fairbanks residence this afternoon at 3 o'clock, Bishop W. F. McDowell of Washington was to deliver the principal address at. the services. Burial was to be made in Crown Hill cemetery here. . ' i All state offices and many business places in Indianapolis were closed part of today in memory of Mr. Fairbanks.

Flags throughout the clty were at

half mast '

(By Associates Press) . LONDON, June 7,The; manner in which the American nation received the ; latest exhibition of German submarine f rightfulness represented another defeat for Germany, says ArchibaldS. Hurd, - Ih futhertatemtnt eu the U-bbat -operations off ; the : Atlantic coast of the' United States. Mr. Hurd, who is well known . as a writer on naval subjects, characterizes as absurd the notion that the Germans can carry out air raids on American towns from submarines. "This side of the Atlantic," the statement says, "has heard of the attitude of the American people toward the submarine raid and has accepted it as further evidence . of their saulty and the correct appreciation they have formed , of the strategic necessities which the war imposes upon them. That represents another defeat for the Germans. "They had calculated upon weakening the hands of the executive departments concerned with the navy and army. In that respect the raid failed. Foe Will Suffer Penalty. What the Germans really have done by the exhibition of frightfulness off American shores is to bring the entire American continent definitely within

the war area. This is a great achievement the penalty of which the enemy will suffer in due course. He will obtain little temporary compensation because he cannot, owing to the differences involved, make aa even limited blockade of the American coast. "Of course, the suggestion that airplanes operating from submarines ceji bomb American cities is an absurdity. A bombing airplane is not a weapon to be carried hr a submarine over three thousand miles. Kven if the difficulty of stowing could be over

come, how would the airplane return to its base even if it were not. shot down while over American territory? "It cannot be repeated too often that America is defended against the enemy most effectively on this ride of the Atlantic. The German army, the German fleet and German submarines can one and all be fought most effectively in Europe. ; "In view of the latest development in German policy, Americans can Jook

back with satisfaction on their correct

strategical view of over a year ago which they promptly translated Into ana Their decision to send warships

to Europe represented a great avowel

of faith in a permanent strategic prin

ciple. Moreover, bj placing these y easels under British admirals unity of command was achieved and unity1 of

command is more Important on the

sea', than' on the land, because naval

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CLOSE ENLISTMENTS TO CLASS OF 1918

AMERICANS, THOUGH

WOUNDED, FIGHT ON (By Associated Press) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN PICARDY, Thursday, June 6. There were many instances of individual bravery and heroism in the successful attack of the American marines in the Chateau Thierry sector today. Many of the Americans who were wounded refused to leave the fight Sergt. J. L. Dulswerth. of Kansas Citv, was captured by the Germans

Monday night while dazed from a ' . . . . . . : i . 4

Diow on me neaa irom u. ruie uuu. xv German was dragging him away when he regained consciousness. The sergeant hit the German on the jaw and escaped. "I was not going to be the first American captured on this sector" Sergt. Dulswerth said. "The Dutchman looked more scared than I so. I biffed him. Now I got to get back and get a Dutchman to make up for the lump on my head." The sergeant took part in the fighting today. Private Charles Ginsberg, a former New York, but now of Washington, fia.. caDtured a German in a shell

hole. Ginsberg searched the German ! yards of Bussalres

for hidden weapons and wnen ne came upon photograps of the prisoner's two children, the German wanted to fight. The prisoner was allowed to keep the photographs. An American corporal found him

self behind the German lines two days ago. By keeping himself hidden and crawling a foot at a time, he reached the American line during the height of today's battle and in time to take part in the victory.

FRENCH AND U.S. FORCES RE-CAPTURE TWO TOWNS U. S. Marines, with French Troops on Either Side, Push Back Tip of Salient Driven by Germans. . GAIN ALL OBJECTIVES (By Associated Press) Striking the Germans northwest of Chateau Thierry along the line where the enemy leg

ions were launching their heaviest blow but a few days ago, American marines fighting with

French troops on either side,

have pushed back the tip of the salient driven by the Germans

in their rush to the Marne. They have recaptured the village of

Torcy, and at last count were

disputing with the Germans the possession of the towns of Bus-

siares, and Bouresches.

West of Soissons the French

have taken the village of Leport which is located on the north bank of the Aisne.

Further south, crossing the Clignon river the French have recaptured the hamlet of Vinly and swept eastward and driven the Germans out of a grove which they held here. Americans Gain Objectives. Just to the south the Americans launched their blow at the Germans'and have taken extensive ground. ' Reports from the scene state that virtually all their objectives were gained which would appear to indicate that their attack was not a local affair but a part of a well defined plan directed by the allied command. Belleau wood, east of Torcy, was first reported cleared ' of Germans by the American marines, but later advices made it appear probable that the enemy was still holding out in a portion of this wooded area. West of Chateau Thierry the Germans in their rush last week, occu

pied hill 204, a height which dominated the city. From this they have been ejected by the French. British' Make Gain. On the front between the Marne river and Rheims, the British have gained a foothold in the town of Bligny, which, is nine miles from, Rheims and in a sector which might become vital should the allies attack there in force. German official statements have mentioned the arrival of allied forces in this particular region and the allied aggressive there may be linked up with the activity on the westrn 6ide of salient in consideration of what may be the initiation of a counter offensive against the Germans. The blow being struck at the German position will have a tendency to prevent the Germans froja withdrawing their crack troops for lecuperation before launching an attack on another sector of the front. Advices from the battle area say that three German divisions which evidently have been held in rserve had been brought up to the front to oppose the Americans. French Patrol Active. North of the Soissons sector, French patrols have been active, while along the British front there has been no fighting of an unusual nature. Thursday morning the allied troops. Americans on the left and French on

the right had advanced to within 500

Attacking again

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 7. Provost Marshal General Crowder announced today that : the class of 1918 registrants will not be allowed to enlist in the navy or marine corps and that no voluntary inductions will beg ranted until order and serial number have been assigned. After numbers are assigned registrants may enlist if they obtain certificates from their local boards stating they are not within the board's current quota.

Latest Hun U-Boat "Hero" . Claims Sinking of 48,000 Tons of Allied Shipping (By Associated Press! AMSTERDAM, .June 7. The latest U-boat "hero" to be exploited by the German newspapers Is Capt Eckelmann, who returned recently from a cruise in the Azores blockade zone, during which he claims to have sunk 48.000 tons of allied and neutral shipping. Eckelmann was a prominent officer In the naval staff at the Berlin admiralty at the beginning of the war.

Stricter Regulations to Govern Boat Licensing (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 7. New orders, tightening up regulations governing the licensing and movement of tugs and othet vessels in American harbors in anticipation of war conditions being brought to this side of the Atlantic, will be issued shortly by the treasury, and enforced by custom authorities, it was indicated today. Vessels will be required to get . licenses and to submit to more strict rules concerning movement and anchorage. Persons will not be allowed to carry cameras on or about harbors, except on f erryboats. "

Two Aviators Killed When Planes Collide (By Associated Press.1) LAKE CHARLES, La., June 7. Lieut. John 12? Hegarty and Lieut Travers Lee Halton were killed near Gerstner field today when their airplanes collided while at battlep ractice. . ' ' - ; " Halton was from San Antonio, Tex., and Hegarty from New Jersey.

at 5 o'clock Thursday evening, the

Americans and French up to 19:30 p. m., had widened the advancing line to about six miles between Gandelu on the west and Belleau wood on the east. At that hour the Americana were at Cringes, south of GandUu, while the French had driven the Germans from Belleau wood and were prfvancing on the village of Bellui. Further details have not been received. - ' Capture 270 Prisoners. Since the Marines entered the allied line northwest of Chateau Thierry, they have participated in bitter fighting. Having withstood strong German attacks to outflank the Retz forest, they have now aided their French comrades in improving considerably the allied positions between Veuilly and Torcy. In their Impetuous attack, which was completed victoriously in four hours, the Americans and French captured more than 270 prisoners, including ten officers. This was on a front of about two and one-half miles. The French also advanced their lines somewhat near Longpont east of the Retz forest. Berlin, in its latest statement, men tions local engagements northwest of Chateau Thierry, but still refuses to disclose the fact that American troops are now on this front. German prisoners declare they were told the new troops were British. On the eastern wing of the salient the Germans delivered strong local attacks evidently for the purpose of outflanking Rheims on the south. At Charplat and St' Euph raise. th French checked the enemy, while at Bligny, British troops threw the Germans from a height they had gained.' . Except on the northern sid of the Flanders salient where the Germans have made a slight gain against the French around Locre. ther h been Continued On Page Ten. - - - v V .