Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 195, 27 June 1918 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918.

NEW AMERICAN STEAMER MAKES RECORD TIME Cuts Time Nine Days on Voyage From New York to Valparaiso. WASHINGTON. June 27. The first American steamer assigned by tho shipping board to the newly established route between New York and Valparlso has arrived at the Chilean port, reducing the usual time of passage

from 27 to 18 days. The appreciation of the Chilean government was expresed in a cablegram received today by Secretary McAdo from Daniel Felu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who said: ' "Speaking on behalf of His Excellency, the President of the Republic, I beg your Excellency to be good enough to accept the sincere expreslonof the gratitude of the government of Chile for the friendly effort of your Excellency, which has been offortivA in maintaining the service

of the United States government line to Chile, a line which furnishes so strong a bond between the United StAtPn and Chile."

Th rout between New York and !

Valpariso Is the first in a world service of direct steamship lines planned by the shipping board. As fast as vesau im Bvuhla thev will be out into

weekly passenger service between

New York and Klo Janeiro, wonieviAin Runn Aires and Caracas, on the

east coast of South America, and ports of Colombia, Eucador. Peru and Chile on the west coast, as well as to Mexico, Guatemala, Nlcarauga, Honaduraa

and Costa Rica.

Churches to Have Prominent , Part in July Fourth Parade

Members of the St. John's. St Paul's and St. Andrew's churches will play a prominent part in the Fourth of July celebration in Richmond, and members of these churches with the Sunday-school children will march In the parade. At a meeting of committees representing each church, held In the hose house hall at South Ninth and E streets, It was decided to build appropriate floats to represent the three churches and the spirit of the members in the carrying on of the war. The floats will not be elaborate and n...ins a a tha srnvernment has re-

ouested the celebrations be conducted

throughout tne country nu expense as possible, but the floats will

be well gotten up and will be symbolic of some patriotic phase of the war. A meeting of the general committee will be held in the Commercial club rooms Sunday afternoon, and all chairmen appointed In the various townships to arrange for the part that the country people of Wayne county will take In the celebration, will meet with the committee.

MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED

Marriage license was issued Thursday by the county clerk to Edward Staub, 35 years old ,and Rachel Haldeman, 25 years, old, both of Richmond.

USE PALLADIUM WANT ADS

ONLY 3,000 VOTERS HAVE REGISTERED Only about 3.000 voters have registeitu in Wayne county with the registration clerks at the court house since April 7, when the books were first opened. There are about 12,000 voters in the county and as the time of registration extends over a period of six months, almost 9,000 voters will have to register between now and October 7, if the full vote Is to be cast in the county. Those who do not register cannot vote at the fall elections. During the last two weeks the registration has been very slow, due to the fact, no doubt, that most of the farmers have been too busy to get into the city. Voters who expect to cast their ballots at the fall elections are urged by the clerks to register as early as pos

sible to avoid a sudden rush of registrants the last few weeks.

SWAFFORD CASE TO JURY LATE TODAY

LIBERTY, Ind., June 27 Final arguments in the case of George Swafford, on trial in the Union county circuit court for first degree murder, were made this morning and the forepart of this afternoon, and the case will go to the jury following instructions from the court some time late this afternoon. Each side was allowed four hours to argue the case. The last of the witnesses for the defense were heard yesterday afternoon, after which the state entered a rebuttal and the closing arguments "began. Swafford is charged with. the murder of Schuler Shepler here on April 3.

RANKS ASSESSED BY TAX REVIEW BOARD

The following assesment of Wayne rnnnir hnnldne institutions was made

Wednesday by the county board of tax reviewers: First National Bank, Richmond, $150,350.00 Union National Bank, Richmond, $197,330.00 Second National Bank, Richmond, $434,410,88. First National Bank. Williamsburg, $22,940.00. Farmers Band, Milton, $15,690.00. Northern Wayne Bank, Economy, $9,960.00 Centerville State Bank, $28,250.00. First National Bank, Greensfork, $21,010.00. Fountain Bank, Fountain City, $13,920.00. Union Trust Bank, Hagerstown, $27,640.00. Jackson Township. Bank, Pershing, $7,500.00. First National Bank, Dublin. $21,880.00. "wavne Trust Co., Cambridge City, $21,890.00. Farmers State Bank, Boston, $19,150.00. First National Bank, Cambridge Cly, $31,210.00. Wayne National Bank, Cambridge City, 48,060.00. First National Bank, Hagerstown, $55,770.00. American Trust & Savings Bank, Richmond, $84,120.00. Dickinson Trust Co., Richmond, $285,828.00. The assessment of Benfeldt & Sons, on personal property, listed at $8,340 was reduced to $1000 owing to a mistake when the assessment was made. L. C. Lawall's assessment was increasd from $1,280 to $1,800.

Live Fields of Wheat Are Selected for Seed

S. W. Taylor, wheat inspector of Turdue university and J. C. Kline, Wayne county agriculture agent, selected five fields of wheat comprising about 200 acres, Wednesday, to be used for seed next spring. Farmers were requested not to cut this wheat until later in the season. The fields selected were in Bostoa and Center townships. No fields were found In Ablngton township that would produce 30 or more bushels to the acre. Other parts of the county were visited Thursday and the inspection tour will be completed Friday.

TWENTY MEN BURIED

IN MINE EXPLOSION

(By Associated Prsst VIRGINIA. Minn., June 27. Between 15 and 20 men are reported to have been buried In a silver mine near here as the result of a dynamite explosion this morning. BARRETT APPOINTEES

MAY HOLD OFFICE (Hy Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. June 27. Oil inspectors appointed by Edward Barrett, state geologist, are entitled to hold office, the Indiana supreme court derided today. The decision means that. Mai ion Caldwell appointed by Governor Goodrich, and who has been claiming the office must step aside in favor of Adam Felker appointed by Barrett.

molasses has been invented in Europe. A lubricant made from beet sugar

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Great Increase in Post Exchange Service of Y;JVL C. A. for Soldiers in France Requires Genius of Nation's Best Executives,

A DISTRIBUTING organization with a S75.000.000 annual

X -A- turnover desires the services of high class executives from the ranks of big business concerns. Men of business executive ability are wanted, men of constructive ability, men who can solve transportation problems, men who can map out and direct the work in large districts, men who can tackle new, unheard-of problems, men who will give themselves unreservedly to the task, and above all men of character. Here is a vast, almost unlimited field to challenge the mettle of the big business executive. It is flavored with a dash of adventure. It Is glorified with patriotism. It requires self-sacrifice. The opportunity has been sought by many men high in the executive realms of the business world, and more are responding. The salaries of these high, responsible executive positions Involving the outlay of millions are nothing. This sounds strange, but is no more paradoxical than the statement that this great distributing business, this widespread selling organization with Us certainty of a $75,000,000,000 turnover this coming year has no profits in money, t least The organization In question is the General Supply Division of the Y. M. C. A. War Work Council with the American Expeditionary Forces. THE GREAT ORGANIZATION A brief explanation of what this organization is and of the multitudinous activities of the Y. M. C. A. in the war zono Is necessary here. Many people- in this country believe the Association's work in Franco consists of doing religious or semi-religious work, holding prayer meetings, handing out testaments and providing lectures. As a matter of fact, these features comprise only a fraction of the vast activities of the organization. And this article Is to deal with only one phase of tho service to the American soldiers In France assumed by

the Y. M. C. A. suddenly, unexpectedly, unsought, but not shirKed. When the Y. M. C. A. accompanied the first American Expeditionary Forces to France, locating Its centers or "huts" In every camp, the American military command asked the organization to establish and to conduct Post Exchanges in the huts, stores where the soldier could buy small comforts he enJoved at home, candy, gum. tobacco, hot coffee, tea or cocoa, sweet crackers, toilet accessories and the like. The reason the military authorities requested a civilian organization to take over this task was that at only a few points were there Army Quartermaster's stores, while the "Y" had huts everywhere. This was an unfamiliar sphere for the Y. M.C. A. Such work was far removed from Its customary activities. But it was an opportunity to be of greatest service to the American soldiers, to minister to their normal physical needs. Tv. answer to the Array was a kMri ,sxuiu&jlca. And this was

followed promptly by the formation of a tremendous business organization to buy, transport, distribute and sell to American boys the things they wanted. A tremendous business organization, yes, but one in which the executives serve without pay, an organization which takes no profits, but which, in its swift, competent mastering of the situation, has shown the European peoples how American business a k'ity functions supremely without the incentive of money profits.

WORK FOR BUSINESS MEN. This explains why, following the flag, American Eig Business went to France with the Red Triangle as its trade mark and sign, with service as its object. Because it has made good overwhelmingly, that Red Triangle is the magnet which draws every American soldier overseas. One has to concede it is a big business organization which operates and keep3 supplied six hundred Post Exchanges with the American Expeditionary Force3 now. and with five thousand projected when the American Army reaches high tide an organization which conducts a dozen hotels and restaurants, theatres, and used two hundred motor trucks for transporting supplies which demand a monthly transatlantic tonnage of 208 tons for each army division. Buying, Belling, building, equipping, transporting and conducting are the grand divisions into which this work falls, and the coordinating of all into one perfect operating machine was an accomplishment worthy of the best American business traditions. Dr E. C. Carter, General Secretary of Y. M. C. A. War Work Overseas, is the director of all the organization's activities In France. To organize the activities having to do with the Post Exchange features, from top to bottom, he called in American business executives. One of these men vitally responsible for the success of the organi9.inn Warnid D. Sheets, presi

dent of the Vacuum Oil companies of France, Spain and Switzerland, was In New York last week. Asked "What can a big business man do to be of service to the soldiers?" he told of the organization and scope of the General Supply Division. Mr. Sheets formerly lived in Chicago. For several years he has lived in Paris. At the call of the Y. M. C. A. he became a member of the Executive Committee of the War Work Council, taking charge of purchasing and supply. ,

BIG EXECUTIVES DEMANDED. "The demand for executives in this work to serve the American soldiers overseas was never greater," said he. "There is a great demand for executives to go out into the big camps, sort of branch managers, you might say. The various huts radiate from these big camp centres, which in turn radiate from Paris headquarters. In each central hut there is needed a business man, a construction expert, an automobilist. a motion picture expert and an expert in elaMjiL problems. -' -""-

"It Is a big business that is done through the Post Exchanges, although they are comparable only to five and ten cent stores. The business done since this work w as taken up will reach $20,000,000, and careful estimates show that the annual turnover will be between $50,000,000 and $75,000,000, probably more, based on the number of American troops announced for France by midsummer. "The American soldier craves the edibles and smokes which were his favorites at home. This need Is particularly strong because all the confectionery and pastry stores of France are closed, and because no American tobacco is sold in France, and there is a shortage of French tobacco." Possibly a few figures will suggest strikingly the size of the monthly business done by this organization. It requires a thousand tons of bar chocolate, 1,500 tons of crackers, simiUr quantities of candy, and fruit, and 500,000 cans of jam, while the demand for tobacco is estimated at 4.500,000 cigars and 20,000,000 cigarettes a month, with 3.000,000 boxes of matches required for lights. Oceans of hot cocoa, coffee and tea cross the hut counters, together with sandwiches, among which the Coney Island "red hot" is a favorite. These wares are sold at wholesale prices, plus transportation, and insurance. No store rental or clerk hire is charged against the Post Exchange. Any margin is devoted to free distribution of hot drinks in front line trenches.

NO PROFIT FOR Y. M. C. A. "I want to emphasize the fact that no profit is taken from these sales," said Mr. Sheets. "We learn that stories have filtered back here to the effect ttat the Y. M. C. A. is profiteering in this line. That is absolutely untrue. The reports probably have their origin in the fact that the prices of certain articles sold in the buts are higher than they are in the cheaper shops here. The explanation of this is very simple. "Lack of transportation is the answer. For the transportation of hut supplies to France we estimated we required monthly 208 ocean tons for each division. We have been able to get only half of that from the government, owing to the necessity of allotting practically all cargo space to positive necessities. In order to make up the estimated 208 tons a division a month we had to buy on the Continent or seek tonnage in the open market, at prohibitive rates." To obviate the necessity of ocean transportation of a principal sales commodity, the "Y" practically maintains three chocolate bar factories in France, but the sugar has to be sent from America. The organization leased five large hotels In Pa Ha fnr the accommodation of

American soldiers there, two hotels and a cafe in the city where is located the American headquarters line of communication, and a big restaurant with rest and reading rooms at Bordeaux. , When Aix les Bains was selected as the rest place for American soldiers on leave, the "Y ' persuaded the botel owners of that place to open

their establishments In winter and to fix a low rate. This business branch of the Y. M. C. A. which was organized to introduce American business efficency into the war zone, the General Supply Division, consists of the purchasing department, construction department, building equipment department, post exchange department, motor transportation department and the hotels and cafes department. COST OF THE HUTS. The purchasing department buys the supplies in France, Spain and Switzerland. The construction department erects the "Y" huts where no permanent building can be obtained. These huts are of two types, the single hut being 144 by 30 feet, costing 60,000 francs, while the double hut to erect costs 90,000 francs, being 160 by 90 feet base. Where these cannot be erected double canvas-walled tents are put up. Aside l.om these the "Y" hut may be a dug-out in a trench or a section of a chateau, anywhere to be among the soldiers. The building equipment department attends to the lighting, heating and decoration of huts and the supplying of kitchen utensils. The post exchange department consists of the hut secretaries, many of whom serve without pay while the others are paid their living expenses. The motor transportation department, wit? its more than 200 camions transports supplies, build--ing material and entertainers from point to point. The hotels and cafes department conducts the vast hotel and restaurant work. The department heads form a board of management which meets daily for conferring on the work and coordinating it. The chairman of this body sits on the executive committee of the War Work Council in France, which decides the policies, expenditures, budgets, etc. The financial end i3 handled by two departments, the treasurer's and the comptroller's. The comptrollers who have charge of the accounting, are Price, Waterhouse and Company. The budget of each department must have the approval of the heads of other departments, while the final complete budget must be approved by the executive committee.

This compact, comprehensive organization, modelled along lines of a great corporation, explains the successful operation of the store feature suddenly added to the Y. M. C. A. activities. It is the force behind the continuous supplying to the American legions, far from home, the little creature comforts which suggest home to them, which contribute to keeping them contented and away from dissipation powerful aids to the morale of an army. Without profit, and conducted on the lines of highest efficiency, this remarkable organization is serving our soldiers as never before an army was served. Big business men answered the call to organize this work freely.from the wealth of their experience. It serves the present army, but that force must grow constantly, enormouslv until the Hun Is overcome. The Y. M. C. force must grow la proportion.

Gets $1 Fine for Keeping Pigs in City Limits Henderson Bell, colored, was fined $1 and costs in city court for keeping an ordinance eovernfne thn rafRlnsr ct

pigs In the city limits in violation of

pigs witnin tne boundaries of Richmond. Bell had been warned on varimio

occasions by the police to get rid of

nis stock or swine, but he failed to heed the warning and was finally arrested as a result.

AMERICA GALLS BIG BUSINESS CHIEFS ! ' Fired with Patriotism ' " !j

TO FIGHT BEHIND FRONT TRENCHES

He Feels the Call for Brains. 5j

CORPORAL SAUER HAS RANGE RECORD Following are extracts from an interesting letter received by Edward Sauer, 900 North Ninth street, from his brother. Corporal Harry Sauer, a member of Company F of the 339th infantry, Camp Custer, Mich.: "I recently got out of the hospital after an operation on my head. It was far more serious and painful than I expected. I have just been appointed a corporal and am sorry of it as I am responsible for seven men beside myself, and up to the present time I have had all that I can do taking care of myself. "I made a score of 47 out of a possible 50 on the rifle range at 500 yards, and I understand 45 was the range record. My scores on the closer ranges and the 600 yard range were only fair. "We are leaving for either France or Italy between July 1 and 10. They are very busy packing now and the 55th engineers have already gone. "I have been taking instructions in the use of gas masks. Our officers tell us we must not expect to come back. That isn't very encouraging but I guess they want us to look for the worst."

No Successor to Be Appointed to I. T. Beck No successor will be appointed to I. T. Beck, agriculture teacher in the Wayne township schools, who has resigned to accept a teaching position In Ohio. Because of the presence in the county of a county agriculture agent and a home demonstration agent, the school officials do not feel that it will be necessary to have an agriculture instructor for the township schools. Teachers in the schools will continue the various boys' and girls' clubs innaugurated by Mr. Beck.

HORN AD AY HE ADS MERCHANT BODY

Carl Ullman. Commercial club secretary, speaking before a representative attendance of Richmond retail merchants at the Commercial club Wednesday night, branded as untrue the stories circulating to the effect that Richmond manufacturers are curtailing the endeavors of the Commercial club in promoting new industries in Richmond. He said that the Merchants and Manufacturers were co-operating but that more should be done toward cooperation between the two. As an example of the manufacturers' aid to bringing other industries to Richmond, he cited the establishment of the Jenkins-Vulcan Spring company, which was made possible through the manufacturers alone. He 6tated that the Commercial club is now securing data from 50 cities the size of Richmond, which will show the wages paid for skilled and unskilled labor and the average cost of living to be compared to Richmond's. The committee on nomination appointed at a previous meeting reported the following nominees, who were "v.

elected: J. F. Hornaday, president; Samuel Fred, vice president; Carl W. Ullman, secretary; Jesse Weichman, treasurer. The question of trade expansion was taken up and discussed by the association members. All expressed themselves as believing that more effort should be used to stimulate trade and the president appointed a trade committee to study and present plans whereby trade could be increased. Lee B. Nusbaum, in a paper, which he read before the members, expressed himself as being opposed to trade acceptance. "Trade acceptance," he said, "is a plan by which manufacturers and jobbers can secure more credit at the cost of persons with whom they do business." O. P. Nusbaum presided over tho meeting.

HERE ON FURLOUGH

Private Paul S. Lehman, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Burns, 634 Nort!i Tenth street, is home on furlough from Fort Brady, Sault Salm Marie, Michigan, where he has been bti-

tioned.

PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY.

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KROGER'S SPECIALS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND MONDAY Kroger's prices have made Richmond one of the lowest priced food centers in the county. Make your purchases Friday or early Saturday to avoid the late rush.

SOAP POWDER Kleen Kleanser, 5 cans for 23c Spotless, per can .... 5c

COFFEE Try French Brand, it s fresh roasted and really a 35c grade, special on this add, per lb. . . .23c DROMEDARY FRESH COCOANUT 14-oz. net weight, per package at 10c HERSHEY'S COCOA 2 lb. size 17c WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE Kroger's price. . ..10c PEANUT BUTTER Best quality, pound. .25c KROGER'S PET BRAND OLEO, pound 29c NUT OLO Give it a trial, pound '. 32c

White Cap BAKING POWDER, 4 lb. size.

Kroger's Best 5c Fels Naptha 6c

Mascot, 5 bars. . . . .22c

VICTORY JUMBLES

Crisp and spicy, special for Friday and Saturday, pound at 16c

CRACKERS Fresh baked, Maple Leaf 2 lbs. for 25c

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5-lb. cans of Van Camp's PORK and BEANS. Just

right for picnic. CHEESE Full cream, per lb .30c SPLIT PEAS Very delicious and the price is very low. per pound 10c MACCAR0NI, SPAGHETTI, in bulk, pound 14c JELLO Per package 10c MATCHES A good grade, double dip, 5 boxes. .23c CALLIE HAMS By the piece, per lb 24c BEAN BACON The finest money can buy, per lb . 30c THE KROGER STORE Pottinger and Schradin, Distributors 535 MAIN STREET RICHMOND, IND.