Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 207, 12 July 1918 — Page 6
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918.
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Admit Quality of Our Fighters The German army officially has changed its opinion regarding the prowess of American fighters. The kaiser's press bureau and the subsidized press of Germany may deceive the people with stories about the poor fighting abilities of Americans, but the army, which has tasted the cold steel of American bayonets and felt the impact of our bullets and shells, has quite a different story to tell. In an official German army report captured by the Allies, recognition is paid not only to the bravery of the American soldier but also to i his refusal to impart military information that might benefit the enemy. The report proves that the melting pot of America has done its work well, for it pays this tribute to the soldiers of foreign extraction : "Only a few of the men are pure Americans by race. The majority of them are sons of foreign parents. These half -Americans, however, imost of whom were born in America and have ; never been in Europe, express without hesitation purely American sentiments."
A correspondent of the New York Times says
i that some of the prisoners referred to were of
German-American extraction. This is as it should be. It is a healthy sign and disproves the fears of sociologists, expressed in many a learned volume before the war, that the influx of Slavic and germanic races would prevent a coalescence of American citizenship. The error of these learned men may be attributed to the fact that they did not understand the spirit of the men who had left Europe for America and often were misguided by some of the coarser manifestations of their racial traits, which undoubtedly made us believe that they would never enter fully into the spirit of American institutions. A casual survey of the casualty list will convince the most doubting skeptic that the men of foreign lirteage make devoted Americans and good fighters.- Their quick absorption by America has been a surprise to the Germans who marvel at the "purely American sentiments" which their prisoners express. Speaking of the morale of the captured Americans, the secret German army report says : "In general, the prisoners make a good impression. Their manner is alert. At present they still consider the war from the point of view of a big brother who is coming to the assistance of his oppressed brothers and sisters, and who is received everywhere in a friendly manner. Their opinions have a certain moral basis. Most of the prisoners express themselves with an understandable naivete, and declare that they came to Europe to defend their country." A glowing tribute is paid to the fighting ability of the Americans in these words : "The nerves of the Americans are not yet shaken. The quality of the men must be characterized as remarkable. They carry themselves well, are well developed physically, and from 18 to 28 years of age. At the present time they only require proper training to make them formidable adversaries. The spirit of the men is fresh and full of naive confidence. The following statement by a prisoner is characteristic: Ve kill or we are killed.' " The foregoing reveals two important points: First, the Americans know what they are fight
ing for; secondly, they are fighting to kill or to-
be be killed. If the German high command originally believed that our American boys were over there against their own wish and consequently would put up only a half-hearted fight, the bloody punishment inflicted upon some of the German crack troops has taught them the folly of their impression. United States marines did not win the title of "devil dogs" from the Germans without showing their fighting capacity. At home and abroad our boys were taught that they are not at a picnic or sitting down to a friendly game of cards. They were told to get the kaiser and informed that the road to Berlin
would be cleared only by the hardest kind of fighting. The secret German army report indicates that the boys relish fighting and give a good account of themselves when they meet Fritz. "Various attacks upon Belleau Wood were executed with dash and intrepidity," says the report. "The moral effect of our fire was not able to check the advance of their infantry."
Both French and British army officers have!
praised our boys, but unquestionably the best tribute paid to them is this secret report of the enemy.
The Red Cross Report The report? of the Wayne County Chapter of the Red Cross for the year ending July 1, illustrates the great work which this organization is doing. , It is conclusive proof that the funds entrusted to it were administered with fidelity and excellent judgement. The expenditure of $633 for salaries and wages during the last twelve months is an exceedingly small one in contrast with the large amount of work turned out by the local chapter. The amount of executive administration required by an organization with the ramifications of the local chapter is large and that it was done at so low an expense is a source of gratification as well as a patent answer to a few critics who tried to criticise this item some time ago. Work or Fight There's no use mincing words about the "work or fight" order. ' We are in a life and death struggle that involves every man, woman and child in the United States. The seriousness of the struggle is becoming increasingly apparent every day. The need of fighters and workers is commensurate with the menace of German aggression. No man has the right to dodge the issue or to resort to evasion. The Richmond selective service board is on the right track in demanding that men engaged in non-essentials change their occupations and become productive war workers. Failure to comply should be followed immediately by induction into army service. The New York Times raises the point that everybody comes under this draft, and then goes on to say: "Secretary Daniels was right as has become rather a habit of his in these latter days when in his Carnegie Hall speech this week he reiterated and emphasized the fact that they are mistaken who think the obligations of the war, in regard to service and sacrifice, rest only on those of us who are of what is called 'draft age'. "Just as he said, a man or a woman who is above that age can as easily and as wickedly be a "slacker" as those whose years already call them to take the field in direct conflict with the
common enemy, inere are tasks lor every one of us to perform, and whoever looks for one can find it, usually near at hand. Not to make the search, or not to treat the discovery as an opportunity instantly and effectively to be utilized that is to join the ranks of the foe, to prolong the war, and to delay the victory of the good cause. "There is nobody except the infant in arms who cannot do something for and in the war, and even the infant can be getting ready to do his part in the era of reconstruction, which will also be that of retribution."
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Paying for Belgium
From the Kansas City Times.
N a new American war boolc published by the Review
of Reviews is a statement that the mere financial cost of repairing or repaying for the material des
truction in Belgium is so small in comparison with the daily cost of the war that from the purely financial viewpoint Germany could better afford to pay a sweeping sum than to continue war for one week longer than strictly necessary. The editors of the book ("2,000 Questions and Answers About the War") cite exact and acknowledged figures to Bhow that 4Ya-Aay German war costs would pay for all the buildings that have been destroyed, using the Belgian government's own careful and comprehensive figures. Oat of 1-week war costs, according to the minute computations in the book, Germany could pay damages amounting to more than $10,000 for every square mile of Belgium. She could pay three times over for all the live stock that existed in Belgium before the war. She could pay the Inhabitants of the seven large towns that were destroyed wholly or partly a sum of $1,000 each. One of the editors of the new book, Julius W. Muller, on the basis of careful calculations made by him of the value of certain large American industrial cities for use in his previous book, "The Invasion of America," computes tbat out of 3-week war costs Germany could pay the total industrial value of Liege, Louvain, Tournai, Courtrai and Vervieres.
DINNER STORIEi As the troop train halted, a negro poked his head out of the window and asked, "Say, boss, what town you all call dis?" "Plainfieid." "And what state am dis" "New Jersey riainfleld. N. J." "Well, well. Ah done been travelin' on dis yere train fo foah days an foah nights; where de dibil am dis yer France anyway?" A chaplain on making his rounds in the base hospital of a large cantonment stopped at the cot of a darky and said: "Sam, how is it that you are in bed today You were quite well when I spoke to you yesterday." . The darky replied: "Well, pahson, ah do'n was kicked by a mule." "What in the name of goodness did he kick you for?" "Ah guess ah don fo'got to ealuteu
PECK TAKES NEW POSITION,
Roy Peck, well known here, who has been managing the Illinois billiard hall at Champaign, 111., has accepted a position as traveling salesman for the Eisner Grocery company of that
city. He expects to take up his new position, Aug 1.
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"I am very blue," said the man on the car the other day. "My wife and I had a little tiff about two weeks ago and she hasn't spoken a word to me since. I said something to her " "Say partner." broke Je the Conductor; "You don't remember what it was you said to her, do you?" She struggled vainly to arrest The villain's vengeful hand. He dragged her round and round the place Till she could hardly stand. Then came the hero, spic and span, And threw him off the cliff. The villain got his Just deserts He was an awful stiff. With three train wrecks and nine men shot And four barn fires aglow, I surely got my money's worth In that moving picture show. With those screen devils to abhor, I almost clean forgot the war. Some people lack imagination. The other day "The Human Fly" was scaling a high building in our town by using his toes and fingernails. He had reached the fifteenth
story and the crowd him, breathlessly.
An old man who had never seen any thing like it before nudged a neighbor and said: "What be he a-doin'?" "He's climbing to the roof," said the stranger, impatiently. "Well, I'll be jiggered," said the old man. "Why don't the dum fool take the elevator?" .
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Changing seasons oft remind us How affliction mars our lives. In the winter we have chilblains. In the summer we have hives.
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Miss Gladys Kessler left today for a visit with relatives at Bethel, Ind... Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson of Indianapolis, Miss Katherine Trucks and Mr. Charles Wilson of Tuscola, 111., have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McPherson since July 4. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs.- H. R. McPherson and daughter of Eldorado, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Ashinger of New Hope, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kemp and daughter of Bradford, Mr. and Mrs.- H. G. McPherson and daughter and daughter Miss Alta of Richmond, and Mr. and. Mrs. P. J. McPherson were also guests Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Bevington of Richmond were guests of Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Bevington on Sunday Mrs. David Golden visited with Mrs. A. T. Barber on Monday. .. .Mrs. Minerva Bunker entertained on July 4, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benson and son Byron of Dayton, Mr. and Mis. Harry Shocky of
Dayton and Miss Beatrice Benson of Lima Mrs. Marcus Penland is spending a few days with her parents at Ithaca R. D. Penland was home Sunday from Fairfield. . .Mr. and Mrs.
John Mungavin und Miss Lillian Cald
well have returned from a visit with
Francis Mungavin, who is in training at the Great Lakes Training camp... Taswell Fitzwatei- and daughter Marie
went to Celina Tuesday, -where they will Join relatives and go for a fishing trip at the Lewiston reservoir CO. Ashman, who is employed with . the Cooper Rubber company at Dayton, was home for the Fourth. . .Miss Mary Elizabeth Shurte of New Paris, and LeRoy Clegg of near Brinley Station, were united in marriage Wednesday
by Rev. YInglong of Eaton. At pres
ent they are at home with Mr. Clegg's
Darents Mrs. Marie Weyman of
Mlddletown called on local friends
Sunday Mr. and MrB. Bice of Mercer county, are guests of their eon, Thomas Bice and family Mrs. Ben Saxton and daughter of Richmond, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Curt Baumgardner on Sunday. .. .Mr. and Mrs. Charles Powell and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pridey of Dayton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Barney of near Gettysburg. .. .Mr. and Mrs. Joe Day and Mr. and . Mrs. Ray Jordan spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Brown.... Mr. and Mrs. Jo Zea and family went to Bellbrook Saturday evening for a visit with relatives. Mr. Zea returned Sunday evening, but Mrs. Zea and the children stayed until Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Reid, Mrs. Alberta McKeon of Grand Rapids, and Mr. and Mrs. Garwood Iredell were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Newborn Miss Esther Alice King of Pittsburgh, Is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Reid Amon Richards of New Madison, was a Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Richards Mrs. Andrew Westendorf and Miss Mary Mildred Cunningham of Richmond, spent Tuesday with M. J. Cunningham and son Simon Sam Dana of Dayton, was in New Paris Wednesday on business Mrs. Charles Auld underwent an operation Thursday and is doing nicely. ... Miss Flo Richards of New Madison, returned to her home Sunday after a visit of several days with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Richards... John Howard of Indianapolis spent the Fourth with Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Glenn. New Paris people were sorry to hear of the death of Boone Reid of near Campbellstown, who died on Monday evening, July 8. Mr. Reid is quite well known in this community, and transacted all his business here. He has been in poor . health for several months. He is survived by three sons La. J. Reid and Adam Reid, both of near New Paris and Clarence Reid of Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Orville King and daughter and Miss Harriet McKeon of Pittsburgh spent July 4th with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Reid Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bice and son, Robert, Evelyn Aker, Carrie Haller, Maude Watt of Richmond
and Gertrude Bice of Dayton motored to Camp Sherman where they were Joined by Miss Helen Vosemeyer of Richmond. Reid Clark. Harvey Haller and Harold Ardendt, who are in training at the camp. A special feature of the day was a picnic dinner which was enjoyed by all, especially the soldier boys The Careful Gleaners' Sunday school class of the Presbyterian church planned a picnic for last Sunday at Glen MiUer park, Rlchof the weather the day was very mond, but owing to the Inclemency pleasantly spent at the home of the teacher, Mrs. Albert Hawley. Rev. Stanley Bailes was a guest of the class.... Ed Call sold a greater portion of their household goods last Saturday. They are expecting to leave soon for Michigan for the benefit of Mr. Call's health Mrs. Ora Whitaker spent the week-end with her sister in Richmond.
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