Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 240, 20 August 1918 — Page 1

THE RICHMOND) PALLADIUM

Do It Now Do It Liberally Do It Cheerfully Do It Now Do It Liberally Do It Cheerfully vni VT TTT XT OAf Palladium and Sun-Telegram UL. ALIII., NO. 240 Consolidated 1907 RICHMOND, IND., TUSEDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1918. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS in iui IB) n i I

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ENEMY 'BLUFF' ABOUT U. S. paid fur by ownkople Junkers Denounced for Deception Leaders Confess U. S. Army of Millions is oenous Ihing.

SOLDIERS DESERT POST (By Associated Presa WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE FRONT, Aug. 20 Sixty Prussians have been taken prisoners by the Americans near FIsmette, north of Fismes, without either side firing a shot. The Prussians were machine gunners and all that remained of a company which had been in line less than a month. American detachments went out a few nights ago, the location of the machine gun position having been reported by a prisoner. According to the Americans, the Prussians were waiting to be taken prisoners. The intelligence officer who questioned the Prussians asserted that they nearly all had agreed to surrender if the slightest opportunity arose. The Americans who took the prisoners do not claim any credit for the capture, declaring the Prussians virtually deserted their post. A German prisoner taken Sunday told an intelligence officer he believed that if the battle line recedes to Germany proper, the fighting spirit of the German soldiers will be greatly stimulated. America Wouldn't Fight. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 Deceptive arguments used in the past by the German Junkers to mislead the people are summarized by the Hamburg Echo In Its issue of August 12 with the comment, "the German people are now paying for all this." A state department dispatch today quotes the German paper as saying: "Events of the last week have a deep significance for the nation and its ruler. The following pan-German ' arguments deceive themselves and ' others: " 'The Americans are bluffing and will never declare war.' " 'That if war is declared America is arming itself against' Japan and will not send soldiers to Europe. " 'That the submarine would sink the troops.' " 'That the submarine would blockade France.' " 'That England would be starved by the submarine.' " 'That Germany's firm attitude toward the United States would bring the Neutrals to her side'." Must Recognize Americans AMSTERDAM. Aug 20 Professional soldiers like Generals von Blume and Von Liebert, unlike so many other German war critics, do not seek to belittle the significance of the appearance of the American army on the west front. General von Blume, who is on the retired list, writes an article on the subject which appears in the Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung of Essen. He frankly admits that "we have to recognize that the Americans, all in all, have done very smart work and it wou!d be a very serious thing If the German army command had to ?f face an American fighting army of f millions." Thi3 prospect the German public mut on no account be permitted to ponder over and almost immediately after the article appeared a semi-official statement was issued to the effect that the "exaggerated reports going about regarding the size of the Amer'can army in Europe merit no credence and only exist In Yankee inpg'natiori and entente propaganda." The statement said further that "the tonnage question which is already scute, will become still more serious for the entente when America has to ship her crops to Europe."

W. C. T. U. State Not Called Denial was made today of a rumor that the state convention of the W. C. T. U. had been called off. Thi? rumor hns no foundation in fact. The State organization is an incorporated body' with endowment funds, bank certin-j cates, and loans aggregating about. $5,000. These funds are managed vj nine trustees, three of whom are elected In convention each year. The convention could not be called off without violating the articles of incorporation, which will not be done, said Mary E. Wocdard. state corresponding secrePreparations for the convention are gclng steadily forward, and leaders ex pect it to be the greatest convention in our history. Membership is scat

High Cost of Shaving Promises to Be One Big Wartime Problem (By Associated Press. CHICAGO, Aug. 20 One dollar for a hair cut and fifty cents for a shave will be the standard price if barbers accept the suggestion of the Barber Supply Dealers Association, a national organization, which is holding its annual meeting here. A statement made public today in relation to the suggested advance in rates said: "Hair cutting has always been done at too cheap a price and most of our people feel that thjs is one branch of the work that should be paid for at a decent, respectable rate."

FOOD RIOTS IN RUSSIA (Bv Associated Press.) LONDON, Aug. 20 Hundreds of nprsnns were killed and wounded In a veritable battle between the Lettish I guards and rioters during food disor ders in Petrograd, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. The dispatch, which quotes Petrograd advices by way of Berlin, say that after the city had been without food for two days, a procession of workmen marched through the streets shouting "Down with the Germans; down with the Kremlin!" The battle between the rioters and the Lettish guards occurred before the Smolny Institute. Martial law was proclaimed in Petrograd the same evening. WATER POWER BILL UP BEFORE HOUSE WASHINGTON, Aug . 20. The house, taking up regular business today, after the midsummer recess, planned to take up the administration water-power development bill with prospects that the measure will be enacted before the end of the week. Regular sessions were begun by the house yesterday, but the initial meeting was brief, adjournment being taken out of respect to the late Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire, who died last week. . Consideration cf the water power bill, however, may be Interrupted by the calling up of the agriculture appropriation bill with its rider fixing a maximum price for wheat at $2.40, which caused President Wilson to veto the bill last month. The senate, through an agreement reached yesterday, will resume its .sessions Thursday, instead of Saturday as fixed in the recess resolutf n. The man-power bill extending draft age limits to 18 and 45 years, which hag been reported by the senate military committee, will be taken up at the Thursday session. House leaders expect to receive the $8,000,000,000 revenue bill from the house ways and means committee the last of the week, but indications today were that the water-power bill and the man-power measure would be disposed of before revenue legislation is undertaken. DISTURBANCES IN JAPAN SUBSIDING (By Associated Press.) TOKIO, Aug. 20. The disturbances over the high price of rice are reported to be subsiding except in northern Japan, where apparently they are spreading. Mobs have burned several houses at Sendai. The rice exchange announces that thirty houses were burned in the Tsur.i'.ye prefecture last Thursday. Frightfalness; U. S. Soldiers Are Using Buckshot, Cry Huns By Associated Press) STOCKHOLM, Aug. 20. German war correspondents report to the newspapers, that they inspected guns taken from the 77th American regiment and found them to be shotguns, each carrying five cartridges loaded with buckshot. They declare that the use of such guns is contrary to tho Geneva convention. Convention is Off, Says Secretary tered all over the state of Indiana, and they have been toltr of the attractions of the "Quaker City," and the hospitality of its homes. The delegates will come from some of the best homes of the state. j The following are the names ot j those serving on the . entertainment I committee: Mrs. Rebecca Davis, Mrs. A. W. Roach. Mrs. W. A. Ellis, Mrs. Sadie Chrisman, Mrs. Ethel Wlckett, Mrs. Elva Brown, Mrs. J. S. Hill, Mrs. E. E., Davis, Mrs. Rev. Dressel, Mrs. H. S. James, Mrs. M. -A. McCurdy, Mrs. Rosa Coins, Miss Mary E. Woodard. It Is the duty of this committee to secure lodging and breakfast for the delegates in the homes of the city, and j the cordial ccooeratlon of all is asked. I

PLAN CAMPAIGN FOR NEXT LOAN DRIVE IN WAYNE

County Quota for Next Liberty Loan May Be Set at $2,000,000; Plans for the Wayne county campaign for the Fourth Liberty Loan are now being made, the general organization that was in charge during the last campaign being continued. Demas S. Coe is county chairman; E. H. Harris, vice-chairman; E. M. Campfield, city chairman; J. H. Johnson, vice-chairman for city; Charles W. Jordan, chairman of the county speakers' bureau and Carl W. UJlman, general publicity chairman. Mrs. Charles Druitt will again be chairman of the Women's County Organization. The announcement of township chairman and members of the township committees, will be made as soon as the reports are received by the county officers. Today at Muncje a meeting was held at which members of the committees from eight or ten counties in Eastern Indiana were present. W. H. Wade, federal director of sales for Indiana, and other members of the state organization were present and made addresses relative to the manner in which the work will be carried out in the approaching campaign, the opening of which has been fixed for September 28. Wayne county's quota has not been determined offic'ally and will not be until the federal authorities fix the quotas for all states. It will be approximately $2,000,000, however, or double the previous quotas. The feeling exists that Wayne county will be able to raise its quota with no more difficulty than In past Liberty Loan campaigns, and the organization that is being formed promises to be much larger than was heretofore formed. If the state organization's wishes are followed, the canvass of the county will be made in not more than three days beginning on September 28, and the Wayne county organization hopes to see Wayne county one of the first in the state to go over the top. The first meeting of the county organization : will be held within the next week, at which definite plans will be arranged for the campaign. U. S. STEAMSHIP SINKS U-BOAT 'By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 The navy department announced today that the captain of an American steamer had reported tht his vessel rammed and probably sank a submarine about 9:30 p. m., on Aug. 17, near Winter Quarter shoals off the northern Virginia coast. The captain stated the submarine was struck on her port bow bring ing her alongside. The submarine crew hailed in strong German accent, saying they were friends; the captain said that he replied they were no friends of his. He kept on his course, he said. The steamer is now in port with a badly damaged bow and a quantity of water in her hold. The captain thinks he sank the submarine. (By Associated Presn.) AN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug. 20. A 400-foot enemy submarine was sunk off the Atlantic coast by the gun crew of a British tanker, according to an officer of the tanker. The tale of the battle between the tanker and U-boats was told today by John Crosby, chief mate of the former, from his bed in a hospital where he is being treated for shock. Ohio Banner W. S. 5. State with Sales for Month $43,466,000 (By Associated Prcs.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 20 Ohio, New York and Illinois were the tanner states in sale of war savings stamps' in July, their sales amounting, respectively to $15,719,999, $12,342,000 and $12,274,000. Vermont, South Dakota, Oregon and Kentucky led all other states in per capita sales with records of $4.72. $4.63, $3.78 and $3 65 respectively. The report for New York state did not include $4,150,000 sales in New York City, which stood at the bottom of the list in per capita contributions with a record of seventy cents for each inhabitant. Ohio has sold $43,466,000 cf war savings stamps up to Aug. 1, more than any other state. Pennsylvania had sold $40,000,000 and Illinois $34,688,000. The $572,000,000 sales of war savings and thrift stamps up to Aug. 1 provided $5.43 approximately one savings stamp for each man, woman and child in the nation. The Weather For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Wednesday. Slightly warmer tonight in north and central portions. Today's Temperature. Noon 79 Yesterday. Maximum 82 Minimum '. 59

600,000 Homeless Belgians Are Being Cared For by Foreign Countries (By Associated Press.) HAVRE, France, Aug. 20. In England, France, Holland and Switzerland entirely cut off from home, resources and associates are approximately 600,000 Belgian refugees, according to estimates made by Lieut. Col. Ernest P. Bicknell, director general of civilian relief for the American Red Cross. In addition to the Belgian refugees in foreign countries there are today in the small corner of Belgium still unconquered approximately 60,000 people. To remain in their homes they are willing to live under conditions of extreme difficulty and In constant peril from German guns and aviators. While the Belgians today are widely scattered, it is estimated that at present, there are 70,000 of them in Paris, 70,000 in London and about 30,000 in Havre. The Belgian government 13 cooperating with the American Red Cross in extending assistance in all centres where the refugees have congregated in any number.

ALLIED ATTACKS PREVENT ENEMY FROM STRIKING Germans Have Been Forced to Give up Territory and Maintain Strong Reserves. (By Associated Pr5s) LONDON, Aug. 20. The situation f on the main fighting front in France I is summed up by the Reuter corresI pondent with the French armies as ! follows: J "We have arrived at the stage in j this battle corresponding to that which ; Germany reached at the end of March ana early In June after long, bloody and exhausting advances on the heels of inferior opposing numbers. We counted firmly on the arrival of the moment when the reserves would be able to check the German advance and prepare the flank attacks which have by their success restored the initiative to us. "The enemy in turn, is using that weapon against us. . His reserves are not yet exhausted and, however, he my grudge the neessity of having to waste them in a defensive battle which in the end can ohly be a prelude to a retreat, he may still possess 30 fresh divisions as well as 400,000 youths of the class of 1920. Our successes must be carefully planned and manfully won." PREVENT RE-GROUPING. PARIS, Aug. 20. Apart from the tactical results obtained, the objects of which will be seen more clearlv in tween the Somme and the Aisne in the last two days, modestly called local line straightening operations in the war office communiques, have the important effect of keeping the enemy on the alert and preventing him from preparing a counter offensive. I The attacks have made it impossi- ! ble for General Ludendorff to re-group his troops. They have obliged him to I maintain more than 140 divisions in the first line which have to be relieved constantly. At several points, it has been necessary for him to increase the density of the first line. The army of General Von Eben, which holds the line from Carlepont to Missy-sur-Aisne, had only ten divisions in the first line on August 15. The recent French operations on that front, it is believed here, will make it necessary for General Boehn to send reinforcements. Military observers in their comment today, lay stress on the importance of the operations carried out Monday east and west of the Oise. They believe that Lassigny is about to fall and the Echo De Paris considers that the town virtually is in the power of the French. L'Homme Libre says that notwithstanding the stubborn German resistance .the enemy is being forced to give up territory and declares that before the operations are completed, the Germans will be compelled to make another retreat.. The paper says that the enemy probably will qualify such a movement as wise or strategic from his point of view. EXPECT RESUMPTION OF AUSTRIAN DRIVE 'By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.. Resumption of the Austrian offensive on the Italian front is to be expected at any time, according to the military critic of the Italian newspaper Creiere D'ltalia, says a dispatch received here from Rome. Undoubtedly, the Austrian high command now is activelj reorganizing the Austrian armies, the military critic writes, and bases his predictions on such recent events as the closing of the Swiss frontier, the visit of emperor Karl to the Trentlno, and the conference at German military headquarters. Commenting on the meeting of the German and Austrian emperors, the Italian newspapers almost universally agree that it must be taken as new proof that the: hope of separating Austria from Germany is "a mad delusion." The Idea Natlonale says the meeting of the emperors is . in direct consequence of the steps taken by the allies in Russia.

U. S. Fighters Go Over Trench After Trench, Driving Huns Ahead; Writes Milton Soldier

"We din't wait for the Huns to come after us, we went after them," writes William Moore, of Milton, son of Mrs. Jce Clevenger, in a recent letter to his mother. Moore was with the American troops in the recent action in France, and writes vividly of his experiences during the battle. "Once we got going, nothing could stop us," continues sthe soldier, "some of the Germans are running yet." The letter follows: "Well, I am just now returning from the front after ten days of real fighting. No doubt you read about it in the papers and it is but a memory. If not just send for the papers of July 11 to 20 and you will get a very good idea of the way we pushed the Huns back for mils. Fought Stripped to the Waist. To make things worse the heat was intense. In fact I could stand the German bullets more easily. Some of the boys fought stripped to the waist. We used good old-fashioned American methods: That is, we did not sit and wait for them to come after us, but over the top and across no-man's land with machine guns, bayonets, hand grenades, revolvers and cut our way through barbed wire and over shell holes, over trench after trench, driving every thing before us. Once we got going, nothing seemed to be able to step us. , Finishing the Job. At this writing the boys who relieved us are finishing the job. Talk about noise! You can only hear such a roar over here during a great drive I could keep on writing for a week and still rot be able to tell all that happened during my stay at the front. If the folks back home could only see the way the boys drove the Huns back, they sure would be proud they belong to the United States of America. Germans Took to Heels. Some of the Germans did not even attempt to fight; as soon as they saw us coming, they took it on the run and some are running yet. Some were asleep and we were on top of them before they woke up. Still others begged for mercy, but over here, it is get him before he gets you. Their dead and wounded lay every where and we captured thousands. We came out covered from head to foot with mud, but feeling none the,worse from It:" Some of the boys were" all decorated pith poppies which grow wild all along the trenches and all went into battle singing. Praises Relief Work. The Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. surely are c:oing great work over here. ASK REHEARING OF SUIT TESTING STATE PROHIBITION LAW (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 20 A petition for a rehearing of the case in which the state supreme court held the prohibition law to be valid was filed today by the F. W. Cook Brewing company which was the appellee in the original suit. The petition is in the case in which the brewing company obtained an injunction against police officials at Evansville to prevent them from enforcing the law, and which decision of the lower court was reversed by the supreme court. CZECHS ISSUE ANIFESTO (By Associated Prs) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. A manifesto issued by the newly founded Czecho slovak national committee in Prague has reached the Czecho-Slovak council here. In the manifesto the program of the national committee is outlined and the main points are: The uniting and co-ordinating of all the forces of the Czecho-Slovak nation for the realisation of their national aspirations and a call to all Czechs and Slovaks to rally to the struggle for liberty. The manifesto expresses its confidence in the outcome of the fight and asserts that by their own strength, the Czecho-Slovak people have "risen from the grave of centuries and by their own strength will place themselves in the light of the world in the company of free nations of the future liberated and civilizd manknd." Th leading journal of Prague, Narodwi ListI suppressed by the government not long ago, has re-appeared and a dispatch today says its comment on the manifesto is: "While the reichrath is near dissolution the Czechs again have their parlimentary body which will decide the destines of the nation." It adds that while Austria is ripe for destruction, should she collapse today, German machine guns would be on hand to aid, and counsels patience for a few months. DANES TO SEND MISSION COPENHAGEN, Aug. 20. Denmark is soon to send a naval mission to the United States. According to the Politiken The Mission will include Prince Axtel, a captain in the navy, and a cousin of King George of England. The mission will pay most attention to aviation.

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j All along the battle front you see them I risking their lives helping the boys, j All along the front, you see nothing j but ruins, shell holes and tired troops I r"D m intr ont t- r rr in root mimVAvc

airplanes flying and battling night and day, and very little sleep for any one. When we got relieved, we were all given new clothes and a good hot bath and today we are resting up and ready to do it again. I'll have lots to tell when I get home. France in Ruins. That part of France where the fighting is being done is nothing but ruins. Not a single house remains, the rest is very beautiful and the people think a whole lot of us. We'll make things still hotter for the Kaiser, the longer is last. Don't worry about me as I consider my self a better fighter than a German any day. 275 NAMED IN U. S. CASUALTIES The list of American casualties, issued in two section Tuesday, show: Killed in action, 147; died of disease, 7; wounded severely, 109; wounded, degree undetermined, 4; prisoner, 1; missing in action, 2; died of wounds, 1; died of accident and other causes, 4. Total, 275. Indiana men named are: Cecil Giberson, Indianapolis; Harold, C. Goodrich, Crown Point, and Charles Bocco, fjrirv in ontinn- William TJ - . u 1.1 UVtlVU , 1 111 U 111 i I. Harley, Indianapolis, missing; Edward Wildey, Earl Park, wounded severely. Ohio men listed are: Dean F. Fry, Miamisburg, died of disease; Steve Daskalos, Akron, and Dillis A. Lincome, Zane3ville, wounded. CLOSE WAR GARDEN MARKET FOR YEAR "The School Children's War Garden Market has closed indefinitely. I am sorry to close the market, but I do not see that it is possible to run it successfully under the present arrangement," stated Supervisor Murphy, Tuesday morning. When asked what would become of the surplus products raised by the children, Murphy answered that he supposed they would have to go to waste. Secretary Ullman of the Commercial club said, "It is unfortunate that Murphy has found it advisable to close the school market. The members of the club feel that both his garden and market work have been excellent. We believe, moreover, that next year his mevket worked on a different basis ' will not be handicapped as it has been this year, and we shall be anxious to help him in every way possible." A number of regular patrons of the market expressed themselves as regretting that it must be discontinued. EX-SOLDIER FINED FOR VAGRANCY Frank Greer was fined $30 and costs in city court Tuesday morning on a charge of vagrancy. Greer was arrested in the railroad yards hera as he was attempting to board a freight for Cincinnati. According to his story, he had served with the army at the border, but had been discharged from service for drinking, and leaving camp without permission. He said that" he had come here from St. Louis to work, and had received his transportation to this city, with the understanding that he was to work here, but that after he had reached Richmond, he decided not to stay, and determined to go on to Virginia and get some kind of government work there. "Tramps now have a new way of getting across the country," Prosecutor Alien said, as he presented the case, "nowadays when they want to beat their way, they just collect transportation to a place under the impression that they intend to work there, but when they get to that place, they colleot more transportation to go somewhere else." FRANK TOMLINSON DIES AT DANVILLE Word has been received here of the death of Frank Tomlinson of Danville, Illincis, who was a resident of this city for many years. He has been confined to his home for a few weeks but his death was unexpected and was I due to heart trouble and dropy. Besides the widow he is survived by one son, Maurice Tomlinson, of Danville. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at Plainfield, Indiana. Burial will also te in that city. Leaves FromGerman Front Reduced One-Half LONDON, Aug. 20. It Is believed in Cologne that the Germans are weaker on the' western front -than even the allies claim, says the Daily Mail's correspondent at The Hague. He does not vouch for other sections of Germany, but gives this resume of conditions in the Cologne district: "All leaves from the front have reduced one half.

FRENCH FORCE GOES THROUGH GERMAN LINE NEAR AISNE

Enemy Position Between Aisne and Oise Seriously Menaced Retirement May be Forced, BRITISH UNEJS FIRM BULLETIN. (By Associated Press. LONDON, Aug. 20 (4:45 p Jm.) According to the latest 'advice reaching London, the front of this morning's attack by the French extended over 1Z miles. Good progress has been made everywhere, according tc reports, and the advance from this front since Saturday is ifbw over 4 miles at its maximum depth. The present line follows: From Plessy-Le-Val to Le Four-A-Verre to Belfontaine and tc Blerancourt, two and a hall miles north of Morasin. From there it runs south to Osly-Cour-tU and breaches the Aisne at Courtil. The attack today extended to a point within three miles from Soissons. (By Associated Press) German forces holding the vital sector of the battle front between the Aisne and Oise rivers were hurled back over a ten mile front this morning by the French according to reports reaching London. It is stated that the French have penetrated the'enemy position to a depth of two miles. ' . This attack, which is a continuation of the assault made northwest of Soissons on Sunday night, is said to endanger the whole German position at Soissons, and the Aisne. It is added that the French success probably will be followed by a German retirement from Soissons to the Chemin des Dames. No details of the fighting are as yet available, but an advance of two miles in this sector would seem to place the Germans, both along the Aisne and before Noyon, in a serious position from which only an immediate retreat would appear to be possible. Hold on Roye Weakened. Unofficial dispatches also state that significant local successes have been achieved by the French from the Oise northward to well past Roye. The line, as it Is traced in dispatches seems to be very close to the important towns of Lassigny, for which the French have been fighting for the last week or more. The Germans' hold on Roye also seems to be weakened by the recent progress of the French north and south of the town. It would appear that Roye now is virtually enveloped on three sides. In the o!d Picardy battle field the Germans have been launching repeated counter attacks against the British line in the region southeast of Chilly, which is north of Roye. These assaults were repulsed by the British. Lys Salient Flattened. The old Lys salient is being rapid ly flattened out by the German retirement from the extreme westerly position held by them after their April offensive. The Briish official statement shows that the line now runs from Merville on the north to the vicinity of Locon, on the south, leaving a large triangle of abandoned territory in the direction of St. Venant, which has been occupied by the British. German airmen have again bombed the city of Nancy, according to the official reports from Paris. Six of the civilian population were killed and a score wounded. Allied forces again are making progress on important sectors. Further successful development of the present operations doubtlessly wil Iforce the enemy to readjust his line at least localy, if not over the entire front from Ypjres to Rheims. French successes onxa 20 mile front east and west of the Oise are becoming a serious menace to the German line, from the Somme to Rheims. West of the Oise, Roye and Lassigny appear to be doomed. The British are at the gates of Roye while the French have reached the western outskirts of Lassigny. The fall of these towns will imperil the enemy position at Noyon. which also is being threatened increasingly by the French advance over the high ground between the Aisne and the Oise southeast of Novo n. (Continued on Pa:e Eient)