Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 290, 18 October 1918 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELRGKAM. FRIDAY OCT. 18, lt18

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM - AND SUN-TELEGBAM Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by Palladium Printing Co. Palladium Building. North Ninth and Sailor Streets. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, as Se ond Class Mail Matter. MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the M tor republication of all news dispatches credited to It o Mt otherwise credited In this paper and also the Iocs sm published herein. All rlfhts of republication of spo ettl dtofatclios hereia are alsw roaervod.

Make German Giiilt Personal The New York Times presents the following argument for the punishment of the Hun leaders: The horrible barbarities with which the Germans prepare for defeat have raised in England and France a wide-spread demand that when peace comes the individuals responsible for these and similar crimes shall be tried and punished as common criminals. The British seamen have ilong held that opinion in relation to those who ' have murdered their fellow-sailors. In the Mid- ! die West and Far West of this country the de1 mand has been generally expressed by most conservative people; Our Westerners do not like to go to war unless they are to fight to a finish, and this is their idea of a finish. It is becoming the . idea of Englishmen and Frenchmen, too, accord- ' ing to the dispatches. War does not excuse murder. Bushwhackers I who commit crimes in wartime are punished just ! as if there were no war going on. They should ! not, and they do not, escape the penalty of their I crimes when peace is made. Such crimes as the 1 murder of the passengers and crew of the Leinster should not go unpunished. The way for the ' punishment is already open ; it has been pointed

out by the United. States in the case of Captain Henry Wirz, who was tried for violation of the practices and usages of war long after the war ' had ended. Captain Wirz's trial took place before ; a military commission appointed for the purpose, : and it convicted and hanged him. Let this precedent be followed in the case of men guilty of i far worse crimes than Captain Wirz's and let ' them be tried by a military commission after the war and, if convicted, punished accordingly. Captain Wirz waa a German by birth, but was in the Confederate service. He was the commandant of the Andersonville prison camp in the War of Secession, and he was accused of brutal-

uy 10 nis prisoners, ine same cnarge was made against other prison commandants, but it fell to

the ground in the case of all except this Germanborn Confederate. The war was virtually ended by Lee's surrender in April, 1865, and officially ended by the surrender of the last Confederate

armv in the following May. Six months after

the ending of the war, on Nov. 10, 1865, Henry Wirz was hanged in the Old Capitol Prison at Washington for "violation of the laws of war." That was the wording of the findings of the

military commission which tried him. It found

him guilty of conspiring "maliciously, traitorously, and in violation of the laws of war, to impair and injure the health and to destroy the

lives of large numbers of Federal prisoners, to

wit, the number of about 45,000 soldiers in the military service of the United States, held as

prisoners of war at; Andersonville, in the State

of Georgia." The sentence of death bore this endorsement:

The proceedings, findings, and sentence of

the court in the within case are approved, and it is ordered that the sentence be carried into execution by the officer commanding the Depart

ment of Washington, on Friday the 10th day of

November, 1865, between the hours of 6 o'clock a. m. and 12 o'clock noon. Andrew Johnson, President. This case clearly points the way a military commission, which in this case would be a mixed one. Where Wirz was convicted of the violation of only one of the laws of war, there are German officers guilty of many violations. In some cases, as the murder of Captain Fryatt, it will be easy to get at the perpetrators; in other cases, hard; and therefore the terms of peace should make provision for their detection and arraignment. Such crimes as those of the Lusita'nia, the Ancona, the Leinster, the Ticonderoga, the Hirana Maru, and the massacre of Aerschot must be punished like crimes committed in times of peace.

- His Kow-Towing Does no Good From the Kansas City Times.

HE Socialist organ of Nuremburg, in demanding the abdication of the kaiser, declares the responsibility for the present situation rests on him, and

that as the military system is about to collapse, he must be the last of the military monarcbs. It is a human feeling. In the days of the empire in China a revolution against the emperor was explained by one of its leaders on this basis: "The country is suffering from drought. The emperor has kow-towed for rain and no rain has come. Of what use is that sort of an emperor?" So the kaiser had promised victory and has brought only defeat. Of what use is that sort of a kaiser?

Honored for Bravery

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Distinguished service crosses have been awarded to the following officers and soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces for the acts of extraordinary heroism described after their name!:

Captain George E. McGinnis, Ambulance Co. 110, 103rd Sanitary Train For extraordinary heroism in action at Fismette, France, August 9-10, 1918. During the night of August 9th Captain McGinnis with complete disregard of his personal safety made a reconnaissance under fire and located a line of evacuation for ambulances from .Fismette and on the morning of August 10th under shell fire he personally repaired the bridge between Fismes and Fismette, thereby making possible the evacuation of 28 wounded men. Home address, Mrs. Mabel O. McGinnis, Clarendon, Pennsylvania. Sergeant James I. Mastrovich, Co. C, 111th Infantry For extraordinary heroism in action at Fismette, France, August 10, 1918. With complete disregard for his own personal safely. Sergeant Mastrovich left shelter, went into enemy machine gun fire and rescued a wounded officer. Home address, Pete I. Mastrovich, . brother, 1928 Tulare street, Fresno, California. Wagoner Harry E. Roach, Ambulant Co. 110, 103rd Sanitary Train For extraordinary heroism in action near Fismes, France, August 10-11, 1918. Bacause of the destruction from shell fire of ten of the thirteen abbulances of his company, Wagoner Roach worked for 48 hours driving through a shell swept and gas infested area, thereby making possible the evacuation of the wounded. Home address, Mrs. Mattie A. Roach, mother,

2250 North Twentieth street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wagoner Origines P. Biemueller, Ambulance Company 110, 103rd Sanitary ' Train For extraordinary heroism in action near Fismes, August 10 to 13, 1818. Because of the destruction from shell fire of ten of ,, the thirteen ambulances of his company, Wagoner Biemueller worked for 72 hours, 48 of them without rest, driving through a shell-swept and gas infested area, and thereby making possible the evacuation of the wounded. Home address, Andrew Biemueller, father, Tyrone, Pa. Private John R. Brown, Ambulance Company 110, 103rd Sanitary Train For extraordinary heroism in action near Fismes, France, August 10 to 13, 1918. Because of the destruction from shell fire of ten of the thirteen ambulances of his company, Private Brown worked 72 hours, 48 of them without rest, driving through a shellswept and gas-infested area, and thereby making possible the evacuation of the wounded. Home address, Grace L. Brown, mother, 2131 North Seventeenth street, Philadelphia, Pa. Sergeant Claude E. Cherry, deceased, Company B, 11th Machine Gun Battalion For extraordinary heroism in action near Saint Thibaut, France, August 7. 1918. Sergeant Cherry commanded the third platoon of his com

pany during the engagement near St.

by a fragment from an aerial bomb. Next of kin, Mrs. Sarah Demarest, mother, 101 Iowa street, Joliet, 111. Captain George W. Hamilton, 9th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps For extraordinary heroism in action near Bois de Belleau, Chateau Thierry, France, June 6, 1918. Captain Hamilton displayed the highest type of courage and leadership when on the first day of the Chateau Thierry battle hi3 command was under decimating machine gun fire from the front and both flanks. All of his officers but one, and most of his non-commissioned officers having been killed or wounded, he passed up and down his front lines and by his personal bravery inspired his men to valiant and successful combat under especially difficult conditions. Home address, Charles A. Hamilton, father, 1032 Lamont street, Northwest, Washington, D. C. First Lieutenant John Piatt, 5th Regiment U. S. Marine Corps For extraordinary heroism in action near the Bois de Belleau, Chateau Thierry, France, June 6, 1918. Seriously wounded in the leg early in the engagemnt, Liutenant Piatt continued to direct the operations no.t only of his platoon but of another. He charged and drove off the crew of an enemy machine gun; supervised the disposition and digging in of a large part of his company and yielded command only when

Thibaut. On Aueust 7th he crossed exhausted from pain and loss of blood

the Vesle river and took up a position ) Home address, Mrs. Katherine Piatt, in front of his own infantry, on ter-j mother, 655 Jefferson avenue, Brook-

rain constantly swept by heavy artillery, machine gun and snipers' fire, and directed his gun so skillfully as to silence a machine gun nest and make poslble the, infantry advance. His conspicuous courage was an Inspiration to his men. This gallant soldier was killed on August 9, 1918,

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Captain Willis E. Comfort, deceased, 16th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France,

I July 18, 1918. After being severely in

jured Captain Comfort refused to be evacuated, but energetically led his company forward to its objective and maintained it there, until he was mortally wounded. Next of kin, Mrs. L. L. Comfort, Kit Corson, Colorado. First Lieutenant John R. Cleland, 2Sth Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, Franve, July 21, 1918. Although he was wounded before and in the atack upon Ber-cy-Le-Sec, Lieutenant Cleland declined an opportunity to be evacuated and led his platoon to its final objective, which he consolidated and held. Next of kin, W. U. Igge, John L. Doggett, Lancaster Terrace, Jacksonville, Fla. Lieutenant Edgar Kirk, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion For extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19,1918. At a critical period in the attack south of Soissons when the infantry was held up by a German battery, Lieut. Kirk pushed forward with one of his machine guns in the face of direct machine gun and artillery fire, and by cool and courageous direction of the gun he put the battery out of action, thereby causing its capture and permitting ' the infantry to advance. Home address, Robert Kirk, Princeton, Ind.

YOUNG MEN IN CABINET

HAGUE, Oct. 17. The new Dutch cabinet is one of comparatively young men. The new premier, Jonkheer Charles Ruys de Beerenbrouck, is 45 years of age and a devout catholic and prominent social worker. ' The ages of others range from 49 to 58 years.

Great fog penetrating power is claimed for a searchlight that has been invented in France with a greenish-yellow glass in front and backed for a reflector that also prevents mois-

iture collecting on the glass.

Oxford Home Quaris Sworn in as Marshals OXFORD, O., Oct 18. Fifty-seven members of the Oxford Home Guards were today sworn in as deputy village marshals by Mayor Hughes, thus severing their connection with the county organization and becoming strictly a local affair. Following the cere

mony the guards went in a body to round up a number of citizens who are delinquent in the purchase of Liberty bonds.

Mrs. Elizabeth Toms, eighty-five years old, has severed her connection with the Tyndale public school, Philadelphia, of which she was janitress for fifty years.

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