Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 298, 28 October 1918 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1918.

FRENCH CITIES DISPLAY SPIRIT OF MIDDLE AGES Quaint Architecture of Bordeaux Described in Letter From Corporal Pardieck. Corporal J. B. Pardieck, of HeadTrain company, has written the folquarters company, 315th Ammunition Train company, has written the following letter to Charles Green, chief clerk of the P. C. C. & St. L. railroad here. The letter follows:

"Am on duty In the office tonight

and knowing you would appreciate a line or two, am taking advantage of the Iriln tvnowriti

"Am still located near Bordeaux

not doing much except taking on weight; pulled the scales Sunday at 176 pounds; must be open air and

lots of sleep that is doing it. Thought I had better get a memento of myself at my prime so I bad my face shot Sunday and will send you a cut if they are In anyway recognizable; they are

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The unusual happened last Friday

and I was given a two day's pass to the gay city of Bordeaux, which, If you still remember your history, Is about the third largest city in France, and the principal wine center. It is really a fact, I didn't see a place to get water the whole two days I was there; wine Is a part of a dinner menu, and If you want mineral water, It Is extra. The cafes occupy the most ; prominent corners and their tables ntnneri nn tha slrlovvalka In front, make

the pedestrians walk in the streets. Everything is served In the open and you take your "la femme" and can sit and watch the passing crowds on the crowded sidewalks. "Bordeaux has a large, beautiful depot, up to date In every respect and In glaring contrast with the buildings of the 10th and 13th and 14th centuries. It has a train shed covering ten tracks, each set of tracks being reached by undergrade tunnels. The station itself is a three story solid stone building about a block long and what strikes one's eye Is the cleanliness of everything not a stray piece of paper or accumulated grease and dirt a compliment, I guess to the TVomen oar-cleaners on the job. "Leaving the station, you are immediately again in the spirit of the middle ages, streets ten to fifteen feet wide, following no plan whatever; the ever leather-lunged pedler; the musty Fmell of old buildings; the quaint architecture of medieval Gaul in fact you can scarcely imagine again our roomy scattered modern cities. The oldest building we were able to find was the ruins of an old Roman amphitheatre, dating back to about 20 A. D. Churches of Interest. "Climbine: the centuries, the tenth century claims our next attention as it. was in this century that some of the createst churches were started.

The 'Cathedrale saint Anare' proDaoiy has the greatest art treasures. It is a massive solid stone structure In pure Gothic style and to appreciate the work and minute detail of Its construction you would have to see it. In the interior, the main altar attracts your first attention. Nothing seemed to be too good the altar is of pure white marble; the candle sticks of gold. There are no pews In these churches and the faithful stand during the services. "I believe you would be particularly interested In the shrines, of which there are about ten, most of them to the Blessed Virgin. They have been richly endowed by grateful petitioners and the statues are crowned with magnificent crowns, costly urns of precious metals hold flowers and hundreds of photos of cures are clustered about. The pulpit is a masterpiece of wood engraving, each station a masterpiece In oil. At one side is the ecclesiastical court setting, the only one 1 have ever seen. Then, too, there are so many beautiful sarcophagi of great bishops and prelates in fact, so many points of interest in this one catherdal that you could spend days and not 6tudy everything. "I visited about six of the churches and each Is especially interesting for either the rare painting of the walls and domes, the statuary, the artglass windows, pulpits, or altars. "Bordeaux has also a number of triumphal arches, built in memorial of different victories of the Gaulic and French armies. The Grand theatre, a two and one half million dollar stone structure, built In 1700. Is very imposing with its massive and imposing colonnade. Its interior is claimed to be one of the grandest in Continental

Europe, but It was closed for repairs and I was unable to get In. Medieval Splendor.

"I visited two of the museums of painting and statuary. Nearly every

thing is in the nude; landscape painting is in the minority. I might say

that every emotional feeling is por

trayed in oil; the seven vices are personified: beauty is -there and many of the old mythical tales are produced on canvas. Power, a huge statue hewn from a solid piece of white marble, with every muscle and tendron taut, n'trarted my eye, and Louis XVI, in nil his court splendor, a twenty-five foot statue of bronze, ruled over everything. The "original painting of the Tattle of Waterloo is in this museum nrift this painting In itself is a day's study, so vividly are the details brought out. "The hotels, too, seem to reflect our forefathers. The beds are massive, and they seemed to have ben placed In a room and the walls of the room built around them. Can you imagine a soldier who has been sleeping for about four months on a few flattened pieces of straw scattered in the four ends of a tick, getting in a bed with about a two-foot mattress and a feather bod and then snowy sheets I could hardly believe my eyes, and my bones were so s mazed at the change that they couldn't feel comfortable. And then Sunday morning, waking1 up and not having to fall out to the tune of a bugle, I lay awake In all my splendor and I imagined myself one of the medieval princes. But all good things have their endings and coming back to camp during tho rain that same Sunday evening, I was made to fully realize that saying. I had been sleeping out in my "pup" I

Am Anxious to Get a Hand in Action, Writes Walter Miller

"We are all anxious to get to the front and have a hand In the real game. I have the same old fear that I won't get in until it's all over," states Private Walter B. Miller, of the 316th Ammunition Train. Headquarters De tachment. Motor Battalion, in a letter to his wife. Miller was formerly a teacher in Garfield school of this city. The letter which follows was written near Bordeaux, France, on September 19th. "My trip across was as uneventful as our stay In England. The sea was beautiful and monotonous and so was England. We were in half a dozen rest camps before we finally took a forced march through the worst rain I was ever in for 12 miles to where we were to board the boat In which we crossed the channel. I was not sick on the ocean so I wasn't much afraid of getting sick. When 1 got on board I hid my "corn Willie" in my rain coat pocket and went out and watched the others eat theirs. You see, I figured if I didn't have anything to throw I would be better off. At night I went down below deck, threw my pack on the floor and using it for a pillow, went to sleep. Along about four o'clock nearly everyone was sick, and Pearson and I had a lot of fun betting who would be the next to grin, gulp, etc. There were only about five in the hold and a couple of hundred on deck who were sick. We met with no accident on our trip and we have rather enjoyed it even under the conditions. I have yet to find the hardships I expected even though they are a little in evidence once In a while. I have been driving the mail truck about 80 miles every day. We leave at 7:30 in the morning and the trip takes about twelve hours. Of course we are not on the road all the time and I have had a rare opportunity to what most fellows have. I went through the University of Bordeaux, an old Chateau built during the reign

tent and the wind and rain were so bad that it started to get the blankets wet so I had to move to a nearby barracks and spend the remainder of

the night on the nice soft surface of a cement floor "Oh! where was th3 feather bed and the sheets of the night before? But at that, I don't believe I was awake over half an hour changing and so accustomed can a fellow get to changing that I wasn't even the least bit stiff on getting up on Monday morning. "We have a volley ball net up now, and I expect soon to use some of my experience gained last winter on the Y floor, playing as your opponent or partner. I am also trying out for basket ball, just must do something to get back to my normal weight again, as it doesn't feel natural carrying all this avoridupois about."

of Louis XIV, a wonderful cathedral which much resembles that at Rheims, an old monlstary built in the sixteen

hundreds. Visited one of Napoleon's old. stamping grounds. I have also been through several old curosity shops where I almost wept because I couldn't buy (because I couldn't carry them with me), some bronze candle sticks and pewter plate. It was dirt cheap. "Al" of Saturday Evening Post fame was right when he said "the filthy lucre couldn't be spent." I did buy a fountain pen ' for 30 francs ($5.50) when it should have cost 15 francs. ' "We are air anxious to get to the front where we can get a hand in the real game. I have the salfie old fear that I won't get in till it's all over. I think Old Bill is on his last peg and though it may take some time for him to fall he is sure to dip. Must stop. Give my best to everybody. WALTER.

WITH THOSE IN ARMY AND NAVY

This column, containing news of Richmond and Wayne county soldiers and sailors, will appear daily In the Palladium. Contributions will be welcomed.

Walter Shreeve Dies of Fla at Army Camp Sergeant-major Walter C. Shreeve, 22 years old, f t Headquarters Co., 45th Artillery, C. A. C. died of Spanish influenza at Camp E istis, Va., Saturday. He Is the son Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Shreeve, now of Indianapolis, and formerly, of this city, and had been in the service since April, 1917. He served eight months in Panama, and

I later was transferred to Fortress Monj roe. He graduated from the school at

Fortress Monroe tn September and since then has been located at Camp Eustis, Va. The deceased Is survived by his parents, who reside at 1350 College Ave., Indianapolis, one sister, Miss Arline Shreeve, and one brother, Dale Shreeve, 'who is in the Navy at Pensacola, Fla.

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Wehrly have re

ceived word that their son, John M. Wehrly, has arrived safely overseas. Corporal William A. Thompson has arrived abroad, according to word reaching here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fahren of Fountain City have received word that their son, Ernest Fahren, is recovering from an attack of influenza contracted at Great Lakes. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson of West Main street have been advised that their son, Byram H. Wilson, has been advanced to sergeant bugler. He is in the S. A. T. C. at the University of Chicago. Vernon Dalby o 911 North Sixteenth street has received word that Leonard Conner has arrived safely overseas. Mrs. William Inderstrodt of Rural Route D has been informed by a government card that her brother, Corporal Elvoy Davis of Co. M. 151 Infantry has arrived overseas. Corporal Robert A. Abrams has arrived abroad, according to word received by his mother, Mrs. Mary Sanders, of R. R. B. Mrs. Everett E. Root of Hagerstown has received word that her husband has been promoted from private to sergeant. Root is a member of 35 Artillery Company D. at Ft. Barrancas, Fla. Mrs. Margaret Chandler his been advised that her son, Hugh Chandler,

l has arrived safely overseas.

Fountain City now has forty-eight men in the service, twenty-one of whom are overseas. Two deaths have occurred caused by Spanish influenza. Mrs. Carl Burkhardt of 501 North D street, has been informed that her husband has arrived safely abroad.Mrs. Jennie Kem, of 409 North Fif-

teenth street, has received notification of the safe arrival abroad of her son. Corporal George C. Kem, Company M, 151st Infantry. Carlton Scott has arrived safely overseas, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M Scott, of North Seventh street. Scott was formerly a clerk in Feltman's Shoe store.- . v "

Lieutenant Willard Jessup of the School of Fire,' Camp, Sill. Okla., is in the city spending a furlough, . '-. Wayne O. Stroh, son of Mrs. Olive M. Stroh of Waterloo, Ind., is named in Monday's casualties list as slightly wounded in action. ' James Kein sella, son of Mr. and Mrs. Keinsella. of North Seventeenth street, has entered the officers' training school at Camp Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Keinsella received word today that another son. Lieutenant William Keinsella, formerly stationed at Camp Pike, Ark., has been transferred to Camp Taylor.

ROLLHONOR

Total army casualties as issued by the war department Sunday show: Killed in action 10,574; died of wounds 3,787; died of disease 3,220; died of accident 1,150; wounded in action, 32,105; missing in action, including prisoners 61,040; total 56.876. Casualties reported for Sunday and Monday show: Killed in action 280; died of wounds 170; died in accident 18; died of disease 239; wounded severely 177; wounded, degree undetermined 484; wounded slightly 359; missing in action 148; prisoners 8; total 1,883.

Indiana men listed are: Carl F. Vo-

gel, Howell, killed in action.

Sergeant James R. Caughlin, Cory-

don; Claude Earl, Heltonville; Her man J. Bauer, Floyd Knobs, died of wounds. Fred C. Taylor, BIppus; William E. Burch. Columbia City; died of disease. Lieut Allen Bell, Jr.. South Bend; Corp. , Chester L. Vanover, Forest; James Whltmire, Indianapolis; wounded severely. " , Corp. Albert Lee Slonlker, Larwell; Joseph F. Spicher, Anderson; William Dale, Indianapolis; .William David McRae, Pleasantvllle; Jay Weigel, Hammond; William Beeson, North Salem; Chris A. Prang, Greenfield; wounded, degree undetermined. Lieut. Joseph Jenkinson, ' Goshen; Don Butcher, Fort Wayne; Ward Hemphill, Morgan town; Leban F. Moore, Muncie; Wayne O. Stroh, Waterloo; Roy Mathew Anderson; wounded slightly. Corp. Ralph E. Arnold, Bainbridge; Arthur C. Klrkboff, Indianapolis; Donald R. Husselman, Arborne; Elza Livers, Tell City, missing in action.

CRIME INCREASE IN SWEDEN.

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 28. Police statistics show a greatly increasing criminality in Sweden. The number of crimes of all kinds reported in Stockholm during the first six months of the year was 12,200, as compared with 6.600 for the same period of 1917. The chief Increase was due to thefts, of which thefts of eatable and drinkables formed a large part.

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"FLU" GROWS IN MEXICO.

MEXICO CITY. Oct. 28. Spanish influenza is epidemic in virtually all parts of the republic, except the extreme south end a few of the Pacific coast states. Newspapers estimate the number of cases here at sixty thousand, but the death rate is low.

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Labor Paper Ur

"The Union." of Indianapolis, the Oldest Labor Paper in the United States, Published in the Interest of Organized Labor, in its Issue of October 25, Last, Publishes a News Article Indorsing the Candidacy of Representative Richard N. Elliott, Republican Nominee for Congress. "He is a Safe Man in Congress,55 The Union Says, "And His Election Should Be Insured by The Support of the Industrial Workers55 The article referred to, appearing in the last issue of The Union, reads as follows:

The splendid record made by Congressman Richard N. Elliott in the national House of Representatives has brought strong elements to his support in his district, which embraces several important industrial centers, all of them alive to the importance of having in congress a man who is in sympathy with the best aspirations of the nation. Congressman Elliott is in his first term in the House, to which he was elected at a special election held in June, 1917, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Judge Cornstock. Going into the congressional body at a period when the country was already at war opportunity was given Mr. Elliott to give play to the splendid Americanism that has made him conspicuous in a state that boasts many notable Americans who have served their country well. As a lifelong Republican, Congressman Elliott held strongly to the faith of his party in putting service to the country before everything else and his work in Congress has been marked by adherence to high ideals and the vigorous support of the necessary measures for the carrying on of the war. There is no break, in his record on this war legislation, and he is wholly devoted to the war program. , But men of the force of character and ability of Congressman Elliott will find in

the future of the work of Congress a broader field for the work that is appointed to that body than in the mere acquiescence in the war program. He is one of those who will act with information and patriotic devotion to the requirements of the country in the tremendous task that will be involved in adjusting the country to the needs of industry in the period of industrial reconstruction that is at hand. Versed as he is in the needs of the nation he is also equipped to serve the industrial committees he will represent in the next Congress, and he may be safely trusted with the great interests involved. He will call to his support in the coming election the thinking men in industry and he should bo elected for the assurance he gives of a singlehearted desire to serve the people. Mr. Elliott was born in the State of Indiana and worked his way from the farm through school teaching to the law. He ha3 practiced at Connersville for many years and his standing in his city and the Sixth District is that of its first citizen. He is a safe man in Congress and his election should be insured by the support of the industrial workers in combination with their friends who are not the less workers because they are farmers.

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