Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 300, 30 October 1918 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30, 1918.

KARCIIER MEETS OLD FRIEND IN FRENCH TOWN

The following letter has been received from Julius Karcher, of the j U. S. S. utowna, in wnicn ne tens or an interesting experience he had meeting an old friend of his family in a French town: "You never could guess in the next twenty years who I met in port the other day." he- begins. "We had Juat come in from a trip at sea, and I was, one of the crew of men to go ashore after supplies. The navy has a bakery here in France where they make stores of bread for all the ships. I was looking around the bakery at the various kinds of machinery and equipment, and noticed a baker over at one side getting some flour. I said 'Hello baker,' and he looked up at me rather funny. I told him the bakery reminded me of my father's at home. He asked me what part of the country I hailed from and I answered Indiana. 'What town' he queried, and of course 1 answered Richmond. Then he asked me if I knew of Bayer's bakery, and so I preceded to say I did. 'Well, he was Stanley Snider who worked with father at Bayer's. He recognized me but said, 'Is it possfble that it is really you?' He thought I had grown. .Well, I call that quite aa experience for I shauld never aave known him. I don't know what kind of luck it is I carry, with me but it surely is luck for he had just baked tome pies and handed me one right then and there, and leave it to me I made short work of it. I am going to give him a piece of that fruit cake you sent, and which we all enjoyed bo much. He said he surely would enjoy a piece of cake that 'old Jule' had 'made. Snider has been over here about five months, having been in the navy about that length of time. "It won't be long before this war will be at a close and all of us will be coming straight home. ACTORS ENTERTAIN GREAT LAKES BOYS "I should like to convince the people at home that the loss of life which has occurred at Great Lakes training station has not been due to Inattention or lack of medical care," writes Howard O. Davis to friends here. "I can frankly say that it is only through the tieless work of doctors, nurse and corpsmen that we have mastered the great plague, and I wish to say that the boys received the best of care and no private home or hospital could have done the work as efficiently. The boys here at Great Lakes are splendidly treated and all sources of amusement "are offered to them to make life pleasant I will tell you briefly of one evening in the ravine, which may be of interest to you. Each Wednesday and Friday night professional actresses and actors furnish us with the best of vaudeville shows, etc. I will not attempt to describe the plays but will say something about the part the sailors play and what the ravine is. The ravine Is an outdoor amphithoolrx ViiHlt nfter the tvne of the old Tpman one. The- Etage is in the center with some thirty or forty rows of seats. About ten or twelve thousand sailors can be seated at once. Beforo the performance the sailors sing for the entertainment of the company that presents the performance. Two of the striking numbers are the "Missouri Waltz" and "God Bye Great Lakes, Hello France." The men appear In white and during the singing of the first song the even number sway to the right; the uneven to the left in time to the music of the orchestra. This reminds one of the white caps on a rough sea. In the second song the sailors all throw their caps into the air and this scene reminds one of a snow rtonn. The rest of the evening is taken up by the performers." American in German Prison Camp Suffers for Want of Clothing OXFORD, O., Oct. 30. Andrew Robinson, an Oxford boy who was taken prisoner by the Germans last April, writes that he has only one suit of underwear and one pair of socks. For several weeks he has been ravelling out the tops of the socks to get yarn with which to darn the feet. He says he doesn't know what he will do when cold weather sots In. Packages of food sent to him In the care of the Red Cross reach him all right, and ?ie has enough to share with other prisoners, but no articles of clothing have ever reached him, although many have been sent. Army casualties Issued for Wednesday show: Killed in action, 7; died from wounds, 17; died from accident, 8; died from disease, 34; wounded severely, 57; wounded, degree undetermined, 141; wounded slightly. 132; missing in action, 17. Total, 423. The marine corps list shows: Killed In action, 2; died from wounds, 2; died of disease, 41; wounded severely, 3; wounded, degree undetermined, 1; missing in action, 19; in hands cf enemy, 2. Total, 69. Indiana men listed are: Glenn D. Ransom, Hamilton; Lester L. Harmon, Winchester, died from wounds. Alfred James Hartwick, WInamac, died of disease. William Lamb, Paxton, wounded, degree undetermined. Marine corps Henry D. Anderson, Pleasant Lake, died from wounds. James W. Showers, Cynthiana, died from disease. Organize Against Profiteering SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 30. Formation of a three-milllon-dollar statewide organiiation to stop profiteering in foodstuffs and reduce prevailing food prices effected here by labor representatives, women's clubs, the defense council and other bodies, planning to establish chain stores to sell food at near cost. Don't burn the leaves. Put them on the garden and spade them under. They'll bring good returns next year.

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WITH THOSE IN ARMY AND NAVY

This column, containing news of Richmond and Wayne- county oldiera and sailors, will appear dally In the Palladium. Contributions will be welcomed. Alfred Lanning, who has been stationed at Great Lakes Training station since June, is one of 25 men to tie transferred to the United States Naval Air Station at Halifax. Nova Scotia, according to word received by his parents. Word has been received from Harold Podhaski, formerly of this city, that he has been ordered to the Central Officers' Training school at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Corp. Charles Clark wrote The Palladium the following letter: ."I am feeling fine, as you will see by my address with the Aero Squadron bird class. We have bo many aviators flying over our heads all the time that at night we dream we are real birds and really flying about. "The weather in France has been splendid ever since I landed, and that was six months ago, and by the way this Is the day that I put on my first gold chevron for six months' foreign duty. The time has passed very swiftly for us boys, as we are treated very well by our superiors, and our eats are splendid. I would bet that I have more to; eat than you back there. We Bleep in . wooden barracks that are heated by stoves and we all have plenty of good warm woolen blankets to crawl under and keep warm these frosty nights. I don't want you to think I would rather be here than back in Richmond this morning, because I would not indeed, but we boys will not come back until we have completed our Job to the satisfaction of our empleyers, and they are you. I close with a wish that the war will come to an end with a vlctory-in-arms for us." Russell Home, of Whitewater, has received word that his son, HaTry Home, has arrived safely overseas. Word has been received that Howard Hunt Elliott has recently been commissioned second lieutenant. He is at present stationed at Camp Hancock, but expects to go abroad soon. The following letter has been received from Harrison E. Isenhower, who Is with the American forces abroad: "Last Saturday I went to the funeral of a French soldier. It was very Interesting although I could not understand anything the priest said. "Saturday evening one of my pals and I went to town to call on a French family and we certainly did have a splendid time. We could not understand everything they said, of course, but we played the old game of Tiddle de Winks. The French people certainly give us a hearty welcome, and seem mighty glad to see us. They are getting very tired of the war, and I surely hope it can be ended in the right way soon. It looks good. Regards to all the friend.9 and neighbors." Raymond Dalby. son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dalby of South Twelfth street, is one of ten men chosen from 1,200 in training at Indiana University to enter an officers' training camp. Dalby hs been ordered to Fortress Monroe, Va., with heavy coast artillery. Gerald Fitzgibhons has arrived safely overseas with a base hospital unit. His parents, who were former residents of Richmond now reside in Sioux City, Iowa. Lieutenant Ralph Rogers has been assigned as acting quartermaster in the S. A. T. C. of Missouri-Wesleyan College. Eugene B. Bowman, who is in the U. S. general army hospital in New York City, was in Richmond a few hours yesterday, the guest of his aunt, Mrs. W. D. Wilson, 110 South Twelfth street. Bowman was on his way to Wisconsin on detail work, and expected to return to New York in a couple of days. A letter of sympathy written by Neal Thomas, an Iowa boy, and shipmate of Earl Mikesell, who recently died on the U. S. S. Wisconsin, of pneumonia, has been received by Mikesell's mother of New Madison, Ohio. The letter follows: "I want to write you an expression of my sympathy for your great loss In Earl's death. "I received your letter Sunday afternoon, and about an hour later the message came that Earl had passed away. It certainly came as a shock to me, as I had seen the doctor Saturday morning, and he had told me that Earl did not have pneumonia, and that he was better than he had been the evening before. Then Saturday forenoon he was moved to the hospital ship. I endeavored to learn how he was Sunday noon but the report of the hospital ship had not been sent out at that time. "His death will be a great loss to

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you I know," for I knew him to be a loving eon, always cheery and pleasant, with a helping word and smile a eon to be justly proud of. , "During our acquaintance - we had come to know each other very well, especially, since we had been on ship, and I will miss him very much, for I always found him a true friend, cheerful, open-hearted and the best of shipmates. He never complained if things were hard and was always ready to help another; willing and eager to shore anything with a mate. Even while he was sick, although I could not get to see him but a few times, a day, he was always cheerful. "Your big sacrifice to the cause of liberty-can never be repaid but you will always know that your boy met death bravely, Just as many of the boys have done overseas. His was the supreme sacrifice. "There is so little I can say to you in your bereavement. Please remember you have my deepest and most sincere sympathy," Howard H, Elliot, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M.( Elliot, has been prof moted to second lieutenant. He is a member of the 60th Company, 5th group, at Camp Hancock. Ga. He entered the service April 30, 1918. Private Noble A. Ashcroft of Ambulance Co. 34, Division Sanitation Train, with the American Forces in France, writes that he expects to be back by Easter. "We have shower baths here at this camp." he says, "but eight boys have to go in at once, and at that we only have three minutes, but it is sure better than none." f Word has been received here of the death of Lieut. William Grossius, who died of influenza last week at a training camp. Lieut. Grossius formerly lived here. He received a commission at Camp Taylor in October and had just been transferred to another camp.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Shelton, 422 South Fourth street, have received word that their son, Everett N. Shelton is seriously ill with influenza at the training camp at Rolling Prairie, Ind. Mr. Shelton left last evening to be with his son. - Helping To Fix Armistice Terms Col. E. M. House (above) and Admiral Benson, ranking officer of the United States navy, are in Paris for the purpose of helping to frame the terms of an armistice with Germany. Colonel House, as President Wilson's most trusted adviser, is expected to be one of America's representatives at the peace conference. Wrhat the Chamber of Commerce Secretary is to civic affairs in the city, the county agent is to all matters that pertain to rural betterment, with this difference the county agent directly represents the federal government.

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General Decorates the Grave of American Lieutenant Killed While Leading Artillery

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Constant Action at American Naval Base on Breton Coast

AMERICAN NAVAL BASE, France, Oct. 30. (Correspondence of the Asso-!is ciated Press). Here on this rugged

Breton coast there is an American naval establishment which is a sort ; of composite of the busy activity of ithe navy department at Washington and of one of the big navy yards oa the American seaboard. Vice Admiral Wilson,-commanding the American naval forces in French waters, has his headquarters here, with an executive staff quartered in one of the largest buildings of the city, fronting the Place President Wilson. American bluejackets are on

guard at all the entrances, and steady ! From outside headquarters one sees a files of American naval officers and j great wireless antennae stretching off sailors crowd the corridors on their to a nearby church steeple, thus giving various duties. a great sweep of wire for gathering The streets are filled with American j the sound waves. There is also disailors on "liberty parties," often 5,000 ! rect telegraph and telephone, so that and 6.000 in a single party. And on j if need be conversations may go on

the stater front there Is the hustle and ! activity of a huge navy yard, with scores of American naval craft and transports lying in the harbor, and the shore line alive with a vast naval installation. Besides the rush of the port itself, this is the naval administration center for 300 miles of the French coast, divided into three districts, with a number of the chief ports into which the masses of Aberican men and material are pouring. Aside from the American transport fleet which comes and goes, there is a standing personnel of officers and men in these districts, with some SO ships, destroyers, repair ships, converted yachts, mine sweepers and i

Kiss That Goes With War Cross Only Thing That Bothers This Yank

PARIS, Oct. 30. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The only decorations worn by Private Luke Thayer, Jr., of the United States Marines up to two years ago were those received about his optics when he settled his disputes in the good old Yankee way. Today, Luke, who is a trifle over nineteen years old, wears three campaign ribbons, a croix de guerre with a palm, two wound stripes and two other stripes indicating a year's service in France. Incidentally he is wearing half a dozen scars from Eoche shrapnel and bullets. Luke is the son of the chief of police of Georgetown, Pa. . He was living at 1707 Arch street, Philadelphia, when a recruiting poster caught his eye and decided to see the world through the medium of the U. S. Marine Corps travel agency. By stretching his five feet six to the full limit and by looking the recruiting officer in the eye without blushing while he swore he was within the legal age lSmit 4j-i rtnUrt'rrf T nl.-i- orif i -rt f r i The story of Luke's adventures since that date came out in this city, when while convalescing in a large military hospital, he got permission to visit the headquarters of the Knights of

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MP . - ' mat r rt: Decorating American hero's grave. men. naval -tugs. The shore establishment on the same extensive scale, with aerodomes for balloons and airplanes. great stacks of coal and mammoth tanks of fuel oil. . Naval, headquarters Is in constant wireless touch with the whole range of this naval activity, along the 300 miles of front and far out to sea where the convoys are steadily moving in and out. AH the orders are issued here for the intricate movement, the meetings at sea at appointed places the ziz-zag routes which will cheat the hostile craft lying off the coast. between the naval chiefs and Ameri can officers at Paris or London. It is a huge work this big establishment is carrying on. On the strictly naval side are the defensive and offensive operations defense of American and allied shipping in the vast movement of men and material across the Atlantic, and offensive in the w:ar of extermination being made against the enemy submarines. Outside of the naval operations, there i3 the steady march of a vast naval construction at all the ports along the 300 miles of sea front, repair plants, fuel stations, oil tanks, water works, and all the requirements of a great naval establishment which is constantly expanding Columbus so that he could obtain free smokes and entertainment. He got both and I got his story. W'ithin a few months after Luke enlisted he earned hi3 first campaign ribbon by helping to impress the might of Uncle Sam on some of the natives of San Domingo. A jaunt to Haiti was next in order where he acquired another ribbon. It was at Belleau woods that Luke earned the right to wear the war cross with a palm. A detachment of marines was with a French regiment at that time. On a little hillock well camouflaged by a clump of bushes, Spanish Influenza Brazilian Balm Kills the germ in the blood in 3 days prevents pneumonia, or ceres it quickly if it has developed. Saves every case. Take 10 to 15 drops every Vz hour, (on tongue or in little water), and rub hot on chest. Get 50c or $1.00 bottle. 1 Druggist or sent by B. F. Jackson & Co., Arcade, Wyoming Co., N. Y. Price ice

Force Against Germans

c two German machine guns were spiting death into the ranks of the French and the marines. Twelve volunteers were called for to storm the two nests, and Luke was one of the twelve. The twelve divided into two bodies, but of the five with Luke, only one got as far as the objective with him. The others were either killed or wounded. Three hand irronaHoa troll j placed by the boy from Pennsylvania nnisnea the crew or the gun he was after. Over on the other part of the hillock Luke noticed his "pals" were having a tough time. He turned the gun tin UnA ,1.. a . . j ing with the other "bullet spitter" ! and not only finished them quickly, j but routed a counter attack made by uuoui imrxy 01 me tsocne. Aia arrived a little later, but before that time fragments of a shell had put Thayer out of action temporarily. Since that time he's recovered enough to have had the war cross pinned on him, and j he's happy, for the surgeons have told him he will get back into action soon. "This wouldn't be such a bad old war," said Thayer, "If. only those French generals wouldn't insist on kissing a guy when they pin a medal on him." PLAN TO CONSERVE PAPER. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. "Conserve paper worth millions of dollars by writing the carbon copies of your answers on the back of the letters you receive." This advice was given the business men of the United States today in a statement issued by the American forestry association, after trying out the plan and "finding that it works." r GRIPPE GONE In 24 Hours Dy ine use or Kea uevii urlppe Tablets. No acetanilid, no quinine. Ask your druggist to supply you. Owned by the Trusler Remedy Co., Huntington, Ind. 50c and $1.00 Per Box TRUSLER'S RHEUMATIC TABLETS Any druggist. Purely vegetable; Chocolate coated. Easy to take. Sold under a guarantee. Why suffer? Owned by the Trusler Remedy Co., Huntington, Ind. ITMM'S Sltoes for That Boy Black Calfskin, English last. T ...S4.00,,, $5 Black Calfskin, English and Broad in Button fi p f dQ and Lace ...... VOV and Coco Brown Calfskin, English last; welt Qr AfV soles vtliUU Boys' Regulation Army last Shoes, welt ff soles pO.UU Misses' and Children's

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for united States - SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct - 3(1 With 603 passengers on board, the largest numoer ever leaving Nome, Alaska, on one vessel, the Victoria, last steamer this season from the norther gold camp, departed Monday night for Seattle, according to word received tc day. Special government permission had to be obtained for the vessel to increase her passenger carrying capacity because of the number of persons clamoring for passage. ABOLISH HONOR SYSTEMS , PHILADELPHIA, Oct 30. All non or systems in examinations at the University of Pennsylvania were abolished by commander of Students' Army Training Corps stationed here, "for the good of the service." ONLY TWO WEEKS DID GREAT WORK i I.,,Peru Man Had Singular Experience and Tells Graphic ' Story of His Rescue. One of the many interesting letters received by the Inter-State Doctors, those master medical specialists who have their Richmond institute on the second floor of the Starr building, is that coming from Mr, Ernest Bowman, who In the following letter relates an experience which In the main is similar to the experience of many other sick people; Pern, Ind., 9-30-18. Inter-State Doctors, Wabash, Ind. My Dear Doctors: Two weeks ago when I came to you, I was almost a complete wreck, suffering from heart and stomach trouble. I was so bad that I could not walk more than a few feet at a time. I would fall down and everything would turn black and I would lose consciousness for an hour at a time. I could not eat anything without the most misery. I would bloat up until I could hardly breathe and it seemed as though my heart would quit beating. I was very badly discouraged. I had doctored with a number of doctors in Wabash and Peru and went to Ohio to doctor and take a hospital treatment, but received no benefit. It kept gradually growing worse until I consulted you. I want to eay how after two weeks' treatment I am a different man. My heart action has become strong. I can walk any distance that I want to without becoming exhausted. Can rest 'good of nights and in fact feel as though I had a new lease on life. I cannot recommend your treatment too highly to anyone suffering as I was and will be glad to recommend you to any one seeking good health. I remain Yours trulv, MR. ERNEST BOWMAN. . Peru, Ind. The above is only another proof of the great work being done in this city by these great specialists. Any sick person is safe in going to them, because they do not accept incurable diseases for treatment. If your cas-j is incurable you will be promptly told bo and not one dollar of your monoy taken. They do not treat bed-side sickness, but chronic diseases of men and women, such as diseases of the blood, nerves, skin, kidneys, liver, stomach and bowels. DOCTOR DUDLEY M. CULVER, the head physician of The Interstate Doctors, is at the Richmond office every Friday, where you can get the scientific examination and opinion of this great specialist absolutely free and save yourself an operation and perhaps an untimely death. He will tell you if your case is incurable and not accept it for treatment Hours, 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Suits Dry Cleaned ! and Pressed $1.25 SUITS PRESSED, BOo CARRY AND SAVE PLAN Altering, Repairing and Pressing dona by practical tailors JOE MILLER, Prop. 617'i Main Street .Second Floor. welt .00 Toes .00 Shoes m Me Store Shoe Dealers 724 MAIN ST.

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