Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 54, 13 January 1919 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONDAY, JAN. 13, 1913.

"MYSTL7 SHIP"

SANK TWO SUDS IN SINGLE DAY

Decoy Vessel Bagged Enemy U-Boats by Trick Methods Used by English Navy. FALMOUTH. England, iran. 13. Two German submarines were sunk in cne day by the Mary B. Mitchell, a sailing vessel, one of the "mystery ships" of the war now exhibited here. This craft was one of the first, if not the. first, of the decoy ships which played havoc with the U-boats. This vessel went into the decoy service early In 1916, under command of Lieutenant John Lowrle. All her officers and crew volunteered for the hazardous work. She was provided with a twelve pounder and two well concealed six pounders. She sighted the first submarine three ; miles away and loafed along awaiting ! a chance to bag it. The German craft followed at a safe distance for a time, but finally crawled closer and after satisfying itself that it had superior . speed and gun power, opened fire. Failure of the mystery ship to return fire at once baffled the German j officers. They were quiet for fifteen ' minutes, and then resumed fire. When ;the submarine came sufficiently close and was in good position abeam, the , concealed guns of the sailing ship . were brought into play and landed six ; mortal hits on the submarine, which j was unable to fire an additional shell. Just three minutes after the first hit, ' the submarine was blown up by a shot i which holed It Just below the foredeck and caused an explosion which j threw a vast column of water high into ! the air. Abandoned Craft. Later the same day another German 1 submarine approached the Mary B. Mitchell and opened fire at a distance I of about two miles. After the sixth I round the mystery ship was stopped , and a boat put off. To all appearances the craft was abandoned. The submarine approached the supposed wreck at full surface speed. Then it submerged for a time and suddenly rose to the surface again. The gunners of the Mary B. Mitchell landed a shell just below the conning tower and pierced the side one foot above the water. A flash of brilliant blue flame and a dense yellow smoke came from the hole. Almost instantaneously another shell struck forward and the submarine was enveloped in black smoke and sank into the water bow foremost, with a loud gurgling and hissing. The official report does not. say that the Mary B. Mitchell was filled with wood to keep her from sinking, but this was doubtless the- case, as other mystery ships were so equipped and were able to float in spite of any damage inflicted on them by torpedoes and shells. Their guns were frequently hidden behind doors in the sides of

'the ship which could be swung open,

EIUAUS MISSION UF V IT S INTO. AUSTRIA

VELVET GOWN FOR A FORMAL DINNER

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Black chiffon velvet with touchei of silver tissue forms this striking evening frown from Russek. .The drapinp of the waist ends in a large droop bow at the back. The skirt is also effectively draped and faced with silver tissue.

RELIEF SHIP SETS SAIL FOR ASIA

NEW YORK. Jan. 13. The first o" a' fleet of relief ships owned by the American committee for relief in the near east sailed from Pier 42. North Itlver this morning for ports In Asia Minor. This vessel is the Mercurius, which has been given to the committee by the Navy Department with the approval of the food administration. The President and Herbert C. Hoover, director general of the interallied food administration are in hearty sympathy with the aims of the committee and are aiding in every way. as indicated by their recent cablegrams to the officials of the organization. Carrying an assorted cargo of materials and equipment for relief pusposes, the Mercurius will reach Constantinople in ebout thirty days and begin the work of distributing food, clothing and medical supplies among the starving and plague-infested peoples of Armenia. Syria and Persia, and among the Greeks of Asia Minor.

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Prof. A. C Coolidge. Prof Coolidge of Harvard University is the head of an expedition sent to Austria-Hungary by the U. S. armistice commission to study political, social and economic conditions there. The headquarters of the body will be in Vienna.

We Mtut Keep the Soil

M W ltv J WW WW VUIU I Make Farm Pay By P. G. HOLDEN. ANY system of farming that does not include a crop rotation Is not safe farming. It is not profitable farming. When we plant the same land to the same crops year after year, we continually rob the soil of its fertility, invite soil erosion, encourage plant diseases and insect pests. In the cotton belt, in the wheat belt, and in the corn belt there are thousands of farms that are less productive than they were a generation ago. Hundreds of these farms, ruined by the loss of fertility and by soli erosion, have been abandoned. The corn root worm, which causes a loss of more than a hundred million dollars annually, is the result of planting the same flslds with corn

IN TRIPLE HARNESS Any given moment of her working day would find all Janet Stedman's nervous energies bunched and working at high tension. Her work as secretary to the tenement house commissioner was engrossing, there was lots of it, and she was paid for it. All of which meant that at the end of a day Janet had expended a liberal day's energy. Before her marriage to Walt there was little more for her to do with her evenings but to relax. Now she had her job as wife to take up at the point where she dropped her role as business woman. On the night when Jim Hollister, inveterate bachelor, was dragged home for dinner Janet had looked forward to a quiet, restful evening alone with Walt. She wanted comforting and tangible assurance from Walt that he was glad she was his. Instead, she found herself having to act sprightly hostess to a man whose scorn of the married state was notorious and betrayed itself in every word and look. For Walt's sake she did her best to give Jim's bachelor creed the lie to Jim. She drew on her reserve and tried to forget the ache of her weary body and nerves. Then came Jim's clarion call to Walt

from bachelor davs his stories, the

far lands he had knocked about in,

the "little women" he had met, the

strange, romantic glamor of alien seas

and lands, the gay old times he was

looking forward to now that he had come back to "little old New York." She; had to still that song of Jim's with whatever she had to offer of personality and sparkle sparkle with the fag end of a day's vitality! She was near exhaustion when Jim Hollister proposed to them both the trip to Phil Dean's studio for the "now-d'you-do" party to Jim. When she sent the two men off she sank into her chair. The table was still uncleared of the dinner's remains. Janet was too tired to care. She had hoped for an evening alone with Walt. Well, there were other evenings. Better luck next time. Jim Hollister and the gang down in Washington Square were luring Walt back to bachelor days. Well,

Washing Away of the Soil Is the Result of Planting the Same Crop Year After Year Growing of Legumes Returns Humus to the Soil and Prevents Soil Erosion. year after year. Many other insect pests can be eradicated by crop rotation. Nearly every plant disease increases in activity when the same crop is planted year after year. If these diseases do not have the same host plant for two years in succession, they are unable to gain headway. In adopting a system of rotation, the following things must be considered : j 1. Climatic condition. 2. Soil condition. 3. The relation which the various crops bear to each other. Legume crops red clover, sweet clover, cowpeas, soy beans, etc., should be rotated with grain crops. Legume crops improve the texture of the soil, add humus and nitrogen, prevent erosion, insure larger yields from crops that follow them. It is not often that one-crop farming pays for even a short period. It never pays In the long run. There is but one safe system crop rotation and diversification. Do not raise just grain alone. Grow legumes. Plow the stubble under. Itaise live stock. Put the manure back on the land. Sell your grain crops in the form of beef, pork, and dairy products. Poverty is the inevitable heritage of the farmer who practices the onecrop system year after year and hauls his crop to market He robs his soil, robs himself and robs his children who must farm the land after he is gone.

Court Records

Marriage license. A marriage license has been issued to Denver M. Schumaker, motor tester, Richmond, and Leona Mae White, Richmond.

Divorce Case Heard. Mary Schumaker et al has filed a petition for partition of real estate against Fred Wilkemeyer et al. Leana S. Helms has filed suit for divorce from Roscoe Helms, charaging him with cruel and inhumand treatment. A divorce was granted to Frederick H. Liebman from Alice Liebman in circuit court Monday morning. The case was beard in the October term and taken under advisement. Land Transfers. Floyd C. Bell to trustee K. of P. Williamsburg, lot 31r official plat, Williamsburg, $1,650. Nathan E. Hardman to Fred F. McClellan. lot 25, S. Sturgis addition, Richmond, $1. Elizabeth Porter to Cassius F. Hiatt, lot 270, Elizabeth Starr addition, Richmond, $1. "

Janet would have to fight, to hold her own. She was not afraid to fight for her own. Only not tonight not tonight. She looked at the time. Ten o'clock. She sat listlessly in her chair for the energy to go to bed. The telephone bell made her jump. She wished Walt was there to answer it. "Hello!" she called wearily. "Janet!" It was Walt. "Would you do something for me which 1 should never forget and never stop being grateful for?"

"Why, of course, dear. What is it?" "Well, little dearness, I hate to ask you to do it. -but will you throw on that little Japanese costume of yours and an overcoat and come over to Phil Dean's studio for a while? I'll tell you dear. why. t They're all togged out in Oriental, the boys and girls., and the place is decorated like a dream. "They've got a couple of Hawaiiana playing in honor of Jim's wonderlngs and return, you know. I do want you to see it, honey. "But there's another reason, too, Janet. The gang's all gently baiting me, singing, 'Gee whiz! I'm glad I'm free; no marriage bells for me!' ; And. by gosh! I want to show those poor simps that they've got nothing but envy coming from them on my mar

riage. I want to show just what kind of a good fellow I've married. I am proud of you, girl, and I'm not going to let them patronize us. I'm going to show them one marriage

they can't poke their finger at. Will you come, dear? Will you do that for nie?" 1 "I'll come. Walt," Janet said. "That's my dear, good little chum," Walt said. And he meant it. Janet put her hand to her tired head. Where was she going to get tha strength to go through with it? Walt wanted her to show these professional players at life what a live, sparkling companion she could be. She did not blame him much. She understood his situation. Just how was she to meet the call after a full day's work and an evening as hostess? How sparkle through a long night's revelry and still bring a fresh mind and body to her next day's important work? She did not know. She onlv knew

Waterloo Man Advocates Ail-Year Teachers' Pay (By Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 13. -Teachers employed in public schools of the state will be paid salaries each month of the year instead of for the number of months they actually serve in the school room if Representative Herbert C. Willis, Republican, of Waterloo, has his way. He declares he intends to introduce at this session of the legislature a bill to amend existing laws and embodying the foregoing feature. He is a school trustee and he says his experience in employing teachers has caused him to believe his method of contracting with them would be better than the present. "Teachers are paid now only for the time actually put in." he explained. "I favor distributing their salaries over a twelve month period, paying them during the vacation periods, but not increasing the total amount paid annually. By so doing teachers would not be 'broke' when they return to their school-room duties in the fall, following the summer's vacation, as many of them are under the present plan." . ;

New Paris, Ohio Mis3 Helen Reid is taking a course at the Richmond business college.... Miss Ethel Murray of Richmond, spent Wednesday night with her sister. Mrs. Frank Baumgardner. . . . . .Miss Helen

Vossemeyer of Richmond was guest of Mr. and Mrs. Will Clark, Thursday evening. Mrs. O. W. Sherer and Mrs. C. A. Northrop spent Thursday in Richmond as guests of Mrs. Charles Haller and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haller.. .Frank Murphy is late victim of influenza. .. .IMss Irene White and Lois Hughes were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Coblentz and family on Tuesday night Mrs. Earl McHaffie is still confined to her home and is quite sick with influenza. .. .Herbert Logan of Richmond, was referee at the basketball game Friday night.... Orvllle Bragg spent Friday night as guest of Lawrence Coblentz The two children of David Hogston, of Greenville have been brought here for burial. Mrs. Hogston is in a serious condition Lee Bettleton has been appointed sexton of the local cemeteries Miss Evelyn Northrop of West Alexandria, spent the week-end at home.... Mrs. Calderwood Burden

died Friday morning of a complication of influenza and pneumonia. . She is survived by her husband and two children Mrs. Anna Baker and Mr. Shifer. of Otterbien. were united in marriage, at Eaton on Wednesday. They will make their home at Otterbein Miss Mary Corner has accepted a position in the local exchange. HI-Y.MEETING

The Hi-Y club will hold its regular weekly meeting at the Y. M. C. A. this evening. Principal J. H. Bentlev'w'U lead the regular discussion and the Hi-Y orchestra will olay several pieces.

WhenyoufeelZZ!t. irous, tired, worried or despondent it i a ure sign vou needMOTTSNERVERINS PILLS: They renew the normal vigor and make life worth living. - Becnresndwk lot Mott's Nerverine Pills r,ri5" WILLIAMS MFG. CO . Pro.. CUvalaarf. Oiii

AN ENDORSEMENT Armenian and Syrian Relief Campaign, January 25th to 31st Wayne County Quota, $11,000. I am very glad to give my hearty endorsement to the work which the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief has been, and is doing in Western Asia. It has probably been the largest single factor in keeping alive many thousands of deported women and children of the subject races of Turkey, and its present program of relief and rehabilitation is worthy of the fullest possible support. Very sincerely yours, ROBERT LANSING. The Secretary of State, Washington.

Teeth Now Beautified Almost Like Magic

the calls were there, each as insistent as the other, and each the call of life! (To be continued.)

Why Is It, that men and women of refinement go to their dentists two, three or four times a year to have their teeth scraped? Because such persons, though ardent devotees of the tooth brush, find that no dentifrice suffices to keep their teeth free from stains and tartar. If more people only knew it. there is a remarkable and per- ' f ectly harmless product, to be found I In Et n v rtnier fitnrp. which a.rfa nlmnat

like magic when used on unclean and discolored teeth. Anyone can have the loveliest pearly white teeth Imaginable by using "Once-a-Week Tooth Polish" In addition to whatever powder or paste is used. If one will procure a package of this and use a little of it once a week on a tooth-brush, the unsightly discolorations and tartar will not return after their removal. Furthermore, It will prevent tooth decay and gum inflammation, neutralize acids and keep the breath sweet. Once-a-Week Tooth Polish was originated by a well-known dentist. It Is put up In a package convenient for mailing to the soldier and sailor boys. Adv.

Specials for Tins, and Wed. at Thistlethwaite's 2 Lbs. Navy Beans.. 25 2 Boxes Grape-Nuts. .25 2 Cans Helmet Red Beans 25 2 Boxes Ivory Soap Chips 19d 60c Milks Emulsion. .49 30c Sloan's Liniment. .24 3 Doz. 5-gr. Asperin Tablets 2o For better nerves use Bio-ferrin Tablets.

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