Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 219, 26 June 1919 — Page 9

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'fioy Reynolds, 4. E. F. Mail Man;

Gives Reasons For Non-Delivery

-Editor's Note Reynolds, more than any other Richmond man. Is qualified to .tell the story of United States "mall service In France. He was In the Complaint Department of the ; United States Postal Department In ( Paris for seven months, hearing every sort and color of mall trouble, and 'finding remedies for them. He was In the Bordeaux Terminal Station for seven more months, and he has returned to tell his fellow townsmen Just what happened behind the scenes In the army postoffice. Reynolds arrived In .Richmond, following his work overseas, a week ago, and is now on the directory desk In the Richmond postoffice.

HELPS STATE WIN RACE TO REGISTER O, K. OF SUFFRAGE

By ROY E. REYNOLDS.1 On the banks of the Glronde river. In Bordeaux, France, stands a long, low "building- called the Bordeaux U. 8. Mail terminal. It was operated by men few of whom had had less than ten years experience In the U. S. Mall service. Postoffice clerks and railway mail

clerks from all over the United States sorted and made direct sacks of first

class mail to cities, routes and cus

tom houses. This was done to cause no delay to mail from the A. E. F. to New York and the United States. Not one hour was wasted In New York in handling the mon3ter batch

of mall. Homeward bound mall, when written and properly addressed, in

Franco or other occupied territory. Is as sure of delivery upon reaching the

Bordeaux terminal as is the .letter

mailed In SI Louis. Mo, to some one In San Francisco, California. And If from a soldier, It needed no stamp. During the month of December,

1918, there were handled in the.Bor

deaux terminal, 44,534,560 pieces of

first class mall, 91 per cent of which

was "worked." During the month of March. 1919, 25,000 sacks of parcel

post j was handled and 95 per cent was worked. These parcels consisted mostly of helmets, guns and souvenirs of France, Italy, England, Germany,

Switzerland, Spain and Austria, ail sent to custom houses which re-distributed them to your own local postoffice. Follows Letter to France.

To send a letter to Mrs.. John B. Good. 818 Calumet Ave.. Chicago, .is however, quite a different matter from sending one from Mrs. John B. Good, to her son In France, or John B. Good, Jr Company D", 311 Pioneers, A. E. F., France. Let us follow this mother's letter to her boy. ! From Chicago It goes to Chelsea Terminal,- New York. Here it is sortad and put in the mall for "D" Co., 3tl Pioneers. The first transport leaving carries with It thousands of other letters. After twelve days It arrives at Bordeaux. The army postoRco at Bordeaux, designated as A. Pf O. 705, has received cable advices . and is already to receive John's letter ' .and thousands of others and to forward them to their destination. The location of every army postoffice in Fnce is a letter of record in this office Af Bordeaux the mail pouch Is agan labeled to the French town or "vile," where the 311th Pioneers are stationed. Mail cars, attached to the fastest trains in France, each convoyed by two soldiers, carry the sacks knd pouches to their destination. '"'( Transferred Many Times.

') Upon receipt the mall Is sorted and .called for by mail orderlies, who take 'iit to the individual to whom it is addressed. Mrs.-Good's letter is with the 'jrest, but her son is not present. A jweek before Private Good got hit by a piece of shrapnel, which broke his 'l' arm, and the surgeon has sent him to ; Base Hospital No. 37, at. Toul. There Private Good ha3 partially recovered, and due to the overcrowded condition at Toul. has been removed to Base Hospital No. 8, at Bordeaux, f His letter has in the mean time foli lowed him to Toul, then to Bordeaux, but by this time Private Good has been transferred to Beau Desert Hospital

Center, a few miles away. Mrs Good's letter to her boy might reach him ' there, but perhaps his qualification card has showed him to be an expert stenographer in civilian life, and since a shortage in thi3 class has de- ; veloped at General Headquarters at Chaumont, the boy has been sent up rthere to do stenographic work, upon h ihls recovery. His letter meanwhile is forwarded from Beau Desert Hospital

t Center to Chaumont upon Information that he has been moved. The work at Chaumont, however, is soon brought up to date; Private Good is released and sent to St. Sulpice. where a great store house of supplies for the U. S. army exists. Then be may get his letter or twenty letters if he stays there long enough to

get them, but in the meantime two or three months may have elapsed, and Private Good and his relatives are r- cursing the mail service. A large part of the personnel of the army in France is constantly on the move to army camp, schools, or special work with French instructors. Private Good's case is not an exception. In his case and thousands of others every effort is made in the postal service to get the letters delivered, but the thousands of people back home who have mailed these letters must appreciate and attempt to visualize, in certain cases, the essential difficulties, a minute percentage of the whole, under which the postoffice department of the United States army is performing its unusual task. Letters Badly Addressed. Many letters were addressed so badly that often the best clerk in the oce could hardly read the address. Secretary Franklin K- Lane said over 200.000 could not read their names in applying for enlistment. " No doubt fully 300.000 are very poor writers, and. again, many thousands of letters were addressed incorrectly. Some of

Every Coffee DrinKer snould know how s easily and healthfully

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our soldier mall orderlies were not

any too well acquainted with their

proper duties. Often dally papers and

magaxlnes were never delivered because the first class was flr;rt class in

our estimation. Ours was a new problem. Every hour, for months, - brought changes from headquarters. - Often mall for whole divisions was held until they were so fixed that their postmasters could take care of the mail. Just one look Into our old "Confidential Scheme Book" would convince , any skeptic that our difficulties were more than enough to make the best clerks feed discouraged. In spite of difficulties we worked day and night, with - nerves almost worn out, to give your boy your letp ters as soon as possible after his organization was located. Moved 8 Times. As an example of delay I noted In visiting the Red Cross Hospital No. 1 in Paris, a patient here said: "Say, you mall man, when do I get my letters?" I asked him how long it had been since he had heard from home, and he said four months. "How long have you been wounded?" I asked. "Three weeks," came the answer. "How many times have you been moved in that time?" "Oh, about eight times," said the lad, and added, "I leave here for another hospital tomorrow." , One can readily see the difficulties

which had been experienced in locat

ing this hero, with every mail sent to a hospital, most of it came back to be sent on to another address. The Central Record office at Tours worked thousands of men trying to keep track of the mail of 2,000,000 men or more. "Did Best We Could."

Replacement organisations were never the same from day to day. Delivery to transportation corps was very

difficult. Thousands of small detachments hardly ever received their mail until very late. Never was it possible to deliver mall as quickly to soldiers in the field or on the front. As the trains of men went out every effort

was made to follow them but French

railroads are not like ours, by . any stretch of your imagination. Some mail was restroyed by fire or by train wreck, for many accidents occurred on the French railroads. My real opinion is that, as we were all Americans we did the very best we could to deliver your letters to. your soldier boys.

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News Dispatches From Surrounding Communities

David G. James holding official re ceipt of returns. David G. James won by a nose for Wisconsin in the race to be the first state to actually register at Washington its ratification granting equal suffrage. He is the father of Ada James, Wisconsin chairman of tho Woman's national party. By a quick iourney to the capital he received his official receipt of the returns just before the messenger from Illinois arrived.

Brewers Will Continue

To Make "Percent" Beer

DUBLIN The body of Mrs. Umlly Hall, who died at Indianapolis while on a visit with her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Shideler, was brought here for burial in South cemetery. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church. Five cars of a freight train jumped the track west of Dublin Tuesday evening. . V" The death of H. O. Frantz. former resident of this - vicinity, occurred at his home in Emporia, Kans. The body was brought here and was then taken to New Lisbon for burial. CASTINE A barn on the farm of Jabe Fager was struck by lightning and burned Tuesday evening. WEST MANCHESTER Judge Mannix of Greenville, O., and the Rev. C. L. Gowdy, of Degraff will be the

speakers at the Soldiers Homecoming to be held July 4 at Ware's grove, southwest of Manchester. Children's Day program will be

given at the. churches here Sunday. WINCHESTER North Salem, in the northeast part of Randolph county, is preparing for the O.ld Fiddlers contest which will be held there Wednesday, July 2. There will be old time fid

dling, singing and dancing. A live pig is to be given as a prize to the best jig dancer. Other prizes offered are five bushels of corn, a table cloth and a camping outfit. The noted Ridgeville arson case is again before the courts. Enoch L. Plerson, Ellsha Roberts and Calvin Lincoln were tried and convicted in

1918 for. burning a store building and

contents in the town of Ridgeville

In 1916. Each was found guilty and

given prison sentences and they im

mediately appealed to the supreme court and that body has granted a new trial to Plerson, which will begin in the Randolph circuit court July 14. It is expected that on the outcome of Pierson's trial will decide the trials

of Roberts and Lincoln. It is alleged

LEWISBURG, O. Irene and Zelpha Kenworthy, 9 and 10 respectively, the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ken-worthy.-narrowly escaped drowning while wading in Twin creek. Just south of town.- The girls waded out beyond their depth and would have drowned If it had not been for the timely assistance of Roy Poe and Ross Newman, who with their families were picnicking along the creek. ; Mrs. Ellen Tomlinson, 84 years old, who for the last few years has been residing with her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Trissfel, of Lewisburg, died here from heart trouble. Funeral services were held Wednesday with Rev. Wahl, U. B. minister, officiating. 'The services were conducted at the home of her daughter. Burial was made in Greenville. Her daughter survives her.

was discussed by B. M. Black, E. W. Cleveland, William Fisher and George W. King. Miss Frances Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Wright were married last evening to Lieut. Walter J. Miller, of Troy. The bridegroom recently returned from France, where he was wounded three times at St. Quentin. This fall he will enter the University of Michigan to study two years tor his Master's degree. Both bride and bridegroom are graduates of Miami university. ' CONKERS VILLE The army worm situation is now more menacing in Fayette county than any time since the pest made its appearance. Three farms in the western and northwestern part of the county have been invaded. Traffic discriminations were discussed at a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday nighL Charles

Galllher and "Edward Quarles," of the State Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Clark of Ball Bros. Co- at JIuncIe, attended the meeting. CONNERS VILLE The Chamber of Commerce has begun a campaign for an increase of its membership from 300 to 600. The election of new officers has been postponed pending the

outcome of the membership campaign.

The , Democratic central committee of Fayette county, meeting with a group of Democratic workers Monday night, selected Claire Curry as county chairman to succeed " Frank M. Edwards, who has a civil service position.

Horlick's the Original Malted Milk Avoid Imitations &Subtitutes

GREENVILLE, O. The funeral service for Charles Coppess, retired hard

ware merchant of Ansonia, who died . at his home in that village Monday 1 evening, aged 55 years, was held on

i nursuay morning at tne name, me Rev. Hoeffer officiating. Burial was made In Ansonia cemetery. Henry Unger, a prominent farmer residing Just outside Greenville, died suddenly Monday evening,, heart

trouble being given as the cause. Mr. Unger had worked on his farm all day and appeared in the best of health. He died without warning just after having, eaten the evening meal. The funeral was held Thursday from St. John's Lutheran church and burial was made In the cemetery -near there. The trial of George Wright, charged with shooting with intent to rob, began before Judge Manix and a jury Wednesday morning. Wright was Indicted for shooting a young man

named Bowers at Painter Creek about

two months ago. . Some fifty witnesses

have been summoned for the state.

Mr. and Mrs. James Frost, who were

injured in an automobile accident Mon

day near Eaton, are resting easy and

It is thought will recover. OThe acci

dent happened as Frost attempted to pass a buggy. His machine skidded

v .. -.t .vmrft- i and was struck by an lnterurban

;r.r""T;i freight car. completely demolishing

Ireland Not Bound By ,

Treaty, Says de Valera

(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, June 26. Eamonn DeValera, "President of the Irish Repub

lic, reiterated here tonight a state

ment forwarded by him to Premier Clemenceau of France in May, warn

ing the peace conference that Ireland would not be bound by a peace treaty signed on her behalf by English peace commissioners. , - Imminence of the signing of the treaty, Mr. DeValera said, led him to recall the mesaege to Clemenceau, in which he declared "the Irish people will scrupulously observe any treaty obligation to which they are ligitimately committed, but the British del

egates cannot bind Ireland. The only

signatures by which Ireland will be bound are those of its own delegates, deliberately chosen."

Mra. DeValera announced that he

had accepted an invitation to speak

In Boston Sunday and would leave for that city Saturday. He plans to

visit Indianapolis soon, he added.

Dr. B. F. Griggs, who has been ex

ploring the volcano of Mt. Katmai. in

Alaska for the National Geographical society, announces that this , Is the

greatest crater in the world, being no less than nine miles in circumference and 3,960 feet in degth.

(By Associated Press)

ST. LOUIS. Mo., June 26. Injunc

tion proceedings brought In the

United States district court here today by the St. Louis Brewing association and the Independent Breweries company to restrain Federal authorities' from interfering with the manufacture of beer containing 2.75 per cent, alcohol, pending decision by the United State supreme court whether such beer is Intoxicating, will not be pressed, attorneys announced today. The breweries represented, how ever have announced' that they will continue the manfacture of 2.75 beer after July 1. BOSTON. June 26. Boston saloon

keepers plan to sell 2.75 percent beer

after July 1, Secretary John J. Galvin

of the Retail Liquor Dealers' association announced today. His statement

explained the eagerness of dealers in applying for licenses recently.

get the insurance money, and the stock was over-insured.

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HUNDRED TRAFFIC COPS, IF NEEDED TO STOP SPEEDERS SAYS MAYOR OF OXFORD

the machine. Both Frost and wife re

ceived injuries.

WINCHESTER Charles Galllher of Muncie, vice-president of the State Chamber of Commerce; E. B. Martin, traffic manager for Ball Bros., Muncie, and J. A. Queries, field man tor the State association, were here Tuesday and held a very Interesting meeting with a laree number of business rnn

at the City hall for the purpose of increasing membership in the organiza-' tion. The business men of Winches-'

ter are endeavoring to get a better freight rate than at present is being obtained. After trying all day Monday to effect a settlement or compromise in the case of the Eastern Indiana Telephone company vs. the Farmers and the Advance Telephone companies, has gone on trial and promises to be a hotly contested suit. The suit is filed to obtain an accounting and for services rendered by the plaintiff company.

OXFORD, O. The Practical Farm'

ers' club met today with Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Gaston. The growing of wheat

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OXFORD, O., June 26. Mayor Hughes and Councilman Ramsey had a tilt last evening when the bill of Traffic Officer Finley came up for allowance. "Is it necessary for the town to employ a traffic officer?" Ramsey asked. "It certainly is, or I wouldn't have appointed one," replied the mayor. "If you heard as many complaints as I do about people speeding their automobiles, you wouldn't ask such a foolish question. Under the law I have the power to appoint as many special officers as I may think necessary, and I will appoint a hundred, if necessary, to stop this speeding."

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