Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 288, 17 September 1919 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUNIELEGKAM, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1919.

UNIONS BACK BOSTON STRIKERS "TO THE LIMIT"

General Strike Vote Being Taken by All Organized Workmen. (By Associated Press BOSTON, Sept. 17. Although ninetenths of the unions affiliated with the Boston Central Labor Union have voted to support the police "to the limit" In their strike for union recog nitlon. according to a. statement made at a meeting of the police union last night by Frank H. McCarthy, local organizer of the American Federation of Labor, union leaders asserted today that this did net indicate any immediate general strike. It was the general feeling among labor men that there would be. no definite change In the situation until after the meeting of the Central Lai Union next Sunday at which reports of the strike votes taken during the week will be received from the local .unions. The announcement that the firemen of the city would not even consider a sympathetic strike to support the police removed a factor that had giver, the authorities much concern. Unions are Voting. Word as to the outcome of the strike vote of the telephone operators, taken yesterday, was awaited today however with considerable interest. Members of the union asserted that there was a strong sentiment in favor of a walkout.. The Boston Web Pressmen's Union, whose members are employed on local newspapers, balloted today oa the question of participating in a general strike. The news writers' union was to meet today. A strike vote also was taken today by the typographical union. The action of police Commissioner Curtis in changing . the department rules so that officers found guilty of violation of the regulations might be suspended for a period not exceeding 30 days, was a subject of comment today. CITY TAX RATES MAY BE $1.90

to conduct an advertising raid, for The L-our.r;.' council passed the tax j the Butler County, (O.,) fair next Monordinance Wednesday. ! day. Aviator Rodefeld will make s pe

ine tree turnpike road tax, 8 cents, . was approved by the board. j Another meeting will probably not j be held until November, when all the l year's business will be cleared up. j

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It was estimated by members tnat , lcr tne city taxpayers will be approxi mately 5.1.00 or $2.00. be. Replaced by French (Tty Associated Press) PARIS. Sppt. 3 7. The agreement j reached bv Premier Cleraer.eeau and i Fie'd Me.r-shr.1 Aller.hy of the British , iinr.y concerning tho occupation of ! Syria provides for The evacuation of all the area north of th? frontier between Palestine and Syria on or bofore November 1, by British troops, according to morning newspapers. The British will be relieved by French forces with the exception of the districts of Damascus, Horns, Haniah and Aleppo, which will be left out of the area of occupation, but will pass under French influence, it is said. Dr. Larry May Be Swiss Minister to Washington 'By Associated Prpssl BERNE. Switzerland. Sept. 16 -It is reported here that Dr. Larry, secretary of the political department in Berne, will replace Dr. Hans Sulzer as Swiss minister at Washington. Minister Sulzer is absent from his post at present lie has been contemplating the relinquishment of tge ministry in Washington for some time past. On March 14 last a Berne dispatch announced that he had asked to be relieved of his duties July 1. State Employment Agent Here to Aid Service Men Representing the Indiana Free Employment Commission, J. G. Seiss, an ex-sergeant of the A. E. F. Is at the Arlington Hotel to assist ex-service men who have been unable to obtain employment. The Indiana Free Employment Commission is affiliated with the Department of Labor at Washington to aid ex-service men in obtaining positions. WELFARE BOARD TO MARK JEWISH SOLDIERS' GRAVES (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Sept. 17. The grave of every Jewish soldier who died in France will be marked with the "Star of David," (a double triangle,) Harry Cuttler, chairman of the Jewish Welfare board announced today. The plan has the approval of the war department, and will be worked out with the cooperation of the grave registration bureau of the army. Forty Thousand Marched in Big . 0. 0. F. Parade (By Associated Press) BALTIMORE, Sept. 17. The annual session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows and its affiliated branches which began here last Monday, continued today and the competitive drills of the Patriarchs Militant, the uniformed division of the order, were begun at the fifth regiment armory. The big parade, the spectacular feature of the yearly meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, was held today, the attraction bringing additional thousands of persons of the city. Upwards of 40,000 members of the order were in line. Including the Patriarchs Militant In their brilliant uniforms.

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Mrs. T. J. Ryan. T. J. Ryan, by virtue of the fact that she is the wife of Premier

Mrs. TJyan, is the first lacy of Queensland, persor.nlitj . Ckenoweih Aeroplane Will Make Advertising Raid for Butler Co., Fair Next Week

Arrangements have been made bylnortant conference has been in ses-

the Chenoweth Aviation company litre j cial trips, with advertising matter, i from Greenville. O.. to Cincinnati. The trips will be made at reduced rates j to passengers. ' Rodefeld and tho Chenoweth plane will fly at Camden, O., on bepteniDer September 27 and 2S, and at the Katon j laiis This week the plane is at Piqua , and Findlay, O. Aeroplane and Submarine r , i ji bStaUllSn LOmmaniCattOni (By Associated Press) NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 17. A radio experiment m?de off New London in Long Island sound by the experiment station, naval section, established communication both telephonic and telegraphic, between a hydroplane flying near two thousand feet in tw air and a submerged submarine several fathoms in the water. This was a demonstration for the delegates to the annual convention of the Edison Society of Electrical Engineers being held at' Eastern point. This is said to be Ihe first time that an airplane and a submerged submarine have communicated with each other directly. Earlkcm Classes to Begin Thursday; Enrollment Will Continue Until Next Week Registrat'on at Earlham College continued Wednesday and although students are expected to arrive late this week and the first of next week, classes will begin Thursday morning at 8 o'clock. New members of the faculty will be presented and announcements will be made at the chapel period Thursday morning at 9:40 o'clock. As yet the number of students enrolled this year at1 The college has not been definitely determined. Cripple Killed in Automobile Accident (By Associated Press) FORT WAYNE. Ind., Sept. 17. James A. Haslup, 65 years old, was almost instantly killed today when struck by an auto truck driven by Fred C. Braun, employed by a baking company. Haslup, who was a cripple and walked with the aid of two canes, was on his way 10 work when he wa3 struck, one of the lamps of the machine hitting him in the head, fracturing his skull. Postmasters Meet Opens at Detroit, Many Present (By Associated Pr-sd) DETROIT. Sept. 17. A salary plan to be submitted to the congressional postal salary commission was the most important subject, before the fourteenth annual convention of the National League of Postmasters, which opened here today. The plm, formulated by the executive committee and, according to officers, assured of adoption, would set a flat salary for third and fourth class postmasters, based upon receipts of their offices. Should it be rejected by the commission, officers say it will be submitted direct to congress. The organization has a mebership of P approximately 55.000. Th& convention will continue through Friday. John C. Koons, first assistant potmaster general, is to address the convention tomorrow. A Wabash railroad water tank, operated by electricity, is tended by a farmer.

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fc-he is said to have a charming City Council of Tampa

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(By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, Sept. 17 An imfiion at Riffa considering not only peace with the soviet government of Russia, but with the Baltic federation. according to advice from Lettish sources It is understood there has been no actual acceptance of the terms of the Bolshevik government of Russia, but it has been determined that the representatives of Letvia, i.il u Ha ii i a auu to adopt a cor enter a custom t ithiinnin ami F.sthnnln have asrreed mmon currency and to Inras union. The conference has been removed to Keval. where it will be ioined bv Finnish representatives and also, ac cording to report, by representatives of the Russian northwest government. It is stated that the question of peace wun xne soviet government win oe discussed in close touch with Bol shevik representatives. The Baltic states, it is said, favor peace with Russia in the absence of effective assistance from the entente. STRIKE CAUSES N. Y. TO LOSE GOVERNMENT WORK (By Associated Press? NEW YORK, Sept. 17 Much government repair work at Brooklyn shipyards has been transferred to southern ports as a result of the lockout this week of 4,000 employes it was learned today. The companies affected issued a statement today saying that all the men who had taken a "half holiday" Saturday to enforce demands for a 44 hour week, are considered strikers and none will be taken back. The executive committee of the strikers will meet tomorrow. AMERICAN BANKERS PLAN TO FLOAT BELGIAN LOAN ( By Associated PressO BRUSSELS, Sept. 17. Premier Delacroix announced today the. Belgian government had concluded an agreement with J. P. Morgan & company and the Guaranty Trust company of New York, by which they become the financial agents of Belgian treasury in the United States. At the head of a strong group of banks they will be charged with placing all Belgian loans in the United States and will assist the Belgian treasury in all other operations, the premier said. SOCIAL WORKER FOR 6 HOUR DAY AT STOCKYARDS ' Mary E. McDowelL Mary E. McDowell, head resident of the Chicago University , Settlement, who has been identified with focial work in the neighborhood of the Chicago stockyards for twentyfive years, is agitating- for a six hour day in the stockyards. "With perfection of machinery the six hour day in the industry is entirely possible," asserts Miss McDowell.

DENIAL IS MADE

OF JAPAN RECORDS fBy" Assoclated'Press) " WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 Despite a general impression here that the United States and Japan have been in communication with a view to fixing an exact date for the returning of Kiao cnau to China, an authoritive statement was made today that there have been no exchanges of records be tween Washington and Toklo since the formal statement made by Foreign Minister uchlda on August 2. Japanese dispatches to Honolulu yesterday said the United States had made a request that definite date be announced and the disinclination of officials on President Wilson's train and also here In Washington to comment was construed as meaning that V some exchanges were going on. Willard Jessup Seriously III at Home of Brother Little change has been made In the condition of Willard Jessup, former local newspaper man, who Is seriously ill at the home of his brother, Wilfred Jessup, 50 South Nineteenth street Jessup was taken 111 soon after his arrival nere irom Micmgan, on a visit. He was formerly a Lieutenant in the United States cavalry, and physicians believe that the present illness is a recurrence of an illness from which he suffered while in the service. He is at present employed in a tractor works of the Ford Motor corporaion. AUTO LAWS TO BE ENFORCED. Stringent decisions were made at the meeting of the police commissioners Tuesday night in regard to enforcement of the automobile laws. The commissioners are determined to put a ban on all violations of the motor vehicle laws. BAILEY AT INDIANAPOLIS. William Bailey, manager of the Richmond Home Telephone company, is, in Indianapolis attending a threeday session of the Indiana Independent Telephone Association. He was made ton, of Cambridge City, J. J. Brown, of Winchester, and Abram Boyd, of Cambridge City, are also attending. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION REPORT Richmond had 295 students In vocational work during the year ending June SO, and expended $2,895, according to the report of J. G. Collicott, state director. COMPANIES FILE CERTIFICATES. The Milton Manufacturing Company, of Milton, and the Cambridge City Lumber company have filed preliminary certificates of dissolution with the secretary of state. EMPLOYMENT BUREAU AT H. S. An employment bureau, to find work for all high school boys and girls who want to work on Saturdays, and after school hours, will be established by Principal Bate and Supervisor McComb. KELSEYS TO VISIT HERE. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Kelsey, former residents of Wayne county, and Friends' workers, will attend the Indiana yearly meeting here next week. MISS BOWERS MATH TEACHER. Miss Beulah Bowers has been appointed to the position of Miss Bertha Hawkins head of the high school mathematics department, while Miss Hawkins is on a leave of absence for the semester. SCHOOL BOARD MEETS Overcrowded schools are the cause of a called meeting of the Richmond board of education which met ih the administrative offices in the high school building Tuesday afternoon. The situation was discussed but no definite decisions were reached. r MEETING PLACE CHANGED The sectional conference of ministers' and laymen from Wayne and surrounding counties which is to be held in Richmond next Wednesday afternoon and evening will be held in the Reid Memorial church, according to a decision made by the committee Wednesday afternoon. MISS WOODARD TO SPEAK Miss Wabel Woodard of the Five Years Meeting headquarters in this city will speak before the group of people in Indianapolis Thursday evening in the interests of the Diamond Medal contest of the state W. C. T. U. SECRETARY TO NEW YORK Sylvester Jones, a field secretary of the Friends foreign mission board left Wednesday afternoon for New York city where he will be in conference with the national sub-committee on Latin-American interests. JUNIOR CLASS MEETS An important meeting of the Junior class of the Richmond high school was called for 3:15 sharp in room 20 at the building Wednesday morning. A faculty meeting was called for 3:20 by Principal W. G. Bate. VIOLATED MOTOR LAW. James Scully was fined $1 and costs in police court Wednesday by Mayor Zimmerman, on charges of leaving his engine running, and his car unoccupied, within one of the city's safety zones. TWO FINED FOR DRUNKS. Thomas McGran was fined $1 and costs for drunkenness in police court Wednesday. Walter Bernasek, drunk, was fined $1 and costs. SERVICE DIRECTORS TO MEET. The board of directors of the social service bureau, elected at the annual meeting Monday night, will hold a session Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock to elect officers, in the court house. There are 28 members. ARRESTED BY SHERIFF. John Carroll, John Godd and Bob Harris, all of Boston, were arrested by Sheriff Carr on charges of trespass, Tuesday. The sheriff also pinched Alfred Gary, of Richmond, on charges of non-support.

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"THE SAINT

Cardinal Mercier of Belgium, photographed since his arrival in the U. 3. Cardinal Mercier, archbishop of Malines and primate of Belgium, has been called "The Saint of Belgium" because of his heroic stand against the Germans when they invaded the little country at the beginning of the war. The veteran primate has a kindly face and eyes that twinkle, but behind these is a steel-like courage. He is now starting a tour of the U. S. to thank the AwerAcan people for the assistance they jiave Beljrium.

INFLUENZA MAY RETURN, WARNS U. S. HEALTH BOARD; PREPARE FOR SCOURGE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. Experts of the United States Public Health Service are agreed that a recurrence of the influenza epidemic of last year Is not unlikely, and in the face of the known facts, the service bulletin says it would be wise to be prepared, more with a view of being on the safe side than actually anticipating danger. Did Not Come from Abroad. Contrary to the opinion expressed ! frequently during the early weeks of la3t year's pandemic by a number of observers, the studies of the United States Public Health Service indicate that the epidemic was not a fresh importation from abroad. Careful study of the mortality statistics of the United States shows that there were a number of extensive though mild forerunners of the pandemic in the previous three or four years. The epidemic was generally of a mild type and has since been almost forgotten. It occasioned, however, a noticeable increase in the recorded death rate from pneumonia. In the spring of 1918 there was another sharp ris'e in the mortality rate from pneumonia. In the larger cities of the Atlantis ceaboard these increases occurred during January, Feb ruary, ana March, in tne rest ot tne country, especially the Central and Western states, the increases occurred in April, a month in which pneumonia is generally on the decline. This increase was sufficient to indicate a strong departure from the normal. The increased mortality rate extended into May and in some areas even longer. Leads to Pneumonia. This ocurrence has, it is believed, a definite significance in relation to the influenza epidemic. In the United States in the spring of 191S, a number of definite local outbreaks of influenza were observed: thus in Fort Oglethorpe, near Chattanooga, Tenn., In March : in Chicago during March; in San Quentin Prison, California, in April, October and November. wt Camp Funston recurrent outbreaks f pneumonia were observed in March, April and May of 1918 and were definitely asociated with coincident epi demics of a mild type of influenza. The rise in mortality from pneumonia, this very similar type of disease, in the spring of 1918, is so sudden, so marked and so general throughout the United States as to point out very clearly to a definite re lation. Everything indicates that the increased mortality from pneumonia in March and April of 1918 was the consequence of a beginning and largely unnoticed epidemic of Influenza, the beginning in this country of the pandemic whch developed in the autumn of that year. Epidemics in a Series of Three. In the British cities the epidemic manifested three distinct waves the first and slightest in point of mortality occurred in June and July, the second and most severe in November, third in February and March. Data which need not be cited here in detail indicate that the course of the epidemic in Western Europe generally was similar. In cities of India the sequence was similar but the mortality far greater. In the United States the epidemic developed more largely in a single wave during September. October and November. If, however, the epidemic already mentioned as occurring in the spring, be considered the first phase and the explosive outbreak in the autumn the second, a third phase of recrudescence Is quite evident in many areas. In general, this winter recrudescence was less marked In those cities which suffered most severely in the autumn epidemic. The prevalence of a serious epidemic of influenza was first recognized In and around Boston In September of 1918. Within about two weeks it was general in the Atlantic seaboard, developing a little later among cities further west. Rural districts

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were usuallv attacked somewhat later! than larere cities in the same sections. The percentage of the population attacked varied from 15 per cent, in Louisville to 53.3 per cent, in San Antonio, Tex., the aggregate for the whole group being about 28 per cent This agrees with scattered observations in the first phase of the 1889-90 epidemic, when the attack rate seems to have varied within about these limits. Children Most Numerous Victims. The case incidence was found to be uniformly highest in children from 5 to 14 years old, and progressively lower in each higher age group. It, was slightly higher in females than j in males of corresponding age; usu- j ally higher in the white than in the j neero population. - i The ratio of pneumonia cases to I total population varied from 5.3 cases per one thousand in Spartanburg,: S. C, to 24.6 per one thousand in the smaller towns of Maryland. The pneu monia rate showed little correlation with the influenza attack rate

The ratio of deaths to population' The department denial came as the varied from 1.9 per thousand in Spar-! result of stories emanating from the tanburg to 6.8 in Maryland towns. The i United States that Japanese capitalists death rate was by no means parallel j were negotiating for the transfer of to tho influenza attack rate, but was j large petroleum holdings in the Tampiclosely correlated with the pneu- j co district. nionia rate. In other words, the case R- E. Douari. who was sent to be a fatality rate of pneumonia tended to j member of the oriental exploration be fairly constant around 30 ner cent. party, asserted that the Pacific coast

The death rate was notably high in children under 1 year old, in adults from 20 to 40 and in persons over 60; higher in males than in females of comparable ages; higheramong the whites than the colored. Asparagus has the dictinction of be - ing the oldest of all plants used for food. YOUNG MATRON IS VERY POPULAR IN LONDON SOCIETY Mrs. Joan Dickson Poynder. Mrs. Joan Dickson Poynder is one of the most popular and beautiful members of London's younger set. She is tne only daughter of Lord Islington. During the first two year of the war she served as a nurse. When the women's army auxiliary corps was organized she joined it and served with it until the end of the war.

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BABY LIVES AFTER TWO DAYS ON RAFT; WAVE PLAYS PRANKS

(By Associated Press) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. Sept. 17 17. Many strange incidents are coming to light as the story of the storm unfolds. Floating on the open bay for more than two days a ten months old baby was hauled to shore late yesterday, fastened to a raft. The baby was alive and in fairly good condition. Ell Rollins of this city reported as missing, was brought in on a relief train from Robstown. having been picked up three miles from Odem. where he was carried by the tidal ware on the wreckage. He was severely bruised about the face and body and was suffering from exposure. Four bodies have been found on the coastal plains three miles from Odem. Rattlesnakes on Raft. A fisherman of Rockport named Higgins, was carried across Puerto bay and more than half way to Sinton . over the plain. Higglns said he left Rockport in a skiff Sunday but was soon adrift with nothing but a life belt which carried him until he was enabled to climb upon a house top which came in his path. Escaping the chilly waters was little relief, for sharing his raft were a number of large rattlesnakes which had sought safety thereon. A tree top in which were several additional reptiles drifted against the house top and Higgins fought for hours before he dislodged them with a piece of timber. Drifting as he did across Live Oak peninsula, Puerto bay and a long strip of coastal plain, Higgins covered more than twenty miles before he wa rescued. His journey was regarded a proof that the tidal wave went inland for at least eight miles over the low lying plain. Holland Loses Interest in William's Sojourn 'By Associated Press AMERONGEU. Holland. Sept. 17. A few bicycling tourists occasionally stop and peer through the gates of the Bentlnck estate In hope of catching a glimpse of the former German Emperor, but were it not for them and for the presence of the state police guards who languidly pace up and down the road about the castle walls, Amerongen would seem to have completely forgotten that William Hohenzollern was in voluntary exile there. The doings of the former ruler and his small "court" inside the castle have ceased even to be a topic, of village gossip. Once a week, perhaps, someone may mention him, wondering how long he win De in Houana, and then ensues a series of weightily expressed, judicial I opinions, the gist of which is that I Amerongen doesn't believe the Allies I w-ill ever attempt to bring him to trial at all, and that William of Hohenzollern will settle down and beconi a Dutch country gentleman. It is seldom that real Information regarding his doings trickles out from the walls and moats of the estate. Japs Not After Mexican Oil Leases, Says Carranza (By Associated Prfss MEXICO CITY. Sept. 17 The Department of Industry and Commerce denies emphatically that Japanese interests have acquired any petroleum holdings in Mexico, but says parties of Japanese geologists have visited the republic recently on a tour of ex- ! ploration and have located oil deposits cn the Pacific coast. had been thoroughly covered in the search for oil and that large deposits of the latter had been found. He also asserted that Japan needs Mexican oil for .commercial purposes and will attempt to acquire that product but it has no intention of buying leases. dt ; veloped or undeveloped General Staff Computes Replacements for Army WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. Careful computations made by experts on th general staff show that replacements for an army in the field must be figured at not less than 18 men per thouj sand per month to cover "permanent ! losses" and 53 men per month per thousand effectives to make up for what is ermed "hospital reserves." In arriving at these conclusions army officers held that 45 commissioned men in every thousand should b assumed as probably on the sick list on any one day. The slightly wounded were computed as eight men in every thousand, battle deaths at 5.9 deaths from disease about 6. and prisoners. 1. For the enlisted men the f-ick list tJso was set at 45 per thousand, f-lightly wounded 11, battle deaths 5.7, deaths from disease, 1.9, and prisoners 0.5. Villa Followers Blamed for Kidnapping American EL PASO, Tex.. Sept. 17. Accords ing to E. Monson. who was in Chihuahua Citv today after failing to get in touch with the rebels who demanded $6,000 ransom for the release of himself and Dr. J. W. Smith, the train hold-up and kidnapping near Santa Euladia last Saturday was the work of Villa followers. Monson's report was brought to ElPaso by an American employe of the Potoai Mining company. Ten men of a detachment of sixty under command of Capt. Ruiz, participated in the affair, according to Monson. who said the victims were treated with all possible consideration. Monson was released on his promise to return with the ransom money. VIENNA STARTS VICE CRUSADE VIENNA, Sept. 17. In view of the alarming spread of vice in Vienna tha police authorities have decided upon a system of segregation by which women of the underworld will be under virtual arrest in barracks under close police juid sanitary supervision.