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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-07-14
VESSEL IS
SAID TO HAVE BEEN
USED As A SHIELD
GERMAN SUBMARINE REPORTED
TO HAVE HIDDEN BEHIND.
HULL OF STEAMSHIP.
In This Manner Russian Bark Is At
tackled and Sunk Americans
Aboard Are Saved-Captain Of Nor
mandy Tells Of Being stopped by
German and OF Threats Made.

LIVERPOOL, July 14.-How an
American ship is alleged to have been
used as a shield By a German sub
marine for the sinking Of another yes
sci is the story related by members
Of the crew Of the American bark
Normandy, which has arrived here
from Gulfport Miss
The story is that the Normandy
was stopped by a German submarine
so miles southwest Of Tuskar Rock,
off the southeast coast of Ireland
Friday night. The captain was called
aboard the submarine, where his pa
pers were examined and found to
show that the ship was chartered by
an American firm January s.
American Craft Threatened.
The captain Of the bark, 1t was ac-
serted, was allowed to return to the
Normandy, but under the threat that
his ship would be destroyed unless he
stood by and obeyed orders These
orders, it was said, were that he was
to act as a shield for the submarine,
which lay at the side of the bark, hid
ing itself from an approaching vessel
This vessel proved to be the Rus
sian steamer Leo. Presently the sub
marine submerged and proceeded
around the bow of the Normandy, so
the story went, and 10 minutes later
the crew of the Normandy saw the
Leo blown up.
Twenty-Five persons we're on board,
of whom IL were drowned, including
three stewardesses.
Three Americans Saved.
Those saved included three Ameri-
cans-Walter Emery, OF North Caro-
line; Harry Clark of Sierra, and Harry
Whitney of Camden, n. j.
All these three men, when inter-
viewed, corroborated the foregoing
story. They declared that no oppor-
tunity was given those on board the
Leo for saving life.
The Leo was bound from Philadel-
phia to Manchester with a general
cargo.
The captain Of the Normandy told
the survivors he would have liked to
signaled their danger to them. but
that he dared not do so, because his
uninsured ship would then have been
instantly sunk.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
7. P. 4 NAMES men
TO attend MEETING

Saturday nights session Of Post c,
Travellers Protective Association
promises to be an old-time "rouser'
and interest in the coming convention
at indianapolis, May 13, IA and Is, is
such that it probably will be decided
to participate in the street parade that
is to feature the big gathering Of the
state forces. The official list of dele
gates and alternates to the state con.
vention is as follows:
Delegates-T. c. Harrington. NJ. L.
Hasty, E. E. Lebo, w. H. Quigg, l.. E.
Turner, P. J. Freeman, NJ. E. Shreeve
l.. E. Browne, c. w. Caldwell, J. E.
Thatcher, .. G. Mitchell, A. E. Holmes,
J. B. Hegger, William Kramer. ]. M
Lewis, H. c. Lawson and J. B. High
ley
Alternates-T. E. Tingler, G. A.
Mendenhall, ]. J. Harrington, ]. A.
Evans. C. H. Clawson, c. L. Runge,
Walter Rossiter. G. B. Freeman, B. T.
Hill. Harmon Meyer. Thomas Tarkel-
son, J. G. Martin, e. J. Weidner. F. G.
Haisley, w. Hawekotte, T. T. Bowman
and R. o. Allen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
SENATOR kern BACKS
BIG FOURTH OF JULY
COUNTY CELEBRATION

With the tentative promise of Unit.
ed States Senator Kern that he would
speak at the Fourth of July celebra.
ton planned to conserve sentiment in
national old trails and roads, the
movement for the big festival of
Wayne county gained added impetus
at a get-together supper held at the
Y. NJ. C. A. last evening.
The organization committee will or
ganize sentiment in all townships in
the next ten days, and with represen-
tatives from the whole county en-
thused and at work, the realization of
the patriotic movement is rapidly ap.
preaching consummation.
The Wayne Township National Old
Trails association was organized last
evening with the adoption of a con-
stitution, which probably will be the
basis for the organizations in the 9TH
er townships. Committees from these
organizations will cooperate with the
general committee, and county wide
celebration will result
Reports show that towns and cities
in the western part Of the county are
strongly in favor Of Fourth of July
celebration that will link the patriotic
sentiments of the day with the old ma
tional highway and trails that in early
days brought the east and west to-
gether and made possible the expan-
sion of the Union.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
five CENT LETTUCE
SELLS WITH SPEED
At Market HOUSE

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hickman,
gardeners, have announced their in
tention of making another "be' ." raid
on the local lettuce market next Sat
urday
Last Saturday at Central Market
the bull traders in lettuce were
greatly discomfited by the Heckmans.
While they were quoting this produce
at Is cents a pound the Heckmans
were announcing through the medium
of a large sign, painted by Marketmas'
ter Mckinley. that they we're selling
lettuce for cents a pound.
Mrs Hickman tells me- said the
marketma ster today, that she is go
ing to sell lettuce for the same price
next Saturday. | don't blame her. 1t
didn't take long for her to dispose of
all the lettuce she had last Saturday
while the other gardeners did very
poor business. When she announced
last Saturday that she was going to
sell this produce for 5 cents pound
several other gardeners asked her If
she intended to go into the five and
ten cent business She must have
made good profit at cents pound
because the wholesale price for let
tuce quoted in Cincinnati last Satur-
day was only one cent pound
A local commission house last Sat
urday was quoting lettuce at 10 cents
q pound, three cents under the price
demanded by the city market garden
ers, with the exception of Mrs. Heck
man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
P|CKELL TELLS
GREATEST LIFE
Principal Describes True Cit
izenship to Graduates of
Webster School,.

Absolute sincerity and such salient
characteristics as honesty, truthful
ness. sense of justice and a willing
ferred a week prior to that time.
sential to realize true greatness, is
the opinion of Principle Pickell of
the Richmond high school, who deliver
ed the main address at the commence
ment exercises at Webster last night.
His subject was The Path of Glory"
and was taken from Gray Elegy
Principal Pickell discounted the
greatness of Napoleon Bonaparte, Aar-
on Burr, Benedict Arnold and others
whome he said merely possessed ab-
normal genius, too strong fer their own
good Columbus, he conceded to be a
truly great man.
The ordinary citizen, Mr.. Pickell
said, could be great in the real mean
ing of the word, if he held the ideal
istic conception of what constitutes
a real man.
The speaker maintained that all the
paths to glory do not lead to the grave
and that it depended altogether upon
the individual. Each of the three grad
yates of the high school also spoke to
the audience.
An interesting program had been az
ranged for the event, and was well re-
ceived. Weisbrod's orchestra furnish
ed the music.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
Mention ElwoOd Perisho as
Acceptable President to
Head Factions Now Tear
ing Earlham College.
CHANGE is NECESSARY
Wilson Doan Says Big Man
Should Dominate College
and Restore Policy Salts
flying All Demands.

New impetus has been added to the
movement among Earlham college
alumni who are demanding a change
Of administration as the result OF
charges of lax discipline made recent
ly by Prof. Ebert Russell.
A member of the faculty said today
that the actions of the students in.
volved in the recent case of discipline
were not serious but only social
gathering, which was an infraction OF
the college rules.
Opposition to the present regime
was frankly expressed by prominent
Indianapolis alumni today. Shortly af
ter Ebert Russell charged that ath.
letics were being encouraged to the
detriment of moral standards gradu
ates of the school who live in the state
capital said they believed the only
way factions and friction existing in
the Earlham faculty could be eliminat-
l.. Kelly. Similar expressions were
other strong Quaker communities.
Probable Successor.
Dr. Elwood Perisho, president of the
South Dakota Agricultural college at
Brookings, South Dakota, has even
been mentioned as a probable success.
sor to the present executive.
Wilson Doan, an Indianapolis attor-
ney and an alumnus of Earlham col
lege, expressed the attitude of the cap
ital city alumni relative to a prospec.
tive change in administration.
The alumni in Indianapolis" he
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
FINDS STOLEN HORSE

Wandering about on the Chester
pike, north of Reid hospital, the horse
owned by Fred l.. Gerstner, 632 South
Sixth street, stolen from the hitch
rack in front of the United Brethren
church, North Eleventh and B streets,
Sunday morning, was found today.
Nearby was the buggy the horse had
been hitched to. The harness was
missing, however The derelict horse
and the abandoned rig were discov-
cred by an employe of the hospital,
who notified the police. 1t is pre-
sumed the thief abandoned the outfit
some time last night after having
made use of it for three days. The
horse and rig have been returned to
the owner both in good condition.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
SCHOOL HEAD SAYS
kERCHEVAL LACKED
REQUIRED LICENSE

The trial of F. " Kercheval, high
school teacher at Hagerstown, who is
under two charges filed by the Hagers-
town superintendent, Charles Woolard
was postponed yesterday for ten days
County Superintendent Williams viii
sit as judge in the case. The Hagers
town superintendent asked that the
license of the teacher be revoked, and
Kercheval has secured Wilfred JessuI
to handle his case, while Woolard's in
terests will be handled by Joshua AL
len.
Woolard charged that Kcrcheval has
been teaching without a qualifying
license. He taught mathematics and
history, and his license permits him
to teach only history. The other charge
is subordination in failing to obey the
orders of the Hagerstown superintend-
ent and the state board of education
1t is charged that Kercheval did not
follow out the rules in the conduct OF
his school.
The charges were brought about two
weeks ago. 1t was thought the matter
was settled and that Kercheval would
surrender his license. but he decided to
employ an attorney and fight the case
Kercheval lives in Sheridan, Ind,
and has been teaching in Wayne coun-
ty for year and half. He has fam
lily
Hagerstown school dismissed last
Friday, and Mr.. Kercheval was per-
mitted to teach until the end of the
term although the charges were pre-
ferred a week prior to that time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
CHURCH COMMITTEE
DISCUSSES CANVASS

Members of the c. B. A. class OF the
Central Christian church, met at the
home of Roy Babylon last night and
discussed the results obtained for
their church through the Home Vista
ton conducted Thursday. The class
is composed of the men of the church
and a committee was appointed to
visit the men whose names were on
the visitation cards, either stating a
preference for their church or having
no church affiliation.
Following are the names OF the
members of the committee: Roy
Babylon, Louis Mindling, Joe Mullen,
Fred Huckery, Orville Donohue. Fred
Straus, John Ruhl and Will Hender'
son.
Twelve members of the class were
present. They will meet again next
Monday night to hear the report OF
the committee.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
Shows City How to Accom-
plish End Desired Without
Proposed Expenditure to
Acquire Equipment.
PUBLICITY is URGED
Competing Plant Sells Little
Electric Current in City,
But Looks to Smaller
Towns.

The plan formulated by tho
special citizens committee ap.
pointed by the mayor and approv-
ed both by the board Of public
works and city council for the pur-
chase Of the electrical plant Of
the Richmond Light, Heat and
Power company by the city, was
discussed from every angle by the
public service committee Of the
Commercial club last night. The
committeeman adjourned, how
ever, without taking any definite
action, to meet again this evening.
A we'll known Richmond business
man today emphatically declared it
would be a serious mistake for the
city to carry out it's project to pur.
chase the electric plant OF the Rich.
mond Light. Heat and Power company.
The city has practically driven its
competitor out of the local field,
therefore why consider any purchase
plan?" he asked.
This citizen said the city should
without any further delay withdraw its
condemnation proceedings now pend
ing before the state commission and
set for hearing on June Is, and peti
tion the commission to proceed with
the work Of establishing the physical
valuations Of the two local electric
plants and the establishment Of more
equitable joint schedules for lighting
and power rates.
Advises Publicity Work.
This being done, it was pointed out
the city could then proceed with a
systematic campaign Of solicitation
and advertising to increase the bust.
ness OF the municipal plant at the ex,
pense of the Light, Heat and Power
company.
He said that the Light. Heat and
Power company, in his opinion, could
be eliminated as factor in the local
electric service business If cOmpre-
hensive publicity campaign was un'
dertaken to show electric current con.
sumers Of Richmond that they could
get as cheap rates from the city plant
as could be offered by the competing
plant, and at the same time making it
plain to them that general public pat
ronage of the municipal plant would
increase its earnings to point where
by tax reductions would be possible.
It is asserted that the local electric
service business of the Light. Heat
and power company is steadily shrink
ing and at this time the bulk Of the
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
ARRANGE RECEPTION
FOR SENIOR CLASS

The Junior-Senior class reception
will be held on Friday night, May Z
and plans for the events are rapidly
nearing completion. A feature of the
entertainment will be a vaudeville per.
formance staged by sixty persons in
the auditorium of the High school
building. The sketch of the farce was
written by one of the members of the
Junior class.
An elaborate program is being ar
ranged for the reception which viii
be attended by the parents of the
students, the teachers and faculty and
the high school student body.
On the morning of May 7, the Ju.
niors will give their chapel play in
the auditorium
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
COL, ROOSEVELT ADMITS
CALLING BARNES BOSS"
WILSON WILL SEND
MESSAGE TO WAYNE

Even President Wilson Is expected
to take cognizance of the Fourth OF
July celebration which Wayne county
is planning in connection with nation
al old trails road movement. Senator
Kern indicated to DR.. I. S. Harold re
Gently that he believed the president
would be glad to send a message along
the old National road on the Fourth OF
July.
This step proposes the reading OF
the message at all points where cele
brations are held in connection with
the old trails road movement. The
message would be relayed along the
old highway, and differences in time
would easily be overcome.
The Wayne county celebration was
called to the attention of the national
D. A. R. organization at its recent
meeting when a telegram informed the
members of the proposed feature.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
TURKISH FORTS CRIPPLE 2 SHIPS
OF ALLIES SMELLING DARDANElLES

where the British troops have in
trenched themselves.
The official statement follows:
Our aviators report that two bat
tleships of the enemy's fleet have
been badly damaged by the fire Of the
Dardanelles forts. The operations con
Quoted by the allied fleet and army
have thus far resulted favorably to US
"The coast Of Gallipou Peninsula
has been cleared of the enemy except
at Gaba Tepeh, where British troops
have maintained theit positions under
the protection of their ships fire
West of Sed-El-Bahr we easily drove
the enemy out. Turkish troops are
now approaching Gaba-Tepeh where
the British have intrenched them
selves.
The number OF prisoners taken by
us has been increased to 1000. We
also captured several machine guns
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
After Thirty-three Hours,
Counsel for Colonel Takes
Up Redirect Examination
to Offset Admissions.
ATTORNEY WORN OUT
Barnes Attorney Peeved
When Bowers Accuses
Him of Reading Wrong
Report on Expenses.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, April 2S-The
cross-examination Of Colccel Roose-
welt in the $4,000 ibed suit brought
by William Barnes was completed this
morning
To get the most affirmative good leg
islation" he could at Albany was the
motive in consulting Boss" Plat, Col.
onel Roosevelt declared on redirect ex-
animation.
Wanted Good Laws.
"On many points l found Mr.. Platt's
advice valuable" he said Il consulted
him because of his wide experience
became convinced in my own mind
that he majority of the senate was un-
der the control Of the organization. and
to get any affirmative good legislation
l would have to go to the controlling
power, Platt"
with the boss were for the betterment
of the organization.
John NJ. Bowers, chief counsel for
Roosevelt. exploded bomb when he
declared that William Ivins misled the
colonel by reading from the Plat COM
mittee report instead of the Official
report. Mr. WINS entered a hot de-
nial. The matter was finally passed
over.
Considerable comedy was injected
by Ivins. who objected to Roosevelt
waving his arms and making speeches.
He demanded that the COURT reat the
colonel like an ordinary witness. The
court ruled that Roosevelt could testi-
fly in his ordinary" manner
That's ALL" said William WINS at
10:44 after the Colonel had admitted
making certain speeches throughout
New York last October attacking
Barnes and alleging his combination
with Charles Murphy. The forty-five
minutes during which Roosevent was
under cross-examination was taken up
with the colonels admission in bring
ing home when ever he got the chance
to repeat his word that he accused
Barnes and Murphy of taking from the
people the right to govern themselves.
The plaintiff failed to go back to the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company
deal and the failure of the colonel to
order the prosecution Of the New Ha-
ven under the Sherman act.
Testifies 80 Hours.
When WINS took his seat with a
sigh of relief, the colonel had been
on the stand thirty-three hours and
four minutes.
Immediately Mr.. Bowers took up the
redirect examination to offset the ad-
mission the plaintiff drew from the
former president. Mr.. Bowers took up
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
CITY ADVISED TO FORCE
l., H. E. P OUT OF FIELD
LADS THROW STONES
ENDANGERINC AUTOS

Harry Marvin, 1S, and Tom Perry,
Is. amused themselves yesterday aft
ernoon by standing near the deer
range in Glen Miller and throwing
stones at the lake, narrowly missing
hitting several automobiles and pedes-
trians. They were arrested by Park
Supt. Ford. He turned Perry over to
an elderly park employe but the boy
broke loose from his captor and es-
capped. Marvin was lectured by Mayor
Robbins this morning and released.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
By FRANKLIN P. MERRIck,
International News Service Staff Cor
reSpondent

PARIS, April 2S.-The French armor-
ed cruised Leon Gambetta has been
torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic sea-
Part of her crew of 725 men was saved
but the loss of life is believed to have
been heavy
The cruiser was torpedoed off Oran-
to, the important Italian port on the
adriatic. The Vienna war office has
also announced the loss of the ship.
In announcing that the cruiser had
been torpedoed, the ministry of ma
rine stated today that full details had
not been received. It is considered
certain here, in the light of a Vienna
dispatch, that the ship was attacked
by a submarine from the Austrian
naval base at Pola.
Details Unknown.
The following statement was Issued
by the ministry of marine today:
Brief dispatches inform us that the
Leon Gambetta was torpedoed on the
night of April 26-27 in the Adriatic off
Otranto. The details are not yet
known, but it is certain that part of
the crew was saved"
Fourteen Years. Old.
The Leon Gambetta was a sister
ship of the Victor Hugo and Jules
Ferry. She was nearly fourteen years
old. The lost cruiser was 476 feet
long. and carried 725 men.
The distance from Pola, the Austrian
naval base to Otranto. which lies on
the strait connecting the Adriatic and
Ionian seas, is $40 miles. The torpedo
ing of the Leon Gambetta is the first
report of submarine activity that far
south
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
RUMELY SHOP B0OMS

LAPORTE, Ind, April 28-Increases
of 25 per cent have been noted in some
departments of the M. Rumely plant
here within the last few weeks. The
operating force numbers 500 men who
are assured of steady employment for
some time. The demand for separator
outfits has shown the greatest in.
crease. A new gasoline tractor, the
1deal-Pull, is being shipped and is
finding a responsive market
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
LODGE PLANS SERVICE

Members of the Richmond lodge of
Red Men will attend the morning serv-
ice of the U. B. church and hear the
sermon of the pastor, Rev. H. s..
James in connection with their observ-
ance of the eightieth anniversary Of
the lodge called st. Tamina Day on
Sunday, May 9. Cliff Haworth Is
chairman of the committee which has
the program in charge and special ar
rangements are being made for this
day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
BARBER BEATS WIFE

colored barber by the name OF
Gibbs got into a row with his wife
last night, and so the police have
been informed, gave her a good beat
ing. The trouble caused great eX-
citement in the neighborhood. Police
searched high and low for Mrs. Gibbs
last night but without success. They
were informed that the last seen of
her was in company with a colored
man, kid" Watson, the latter carry
ing a suit case.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-28
TAKE 200 PRISONERS.

LONDON, April 28.-Several Ger
man trenches, six quick-fire guns and
two hundred prisoners were captured
by the Franco-Belgian troops at Het
Sas in Belgium on Tuesday, it was Of
ficially announced today by the Bel
gian legation. The offensive move
ments of the Belgian and French
forces between Ypres and Dixmude
along the canal, is growing in violence
and the attack against the new Ger.
man front are incessant.
French troops operating on the east
ern slopes of the Meuse Heights have
gained more than half a mile from the
Germans in their continued offensive
in the Woevre district, according to
an official statement issued by the
Fench war office today.
Send Reinforcements.
The main attacks of the French were
launched against the front of the Les
Eparges-Calconne trench, and it was
there that the gain was made
Two hundred thousand French
troops are being rushed into West
Flanders and northern France to re-
inforce the allies points. Some of
these reinforcements are being massed
between Ypres and Dixmude, where
the full force of the latest German
drivev was felt, while the others are
strengthening the British lines on the
Armentieres front. All train service
north of Paris has been given over to
the movement of troops. Even hos.
pital trains, operating between the
front and the base hospitals, are being
side tracked to give the troop trains
the right of way.