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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-21
Macedonian Front Quiet.
ARTIIIERY BATTLE VIOLENT

sAAN Da I0A4I4-N L.
BERLIN Cvia London), June 81
The following official communi-
cation was issued by the war office
Wednesday:
Western theater: Army Of Crown
Prince Rupprecht: Between the
User and the Lys the artillery bat
tie grew 10 great violence on some
sectors, especially In the evening.
Also between La Bassee canal and
the Scarpe the artillery activity
was lively at intervals.
Southwest of Lens the English
attacked on the northern bank Of
the Souchez brook They We're re-
pulsed on the wings. but in the CEN
ter they succeeded in penetrating
our first line trenches. BY a strong
counter thrust we were able TO pre-
vent English forces which had been
quickly brought forward from ex-
tending the success.
"In the forefield of our position
north of St. Quentin there were en-
counters between our outposts and
English raiding attachments, which
had TO retreat before our fire.
Army OF the German crown
prince: Along the Aisne the artillery
firing has been revived only locally.
IN western Champagne the greater
part of the ground which was lost
To the French June Is southwest of
SoChberg was recaptured in strong
counter attack by the Brandenburg
regiment.
con the other fronts there has
been nothing of Importance 10 re-
port, aside from the usual trench
lighting"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-21

Rmenbe dior hhde DamndF
IN
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-21
CARD OF THANKS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ignatius Horka
wish 10 extend their sincerest sym
pathy 10 the ladies of the Campbell
Box Co. and Miss Blanch McCreary,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Horka, Harry
Horka and others for their kindness
and floral offerings during the death
of our beloved daughter. Clementine
MIR. and MRS. IGNATIUS HORKA
Advt.- and FAMILY.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-21
RE-EsTABLIsH LINES.

LONDON. June 21.-The report
from general headquarters issued
Wednesday reads:
The posts east Of MOnchy lie
PreuN. from which our advanced
detachments were compelled to
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-21

The large bank barn on the es-
tate OF John a. Jackson, one-half
mile west of Riverview Cemetery Is
for sale 10 the highest bidder See
F. NJ. JACKSON, Main and Center
Sts.. for terms. Bell phone 1852;
Home 65Ss, Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30

A French mother brought her little
daughter into the Children's hospital
which the Quakers maintain at Bath
ancourt near the scene of the Battle
of the Marne, and told the workers
there: 'I can't keep my little girl at
home. She just won't keep her gas
mask on"
The childs home was close behind
the trenches, where the waves of pois-
on gas same sweeping across from the
German poison guns. The only safety
lay in wearing the masks day and
night and it is hard for a child to
play in a gas mask.
This is one of the little incidents
reported by Morris Leeds and Henry
Scattergood. two Philadelphia Quak-
ers who are in France today prepar-
ing the way for the Reconstruction
Unit of hundred men now in train
ing at Haverford college, just outside
Of Philadelphia.
Restoring Town Life.
For two years and a half the British
Ouakers-members of the Society Of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30

Friends have been reassembling
families, rebuilding homes and restor-
ing the community life Of towns devas-
tated during the German retreat after
the battle OF the Marne
Now America is in the war and the
American Friends are preparing to do
their share. They are exempted by
the Draft Law, because of their histor-
&c opposition to war; but not content
with mere exemption, they are pre-
pairing to prove that their program
IS positive and constructive, not
merely one of negative opposition to
war.
Doctors, engineers, architects, teach
ers. farmers. newspaper men, insur-
ance brokers-every variety Of occu-
patton is represented in the Unit that
Is training at Haverford. Theirs is a
vigorous daily routine. At 5:45 they
tumble out of bed and go through Wig
o-ous setting up exercises.
Two hours Of lectures on sanitation,
hygiene. first aid. housing, French
manners and customs. ETC.. follow
breakfast then two hours more OF
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
Notices To Appear For Draft
Examinations To Be Delayed

Notices to Wayne county's drafted
men to appear before the examining
board of the district for physical ex-
animation, will not be sent out for
several days, according to an an
nouncement made by the board Mon
day.
The ofncial numbers and orders to
proceed with the work OF mailing the
notices were not received by the
board here until last Saturday and it
will require some time to write the
notices and send them out
Can BE Examined Elsewhere
Men who find it impossible to be in
the district when they are called for
examination may make arrangements
to have their physical examination,
and their claim for exemption. if they
file one, heard by some other board.
according to the rules of the govern
ment.
Any person who cannot appear be-
fore the Richmond district board, but
who is registered here, should file. in
writing, a request to the local board
number one, of Wayne county, to be
examined at some other district, stat
ing the name of the local board be-
fore which they will be able to
appear.
Request viii Be Sent
This request will then be sent by
the Richmond district board to the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
WOMEN URGED TO
Save EATAbLES

WASHINGTON, July 30.-Reports
from twenty-four states showing enor-
nous surplusages of perishable fruits
and vegetables threatened with loss
prompted the issuance of statement
by Secretary Houston today urging
the women of the country to respond
Immediately to President Wilson's ap-
peal to save these products. The
states particularly effected are: Ari-
zona, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho,
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, North Caro-
lima, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Yer
mont, Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia and Wisconsin.
I'm order to avoid this waste" said
the statement, there must be imme-
date, organized, intelligent, energy
expended in canning, preserving, pick
ling, drying and storing these prod
ucts for local consumption.
This problem must be solved To-
cally No federal or state govern
mental organization can solve it with
out the action of the women them
selves in every city and town.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
ELEVEN KILLED
IN FOREST FIRE

FERNIE, B. c., July 30.-Eleven
men are known to be dead as result
of the fire which swept the Spruce
River valley, fifteen miles northeast
of here Saturday and twenty-six
others are unaccounted for. 1t is
known ffty-siS men were trapped by
the flames, but thirty of these are &C
counted for.
The various directions in which the
fugitives sought to escape destruc-
ton has made it difficult to check up
the survivors and it will be some time
before the final result is known.
Nick Muscovitch who displayed un-
usual bravery following the fire, died
yesterday. Muscovitch, a Russian,
was found alive by rescue parties with
all his clothing, except his hipboots
burned off. After being given first
aid he urged rescuers to leave him
and help men whom he knew to be
beyond him.
Many others found by the rescuers
were temporarily demented. The fire
had been burning since Wednesday
when heavy rains Saturday night
checked it Millions of feet of logs, a
logging railroad, camp buildings,
horses and supplies were DESTROYED.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
DESIRE TO SMOKE.
BRINGS DEATH
TO MUNC|E man
Truck Drivers Companion
Killed When He Takes
Wheel Near Here.

Victor Hutsels desire for pipe of
tobacco cost Charles Davis, As years
old, of Muncie, his life Saturday, night,
according to sworn evidence before
Coroner Morrow Monday.
Davis was killed when the motor
truck he was riding in ran into ditch
and turned over on it's side on the
Williamsburg pike. about two miles
northwest of Richmond. Hutzel es-
capped uninjured while Alfred Glazier,
26 years old, also of Muncie, was
slightly cut.
Davis Takes Wheel
The trio were returning from Eaton
and were on their way to Muncie.
Hutzel had been driving the machine
and took his hands off the steering
wheel to load" his pipe. Davis
grasped the wheel with one hand and
later put both hands on it, according
to testimony of Glazier and HutZel
before Coroner Morrow.
In doing so, it is believed he pushed
lever forward as the car lunged
and went into the ditch overturning.
The staff holding the windshield
struck Davis in the abdomen. He
was disemboweled. He died four
hours later at Reid Memorial hospital.
Davis's body was shipped to his
home in Muncie Sunday. He leaves a
widow
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
Sammy Would Saue
Russia, Says Head
of Military Mission

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf, July 20
The presence of American troops on
the eastern front would be fatal 70
Germany, according to General Michel
Yassukovich, chief Of a Russian mill
tary commission who was here today,
eff American will send 100000 men
to Russia, she will furnish an army
that will be the nucleus of a Russian
army of a million men that may be
grouped with fatal results to Ger
many" declared General YassukovicE.
Germany will not be able to face
such a combination in the eastern
theatre, while France, Great Britain
and America press her in the west.
There is no doubt that splendid Rus
sian armies of million men each, or
ganized, stiffened and encouraged by
the presence of your troops can be
built upon the foundation Of each
100000 American sent to our front"
General Yassukovich is accompanied
by a staff of four officers and a secre-
tary. He is to go to Washington.
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stiff drill in French. In the after
Moons the men are divided into four
squads; one mends roads under the
suprvision of tn township commission
ers; one ukers with automobiles: one
is put to work in carpentry shop;
and the fourth hoes corn. pitches hay,
and threshes wheat on the Haverford
farm.
Letter From Leeds.
Some idea Of the actual work in
France may be gained from long
letter from Morris Leeds. just receiv-
ed in this country. The American
Friends will at first work in close CO
operation with the British Friends
who know the field.
Leeds tells of a Maternity Hospital
at Marne where five hun
dred babies have been born; their
mothers are kept track of after they
leave, and helped il necessary At
Samoens. in the Haut-Savoie, and at
Entremont, are tuberculosis Homes
conducted by the Friends. In half a
dozen towns Friends have established
district nurses.
Before the war Rheims had popu-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
american Friends Repair The Wars Rapages In France

lation of 10000 Now only 1000 are
left. The children of Rheims, many of
them, had to be placed in other homes.
The Friends. have helpd find homes
for hundreds.
Crowded Into Hovels.
In some of the Marne towns, Leeds
writes, I'VE visited buildings which
the authorities had condemned before
the war as unfit for human habitation,
but which now rent small rooms some
twelve feet by fifteen, into which are
crowded three to six people, mostly
women and children, but sometimes
old men also where they must cook,
sleep and work. Such rooms are often
rented at the extorbionate price Of
twenty-five to thirty-five francs a
month.
In one such building that we visited.
there were crowded on an interior
court, eight or nine such rooms, each
housing a family. These people came
from homes where they had lived de-
Gently and had themselves been own
ers of sufficient property to live In
comfort"
The first step was to give these
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
GERMAN
PEACE OFFER
HOLLOW, SAYS
WASHINGTON
Michaelis Interview Regard
ed as Attempt to Bolster
Cause at Home and Create
Discord Abroad.
RUSSIA DENIES TALE

WASHINGTON. July s0.-German
Chancellor Michaelis' peace interview
Is regarded at the state department as
another German attempt to bolster up
public opinion at home, appeal to the
peace sentiment in enemy and neutral
countries, and create dissension be-
tween the allies
At the Russian embassy It was
stated to be wholly incorrect in fact.
State department officials say that
while Germany attempts by innuendo
to fasten on France vast campaign
OF conquest, with the hope of making
a breach with the new Russian democ-
racy, Mtchaelis makes no suggestion
that Germany herself has In any way
revised her war program or accepted
the principle OF an annexation.
Is Considered Hollow.
The new attempt at peace Is con-
sidered as hollow as the many others
which have always followed a success
full offensive and which took their
most tangible form In the official Ger
man peace offer on December IL.
The maneuver Is viewed as similar
to that one which had the purpose of
getting the allies about a conference
table where Germany hoped to instill
differences between them and slip up
the alliance. At that same time, Am.
bassador Won Bernstorff here was Of.
ferfng feelers which could be repud.
lated at will
The government, It is stated, will
take no notice Of the latest German
effort Secretary Lansing's speech, al
though delivered before the Michaelis
Interview was published, is taken as a
complete answer in stating that peace
can come only when the united force
of the world democracies has over
thrown the German military system.
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people clothing; next they were given
furniture. This was usually sold to
them at three-fourths cost price by In
sallments. Out of hundreds of such
credits, almost none have been paid
as due.
Temporary Houses Built
Centered about Sermaize is a group
of villages where the workers have
built temporary wooden houses-port-
able houses built at a factory at Dole
In southern France by a CORDS Of
Quaker workers: and shipped north.
"Sommeilles," Leeds writes, "is
typical. All but six houses of one
hundred and fifty had been destroyed.
Forty-nine houses have been built here
by the Friends. In one of these we
found Madame Dommartin, now SO
years OF age, who greeted Margery
Fry lone of the Friends who accom-
panied Leeds and Scattergood on this
trip most affectionately, throwing her
arms about her and kissing her on both
cheeks" That's what you've got
ahead of you." said Professor Rufus
Icontinued On Page Ski
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
SW|TCHMEN GO
BACK TO WORK

CHICAGO, July 30.-The strike Of
switchmen belonging to the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, involving
more than $500 men, in the Chicago
switching district which began Satur-
day at six a. NJ, was called off shortly
before six o'clock this morning, after
an all-night conference between repre-
5entatives of the sw1tchmen and the
nineteen railroads involved.
The men will return to work at once.
The agreement provides that the
switchmen are to return to work with.
out prejudice or loss of seniority.
The settlement followed a series OF
conferences during the night, the last
of which being a meeting of the con-
ference. committee managers OF the
roads affected and a committee OF
seven grand officers representing the
Order of Railway Conductors, Brother.
hood of Locomotive Engineers and
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, the latter representing
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
The conference lasted for two hours
after which the vital questions at issue
were disposed of and the agreement
was taken to James Murdock, vice
president of the Brotherhood of Rail.
way Trainmen, who acted for the
Switchmen. He assented to the agree
ment and word was Immediately sent
out for the men to return to work.
According to a joint statement made
by the conferees the CLOSED shop,
which was claimed by the railroad
managers to have been a primary
calling for the strike ceases to be 40
issue.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
Derrick Used To
Take Large Woman
From Wrecked Car

Mrs James Hoover, whose home is
near Newcastle, Indiana, weighs 225
pounds.
Last Saturday night, she and Mr..
Hoover were driving to Richmond in
an automobile, when the machine was
wrecked just east of Centerville. On
account of her size, Mrs. Hoover be-
came fastened in the wrecked ma
chine and it was impossible to take
her from the car.
The machine was blocked up and
towed to a Richmond garage. Here
temporary platform was erected and
Mrs Hoover was moved with der
rick from the wrecked machine to
another, and was taken to her home.
She was bruised on her back and
shoulders.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
DEMOCRATS TO.
HOLD MEETING
TO CONSIDER
JUDGE MATTER
Party May Go on Record as
Opposed to Plan to Pro-
vide Special Jurist for Po-
lice Court.
.FARWIC KEEPS OUT

A meeting Of Democrats Of Rich.
mond will probably be held before the
next meeting of the city council to
consider the proposed ordinance to be
introduced In council August 6. Great.
ing the office Of city Judge at a salary
of $1,000 annually. according to City
Democratic Chairman Waterman.
Whether the meeting will be gen.
eral one or Of Democratic candidates
and the city organization is still un-
decided, Waterman said.
Party May Oppose Job.
Party leaders have urged the calling
Of the meeting and 1t is probable that
the party will go on record as opposed
to the creation Of the new position, on
the grounds that 1t would work hard
chip on the taxpayers OF the city.
Waterman. who Is member Of the
ordinance committee, who with the aid
of the public welfare committee draft
ed the ordinance, was at first in favor
OF the adoption Of the bill. He said he
has not decided, however, whether he
would vote for or against it,
Henry 10 Silent.
Henry Farwig, Democratic candidate
Ter mayor. Monday said he wasn't
'monkeying in politics yet" and re-
fused to say whether he was in favor
of creating the office or against it.
Il don't care what they do he said.
Whatever they do suits me-
Indications were Monday that the
ordinance would be passed by the
council.
With six Of the councilmen for it
the measure could be passed on third
reading as Mayor Robbins already has
emphatically stated that he is in favor
of it and will sign 1t.
Five to Support it.
Five members Of the two commit
tees who drafted the ordinance will
vote for it, 1t is believed, as they sig
flied this when they ordered the
measure drawn up. Members Of the
ordinance committee are: Frank d.
iJowells, Joseph Waterman and Al
rhons Weishaupt Members of the
public welfare committee are Law
renee A. Handley, Watson P. O'Neil
and William E. Wilkins.
An ordinance creating the position
vas first proposed by Councilman Wal
dele on May Z, and the matter re-
ferred to the public welfare and Or
JInance committee for consideration.
Councilman Waidele proposed the
ordinance after the business men, of
the city had conferred with him and
suggested 1t.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
I TO Is
Roger Babson, Statistician Figures
That Only One Man Out Of IS In
the Trenches Gets Killed.

BOSTON, Mass, July 80 - Roger
Babson, eminent statistician Of We'll
lesley, has gathered the following fig
cures from close study of war cas-
ualties:
Fourteen men out of every fifteen
have been safe so far.
Under present conditions, where
man power is being saved, not more
than one In thirty Is killed.
Only one man in 500 loses a limb
"a chance no greater than In haz-
ardous conditions at home.
Mr.. Babson's conclusions are based
on the mortality figures of the French
army for the full three years of the
war and attention is called to the fact
that present sighting is not resulting
in anywhere near the number Of
deaths recorded for the first two
years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
PEACE OFFER MADE To-DEEAY
AMERICAN ACTIVITY, GAYS PAPER

LONDON, July Establishments by
DR.. Michaelis. German imperial chan
cellor, and Count Czerning, the Aus
tro-Hungarian foreign minister, which
are regarded here as obviously made
in collusion, dominate the news col
umns of the morning papers.
They are generally treated editor
tally as sign of weakness while the
absence Of reference to the future of
Belgium and Serbia is considered to
exclude all credence In the desire for
peace by understanding. AustroGer-
man peace talks, unless accompanied
by an understanding to evacuate and
restore conquered territories is de-
clared merely to be aimed at delay
Ing Americas preparation for war
Story Is Too Thin.
Herr Michaelis' accusations against
France are dismissed by some com.
1nentators as best left for refutation
by the French allies, but discussed by
others, one of which says the story is
too thin for even the Germans to be-
Heve. The Daily News. however main
tains that although the chanceIlor's
statements are valueless as evidence.
they cannot be left unanswered and
insists that a statement of war aims
to be formulated at the coming con-
ference of allies must constitute an ex-
plicit disavowal of all thought of con-
quest for conquest's sake.
The paper denounces the Ignorance
or the folly of Sir Edward Carson's
threat to drive Germany behind the
krine," which, 1t says, has given Herr
Michaelis a weapon which he was
swift to use.
Must Come Quickly.
ut is within the power Of the allies
to render the weapon innocuous, even
turning it against himself, but the re-
rudiation of his charge must come
quickly and in a form leaving no loop
holes for misinterpretation''
The Chronicle proclaims its belief
that it would be unwise for the allies
to deprive Germany of genuine Ger
man soil. 1t uoints out that while
the chancellor talks of vast territorial
notifications, he mentions only the
Saarbartech valley, and it suggests
that France may be aiming to restore
the old German frontier of Lorraine
which would involve "a little strip on
the German side of from five to fiften
miles
IF France desired this for strategic
reasons, the Chronicle would not say
she necessarily had the right, but it
lcontInued on Page ThreeJ
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-30
CATHOLICS Give
MORE Than $1,000

More than $1,000 is the total given
to the Knights Of Columbus war relief
fund by Richmond Catholics.
Subscription of $3.50 by the congre-
cation of st. Andrews church Sunday
makes the city's fund $1.072 OF this
amount, $440 wac given by st. Mary's
last Sunday, and 1852 has been given
by the Richmond Knights.
The money is part Of the million dol
lar war fund raised by the lodge in the
United States, and is to be used to
establish recreation centers for SOL
diers Of the draft army, and to provide
chaplains. Work at the state head
quarters in Indianapolis is now we'll
under way.
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Burden of Victory
RestsOn America
Says London Paper

LONDON, July 30-The Observer in
an article arguing that the western
allies, even without Russia, are more
powerful than the Central powers,
Says: The real crux of the whole war
is to provide ships for American re.
Guirements We refuse for a single
moment to believe that the United
States will fail to rise to the crisis.
-he cause needs every single ton of
maritime carrying power that the Uni
ted States can muster now or launch
later.
mo possible shipbuilding effort in
this country alone can provide the
huge additional tonnage demanded by
coming American requirements To
get fairly ehead of the submarines,
the United States must launch at least
the same amount of tonnage as that
mentioned by Lloyd-George in Paris.
as great as Britain's output for next
year, namely, four million tons, and
that within the same time"