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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
ALF UNDERHILL'S
UNCOVERED

Four barrels of flour were found in
the store of Alfred Underhill Friday
evening by county food administrator.
Harry Gilbert.
The flour was in the store which
Underhill operates in connection with
his meat shop. Underhill claimed that
he was not boarding the flour but was
afraid to sell it because he thought it
might implicate him in another law
suit.
Gilbert ordered him to sell it out to
his regular customers, selling the reg
ulation amount of cereals with it and
not to hold it in the store.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
Get Requests for Lot
Plotving in Next Week

Persons who wish their vacant lot
gardens plowed by the Commercial
Clubs War Garden Committee should
have their acquisitions in by the last
of next week, City Gardner Murphy
advised Saturday
They will get much better and
quicker service if they file their re-
quests by them he said.
The gardener also called attention
to the fact that time is here to clean
up garden spaces and plant onions and
lettuce.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
Above-Maj Gen William Mann Ne eiddIe
e-Maj Thomas Gen.. J
GrebIe (ieft) w.

WASHINGTON. March 16.-Actin
Chief of Staff March recently shook
up his generals and shifted camp COM
manders about in what was heralded
as the start of a readjustment which
would relieve from service abroad
leaders whom the staff did not believe
could withstand the rigors of a cam
paign. Those in the photograph were
among those shifted.
General Mann, who recently return
ed from France where he commanded
the Rainbow division, has dropped his
command in the, national army and re-
sumes his regular army rank of briga-
dier general in command of the east
ern department.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
DR.. BARKER COMING

DR. Charles E. Barker, member OF
the physical department committee OF
the Washington, d. c., Young Mems
Christian association, who will give a
series of lectures in Richmond the
week of April IA. will have educational
and inspirational messages to boys,
young men, business men, fathers, and
women and girls. Several shop meet.
ings will be conducted by DR.. Barker
while in Richmond
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
Montana I own Bans All
But Funeral Professions

HELENA, Mont, March 16.-No pa
rades, professions or other public dem
onstrations, except funerals, may be
held hereafter in Montana without
written permission of the governor, un-
der a regulation passed by the state
council of defense. The purpose Of
the rule. it's text, which was made pub
lie today, states, is ito prevent riots,
affrays, breaches of the peace and
other forms of violence during the
period of the war"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
Thrift Stamp Speakers
to Tour Wayne County

Thrift and War Saving Stamp speak
ers will tour Wayne county again next
week.
Luther M. Feeger. Principal J. H.
Bentley, Joseph Fl. Mills and Fillmore
Riggs will speak at Whitewater Tues
day evening.
Several ward meetings will>be held.
Speakers at the Seventh ward meet
ing at the Joseph Moore school Tues
day evening will be Charles w. Jordan
and Secretary Albus.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
Two More Richmond Men
Are Now in France

Benjamin Knollenberg. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Knollenberg and Adolph
Getz, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Getz.
both attached to the motor mechanics
division of the signal service, have ar
rived at a port in France, according to
word received by their parents last
Thursday
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
TO MEET At HOME

Residents of the fifth precinct of
Wayne township will hold a patriotic
meeting Wednesday night at the as.
sembly hall of the Wernle Orphans
home. There will be several talks and
a musical program. Every resident Of
the precinct is urged to attend the
meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16

General Biddle, whom General
March succeeded as acting chief of
staff, goes to England to command all
American troops in training there.
General Barry, relieved of command
of the national army division at Camp
Grant, takes a regular army command
at Chicago.
General Greble is relieved of COM
mand of the national guard division
at Camp Bowie to do regular army
work with his old brigadier general
title.
General Sage is also to resume his
regular army title and work as briga-
dier general, having been removed
from command of the national guard
now at Camp Shelby.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
20 MEN BURNED

TRURO, N S., March 16.--Word
reached here today that twenty men
were burned to death when the lum-
Der camp of A. A. Sutherland at AL
win Siding, N. S., was destroyed by
fire last night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16

For Wayne County by w &. Moore
Fair tonight and Sunday. Some
what warmer tonight. Warmer Sun
day and Monday. Mild wave the first
of the week.
General Conditions-An immense
area of high barometric pressure GOV.
ers all the United tSates, it's center
being over the plain states. 1t is caus-
ing cool weather generally. being 20
below zero at Whiteriver, Ont. but is
much warmer in the northwest 1t is
80 degrees above at Medicine Hat.
Temperatures will continue to rise
Saturday afternoon, Sunday and will
continue mild Monday and probably
longer. Barometric pressure is falling
over the Canadian northwest.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16

NEW YORK, March 16.-An invita-
ton to attend the Military and Naval
Meet and Ball at Madison Square Gar
den was recently sent by Mrs. Charles
s. Whitman, the wife of New York's
governor, to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
and the message was sent by carrier
pigeon.
Mrs. Wilson's reply, regretting her
inability to attend was also delivered
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16

by return carrier pigeon. The mes
sage was written by the small daugh-
ter of the Secrtary of War and reads:
Mrs. Wilson is very sorry she can
not attend the military meet. She
wants me to tell you so and to send
her good wishes. PEGGY BAKER"
Mrs. Oliver Hartman received the
pigeon that brought Mrs. Wilson's re-
ply from Washington.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
THE WEATHER

For Indiana by United States
Weather Bureau-Fair, warmer to-
night and Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
$50 laps Murdered by
Maximalists in Siberia

f LONDON. March 16-Maximalis6 in
Siberia have murdered $50 Japanese at
Blagoviesstchensk, capital OF tha
Amur province, according to a report
printed in the newspaper Hocflie
Shimbun Friday and forwarded by
Reuters Ltd.
Blagovieshtchensk is on the Amur
river near its confluence with the Zeya
and is opposite the Manchurian town
of Aigun. 1t is 500 miles north Of Har.
bin and has population of $4,000.
There are extensive gold mines In the
district
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
Yesterday

Today's Temperature.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
First Anniversary United States Entrance
Into War With Germany, April 9th,
1917-1918.
GRAND PARADE FORMED AT GRADED
SCHOOL, UPPER MAIN STREET.
PROGRAMME
12 O'clock
ORDER OF PARADE.

ORDER OF PARADE ...=
18th Infantry Band From Camp SEWER
Abbeville County Boys from Camp Sewer and
Camp Jackson. -.
Liberty Loan Girls r.
Abbeville County Township Chairmen for Third
Liberty Loan a...
Dumb Animals in the War.
Red Cross Surgical Dressing Class, Abbevile Red
Cross Chapter. ~ ......
The American Indian.
ABBEVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Abbeville Township Diamond Hill
Due West Long Cane
Donads Lowndesville
Magnolia =, Smithville. '
Garden Clubs. III.
Army Mule r..
German Atrocities. ..
Senior Glass Woman's College, Die West.
Erskine College.
Patriotic Representations, OH Floats.
Decorated Automobiles
The Star Spangled Banner. .,... -.
when The Star Spanged Banner is played should
remove his hat place his left breast and stand
tenton Every woman should stand erect with her at
each side) 3;:~. :..H;,'
1890
EXERCISES in THE OPERA HOUSE,
PROGRAMME.
Observation-Disclosures C. G. Gambrel
Address-Hon R. A. Cooper, of >Laurens.
Prayer of Conservation s.,:.u.
My Country IT'S of Thee. .'' - i. !,
~. 300 P NJ ,. ..
= BAND CONCERT.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05

an effort to hurl the enemy back to
his old lines. The German defenses
there, which SUCCESSFULLY stemmed
the British assault in 1916 are still
intact and even if the allies were
successful in pushing the German
lines back over the 20 or 80 mile
zone he has wrested from them, he
would face those defenses when
their own organization was badly
demoralized by their advance.
For this reason, some officers were
inclined to look elsewhere for the
aggressive campaign.
Must Have Reserves.
Speeding up of American troop
movements to France is engrossing
attention here now.
One immediate step to that end
Is hIlO"Il W US Ill COIltClaplaeioh' ~
has to do with the calling to the
colors of the 100000 men which it
already has been announced will be
mobilized through the selective SER
vice machinery during the year.
From now on the proportion OF.
fighting troops in General Perish
ing's army will increase rapidly.
Figures reaching here as to the
allied losses in the bitter days just
closed in Picardy indicate that Brit
ish and French casualties have been
light in view Of the
scope of action. One estimate, al
though it's accuracy is open to doubt
fixes the total including prisoners
at between 125,O0O and 100000 for
the IL days of ceaseless battle along
a fifty mile front. This is to be COM
pared, if correct, with French es-
Inmates of $4,000 to 100000 Ger
mans killed, wounded or captured,
during the same period.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
DISTRICT CONFERENCE u. D. C.

The Piedmont District Confer.
ence of the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy will hold its
Spring Session for 1918 in the city
of Abbeville next week. Represen-
tatives from all counties in the
Piedmont section of South Carolina
will arrive on Wednesday, April
10th, and will be entertained in
our homes. On Wednesday evening
a reception will be given to afford
the members of the Abbeville Chap
ter of the u. D. C.. to meet and
become acquainted with the repre-.
sentatives from the other chapters
in this Conference.
Thursday, April II, will be given
to the regular business routine OF
the Conference, followed by an au.
tomobile ride.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
WAR NEWS.
RECEIVED HERE
Washington Wonders
at Allies Failure to
Strike
MAY BE DEEPER PLAN
Thought Possible That Foch Ex-
poets to. Continue Fighting
When He Starts.
BE DEEPER PLAN

Washington, April 3.-With the
battle of Picardy brought to a
standstill for the time being, at
least, and the initial momentum Of
the German drive overcome, mill
tary observers here were plainly
puzzled tonight by the fact that a
great counter assault had not dev-
eloped. The psychological moment
of the counterstroke under the
rules of strategy, they think, is
passing, if it has not already pass
ed, without a recorded movement
of the allies forces towards throw
ing back the exhausted foe before
he has had time to dig himself in.
Officers here admit frankly, how
ever, that they do not know what
the situation at the front is. If any
report has come from General Bliss
or General Pershing that would
serve to explain the defensive tao
tics of the allies, it is carefully
guarded secret.
It is possible, it is suggested, that
the plan of campaign mapped out
by General Foch is Of far great
er scope than would be involved in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
TELEGRAM TO DIR. THOMSON.
Columbia, s. c., April 4, 1918

Columbia, s. c., April 4, 1918
S. G.. Thomson, Abbeville, s. G.
We have been advised by WASH
ington that we have in sight about
half our normal supply of wheat to
last from now until next harvest
period. On this account retail deal
ers in flour are now required to sell
not more y than one-eighths of a.
barrel to consumers living in town
and not more than one-fourth of
barrel to consumers living in the
country. Period -four must be sold
and delivered with equal weight OF
flour substitute or presentation of
miller certificates. Period for the
present at least. Permission to sell
flour in quantities in excess of one
eighth and one quarter barrels has
been withdrawn. Period dealers
who have flour in wood are advised
to sack in one-eighths and quarter
barrel lots as needed for their trade.
William Elliott, Food Admir-.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
ROOM IN AMERICA
ONLY FOR LOYAL
The Foreign Language
Press Should Be Sup
pressed,
PATRIOTIC MEN CONFER
Meeting in Washington for Cam
paign Against Illiteracy ) Results
in Amazing Revelations.
PATRIOTIC MEN CONFER

Washington, April 3.-Represen-
tatives of every State, including
more than a dozen governors, met
here today at an Americanization
conference called by Secretary
Lane of the interior department to
draft recommendations to congress
for legislation providing for a ma
tional campaign against illiteracy.
The opening session was given
over largely to denunciations of the
foreign language press and the
teaching of enemy tongues in the
elementary schools.
Resolutions of Levy Mayer Of
Chicago urging congress to suppress
the foreign language newspapers
during the war and to require all
aliens to take out first citizenship
papers by July l were withdrawn
after Secretary Lane cautioned the
conference that those matters lay
outside the field contemplated by
the gathering.
Secretary Lane opened the con-
ference with an address explaining
the urgent need of dealing with the
illiteracy problem and outlining the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
Either Side Expected
to Take Offensive at
Any Moment
ALLIES, AFTER RESPITE,
EAGER FOR BATTLE
The French War Office Reports
More Than Thirteen Tons of
Bombs Dropped on German,
Positions.

Although the fighting activity
along the entire front of the new
somne offensive remains slight,
there still prevails the feeling that
soon again battles on large scale
will begin, and with the Allied
troops, after the respite of several
days, strongly arrayed in battle
formation and eager to test their
strength against that of the foe.
From the somme to the Disc river
along that portion of the battle line
which bulges out toward Amiens,
ALLY and Breteuil, the big guns of
4 the opposing sides have opened in
duels of great proportions, and it
is apparently not unreasonable to
assume that either side at any mo-
ment~ may take the offensive with
their infantry in resumption of a
battle, which ranks among the great
est the world has ever seen.
No Marked Change.
Since the beginning of the pres
ent week there has been no marked
change in the alignment of the op-
posing sides from Arras southwark
'ito Chauny. The fighting has lacked
the sanguinary. character of the
previous days owing in part, no
doubt, to the extremely bad wealth
er conditions. Neither the Ger
mans nor the Allies have been idle,
however, for daily there has been
going on a reinforcement of strate-
gic positions, both in men and gun
power.
In the vicinity of Lens artillery
duels of intensity have been revived
on some sectors, and in Belgium at
various points reciprocal shelling
continues. An American sector has
been heavily attacked with gas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
Says He Thought End
of War Was Near at
One Time
TALK OF PEACE IDLE,
o SAYS COUNT czERNIN
czernin Say. Austria Was on the /
Point of Beginning Nesotia-
tions When the Wind
Veered.

Paris, April 3.-"Czernin lied.n
This is all Premier Clemenceau had
to say when told today of the state
ment of Count Czernin that he had
inquired through an intermediary
whether Austria-Hungary was rea-
dy to negotiate, and if so, on what
basis. ~. e.
London, April 3.-Austria-H Hun
gary was recently "almost on the
point" of beginning peace negoti-
ations with the Entente, Count Ger
min, the Austro-H Hungarian foreign
minister, declared yesterday in an
address to the Vienna municipal
council. The wind suddenly veer-
ed', he added, the Entente deciding
to to await developments in his
country, (which caused it to hope
that the dual monarchy would soon
be defenseless." &s 5E 'Ss.
Count Czernin in his address de-
clared that Premier Clemenceau, OF
France, had asked Austria Hungary
on what basis she would negotiate
peace, according to a dispatch from
The Hague to The Daily Mail, Aus
tria replied that the only Obstacle
to peacerwith France was Alsace-
Lorraine, and Premier Clemenceau
said that it is impossible to negoti-
ate on that basis. &
Count Czernin declared he did not
believe that the President in his
recent address really desired to
cause separation between Vienna
and Berlin, because the President
knew that such a thing was impds-
sible. The count added that Presi-
dent Wilson probably saw that Aus
tria-Hungary was more favorable
toward peace than Germany. 8
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
CZERNIN Lied, SAYS
AUSTRIAN PREMIER
U. S. To Speed
Men Overseas
WILL SEND MEN AND MUM.
TIONS TO AID IN HALTING
THE GERMAN DRIVE.

? Washington, April a.-America
will strain every nerve to send
men and munitions to aid in the
halting of the German drive in
Amiens. This was the official word
coming from the White House to-
day. -. ....-..
President Wilson has been work.
ing prodigiously for several days
laying plans with the Cabinet Off
GERS for the rushing of men and
supplies to Europe. Now he has the
preliminary work completed.
Today President Wilson called in
the members of the war council to
adopt formal plan for the speed
ing up process. ~
"We must strain every nerve"
President is understood to have
told them.
Administration circles are highly
optimistic over the prospects Of
Americas throwing the weight in
the balance of the worlds greatest
battle. President Wilson's investi-
cations have encouraged him great
ly and it is stated at the White
House that the President sfound
greater possibilities than he thought
possible"
While the shipping problem has
worried officials here it was author
itatively stated today that even the
great scarcity of tonnage now seems
to have been partially dissipated
Reports made to the President show
that by the most careful utilization
of the available tonnage American
forces abroad can be greatly aug
mented and that supply ships car
be furnished for them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
NEWS OF ARMY IS
LEFT TO PERsHING

Washington, April .2.-The War
Department will not in the future
give out any news of the operations
of American troops abroad, it was
announced late this afternoon. All
such news will be given out from
Gen. Pershing's headquarters. The
establishment of the new system
was announced by Chief of Staff
March. News of the forces at home
will be given out by the War De-
partment. The official memorandum
prepared by General March said:
"The War Department has been
notified by cable that Secretary Ba-
ker has prescribed the following
rules for handling publicity of mat
ters pertaining to troops and oper-
ations:
Il. All matter pertaining to
events, persons, policies or opera
tions hereafter will only be officially
given out from the headquarters of
the American expeditionary forces
in France.
"2. Similar matters, affecting the
forces at home, will begiven out by
the War Department"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
ARTILLERY DUELS
RANGING IN PICARDY:
The Dixie Highway
For Abbeville
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN BY
THE BUSINESS MEN OF THE
CITY AT. MEETING.

A meeting was held in the Court
House Tuesday evening at eight
o'clock to boost the Dixie. Highway.
This meeting was called by the COM
mittes of men representing the city
and the county who attended the
meeting in Asheville recently. The
business men of the city attended
we'll and much interest and enthu-
siasm was shown. Mr.. T. G. White
was elected chairman and Mr.. J. S.
Morse, secretary.
Reports were made by DR.. C. C.
Gambrell, DR.. C. H. McMurray, Mr..
VIM. M. Barnwell, Mr.. W. A. Stew
enson and Hon. J. M. Nickles, of
the Asheville meeting which were
heard with interest. 1t was decided
to have the chairman appoint a
committee of five men to look into
the most advisable plan to raise
from twenty to thirty thousand dol
lars, which will be added to $19,500
which this county will be due from
the Federal government after the
completion of the road. This will
make an approximate total of
$4,000 for 26 or % miles of road.
The plan proposed at the meet
ing was to get two-thirds or all of
the free holders in the school dis
tricts along the route to sign a pc
tition Of bond issue of between
$4,000 to 100000. One hundred
men will be asked to stand as guar
'antee for this amount until the
bonds have actually been voted.
This will be done 80 that the COM
mittee that attends the Knoxville
meeting will have something defn-
ite to say.
There are two routes that will
take the Highway through this coun-
ty. The first is from Greenville by
way of Donalds, Due West, through
Abbeville on to Mccormick and Au-
gusta, the other As from Green
vile by Anderson, Antreville and
through Abbeville to Mccormick, on
to Augusta. The first is twenty-six
miles and the second is twenty-eight
miles.
A delegation of fourteen men
from Mccormick attended the meet
ing.
1t has been said that a highway
like the Dixie Highway is as much
to town as one of the truck line
railroads is to city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
SOUTH CAROLINA HONOR.

With the American Army in
France, April 3.-Lieut. G. R. Hol-
mes of South Carolina and Sergt.
James A. Murphy have been award
ed the French war cross. Lieuten-
ant Holmes is the man who recently
captured a German sentry from his
post. Sergt. Murphy killed a. Ger
man while he was trying to shoot
an officer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
PENSION MONEY.

Clerk of Court Perrin has re-
ceived the pension money and is
ready to pay it out. There are one
hundred and fifty-seven pensioners
and in all thirty-nine thousand and
sixty-eight dollars will be paid out.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05

purpose of the conference. It then
was proposed that the conference
obtain special congressional hearings
for the presentation to congress of
a program calculated to improve
educational conditions of the a.
tons large foreign born population.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05
THOS. P. THOMSON, MASTER.

Governor Manning has appointed
Mr.. Thomas P. Thomson, Master
for Abbeville county to take the
place made vacant by the death of
Judge R. E. Hill.
Mr.. Thomson will take charge of
the Office in a few days. He is a
man of trained legal mind and will
It'll the office most acceptably.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-05

Mrs. Frank Palmer of Central,
spent yesterday in the city shopping.