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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-26
Dance Tonight for Men
OF Ambulance Train

The Commercial Club and the War
Mothers will give a dance at the
Commercial Club at o'clock tonight
for the men of the 237th Ambulance
train which is stopping over in the
city. Chaperoned girls are invited.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-26
WITH THOSE IN
ARMY AND Navy

This column, containing news OF
Richmond and Wayne county sol
diers and sailors. will appear daily
in the Palladium. Contributions
will be welcomed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-26
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM suMTELEGRAM

quartet with soprano obligato by Mrs
Kienker.
Remarks. DR.. Rohlfing Offering for
board OF education-Hymn.
Benediction and doxology.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-26
Apostolic Mission Starts
Series Of Meetings

The Apostolic Holiness Mission will
commence a series of meetings Sun
day evening, December 80. at 1880
O'Clock. Rev. Ernest Wiggans is
evangelist.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-26
ROOSEVELT LEAVES HOSPITAL.

NEW YORK, Dec 26.-Col Roose-
welt celebrated Christmas by leaving
Roosevelt hospital. where he has been
patient for two months.
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
FACTORY WORKERS
HAVE ARMY DRILLS

Military training classes at the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
Akron, Ohio. which have been IN
progress ever since the outbreak Of
war, have now been extended to in
clude all inspectors and foremen
adding 300 men to the 700 that had
already been, taking advantage OF the
opportunity to acquire a comprehen-
sive, acquaintance with military tao
tics and practice.
This new feature is designed as
a part OF the regular duties OF all
inspectors and foremen, during their
regular working hours. on Wednes-
days and Fridays.
Drills are held at Seiberling Field
the athletic grounds of the company,
under the supervision OF the regular
drillmaster and his corps of assist
ants.
Military drill has been popular at
this plant, as is amply evidenced by
the large numbers OF employees that
have voluntarily entered the various
drill classes. These classes, however.
have not been limited to men, for a
large number OF girls have been drill
ing regularly ever since the oppor-
tunity was first presented. and have
become proficient in their military
exercises
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
$50 YANKSL AS
VESSEL IS RAMMED.
Continued from First PageJ

diers and $50 members of the
otranto's crew were rescued by a
British destroyer. he said.
Tells of Crash.
Captain Heimer said the collision
occurred at 9 o'clock Sunday morning.
"a raging storm was in progress"
he stated, with high seas sweeping
across our decks when the Kashmir
hit us amidships. The GOODNESS and
calmness of the soldiers was wonder
full. They jumped to attention at
their appointed places awaiting COM
mands without panic.
There were 100 sick cases below,
and believe they were all lost.
I'VE floated an hour and a quarter
after the collision. When a British
destroyer drew up alongside our boys
began to jump. There were 700 SOL
diers aboard. or those left aboard
many must have been lost"
other estimates declare there were
300 soldiers aboard. Unstinted praise
is being heaped on Lieutenant Com
mander Craven, who commanded the
British destroyer Mounsen and
rescued more than 200 men.
Most OF the soldiers on the transport
were Georgia men, all casualties
probably meaning replacement units).
Red Cross workers met survivors
OF the lost ship as they landed, sup
plying them with cigarettes, hot cof-
fee and food and other necessities.
Miss Jane Rider, of Tucson. Ariz., a
Red Cross nurse, who was aboard one
Of the vessels in the convoy with
which the Otranto was proceeding,
said:
"The first we knew Of trouble to
the Otranto was when we picked up
S o s messages from both the Otranto
and the Kashmir. The storm was so
bad we couldn't turn, but had to put
back out to sea. We couldn't see a
thing. Then we heard the Otranto
was trying to put lifeboats over the
side. with some of the men drowning
as they tried to enter"
Miss Ruth Gibbons, OF Ardmore. n.
7, another survivor, said there were
many conflicting stories regarding the
number Of missing. Latest reports
from Belfast, she declared, said there
were 300 unaccounted for, while 9TH
ers, she said, had placed the loss at
400.
Men from the lost ship who talked
TO the United Press correspondent de-
fCGneS as llG bTl--
ish rescuing ship came alongside the
damagsdDtransport-
Leap For Destroyer.
The men were told II was every man
for himself. Standing on the top deck.
men began to leap aboard the de-
stroysr, some OF them as far As
twenty feet. Corp. }. J. Doherty, OF
Brooklyn, who was among those
landed. was asked IL he was scared.
Hell. no" he said. Nothing
scares u.s."
Private R. S. Apleby, OF Knoxville.
Pa, said:
Man, the weather was awful. The
waves came over as the ship listed
and II was difficult to stand still"
Privates C. w. Allen. OF Moxen, Pa.
and o. J. Holman, of Boston. jumped
together.
Everybody was calm declared
Sergt. E. ]. Donohue. of Columbus,
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
COLLECTS PEACH PITS

The Pennsylvania Rubber Co. of COS
Thirteenth street northwest, has
placed in front Of it's office a can.
painted red. white and blue, as a re
ceptscle for peach-stones. fruit seeds.
and nut shells, which will be collected
for the Government, to be used in the
Gas Defense Service in manufacturing
gas masks. When the firm has accum-
ulated 100 pounds, they will be shipped
to the firms factory. where car load
lots will be made up and shipped to
the proper Government station.
I'VE believe this is one of the small
patriotic bits which we can do" says
W. Reed, manager Of the local office
"hlI expenses in connection with ship
ping will be borne by the Pennsyl
vania Rubber Company"
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

/ am not at all sure that. the av-
erage automobile owner realizes
how much the efficiency, as well as
the comfort, of his car is contrib
uted to by the springs. 1t is only
the improvements that have been
made in spring suspensions that
make the modern car so nearly lux
urious in its riding qualities. 7 re-
member very well the early days
when the springs were pretty
nearly an afterthought and were
certainly little assistance in COM
fort giving. Not so the spring sus-
pensions OF today.
Our engineers differ radically in
the type OF spring suspension they
believe best There are in common
use today about a dozen designs
and combinations of design in
spring suspension. Each of these
has some particular merit or is
especially adapted to use with the
car on which il IS employed.
The designers have come to a
virtual agreement in one particular
and that is in employing the semi
elliptic spring for the front suspen-
sion. Also a very large class OF
engineers believe that the semi
elliptic is also best for the rear; in
fact, So per cent. of all the models
employ semi-elliptics, front and
rear. The next largest class holds
the three-quarter elliptics in first
esteem, and this category COM
prises IS per cent. of the whole.
So these two forms OF springs find
a place on more than half the cars
in use, 81 per cent to be exact
The rest of the field Is scattered
among the advocates of cantileyer,
platform, transverse elliptics, etc.
The average car owner certainly
does not realize how great a va
riety OF work the springs must be
called upon to do. Every spring
must help bear the weight Of the
superstructure OF the car and must
in addition cushion or take up the
shocks incident to road travel over
Indifferent surfaces. Further, in
cars employing what is known as
Hotchkiss drive, the springs must
absorb a certain amount of torque
or twist and in addition must help
in pushing the vehicle forward
They do the work commonly per-
formed by the members known as
torque tubes, torque rods, etc,
which are eliminated altogether.
For this reason cars embodyinE
Hotchkiss drive usually have
springs with a heavy main leaf Of
alloy steel to meet the extra de-
mands made upon these part.
II springs had only to take up
the shocks OF road travel, they
could be made with just a single
sufficiently strong leaf. But they
must also bear continuously the
weight OF the superstructure, so
that f1exibility is not the only need.
Therefore, springs are made with
the multiplicity OF leaves, by means
of which they have holding power
as well as flexibility. The basic
or main leaf of the spring is known
as the master leaf. This leaf has
its end turned over to form an eye,
by means OF which the spring is at
tached to the frame, the usual
method OF connecting spring to
frame being by means OF a line,
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
ALL LOOK GOOD
WHEN FAR AWAY

The great trouble with many motor
ear and motor truck statesmen is that
they are always looking Iongingly
toward the lawn across the street"
according to B. G. Koether. manager
Of the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company
Of Detroit.
The lawn across the street always
Eeems so much smoother and greener
and so much more inviting" says Mr..
Koether. in The Quieterion." which he
writes for the Hyatt company.
Yesterday watched a robin hop
ping about my lawn. And as 1 did. I
compared my lawn with its dandelion
weeds and course grass to my neigh
boris lawn across the street. His was
soft, velvety carpet stretching smoothly
from the front walk to the house.
But my lawn was there at my feet
and the other was the lawn across the
street.
The impulse to get a closer view Of
his wonderful lawn was irresistible.
walked over, but to my surprise, found
that 1t, too, was filled with weeds. Look
ing back at my own lawn saw that it
had suddenly been transformed into a
Velvety green carpet
ITS the lawn across the street that
makes Us Ieel olScontenteQ ana olSSaIlS-
ned with our own.
And it's the job or the business across
the street, the one the other fellow has,
that always seems 50 much more at
tractive.
From where we stand, you and /, the
other fellows job or business is more
attractive, and we view IL longingly.
His product is easier to sell, the com
mission greater, the market more re-
ceptive.
These are excuses to OURSELVES for
allowing weeds TO grow on our own
lawn.
The motor truck and motor car
car dealer should always remember that,
while his rival may handle a fine line.
his business isn't as soft and velvety
and free from annoying weeds as it APP
pears from across the street, and that
his own business lawn can be developed
to as high or higher velvet by hard,
careful work"
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
REALTY FIRM HAS
RECORD BUSINESS

Real estate transactions aggrega-
ting $113,100 were made this past
week by Shannon & Luchs. real estate
frun, known throughout the city by
their advertising motto. 'SThe Green
and White Sign"
Among the more important tran
sactions, with the name of the sege-,
the buyer, location, and consideration
are:
Nanck estate to John G. Hodges,
1O11 E street, $4,000; Herman gan
Sandem to Walter W. Hummer, 1897
kenyon street northwest. $500;
Frances T. Bingham to Benjamin +.
Zimmerman, 1854 Patterson street,
$4,000; Max Needle to George W.
Eckles. 1902 Girard street northwest,
$4,000; Dina E. Taggart to Nathan A
Smyth, 3740 Rlohunk street, S13.5o0;
Charles w. King, jr.. to Annette Per-
kins, 242s Twentieth street north
west, $500; Wilhermina F. Combs to
vladimir W. Bouminstrow, 1903 Park
road, $1,000; D. A. Baer to Charles
Frazier. 1912 Ingiccide terrace, $5.25O:
D. A Baer to Mrs. Patsy Barton, 1892
IngIeside terrace, $3.50; fannie I.
Gosling to Raymond ]. Barnett, 6s93
Colorado avenue, $1,000: d. A. Baer to
Mary G. Lewis, 1856 Ingleside ter
race, $3.50; Hugh Wallis to Florence
d. Setter. S14 Taylor street northwest,
$1,000.
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

before starting. II has been adjusted
twice but to no effect Second. our bat
terry has been recharEed four times in two
months We have had the cells refined.
1t loses its strength in four days. The
battery will light lamps and blow horn
but will not work self starter. Third.
could we install q magnetic to the car and
switch from battery TO magnetic?
WM. Mex.
A.-First, about your carbureter.
don't think IL is in the adjustments.
Check up to see that the float bowl
fills freely and then that the level is
high enough also that there are not
so many air leaks as to interfere with
getting proper starting mixture
Doesn't the application OF the choke
help? II the battery service station
rebuilt the battery and said it was in
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

good shape you are draining II be-
cause OF a short wiring. l do not
know what you mean by refining. 1t
may be that your battery is one OF
those that won't hold the charge"
which is a gentle hint that the battery
needs a good slow charge. II that
does not help, then a complete dis
msntling with the installation Of new
separators and as many new plates as
needed will be your only recourse.
Get an opinion from the battery serv-
ice station. You can have a magnetic
installed and switch to II IL the bat
terry gives out But why run on the
battery II you have a magnetic? Use
the battery only for starting.
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

II Makes n Difference.
I'd heard many tiresome people
In my twoscore years and ten.
Who aimed to be, so IT seemed to me,
A pest to their fellowmen.
But though their name was legion,
And they came from near and far,
The dullest gink, so used to think,
Was the chap who owned car.
I'd met with the boastful parent
Who so often proudly told
All things his kid ever said or did
since the babe was two days old;
Though his silly repetitions
Made my tired eardrums ache,
The stale clap-trap Of the auto chap
Was the stun that took the cake.
He'd drone by the weary hour
or engines; valves, and springs,
OF gears and wheels, and of alloy
steels,
And a hundred other things,
While my meek and patient spirit
Grew somnoIent and numb,
And brought to bay, could only pray
That the gods would strike him
He'd braE of the matchless merits
Possessed by his own machine,
Or. like as not. Of the miles he got
From a gallon of gasolene,
While hoped for a swift misfortune
That would lay him on the shelf;
But now I'm strong for his siren
song,
For I've got the bug myself!
From the American Motorist.
Pretty good, Ell?
oh, you gasless Sundays!
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
SAILOR TAKES HIS CAR

Morris Wolowitz, OF 2O11 Fourteenth
street northwest. was awakened at
go this morning to find his thirteen
year-old girl. Rose, i'll with the influ-
enza. In his touring car he went
down town for medicine. He was
stopped by a young sailor at Four
teenth and U streets, who asked for a
lift. Wolowitz granted the sailors
request.
At Thirteenth street and Pennsyi-
vanis avenue. he went in a drug store
TO get the medicine When he came
out the sailor was stiIl in tho cer. 70:
the first time Wolowitz noticed n 10
Iice-tag on his wind shield. telling
him to report at Station No. for i'm
proper lighting. He drove to the sta
ton. When he came out. his machine
was gone. The sailor went with it.
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
LAUDS SOUTH1S TROOPS

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY on
THE CAMBRIA ST. QUEEN I y
FRONT, Oct. IL g p. m).-Tennessee
and Carolina troops. attacking with
the British on the Cambrai-St. QUEEN
tin front. have been officially COM
mended by General Rawlinson. COM
mander Of the Fourth British army.
THE gallsntry Of your infantry and
the precision with which all staff ar
engagements have worked. filled me
with admiration and il has given me
pleasure to report your un4uaIifie'
success 10 Field Marshal Haig," said
General RaWlinson.
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

Ohio. 1--WE knew we were doomed
and didn't think OF rescue. Boy. when
we saw that destroyer we felt fine.
l saw fifty soldiers swimming and saw
that ship cut one in two. Another
who was hanging to a ladder dangling
from the side OF the destroyer was
crushed TO death when the warship
was thrown against the side of the
Otranto"
Many other stories OF men being
crushed between the rescue ship and
the doomed vessel were told. Sur
vivors told OF men being washed into
swirling seas from which there was
no returning.
Corp. c. Finnegan. OF New York.
was able to grasp a rope tied to a gun
aboard the destroyer. For forty-five
minutes he was dragged in the water
behind the rescue ship, but finally
was pulled aboard.
Rescues Two Comrades.
Private VIII Covington. OF Column
bus, Ga, rescued two privates who
were struggling in the water.\
W. ]. weidganant. Of Chicago. de-
clared he saw one soldiers head
crushed when he was caught between
the two vessels.
Private ]. Roman. of Philadelphia.
said that when the order was given 10
jump. the men simply jumped without
asking any questions. Some landed and
some missed. He was washed over the
side Of the destroyer twice, he declared.
only to come out all right.
All the men landed were most cheer
full, and praised the efficiency Of the
Red Cross workers.
At Belfast the soldiers were unani-
nous in praise OF Lieutenant Com
snander Craven, who commanded the
destroyer and forced 1t eight times
alongside the otranto to take on the
men.
He is nerve and iron." declared Pri-
vate Hubert Sayler, OF Ashland. Ky. IF
there are any medals to be passed out.
he wins them. He refused to give up
his efforts until he couldn't take
another man."
Lieut.. H. NJ. Conwell, OF Lamar, Col,
added unstinted praise to these words.
Boats As Tenders.
The otranto's life boates were lowered
for the purpose Of acting as tenders be-
tween the Mounsen and the otranto, but
they had little effect. Nevertheless, SOL
diers declared. Lieutenant Commander
Craven kept his ship alongside. al
though there was danger that she would
be smashed against the side of the
transport
Word reaching here early today de-
clared bodies OF forty soldiers had been
washed ashore. and that twenty sur
Vivors had reach Islay in safety. Islay
Is the point where the Otranton was
driven on the beach. American
authorities have sent a ship loaded with
supplies to Islay and British relief ships
also have been put out
Accounts Of the accident seem to agree
that 1t was due to tanning Of the Kssh-
mfrs steering gear, and heavy loss Of
life was ascribeds to loss OF wreless on
both ships shortly afterward- The
Mounsley also lost her wireless. The
Kashmir reached port in a badly dam
aged condition.
An official admiralty statement issued
last night declared the Mounsly took
off 500 men. members of the crew and
soldiers. and that sixteen survivors had
reached Islay. This statement placed
the missing at 49, Late estimates Be
lieved to be high, declared 800 would be
the number of dead. while conservatives
said it would be below 150.
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
CONDITIONS GROW
WORSE IN GERMANY

President Wilson's diplomatic flank
ing movement at Germany's rear 10
aceentuating the difficulty Of the
Kaiser, now struggling to save him
self from the peace trap he tried 70
spring on the allies
Reported unqualified acceptance BY
Austria ard Turkey Of the Presidents
foIrtesn principles for peace leaves
Germany in an extremely delicats
position She must either yield to
her vassals' demands or lose them. in
the opinion Of experts here.
Max To Speak Soon.
Prince Max Is expected to appear
before the Reichstag soon and discuss
Germany's reply to President VIII
sons Inquiries, With the German
armies retreating steadily under the
constant blows or Foch In the west,
and with Germany's vassals in the
east crying for peace. the position OF
Max Is the most interesting OF any Of
the long line of ehsncellors that have
passed like phantoms over the ReIehs.
tag rostrum since the war broke out.
Interior conditions are worse than
at any time in the history Of Ger.
many. According to reports to this
Government the indications Increase.
that Germany Is a crumblinq
edifce"
One Of these says in part:
Even the hospitals are no longer
revictualed. The alimentary eondI-
tions are lamentabIe. BandaEes, etc.
are absolutely lacking. well-known
physicians state thst the race Is lost
and will not be brought back to its
old standard for many years. ThA
Tell-known Prof. Bier reports that.
VIII Cry for Mercy.
1.-The German people will cry for
mercy before six months II the al
lied bombardment Of towns eontin-
ues. and the day when this arrives
no government will be able to stop
the pressure OF the people for peace
at any price The people have suf-
fered too much not to suceumb to
this ceaseless anguish"
Austria, too, Is hard pressed-even
more so. In addition to the constant
dprisings Of the oppressed nation
alities within her borders. the peo-
pie OF Hungary are now demanding
a separate government. and officials
here look to see this granted by En-
peror Charles in his desperate ef-
forts to democratizs. his domain and
save his-throne-
All these conditions are expected
to have their respective parts in In.
huencing the Kaiser in his reply to
President Wilson.
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
TRICKS WIFE IN DIVORCE

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 12.-Another
"meanest man" has bobbed up. Ac
eording 10 Mrs. Ida d. Falcovitz her
husband had divorce papers served
on her. telling her they were an in
surance policy on bis life in her favor
Mrs. Falcovitz can hardly speak
English, and cannot read IL at all
She had treasured the papers happily
until she found their import Then
she asked her husband. He Vigor-
ously denied he had taken any steps
toward a divorce. But she Investi-
gated further and, learning the truth
Instituted a cross suit for divorce and
aiimony. Falcovitz is = telegraph
operator
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
.U-BOAT ISSUNK
OFF NEW ENGLAND

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct lot
hcers Of a Brazilian freight steamer
which arrived here yesterday reported
that they sank German submarine by
gun fire, sixty miles due east Of the
New England coast. Thursday morning.
The U-boat, was sent down by the
second shot fired from the Brazilian,
the officers said
The Brazilian vessel was a former
interned German vessel that had been
seized by the Brazilian government,
armed. and sent out for merchant serT-
ice. ---..-.
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
LEINSTER SINKING
RINALSLUSITANIA

LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE destruction
OF the mail steamer Leinster in the
Irish sea yesterday vas the worst
submarine crime since the LusitaniA,
the press declared today.
Latest estiESates putt the number OF
victims at $50, OF whom twenty-ons
were killed outright
Three torpedoes wers fired. Two
struck the ship, but the third missed.
There were women among the
passengers on the ship.
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
GIANT ONLY IN LOYALTY

CHICAGO. Oct 12.-Frank Mills Il
four feet short. and he wanted to use
all four Of 'sm to help isslr the Ger
mans. He tried army and navy and
marine corps; tanks and infantry and
aviation; signalers, intelligence. cav
airy; everything. in fact He made in
all thirty-one distinct efforts to get IN.
He made the thirty-second the other
day-the Red Cross took him
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

But don't forget those little bonds
W. S. S.
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

GA fellow connected 10 volts to my
battery and burned out my lights and bat
terry when he left the switch on. Would
that damage the car or generator I
have = chance TO buy a battery that is
three cells, six volt, forty amperes. Would
this furnish ignition: Also start the
meter?
r. H. S.
A-Under certain conditions the
generator could be damaged. How
fast was the engine running? Run
the engine and test the generator
with = voltmeter and you can quickly
tell II IL is burned out. A $40 is all
right for ignition, but for starting
and lighting also, you will need at
least q $50.
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

Owe have a very sick automobile
T1rSt. We must always Hood the carbureter
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

Save for Your Country or Slave for
the Hun. "
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
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