Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 272, 25 September 1914 — Page 1

T z rig: VOL. XXXIX. NO. 272Palladium and Sun-Telegram Consolidated. 1907 RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING.SEPTEMBER 25, 1914. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

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FOULKE MOURNS DESTRUCTION OF BELGIANJOMES Relieves There Must Be Some Ratio Between Fault of Civilian Action and Punishment. PLEADS FOR PEACE Tells Yearly Meeting Great Britain Had Little Realization of Germany's Great Military Strength. Brilliant addresses by William CulJen Dennis of Washington, formerly of the state department, and William Dudley Foulke of this city, who has Just returned from Europe, characterized yesterday afternoon's session of the Indiana yearly meeting at the time the report of the peace committee was made. Details of the report were given in Jesterday's issue, although the former are not numerous, as the propaganda of the committee is rather in the inculcation of the principles of peace rather than in any work that could be grouped under a statistical head. That the present war was the result of a "competition of fear" between the Various great European nations, and that extensive armaments are a detriment to international conflict had proved a failure, was the theme upon which Mr. Dennis played in his address concerning the basic causes of the present slaughter. Causes of War. "That which takes away the occasion for war," was the manner in which Mr. Dennis in his peroration denominated the avoidance of conflict in the future. "Enormous catastrophes like this," paid the speaker, - "can only be con-J eldered in their relation to thousands . f years of history. The fall of the Roman empire, was regarded: as a blow to civilization but, in historical perspective, we now see that it was des- " tlned to perish as a process of evolution toward the establishment of more Stable human conditions. "The same situation may be true in regard to this war. While war was once the only normal solution of settling disputes, it is now regarded as so abnormal that the whole world is appalled by war's existence. But even out of a catastrophe like this we can draw comfort, for it presages the dawn of a new state of society in which war will be inconceivable." War an Opportunity. Mr. Dennis then proceeded to analyze the causes of the conflict, from the assassination of the Austrian heir to the throne and his consort, down through the various diplomatic pronouncements to the final international Jmbroglio. If, the speaker stated, the army and navy of the vanquished nation or nations were to be neutralized or entirely put out of commission as a result of the war, then the same should be meted out to the victor. That the, nations of the earth must in the end be organized on a basis of the humanities rather than on a false and eelf-destroying patriotism, was the conclusion of Mr. Dennis. Foulke Takes Platform. William Dudley Foulke followed Mr. Dennis with a tribute to the admirable statement" of his predecessor, and saying that his remarks were to have been of much the same character, but that he would not follow that trend on aci count of the comprehensive way in which the subject had been treated by iMr. Dennis. "Necessity is always the tyrant's ;plea." said Mr. Foulke in referring to fthe violation of the neutrality of those nations which had been dragged into :the conflict without being a party to : the quarrel, especially referring to I the wanton destruction of life and property in Belgium, to the great library in Louvain and the cathedral in Rhelms. "There must be some ratio between the fault and the punishment," said JIr. Foulke in referring to the above depredations. That England had little realization tit the nature of Germany's preparations for war, Mr. Foulke stated he found to be the case when he went to England from Germany, where he had peen five million troops mobilized. "England had sent 160,000 men to the continent and thought she had done great things," exclaimed the speaker. Mr. Foulke ended with the reading of a poem, the last verse of which is presented elsewhere, in which he recorded his impressions when in Nauheim, Germany, at the time the great conflict commenced. On account of the fact that this poem is to appear in the Atlantic Monthly, Mr. Foulke could furnish the Palladium with but the last verse. UNIQUE INVITATION TO RALLY DAY A unique announcement of the Rally Day exercises at the First English Lutheran church has been prepared by E. M. Haas, who has charge of the program. It is in the form of a folder, and is being mailed to members of the Sunday school. The exercises will begin promptly at 9 o'clock. Every member of the Sunday school is being urged to attend. Arrangements have been made to furnish automobile Bervice for those unable to walk.

FRIENDS NEED SCHOOLED MEN SAYS J. MILLS Only Fifty Per Cent in Three Largest Yearly Meetings Hold College Diplomas, Speaker Points Out.

PREACHERS HEROIC Thirty-six Per Cent Educated in Academies of Friends Church, Showing Their Excellent Worth. "I am impressed with the splendid spirit of sacrifice of our pastors," said Joseph J. Mills, General Secretary of the Five Years' Meeting and former president of Earlham College, speaking at this morning's session of Indiana Yearly Meeting, at the time the annual report of the evangelistic, pastoral and church extension committee was made. Dr. Mills then went on, in one of the most significant statements made before the sessions of ttfe Yearly Meeting, to present facts concerning the educational status of the Friends' pastorate which has only of recent years been in any sense, a unified body stating that in a series of letters sent out by him he had found, through replies that 50 per cent of the pastors in j the three largest Yearly Meetings in this country were college graduates and that 36 per cent stated they had been educated in Friends' academies. Colleges Are Feeders. "Our colleges and academies are feeders to our pastoral forces," he continued. "There are those who have expressed the fear that our colleges and academies are impairing the usefulness of the church, but with this I canuot in any wise agree. For inability as pastors and as preachers, and in soundness of doctrine, theyhaye no superiors in the Meetings of the Society of Friends." , That the academies are a necessary factor in this educational process was the further statement of Dr. Mills, who said that out of the college graduates referred to, 26 per cent had gone from the academies to the colleges, and that almost all calls to the minis(Continued on Page Three.) Friends Notes The children of the city are cordially invited to be present at a children's meeting to be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the East Main Street Friends church. Children attending the meeting are requested to enter through the south door. Mrs. Alice Hunt of Fountain City and Miss Nettie E. Springer will have general charge, but other interested persons are asked to be present. The services at 8 o'clock Saturday morning will be in charge of Meade A. Kelsey and Leonah Hobson. A special meeting for men will be I held in the south room of East Main ' Street Friends church Saturday after- ; noon at 1 o'clock, in charge of Charles E. Tebbetts. At 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon a special meeting for women will be held in the main auditorium of the East Main Street Friends church, in charge of Leonah Hobson.

ADD 3,000 NEW MEMBERS GOAL OF YEARLY MEETING

Three thousand new members in the next year for Indiana Yearly Meeting was the campaign inaugurated last evening at the men's dinner given at the South Eighth Street Friends' church. This was the first time in the history of the organization that an effort has been made to unify the social interests of the men of its membership, and that 150 were present and that it proved to be more successful than its promoters had expected, went to show the spirit of co-operation and fellowship that the committee felt existed. Ancil Ratliff, recently appointed efficiency secretary of Indiana Yearly Meeting, presided for the program of after-dinner speeches made by Joseph J. Mills of California, secretary of the Five Years' Meeting; Dr. R. L. Kelly, president of Earlham college;' Elbert Russell, Progressive candidate for congress in this district; Zeno H. Doan of Iowa; Alfred Garrett of Philadelphia; Gurney Hill, Robert E. Pretlow of Seattle; Timothy Nicholson and others. The talks were of a witty and epigrammatic character, as well as in eluding expositions of the necessity of concerted and harmonious action if the work of the church should be made effective, the two significant addresses being made by Dr. Mills and Mr. Russell in their insistence that there must be individual realization of Christian stewardship and that it was this, operating through the churches, which

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REFLECTIONS AT NAUHEIM But if from all this ruin some new form Of World existence may be reared aright, Some federation strong to breast the storm Of hatred, intrigue, envy and despite; As in our great republic of the West; T One parliament the common will to speak; One central power to shelter states appeased; One court to render justice to the weak; One army only to maintain the peace, Then might the world, begin a better life. - The dreadful noise of battle then might cease And nations see the end of war and strife. If that shall follow from these hosts of slain Then all their blood will not have flowed in vain. William Dudley Foulke.

CANNED FRUITS IN JARS READY TO FEED NEEDY Women at the Whitewater School Give Time and Labor to Prepare Food for the Coming Winter. ENJOY KITCHEN WORK Many Donate Vegetables and Cans While Social Center Gardens Provide Variety of Produce. Long rows of canned peaches, tomatoes and beans will he awaiting for distribution this winor to persons who are sufferine: from lack of some variatioQ of food Thls repreSents the work of four women of the Riverdale district, who are giving their afternoons to furnish such supplies. . Mrs. Caroline Bradshaw of 734 North Fifteenth street, is supervising the work in the kitchen of the Whitewater school building. With her are working Mrs. Sylvia Barker, 1122 North I street, Mrs. Mary Shaffer, 1620 North G street, and Mrs. Sarah Kriner, 1622 North U street. . Since Monday the women have put up in glass jaraeightyetght .quarts ani one pint of beans, twenty-seven Quarts of 'peaches and four quarts of apples. From the parings of the apples and (Continued on Page Two.) MILLS DELIVERS STRONG APPEAL Joseph J. Mills, General Secretary of the Five Years Meeting, and Charles W. Sweet of Muncie, were the speakers at the devotional session of Indiana Yearly Meeting held in East Main Street Friends' church last evening. Charles W. Sweet, who presided, said, in part, in commenting on the third chapter of Ephesians: "The incomprehensible love of God is past our understanding, flooding our hearts and filling us with the unsearchable riches of Christ. It is then that we have an access of confidence by faith in Him. And then we may be able to comprehend, with all saints, what is the breadth and length and depth and heighth and to know the love of Christ which passeth all knowledge. Joseph J. Mills spoke on the responsibility of the church in forwarding religious propaganda. Mr. Sweet further appealed to the church to come into this fullness that it might fulfill its mission and that we, individually, might come into a closer relationship with Christ. would render effective the service of the latter to society at large. The talk of Alfred Garrett of Philadelphia, a leader of the Young Friends' movement, and a member of one of the most conservative Friends' bodies in this country, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, was also significant, as Mr. Garrett's unfamiliarity with methods of this type resulted in an appreciative speech humorously worded. The Weather FOR INDIANAurday. -Fair tonight and SatTEMPERATURE. Noon Maximum Minimum 60 70 45 Yesterday. .W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST Local Fair tonight and Saturday; probably fair Sunday. Frost tonight in exposed places. General Conditions Stormy weather continued last night over the Gulf States and Atlantic coast with 4:58 inches of rain at Jackson, Mississippi. A reaction to warmer weather is expected over this district about the first of next week.

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AMERICAN FORGE WILL REMAIN IN MEXICOJO DAYS United States to Await Developments Ten Days Before Recalling Troops From Vera Cruz. PROTECT FOREIGNERS Villa Believes U. S. Will Not Interfere With Warfare of Mexican Factions Over Land Question. BY LEASED WIRE. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. Definite instructions today were sent by Secretary of War Garrison to General Funston, in command of the American forces at Vera Cruz, not to make any preparations to leave the Mexican port for at least ten days. The government here has decided not to take any steps toward the evacuation of Vera Cruz, as it is thought that it will take at least that long for authentic information from the Villa revolt to reach Washington. Secretary Garrison today explained that no indications of the extent of gravity of the new revolution has reached hefe and that it is Impossible to make ny plans concerning the lat-

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tfon until such news is recetred. VILLA UNPERTURBED. EL PASO, Sept. 25. A dispatch brought here by courier from Chihuahua says that General Villa has expressed his belief that the United States will not interfere with his warfare on General Carranza, and that General Obregon has been sent to Mex ico City instead of to Juarez. SAFEGUARD FOREIGNERS. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. All foreigners will be safeguarded during the forthcoming strife in Mexico, General Villa today notified the United States government. The same assurances have been received from General Carranza. Both of these leaders have taken steps to make it clear that they don't intend to get into any international complications while they are making war upon each other. PEACE FAR OFF. BERLIN, Sept. 25. The Berlin Tagblatt publishes the following statement today: "Peace after such enormous sacrifices is only possible when Germany's position Is quite unassailable for a long future." One

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TO JUDGE FOX Democrats Unanimous in Belief That i Combined Vote Would Win for Republican Candidate. COMMITTEE TO ACT Henry U. Johnson Writes Advocating Fox's Support by Leaving Opponent's Place on Ticket Vacant. Democratic leaders in Wayne county have about reached a decision to pave the way for throwing the Democratic vote to Judge Henry C. Fox, Republican candidate for circuit judge, by not filling the vacancy on the Democratic ticket caused by the death of Thomas J. Study, candidate for judge. Naturally Republican leaders have been active in urging the Democrats to adopt this plan, because they believe with the Republican vote and the bulk of the Democratic vote behind him Judge Fox would be successful in defeating his only other opponent, William A. Bond, Progressive candidate. Democratic leaders are inclined to share this opinion of their prospective Republican allies. Progressive leaders, however, insist that if the race for circuit judge is narrowed down to two candidates Mr. Bond will still have sufficient strength to defeat Judge Fox by a substantial majority. Committee Favors Plan. Within a short time the Democratic county central committee will meet to discuss the question of the vacancy on the ticket caused by the death of Mr. Study, and it is almost an assured fact that it will not only be influenced by the arguments of its most influential leaders that such action would be "good politics," by the attitude of Attorney Frank Mason of Hagerstown, the only logical successor of Mr. Study as a candidate for judge, who has frankly informed the party leaders that he does not want the nomination, although he would probably accept it if he were drafted into the service of the party. , TIt was understood today mat Henry valescing from an operation, wrote to a Richmond friend several days ago before it was known that Mr. Study's illness was fatal, expressing the hope that Mr. Study would withdraw his candidacy, because the stress of the campaign would too severely impair his health, and in the event Mr. Study J took such action, Mr. Johnson further expressed the hope that the vacancy on the Democratic ticket would not be filled so that the Democratic voters would have the opportunity of supporting Judge Fox. MARION ADOPTS RICHMOND PLAN Securing 824 members to the newly formed Commercial club of Marion and adopting the Richmond Commercial club articles of association and by-laws at a banquet attended by 500 persons last night, is the record in Marion. Charles W. Jordan and J. T. Giles were speakers enthusiastically greeted by the new organization members. The Richmond plan was adopted against those of Dayton, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Lafayette, which survived a preliminary elimination by the committee. of Belgium's

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TEUTON CRUISER KNOCKS ENGLISH SHIP TO PIECES Kronprinz Wilhelm, Former German - Lloyd Steamer, Sinks Indian Prince Off South American Coast. ELUDES PURSUERS Feat of Kaiser's Auxiliary Cruiser Clears Mystery of Whereabouts of Former Crack Ocean Greyhound. LONDON, Sept. 25. The British steamer Indian Prince has been sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser Krongillie, it itucuu, i-ii c iui uici ivii i. ii vici man Lloyd liner, off the South African coast, according to a news agency dispatch received from Rio Janerio, Brazil, today. It states that the German steamer Prussia has landed the captain and fifteen sailors of the Indian Prince at Santos. This is the first definite word received from the Kronprinz Wilhelm, which has been reported recently as cruising in the Atlantic with coal for German cruisers. The Kronprinz Wilhelm sailed from New York, ostensibly for Bremen. It was reported after her departure from" New York that she had coal and supplies on board for German cruisers which were in or near American waters. Later word came that the Kronprinz Wilhelm had been seen by British cruisers transferring coal to the German warship Karlsruhe in western western waters. The British ship at tempted to give battle to the converted cruiser, but the Kronprinz Wilhelm sped away, showing a clean pair of heels to the man-of-war. Gradually the whereabouts of the German ship.- de; veloped into a sea mystery. " The Indian Prince Bailed from Rio de Janiero for Spain August 25. She was a vestel of 1,775 tons. ; ' COMMITTEE PROBES - PLAGUE COLONY A meeting of the committee which the county commissioners appointed to investigate the tent colony for tuberculosis sufferers will be held "tonight, it was announced by Dr. A. J. Whallon, chairman. The committee will take up as Its first work the enumeration of the cases of tuberculosis among indigents, as these cases are chief among the ones which the ten' .colony will handle. These statistics will be secured for the city and county. INTERESTS FARMERS IN LIBRARY BOOKS That farmers were showing an added interest in books relative to agricultural subjects, was the statement of Mrs. Ada L. Bernhardt today. Mrs. Bernhardt hopes to popularize the library with farmers of the county, and expects soon to add some new valumes to the collection of agricultural works, which now Inclndes about two hundred and fifty books. Many of the books are by prominent agricultural authorities.

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GERMANS RUSH MEN TO ASSIST ON LEFT WING Right Wing of Germans' Occupy Heights of Meuse and March Toward Town of St Mihiel. GERMANS c CONFIDENT French on Hills on West Side of Meuse Before Verdun Still Being Shelled by Teutons. BY LEASED WIRE. PARIS, Sept. 25. It is official' announced that the left wing of the allies. : , . . wnere French troops are being opposed by the German reinforcements coming from the north by way of Liege, is yielding. BOMBARD VERDUN. BERLIN, Sept. 25. Official anounccment was made today that siege guns have been taken for the bombardment of Verdun and the 6trong French forts in the vicinity of that stronghold. "The French are Btriving to prevent the arrival of these guns," says the official statement, "but they are steadily approaching nearer. The reduction of Verdun can not be averted when they reach a position where they can be operated with full effect. "Our smaller guns continue their bombardment of the Vedun-Toul line with good effect. "The field engagements in France during the twenty-four hours ended at might, have been minor affairs with out any important developments. We hold our positions, there being no appreciable change in the lines. . "The situation in Belgium and the eastern war theatre is unchanged." GERMAN8 TAKE EIGHTS. PARIS, Sept. 25. That heavy fighttnr rs-goinfc-en- trt-fcoth'- nds of the -big battle line in France is shown by the official report issued here at 3 o'clock this afternoon. This states that the battle continues on the left wing of the allied troops and that the French forces there are being opposed by German reinforcements coming by way of Liege. , On the right wing, the statement says, the Germans have occupied the heights of the Meuse. and are marching in the direction of St. Mihiel. This is on the east bank of the river. St. Mihiel Is about twenty miles southeast of Verdun. The French forces hove occupied the heights on the west side of the Meuse before Verdun. FAIRVIEW BODY COLLECTS PETITION At the meeting of the Fairview Improvement association tonight in the chool house, the various sections of he petition for the permanent improvement of Fairview streets under he three-mile road law, will be colected and arrangements will be made or the presentation to the county comnissioners. Little other business is m the books of the association today.