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NOON EDITION noon edition VOL. XL- N0.297S:tB?MffrTe,,frm RICHMOND. 1ND4 THURSDAY BVEN1NG; NOVEMBER 25, 1915. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS WHY I AM THANKFUL TODAY

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BY EDGAR ILIFF. As we stand today upon the threshold of the twentieth century, looking back upon man's struggles, martyrdom and achievements from the earliest ages to now, we should be thankful. I, for one, am thankful for woman, who was the mother of all the arts and comforts, and all the elements of a higher and nobler life. I am thankful that she domesticated animals, planted the seeds of fruit, flower and vine, turned the skins of animals into raiment, wove useful things of the rushes of the brook, and fashioned from the common clay of earth vessels of utility and beauty. I am thankful that she is no longer looked upon as an annex of man and the second thought of the Creator, for she has proved that she was the first potter, the first weaver, the first florist, the first gardener, the first breeder and tamer of animals, the first agriculturist, the originator of language, the very mother of all good. The man was the getter of animal food and he lived to kill. He killed game and then had to kill men to keep his food for women and child. When woman, in the earliest development of society, covered her babe with the grass and sheltered It under the whispering leaves above; when she listened to its prattle and tried to tell it her mother's love, she made home and language, and I am profoundly thankful for that. Language sprang from love trying to utter its passions, Its longings, its hopes and fears. I thank the man who first spoke gentle and tender words to the woman who cared for him, who bore him children, who made his home a haven and fort of refuge. I thank the women of all ages and all races and all lands who stood by men and gave them courage and hope and inspired in the fierce battles of life. I thank the heroe of 1776 and their noble and brave

BRIDGE LEADS UNION SERVICE WITH SERMON Praises President Wilson's Untiring: and Succeesful Efforts to Keep United States at Peace. Excerpts from the sermon delivered by toe Rev. U. S. JL Bridge at, the union Thanksgiving service , in East Main Street friends church this morning folIowT ' " ' t'r ' "Praise is a higher spiritual exercise than prayer. Prayer expresses a sense of need, but praise implies only the honor w.hich is due the Lord. No day has ever been so dark, believers have never been so completely swept from the earth, but in the cleft of some mountains, in garret or basement of some house, some child 'of God found words which fittingly , expressed the sentiment of his soul. 'We are In the season when men are Invited to give thanks to Almighty God. His benefits are numerous. We are in the midst of unusual material prosperity. The fields have yielded their increase. The trees have been burdened with fruit and flocks and herds have covered the hills. There has been an increased movement of the articles of commerce and bank accounts have grown. To the Lord of the harvest who has permitted it, we are indebted. The increased popularity of civic righteousness Is not one of the least, but one of the greatest benefits from the hand of the Lord. "Laws are being enforced, punishment is being meted out to those "higher up' as well as to subordinates. "The attitude of the churches, the press and political parties is so decidedly friendly that their co-operation is rapidly converting theory Into practice. "In this awful day when a large part of the civilized world is in war, our Lord has blessed us with continued peace. For a time like this he has called to the presidential chair a Christian statesman, Woodrow Wilson. Under God, his indomitable will and skill, supported by the Christian spirit and good hard sense of Americans, who know no hyphen, and who are Americans first, last and all the time, the United States has kept out of this conflict and continues to be at peace with all the world. So long as these Americans, lead by their great leader, are not outnumbered by those who think first of some foreign country, and the devils of jingoism, plots and conspiracies, they will keep the United States out of the world's most terrible catastrophe." EAGLES NOMINATE LIST OF CANDIDATES Nominations preliminary to the annual election of officers which will be held on December 1, were made last night by approximately 150 members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Wayne Aerie, No. 666 who met in their hall on South Seventh street. Following are the nominations: Worthy president, , Charles Ashenfelter; worthy vice-president, Franl: Quigley; chaplain, Louis Essenmacker, John A. Reed and Otto Louck; secretary, August Johanning; treasurer, Henry Schroeder; inner guard, Charles Doner; outer guard, William Nicholson; trustees (two to elect) Charles Ewbank. William Cook, Horace Fromshell, Frank Haller and Ed. N. Wilson; physicians (two to elect) W. W. Zimmerman, J. J. Grovenor, S. G. Smelser and M. S. Bulla.

wives. I thank the soldiers of '61 who saved the nation born in '76, and I thank the mothers who bore the first cost of that war and who pay in tears and anguish the awful debt of all wars. I thank the brave pioneers who cleared the forests, broke the lands, and made the empire of civilization speed onward in its westward course, and I devoutly thank those great-souled women and wives who stood by their sides and cheered them on. I thank all the great explorers, the grave adventurers, the patient searchers for truth, the noble pioneers in the spread and development of intellectual liberty. I thank the men who died for this liberty whether on the blood-stained fields of battle, under the axe, the knife of the guillotine or by the gallows ropes, or whether in dungeons or foul prisons. I thank Buddha for his grand words fro the human race when he said: "Never will I seek or receive private or individual salvation; never will I enter into final peace alone; but forever and ever, and everywhere I will live and strive for the universal redemption of every creature throughout all the worlds." I thank every teacher of truth from every race and every land. I thank the great poets and dramatists. I thank Shakespeare for uttering the grandest words that ever fell from mortal lips, "None can be called deformed but the unkind." I thank Aeschylus. Sophocles and Euripides; Homer; Plato, Socrates. I thank all the great artists and novelists and all those who by a touch of nature make us kin all of those great men of genius who make us forget our sorrows by sowing the seeds of mirth and good cheer on earth. I thank Dickens for his "Little Nell," and "Paul Dombey" and "Tiny Tim"

HEIRESS OF $50,000 GOES HOME WITH AUNT AND OETS AUTOMOBILE

Promising to reform and to live with her aunt, Miss Winifred Sammons, the alleged $50,000 heiress, was taken home by her aunt, Miss Lottie Sammons of Lansing, Mich., last evening. The charges against her were dropped. The aunt came with a large wad of bills prepared to pay any fine that might have ben placed against the girl. She said it was true that the girl would Inherit a iarge"sum of "money "When I get home I am going to buy this girl an automobile and a piano and show her that she is not deserted

CLAWSON SEEKS COLORS OF INDIANA MOONLIGHT

Under the heading, "Indiana Artist Discovers Dozen of Colors in the Moon," the Chicago Journal prints an article concerning Charles H. Clawson, an artist, of this city. It is as follows : "How many colors are there in the moonlight? One Indiana youth says there are more than a dozen. He has found silver and blue and the green of absinthe in the night light that shimmers over the Indiana hills and the tints of its shadows, he declares, are legion. "The youth is Charles Howard Clawson and he is affiliated with the group of artists known as the Richmond school, men who have found in the prairies and hills of the Middle West beauties that neither the Rhine country nor the lowlands of Picardy, Canada, rival. "Among the men who make their STRAYER ADDRESSES MOOSE FRATERNITY "The Virtues of Fraternalism," was the subject of the address of Frank T. Strayer at the reception of the members of the Moose lodge and their families at the club rooms last evening. "Equality is the basis of fraternalism," said Mr. Strayer. "When equality rules there is no chance for pecuniary profit for the same spirit underlies equality as underlies the principles of Christ." A brief history of the Moose lodge founded in 1888 by a physician of Louisville, Ky., was then given. Until 1906 the lodge was merely a social club and had only 246 members. In that year, James Davis, an ambitious lodge man, came to the front and began the organization of local lodges affiliated with the mother lodge at Louisville. Following Mr. Strayer's talk Mrs. Charles E. Hayes entertained with several piano selections and reading, accompanied by Harold Clements. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sutton also took part in the program with an instrumental duet. Dancing, cards and refreshments were enjoyed. TIGHT SHOES KILL MAN IN CHICAGO CHICAGO. Nov. 25. Tight shoes killed Sedgwick W. Bogan, according to the verdict of a coroner's jury. Bogan, while visiting the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco, purchased a pair of shoes that pinched his feet. A blister was caused by the right shoe and gangrene set in.

entirely," said the aunt, before leaving yesterday. "She was a good girl and she can be made one again." Before Winifred and her aunt left last evening they took dinner at the Westcott hotel. Secretary Melpoldcr holds a large number of letters written by local men and boys to the girl. The girl, In the presence of her, jaunty clung, to-hev,. story that she was brought to Cincihi nati by "strange men," and that she escaped and came to Richmond. Local authorities believe this is a myth. homes here a part of every year are J. E. Bundy, J. A. Seaford, and young Clawson was the acolyte of the group. Now art enthusiasts who have seen his exhibition at the Barrere art gallery say in time he may become a master. "On many a night when the moon is full, Clawson treks over the hills and through the valleys, near Richmond, in search for sketches. He paints in the daytime, too, sometimes, but he believes in the moonlight he has found Indiana at her best. "Most of Clawson's pictures are done in pastel, water color or crayon: frequently he uses all three in a single picture. Only occasionally does he resort to the heavier medium of oil. "But it is with the crayon and pastel that he achieves his best work, particularly in the night mists, that mark many of his pictures. In the Barrere exhibit there are about, forty pictures." SHIPS IN DISTRESS SAYAL, Azores, Nov. 25 The British steamer Oakfield, bound from Rotterdam for Portland, Maine, is d &- abled and helpless at sea. A wireless 1 dispatch today stated that an Italian steamer had picked up the Oakfield and had tried to tow her to port, but was unable to do so because of roun weather. NULL HEADS DISTRICT DISCUSSION LEAGUE Benjamin Null, instructor in English in the Richmond High school, has been appointed Sixth district committeeman on league organization having charge of the state high school discussion under the auspices of the Indiana university. The subject will be "Municipal Home Rule." Through the generosity of a citizen of Indiana who is much interested in the training for citizenship afforded by the contests of the State High School Discussion League a bronze medal will be given to the winner of each county contest and a $10 goldpiece to the winner of each district contest. HOME GETS GIFTS Large donations of canned fruits and vegetables were made to the Home for the Friendless yesterday. Although no special call had been ' issued for donations, they were made voluntarily and unsolicited.

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RUSS WARSHIPS SHELL GERMANS BERLIN, Nov. 25. During a heavy snow storm Russian warships In the Gulf of Ria drew close to shore Wednesday and shelled German positions in northern Courland near Petragge. The bombardment lasted for five hours but the German war office states that no material damage was done. The warships withdrew when the shore batteries continued their fire upon two cruisers which are believed to have been damaged. '.'SIIBE BW VmSTSERVED AT MISSION Turkey, Dressing, Sweet Potatoes, Irish Potatoes, Pickles, Slaw, Cran berries,1 Jelly, Bread and Butter, Pie! Apples, Coffea or Milk. "It's a real turkey, too," said one small boy as he surrounded a nicely browned drum stick at the annual dinner given in honor of the children and the members of the Sunday School of the North Fourteenth street mission. The above menu was served to about 200 persons this noon, including about 50 children who had been "called in" from the streets. Otherwise, they would not have enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner. No trouble was spared by the committee of which Miss Alice Newman and Mrs. Alice Ebling were in charge. There was plenty to eat for all. The table was laid for 150 people and L'fty more than had been expected, were later invited and provision made for them. . AUSTRIAN FORTRESS SHELLED BY ITALIANS ROME. Nov. 25. Riva and its forts which constitute the chief defense of the Austrians south of Trente, are being bombarded by the Italians. Part of the city of Riva is in ruins and several fires are raging there. This news was received here from the front today, showing that the Italian troops are smashing their way forward in the Tyrol as well as on the Isonzo front, the extreme left and right of the battle line. The bombardment of the Riva positions was made possible by the capture of Austrian defenses on the heights before Rovereto. The latter town has been almost completely destroyed by Italian shells, but the Austrian batteries to the northward have prevented its occupation by the Italians BLOODY ENGAGEMENT ALONG TIGRIS RIVER CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 25. Violent fighting is in progress in the valley of the Tigris river near Oteslphon where a superior British force was defeated with enormous losses by the Turits. The Turkish war office in an official statement today stated that the British army which was driving 'against Bagdad has been driven back and that the Turks are on the offensive in that section. FIRE RAZES BUILDING NEW ALBANY, Miss., Nov. 25 A 1 the business section of New Albany was destroyed by fire early today. Reports indicate that six persons wero injured and one man is believed to have perished

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BULGAR-TEUTON FORCE FORGES RING OF STEEL AROUND SERBIAN ARMY

LONDON, Nov. 25. Although there is no improvement in the relations between Greece and the entente powers the military situation of the Serbians is more disturbing. ' Only a small strip of territory in western and southern Serbia remains Ijn the hans of .Ibe Serbs and -the Anglo-French, forces and now a great battle has developed on Kossovo plains which may seal the fate of King Peter's main army. In north central Serbia the sweep ABE MARTINS' BOOK SERVES AS "TONIC" FOR HGOSIER FOLKS In the good old spring time people are accustomed to dose themselves with sassafras tea and other things vegetable, credited with some mysterious medicinal properties, to get themselves "toned up" the better to grapple with life's duties. The toningup process is nowadays carried into the fall and early winter, but instead of sassafras tea a big dose of "Abe Martin's Sayings" is the remedy and its popularity Increases as the spring tonic stuff is on the wane. To forget that there is a great war abroad; that times are not "what they used to be," and to get yourself into proper shape to get a clear perspective of life and its joys, there is nothing half so effective as two hours with Abe and his homely philosophy. This Christmas season brings In Hubbard's best effort. Looking back over a period of seven or eight years of annual Abe Martin offerings, one wonders that Mr. Hubbard's well of humor never Las gone dry. Instead it has increased in volume and has become richer with age. Mr. Hubbard this year, in addition to the bits of philosophy from the lips of Abe himself, supplements his book with a series of biographical sketches of "unsuccessful people" as taken from the columns of the "Bloom Center Weekly Sliphorn," and penned by that eminent journalist, Hon. Cale Fluhart. A great deal of the "inside" of the lives of such personages as Alex Newton, Miss Bonnie Grimes, Elmer Titus, Schuyler Wiggins and other wellknown characters in Abe Martin's Brown county life is placed under the dazzling spot light and the series as a whole represents some of the very best humor of the day. It would hardly be proper to say that in this Christmas book Mr. Hubbard has reached the height of his fame as a humorist, for this has been said in past years, and he always fame back the next year on a higher rung of the ladder of fame. However, Abe Martin for Christmas, 1915, is so far ahead and so unlike any similar offering from the pen of any American writer, that it promises to surpass even the circulation of books gone before. The volume i3 nifty and attractive in appearance, is proftiEely illustrated by Mr. Hubbard himself and is the ideal gift book of Hoosierdom. It will be on sale in bookstores within a few days, the first advance copy coming to the Palladium this week. SERVE TURKEY MEAL. Turkey supper with all the trimmings was served to about twenty-five members of the Woodward lodge of Odd Fellows In their hall last night. The annual election of five officials of the lodge will be held next Wednesday night by the lodge.

and the Immortal "Pickwick" and "Sam Weller." I thank all of the great novelists of every race and land. I thank George Eliot for her "Choir Invisible." I devoutly thank this great woman for these words: "Oh may I Join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence; live In pulses stirred to generosity. In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable alms that end in self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars. And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues." I thank her for these winged words of woman's sympathy: "May I be to other souls the cup of strength in some great agony, and beget the smiles that have no cruelty. I am thankful for life, for sun, moon, tree, flower, bird, harmony, music; for mother, sister, brother, wife; for sweet memories of them; for love, gentle words, caresses; for friends who are bound with hooks of steel; for books, pictures; for dlvnie songs and gifted singers; for the brave soldiers who pressed to the front and fell unnamed and unknown. I thank the men and women who sent a ray of light to the foul prisons of earth. I thank Buddha who said, "I pray thee to have pity on the virtuous by making them so. I thank Lincoln for breaking the chains from the bodies of men. I thank Darwin for destroying the phantoms of the soul. To remove the shackles from the bodies of slaves Is great. To snap asunder the bonds of superstition and fin "the world with intellectual light is grand. Thanks to all the great

of the Austro-German armies continues unchecked. The Teutonic troops that took Mitrovltza and Trlstlna are now driving toward Bnstrand near which point they hope to form a Junc tion with the Bulgarians. If this move is successful and the Bulgars win on Kossovo plains, the Serbian forces will be surrounded by a ring of steel facing annihilation or surrender. The Improvement which followed the agreement with Greece has failed to dispel the pessmlsm of the military reverses in Servia. REV. RAE PRESENTS REASON FOR THANKS Praise and thanksgiving was returned by Rev. J. J. Rae In his sermon on "What Have We to be Thankful for This Year," for the splendid statesmanship and leadership of President Wilson who has prevented the needless slaughter of America's promising young men. He said the congregation should be thankful for the church's growth and the deeper spiritual attitude assumed during the year. He pleaded that the spiritual ETQWJhpf, people should - develop - -with the material wealth and not be smothered by It. NATION'S EXECUTIVE PRAISED BY HOWARD Five particular reasons why the United States as a nation should be thankful this year on Thanksgiving Day were given by the Rev. E. G. Howard before a congregational meeting at special services at 10:30 o'clock this morning in the First English Lutheran church. The reasons were the preservation of the nation's life in the midst of the disaster wrought by the European erabroglio, the progress of the nation during the last twelve months as shown in two instances in the completion of the Panama Canal and the wireless telephone, the plentitude of the harvests in the land, the peace of the nation since the threatened conflict with Mexico has apparently been averted and skilled diplomacy is averting war with European belHgents and fifth the possibilities of the nation's usefulness demonstrated in the alleviation of suffering abroad and development of foreign commerce, especially with the South American states. CENTERVILLE MEAL ATTRACTS HUNDREDS Many Richmond persons went to Centerville on the morning interurban cars to partake of the feast which Is spread annually by the Woman's Cemetery association. The good cooks of the town spread tables loaded with turkey and all tbe trimmings, to which the hungry city folk flock and where tbey feed themselves to their hearts' content without having a bothersome waiter coming along at every helping and raising the amount on the check. The annual Thanksgiving pilgrimmage is made by mnay.

Liberators of Men of every race and land. I thank the men and women whs put animals and their rights on th statute books of every civilised country today. I thank those who have emphasized the rights of children, the rights of women, the liberty of man, woman and child. I thank those bravs men who fought for the lights of labor, for the dignity and honor of working men. I thank that great mind Voltaire, who said the time would come when the blouse of the plowman and the coat of the laborer would be as sacred as the robes of the king or the gown of the priest. I thank all the great teachers who have taught us to love Justice, to Ions for right, to pity the suffering, to aselst the weak, to forget wrongs and rememb benefits, to love the troth, to be sincere, to love wife and child and friend, to love the beautiful and nature, to fill life with the splendor of generous acts and the warmth of loving words who taught us to destroy prejudice and to welcome light from every source. I thank all the noble women of thta earth, who through their love for spies did men. have painted all the great pictures, carved all the sublime statues, sung all the sweetest songs, com posed all the grandest symphonies, dtc tated all the great books, won all the great battles, dreamed all the great poems, and filled the earth with bean ty and Joy. I thank the Universal Mind and the Eternal One for this great truth, that It is only when man, feels the divine presence of the woman who lores and discovers. Mm, leada and sympathizes with him. and la touched with her greatest gift, understanding, that he does his best work.

THANKSGIVING SPIRIT WARMS QUAKER TOWN Churches Hold Services of Praises While GenerousHearted Persons Prepare Turkey Dinners for Poor. Two hundred and ninety-four years ago the Pilgrim Fathers knelt on the shores of Massachusettes and devoutly returned thanks Jo." their safe arrival In the new world. Today Richmond and Wayne county joined with the state and nation In an appropriate observance of Thanksgiving day, the national holiday so designated by President Wilson's proclamation and held annually since the Purltans first paid their tribute of appreciation of all that America had In store for them. Richmond's civic, commercial and educational life temporarily ceased last night, and all stores, factories, business offices and schools and colleges were closed for the occasion, not to open again until Friday morning. Rev. Bridge Speaks. The principal religious observance of the day was the union service of several Protestant churches, held this morning at the East Main Street Friends' church, which drew a large attendance. Rev. II. S. A. Rridm nu tor of the Grace M. E. church, was the principal speaker. Other churchea held nui umH. thla morning, their pastors delivering; wnnons appropriate to tne holiday. Tbe congregations in all cases were large. The churches which held indi vidual services were Trinity Lutheran. St Paul's Lutheran. First English Lutheran. First Presbyterian. SL Andrew's. St. Paul's Episcopal. Second E.ngnsn iutneran ana St. Mary's. Milton, Cambridge City and Liberty churches held tin Inn onlpai on I Fountain City will have a union ser vice at 7:3 o'clock tonight. Centerville. WllHamsbure and other tnvn In the county held an appropriate observ ance. Special Thanksgiving dinners were Mtpn fit nnfln todav In all th- rmrtv institutions, homes and hotels In Rich mond and ayne county. The onlv athletic event held dnrlnsthe day of consequence was the annual roaa race conducted under tne auspices of the physical department of the Y. M. C. A. There, waa much In. terest taken In the race and many people turned out to witness it. HAGERSTOWN FORMS CIVIC ASSOCIATION TO FIGHT "TIGERS" HAGERSTOWN. Ind.. Nov. 25. A meeting of the Law and Order organization was held at the City Council chamber Tuesday night and there were forty-eight citizens present. A constitution and by-laws was presented and. adopted and an executive committee chosen as follows: Wm. Stahr, Oscar Werklng. Bert Souders, Robert Marlatt and Rev. A. C Wlschmeier. Following the public session at the city building a secret sestet was held elsewhere. It Is generally n derstood that this organization i pects to regulate pool rooms and snt press blind tigers. A considerable1 sum of money has been raised for the purpose of employing a special pottos ,

force for this purpose.