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RICHMOND, IN P., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1917.

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Parties Poll Less Than Half of Total Normal Vote

MANY IDEAS OF PROMOTION DEVELOPED IN RURAL CHURCH

Indiana Sunday School Association Gives Many Suggestions on Publicity in New Bulletin.

HASEMEIER IS HEAD

BY HA8SAL T. SULLIVAN i Many of our rural Sunday schools and churches are more progressive and aggressive than their city neighbors. The church as the temple of "worship and as the seat of social activities is not compelled to face the cut-throat competition of numerous other bidders for attention and attendance. Church Draws Large Percentage. Church activities not only draw a larger percentage of the rural or small town population, but they absorb the Interest and energies of the leading citizens. . In the cities, many of tho leading members have such a diversity of Interests that the church receives only a email portion of their scattered efforts. With the best intellect of villages and towns directed in a study of efficient methods of church promotion, many plans have been evolved as a solution to the problems of the rural religious life. ' State Issues Publicity Bulletin. '.Many of these innovations are so meritorious that the Indiana Sunday School association of which Ed Hasenipier, of this city is president, has Incorporated them into a publicity trlletin for rural churches. xcerpts from this leaflet which Wa.yre County denominations may , find of value follow: ,'.n isolated location makes it all the ?fore important that the rural church ad"rt some , permanent publicity methods. In. the stateVide movement to indues city motorists and their families to visit the rural churches, s well as to have farm and villagg families motor to the cities for the religious

services, road signs along the highways and bulletin boards at the country church are necessary to show the visitors the way. f Boards Are Easy to Make. A neat bulletin board can be made in any farm or village workshop by anyone familiar with carpenter's tools. The lettering of the words should be very plain, and the whole board will show more effectively if no ornamentation is attempted. If the church Is within twenty-five' feet of the highway, the bulletin board may be fastened on the outer wall of the building. If the church is well back from the highway, the bulletin board should be bolted to a post planted near the roadside. The chief idea fg to hare the board bo placed as to attract persons in vehicles along the roadway. The lettering might read:

Iowa Expects to Heap Scorn On Her Solons

(By Associated Press) DES MOINES, la., March 7 A resolution declaring that the Iowa general

assembly recognizes that the action of

Senators Cummins and Kenyon, "by aiding in the filibuster against the armed ship bill in the U. S. senate, held up the state as an object for scorn and contempt" and repudiating their action is expected to be taken up for consideration in the lower branch of the legislature today.

BAVIS NAMED AS HEAD FOR THIRD SLATE

With the city primary election out of the Way it is generally understood that a movement will soon be launched for the placing of a non-partisan, citizens ticket in the field a ticket on which only a mayoralty candidate will appear. Men who are behind this movement plan to secure the support of several important civic and labor organizations for such a ticket. Already the local rades Council has

given this question much consideration.

Alfred Bavls, president of the board of public works, has been the man most generally suggested to enter the mayoralty contest as an independent but today Bavls declined to state whether he would make the race.

ENGLISH AVIATORS HOVER OVER LINES OF ENEMY TRENCHES

(By Associated Press) Intense aerial activity prevailing on the Franko-Belgian front Indicates the probability of important developments there in the near future. The entente aviators are taking extra hazardous risks in their insistent Bearch for information of hostile movements and disposition.

NINE-MILE GAIN MADE BY ALLIES

(By Associated Press) London, March 7. British cavalrymen have advanced within nine miles of Ctesiphon, on the Tigris front, on Monday afternoon it was announced officially today.

Post Criticises Sherwood's Vote

MT. PLEASANT CHURCH rt. Win. H. Smith, Pastor Preaching on First and Fourth Sundays of the Month, 10:30 a. m. SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 a. m. Every Sabbath Henry W. Moore, Supt. A Cordial Welcome to Visitors.

(By Associated Press) TOLEDO, O., March 7. Forsyth Post, G. A. R. has adopted a resolu-

tion by unanimous vote censoring ; Congressman Isaac R. Sherwood, of ! this city, for his vote against the measure to authorize president Wilson to

arm merchant ships.

If large enough and with a dark background, the board may serve for announcement of church and neighborhood meetings. To direct the nttentlon of the motoring public, road signs guide posts may be set along the highway, especially at crossroads, within a reasonable radius of the church. 1 These guideposts may read:

MT. PLEASANT CHURCH

One Mile West.

,' A dozen markers will cover several I miles of territory. ; The country store, the open forum j for all the people of the neighborhood, ' affords a nood location for a bulletin ; board, similar to that placed at the church. On this blackboard may be placed in chalk any special announcements that the pastor or Sunday school superintendent may desire to make of class meetings, socials, entertainments and special services. The merchant will be glad to give the board a conspicuous position ' where it will compell the attention of bis customers.

Art Association Re-elects Leader

An exhibit of etchings made by members of the Chicago Society of Etchers will be shown In the Art Gallery during April, the Art association announced last night at its annual meeting. Officers were elected as follows: Mrs. Paul Comstock, president; J. T. Giles, first vice president W. D. Foulke, second vice president; F. G. Pickell, secretary; Dr. A. B. Price, treasurer: Mrs. M. F. Johnston, J. E. Cathell, Mrs. Arthur Charles and Walter Knollenberg, directors.

ASK FOULKE TO TALK

. William Dudley Foulke has been asked to review his impressions of Hawaii for members of the Commercial club at the regular monthly meeting next Monday evening in the club rooms. , Mr. Foulke recently returned after an extended tour of the islands.

I Weather Forecast 1 For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Rain and colder tonight Thursday fair. Colder. Temperature Today. oon , 3 7 Yesterday. Maximum t ....39 Minimum . , 5

Forecast for Wayne county Rain tonight Thursday probably fair and colder. Warmer aagln Friday or Saturday. General Conditions Strong shifting winds, mostly westerly. Cold wave of past 36 hours now covers the southeastern states as far south as Tampa. Severe freezes reported in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi Tempera tures have risen generally In the Mississippi valley. It Is somewhat cooler in the west. The storm causing the present rain extends from Canada to the Gulf. It will pass eastward by tomorrow, followed by fair weather.

CLOTURE RULE TO BE CHANGED BY SENATORS

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 7. After a White House conference between the President and Democratic Senators the latter went to the Capitol for a conference with Republican leaders to lay before them a plan for a modified cloture which the Democrats hope to bring before the Senate tomorrow. The Democrats said they expected prompt action.

Tongs Decline Peace Proffer

(By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, March 7. Offers of the Chinese Peace Society to arrange a peace parley were scorned today by the Chinese Tongs which started a war Monday with the killing of six Chinese in four Pacific coast cities. The offers were made yesterday after a meeting in the Chinese quartrs in which twenty Chinese pacifists participated.

Somerville Sends Learner Letter From Russia

It took exactly three months for a letter from J. J. Somerville, who re

signed his position as boys' secretary of the Y. M. C. A. here last fall to assume similar duties in Petrograd, Russia, to reach the desk of Secretary Ellis M. Learner at the local "Y." The letter, which was posted in December, bears the O. K. of the Russian censor. No reference is made to the war. Mr. Somerville reports that he and his wife enjoy Russia much although they have the language to master yet. Workers are taught the language by Americans who have spent several years in Russia. There are five Americans at Mayak, the post at which the former Richmond man is located. "There is no such thing as 'rough house' here," the letter says. "Men are interested especially in such things as music, reading, educational classes and physical exercise." Mr. Somerville's address is Nadjishinkaya 35, Petrograd, Russia.

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XPECT WILSON WILL FIND WAY TO ARM SHIPS

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 7. The definite impression that American merchantmen would be armed in the near future gained ground today following conferences between President Wilson and administration officials and Demo

cratic senators.

Women Oust Peace Leader

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 7. Members of the Women's Peace Party explained today that Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt chairman of the National Woman Suffrage Women's Party was not re-elected an honorary chairman of the peace party because she had offered President Wilson the services of the suffragists of the country in case of war.

Floods Swept Away Gas Pipes

Heavy floods in West Virginia which swept away gas mains caused the shortage in the supply here yesterday, according to word received by Manager Johnson of the L. H. & P. company. The flow was normal again this morning.

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CARRIES ARMS

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 7. The steamship Carmania of the Cunard line, whic harrived last night from Liverpool, is equipped with the best submarine defenses carried by an merchant vessels that have reached this port. The Carmania is the first ship here to show the smoke screen apparatus recently invested by the British admiralty. In addition to this device she carries a naval six inch gun with a range of eight miles.

JAPAN DELIGHTED WHEN U. S. BROKE GERMAN RELATIONS

(By Associated Press) TOKIO, March 7 The diplomatic rupture between the United States and Germany was welcomed with enthusiasm throughout Japan. The press devoted columns to the telegraphic reports announcing the break and to the observations of diplomats and publicists on the situation.

G. 0. P. Names George Elliott

(By Associated Press) NEW CASTLE, Ind., March 7. George A. Elliot, was nominated for mayor by the Republicans and Horace G. Gergin by the Democrats in yesterday's primaries here.

Thoughts to Think About Anger succumbs to a soft reply like a troubled sea to a little strand only froth and shells remain. Knowledge is the sequence of things learned by experience; it is common sense classified.

Cheerfulness is the oil of gladness which lubricates life's activity.

Results in Classified advertising come in proportion to the number of readers The Palladium is read by more people than any other paper in the Eastern part of Indiana nearly everybody in Richmond reads The Palladium.

THREE-HOUR ILLNESS RESULTS IN DEATH OF J, D, GONNERTON

Jeremiah D. Connerton, 328 South Ninth street, died Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock after an illness of uraemic poisoninglasting.only three hours. He was stricken when at work. He was a blacksmith at the Starr Piano Connerton was 56 years old and had lived in Richmond for 36 years. He leaves a widow and four children, Marie, Leonard, Paul and Robert. He was a member of St. Marys church. Funeral services will be held from this church Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial in St. Marys cemetery. Friends may call at any time.

GRAND JURORS HOPE TO AVERT DIVORCE CASES

ADVANCE VIEW THAT PRESIDENT MAY ARM SHIPS

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 7. Some administration officials today were urging on President Wilson their view that he may legally arm merchant ships now without awaiting express authority which congress might give if called in special session. They argued that the old law passed in 1819 forbidding a merchantman to fire on "a public armed vessel of a nation in amity with the United States" would not apply to the present situation. '

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AND FARWIG LEAD PARTIES IN ELECTION

William B. Stevens Defeats B. A. Bescher by Twelve Votes in Clerk's Race.

FEW DEMOCRATS OUT

Gossom is Named

(By Associated Press) TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 7. Unofficial returns today from the primary held here yesterday showed Major James M. Gossom had been renominated on the democratic ticket, and Charles R. Hunter, a merchant, the successful republican candidate.

REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET

For Mayor Dr. W. W. Zimmerman. For Clerk William B. Stevens. Councilmen-at-large Jesse J. Evans. J. V. Schneider. Mathcw Von Peln. Oscar C. Williams. Ward Councilmen First Vard James P. Reid: Second Ward John E. White. Third Ward David B. Golden. Fourth Ward Ben L. Bulla. Fifth Ward A. J. Ford. Sixth Ward E. H. Stegman. Seventh Ward W. P. Richardson. Eighth Ward H. A. Schwefeer.

DEMOCRATIC CITY TICKET For Mayor Henry H. Farwig. For Clerk Isaac F. Burns. Councilmen-at-large J. J. Coyle. Deibert D. Minnick. Anton Stolle, Sr. Ward Councilmen First Ward Joe M. Waltermann. Second Ward J. W. Bolser. Third Ward William Urban. Fourth Ward H. H. Schuermann. Fifth Ward Omer C. Woods. Eighth Ward W. E. Wilkins.

BOMB PLOTTERS HELD FOR JURY

(By Associated Press) HOBOKEN. N. J., March 7 Fritz Kolb and Hans Schwartz, arrested In connection with an alleged plot to destroy war munitions for the entente allies, today were held for the grand jury without bail. Two bombs found in Kolb's room were identified by the prisoners In court.

Canned Fruits Show Increase

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 7. Prices of canned fruits today showed an advance ranging from four to nine cents a can at retail.

TRANSPORT TURNS BACK TO HARBOR (By Associated Press)

SEATTLE, Washington, March 7 The United States transport Dlx which left Seattle last Saturday for Manila and which sufferod an accident to her steering gear when S60 miles southwest of Cape Flattery, is returning to Seattle today under her own steam.

HARDWARE MERCHANTS BUILD UP BUSINESS

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 7, Amerl. can hardware manufacturers have taken advantage of the European war to build up a big business in China, the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce announced today.

Belgian Plants Will Be Stopped

(By Associated Press) AMSTERDAM, March 7. The Telegraaf says there win be an almost complete stoppage of industry, in Belgium within a few days, the German authorities asserting that this is necessary owing to the lack of coal and transport facilities.

TWO-THIRDS VOTE MAY LIMIT DEBATE

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March J Twothirds of the senators might limit debate at any time, according to a proposed rule for prevention of future filibusters by a small minority, drawn up by a Joint committee of Democratic and Republican senators today and in the form of a resolution to be presented eoon.to caacusea of both parties,

Evidence gathered by the grand jury of the Wayne circuit court indicated that several married women have been deceiving their husbands. This morning, the grand jury called three women into conference and advised them to reform before drastic action is necessary. It is hoped by the grand jurors that in this way several divorce suits may be avoided. Tomorrow, the grand jury will take up the investigation of the Greensfork bank robbery. Detectives working on the job have asked for such an investigation because oftentimes evidence gathered from witnesses under oath substantiate suspicions and warrant arrests. Prosecutor Strayer today issued a

public call for all persons knowing of

law violations to appear before the grand jury.

New Dance Holds at Miami Barred

OXFORD, C March 7.

Miss

Sara Norris, Dean of Women, Miami University, has placed a ban on modern dance-holds at all Miami dances, and in consequence a howl has gone up from the boys. They say that the new rule, together with an old one which requires that at least 18 inches of daylight must be visible between the dancers, throws all the weight of the girl Upon the right arm, and makes dancing harder than plowing.

Army Assigns Enlisted Men

Russian Craft

Strikes Mine

(By Associated Press) BERLIN, March 6 The Russian armed cruiser Ryuerik struck a mine in the Gulf of Finland and was badly damaged, according to reports from Stockholm.

NOMINATE JEWETT OVER LEW SHANK

(By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, March 7, Com. plete, but unofficial returns from the 140 precincts in Indianapolis, received this morning from yesterday's ' primary, show that Charles W, Jewett was nominated foe mayor on the Republican tieket by a majority of 906 over Lew Shank, The unofficial vote was Jewett 15,014 s Shank 14,108. Shank announced last night that, if he were defeated for the nomination, he would run on an independent ticket Dick Miller was nominated for mayor by the Democrats without opposition, i

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 7 The war department has directed that between 5,000 and 6,000 enlisted men of the army be designated by regimental commanders for commission as company officers in whatever army may be raised. Orders have been sent to each regiment to select sixty men who will be eligible for commissions up to and including captains.

Two -veteran Richmond politicians. Dr. W. W. Zimmerman and Henry H. Farwig were in fine form yesterday and as a result Zimmerman is today the Republican mayoralty nominee, while the name of Farwig appears on the Democratic ticket as candidate for mayor. Each of these two veterans enjoyed a runaway contest, Zimmerman defeating Dr. S. G. Smelser by a two-to-one vote while Farwig walloped his opponent, Frank McFail, by almost a four-to-one vote. The only ihterest centering about the joint Republican-Democratic primary election was in the hard-fought Republican city clerkship contest, William B. Stevens defeating B. A. Bescher by the narrow margin of twelve votes. Second choice votes figured in determining the winner of this contest in which there were five entries. Second Choice Decides Race. When the first choice vote count in the Republican clerkship contest had been completed Stevens had a majority of one over Bescher. The count of second choice votes gave Stevens 47 and Bescher 36, making Steven's net majority a bare twelve. There was a total of 2,687 votes cast for the four mayoralty candidates yesterday. Of the 2,687 votes cast for the mayoralty candidates Tuesday 2,020 were for the Republican candidates and 667 for the Democratic candidates. The indifference displayed by the Democratic voters yesterday was geo erally commented on.

THREE INDICTMENTS RETURNED BY JURY

Three Indictments were returned by the grand Jury this afternoon and bench warrants issued Immediately. Up to late hour no arrests had been made. It is understood that the indictments were returned against people who have been charged with conducting resorts. The grand Jury has returned 43 indictments since it first went into session, In January.

Name Rail Clerk

(By Associated Press) SOUTH BEND, Ind March 7. Rudolph Ackerman has been nominated by the democratic party for mayor of South Bend, and Dr. Franklin R. Carson by the republicans. Ackerman is chief clerk of the Pennsylvania divi-. sion hero.

HOGS IN CHICAGO SELL FOR EVEN $15 (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, March 7 Choice hogs sold at the Union stock yards toda? at $15. This figure, 15 cents a pound on the hoof, is by far the highest price ever paid for hogs in this country,

PUBLIC FORUM WILL DISCUSS VITAL ISSUES

A public forum to discuss questions to be taken up by the state constitutional convention was planned by a committee of 30 persons at a luncheon at the Y. M. C. A, today. Sunday afternoon meetings In the high school auditorium every two weeks will be held. President Stonw. of Purdue university, will be invited to address the first meeting, which will be held Sunday, March 18. Ross F, Lockridge, secretary of th Indiana Citizens' League, addressed the committee meeting today, An organization committee was formed to arrange details of the first meeting and plan for organization.

EVANSVILLE CASTS VERY LIGHT VOTE

(By Associated Preos) EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 7. With no contests except in a few wards, where there were spirited fights for councilmanic nominations, only 983 votes were cast in yesterday's primary for Albert R, Messiek, Republican candidate for mayor and 1,683 for Bea. jamin Bosse, Democrat, Both, were unopposed.