Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 181, 12 June 1917 — Page 1

a: TWELVE PAGES HOME EDITION SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS vol. XLH..NO. i8i-rt,r.d97Sun-Tcle8ram RICHMOND, INDM TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 19i7. OLD MAN LIES 32 HOURS IN WOODS AFTER CUTTING SELF Pictures of Baby Keel's Smiles and Well in Which His Body Was Found

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Aged Coachman Tried to End Life in Thicket After Denied Admission to Infirmary.

FOUND BY YOUTHS "It was the last straw when they refused to admit me to the infirmary. I am seventy-six years old, sick and too feeble to earn a living, so I decided to kill myself. They say I will live what for?" So spoke William Clark, a homeless wanderer, from his cot in a ward at Reld hospital this morning. He spoke with difficulty because of a wound in his throat, extending from ear to ear, self-inflicted with a razor. Cuts Throat When in Thicket. Refused aid at the office of the trustee of Wayne township, according to Clark's statement today, be decided to commit suicide. In a thicket near the Country club, two miles east of Richmond, Clark gashed his throat about 9 o'clock Sunday morning. About 5 o'clock Monday afternoon pome boys entered the thicket and found the aged man in an unconscious condition, lying in a welter of his blood. The boys promptly communicated with Sheriff Carr and Clark was taken to Reid hospital in the police ambulance. City Physician Huffman after examining Clark's wound said Continued On Page Seven. KELLY ORDERED TO COMMENCE ACTION AGAINST SLACKERS Yesterday was the last day for de linquent draft registration. ' Ttla rucrning County Clerk Kelly received an order from the state conscription agent,-to prosecute vigorously all cases where an eligible man has failed to register and where possible secure conviction under the penal clause of the act. The order however, will have little effect on conditions In Wayne county as It is believed that the men of the county between the military ages have all registered. About twenty-five persons registered after June 5, the day set for the registration, the majority of these claiming that it was absolutely impossible for hem to be registered on that day. Fairbanks 4 'Taken Off Perch" in Richmond; Gets Wrong Suitcase Charles W. "Fairbanks, former vicepresident of the United States, was taken "off his perch" here Sunday morning. Mr. Fairbanks, when leaving the jWestcott. picked up the wrong suit case. The owner of the suit case, a young man with a hasty temper, started after his suit case. In the roughest sort of voice he or dered the vice-president to bring his suit case back. After the exchange was made and Mr. Fairbanks was once more on his way. his identity was made known to the young man. Now he wishes be had remained silent. "A suit case belonging to a former vice president wouldn't be a bad addition," he said. FRENCH CHEER SECOND INSTALLMENT OF VAN OF AMERICAN FORCES BOLOUGNE. June 12. Another installment of the vanguard of the American army has arrived in France in the form of 150 ambulance drivers and 76 nurses. Preceded by a British military band, they marched through the streets to their quarters amid the enthusiastic cheers of the population. Do Your p-j Join the Bit Now jf Red Cress WEATHER FORECAST I For Indiana by United State Weather Bureau Probably showers and thunder storms tonight and Wednesday. Cooler in extreme northwest portion tonight. Temperature Today. Noon SI Yesterday. Maximum 75 Minimum 50 Wayne County by W. E. Moor Occasional showers and probably thunderstorm tonight and Wednesday. Cooler Wednesday. General Conditions High pressure prevails east of the Mississippi with fair weather. A storm is centered over Iowa and extends from Canada to the southern states causing unsettled weather over the Mississippi valley. The weather remains very cool In the west with frosts in Utah. Wyoming and Colorado.

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Efforts, to find the kidnapers who stole "Buddy" Keets, 14 months old son of Banker J. H. Keets and wife, of Springfield, Mo., have been unsuccessful, although the police are still holding suspects. Different poses of the baby are shown above. Below is a picture of the. well oh the abandoned farm, in which the baby's body was founds -v " n

AMERICAN TANKER SENT TO BOTTOM; SEAMEN MISSING WASHINGTON, June 12 The American steamer Petrolite has been sunk by a German submarine. Consular reports which brought the news of the disaster , today said one boat with 18 men, the third mate, and the chief engineer " had been landed and two boats with an unstated number of men were missing. NEW YORK, June 12 The Petrolite, -a tanker of 3,710 tons, owned by the Standard Oil company, of .New York, left here April 30 for Savona and Leghorn, Italy. The vessel was in command of.Capt. Thomas H. McKellum, and carried a crew of 38 men of whom ten were Americans. The ship was armed and carried a gunner's crew. - Disabled U -Boat Found on High Sea CADIZ, Spain, (via Paris), June 12.-The Spanish Torpedo Boat Number 6 this rnornins discovered the German submarine U-52, disabled from gunshot which had struck her engines. The submarine was towed into Cadiz, and stripped of her wireless apparatus, so the vessel could not communicate with other vessels of the Central powers interned in this port. Repairs to the German submarine will take" at least two' days, but it is believed the vessel will be interned. The German commander paid a visit to the Spanish court officials. ' 4 The submarine is of 450 tons and carries a crew of 20. It is equipped with two torpedo tubes, and two rapid fire guns. SCHWAN GOES TO CAMP. TV A Sehwan. nhvsical director of the Y. M. C. A., who will act in the same capacity at the summer school and camp at Lake Geneva; left . yestMv with enuinment for the camo. He will have the camp in readiness for the boys tomorrow.

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Speakers Assigned Meetings Next General Pershing and his staff have arrived in England. - - v ..It will not be long before they are joined by the advance guard of the great American army which is to take its place in the trenches of northern France, and with the advent of these Yankee fighting, men on the firing lines will come action, death and misery. Hospitals will be filled with our wounded, and these maimed men must be cared for. Who is to care for them? ' Red Cross Needs Funds. The American Red .Cross. . But the Red Cross must have- the' money '.to perform this great service, this all-important service. It isfcsstimated that the Red Cross will require a fund of one hundred million dollars. Wayne county's quota is $50,000,. and it is going to be raised next week. There will be no excuse for not subscribing to this fund. On the firing lines will be your own relatives,, your dearest friends, and you must help care for them through the agency , of the Red Cross. So be prepared to enter your subscription ESPIONAGE BILL.tS x SENT TO PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, June 12. The administration's espionage bill, finally was approved by the senate today without roll call, and sent to the White House for the president's signature. Provisions for newspaper censorship has been struck out, and material modification in other respects had been made. ; .. ": - . WOMAN KILLED WHENAUTO IS OVERTURNED SOUTH BEND, June 12. Mrs. Marie Smith, 28 years old, was killed and two persons were ; seriously hurt, when an automobile,' carrying six persons, .went over an embankment, 'six miles north of here early today.- - , Miss Ella-Rogers, 24, was injured internally, and sent to. a hospital.; Ray Cowell, 26, was. .bruised about the head and is held at the police station, together with Penrose . Payton, Barney ' Babimovich, . and . Joseph , Riffle, the other occupants of the car.

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when a Red Cross solicitor calls at your home or-place of . business .some time next week.. ,. Meetings in All Towns. Sunday afternoon' Red Cross meetings will be held in practically every town in the county.' These meetings will start simultaneously at 2 o'clock It is your patriotic duty to attend the meeting in Your town, and it will be explained , to you just , what the' Red " Continued On Page Nine. . English Newspaper Praises President's Message To Russia LONDON, "June 12. The Manchester Guardian in a long leader describes President Wilson's message to Russia as an extraordinary and powerful piece of writting. : , .- " . . The paper finds little new in his statement of principles . affecting a peace settlement but says that his "application of them to the present situation in Russia almost startles by its boldness ar.d blunt downrightness." The Guardian concludes: "It . is a powerful piece of; analysis and if it-is read and understood in Russia, it will settle the future, "not only of Russian liberty but of the world's."; s ,. " 1 ONLY TWO RECRUITS' ......FOR NAVY FROM -WAYNE COUNTY ARE REJECTED k Of the thirty or more young men examinedhere - by Postmaster - Beck - as recruits for the navy, and sent to Indianapolis, only two 'have " been, rejected.- - r r . 'v.. "7 No enlistments have been made for several days. Beck -believes the falling off ' in enlistments ; is not due - to any lack of Interest on the part ; of Wayne county's young men, but that it is due to a rbelier that,' hating registered, they cannot enlist until drafted. . Contrary to this belief voluntary, enlistment in any branch' of the. service is possible upto the' very day. of the draft. ' - J-"

BRITISH CONFINE ACTIVITY TO RAIDS

. (By Associated Press). . , There is again a lull on the FrancoBelgian front The British after capturing yesterday,-' an additional mile of the trenches west of Warnetoni in the Belgian sector, where their recent important advance was scored,' confined themselves last night to raiding operations. . , . i The Germans, for their part, sent a scout expedition against the British lines at several points in this area. These were repulsed, by the British, who took some of the German prisoners. ' '. ' '- ' According to Berlin's account of the fighting around Messines yesterday, a British cavalry force was sent into action there. Only remnants of the force returned to. the British line, the German reports declare. On the front occupied, by the French there was inactivity, except for the artillery. : '. '''."- ' ' The Italian advance begun Sunday in- the Trentino was not pushed further yesterday. The Rope official bulletin says that adverse atmospheric conditions interferred with, the operations. " "" " v : YOUNG FRIENDS MUST APPLY DIRECT. TO. THE PHILADELPHIA OFFICE ; Applications, for entrance , to the American . Friends", '.Reconstruction Unit, which is to begin training July 10 for service Jn .France, hereafter will be sent direct to the general headquarters in Philadelphia. Secretary Woodward announced today. - . ' - The blanks - for - application have been ; received by Secretary Woodward and win be distributed at once. Applications for . entrance to the unit must be mailed not later than June 15. : ."s".-" ' '."" ?- -: r"- v ITALY TO NAME ENVOY ROME.? (via Paris) , June 1 2. A high commissioner, to the United States will be appointed -by r; the Italian government. . His task will be similar to that of the French High Commissioner, Andre Tardin. " '

'.'Buddy ' Keet's Little Brother Learns His Companion is Gone; Parents Brave During Funeral

CITY WILL HOLD CLUB OVER HEADS OF FOOD DEALERS Plans, whereby an entire re-arrangement of stalls at the City market house will be made and. the wholesale commission men of the city will be denied the use of the house, were adopted by he City Food Committee last night and probably will be carried out by the City cooncil. - . V About-fifteen persons appeared before the committee ; and offered , sug gestions as to what could be done to relieve the food situation. . According to the plans, the stalls at the market house will be divided into three -classes.- ' The stalls -inside the house will form the first and highest priced 'class: those on the outside of the' building but under' the eaves will form the second and .the stalls along the curb the third.. No Charoe On Curb. ; The 6talls in the inside of the house will be sold at', the same . price, the merchants desiring the use of the stalls, taking their locations by lot, the locations- being- changed ,each week. The same plan of. giving positions to merchants will .be carried out on the outside but for the stalls on the curb no charge will be made. - Among the. stipulations of the com mittee's plan is that , no commission merchant or paid agent of .such, will be allowed the use of any of the stalls in the market house." The committee, however, arranged their plan, whereby a club will be placed over the heads of the produce merchants to prohibit undue Inflation of prices. , -' r , Two .Stall Reserved. Two stalls inside the market house will be kept in reserve by the city and fn case he merchants begin to charge exhorbitant prices, the city will fill its two stalls and enter into competition with the private merchants. When not used-by the city, these two stalls will be given free to churches and clubs for pastry markets. - ' - This plan was worked out by the committee last night and wll be presented to the city council in the form of an ordinance at the next meeting of the council. Whole Family Gives Service to Nation WASHINGTON, June 12 War department records today disclosed a re markable case of family patriotism. Three eons of a Tampa, Fla. ' . family ' are enrolled respectively, in the regular army, the aviation corps, and the officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. " The mother and daughter,-' the rest of the family, are preparing to join the Red Cross' and, in addition, the mother has offered 'all her property, consisting of : two hundred acres of land; to the government for any purposes. An English Inventor' has patented a process for so treating money that, when placed; in a phonograph of his invention, they produce - words ' attesting their genuineness. -

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 12 LloyC Keet today lies at rest in : Maple Park cemetery. The funeral services were held in St Paul's . Methodist church. ' ' '-- - - "Is that Buddy?" v - Jimmie Keet, 3 years old looked down into the white casket where slept his murdered brother. - Blinded by Tears. The father, J. Holland Keet, who held him, was blinded by tears. - "Yes." he whispered. ' "Is Buddy asleep?" , "Yes, he is asleep." . ' "When will he come back to play?" "Buddy won't come back." "Won't he never come back?" Mr. Keet could not answer and Jimmie, seeming to understand it all for the first time, cried. Not since baby Lloyd was taken from his bedroom by the kidnappers had Jimmie been told his fate. Kept at Play. To all his questions "where is Buddy?" the answer, had been ' that he would soon be back. He had been kept at play much of . the time since the discovery-of the body. It . was not generally known that the funeral services were to be this afternoon, and not more than 300 relatives and friends of the family attended. The morning brought floral tributes from persons throughout the city and flowers continued to pour into the residence till the hour of the funeral, filling every available space. Many came from persons unknown to the family. .1 Bear Up Bravely. ' Mr. Keet and his ' wife . bore up bravely through the ordeal of the afternoon. But Mrs. Keet gave evidence as she appeared at' the church and at the cemetery of her sorrow; and, although ' she has recovered partially from the prostration caused by the finding of the baby's body, she was under the care of physicians during the funeral. . The baby's grandmother, Mrs. Kate Keet, was unable to attend, her con dition being such that it was not dared to permit her to leave her son's home in Meadowmore place. . The services at the, church were pronounced by the Rev. V. A. McClannahan and were simple. Several hymns were sung and prayers offered. - Members of the mob who helped in pulling the rope which suspended Claqde Plersol in the air three times on Saturday - night, attended . the funeral. ,. And the leader, the man who led the party which captured Piersol, and the other members of the gang stood just outside the doorway, his head bared. - , , -

Whalers Set Stiff Pace in Purchase; of Liberty Bonds NANTUCKET, Mass, June 12. The 3.000 sea faring people on Nantucket Island have set a brisk pace for their neighbors on the mainland in subscribing to Liberty Loan bonds. Already they have taken- $90,000 and are determined to run the total up to f 150,000. T One of the . islanders said today that If the - nation .would follow "the sturdy old whalers here"; the Liberty Loan would be quickly, over-subscribed. Four hour ' bands vfeatdra ' new watch to tellthe time In all .four zones into which North America is divided at