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HOME EDITION TWELVE PAGES VOI YI II MO 1Q7 Palladium and Sun-Telegram VJL. ALll.,rNU. lo Consolidated 1907 RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNB 19, 1917: SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

RESULTS OF CAMPAIGN TO BE SHOWN ON THERMOMETER

Subscriptions to Red Cross War Fund of $25,000 Will be Recorded in Rise of "Mercury." TOWNSHIPS ARE ALIVE i Watch the thermometer! First results of the Red Cross Cami paign in Wayne county are to appear Wednesday noon, when the mercury ! In the. big Red Cross thermometer at Ninth and . Main will take its Irst i upward leap. . Results up o that time will be published and will be flashed ; to every township center In the county, to encourage the army of 500 workers who are toiling to reach and ! pass the $25,000 mark set for the ; county. Telephone rush orders for more , placards and subscription cards came ; from many of the township stations I outside the city this morning, and the t material was rushed out by auto. These orders are evidence that the country solicitors are doing a rush' Ing business. Only Two Are Asleep. . Only, two of the townships in the t county have not awakened to the j Importance of the Red Cross camj paign, and have not organized. Men from Richmond who are intensely in- ; terested in the progress of the cami paign went to stimulate the efforts of those In the townships who are attempting an organization, and it Is : hoped that tbey will swing into line ' before tomorrow. The township organizations have as the usual unit ten workers to a precinct, sometimes ten men and ten women, and every house in Wayne county will be approached by them before the close of the canvass. Others have small bands of workers, two or three in number, who cover the roads leading from the township centers. . Start on Second Lap. Finishing up , their first allotment of territory promptly this morning, the Richmond canvassers started on the second lap of the race at noon. Red Cross subscription - placards are beginning to appear In residence windowv, ad tn"workrre busy via1 every quarter of the town. The ..canvassers are to enjoy their first breathing spell and learn the progress! of the campaign when they meet Wednesday noon for luncheon at the Y. M. C. A., to hear the results of the canvass for the first two days. MORE THAN THREE MILLION GIVEN IN FIRST DAY'S DRIVE WASHINGTON, June 19. Early reports today at the Red Cross headquarters from 137 cities exclusive of New York, showed $3,203,256 subscribed or pledged to the $100,000,000 war relief fund on the first day of the bis drive. The total is expected to increase rapidly when New York and other big centers are heard from. Two of the larger cities had reported up to noon. The best showing on the first day was made in the north central states where $1,656,605 was reported. -The middle Atlantic states were next with $984,333,000; New England third with $462,169; the western group fourth with $51,290, and the Southern states fifth with $48,829. Large returns are looked for today as the result of mass meetings held -in .ii , VtA rkimffv last nlcrht which marked the real beginning of; the campaign. . Among the cities reporting with amounts were Buffalo. $406,240: Cincinnati. $328,288; Cleveland. $340,000; Denver, $32,962; Detroit, $291,722; Indianapolis. $210,000: Milwaukee. $215,000; Nenark. $103,000; Springfield, Mass.. $42,000. MURPHY TO PURDUE. E. F. Murphy, vocational agricultural director in Richmond, will go to Lafayette tomorrow to attend a conference at Purdue University. Vocation agriculture teachers from the state will attend the meetings. Do Your -iJoin the Bit NowL)j-J Red Cross WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana by United States Weath r Bureau Fair tonight and Wednes day. Slightly cooler north and cen tral portions tonight Temperature Today. Noon "S , . Yesterday. Maximum 84 Minimum 48 Por Wayne County by W. E. Moore Probably local thundershowers followed by fair and cooler tonight Wednesday fair. General Conditions The storm was central over Lake Superior this morning and extends southward to Missouri. It was raining this morning In the north and central parts of Indiana but rain was not general. Storm will be of short duration and . will pass away by tonight followed by pleasant .weather- . . v : '

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$25,000 $20,000 GERMANY HAS HANGED 30,000 AUSTRIAN POLES Revolt of Slavonic Deputies in Vienna Reichsrath Follows Revelation. BASEL, Switzerland, via Paris,) June 19. A Vienna dispatch says that the Austrian cabinet has resigned. ZURICH,, (via London). June 19.The Polish deputy Daszinski declared in the Vienna reichsrath that-more than 0,WHf PoleV have been hanged by or der of the German authorities, accord ing to . the Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung, which prints special details of the sit tings of the Reichsrath on the fourteenth and fifteenth. Deputies Striberny also described the abominable treatment accorded political suspects where upon the PanGermanist Deputy Heine shouted: "They have not used the rope enough; all of them ought to have been hanged." At these words all the Slav and Polish members rushed upon Heine and the' president was resigned to suspend the sitting in the midst of a tremendous uproar. COPENHAGEN, (via London). June 19. The ' revolt of the Poles in the Austrian ' parliament" is described by the Vienna correspondent of the Vossische Zeitung as naving produced a crisis In which the position not only of Premier-Clam-Martinic, but also of Count Czernin, the foreigu minister, is threatened - . A majority of the German papers treat the news of the situation with the greatest reserve and the government organs in Vienna hold out hopes that the crisis may be overcome by granting a few ministerial posts to Polish and other parliamentarians. The Vosslsche Zeitung correspondents, however, points out that the defection of .the Poles is sufficient to turn the scales against the governr; " 1" indicated the seriousness of their inContinued On Page Nine. German Cigars Are Made From Cabbage COPENHAGEN (Via London), June 19. Venerable jokes, about cabbage or hay cigars have become a sad and serious reality in Germany owing to the scarcity of genuine tobacco. The latest war substitute within the purview of the governmental department on substitutes Is composed of the above altogether with other ingredients like strawbery. leaves, lavender blossoms and sandalwood, to impart aroma.

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Young Men Eager to Serve Nation Far Away From Shrieking Shells

, The ways of the slacker are many and various. Since the plan for. selective conscription became generally known, and- the probable conditions of exemption, government officials have noticed a startling increase in the inquiries made about certain branches of gov ernment service under civil service. ' Many young men, some of whom have seen the country - only from a car window, have signified their intention of helping the government out in the ' harvest fields of Oklahoma . and Kansas providing their fare is paid, of course. .

FOOD GAMBLERS ROB PEOPLE OF QU ARTERB ILLION Herbert Hoover Tells Senators Toll ' is $50,000,000 a Month.

WASHINGTON, June 19. Food speculators have been taking $50,000,000 a month for the last five months a total of a quarter of a billion dollars from the American people, .Herbert C. Hoover, today told the senators, in explaining the purposes of the food control bill now before Congress. Hoover, president Wilson's food administrator, went to the capltol today by Invitation to explain personally to senators the government's food control bill under consideration in both houses of congress. He attended an infqrmal conference In the senate agricultural room, ar ranged by administration leaders in the hope of removing senatorial oppo sition to the legislation. Gore' Speaks Up Senator.Gore ask Mr. Hoover if he would deny to the farmer the right to Judge the amount of crops he should grow. . ' "If the government guarantees a minimum price," Mr. Hoover replied, "we might not get the beneficial results for the farmer, unless we also have the power to limit imports." Mr. Hoover said, "Possibly the bill should be amended to give farmers the right to determine their own productions." "We don't propose to go to the extent of fixing rations," Mr. Hoover added, ".except as to hotels, restaurants, etc., regarding the amount of bread portion to be served and the like. England did a foolish thing in trying to fix maximum prices, a failure wherever tried." Kenyon Wants to Know "Do you contend that under the bill you can say to Senator Reed, for instance, that he shall eat a soup bone or a steak on certain days." asked Senator Kenyon. "I don't .think we hve any such right nor should we have it," Mr. Hoover replied emphatically. "But we should have the right to suggest the use of soup bone a day and see if we can reach any agreement voluntarily." Senator Reed insisted that legisla: tion is not needed to affect such voluntary arrangements, but Mr. Hoover said a law should authorize the food administration to this end. Sinn Ftiners Tear J lMetrulting Posters DUBLIN, June 19 Several demonstrations were held late last night in connection with the return to Dublin of the released Sinn Feiners. - Two men climbed the walls of the ruined post office building on which they tied the Sinn Fein flag. The crowds sang the Sinn Fein song and amid great cheering tore down recruiting posters. The police did not interfere until about two o'clock this morning when two demonstrators were arrested and charged with breaking in the postoffice and setting fire to timbers. The police later dispersed several marching bands. SENATOR CURTIS HITS WAR TAX AS PASSED BY HOUSE G. O. P. Whip Says Burden is on Necessities Praises Elliotf. The Sixth Indiana district Is a Republican district and is entitled to be represented in congress by a Repub lican. Incidentally, when the war is over this country is going to need a Republican congress. Right now. par tisanship is a dead issue in congress The government has been receiving and will continue to Vecelve the loyal and undivided support of the Repub licans In congress. This statement was made by Sena tor Charles Curtis, of Kansas, field marshal of the Republican forces in the senate, who spent today in Rich mond. He will deliver an address at a meeting to be held this evening at HagerBtown. He will return to Washington late tonight. Republicans More Loyal. Senator Curtis declared the records show that a larger percentage of the Republicans, in the senate, at least, have supported the government's varContinued On Page Nine. Work in the navy yards and other branches of government industrial service also is popular. Fare paid is usually demanded for these jobs. Clerkships in Washington, work under government authority , in . the Inland cities, as members of forces doing the work of selective conscription, also are popular. Much of this is : prompted by an honest desire to help the government, the officials in ' Richmond think, but they also believe that much of it is not.

Sock Shop" to be Opened Above Store; 5,000 Pairs Needed A "sock shop" is to be opened in the front . room above the Palais Royal. Mr. and Mrs. Gbldfinger have donated the room..' Wednesday , Mias Helen George, of Indianapolis, will meet with the execu tiye committee, which- has charge of the knitting. Definite plans for the work will be outlined. General Glenn of Fort Harrison has asked for 5,000 pairs of socks by Sep tember for, Indiana soldiers. Instruct ors will be at the headquarters each day . to teach persons who desire to learn. The hours for the sock shop will be announced tomorrow. MORROW TO FILL JOHNSON'S PLAGE AT G. 0. P. RALLY Kentucky Spellbinder and Congressman Fess on ProgramSenator for Elliott. Despite urgent pleas from state and district Republican leaders. Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, will net come to Richmond to address a Republican meeting to be held at the Coliseum. Senator Johnson states that important official business prohibits his departure from Washington. Today R. G. Leeds, of Richmond, received the following telegram froti Senator Johnson: ' "Your telegram just received. I hope very much that Mr. Elliott will be elected and I regret that it ts' quite impossible on account of the pressure here, as I wrote Senator Watson, June 5th, for me to make the trip to Richmond and take such part as I should like in the campaign in Mr. Elliott's behalf. If in any other way I can be of assistance to Mr. Elliott, please command me. "HIRAM W. JOHNSON." Fees and Morrow on Bill Arrangements have been made to have the Richmond meeting Friday evening, addressed by Congressman Simeon D. Fess, of Ohio, and Edwin P. Morrow, once Republican candidate for governor of KentucLy and widely known as an orator. It Is expected the meeting will be one of the. most largely attended ever held in RichnaoBd .Detonations from evry towQctp.. lastly. jeonnte jytol This evening Patrick J. Lynch, former Republican congressional nom inee, will address a meeting at MiddleContinued On Page' Nine. PROPAGANDA ENTERS FT. SHERIDAN CAMP FORT SHERIDAN. Illinois, June 19 German propaganda has entered the officers' reserve training camp here, in the opinion of officers of the regu lar army who are acting as instructors and orders have been given that every effort should be made to ascertain the source of "baseless reports" concerning the risks taken by men who go to the front in France. "There has been a determined, effort," said Major H. L. Cavenaugh, "to spread baseless reports that the average life of a man in the trenches is three days. I haven't any doubt this emanates from a German source." Company commanders have been instructed to show the student officers that the reports are entirely untrue and to place the facts before them. NEGROES THREATEN LIFE OF MEMBER OF RACE WHO ASSAULTED SIRL ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 19. A. squad of police with dimculty dispersed a mob of about thirty negroes who gathered early today in front of police headquarters, muttering threats jagainst Walter Diggs, a negro, who confessed to attacking and murdering Pearl Newbold, nine-year-old negro girl. The body of the negro girl was found in an ash pile in the rear of Diggs' home. Diggs Implicated another negro. RICHMOND MAN IS KAISER'S COUSIN Richmond is the home of a relative of Kaiser Wilhelm, of Germany. Charles Eloff, 807 . South Ninth street, an employe of the Starr Piano company, claims he is a relative of Kaiser Bill, but that the relationship is somewhat strained. This fact was discovered " toflay by members of the Red Cross soliciting force who called " on his daughter. Mrs. E. C. Comer, 621 North Ninth street. Eloff, according to Mrs. Comer, had much trouble while in Germany through his relationship with Wilhelm and this bad much? to do with his coming to this country. . "My father has no love for Germany . or. the Kaiser." Mrs. Comer told a reporter . today. "I don't kno how, we stand with the Kaiser, but I guess it's not very high." Mrs. . Comer; told the' Red Cross solicitors, she was willing to do her part in the Red Cross work of this country. . . -

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Cigaret ConsumptioiiAlso Grows; Due Largely to Female Smokers

WASHINGTON, June 19. High tide of whisky and beer revenue receipts and presumably consumption in the United States was reached during the fiscal year now closing. . The cigaret smokers of the -nation, figures show, also smoked more than they have ever smoked before. Ordinary internal revenue" receipts, composed chiefly of taxes on whisky, beer and tobacco, were $424,327,463 so far this year compared with $365,126,544 last, year. Gauged by revenue re ceipts the present year probably will go down in history as the banner year of the liquor traffic. Revenue collected pn whisky thus far in the fiscal year is approximately $178,000,000, a record for any year, al though the current fiscal year still has 11 days. Ordinary receipts still are pouring in, more than $1,000,000 a day. At the tax rate of $1.10 per gal lon, these figures mean that taxes have DEFENSE COUNCIL TO ENROLL WOMEN FOR WAR SERVICE Wayne County's Defense council will ask women to aid them, in their work. A registration of every .woman iu the county will be taken. Each one will be asked to state what they can do in men's work if they are needed. ' The council hopes to obtain the. cooperation of all women in conserving food.. ' . , , ' ,f "Wiss M. .EB. Culbertson, secretary or the County Defense Council, will probably take : charge of ' women's phase of the .'work. ' Chairmen for tlft different precinctB will be appointed. Definite ' plans - have not been worked out,' but probably will be perfected Saturday ' at meeting . of the council.'. AMERICAN. AMBULANCE, . UNIT OF 250 PERSONS LANDS AT FRENCH PORT PARIS, June 19 An American ambulance detachment of 250 persons has arrived at a French" port W; K." Vanderbilt of New - York crossed on the same liner. ' .

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' in Liquor Use; been paid on about 154,000,000 gallons. This exceeds by 11,000,000 gallons the record of the next highest year, 1913. Part of these heavy receipts is ac counted for, however, by heavy. -withdrawals from bonded warehouses in the face of the 100 percent increase In taxes contemplated in the war revenue bill. More than' $6,000,000 increase In April is attributed to this cause. Withdrawals have not been so heavy since April. -v.. Revenue from beer is about $94, 000,000, a little less than the record of 1914, when approximately 66,000,000 barrels taxable at $1.50 per bbl. were consumed.' It is' expected that when the fiscal year closes June 30, the 1914 record will have been surpassed. Tobacco yielded more than $100,000,000 .revenue , this year. The nearest approach to this figure was last year's revenue of . approximately $88,000,000. A large part of the fifteen percent increase' is due to. the growing popularity of cigarets,,it is believed, among women. ; - . . "

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FOUR UEUBERS OF CHEW LOST WHEN TANKED IS TORPEDOED

Standard Oil Steamer John D. Archbold Sent to Bottom by a Submarine in European Waters. SUNK LAST SATURDAY WASHINGTON. June 19. Later dispatches said .three of the Archbold's crew had been killed and two more drowned. NEW YORK, June 19. The oil tank steamship John D. Archbold of the Standard Oil company, hat been sunk by a submarine. ' The announcement was made at the offices of the company here today. Four members of the tanker's crew were lost The Archbold was seat to the bottom last Saturday in European waters. The John D. Archbold was two day out enroute to this country from France. The ship was armed and a guncps' crew from an American warship was on board. The names of the missing crew members are Jose Lorenzo, an oiler; Gregorio Soea, a fire man, and Domingo Lago, a wiper, and a crew member whose name ts uncertain. The company has cabled for further information. The John D. Archbold was an Amer ican steamship of 8,374 tons, cross register, owned by the Standard Oil company, and built in 1914 at Newport News. The ship left here May 20 for, Havre and Rouen, France, with cargo under the command of Captain H. B.j Thompson with a crew of forty-oae men.' of whom twelve were AmerieansJ FRENCH GUNS REPULSE SEVERE COUNTER ATTACK! (By 'Associated Press)' There has been a let-up la the sever ity of the rightist o the Sritiss. trent f-A'it.' ai wtjjnr. "On the lines occupied by the French owever, s renewal of activities of a more intensive character is noted.General - Petain struck the German line in the Champagne yesterday a blow which netted the French a trench system nearly one third of a mile In length in an important sector. ' The French line was thereby straightened out along the hills, Mont Camfllet and Mont Blond,' in territory vital to successful observation work.. . Last nfght a violent attempt was made by the Germans to recapture their lost positions. After a heavy bombardment an attack in force was launched.' The French suns broke it up, causing Germans serious losses. General Haig reports only raids, in which his troops successfully held out the enemy line toward the southern end of the British front. . Albus Should Have Stayed, in Church; He Can Get Crowd Frank Albus, secretary of the Commercial club, doesn't know very much about the geography of Wayne county, but as a Red Cross speaker he is 100 per cent efficient. Albus was scheduled to speak at Dublin Sunday afternoon, and took a traction car which he was assured would land him in that town. Being busy in conversation with a soldier in the car, he asked the conductor when he would reach Dublin, and found that the town was a mile and a half back on the line. Burdened with an overcoat, which for some unaccountable reason he had taken along, the secretary set out on the return Journey. He arrived at Dublin at five minutes till two, when the meeting was to start, found the church deserted, and began ringing the bell as a signal of the approaching meeting. When he stopped ringing the church was crowded with Dublin people anxious to hear about the work of the Red Cross. Having been educated for the Episcopalian ministry, Albus is a good speaker, and be presented the cause of the Red Cross in so forceful a manner that Dublin, thoroughly aroused, organized for her work at once, and promised to raise the sum needed if it was to be done. Albus also spoke at Fountain City, Sunday evening. . POSTOFFICE WILL BE CENTER OF NEW FOOD' CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN" The Richmond postofflce is to be the local center of the conservation campaign to be conducted by Herbert C Hoover, government - food manager. County crop statistics of all kinds, information on available food,' the efforts made to preserve -perishable foods, weather and ' its effect upon crops. Information upon all these will pass through the local office to Mr. Hoover's department Publicity conducted by the ' food manager ' will . also be distributed through .the county by the postoftlee.