Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 228, 6 August 1917 — Page 1

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Dr. Richard Von Kuehlmann Named Foreign Secretary in Big Shakeup of German Cabinet. FIVE MINISTERS QUIT BERLIN, August 6. Official an nouncement was made today tbat five ministers, including Foreign Secretary Zimmermann and four secrearies of state, including Finance Minister Lentre, and Interior Minister Von Loebell, had resigned their portfolios. Dr. Richard Von Kuehlmann, the German ambassador to Turkey has been appointed secretary for Foreign Affairs in succession of Dr. Zimmer man. AMSTERDAM, August 6. In a char, acter sketch of Dr. Richard Von Kuehlmann, Just appointed German Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the Nieuwe Courant of the Hague says that Dr. Von Kuehlman has always been a vigorous opponent of ruthless submarine warfare. He is always, says the newspapers, a disciple of the policy of doing everything possible to avoid the further alienation of Great Britain, believing that after the war, friendship between Great Britain and Germany is neces sary to the latter. Dr. von Kuehlmann, the paper adds, Is an antl annexionist and the newspaper further expresses the opinion that in the foreign secretaryship he will do his utmost to bring about an understanding with England at the earliest possible time. Interurban Line to Cincinnati Is Seen An extension to the Chicago, Blufton & Cincinnati railroad through Richmond to Cincinnati, is one of the traction possibilities said to exist at this time. The C. B. & C. is now up for receiver's sale and it is reported- that Pittsburgh and Cincinnati capitalists have made a survey of the line and the route of the proposed extension through Richmond. The construction of a line through Richmond would also mean a connection with Fort Wayne from which city a line is now in operation to Decatur. The Cincinnati promoters of the line are said to be Interested in Queen City industrial enterprises and supplied with the capital necessary for the execution of their plans. CITY WILL RECEIVE $7,533 MORE TAXES An Increase of $760,497 is made on the valuation of Richmond's total taxable properties is made this year over the preceding year according to the report of County Auditor Bowman to City Clerk Bescher Monday. The increase, which amounts to approximately 4V4 percent, will mean that the city will receive approximately $7,533 more' in taxes. A gain of (136,600 is made on the valuation of real estate; $607,640 in personal property and $35,216 on rail roads, totaling $779,456. Ten percent is deducted for the non-payment of taxes. Senate Has Another Chance At Jones WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 Thomas D. Jones, Chicago business man and capitalist, whose nomination to the federal reserve board was rejected by the cenate after a memorable fight today was appointed a member of the export administrative board, succeeding Edward N. Hurley, who became chairman of the shipping board. Do Your pJ-i Join the Bit Now Red Cross WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana By United States Weather Bureau Fair in north. Thunder showers and cooler in south portion this afternoon or tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy. Today's Temperature. Noon S6 Yesterday. Maximum 92 Minimum 61 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore ParUy cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Probably thunder showers. General Conditions Although no rain fell in the vicinity of Richmond last night, heavy thunder showers and storms occurred in the southern part of Randolph and Darke counties, in Ohio and also in Preble county, resulting in a drop In temperature. Weather continues unsettled over the middle west with generally dry weather over the central states but a surplus amount of rain In some localities.

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Mrs. Bianca de Saulles, Beautiful Chilean Heiress, and Her Husband, John Longer de Saulles, former Yale Athlete Former American Diplomat and Wealthy Real Estate Operator, Whom She Shot Dead at His Home in Hempstead, Long Island.

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Ma&jSLirEfcS salutes SLAYER'S FAMILY TO AID HER IN FIGHT FOR LIFE Relatives in Chili to Support Mrs. DaSaullesrWho Killed Husband. MINEOLA, N. Y., August 6. Mrs. Errazuriz De Saulles will not be with out friends when she is called for trial for the murder of her former husband, John Longer De Saulles, last Friday night. Relatives in Valparaiso, It was learned today, were not only ready to aid her in the forthcoming trial, but were planning to obtain permanent custody for , her of her four and a half year old son, John Longer De Saulles, Jr. Cable messages from South America assuring Mrs. De Saulles that her family had not deserted her and that her brother would return at once to the United States and assist her dur ing her trial, were received at Mineola yesterday. It was because of Mrs. De Saulles devotion to her son and also the fear that the husband that she had divorced on the ground of infidelity was planning to keep the child from her, that she killed him, according to the statements made public by her attorney. Letter Made Public. Following the statement given out by Henry A. Uterhardt, Mrs. De Saulles lawyer, that Mr. De Saulles was a fortune hunter whose love cooled after he had used about half of his wife's fortune, G. M. Hecksher, a cousin of the murdered man, today Continued on Page Two REVIVAL VILU BE CONTINUED Evangelistic meetings at the Church of the Nazarene will continue another week, announced J. F. Balsmeier, pastor, Monday. The church was practically full and nine seekers came to the altar during the Sunday night service. A strong sermon on sin, inside the church or out, and its certain rewards it the judgment day, was preached by Rev. Mr. Balsmeier. Vocal numbers were given by Mrs. Louise and Miss Lorene White. Vicious Efforts To Of British Yesterday's tremendous cannonade on the Flanders battle front was followed last night by two German attempts to shake the British from their hold on important sections of newly won ground. . Neither of these met with any success whatever, London reports. ' The first attack was launched in the Hollebeke region. The Germans did not even succeed here in reaching the British line. Later the German guns laid down a barrage at Westhoek and

CHAMPION Former Recorder Parsons Claim His Garden Contains Most Vegetables to Square Foot. Benjamin Parsons, former Wayne county recorder, is Richmond's champion war gardener. He has produced more foodstuffs on his tract of eighty by eight of ground at 120 North Fourteenth j?cqet, than any perlon 'fn the city, on a similar tract of land' he claims. To begin with, the land he has cultivated was filled with stones and old crocks when he heeded the president's advice and started a war garden. As one crop gradually neared the production stage Parsons had another planted and growing rapidly. One hundred tomato plants in his garden would take up the entire space had he planted them as other gardeners plant them. But instead he planted them close to each other and planted other things around them. And 'all are producing. Canteloupes a.re planted in boxes on the top of a grape arbor, and next to his pack porch. Tomatoes are planted around his house. And flowers are mingled with the garden stuffs so that when the last of the potatos and produce is obtained his yard and the strip of land aside his house will be made beautiful by fall flowers. And in addition to saving a neat sum of money Mr. Parsons, who was ill for months, has regained his health by working in the garden, he says. ANTI-DRAFT PLOT SEEN IN FRISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6 John L. McNab, chairman of an exemption board in San Francisco, made public today a letter addressed to John W. Preston, United States district attor ney, urging the latter to take official cognizance of what he alleged to be a concerted plan to hinder the progress of the selective draft. Mr. McNab, former United States district attorney, directed attention to certain affidavits presented in sup port of exemption claims.. The affi davits, he said, were in similar form, and indicated the existence of a plan to combat the selective draft. He stated that the board had re fused to file the papers and by unanimous vote had decided that they be forwarded to the district attorney. "To tolerate such vicious utterances made under the guise of an exemption claim," the letter said Vis to encourage disloyalty, and place a premium upon treason." Shake Grip In Flanders Fail the infantry tried to push in under its cover. They met with no more success, however, than they had done at Hollebeke. Attack on French Line. On the French front aside from the Flanders area, there was considerable activity on the part of the Germans. They made attacks In the region of Boville, at Avocourt wood and in Alsace. The French guns were able Continued On Page Eight.

WAYNE COUNTY READY TO PICK NEW ARMY MEN

Two Draft Boards Will Commence to Examine Candi dates Tuesday. Wayne county Is ready. At seven o'clock Tuesday morning in the superior court room of the court house at Richmond and at Cambridge City, the exemption boards of the two districts in the county will begin the examination of registered men for the county's share of the new army. Members of the Richmond district board have been working steadily for the last two weeks in preparation for the examinations, and are now ready to proceed with the work as rapidly as possible. Five Physicians Named. Notice was received by the local board Monday morning of the official appointment of five physicians to assist Dr. F. W. Kreuger in examining the registrants. The governor appointed Dr. A. J. Whallon, Dr. S. C. Markley, Dr. R. D. Morrow, Dr. L. M. Gentle and Dr. W. G. Huffman to aid the Richmond board. In examining the registrants and in making the exemptions, the board will conform with the letter of the law, and in all cases, only the orders of the provost marshal general will be used in making the discharges. A number of inquiries have been made concerning who will be discharged under the dependent clause of the draft law, but a recent ruling of the government has settled many questions which have been in doubt. I Ruling Clears Matter. Under the original ruling of the provost marshal general, a man who was the sole support of a widowed mother, of a minor brother or sister, could be exempt. A recent ruling, however, instructed the boards to find whether or not the applicant is paying an amount to the support of a dependent which he could not pay from his wages as a soldier. A soldier in the new army will be ceive $30 a month, and all his ex penses for equipment apd travel and board. Of this amount. It has been found that at least $25 can be turned back to the support of a dependent. It was given in the ruling, therefore, that if a man was not giving more than $25 to the support of a dependent, he should not be discharged. All of these cases will be worked out by the board, however, and as soon as the first quota has been ex amined, the board will begin the In vestigation of the exemption claims KERENSKY PICKS NEW MINISTRY: DEMOCRATS JOIN Several Portfolios Not Definitely Placed Because of Absences. PETROGRAD, August 6. M. Kerensky's cabinet is practically complete. The constitutional democrats have agreed to participate and the list of members who will form the new ministry has been . agreed upon, but as regardi several portfolios, the choice is not definite as the candidates are absent from Petrograd. Following aTe the names of the new ministers: Premier, Minister of War and Marine, Alexander F. Kerensky. " Vice premier and Minister of Finance, N. V. Nekrasoff. Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. I. Terestchenko. Minister of the Interior, M. Aksentieff (social revolutionist, lately released from the penitentiary.) Minister of Public Instruction, M. and member of the Academy of SciOldenburg, (constitutional democrat ence.) Minister of Labor, M. Skobsleff. Minister of Trade and Industry, M Prokopovitch. Minister of Social Tutelege, M. Astrof, (mayor of Moscow) constitutional democrat. Minister of Supplies, M. Pieschsho noff. Minister of Justice, M. Yefremoff. Procurator of the Holy Synod, M. Yefremoff. Minister of Communications, M. Takhtamisheff. Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, M. Nikltlne, social democrat. State Comptroller, F. A. Golovine, constitutional democrat. Minister of Agriculture, M. Tchernoff. Assistant Minister of War,M. Savinkoff. Foreign Minister Terestchenko informs the Associatel Press that M. Tchsrnoff, who again becomes minister of Agriculture, has been fully re habilitated, his accusers having withdrawn charges that he had relations with Germany. Moore Says Worst Is Yet To Come With the temperature hovering dangerously above the 90 mark, Weather Forecaster Moore said Monday that the worst is yet to come. The official dispenser of weather conditions, said however, that he didn't believe the record established in 1901, when the red liquid climbed to the 106 mark in the shade . would be broken this year. Some hope for relief is seen in 'the prediction of "probable" thunder showers for Monday night, causing a slight drop in temperature. The relief will

not be permanent, however.

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Well, it Was Hot Enough to Hatch Eggs In Richmond Last Week. Read! Hot enough to hatch eggs! A hen belonging to Oscar Jones, who is the Earlham college dairyman, for sook her job of setting last week, after the eggs were within three days of hatching. The eggs, supposedly spoiled, lay in a shed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday morning, when Jones went out, he heard a peep. One chick was out, and another just hatching. He put the eggs in the sun, and by evening had fifteen chicks out of sixteen eggs which had been set. Father Refused To Honor Check Though He Is Bank President John N. Mitchell, salesman for the Consolidated Portrait company, is in jail awaiting trial on a charge of passing a worthless check for $50 on a bank in Centralis, Mo., of which his father is president. His father, J. T. Mitchell, refused to honor the check and his son had no deposits there as he claimed he had when he induced L. C. Anthony, salesman for a Chicago meat packing firm, boyhood companion of Mitchell's to cash the check for him several weeks ago. The two met in Richmond several weeks ago and Mitchell wrote the check on his father's bank thinking that he would honor it. In a letter to Anthony the father says that his son didn't ask him to cover the check or make a deposit for him and that he "wouldn't have done so had he asked him or wired him to do so." He says he has not seen his son for two years. Following the receipt of the letter, Anthony notified Richmond police and Chief McNally located Mitchell in Louisville, Ky. He telegraphed police at that city to arrest him which they did. , Deputy Sheriff Wadman was sent to Louisville and returned with Mitchell Sunday.

Drafted Harvest Hands Can Stay

In Fields Until Crops Are In

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Provision to protect harvesting from shortage of hands due to mobilization of the national army, has been made by the government in regulations now going out to district exemption boards. Med needed in the fields to complete harvesting will be permitted to remain at work untfi the need for them passes, when they will Join the colors. Local boards, because of their knowledge of local crop conditions, will determine what men are necessary in this class. Applications for delay on this ground may be submitted to the district board. The papers of harvest hands will be returned by the district Bishop Sees Great Revival After War Bishop Alfred T. Howard, missionary bishop of the United Brethren church, who spoke to the Richmond United Brethren congregation Sunday morning, thinks the war is practically won, and the world alfeady made safe for democracy, but he believes that the problems of reconstruction after the war will be staggering. "There will be greater tasks after the war than there are now, in com merce, in business, in politics, in religion," said Bishop Howard. "I look for n. crrpat. relietous revival after the war, in every country In the world." Bishop Howard gave a review or the foreign missionary work of the United Brethren church. He has just returned from a world-wide tour of the work. Forty -Two Bushels To Acre Is Yield From Hospital Farm Forty-two bushels of wheat to an acre is the yield from forty-two acres of wheat at the farm of the Eastern Indiana hospital. Forty-two bushels to an acre is an unusual yield and is next to the largest in the state. It is believed that only thirty bushels will be gotten from the additional forty-eight acres to be threshed, according to E. W. Scott, manager of the farm. WAR TAX BILL GOES TO SENATE WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. The war tax bill, finally revised to meet latest estimates, was favorably reported today by the senate finance committee. It proposes to raise $2,006,970,000 by taxation. TO RECRUIT 400 MEN NEW YORK, Aug. 6. A campaign was begun today to recruit 400 men for the quartermasters' reserve corps. An available list of 7,361, trained workers has been furnished the mayor's defence committee by the military census bureau, which will be used as a drive to obtain the men needed. Electricians, stenographers, carpenters, teamsters and painters are wanted.

MURDERER GETS

LIFE SENTENCE BULLETIN. Harris changed his plea to guilty at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon and Judge Fox sentenced him to serve a life term , In the state prison. Seventy-eight prospective jurymen had been ex. amlned out of which five qualified when the slayer changed his plea. r Prosecutor Strayer announced Monday tbat he would ask the death pen alty in the trial of William H. Harris, charged with the . murder of Henry von Trachenburg. The trial opened Monday. Some time was taken up with the selection of a jury and at a late hour Monday afternoon there were still severl Jurymen yet to be selected. Fifty veniremen were excused because of their declaration that they had conscientious scruples against imposing the death sentence. Each venireman also was asked If the fact that von Trachenburg was a native of Germany would have any influence on their giving a fair trial, but none of them was dismissed on this ground. With more than fifty men excused and all available veniremen used at eleven o'clock Judge Fox ordered a recess to give Sheriff Can and Dep uty Sheriff Wadman time to get another venire. ' WASP SIGHTED OFF NEW YORK WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 A preliminary report from the master of a merchant ship who thinks he sighted a periscope of a submarine off New York yesterday has been received at the navy department. Investigation Is being made. board to the local board where selec tion will be made. ' The local boards are authorized to arrange their quotas in five divisions for increment which will be ordered out for service in order. Harvest hands who are needed will be placed in the division which will not be called until after the need for them in the field has passed. PAGE In Chicago School Speller Lauding Kaiser May Be Torn Out. CHICAGO, Aug. 6. The page in the Chicago public school speller which eulogizes Emperor William of Ger many probably will be in the book when school opens in September, it having been found impossible to pre pare a new one intime, as had been ordered. A movement has been started to designate an hour on the opening day of school for the children to tear out the leaf containing the eulogy, and Anthony Czarnecki, member of the board of education announced today that when the board meets tomorrow be will introduce a resolution provid ing for elimination of the page. DEAN COULTER TO TOUR WAYNE Dean Stanley Coulter of Purdue University will make a whirlwind speaking tour through Wayne county for the Boys' Working Reserve Tuesday. He will be accompanied by Professor J. W. Putnam. Dean Coulter and Professor Putnam were appointed to rouse the Wayne county boys at a meeting of forty professors from every college in the state held in Indianapolis yesterday. The points covered by-the two men will include Greensfork, Hagerstown, Williamsburg, Economy, Centerville, East Germantown, Cambridge City, Milton, Boston, Foutaln City and Whitewater. Recruiting began in Richmond and throughout the county Monday morning. The Boy Scouts are handling the recruits in Richmond and have two stations open, one at Twentieth and North E., and one at Fifth and Lincoln. Twelve more stations are to be opened in the city. Chinese President Approves War On Teutonic Empires PEKING, Thursday, Aug. 2. (Delayed). Acting President Feng KwoChang today approved the decision unanimously reached at a special meeting of the Chinese cabinet to declare war on Germany and AustriaHungary. The ministers of the entente powers probably will meet at the Chinese foreign office on Saturday to discuss China's declaration of war which is expected to be issued next week.

GOVERNMENT TO DEMAND EXECUTION OF ALL RESISTERS

Charges of Treason to Be Preferred Against Oklahoma Bandits Who Object to Draft. TV0 MENARE KILLED MUSKOGEE. Okla., August 6 United States District Attorney MoGlnnii announced this afternoon that the men arrested on charges of resisting the draft, in connection with the Oklahoma uprising will be tried for treason and that the death penalty will be asked by the government District Attorney McGinnls has sent two deputy attorneys to the Infested district of the state to gather evidence. Three Men Killed. Three men have been killed In the four days of guerilla warfare in which hundreds of heavily armed men have stalked each other through the rough and timbered country. Wallace Cargill, an aged leader of the objectors, was killed Friday. Full blooded Indians, many of whom at first, were reported to be among the hostile bands of government enemies, have rendered valuable assistance in hunting down the registers. They have followed trails over the difficult country that would have been impossible for white possemen to have noticed. Although many of the tenant farmers who have neglected their crops to take to the warpath have sent in word, usually by women, that they were redy to surrender and return to their civil pursuits, officials said that sev eral of those still at large are among the more dangerous element. They expressed the belief, hcT'erer, that with the augmented force of possemen in the field today the uprising would soon be brought to an end. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., August 6. The center of the uprising of armed bands of objectors to the selective draft which for nearly a week has spread terror; through four central Oklahoma counties, changed today from Seminole county to Huges county, where two men were killed and two were Injured last night. Shortly before midnight, Ed. Blaylock, an objector, was shot to death near Holdensvllle and two members of the posse which his band encouneered, were wounded. Later, J. F. Moose of Okemah was shot and killed as he drove a motor car toward Holdensvllle. He was apparently unaware of con ditions that had resulted in a cordon of armed men being thrown aroun.l the town. He was killed when he did not heed or hear an order to stop. Possemen Start Out. It was reported that one of the wounded possemen, Jack Paige, had been carried off by the resisters and a Heavy reinforcement oi possemen started to his rescue. It developed that Paige had not been captured and it was expected that the posse which went to his aid would capture the band. More than two hundred members of the various bands mostly of the poor tenant farmer class, with a number of negroes and a few Indians had been placed under arrest today and it was announced from the base of oper ations at Sasakwa, Seminole county, that with the exception of two bands, one comparatively strong, it was believed the section bad been cleared of organization of the malcontents. Among the resisters captured are said to be several of the leaders of the plot, while at least three of the men held responsible for spreading the propaganda with the mythical promises that resulted in the uprising are believed to be large. It was indicated that their names are known and officials expressed the belief that with their capture, the outbreak will be put down completely. Motorcyclist Is Hit By Automobile Fred Wilfred, 17 years old, sustain ed a broken leg, when run down by an automobile driven by Charles R. Farquar, living east of Modoc, Sunday afternoon. The accident happened at the east end of the Doran bridge. Both Wilfred, who was riding a mo torcycle, and Farkuer were going west and Farquar claims that Wilfred zig zagged In front of his machine, and he (Farquar) was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident. Eldorado Man First In Prehle Couny ELDORADO, Ohio, August 6 L. F. Schiezer of Eldorado, is the first man to be examined in Preble county for the selective army. Schiezer passed' the physical examination . Saturday, and filed exemption papers. The first third of the county's quota' was examined Monday, and the rest will take their turn Tuesday and ' Wednesday. PRESIDENT 18 BACK WASHINGTON. Aus;. 6. President Wilson returned to Washington early today from a week-end trip to Hampton Roads aboard the naval yacht Mayflower.