Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 251, 1 September 1917 — Page 1

ABHJM VOL: XLII.,NO. 251-mua'Telegram RICHMOND, IND.,: SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1; 1917. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

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RETAIL COAL DEALERS MAY BE ABLE TO GOUGE PUBLIC

If Fuel "is Not Shipped in Consumer May; Be Forced : to Pay Whatever is Asked . Tis Said. ' NO EMBARGO IS ON Richmond retail coal dealers again may be able to hold-up the public this winter by charging what they please unless a retail price is set soon. , - But there Is no indication that the dealers intend to hold-up the public. The latest order of the government, directing railroad companies to give preference to coal shipments for the Northwest does not place an embargo on the shipment of coal into Richmond of any other city, according to railroad officials Saturday. Coal May Not Come In. , There is a possibility however of some unforseen thing happening "somewhere. which would prevent tne shipment of very much coal into Richmond. ; Should this "unforseen thing" happen '.t would depend solely upon the present supply whether or not there would be a shortage of fuel here. Also the retail coal dealers of Richmond, who have been claiming they would lose much money due to the prices of coal as fixed by the presl. dent at the mines, would be able to charge what they please for the coal they now have in storage. That is, unless President Wilson fixes a retail price of coal before that time. - Roads Are Affected. The C. & O. railroad company, the Norfolk & Western and the Pennsylvania lines, which companies originate coal at the mine mouth in West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, from which places coal is received here are affected by the latest order. Part of the order is as follows: . "First, now therefore by reason of the premises, the undersigned, in the name of the president, orders and directs that the railroad companies named serving Lake Erie ports in the transportation of bituminious coal for uans-f-r i;ment by vessel to port3 on Lake brie a.-. In san ba11 and they are hereby-CVJ-trMr thor order, daily to give preference and priority in the distribution of cars to coal mines served by them and transport the same so- that bituminious coal for trans-shipment as aforesaid by lake shall have preference and priority in transportation. "Traffic World" Quoted. There is this possibility however, according to "The Traffic World," a magazine devoted to the interests of railroads. "The priority of transportation will give the Northwest coal if the Canadians, who have been diverting a considerable quantity of the fuel started for the Northwest do not devise some method of grabbing it. Under the coalprice order of the president, promulgated on August 22, the price f. o. b. mines was established. In theory this is all the mine operators can obtain .for what they have to Eell to the Northwest. ' "But if a Canadian interest desiring coal appoints a buying agent and pays him a dollar a ton for obtaining coal for it, it will be hard to say that that agent has "split'?, with some one who saw to it that that it got to the operator who, unless he saw an opportunity lo split a commission with a purchasing aent, might find he had bo coal 1o sell to the applicant tendering only the amount fixed by the President. President Has Power. There is nothing in the orders thus far issued compelling the mine operators to send their coal to the Northwest. Under the food law however the President has power to deal with such a situation should it ever arise. But there is nothing in the law compelling any one to order coal and the statement was made that the orders filed by the Northwest did not call for as much coal as a year ago. The magazine also speaks of the rapidly depleting stock of railroad cars in the hands of the railroads, with In creased demands being made in trans portation facilities daily. TEXT OF NOTE PRINTED IN FULL fN GERMAN PAPER Amsterdam. Sept. 1. Full text of President Wilson's reply to the pope was reproduced without comment in tho Friday noon edition of the Koelni sclie Zeitung. Do Your j-- Join the Bit Now ""jp Red Cross WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau -Probably showers tonight and Sunday. Cooler tonight in extreme north portion. Cooler Sunday. Today's Temperature. Noon S2 Yesterday. Maximum '. ...7C Minimum . ..55 For Wayne- County by W. E. Moore Showers, probably thunder Etorms this afternoon or tonight and probably Sunday. Cooler Sunday. General Conditions-Wnrm weather now prevails east of Wississippi river ?.nd over; tho southwest. Storms central over Iowa extent) southward to tho 33th parallel and will cause unsettled, weather tonight and 'Sunday in Richmond, followed by. a cool wave.

Foreign Comment

NOTE UNITES ALLIES, SAY . ..ty i NEWSPAPERS OF FRANCE PARIS, Aug. 31. (Delayed ; Comment) Although members of the French government have not commented publicly upon President Wilson's reply to the pope, The Associated Press is Informed In authoritative quarters that President Wilson has && fined with absolute clearness-' and force the attitude of all the allies. The President is , regarded as having increased the unity of action among the allies since -America's entry into the war by his having raised the' issues of the war to 'the highest level of right. ; The President, It is held, escapes entanglements with controversies on a lower phyie and takes the leading in placing the allies upon an unshakable moral ground,, refusing to consider questions of mere expediency. All the newspapers continue to discuss the note in the mOst approving terms. The Temps .tonight says of the reply, which was -printed prominently In all the morning newspapers: "Exhales Good Faith." ; "The note exhales good faith and by itself justifies the confidence we have that our cause will win a final victory. There 'is good sense In the note and nothing more is required to put the problem of peace, upon its real basis with all the force, ;that the evidence and that sincerity require. President Wilson's reply closes one debate and open another. It puts an end to the discussion raised by the holy see and it gives the German people a chance to speak, a chance -which they have not as yet seemed eager to put to profit" , vr 4 Gustave Herve in the Vlctorie concludes his article on the note as follows: "Today let all the allies repeat after President Wilson to the German people and until they hear us 'no peace with the Hohenzollerns!' " Policy of People Too '' The Libre Parole, in an article which has been censored considerably, says that to distinguish between the responsibilities of the German people and their leaders is an absolute contradiction with all teaching of facts. The jollcy of Germanic expansion, it adds, is not the ambition of a party, but a fundamental aspiration of the German people. President Wilson's language, Humanite declares, is that of lofty reason which ignores cupidity and hatred. It may make Itself heard by the German people whom it asks to repair the evil they have done and then to take their place among the other nations without their right or existence being menaced. "It is to the German people," it adds, "that President Wilson has made reply In answering the pope. If the pope has been only the mouth piece of the central powers, President Wilson's reply was the most direct and the wisest it was possible to make. If the Vrma!i jieonla want peace iheV know Just on what Conditions it can be obtained." PROPOSALS NOT REJECTED SAYS CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER AMSTERDAM, Sept. L The Catholic Tijd says that while President Wilson In his reply to the pope condemns the imperial German government, he takes care not to reject the fundamental proposals of the papal note and even subscribes to the note in the main. The pope's proposals are still alive and good will on both sides will more and more associate, itself with them. In the long run, the paper concludes, the belligerent peoples must meet on the basis now accepted conditionally, even by President Wilson. ONLY ONE BERLIN PAPER COMMENTS ON ANSWER BERLIN, Friday Aug. 31. (Via London Sept. 1.) Berlin still is without definite knowledge of the contents of President Wilsons' reply to the pope. Up to non today the only information available was contained in press comments filtering in from nearby neutral capitals. The Lokal Anzeiger is the only Berlin newspaper venturing to comment. It says: " . v "Even if the text of President Wilson's reply to the pope is not yet avail- j FRENCH STRIKE

AT CROWN PRINCE AT AISNE

By Associated Press. During the aggressive offensive on the Aisne front in northern France where they had been withstanding persistent German attacks for weeks past, the French yesterday struck a sharp and heavy blow at the crown prince's lines. In a swift thrust General Petain's attacking forces bounded forward more than 300 yards on a front- of more than three-fourths of a mile In the Hurtebise region on the Chemin-des-Dames, between Craonne and Cerny. Gives Firm Hold. . This stroke which may prove to be merely a local affair or the beginning of a more extensive movement, it seems to have given General Petain a firm hold on the ground gained for the D'Annuzie Wounded When in Air Raid PARIS. Sept 1. Gabriele D'Annunzio, the Italian poet, took a prominent 1 art in the recent Italian air raid over the enemy lines above Pola and was wounded slightly, according to a Havas dispatch from Milian. On the morning of Aug. 19, D'Annunzio remained over the enemy lines for forty-eight minutes at an altitude of between soa and 800 metres, attacking the Austrian infantry with machine gun fire.- He re peated the performance in the afternoon. ....... The poet's machine which he calls The Ace of Spades" was pierced by 177 bullets. D'Annunzio was wounded slightly In the left wrist.

on Wilson's Note

able, the press comment at iajid indi cates inai me president or tne ymtea States again, . la ' differentiating be tween the German people, and the Ger man government ; and that ;Mr. .Wily 6on again is harping upon the alleged struggle between democracy, and auto-. cracy. ; - .-.. "This is wholly in keeping with his nature, since he discarded the mask of a peace friend. President Wilson apparently , is' striving to outdo-, Pre mier Lloyd-George as a war baiter. The former professor of history knows full well thaUpeace never will corile if; our foes decide, to wait until their ; assumptions have been realiz ed." FIRST TIME SOVEREIGN CALLED "LIAR" SAYS LONDON PAPER LONDON, August 31. (Delayed) The Saturday Review .referring to President Wilson's note to Pope Benedict as "the most forcible state paper issued during the war,"' says: "We cannot remember that ever before the sovereign of a great nation with an army and a fleet in existence has been told that he is a liar and a chief with whom no treaty can be made. "This terrible insult so amply deserved, comes with great effect from a nation that is not, like Britain, a European rival of Germany and cannot be described as jealous of German trade." s The. pacifist nation describes President Wilson's style as "the most-effective that any living statesman possesses," but as a practical document, the note approaches the formula of ho peace with the Hohenzollerns. The Nation says that no one has ever been able to add the forcible achievements of democracy in Germany to the war aims, but it still believes that German evolution toward democracy is progressing. "GO ON KAISERING AND WE'LL SMASH YOU," NOTE SAYS -SHAW LONDON, Sept 1. "President Wil son's reply to the Pope is really a mes sage to Germany,", said George Bern ard Shaw today in an interview with the Associated Press. "Reduced to the vernacular it means: 'Bto,me a republic and we will let up on you. Go on kaiserlng and we will smash you.' "The President knows what he is fighting for." . MUST BE "CONSCIENCE" PEACE DECLARES ROME NEWSPAPER ROME,, Aug. 31. (Delayed) Event ual peace, the Secola says in commenting upon President Wilson's reply, must not be a peace of diplomatic artificialities, but of conscience. "So let us hope," it adds, "that the German people understand what President Wilson means. Until such a time it is our duty to continue the war and not to desert the welfare of our -children. Weakness, even hesitation, will make ud traitors to civilization." " . POPE'S DUTY TO SEEK PEACE SAYS ITALIAN NEWSPAPER MILAN. Aug. 31 (Delayed) The Corriere della Sera says of President Wilson's reply to the pope: "President Wilson's answer sets forth the fundamental reasons why the allied powers cannot consider the pope's proposals. The era of treaties made for breaking Is past. ' Europe must rise from this red inundation another Europe. - The pope is in a neutral position which will not and cannot be changed. He has a right and a duty to seek peace. This position is understood and respected by the allies." POPE PLEASED AT COURTESY IN PRESIDENT'S ANSWER ROME. Thursday, Aug. 30 (De layed) Count De Salis, the British minister at the Vatican, who presented President Wilson's reply to Pope Benedict, received the impression that the pope, although disappointed at the president's refusal to undertake negotiotions on the lines laid down in the papel note, was touched by the nobility and dignity of the president's reply, and courtesy toward him personally The Holy Father, he added, also felt grieved at the unpitying condemnation of Germany's perfidy. SHARP BLOW repulse of three counter attacks is reported. The French took 150 prison ers. The attack followed a week of al most total inactivity on the French front, except for small operations, such as French raids and minor thrusts. ; The British have likewise been abstaining from the Initiation of any major movement,, but there are signs in the increase of the artillery fire on the Flanders front that a renewal of more active operations by General Haig may not be far distant. Still At Austrians. Later advices from the Italian front showed General Cadorna again hammering at the Austrian line at selected points and gradually improving his position. This improvement was effected both to the south in the direction, of Triest and on the northern front of the attack in tbje region of Gorizia. The Italian line in their new positions now appear to be firmly organized in preparation for whatever further movement General Cordana has in mind. - , TWO AMERICANS HONORED PARIS, Sept. 1. William H. Wallace of New York, a graduate of Columbia and Robert ' Scannell of Cambridge, Mass., a. , Princeton student, and both members of the American field ambulance service, have received war crosses for bravery in removing wounded soldiers while under a havy fire. This is .Wallace's second citation. -

PACIFISTS MEET IN CHICAGO, BUT lidDODY'S THERE

i Even Police Pay vnb Atten- ; "tioria. Gathering of : An ti-.'Americans.-V - -. f BULLETIN SPRINGFIELD. 111., Sept 1. Governor. Louden at noon today ordered Adjutant General Dickinson to prevent any Ipeeting or the People's Council of -America for Democracy and Peace Jn Illinois, declaring-he feared disorder arid rioting. . , ; . , CHICAGO, Sept. 1. The Pacifists who failed .to find asylums f or their meeting in, .Wisconsin pr Minnesota began their Scheduled convention without opposition here today. .They met in - the we$t-ide auditorium. No police, were -present nor were there any crowds in the- district. Aside from newspaper men no outside persons were paying any - attention to their activities.; vf. ' i ?,-'' Officers of the 'council previously had .said that if the , proposed peace conference was barred from Chicago and ruled out of the National capitol by officials at Washington, a steamship wouia do cnarterea ana. me aeiiDeration held on the high seas off the New England coast ;'; " '.,'- GOVERNOR BAMBERGER TOO - BUSY TO TALK TO FOES SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Sept. 1. Governor Bamberger refused to consider a proposal made by local members of the Peoples Council of America for Democracy and Peace for a meeting of thePacific coast members in Salt Lake City. Members' of the organizations here urged that an invitation be extended to them tastop here ori their way east, but Governor Bamberger's secretary informedvtkem he was too busy to take up the matter. RADICALS LOSE WAR TAX FIGHT WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. In the first test of strength between senate radicals .and conservatives on war profits taxation, the radicals were defeated today when the senate rejected the maximum amendment of Senator rto. BALSMEIER TO eo to Rev. J. F. Balsmeier, who has been pastor of the First Nazarene church of Richmond for the last year, will be come pastor of the First Nazarene church" of Hammond, Ind., on Sep tember 23. Rev. L. T. Wells, who has been doing evangelical work, will be the new pastor here. Rev. Mr. Balsmeier has been very successful in Richmond, trebling the church membership during the year. The church has paid all expenses and has raised more than $1,000 for the building fund. Rev. Mr. Balsmeier will take work leading to an-A. B. degree in Chicago university. He expects to graduate next spring. He will receive a salary of $1,200 and manse in Hammond. Indiana Ambulance Unit to Leave Soon Robert Bertsch of Cambridge City, Ind., is second sergeant in the Indiana University ambulance unit which has received orders to leave for France. The unit has been in training at Allentown, Pa. ' Basil Walters, former reporter on the Palladium staff, and author of the "send him away with a smile" slogan is also a member of the company. The unit will soon leave. Heironimus Tells Pupils When to Call All pupils from other than the Richmond schools who expect to enter Garfield Junior High school this fall should call at Principal "Heironimus' office before Friday of. next week to arrange their work. Pupils regularly promoted from the ward schools last June need not come unless they wish ' to make some changes. Pupils already in darfield who are uncertain as to their stand ing or wish to make any changes in their work should also call before Friday. By complying with these requests pupil s Will save themselves annoyance on the opening day and will also help make it possible to start regular school work promptly. ECONOMY SQUARE GRAVELLED ECONOMY, Ind., Sept -1. Adam Southerd and workmen finished the cement bridge on the Beard road over the creek yesterday, a replacement of the old wooden structure. The square in Economy is oeing gravelled an round by the same workmen, screened gravel from the creek being used.

Johnson of Callforjcfor a gross levy of 80 percentoB V " ( profits,. .; . The voteWaS 62-tn'I?: "v i v ; - .

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Reception to bk

General to ' Two of the leading military men of Belgium, one of whom, -General .Le Clercq is a member of the - Belgian mission to the United States .will be honored 'when they come to Richmondnext Monday evening. 1 - 3 ' They will speak -on. the . great war and the part the., .United States must surely -take, at 6:45 o'clock at -the p ostoff ice corner. ; ' - 1 Major Cestorreich, aide to General LeClercq will also comev ' - The party will be escorted "here from Newcastle by a committee front Richmond, arriving here at about 6:30 Asks $175 Monthly For Child's. Support - .': - , ... v.--- . . '" " " 1 ,,..., ' ' " - Alimony of $2,000 for herself and $175 a month for the support. of her 14-year-old daughter is' asked ffor- by Anna Miller in a suit for divorce against Henry C. Miller . in , circuit court Saturday. -. Suit was filed on the charge of abandonment. The couple were married In 1899 and in 1916, the complainfalleges, the defendant left without due cause. The custody of Ruth Miller, the daughter is sought by the plaintiff. . NO REPLY WAS : NEEDED ACTUALLY WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Failure of any of the European powers to reply to the pope's appeal .for, peace, has strengthened a growing impression at the state department that there is nothing in the note of the Vatican which actually called for a reply, - " Amenities may be regarded as sat Isfied by the acknowledgment of ,ts recept which all governments aaf understood to have sent. jf - No government has given nUce of any intention of letting President Wilson's reply stand as a statement for its position and it is not assumedhy administration officials that just that position would be taken .because there are certain phases of the situation suggested in the papal ccnmunftation affecting some of the allies and not the United States upon which I President Wilson did not comment. ( There is an impression, . however, that the other belligerents may be content not to enter into discussion of those questions. - Pershing Defective WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Practical-, ly one: third of the small arms; ammu nition supply to ' General Pefshing's troops in France has been folmd defective from chemical reaction? set up in the powder manufacture kt the Frankfort arsenal. f. New supplies have been seijt over, in fact, have arrived, and stesis have been taken to correct the degsct in manufacture. f s . Wires Foil Miss Stinson's Ambition CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Miss Catherine Stinson's Chicago-New York flight in an airplane lasted just forty-one minutes today. Miss Stinson, ambitious to break Ruth Law's record, left the ground here at 5:09 a. m. At Porter, Ind., at 5:50 her engine acted badly and she' volplaned. She failed to see some telephone wires and her machine was damaged. The aviatrix was unhurt. NEXT LIBERTY LOAN OUT OCT. 1 WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. The next liberty loan campaign will be launched October 1, according to present plans of the treasury department. Liberty loan committees throughout the country, in response to Secretary McAtJoo's appeal, are today perfecting their organizations in preparation for the campaign. No announcement concerning details of the second offering will be made until congress acts on the pending bond bill. It is expected, however, that the issue will be for about $3,000,000,000 and that the subscription books will close November 1. Whether the offering will be advertised by the government through paid newspaper space will not be determined, said Secretary McAdoo in a statement, until more definite information is at hand as to its cost and congress decides what amount it will appropriate for the purpose. SECRETARIES MAY MEET IN RICHMOND NEXT TIME The next meeting of the State Commercial Secretaries' association will probably be in Richmond, according to Frank Altras, Commercial club secretary, who returned from the annual convention in Indianapolis Saturday. Albus has the promise of the association that if they do not hold their next meeting here in January that the next summer's convention will be here. , On account of the patriotic parade, the Palladium will be issued at noon on Labor "Bay, Monday, September 3,

Belgians; :

Make Address Here o'clock. After making a brief talk they will leave for Washington. r General LeClercq,.jalthough a member of the Belgian commission to the United States,, did not return to his country when the other members left DODY OF STUDY BROUGHT HERE The body of J. N. Study, superintendent of the "PoFt Wayne schools, who died Wednesday, wag brought to Richmond from Fort Wayne, late Friday afternoon, accompanied by members of the family and an escort of Knights Templar and a committee rep resenting-the school teachers of Fort Wayne. " . -. Members of Richmond commandery Knights Templar were at the station to meet the body which was taken to the undertaking parlors of Wilson, Pohlmeyer & Downing. A large number of Richmond people called to view the body of the educator last night and this morning. There were many beautiful floral tributes. The funeral services were held in Fort Wayne yesterday morning being-conducted by the Masonic bodies, the' impressive ritual' of the 33d degree, of which Mr. Study was a member, being used. '. " This morning at 10:30 the funeral party went to Hagerstown where the burial took place this afternoon. - Pall bearers ,.were members of Richmond commandery. ,.' MAY PUT PLANT WEST OF TOWN The price of $1775 set by the city on its five-acre tract on Newman's Hill is exorbitant and the Indiana Portland Cement company does not want the land at that price, according to Gath Freeman, the company's local representative. Options on another site west of the city are held by the company, and it is probable that this site will be chosen if the city does not come down, said Freeman, Saturday morning. The Newman's Hill site is not ideal for the company's home, as the shale would only provide raw material for cement for six or. eight years. The ground for the company's "big plant has not been finally chosen, and it may be onewmaR's Hlll.-but not if the My ' demands $1775, for the ground. Property owners on the hill have agreed to take $200 an acre for their land, and in one case this included a house and lot, while the city wants more than $350 an acre for their fiveacre tract. "If the land Is not worth $1775 to the cement company, it isn't worth anything," said a city official, when told of the company's attitude. RICHMOND MAY SEEK WAR JOBS The plan to get for Indiana industries their share of war business which has been worked out by Ernest N. Smith, secretary of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, will be considered by Richmond Commercial, club directors in the.ir Wednesday" night session. The Indianapolis chamber maintains a bureau in Washington to look after the city's interests, and Smith proposes to share its benefits : with other cities of the state, provided they bear a part of the expense of maintaining the bureau. Efforts probably will be made by the Richmond men to secure a place in the bureau. Several Thousand Victims of Fire in Russian Community PETROGRAD, Sept 1. Several thousands are reported to have been killed and injured in the first that swept the city of Mazan, on the Kanzanka river, 430 miles east of Moscow, early this week.. - The fire burned for 36 hours, driving most of the population outside the city. HAFNER IS ATTORNEY August Hafner Is Wayne county's newest attorney. Hafner, who for the last three years has been deputy clerk, was elected to membership in the Wayne county bar by Judge Fox Saturday morning.

Physicians and Hospital Help To Put Another Sammy in Khaki

Three Richmond doctors and the officials of Reid Memorial hospital are helping to put another Richmond soldier in the field. Edward Shafer, better known as "Eddie," twenty-four years old and former employe of the Pennsylvania, passed the first examination here for the regular army two weeks ago, and went to Indianapolis. Shafer was rejected in the final examination at Indianapolis because ot a bad case of hernia. He told Drs.

COHORT KITS TO BE GIVEN TO SOLDIERS WHO PARADE

Mrs. W. W. Gaar Announces Presents Will Be Handed Drafted Men Who March Next Monday. . PROGRAM IS COMPLETE -' PROGRAM Morning.. 9-11:30 Band concert, PennsylStatlon. 10-11:30 Band concert, Court House yard. -. 10-X1:30 Band concert, 23rd and Main .streets. - Afternoon. 1 Parade assembles. 'i i-, 1:30 Parade moves. ' - 3:30 Music and speaking. In front of Postoffice. JG: 45 Belgian commissio ners speak in front of Postoffice. ' ?:30-Military ball. North A street between Eighth and Ninth street Monday Is the day to "send him away with a smile" and" everything is in readiness for the big celebration in honor of "our soldier boys." Every force in the county and city will be marshalled Monday in on of the biggest celebrations in the history of the county; in a celebration for the soldiers, who will represent the city and county over there. 4 , - To Get Comfort Kit, Every man in Richmond and Wayne county, selected for military service, who participates in the parade Monday will be given a comfort kit to take with him when he leaves for training camp, Mrs. W. W. Garr announced Saturday. The comfort bags, made of cretonne cloth of many colors, will he given at the postoffice . corner following the huge street procession. They are of regulation array size and were made by" Miar Elizabeth -Wlgmore and'ofh-. era during the summer months, and then turned over to the committee in charge of the "sock shop." Contains Useful Articles. The-bags will contain, one letter pad, six envelopes, two postal cards, one deck of playing cards, wash rag and soap, tooth brush, tooth paste, metal comb, white black and brown thread and needle, a pipe and tobacco, matches, cigarette papers, handkerchief, safety pins and a small mirror. Mrs. W. W. Gaar will be assisted in giving the bags out by Mrs. Blanche Scott, Mrs. Frank Lackey, Mrs. Frank McCurdy. Mrs. J. G. Leeds, Mrs. Oscar Johnson, Miss Elizabeth Wigmore, and Miss Helen Nicholson. Indications that that more - than 15,000 persons will participate In the parade which will begin at promptly 1:30 o'clock. Every owner of an automobile in the city and county is urged to decorate his machine and enter it in the parade. Many business houses of the city and fraternal organizations will enter decorated floats. Children Asked to March. Every child in the city and county between the ages of 6 and 12 is asked to march. They will be given flags by the' committee and It is hoped that more than 500 will participate. Omar G. Whelan will be grand marshal of the parade and will have ten TO AUTOMOBILE OWNERS Decorate your machine and get In the parade Monday. Drape it in the national colors and show the boys that you are "for" them. It's your patriotic duty. The boys will soon be fighting for the glory of the county, state and nation. assistants, all of whom will ride horseback. A number of young women of the city will also ride horses. Following thhe parade a short program will be given at the postoffice corner. Ninth and North A streets and brief talks will be made by Henry U. Johnson, William Dudley Foulke, Charles W. Jordan and Secretary Albus of the Commercial club. A picked chorus of male voices will sing patriotic songs. REDMEN TO PARADE HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Sept 1. Miona tribe of Redmen accompanied by the Redmen's band, will parade at Richmond, Monday. R. D. Morrow. R. J. Pierce and Charles Marvel of the situatiqp. Free of Charge. The three doctors thought that an operation would fix Shafer so that he could pass the examination, and they, agreed to do it free of charge. Shafer asked the Reid Memorial of-; ficials .if they would care for him andi let him have 'the operation performed! ther, and they donated their services. ' Th operation was performed Tuesday morning. Shafer is getting along all right said the physicians Saturday, and wi'l be able to pass the examination in five week or bo.