Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 268, 21 September 1917 — Page 1

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TEARS FLOW AS THOUSANDS SAY GOOD-BYE TO SOLDIERS

Greatest Crowd tEver at Pennsy Station Sees Richmond's Contingent of "101" Depart. OFF TO CAMP TAYL03 "Good bye, boy; good luck and lots of it. God bless you, bey." s And then Richmond's "101" new soldiers left Friday morning shortly after ten o'clock. ;'- Thousands of persons the , largest crowd without a doubt that ever thronged the Pennsylvania railroad station bade farewell to the men who answered thelpTcountry's call, and who will soon be on the firing line, fighting against titanic barbarism. Crowd is Hysterical The crowd was Iiysterical. They surged from one side of the station to the other, the threatening approach of trains never for a minute entering their minds. They wanted to see their son, their brother, their husband or sweetheart. For twenty minutes one aged woman held her son's hand in her own, as he leaned out of the coach, big tears rolling down her cheeks, her heart heavy and a piayer on her lips for his safe return. Strong men, old men, veterans of past wars, stood In line as the new soldiers marched past and entered the special coaches. Fathers stooped to kiss their sons, and mothers, almost unable to control themselves, bordering on hysteria, grasped them in a . last embrace, and kissed them, their hearts too full for words. Band Plays Merry Tunes And through all, the band played merry music, but still it couldn't effect those mothers, who already saw their sons on the firing line! The soldiers will go to camp in Louisville, Ky. The route' of the train was unknown. . More than 300 men from Allen, Jay -and Randolph' counties, also on their way to the training camp, left on the same trainwith the Richmond men. The men from the other counties were given cheer after cheer when they pulled in the 'station. The march from the court house to the Pennsylvania station, the first march of the "101" as solders of . Uncle Sam, started promptly from the court house at 8! 30 o'clock Friday morning. The line was led by a. platoon of policemen and the Richmond City band- . 'Crowds Cheer Soldiers. Following the band came the members of Sol Meredith Post, G. A. R. and the men who made up the "101," surrounded by students of the high school and led by members of the, conscription board: As the column moved up Main street and down Tenth the hundreds of people that lined ' the sidewalks cheered lustily the men that were selected to represent Richmond and "Wayne county in the big war. At Tenth and North E street the column was halted and the 3 soldier boys were given an opportunity, without breaking ranks to say good bye to friends and relatives. Crowds of people lined North E street in front of the Pennsylvania station and only a narrow path, just wide enough for the men to march down single file, .was made from the street to the train. Quakers Pray For Departing Sqldiers A prayer for Richmond's- new soldiers, who left for camp Friday morning, was given by Quakers in session at the East Main Street Friends' fhurch. j The prayer given for all men soldiers in the army and "especially for conscripted Quakers, will soon be tested." Do Your Bit Now Join the Red Cross WEATHER FORECAST ' For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight. Saturday fair and wanner. Temperature Today. Noon 63 73 51 Yesterday. Maximum Minimum For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair and continued cool tonight. Saturday fair and warmer. General Conditions The storm which caused yesterday's rain is-mov-ing east toward the Atlantic coast. Cool wave over the north now affects -.the central states but an area of low barometric pressure is moving south -from British Columbia and will cause a rise in temperature after tonight. Frost yesterday in " North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. No frost before next week.

'.'You're Yellow" Meets Lafollette When He Defends Lusitania Case

ST. PAUL, Minn.. Sept 21. Sen ator Robert M. Lafollette of Wisconsin, told a large audience gathered at the closing session of the Producers' and Consumers' conference last night that he was opposed to war, that he thought Germany had been rather rough with the "technical" .rights of American citizens, but that he did not think the exercise of these technical rights in traveling on belligerent merchantmen laden with munitions was worth going to war about. The - delegates to the conference, mainly farmers, frequently interrupted his speech with applause. There were a few in the gathering, however, who did not approve all the senti-' ments expressed by the speaker. "When the senator, in explaining his declaration that the United States should never have entered the war, sought to defend the sinking, of the Lusitania there came cries of "You're yellow!" Solon has Comeback Instantly there was confusion but above the uproar the senator shouted: "Any man who says that in an audience like this, is yellow himself. I'll take care of any man who interrupts me if you will give me a chance." "What about the Lusitania?" somebody shouted, and Governor Frazier of North Dakota, the chairman, had much difficulty in quelling the disorder that ensued. "A passenger on a foreign ship carCOMMERCIAL CLUB OF NEWCASTLE AT HAGERSTOWN FA! Greetings of Henry County Capital Extended Crowd is Large. HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Sept. 21 If rain interfened with the program yesterday it did not dampen the ardor of the promoters of the Hagerstown Horse Show nor prevent thousands from visiting the fair today. The Newcastle Commercial club visited the owtoday. The delegation brought tne gieetings of; Henry county and proved to the satisfaction of Hagerstown that Newcastle appreciates the importance of the fair. Events on the program today were carried out without a hitch. The committee on arrangements was pleased with the fine spirit shown by the exhibitors who did not let the weather handicap . of yesterday interfere . with thpir interest in making the show a success. ' Judging Started At 1. The judging of the grade draft "horses and the light ; harness shows was started at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The judging of the special classes may not be reached until Saturday. Souder and Knode were awarded the silver cup in the Belgian stallion class, with McLain of Lima, O., second and Albert Day of Springport, third. The silver cup and second awards in Percherons went to McLain with Hinshaw and Gifford third. Eight four-year-old stallions and percherons owned by Bert Souder of Hagerstown and Jyle Jones of Millville. were the features of the live stock exhibit. , The judging of the stock was clone ,by W. II. Baker of Indianapolis, j JONES TO TALK TO ELIGIBLES Tom Jones, field secretarv of the Young Friends board, will talk to Quakers who are eligible for military service at a meeting called -for Saturday afternoon ait the East Main Street Friends church. There are between 1,800 and 2,000 Quakers, withm conscription ages, living within the jurisdiction of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends, which takes in part of three states, according to the estimate of Walter C. Woodward, general secretary of the Friends in America. While it is unknown just how many will come for the meeting, it is believed the number will be less than one hundred. Mr. Woodward also will talk to the men regarding the steps the church is taking to have them assigned to the various reconstruction units being organized by the church. General information on the stand taken by the Quakers will also be given. . List to the "Song of the Vegetables WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. Food Administrator Hoover today added to his collection of sheet music, piano rolls, and poems dedicated to his work, one manuscript for a play entitled, "The Song of the Vegetables." Among the characters are Michael Potatoeson, Thomas Onionson, Misses Peas, Jake Garlicstern and Mrs. Cauliflower. The setting of the play which, the author states, has been submitted to producers, is at the top of Jack's Beanstalk and economy of food is one of the morals of the tale.

rying munitions is technically in foreign territory," said Senator Lafollette, when he could make himself heard. "The citizen who enters such a ship takes his life in his own hands. I believe that the American munition makers encouraged Americans to ride on such ships to give them semblance of protection. "I was not in favor of beginning this war. We had no grievance. The German government had interfered with our rights to travel on the high seas as passengers on monition ships of Great Britain. On these grievances, which were insignificant, considering the rights and consequences involved we went to war."

w e are now in the war and we have got to finance it" The senator criticised the tax bill recently passed by congress. - . i . : J -,: Greathouse Asserts Women Can Vote in Other Parts of State Joseph Waltermann, Democratic city chairman, received a letter from Charles A. Greathouse, state chairman, urging him to continue the solicitation of women's votes for the coming city election. ; According to the letter, the decision of the superior julge of Marion county had nothing to do with the other counties of the state and that until the law was declared unconstitutional by the state supreme court the women in other counties could vote. Success Depends on Industrial Effort : Writes King George LONDON, Sept. 21 King George, after concluding a tour of merchant ship building yards and the marine engine works of the citydistrict and the principal 6teel rolling mills of Scotland, addressed a letter today to the lord lieutenant provost of Glasgow expressing his "interest in the effort of the workmen to maintain the strength and efficiency of the mercantile marine. King George added: "For it Is only by the full development of all our latent resources, combined with co-operation and the good will of the industrial community that we can expect such a satisfactory issue of the war as will give us, by God's help, the blessings of a, guaranteed, lasting peace."

ONE METING IS FAVORED,

TIMOTHY NICHOLSON CHARGES

Appointment of many persons from the same congregation committees of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends, was objected to by Timothy Nicholson Friday when the report of the nominating committee was read. . "It isn't good policy to concentrate too much in one congregation," he said. "It leads to the demorilization of quarterly meetings." Mr. Nicholson, also declared that half of the delegates to the Five Years Meeting of Friends, which will be held in Richmond next month, were made from one congregation. Records of the delegates show that many who have been named as delegates to the Five Years Meeting are members of the West Richmond church. Belongs to E. Main Street. ; Mr. Nicholson is a member of the East Main Street church. Rev. Milo Hinckle, former pastor of the church, declared that if the nominations are to "be parliamentary they should be parlimentary," and that the delegates should have the right to vote negatively if they so desired. Ancil Ratliff, presiding clerk, admitted that the negative vote had not been taken on many questions. A number of committees had been nomi- j nated and their names were on one sheet of paper. . "The committees should be voted on KENWORTHY IS GIVEN PRAISE Rev, Truman C. Kenworthy, for three years superintendent of the Evangelistic committee of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends, has resigned to take up independent evan gelistic work. Rev. Mr. Kenworthy denied Friday tnat -cnurcn pontics" had anything to do with his resignation. Rev. Mr. kenworthy, in the report of the committee, read before the Yearly Meeting of Friends Friday, is praised for nis work in "solving many perplexing proDiems, which he has had to meet." "It is with regret that our pleasant acquaintanceship is to be brought to a close," the report, which was unanimously approved by the meeting, said. The committee recommended that the name be changed to Evangelistic, Pastoral and Church Extension Board, Instead of committee

BRITISH HOLD NEW LINE ON 3-MILE FRONT

Success of Latest Push Shown by All Accounts 2,000 Germans Taken. (By Associated Press) Today found the British in Flanders holding all the valuable ground they gained in their attack of yesterday, when they surged forward on an eight mile front on both sides of the YpresMenin road, penetrating the German line more than a mile in places and capturing prisoners in excess of 2,000. All the reports emphasize the com pleteness of the success the British troops achieved. They hold Yeldhoek, Zevenkote and numerous stragetically important farms and wooded tracts which have been heavily fortified by the Germans but which were captured in the resistless British sweep. Counter-Attacks Fail. Late yesterday the Germans began to counter-attack but every thrust was effectively dealt with by the British guns, which wiped out the advancing line of German Infantry. The heavy casualties sustained in these fruitless attacks evidently impelled the German command to order their cessation, for there were no repetition of them during1 the night, and the British were able to consolidate their new won ground without disturbance. In some sectors the British continued . their offensive tactics during the evening. Local attacks, notably northeast of Langemarck resulted in the clearing out of a number of strong points to which some German forces were clinging. Correspondents dispatches today report the continuance of similar tactics at night when the new line was considerably improved in strength. - Today's advices further announce the resumption of British attacks this morning southwest of Gheluvelt where a position desired by the British still was held by the Germans, This was assaulted by British forces which advanced to the attack at 9:30 o'clock. T. R. ON SPEAKING TOUR NEW YORK, Sept. 21. "Americanism and the war" will be the kenyote of addresses that Col. Theodore Roosevelt will make next week in Kansas City,' Minneapolis, Racine, Wis., and' Johnstown, N. Y. Accompanied by Mis. Roosevelt the colonel left yesterday for Kansas City where he will speak en Monday. separately," Rev. Truman Kenworthy said. Clerk Ratliff responded that they were altogether on the page, but they were read separately and all approved by the meeting. Greetings From Japan. Greetings from Japanese and Canadian Friends were read before the meeting. The report from Japan expressed "good fellowship" and "cordial greetings." A campaign will be begun next month for funds to be used in the relief of suffering Armenians in Turkev and other parts of the Bible lands, Rev. Mead A. Kelsey, field secretary of the committee for Armenian and Syrian relief, announced. He protrayed a picture of the starving Armenians and declared that they are in as bad a condition as Belgians and should be given aid. The report of the disbursing board showed that $2,540 had been expended during the year for needy pastors and aged members of the church. Fiftytwo persons were helped. A. W. Jenkins is secretary of the committee. Eleven Billion Bill is Up to President WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 The $11,000,000,000 war credit bill conference report was adopted today by the house and the measure sent to the White House for the President's signature. The senate . acted yesterdav. Hagerstown9 s Four Draftees Honored HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Sept. 21. Hagerstown's four young men who left Friday morning for Camp Taylor were given a reception at the close of the program of the horse show here Thursday night. V The four men, R. T-. Forker, Fred Engle, Luther Hutchinson and Wil liam l razier, were presented to the crowd at the grand stand of the fair by R. LaMonte, official announcer, and were cheered on their way by the hundreds of visitors at the fair. LaMonte delivered a short talk in which he promised for the boys that each "would bring back a dutchman." The evening's program closed with the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner."

Box of Food Given Every Draftee in

Indianapolis Depot INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 21. The movement of the 6,952 men who make up forty percent of the first National army call from Indiana is well under way and probably will be completed and all of the men in Camp Taylor at Louisville Sunday evening or early Monday morning. Of the total number 9S9 are from Indianapolis and 1,500 are from within a short radius of Indianapolis. Next to Indianapolis in the number of men being sent is Evansville with 239 men. Gary is sending 1S4, Fort Wayne: 153, Terre Haute 129, East Chicago 107 and South Bend 101. The railroads of the state are cooperating with the various local conscription boards to move the men on schedule time that there may be no delay at Camp Taylor through the failure of a sufficient number of men to arrive at the various times set. Each man who passes through the Indianapolis Union Station on his way to the National Army camp at Louisville is given a well filled box of "eats." The local board has taken care to provide the food without cost to the men for the new army. CAMBRIDGE HAS HUGE FAREWELL CAMBRIDGE CITY, Sept. 21. The thirty-eight men who left here today for Camp Taylor were given a rousing farewell. A parade of the draftees, school children, boy, scouts, Women's Relief corps and citizens marched to the Lake Erie depot. Rev. R. C. Jones, a Civil war veteran, led the parade. Two bands furnished music for the demonstration. The men left at one o'clock. Hundreds of persons took part in the demonstration at the depot. Big Bill's" Legal Department Finds He Did All Right CHICAGO, Sept 21. The city's legal department In an opinion justified Mayor William Hale Thompson in permitting the public meeting here recently of the Peoples Council of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace, after Governor Lowden had forbidden th organization to hold meetmeetings in the state. The opinion was approved last night by Samuel A. Ettelson, corporation counsel, and was rendered, it was stated, at the resquest of Mayor Thompson. . "It seems clear from the provisions of the ccstitunmraNLanthorities that ing," the opinion says. "If you, as mayor, had forbidden in advance the holding of such meeting, your action, in our opinion,. would have been unjustified and in plain violation of your oath of office." Sergeant Who Was in Mexico Arrested as an Alien Enemy FORT OGLETHROPE. Ga.. Sept. 21. Sergeant Alfred : Bonhaupt, of the Sixth United States infantry, who serv ed wltn General Pershing in Mexico, has been discharged from the army, it was learned today, and interned at the German prison camp here as an enemy alien." Bonhaupt's dismissal from the army followed the intrepreting of a. letter which he wrote his sister in Germany, In which he expressed regret that the United States had entered the war against Germany and the hope that he would not have to fight against his native land. His internment with other Germans here was ordered by the bureau of immigration. - SUGAR PRIjJE TO DROP CENT WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. Reduction of sugar prices about one cent per pound apparently was assured n-hoT, hoof j TI" .-.i. k 6 V .'n.uuuut ls agreea , ...n me iwu Huminiscration to sell t.u vmyiescuers at seaDoard refining points for 7 1-4 cent a pound, maximum, instead of the prevailing price of 8.4. Retail prices ordinarily would be 1-2 to 3-4 cents higher. These prices will be effective in the western section of the country where sugar beets are raised about Oct. 1, and eastern sections about two weeks later. - THEODORE. DESIRES TO ADDRESS FOREIGNERS CHICAGO, Sept. 21. At his' own suggestion, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will address the foreign-born citizens of Chicago when he comes here next Wednesday to be the principal speaker at a patriotic rally under the auspices of the National Security League. Invitations have been extended to all organizations in the city having a membership of foreign-bom persons and their representatives will be oa the speakers' platform.

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STATE DEPARTMENT REVEALS MESSAGE OF BERNSTORFF'S,

ASKING $50,000 FOR WORK

Third Chapter in History of

Published Envoy Referred. to Organization Through . Which He Worked and Said He Was Going to Continue Efforts to Mold Legislation. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. Secretary Lansing today made public an astounding addition to the series of disclosures covering German intrigues in America and elsewhere. A message sent by Count Von Bernstorff in January of this year of the Berlin foreign office requesting authority to pay out $50,000 to influence Congress through an unnamed organization, apparently known to the Berlin office. , Count Von Bernstorff indicated in his message that money had been paid this organization on former occasions to perform the same work. The text of the message, dated January 22 and made public without comment follows: . ' , "As on Former Occasions." "I request authority to pay up to $50,000 in order, as on former occasions, to influence Congress through the organizations you know of which can perhaps prevent war. I am beginning in the meantime to act accordingly. In the above circumstances a public official German declaration in favor of Ireland is highly de- i sirable in order to gain the support of Irish influences here." Whether the state department is in possession of other evidence,! indicating the ambassador's activities, has not been revealed but the extraordinary disclosures already made have fixed the belief that agents of the United States government have collected and compiled the entire story of German duplicity and intrigues and that additional chapters will be added. ' "

TURN BACK ON PAST, ADVISES QUAKER1EADER George Bird, of Greenfield, Objects to Following Precedents. ... Quakers should face the "living sit uation" and not be governed in their action today, by what their forefathers did, George Bird of Greenfield, Ind., declared at the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends Friday. Mr. Bird made the statement after Timothy Nicholson,, one of the oldest members in the Yearly Meeting, de clared that the Ixmdonuc-hnrchrT devotes The summary of the report of the state of the church was read instead of the entire report. Mr. Nicholson was of the opinion that the entire report should have been read. The report was approved as it was given. Peace Interest Large. Great Interest in "peace activity" is being taken by nearly all the churches within the jurisdiction of the meeting, according to the report. Dublin, Whitewater, .Walnut Ridge, West Branch, Winchester, Van Wert, all are aiding in supporting the re construction units organized for the purpose of relieving suffering of those wounded in the war and many are giving "our own sons" for the work according to the report. Progress is being made along all lines, the. report shows. There is more of a desire for intensive Bible study and all Bible schools show a gain in attendance as well as efficiency. Many more families have employed family worship as a "means of help and strength." The total membership of the church is 20,051, a little less than last year, due to the new basis of computation. There have been 44$ dropped from the church because of lack of attendance, or no interest in the work. The number of resident families was given as 4.6S3. Rhondda Threatens Compulsory Rations LONDON. Sept. 20 Inauguration of . " . twuuuij .auniau, m ureat untain was announced today bv Baron Rhondda, the food controller. If voluntary measures fail, he said. "I shall not be compunctious in putting the nation on compulsory rations." . Another Clergyman "Smokes For "I am a smoker and I heartily approve of the plan to furnish the men in France with cigarettes and tobacco." Rev. R. D. Baldwin, pastor St. Paul's Episcopal church. ; From every side comes endorsement and approval of the plan inaugurated in Richmond by the Palladium to furnish the American soldiers in France with the comforts of a smoke. And with every endorsement is the financial backing of hundreds of Richmond

German Intrigue in America

"Insult," Says Stone. "This Is an insult to this government," Senator Stone, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee angrily declared when he head the Bernstorff message. "It is absolutely intolerable," he added. "Any- representative of any foreign government who should make such an attempt to interfere with affairs of this government, for it is direct interference with the government to attempt to influence Congress, well deserves to be given his passports and sent from this country." Senator Stone said "he had no knowledge of an attempt to influence Congress as indicated by the German message, but that he, like many other Congressmen, had received stacks of propaganda telegrams. "I do not believe that anv sfcch organization tried to influence Congressmen," said Senator Kenyon. I "Congressmen can not prevent scofmdrels from using their names bit Ido not think any German money wrrg used to influence Congress. Marshall Gives Statement nvoTcingUiegeneraI re oer aisciosmsiif-ecTmT Von Bera-storfiIs---e"gsa5e. V-icn President Afg han today, gave out a statement ' rt. claring the disclosure was. -proof of the German government's effort to divide America into factions bv corrupt means if necessary. " ' "This ought to end forever any and every doubt in the mind of anyvAmerican as to the justice of and necessity for this war. It proves that the German government was seelnng all along to split up into factions, by corrupt means if necessarv. and nn.ihiw Jioping in time to win the. war in Europe and then to humiliate and segregate u?. . "He who is not wholeheartedly for the war runs a great risk of being suspected of. getting part of the $50,000 " DONOR'S NAMES PLACED IN BOOKS Reports from Mrs. Ada ReraTiarrtt librarian at the Morrisson-ReevPQ nl bjary show that many persons are interested in the War library campaign which is to be carried on in Richmond next week. Blank to be filled out are at the library and may be obtained by calling there. The various organizations are selecting their teams and will announce them soon. Twelve teams are being organized, each team to raise S100. In the sweeping ' canvass of the Hoosler state, beginning September 24, one dollar or more will be the amount usually solicited. In acknowledgement of the contribution of one dollar, the giver is entitled tohave his name placed in one book. A ten dollar donation, gives the subscriber a chance at ten books. The plan has been given so much approval over the state that the Library War Council has ordered 30,000 book plates for next -: week's campaign. Endorses Sammy ' Campaign quarters that will go toward furnishing these men with tobacco. With all the endorsement however there are still a few who think it "awful" to send Our-Boys In France Just a little comfort. You may be prejudiced against the cigarette, but with the endorsement of, the clergy, the army officials, soldiers and business men this should be cast aside and vou fhould do your share to send to the boys who will soon be going "Over the Continued on Page Eight