Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 280, 5 October 1917 — Page 1

SENATE WILL INQUIRE INTO ATTITUDE OF LA FOLLETTE

Preliminary Probe Into Senator's Alleged Disloyal Speeches Ordered by Committee Pomerene to Be Chief. HEARING IS PLANNED WASHINGTON. Oct. B. A formal preliminary inquiry into the alleged disloyal speech of Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin made before the Nonpartisan League at St. Paul, Minn., a fortnight ago, was ordered today by the senate privileges and elections committee. Appolnment of a sub committee of five members was directed with authority limited, first to inquire into the correctness of Senator LaFollette's speech and second, ino the correctness of his statements made therein. The limited scope of the inquiry was regarded as temporary action upon the numerous petitions presented to the senate for the Wisconsin senator's expulsion. Pomerene to Head It : The sub-committee which probably will be appointed during the day, and will be headed by Senator Pomerene of Ohio, was ordered to report at the December session of congress. The senate committee took up petitions charging Senator Stone of Missouri, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, with disloyal statements and acts, and decided the charges made did not warrant any investigation of the Missouri senator. The senate committee's decision was reached after a two hour session and with a speech in the senate by Senator LaFollette impending. To Have Formal Hearing The sub-committee was authorized to request authority to employ stenographers and make other necessary expenditures, indicating that a formal hearing may be had with possible examination of witnesses at St. Paul. The resolution for authority to make the sub-committee inquiry and for its general authority was scheduled to be brought before the senate later today, and many thought it would be the base of sharp debate in connection with the proposed speech of Senator LaFollette replying to the charges of his critics. CALIFORNIA LABOR FAVORS LA FOLLETTE AND HIS VIEWS SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct. 5. Without discussion and without a dissenting vote, delegates to the California fctate federation of labor-convention adopted today a resolution endorsing United States Senator La Follette asking for him the right to express the views of "an intelligent minority" and expressing confidence in his integrity and loyalty "as a true merican citizen." HINCKLES LAND IN JAMAICA Assistant Secretary Hadley of the American Friends' Mission Board, received a letter, Thursday from F. Daniel Brown, treasurer of the Mission wrecked by hurricane recently when the island of Jamacia was devastated, giving in detail an account of the storm which also destroyed the church near Kingstan. The Boys and Girls schools were unroofed. The Seaside Mission house, which was to have been the home of Rev. and Mrs. Milo Hinckle and their daughter was wrecked. The Hinckles arrived in Kingstan, Monday, Oct. 1. Mrs. Hinckle and daughter are at the home of-Mr. and Mrs. Brown at j Fairy Hill, near the mission, while Mr. i Hinckle is at the Mission to assist in restoring the property. Now you have another chance to do your bit you can buy another Liberty Bond. WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair and cooler tonight and Saturday. Today's Temperature. Noon 57 Yesterday. Maximum 65 Minimum ............. ..... . . 48 For Richmond and Wayne County by W. E. Nloort: Fair tonight and Saturday; continued cool. Frost tonight if wind drops. General Conditions Two storms came together this morning over the Eastern Lake region and are moving down the St. Lawrence valley. ' They are causing high winds as far west as the Mississippi and rains for the northeastern Rocky mountains. Cool wave has reached Pennsylvania and the temperature will go probably below below -10 tonight. Fair weather will nrobablT prevail Saturday and Sunday.

Here's Chance For Wife of Soldier; Rural Home Offered

S. E. Bright and wife, want a woman to live with them on their ninety acre iann near uxrord, O. They want a woman as a companion to Mrs. Bright who is slightly nervous. They don't want the woman to work for them, they want to make her a member of the family, to enjoy every privilege they enjoy. While they prefer a middle-aged or elderly woman they will take the wife or a soldier into their home, who has round it airncult to support herself since nustiand joined the colors. There are two boys besides Mr. and Mrs. Bright, one of them 14 years old, tne otner nine years old. The big outuuurs, ior ninety acres around, will be open to the woman they take into their home. And they will provide clothing and food, but they offer no money for the women they take Into meir nome win not be required to worn.- iney are church members. . Any woman, wishing to apply for the place, is asked to write Mrs. S. E. Bright, rural route No. 1, Oxford, O. HERE'S BAD NEWS FOR NEWLYWEDS The district selective army board at Fort Wayne does not consider marriages contracted after April 1, in claims for discharge from army service, according to a letter received by William Dudley Foulke, government attorney, in conscription cases, Friday. The letter follows: Mr. Wm. Dudley Foulke, ' Richmond, Ind. Dear Sir Replying to your letter of the 1st, will say that this board does not give consideration to marriages after April 1st and even prior to that date we view them with suspicion. Yours very truly, MILES F. PORTER, Chairman. EARL H. CRAWFORD, Secretary AVENGES KILLING OF HER HUSBAND KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 5. In revenge for the killing of her husband Arthur N. Dorsett, a city detective, Mrs. Anna Dorsett last night In the crowded Jackson county criminal court room shot and seriously wounded William David Jones, a negro minister, who was on trial for the murder of the officer. "Thank God, now I am avenged," Mrs. Dorsett cried. "Get him again," urged Mrs. Helen Schaeffer, Mrs. Dorsett's sister, when the negro, still alive, rolled over under

a table, and she too attempted to fire appropriate exercises arranged for by a short. Officers in the court room I Miss Broaddus, a teacher In the Endisarmed the women and placed Mrs. ! glish department. Dorsett under arrest on a charge of Readings were g'.ven by students assault with intent to kill. She was who are members of the English Two released on a $2,000 bond. Order was , classes. restored in the court room and within j After a numbev by "the high school thirty minutes the judge returned a i orchestra, under the direction of Ralph verdit -of guilty against Jones provid-j C. Sloane. Tne following program ing for a sentence of fity years in the was given: ' state penitentiary. Life of Jame'j Whitcomb Riley. ... . . Officer Dorsett, with a fellow de-1 Miss Dorothy Tietz

tective, John Clifford, was shot by! Jones on the night of August 6 while investigating tfce alleged theft by the negro preacher of a dog. Dorsett was killed almost instantly and Clifford was seriously wounded. Kaiser's Advertising to Sell War Bonds, AMSTERDAM, Oct. 5. Germany's first great effort to make the nev war loan a success takes the forur. of a full page in the leading German newspapers. In part the notice says: "Money needed for subscription. Easy terms, allowing time. You reckon what you can earn in the forthcom ing weeks and months, deduct the cost I of living and then see what you can' lend the fatherland. ENERAL HAIG OF FAMOUS British soldiers now are entrenched on the crest of most of the high ground in the famous Ypres salient as a result of a tremendous blow given the Germans yesterday on an eightmile front east and northeast of Ypres. Driven from the high ground the Germans now will be forced to go up hill against the British, while the British artillery throws shell after shell upon the German defenses and lines of communication. Field Marshal Haig"s latest stroke surprised his adversaries as they were about to renew their attacks against him. The British barrage mowed the massed Germans down and those that remained were annihilated in the rush of the British troops. At no point along the attacking front was the German resistance very great, although the British had difficulty in overcoming the concrete redoubts bristling with machine guns. Villages Are Taken. The villages of Reutel, Noordenhoek, Polderhoek, Molenaarelsthoek, Broodseinde and Gravenstafel were captured in their entirety and the greater part of Poelcapelle was taken. By the capture of Broodseinde the British established themselves well;

WOMAN LOSES LIFE WHEN HIT BY CYCLE

Mrs. Lizzie Sowers of Pershing, Run Down by Ivan Harris on Motorcycle. PERSHING, Ind., Oct. 5. Mrs. Liz zie Sowers, about 55 years old, of Pershing, was fatally Injured, Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock when struck by a motorcycle driven by Ivan Harris as she was crossing the street at the west end of town. Mrs. Sowers had just returned from Cambridge City and after getting off the interurban started up the center of the street. It is believed that she became excited when she heard the approaching machine and after starting across the street turned and stepped directly In front of the motorcycle. She was taken to her home and died last evening about 8 o'clock. Besides a deep cut on her head, which is believed to have caused her death, Mrs. Sowers suffered a broken arm and a broken leg. Persons who witnessed the accident declare that Harris was not at fault Mrs. Sowers was the widow of Frank Sowers, and is survived by two sons, Ralston and Fern, and one daughter. Fay Sowers. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. J. Frost Will Get a Warm Reception High winds may prevent Jack Frost's arrival tonight, and the flighty temperature is scheduled to drop around the forty mark, or possibly lower. Two storms came together over the lake region Friday morning and Richmond will feel the effect Friday night. The storm is causing strong winds which may prevent Jack Frost from getting here. But he may make the trip and the weather forecaster advises that preparation be made for a warm reception. RILEY'S POEMS READ IN CHAPEL Riley's birthday was observed Friday morning in high school chapel with Old Glory Miss Lois Ward Reading John Black "Out to Old Aunt Mary's ........... Miss Marian Hill "Nine Little Goblins". .Miss Luclle Erk "Lltt'.e Orphant Annie". .William Ross A .ter the program the students sang "Tie Star Spangled Banner." WOMEN'S CLUBS SUBSCRIBE $160 Mrs. Miriam McDivitt, president of the Federation of Women's clubs of Richmond, gave Mrs. A. L. Bernhardt, in charge of the Library war fund, $160 Friday in response to a plea made ! the federation to assist with tho wnrt Th rnmmprpini -inh ha ni" $100. HOLDS CREST YPRES SALIEN over the crest of the ridge five miles east of Ypres. From here they can bombard the Ruellers-Menln railroad, the principal German line of communication in the Ypres sector. In addition to the loss of positions of great importance the Germans sustained very heavy casualties as a result of the British barrage. mV1 than 3,000 German prisoners were taken, half, of them being wounded. The German losses were so severe that Crown Prince Ruprecht attempted only a few counter-attacks. These were easily broken up. Foe Holds Back. The course of events during the night gave further evidence of the severity of the shock given the Germans in yesterday's thrust. They kept up a heavy artillery fire during the night .but did not deliver a single counter attack. Meanwhile the British were busy consolidating their new positions. On the French front General Petain's troops had to cope with several surprise attacks by the Germans last night, notably in the Champagne and in upper Alsace. The German efforts, however, met Continued On Page Nine. i

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One of the many loop scenes in the sale of the second war bond issue. Misses Margaret Florentine and Ethel Jordan buying bonds from W. J. Engel at the Continental and Commercial National Bank in Chicago.

Uncle Sam's Scheme For Making Men is Praised by John Hafner

To John Hafner, one of the men who left Richmond for Camp Zachary-Taylor on September 21, army life is "the real stuff." In a letter to friends in Richmond, Hafner tells of the many benefits

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than you saw leave ou fair city on the twenty-first day of September. They surely try to make men of a fellow here and I have no doubt that the most clumsy man "that is here now will turn out to be a soldier. : I "Now when I say soldier I don't mean just a man iri a'uniform, but I mean a soldier in every sense of the word. The government sure has a system for the betterment of manhood. I never did believe in military training for the younger men but if I had it to do over again, I would have joined the army at the age of twenty. Cuts Loose from Booze. "From the short time that I have been here I can see its advantages. We have in our company a fellow who drank not less

than a quart of whiskey a day. 'John, this is the best thing in

that stuff now and I know I can leave it alone if they let me stay long enough.' "So you see there is one fellow out of many who were on the backslide at home who is going to come back a better man, socially, mentally and morally. He is going to be a better citizen and a better fellow-man. "If we don't get to see action after this training, we have lost nothing but have made a large gain, because the universe in general will be of a higher standard in the way of humanity. Hasn't Entered Ministry "No fellows, don't think that I have donned the robes of the clergy since I came here for I have not, but these are my views on chis subject of the national problem of military training. "If any one a?ks you how I like it down here, tell him that I am in love with it. If you hear of any one trying to discourage the plan, help encourage it for your sake and for the sake of every young man in the United States.'' Hafner is a member of the 14th battalion, 56th company, 159th depot brigade.

Burleson Carts H elf lin Away From His Bribe Investigation

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Investiga-t tion of charges by Representative Hef- j lin that certain members of Congress ., had "acted suspiciously in connection with the war and investigation of an I interview in which he is alleged to j have declared he had head members obtained German money by being j "lucky at cards," was begun today by a house committee. 1 Plans for hearing Heflin as the first j witness were thrown away by Post-j master General iiurieson wno suddenly arrived at the capital in his carriage and took Heflin away. The committee then heard two news1TY REDUCES DEBT SI 5,000 The city's indebtedness on the city light plant was reduced $15,000 Friday by the payment of this amount to the Second National Bank by City Controller McMahan. It was the first payment on the new issue of $135,000 worth of bonds which was made in July of 1916. The remaining indebtedness is $120,000. Under the new issue, $15,000 of the amount will be retired each year.

A Bond, Please

- v will see a different bunch of boys He said to me the other morning, j the world for me I'm away from paper men in executive session about the interview Heflin repudiated, . Beth newspaper men swore that llefnn ioiq mem in me nouse oddt man that pro German and ; peace-at-any-price members of Con- j gress" got money easily at a Washing- j ton gambling house conducted by aj German by. being "lucky at cards." j When assailed in the house about t Ule imerview neum iirst uenieu mat he had said 11 "on the floor.'; Later he repudiated it flatly. Yomen Artists to Offer Services in Work "Camouflage 9 MARSHFIELD, Mass., Oct. 5. Mrs. Clara Lathrop Strong, of Marshfield ary organization of an association of woman artists for the purpose of offering their services to the government in "camouflage" work. Mrs. Strong said the plan had the unofficial approval of the war department. She added that there would be no age limit for applicants for admission to the association but that they should be physically strong and active and should have had training in landscape, mural or scene painting or in sculpture. "' '

Volunteer Purchase Are In the Majority. These Girls Didn't Wait to Be Asked to Buy Bonds.

AMERICA WILL WIN DECISION -GENERAL PERSHING. AMERICAN TRAINING QUARin FRANCE, (By Associated SSS eTLtt took exception to the statement which, according to information received here is being spread throughout America by means of German propaganda that the war on the western front will result in a stalemate. He denounced this as" an effort'1 to weaken American initiative. "America has resources in men and material, once they are prepared, to add weight to the allies which must iorce a military decision against Germany," said the general. He added that the American troops were imbued with the spirit of aggressiveness and victory. AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP IX FRANCE, Oct. 5. (By The Associated Press.) The merican ambassnrlnr tn I France, William G. Sharp, visited the American training camp yesterday. He said on leaving: 'As I watched our splendid young soldiers at their drill, cheerful and determined, I could have no doubt of their victory with the United nation behind them. In the faces of these splendid soldiers I saw the spirit of resolute America." SHAFT ERECTED FOR M'KINLEV MLES, O., Oct 5. This little northeastern Ohio town today honored its most notable citizen William McKinley, the martyred President by dedicating to his memory a magnificent marble memorial building near the site of his birth. Prominent men and visitors from all over the country attended the dedication. On the list of speakers, were former President William Howard Taft Governor James M. Cox and Joseph Mitchell Chappie of Boston, editor of the National Magazine. Wayne cotftity's response to the call of the nation for subscriptions to the Second Liberty Bond issue has not been up to the county's standard. This means that Wayne county, unless It shall rally strongly to the appeal, may fall behind its quota and as a result would be in a position that would not compare favorably with past achievements. When the first issue of Liberty Bonds was on the market Wayne county stood among the first in Indiana that oversubscribed its quota. In the Red Cross campaign Wayne county also stood among the leaders in the Hoosier state and so it has been up to the present in every organized effort to do a "bit" in behalf of the nation during the war. All Must Feel Responsibility. The time is ample for the cpunty to push to success the Liberty Loan sale, but it means, if such success Is to be achieved, that every man and woman within the county's borders must get the proper perspective of conditions and" understand that there can be no shifting of the responsibility. There is no charity asked in this appeal. It simply is a business proposition;

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SMILES IN ORDER WHEN "75" LEAVE FOR CAMP

'Pep Injectors" in Group of Soldiers Keep 'Em in Good Humor Large Crowd Bids 'Em FarewelL PARADE TO STATION Smiles were in order whep the second group of Richmond men to leave for Camp Zachary Taylor departed at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Seventy-five men, all of whom with Just a few exceptions were in good spirits, marched from the court house to the Pennsylvania station and from there left for the camp to take up training as a part of the National army. "Blues" were dispelled as fast as tbey made appearance by the group's pep injectors' who kept the men, as ' well as the crowds that lined the streets on the way to the station and those gathered at the Btatlon. In ' a cheerful mood. These men, who promise to keep up the spirits of the entire group, were William Hoelscher Frank Long, Rush Butler, George (Petey) Kem, Harry Smith and Frank Gatzek. Surrounded by Marchers. The parade started from the court house promptly at 8:30 o'clock and marched up Main street to Tenth, the selected men surrounled by an escort of police officers. High school students and members of the G. A. R On North Tenth streets, the march passed in review of more than 3 000 school children who lined both side's of the street. On North E street the men were marched Into an enclosure roped off at the west side of the depot and here, after the roll had been called parents, wives, sweethearts and friends mingled with the men and bad them goodbye. As the train pulled into the station a way was cleared and the men marched single file to the two rear coaches where they were assigned to places and the roll called again. For about ten minutes, the crowd almost as large as the one that witnessed the departure of the 101" surged around the train and cheered the men. . , To Have "Y" On Train. Through arrangements with th IOC?lY- 3L C- A- thc men will havo a "Y" on the train until th- t-Dok -the camp. Dr. A. L. Bramkamn anri Physical Director L. A. Sen wan. at secretaries, accompanied the men and furnished them magazines, books candy and other comforts for their journey. Before the train left the station. ''efforts, were made by some of the men to get a "mascot" for the troop. On of the men succeeded in catching a big yellow dog, but after the animal howled for about five minutes it was released. The "treats" were on Mercurio and Sons, whole sale fruit dealers, who equipped" the car with a large stalk of bananas for the men. Four Alternates Go. Four of the alternates who were ordered to appear were sent with the men to complete the 75 men ordered sent Three of the men on the original hst were ill and unable to accn pany the group and one man "deserted." One of the original list was tinable to leave with the 75 men but he will be sent to the camp on a later train. While the. crowd was waiting at the station for the train for Camp Zacharv Taylor to arrive, another train stopp at the station with a car filled with sailors who were returning- to their station after a furlough. These men were given a welcome by the crowd and many of them asked "what the occasion was for." ti,?I1,3r,,0ne a"ldeirt reported to the police officials dnring the m" leave. One young woman fainted when she bade her sweetheart goodbye and had to be carried Into UmTsuSSS rest room where she was revived

UNTY'S RESPONSE

AN BELOW STANDARD

business for the government and business for the citizen who purchases thl security offered. Uncle Sam! as I mat I ont your money for which he win in return pay you Interest In ity that has the same element of eafeThere Is no such thing as i the purchasing of a SvlrnmeS Ur bond. The United States guarantee's toJSFSrtK? b0th prtncJSl "d interest and there can be no sort of argument against such an investment ttt, UMnda of "QulHe..v P toJthe Present there have been and there haTe been many BBbserfn. tions, but the evident deUta applications on t& part of many cSf. zens la in some degree discouraging Wayne county cannot, in fact, must not permit its good name to go down the scale in this matter," said a Richmond man today. "It is urgent that the response to the government call for financial aid should be immediate. There Is no time to flitter away. It is Continued On Page Nine.