Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 304, 2 November 1917 — Page 1

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A. VOL. XLII., NO. 304 ggtot" RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1917. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

EVIDENCE OF PROPAGANDA SEEN BY FOOD CANVASSERS

False Stories Circulated By German Sympathizers Keep Women From Signing Pledges to Save. SOME ARE SLACKERS That f5rman nrODfl.anda to defeat the food conservation movement is I flourishing in Richmond has been revealed by reports submitted by food conservation solicitors who have been making house-to-house canvasses to have householders sign food conservation pledges. Judging from these reports the propaganda now in progress is much more effective than the propaganda which was inaugurated in the late summer to discourage home canning and drying of fruits and vegetables. "There are quite a numDer 01 peopie In Richmond who have refused to sign pledges to conserve their food supplies," said a Richmond woman who hag been assigned important duties In the food conservation movementPropaganda To Blame "I have personally Investigated a number of these cases and I am satisfied that the majority of those who have refused to sign pledges have been influenced in taking this action because they have been fed upon mis-information regarding the purposes of the conservation movement. I have heard enough to justify my opinion that carefully planned German propaganda is responsible for the dissemination of this mis-information. "I am also satisfied, as a result of my investigation, that quite a few people have refused to aid the government by conserving their food supplies because they are pro-German and covertly disloyal." ' A few refusals to assist in the saving of food supplies are based on resentment over tactless methods employed by a few solicitors. It is stated, however, that fully fifty percent or the people who refused to aid the conservation movement did so because of deliberate dissemination of mis-information by German propagandists. Others who declined to aid the government In conserving the country's food supplies are regarded'aS "Blackers. 100 Refuse One Plate. In a certain residential district of Richmond about one hundred people refused to sign pledge cards. An investigation wa3 immediately made rnd, as a result, it was ascertained that most of the refusals were based on misinformation. Thara h'p nnite a few people. It is stated, who refused to sign pledges because they understood that by so doing they would be obligated to contribute a certain sum of money to the government each week. Other people declined to pledge themselves to food conservation because they were firmly convinced that if they did so federal food inspectors would regularly inspect their food supplies and restrict the amount the families could use. There were some people who frankly refused to sign cards because, as they stated, they were not interested in the conservation movement and had no intention of denying themselves. These people, even when they were shown that food conservation did not mean curtailment of nourishment, persisted in their refusals to pledge ' themselves. Later Signed Up. However, in the district referred to. most of the people who had at first refused to sign pledge cards did so when it was explained to them what the purposes of the conserv ation movement really were. Two women who had enthusiastically pledged their families later requested the withdrawal of their pledges. When asked for explanations of their actions one woman stated that her husband was a railroad employe and that she had been told that if she pledged herself to fight for Uncle Sam in her kitchen her husband would lose his job with the railroad. The other woman told a similar story, only in this case she was afraid that her soncontinued On Page Twelve. oottf THE WEATHER For Indiana By United States Weath er Bureau Generally fair tonight and Saturday. Warmer tonight. Today's Temperature Noon 38 Yesterday Maximum 35 Minimum 23! For Richmond and Wayne County By W. E. Moore Partly cloudy but mostly fair tonight and Saturday. WarmeSaturday. General Conditions The weather Is now generally fair east of the Rocky mountains, excepting on the Atlantic coast Fanner weather prevails in the northwest with a maximum temperature of 66 at Mericine Hat, Canada. Very cool on the Gulf of Mexico with frost In western Florida and southern JUfcama. A storm is develonlne on the PaciScoast

German Opera to be Put Under Ban at Metropolitan House NEW YORK, Nov. 2. German operas will not be heard at the Metropolitan Opera House this season, It was learned today. While no official announcement has been made, it Is known that the management has rescinded its former decision to Include Wagnerian operas In the program.

It is said that as a result of the ban on German music, Madame Gad ski and Otto Goritz will not be among the singers appearing on the Metropolitan stage this season. The directors of the opera house reached the conclusion, it is said, that to continue to produce German opera might enable Germany by garbling news dispatches for home consumption, to convey the impression that the United States was not heart and soul in the war. LAST MINUTE STAMP RUSH Hundreds of Richmond persons Thursday afternoon and evening rush ed to the postofflce to mail letters before the three-cent letter rate became effective at midnight. A continual stream bought stamps and then dropped letters. The crowd resembled a last-minute Christmas rush Miss Josephine Fleming in charge of the stamp sales, said Friday. Many persons were disappointed when they learned that they could not purchase stamps after 7 o'clock. Thirty-five thousand new three-cent stamps have been received at the postoffice Postmaster Beck said. The new stamps are the regular three-cent stamps. Any letters postmarked after November 1, and bearing only a twocent stamp will be delivered to the addressee and the extra charge collected from the person receiving the letter. Policemen, who formerly were admitted without charge to the movie, are now compelled to pay war tax of one cent, provided the admission price to the theatre is not over ten cents. The added taxes, on railroad tickets, freight shipments, express packages, insurance policies, club dues, cigarets and tobaccos will make the need of a two-cent piece felt as it never was before, Richmond merchants say." GRAND JU HOLDS THREE Three indictments were returned late Friday afternoon by the Wayne county grand jury, which has been in session for the last three days. One indictment in three counts was returned against Mack Lester Harsh, charged with the killing of his wife, by shooting, on October 8. The first count of the indictment against Harsh charges murder of the first degree, the second of involuntary manslaughter and the third of involuntary manslaughter. An indictment charging assault and battery with intent to committ murder was returned against Russell Shields, a negro, employed as porter in the First National bank. Shields seriously wounded another negro in a knifing scrape on North Eighth street on Hallowe'en. Sanders Also Indicted. James Sanders was indicted with the charge of assault with intent to commit murder. Sanders is alleged to have fired a gun with malicious intent at his son last Tuesday. Prosecutor Strayer announced after the indictments were returned that he intended to push the cases to trial and if possible conviction, as soon as possible. Marsh will be unable to appear for trial for some time on account of illness, but the other men are now in the county jail awaiting the action of the grand jury and trial. The grand jury was dismissed until the latter part of this month, when, according to Prosecutor Strayer several other charges will be investigated.

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Americans in Trenches Regret Scarcity of German "Snipers"

(By Associated Press) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. Nov. 2. Some of the American soldiers who have just been in the trenches had thrilling stories to tell on returning to the billets. On clear days, especially. German snipers became active. Bullets went singing harmlessly overhead. American infantrymen were told off to attend to any sniper who became active and more than one of them will snipe Americans no more. This game of sniping the sniper was highly popular. The only complaint heard today was that there was not enough rifle shooting to satisfy the infantrymen. Several of the soldiers said they went out to fight but did not get enough. There is no scarcity of expert riflemen when a sniper starts in. . Germans Get Range. A colonel had an exciting experience when the Germans nearly got the range of an observation post in which hisarid his aide were. They lost no timXjn taking temporary cover.

ITALIANS IN STAND ALONG RIVER BANKS

Cadorna Joins Battle With Invader On Tagliamento Big Guns Busy. (By Associated Press) The battle of the Tagliamento has been begun by the artillery. Guns of the Austro-Gerrnan invaders of northern Italy have opened Are from the easterly side of the rived upon General Cadorna3 position on the westerly banjc of the stream, to which the Italian armies have effected a retreat during the ten days that have elapsed since their Isonzo front was broken. Cadorna's artillery is replying. Rome announces today, and the struggle for the river Lyne is on. Germans to Move On Apparently the Teutonic attempt to force a crossing of the stream is not to be long delayed The Italian statement announces the advance of Aus-tro-German patrols from the main enemy's positions to the river banks. They were met there by Italian machine gun fire and repulsed. Uncertainty exists, however, as-to whether the Italian high command has planned a definite stand on the Taglia mento or if merely a delaying action Is intended to afford time for the preparation of a stronger line at the Livenza, 10 to 15 miles further west or at he Plave, approximately 25 miles from the Tagliamento. The next day or two seems likely to resolve this doubt. Albus Hits Husbands Who Won't Let Wives Sign Food Pledges Secretary Albns Friday scored Richmond husbands who refuse to permit their wives to sign Hoover pledge cards. Canvassers in the food saving campaign have met housewives who refused to sign because their husbands had forbidden them to. "This Is the supreme test of patriotism," he said. "They have supported the Liberty Loan and war relief fund campaigns which cost them money but they refuse to support a movement which counts tremendously and which only costs them a little forethought. "Some men seem to think that Hoover wants them to starve or to cut thBHations way short. He doesn't. The Idea of the food campaign is to get people to regulate their food so our soldiers and our allies may not be starved." Arrest Cashier of A. S. M. Who Claimed He Had Been Robbed SPRINGFIELD. O.. Nov. 2.K. Lynn Arthur, an accountant, who said he had been held up at the plant of the American Seeding Machine company, October 20, and robbed of the payroll amounting to $10,000 was arrested with his wife this morning on a charge of embezzlement. The arrest followed the announcement that the money had been found in the office of the company where the police declare it had been secreted. Sues For $10,000 For Alleged Hurts Suit was filed Friday in circuit court by Frank Veal, through his attorneys, Robbins, Reller and Robbins, against the Chesapeake and Ohio ra'lroad and the Adams Express company, asking for $1",000 damages for injuries alleged to have been received when a C. and O. engine hurled an express truck against him on July 23, 1917. The accident took place at the Richmond station. F. J. WARBURTON DIES NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Frederick J. Warburton. vice-president of the Columbia Phonograph Company, and secretary of the Mergenthaler LInotpye Company, died today at his home at Hartsdale, a suburb of New York, aged 7t years. The artillery on both sides was rather more active during the last days in which the first contingent of Americans was in the trenches. The Germans shelled the back areas and approached, putting shrapnel and high explosive shells in the direction of the trenches and battery positions. Aside from livening up things for a while, nothing was accomplished by the enemy. The infantry in one section had quite a lively time for two nights. The Germans, thinking a hostile patrcl was near them, opened fire with their rifles at the point where the opposing trenches are nearest. The Americans let the Germans fire for a time and then they themselves began to fire. Several German airplanes which flew over the trenches were targets for rifles and machine guns. Morale la Pleasing. The morale of the Americans la distinctly pleasing to the French. The Continued On Page Twclye.J

Italians Retreat Over Same Ground Which Once Witnessed Their Advance

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Italian troops advancing; they are now running in the opposite direction. . Austrian and German troops augmented by large cannon are blasting their way easily through Italian rtrongholds which required months of campaigning by the Italian troops to take. If the morale of the troops can be kept at the high standard they have been In the past. General Cadorna is certain he can make a successful stand on the northern plains of Italy just behind the Tagliamento river. By that time it is expected that allied aid will reach them.

ALL THREE CANDIDATES CONFIDENT The last public political meeting of the present campaign win be held ftiday night when a big Republican rally is held in the Odd Fellows hall. Howard Brooks, chairman of tie city republican organization, will preside at the meeting. With the election just four days off, all three of the candidates for mayor are sure that they will be elected. Alfred Bavis, Citizens candidate who 6eeks the mayor's position, says he feels confident that the party will "go over the top"; Henry Farwig. T)oTTArnt1( fan Aid at e snvR thlnes "Trtnlr mitrhfxr crnnA" frr Vlim and Tlr I W. W. Zimmerman, the Republican candidate, says an overwhelming majority; will put the republican party in control of the municipal affairs for the next four years. ' . Stand By Polls - Both Alfred Bavis and Dr. Zimmerman claim th polls of the various preclncte of the city show that they will land the coveted office. Henry Farwier is the onlv candidate who does not base his contention that "thmgs look mighty good" 6?r him on poll hooks. The Democratic party did not poll the precincts but nevertheless the candidates are in the race. SIX DISCHARGED BY ARMY BOARD FORT WAYNE Six were discharged, five were held and eleven were certified for army service by the appeal board acting on cases from Wayne county division No. 2 a3 follows:' Discharged Raymond Knapp, Hagerstown; Ross H. Leonard, Cambridge City; Charles E. Boyd, Foutain City; William C. Dryer. East Germantown; John B. Gausepol, Richmond, rural route; Charles M. Hunt, Dublin. Held for service Clarence L. Penland, Fountain City: William G. Fagan, Greensfork; Vern McNutt, Fountain City; John Anderson, Hagerstown: Ernest C. King, Fountain City. No claims, certified for service Edward E. Martin, Shelby McFarland, Dolph Morris, Charles Fancis Ellis, Lester E. Nicholson, Clarence A. Brukley, Chester C Clements, all Richmond rural routes; Peter Dohetty, Centerville; Forest J. Travis, Dublin; Albert Doddy, Milton; Verdi I. Comes, Economy. LINDLEY SPEAKS TO INSTRUCTORS INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2. Chas. O. Williams, Richmond, was named for permanent secretary-treas-urr of the State Teachers association by the nominating committee this afternoon. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2. General meetings at three different places at the same hour occupied the time of the Indiana school teachers attending the sixty-fourth annual meeting of the State Teachers' association here to day. The general meetings were held this morning, this afternoon and will be held this evening. Many of" the same speakers appeared before different meetings during the day. The nominating committee met. this afternoon at 1 o'clock and began the work fo selecting nominees for president, recording secretary, and permanent secretary-treasurer. The report of the committee will be made and acted upon at the meeting tomorrow morning which closes the conventions. The need of greater co-operation between teachers and librarians and the use of libraries as laboratories in the public schools was advocated by Prof. Harlow Lindley of Richmond. W. F. Collins of Hagerstown was selected as a member of the nominating committee and. W. C. Hieronimu3 of Richmond was select d as of the reading circle board. a memberl i

Jail Prisoners Given Scare When Diphtheria Case Appears

Prisoners at the county jail were 1 given a scare Thursday night when the jail physician announced that Mark Lester Harsh, who is under arrest for killing his wife, was suffering from diphtheria. Harsh, who has been held in the jail for the last week, was taken violently ill Thursday afternoon, and physicians diagnosed his illness as diphtheria late Thursday night. He was immediately taken to the detention hospital, west of Richmond, and the jail was placed under the care of the city health officer. . All of the prisoners in the jail were fumigated Friday and their clothing burned. They were then segregated in the upper cells of the jail and the entire building was given a thorough fumigation. Paul Mull, who was sen tenced Tuesday to the Jef f ersonville reformatory, was given anti-toxin Friday morning and sent to Jeffersonville. Case Not Serious. Although Harsh is very ill, it is not believed that his case Is serious, or that the contagion will be spread to other prisoners in the jail. Harsh was placed under -guard at the detenFriday Morning Was LOtflCSl Of JCQSOn Says Weatherman Friday morning was the coldest of the season, although most persons aian i reanze u. The red liquid registered nineteen at 6:30 o'clock according to Weatherman Moore, who said that the' mark was one dgree lower than any previous mark this season. People didn't realize it was as cold as it really was because of the lack of strong winds. Generally fair weather is predicted for Saturday with a steadily rising temperature. Cold Weather Brings Boom in Licenses Cold weather of the last two wpeics has caused an unusual demand for hunters licenses at the office of the county clerk, according to Clerk Kelly, and there were 423 licenses issued to: Wayne county hunters during the month of October, according to tho statistics in the treasurer's office. There was also a heavy demand for marriage licenses and S8 certificates were issued for marriage. Divorces fell far to the rear daring the month, there being only 18 cases filed in circuit court. 26 GERMANS 0 PRISON TERMS SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Nov. 2. Prison sentences ranging from one year and a day to two years were imposed upon twenty-six German socialists convicted here last week for conspiring to obstruct the selective draft, in Federal court today by Judge Youmans. Fines ranging from $300 to $1,000 also were assessed against the men.i August Friedrich, alleged leader of the conspiracy, was fined $1,000 and, sent enced to five years imprisonment, j Motions for a new trial were denied.' The men will be sent to the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan. SUTLER QUITS; ALBUS TIPPED Walter G. Butler, chairman of the Wayne County Council of Defense, haa resigned on account of ill health. Hi3 resignation has been accepted. Secretary Albus has been asked by Judg? Fox to fill the vacancy. He has the matter under consideration.

tion hospital and is being cared for by a trained nurse. Harsh was in the court house the greater part of the day Wednesday and at that time testified before the county grand jury. Sheriff Carr said Friday morning however, that he did not believe that it would be necessary to fumigate the court room, although the matter was entirely in the hands of the city health officer. Harsh's illness was the first case of contagion at the county jail for several years, and much excitement was caused among the prisoners when the order was given by the sheriff to prepare for fumigation.

MUTINEERS KILL THREE LONDON, Nov. 2. Three officers and a number of sailors of the Ger man navy were killed in "another" mutiny at Kiel early in September, ac cording to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Daily Express, which claims to have authentic details. The outbreak occurred aboard the battleships Kron prinz and Schleswig-Holstein and started when the men revolted against being drafted into the submarine service. , The sailors on the Kronprinz threw Admiral Schmidt overboard and stab bed and threw overboard Lieutenant Raul, the admiral's aide, and another officer. A battle on the ship's deck between the officers and sailors followed. Three officers and a number of sailors were killed. Similar scenes occurred on tho Schleswig-Holstein. Admiral Schmidt was rescued, but it was necessary for him to leave Kiel. All the surviving mutineers were arrested. The battleship Kronprinz displaces 25,293 tons and was built in 1915. Her complement is 1,150 men. The Schleswig-Holstein was completed in 1906 and measures 13,000 tons. She carried I "29 men. j Vice Admiral Von Capelle, German minister of marine, announced in the Reichstag on October 9 the discovery of a plqt in the German navy. Engineer Hurt When Caught in a Belt HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Nov. 2. Ray Hogue, engineer, was seriously injured, when caught in a belt at the Tidewater Pumping station about d o'clock Friday morning. Hogue was thrown into one of the big engines and one foot was crushed, making amputation necessary it is believed. His chest was also injured ?r.d it Is believed that he was injured internally. He was taken to the home of his father-in-law, William Werking, and later removed to the hospital. Grandson of Ford Was to be Stolen DETROIT, Mich Nov. 2 It became known today that Federal agents in Detroit are investigating an alleged plot to abduct or kill Henry Ford II, infant son of Edsel Ford and grandson of the multi-millionaire manufacturer. A letter demanding $10,000 from Edsel Ford, as the price for the baby's safety, was turned over to postoffice inspectors several days ago. It is understood that one man has been detained and that several arrests are impending. The letter was signed "Sicilian Anarchists Association." It demanded that the money be sent to "Gus Adams" and said it would be called for at the general delivery department. A youth who called at the general delivery window "for a parcel for Gus Adams" was taken in custody, it is reported. .

ALLIES MUST TAKE BORDEN FROM RUSSIA SAYS PREMIER

Kerensky Tells United States His Country Is Worn Out With Three Years of Fighting Without and Within. NO FEARS OF PEACE PETROGRAD, Thursday. Nov. 1. Russia is worn out by the strain of war and must have help. Premier Kerensky told the Associated Press. He said Russia claims as her right that other allies now should shoulder burden which she has borne. Russia, the Premier declared, has been fighting eighteen months longer than England and Russia has fought her battles alone and Is fighting alone. The -world must not lose faith In the Russian revolution, because it Is an economic one. No one, the premier added, has a right to feel disillusioned about it as it takes years to develop. stable government America's most useful way of help ing Russia is by sending boots, leather, iron and money. Kerensky said it would be impossible for the United States to send troops because difficulties of transportation would be too great. WASHINGTON HAS CONFIDENCE IN RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Premier Kerenskys warning that Russian allies will have to bear the burden of the conflict while the war-weary nation regains its strength exhausted In three years of fighting enemies without and within has aroused new expression of confidence in Russia's future and assurances of support from the United States government and the representatives of all the allies. The Russian embassy made the Premier's statement of Russia's position the occasion, to reiterate that she has no intention of quitting- the war and the state department in an authorized announcement declared that in no way could the premier's statement nor any of his official advices be construed to mean that Russia seeks a separate peace. As another mark of confidence in the Russian government the treasury today authorized the immediate advance of $31,700,000 out of the credit of $325,000,000 already authorized. WASHINGTON POST SCORED FOR MISLEADING HEADLINE WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Secretary Lansing today authorized the statethat neither on the basis of any official advices to the government nor on the basis of Premier's Kerenskys statement could it be said that Russia was about to quit the war. The government he said deplored construction to the contrary. Secretary Lansing, deploring any interpretation o? Kerensky's f tatement to the effect that Russia was about to quit the war, assailed the Washington Post which printed over a brief and preliminary account of Kerensky's statement the headlines "Russia Quits War." He authorized thi3 statement: "There has been absolutely nothing in the dispatches received by the department of state from Russia nor information derived from any other pression created by the Washington source, whatever, to justify the impost today principally by the headline 'Russia Quits War' that Russia is out of the conflict. "Our own advices show that the provisional government in Petrograd is lems confronting it. The reports reattacking with great energy the probceived from Petrograd by mail and telegraph show that Premier Kerensky and hi3 government far from yielding from discouragement are still animated by a strong determination to organize all Russia's resources in a whole hearted resistance and carry the war through to a victorous completion. At the same time this government like those of the allies is rendering all possible assistance." RECRUITING HIT BY FOE AGENTS German agents who attempt to hinder the work of recruiting will be vigorously prosecuted by the government, and Richmond recruiting officers will report all such activities to the department of justice. 1 The inspector of recruiting for the navy, in a letter to M. B. Goldfarb, Richmond navy recruiting officer, says that the inspector is convinced that there are forces at work In the Central division, which includes the Richmond district, tending to discourage recruiting. Any activities which discourage the bringing of the United States to the successful end of the war, will be reported to the department of justice officials. Another big drive for enlistments in the United States navy will soon be launched in Richmond, according to Recruiting Officer Goldfarb. Congress will probably ask for 80,000 more sailors at the next session which begins in December, according to a let ter received by Recruiter Goldfarb.

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