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STONE SEES DECLARATION OF WAR ON FOE'SALUES Chairman of Senate Foreign

Relations Committee Fav ors Breaking With Austria And Turkey. CONGRESS MAY ACT WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. Declarations of -war against Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria, to Chairman Stone of the Senate Foreign Relations committee seems "exceedingly advisable to simplify a situation now anomalous." "We are. in fact," said he, "now. at war with Germany's allies." Senator Stone's only reservation was that such action by Congress should be in harmony with the policy of the executive branch of the government. Although he voted against the declaration of war on Germany, Senator Stone has reiterated that the war OPENHE ARTED NESS is a dominant essential of the Christmas spirit and in open-heartedness we've been training for months past. We've been thinking more of others and less of ourselves. Undoubtedly that has been . good for us as Christmas giving will be good for us. Moreover our gifts will reflect more of thought and care. once begun has his whole support. His statement today was taken as indicative of the agitation for war on Germany's allies which will face Confreas when it convenes a week from tclay. "There should be an understanding :jf course,' said Senator Stone, "between the two branches of the government before any action is taken. But we are, in fact, now at war with Germany's allies. The situation is anomalous. It would, in my opinion, simplify matters greatly if we should formally declare war against Germany's allies.- It seems to be exceedingly advisable. "I have understood that some, If not a large number of Austrian troops havA fcfn on the western front. They may now or soon, be actually fighting against the American forces, the two forces firing at each other. Anyway the Austriccs are desperately engaged with Italy which is one of our allies just as much as France or England." To have war formally declared on the German allies also. Senator Stone thinks, would simplify matters of domestic concern such as measures to prevent espionage. . New or amended war tax legislation, according to Senator Stone, who also is a member of the senate finance committee, should not be undertaken until after a thorough survey of the situation. He said there was no doubt that in many respects the new war tax law can be improved and probably will be to remove inequalities and injustices. The session, he predicted, would be a long one. WILL ACKNOWLEDGE IT WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. The only acknowledgement the United States is likely to make at this time to the note from the Bolsheviki delivered to all the ambassadors in Petrograd will be merely one of receipt. This was indicated today by officials who said the question was being considered. THE WEATHER For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Probably snow or rain. Somewhat warmer. Temperature Today. Yesterday. Noon laimum Minimum For Weyne County by W. E. Moore Unsettled and somewhat warmer tonight and Tuesday. Conditions favorable for snow and rain. General Conditions The temperatures are gradually rising east of the Rockies excepting over the New England statei. Weather is mostly cloudwest of the Mississippi with general rains and snows over Rocky mountain plateaus.

Slackers Are Highly

New York Times: A good Quaker in the United States today is one who, because of his exemption from actual fighting, feels that he is in honor bound to do twice as much for his Government in other ways as he would do were he not exempt. That is the definition of a good Quaker by a Quaker, Robert Cromwell Root. Pacific Coast Director of the American ' Peace Society. Mr. Root recently arrived in Washington after a trip across country, in the course of which he attended many yearly meetings of the Friends In States of the Middle West He gave to all of these meetings the above description of what a Quaker should be in wartime, and at each of them the definition was received with approval

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(c) Clinedinst William C. Dennis, well-known at torney of Washington and former Richmond boy, who will leave shortly for China, where he will take up his duties as legal, advisor to the Chinese government. He is a son of the late Prof. D. W. Dennis. His mother has joined him and they are on their way to China. , La FoUette Probe Resumed By Board WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. Investigation by a senate privileges and elections sub-committee of the alleged disloyal speech of Senator Lafollete of Wisconsin last September at St. Paul, Minn., before the non-partisan league, was resumed today with examination of witnesses scheduled after an executive session to discuss further procedure. The Inquiry was suspended a month ago, without any testimony having been taken, when Senator Lafollette and the subcommittee reached an Impasse over the Investigation's scope, the Wisconsin member objecting to its limitation merely to accuracy of statements of fact in his speech, as insisted upon by the subcommittee. The investigation was expected to continue into next week when former Secretary Bryan probably -will testify. He is expected to refute Senator Lafollette's statement that Mr. Bryan when secretary knew of ammunition aboard the Lusitania and pleaded with President Wilson to prevent her departure. f if At todav's session Senator Pomer? ene of Ohio, chairman on themml; tee to whom petraens of the Minnesota public safety, committee and others protesting against Senator Lafollette's speech were . referred, was prepared to submit several communications bearing on the address which have been received during the recess. Two Richmond Men Given Commissions Two Richmond young men have been offered commissions in the ordnance corps, United States army, and are preparing to accept their calls. Raymond Nicholson, of the Nichol son Printing and Manufacturing com pany, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nicb olson, has received an appointment as first lieutenant. He is an electrical engineer, being a graduate of Purdue university. Russell Gaar, an officer of the Pilot Moto Car company, has been offered a commission as second lieutenant in the motor transport branch of the ordnance corps. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Gaar. Neither Nicholson nor Gaar have received orders to report for duty and do not know where they will be stationed.

Chicken to Take Place of Turkey on Festal Boards Thanksgining

While turkey will be served at several Richmond institutions, chicken will decorate the Thanksgiving platter at most of them Thursday. The traditional fowl ..will' not bej served at the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane this year as has ! been the custom for many years. Chickens, raised on the hospital farm,' will be served the 8S0 inmates Instead. Usually turkeys were raised on the farms and served Thanksgiving and Christmas days. Turkeys were not raised on the farm this year, however. Chicken also will be served Wernle Orphan's home, where eighty-five children are housed. Turkeys are usually served. The menu for the annual feast day and enthusiastic response. They also approved another definition, which was that the worst slacker in the country was the Quaker slacker, the citizen who took advantage of the country's willing exemption of him from bearing arms to avoid all other forms of war service. Mr. Root talked to fifteen or twenty thousand Quakers all told, and they, as delegates to the various meetings, represented about 125,000 more. He found no slackers. He found no group that was not doing its utmost in the way of work or money contributions to serve the country in its war against Germany. At evry meeting that he attended there were prayers for the American soldiers in France and for those who are going there.

CITY FACES SHORTAGE OF NATURAL GAS

Ohio Towns . Drawing Heavily On Fuel, Cutting Down Pressure in Richmond. Richmond's natural gas supply may be seriously curtailed during the entire winter, if factones in Ohio cities continue to draw heavily on the supply, according to F. S. Bates, county fuel administrator. Richmond's gas supply, which was at a low ebb Saturday night, had returned to normal Monday. The pressure Saturday night fell to nearly four ounces below normal. The supply in the gas tank, to meet such emergencies was exhausted in several hours' time, due to the heavy usage at the supper hour. Fuel Administrator Bates said Monday he had notified the state fuel director of the situation In Richmond, and expected some investigation to be made by the state director. May Occur Again The shortage in gas in Richmond, such as was experienced Saturday night, may occur at any time again unless the factories in the Ohio cities, which are served by the same gas lines serving Richmond, are cut off. According to Nlmrod Johnson, manager of the Richmond Light, Heat & Power company, these factories were to be cut off the lines on November 1 and gas supplied only to domestic consumers. However, the state fuel director for Ohio has refused to ship coal to tho manufacturers who are working on government contracts and has ordered them to use gas, Mr. Johnson said. Gas consumers will be compelled to pay a much higher rate than the present one if artificial supply is used to supplement the supply of natural gas, Mr. Johnson said. Besides this, artificial gas cannot be used for heating purposes. AIDES JOIN LATIN FORCE French and British troops have now arrived in force near the Italian northern fighting front, heavy columns having marched more than 120 miles in eight days, evidently from railway terminals in northwest Italy to the battle zone. They are reported in fine fettle and apparently are about ready to reinforce the Italians on the important northern line. From Lake Garda to the Adriatic the Italians continue to hold the invading Anstro-Gennans In check. Finding it impossible to break through the line directly west of the Piave river the enemy has been making very strong attacks on the Asia go plateau, where he was defeated last week in an attempt to encircle the important Monte Meletta position. The fighting has been most severe, the Italians meeting attack with counter-attack. East of the plateau between the Brenta and the Piave only artillery has been active. Along the Piave the Germans are showing signs of actjv-1 ity, but their efforts have not been fruitful. Attempts to cross the river on pontoons were crushed by the Italian artillery fire. COIN SHORTAGE MANILA, Nov. 26. There is a shortage of coins throughout the Philippine Islands. The Philippine national bank is issuing paper bills of the denomination of ten and twenty centavos as a temporary relief. at the Home For Friendless Women and the Margaret Smith Home for Aged Women has not been definitely decided on, it was said at the homes, but it is probable that chicken will be served at both places. Chicken or rabbit will be served the temporary residents of the county Jail on that day. A big turkey dinner, accompanied by all the trimmings, will be served at Earlham college, however. The Friday following Thanksgiving day has not been made a holiday this year and more students than is usually the custom are expected to eat Thanksgiving dinner at the school. Turkey is said to be cheaper this year than last year. Unpopular Attitude of Peace Society. In other words, the attitude of the Quakers of America in this way is that of the American Peace Society, to which most of them belong. They know real peace when they see it because It bas been the chief aim of themselves and their ancestors since the days ' of George Fox. Practically none of this body of non-combatants has been lured into the mushroom bogus peace societies or into the German propaganda camouflage peace societies that have sprung up in all parts of the United States in the last three years. It was in the. national headquarters of the American Peace Society at Washington that Mr. Root told the story of his trip across the States in

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Mrs. DeSaulles Bares Story of Life in Court; Letters; Showing Neglect, Bring Tears to Eyes

MINEOLA, N. Y.. Nov. 26. Mrs. Bianca De Saulles, on trial here for the murder of her husband, John L. De Saulles, today . from the witness standi told the story of her life. It was a ,sWrybrimming with dramatic interest Her childhood spent in Chile, her meeting with De Saulles, their marriage In Paris and the return to the United States, was cthe first and happiest part of the tale. V Then came the defendant's detailed narration of the change in her husband's attitude toward of the trickery to which she claims he resorted in order to get possession of $100,000 whieh she inherited from her father. Instances of his alleged infidelity were related by the witness who spojte in a calm, dispassionate manner, while SAFE CRACKED IN CLEVELAND CLEVELAND, Nov. 26. Three night watchmen were found bound and gagged in the vault at the Higbee Company store early this morning, where they had been locked by four safe blowers who had broken into the strong box and escaped with a rich haul. According to statements made by officials of the company the safeblowers got between $5,000 and $10,000 in cash and stole $10,000 worth of merchandise, including jewelry arKl furs. The watchmen when released, were almost suffocated, but were revived. They said the cracksmen gained entrance to the building by posing as secret service men looking for German spies who were reported to" have plotted to set fire to the building. The Higbee Company operates one of the city's large dry goods and department stores in the downtown section. Police are searching for the cracksmen. The huge safe was wrecked by nitroglycerine, the work apparently being done by experts. ' INDIAN1AN IN LIST OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 26. C. E. Loftus, of Depauw, Indiana, is given as wounded in the Canadian casualty list. Among the interest of his country. This is one peace headquarters in America that the ordinary loyal American citizen may enter without a guilty sense, as he turns the door knob, that he is doing something either seditious or ridiculous. In the first place, It does not have to explain Itself or prove an alibi. As it was organized in 1828 there is no suspicion that it was founded to help the Kaiser. President Wilson has renewed hiB membership in It since America went into the war. : Arthur Deerln Call, the executive director of the society and editor of its publications, has his office liberally decorated with American flags. From his window he can look across the building tops and see the Ameri

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ffr r i w the throng which, filled the court room listened with breathless interest. Letters which Mrs. De Saulles wrote to her husband were introduced by her counsel with the purpose of showing the Jury thathe had suffered from neglect 'The pathos of some of them drew tears from the listeners in the court room. The most dramatic chapter of the story, the tragedy on the night of Aug. 3, at De Saulles' home was expected to be heard this afternoon. One of these letters written June 17, 1913, said: Copy of Letter. "Darling Dada: I know you will excuse me for writing in pencil, but somehow it seems cooler to do so than use ink. I hope that you are feeling St. John's Church to Aid Sugar Campaign St. John's Lutheran church will aid the government In the conservation of the sugar supply when Christmas comes. About one-third the amount of candy usually given the children of the Sunday school department will be given this year, according to Rev. A. L. Nicklas, pastor of the church. There will be more nuts and fruit this year instead of as much candy as is usually given. Richmond Has One Drummer Over There Richmond has one drummer in the world war. He is Elmer Vinton, whose parents live at 306 Chestnut street. Vinton celebrated his twentieth birthday in France on November 15. In a letter to his parents he says the company in which he is serving was second in subscriptions to the Liberty loan. Vinton enlisted on April 16 of this year and sailed with General Pershing's forces. He is a member of Company G, 18th infantry.

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can flag flying from the staff of the War Department and the sight does not irritate him. In fact, he pointed to the War Department flag the other day when he was asked what the American Peace Society stood for In the present crisis. "There it Is," he replied, "over on that staff, the flag flying from the State, War, and Navy Departments. We stand for all of those departments. We stand for the White House, just this side of them, which you can't see from this window. We stand for all the things that you can see from this window and for all the things you can't see that symbolize the Government of . the United States." Root Agrees To It. ' And Mr. Root, the Quaker, nodded

TRIAL

Mrs. BmKCrY De 5ftoi.eS.

The sketches made by Artist Morris In the little courtroom at Mineola, L. I., during the first day ot the trial of Mrs. Bianca De Saulles for the killing of her young husband, John Longer De Saulles, show the chief characters in the proceedings that now have the attention of tho whole country. Mrs. De Saulles has been, attended by an elderly companion, Mrs. Seaman. The sketches also show Mrs. D Saulles attorney, Harry A. Uterhardt, District Attorney Charles R. Weeks, Justice David F. Manning and several of the first jurymen to be qualified.

hotter. TiTfipious. and that tou have not tired yourself too much. The heat here today ana yesteraay nas Deen mnnini Yeaterdav saw me at the ton Mrs. Johnston rave the Brazilians. Mrs.-"5otmston eent.her t4r-fo-aoeX missed you very much. I lee so lonely now I don't know wfiat to do. Could you find out from some one of some cool place with no 'squltoes and nice drives where I could take you In a buggy? Darling, I don't wish to complain because you are already having such a hard time, but precious, Tm afraid this heat will really make me sick, and Dada dear, I'm doing my best "Take care of yourself darling, and may God grant you success. "Love and a kiss. "Your devoted wife, Dada Girl." PHELPS SPEAKS IN NOVEL FORM William Lyon Phelps, of Yale, In his recent book, "Browning, How To Know Him," says, In commenting on the fluctuation of literary forms: ""The economic law of supply and demand governs the production of literature exactly as it determines the price of wheat. . . .Why is It that writers put their ideas of God, Nature and Woman in the form of a drama In 1600, and In the form of a novel in 1900? Why is it that an Inspired man should make poems of exactly fourteen lines in 1580 and 1880, and not do it in 1680? If we do not attempt an ultimate metaphysical analysis the answer is clear. The bookseller supplies the public, the publisher supplies the bookseller, and the author supplies the publisher Authors are compelled to write for the market." This citation may be taken as a sample of Professor Phelps' style of discourse. The fact that all his lectures and writings are distinguisfied by clearness and novelty of presentation has done much toward gaining his unusual popularity. Tickets for his lecture, "A Literary Pilgrimage Through England," which he will deliver in the Earlham chapel on the evening of November 27, may be obtained at the Ross Drug store. He comes to Richmond under the au spices of the Angelican club of Earl ham. acquiescence for. himself and all his people. Turning from his window. Mr. TnlM put the same thing in more concrete form' by reading parts of his statement in a recent issue of the society's Advocate of Peace: "It is not a matter of theory, but a matter of fact that the world has reached a situation where the Judicial settlement of international disputes is for the time impracticable. After the government to which we owe allegiance declared itself in a 6tate of war, the Judicial settlement of the disputes between this country and Germany became not only Impracticable but unthinkable. That we sense this does not mean that our opposition to war is abated. Quite the contrary. We are

BRITISH Vffi GROUND NEAR. CAC1RRAI IN' BLOODY FIGHT

General Byng's Men Now Dominate Village By Holding Heights In Bourbon Wood. ADVANCE CONTINUED (By Associated Press) British troops have captured the high ground in Bourlon wood and now dominate the region about Cambrai. This success came after two days of the most vicious fighting and its importance Is Indicated in part by the fact that German traffic southeast from Cambrai has been heavy, the probability being that the civil population of the town has been removed. General Byng's latest triumph waa one of hard and heroic endeavor. In paying tribute to the third army. Field Marshal Haig declares that the capture of the Bourlon position "crowns a most successful operation and opens the way to the further exploitation of advantages already gained." Apparently the British commander will push his advantage still further and besiege Cambrai, which is three miles to the east. x Changed Three Times. Bourlon village changed hands three times in the desperate battling for the possession of it and the adjoining wood. Severe fighting continues there and the Germans, massing their best troops in efforts to retrieve the position which means all to the security of Cambrai, pressed back the British fro mparts of the -village Sunday. General Byng's men withstood attacks on the wood and hold the high ground Intact. There also has been heavy fighting west of Moeuvres southeast of Queant In six days Gen. Byng and the third army have broken the Hlndenburg line, taken a score of villages, secured the dominating position west of Cambrai and overrun territory equal in area -to that gained in the first three months of the drive in the Ypree sal ient. Nearly 10,000 prisoners, 100 guns and much war material have been captured. More important still probably Is the "further exploitation" to which Field Marshal Haig refers in his congratulatory message. Around Verdun the pivot point of the German line in France, there has been heavy fighting in which the French have been victorious. After repulsing a strong German attack on the right bank of the Meuse near Hill 344 the French attacked the enemy on a front of more than two miles In the same region. They occupied the first and second German lines and captured more than 800 prisoners. RAILROAD CANT DEDUCT PAY FOR REST PERIODS WASHINGTON. Nov. 26. Federal court opinions holding that a definite period of relief given trainmen at terminal points between their arrival and departure on return trips can not be deducted in estimating their hours of service was in effect sustained by the supreme court today in refusing to review proceedings brought by the Minneapolis and St Louis railroad to reciver penalties for violating the hours of service act. The railroad was convicted on nineteen counts and fin ed $1,900. Here's Recipe for New "War Butter" "War butter" is now heiner tisAd hv patriotic housewives of Richmond. Mrs. Dudley Elmer, who makes and, recommends this butter, gives the fol lowing recipe for it: One pound butter, one pint of scald-', ed milk, one tablespoon of gelatine; and 1 tablespoon of salt Cool the milk and then add the gelatine which has been dissolved in a little coid water. Add this to the butter which has been creamed and beat with a Dover beater. Put away to harden and then it is ready for use. Mrs. Elmer says one pound of butter with the ingredients called for will make more than two pounds after mixing properly. She recommends It as good for table use as well as for cooking. C. Root opposed to the war as President Wilson Is opposed to the war. Furthermore, as practical people Interested in concrete results, we are supporting the President m overcoming the German government for the very purpose that the war may be ended. "It is clearly within the realm of defensible duty that when our country is in danger we should rally to our country's support," Our country is Jn danger now. The inevitable conclusion, therefore, Is, we most rally to the aid of our country nowi To embarrass the United States now would he folly, if not treaeson. The abolition of war is an international Job. ' Our- puny, personal quibbles have little to do Continued on Page Three