Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 19, 4 December 1917 — Page 10

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, THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, DEC. 4, 1917. PAGE TEN

WILL VACCINATE SCHOOL PUPILS FREEJHURSDAY Rush Being Made to PhysiciansSeventy Cases Have Been Reported. Tuesday's developments in the small-pox situation in Richmond were these: Ten new cases were reported, making a total of seventy cases in all. Dr. S. G. Smelser, city health officer, said. Men. women and children were rushing to physicians and are being vaccinated. Superintendent of Schools Giles announced that a physician will be stationed at every school building in the city at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon to vaccinate all children who want to be vaccinated, without cost to the parents. Police and health authorities are keeping a strict watch on quarantined bouses and any violator of quarantine regulations will be prosecuted to the fullest degree. Hundreds Vaoclnated. Hundreds of persons, men and women and children, are being vaccinated and health authorities still urge general vaccination of every person, who has not been vaccinated with a reasonable length of time. The situation is regarded as serious and unless every person is vaccinated at once Richmond may experience one of the worst epidemics in its history, authorities say. However, the situation is not alarming at this time. . City council Monday night appropriated ?2,000 for the use of the health department in combatting the disease. The appropriation was in addition to the usual appropriation for the use of the department. Every school pupil in the city will make a report to the teachers Wednesday as to whether they have been vaccinated and when. Pupils who have not been vaccinated will not be allowed to attend school beginning next Monday.

ALL TALK Continued From Page One. Spokesmen of People. "But from another point of view I believe that it is necessary to say plainly what we, here at the seat of action, consider the war to be for and what part we mean to play in the settlement of its searching issues. We are the spokesmen of the American people and they have a right to know whether their purpose is ours. Thoy desire peace by the overcoming of evil, by the defeat once for all of the sinister forces that interrupt peace and render it impossible and they wish to know how closely our thought runs with theirs and what action we propose. "They are impatient with those who desire peace by any sort of compromise deeply and indignantly-, impatient but they will be equally impatient with us if we do not make it plain to them what our objectives are and what we are planning for in seeking to make conquest of peace by arms. "I believe that I see for them when I say two things: "First, that this intolerable thing of which the masters of Germany have shown us the ugly face, this menace of combined intrigue and force which we now see so clearly as the German power, a thing without conscience or honor or capacity for covenated peace, must be crushed and, if it be not utterly brought to an end, at least shut out from the friendly intercourse of the nations; and, second, that when this thing and its powers are indeed defeated and the time comes that we can discuss peace when the German people have spokesmen whose word we can believe and when those spokes men are ready In the name of their people to accept the common judgment of the nations as to what shall henceforth be the basis of law and a covenant for the rest of the world we shall be willing and glad to pay the full price for peace and pay it un grudgingly. We know what that peace will be. It will be full, impartial jus tice justice done at every point and to every nation that the final settle ment must affect, our enemies as well as our friend3. Voices More Audible. "Touch with me the voices of hu manity that are in the air. They grow daily far more audible, more articulate, more persuasive, and they come from the heart of men every where. They insist that the war shall not end in vindictive action of any kind; that no nation or people shall be robbed or punished because the irresponsible rulers of a single country have themselves done deeds and abominable wrong. "It is this thought that has been expressed in the formula: 'No annexation; no contributions; no punitive indemnities." Just because this truth formula expresses the instinctive judgmont as to rights to plain men everywhere, It has been made diligent use of by the masters of German intrigue to lead the people of Russia astray and the peopleof every othor country their agents could reach, in order that a premature peace might be brought about before autocracy 'has been taught its final and convincing lesson and the people of the world put in control of their own destinies "But the fact that a wrong use has teen made of a just idea is no reason why a right use should not be made of it. It ought to be brought under the patronage of its real friends. Let it be said again that autocracy must first be shown the utter futility of its claims to power or leadership in the modern world. Can't Deal With 'Em. "It is impossible to apply any standard of justice so long as such forces are unchecked and undefeated as the present masters of Germany command. Not until that has been done can right be set up as arbiters and peace-maker among the nations. But when that Las been done-as, God willing, it assuredly will be we shall 'at least be free to do an unprecedented thing and this Is the time to avow our purpose to do it. We shall be free to base peace on generosity and

justice to the exclusion of all selfish claims of advantage even on the part of the victors. "Let there be no misunderstanding. Our present and Immediate task is to win the war and nothing shall turn us aside from it until it is accomplished. Every power and resource we possess whether of men, of money or of materials, is being devoted and will continue to be devoted to that purpose until it is achieved. Those who desire to bring peace about before that purpose is achieved, I counsel to carry their advice elsewhere. We will not entertain it. "We shall regard the war as won only when the German people say to us, through properly accedited representatives that they are ready to agree to a settlement based upon justice and the reparation of the wrongs their rulers have done. They have done a wrong to Belgium which must be repaid. They have established a power

over other lands and peoples than their own over the great empire of Austria-Hungary, over hitherto free Balkan states, over Turkey and within Asia, which must be relinquished. "Germany's success by skill, by industry, by knowledge, by enterprise we did not grudge or oppose, but admired rather. She had built up for herself a real empire of trade and influence, secured by the peace of the world. We are content to abide the rivalries of the manufacturers, science and commerce that were involved for us in her success and stand or fall as we had or did not have the brains and the initiative to surpass her. "But at the moment when she had conspicuously won her triumphs of peace she threw them away to estab-l lish in their stead what the world I will no longer permit to be establish-' ed, military and political domination: by arms, by which to oust where she could not excel, the rivals she most feared and hated. I Must Deliver All Peoples "The peace we make must remedy that wrong. It must deliver the once fair lands and happy peoples of Belgium and northern France from the Prussian conquest and the Prussian menace, but it must also deliver the peoples of Austria-Knngary, the peoples of the Balkans and the peoples of Germany, and in Asia, from the imprudent and alien domination of the Prussian military and commercial autocracy." "We owe it, however, to ourselves to say that we do not wish in any way to impair or to re-arrange the Austro-Hungarian empire. It is no affair of ours vlhat they do with their own lives, either industrially or politically. We do not propose or desire to distate to them in any -way. We only desire to see that their affairs are left in their own hands, in all nations, great or small. "We shall hope to secure for the peoples of the Balkans peninsula and for the people of the Turkish empire a right and opportunity to make their own lives safe, their own fortunes secure, against oppression or Injustice and from- the dictation of foreign courts or parties. "And our attitude and purpose with regard to Germany herself are of a like kind. We intend no wrongs against the German empire, no interference with her internal affairs. We shall deem either the one or the other absolutely unjustifiable, absolutely contrary to the principles we have professed to live by and to hold most sacred throughout our life as a nation. Germans Are Oeceived "The people of Germany are being told by the men whom they now permit to deceive them and to act as their masters that they are fighting for the very life and existence of their empire, a war. of desperate self-defense against deliberate aggression. Nothing could be more grossly or wantonly false, and we must seek by the uttermost openness and candor., as to our real aim, to convince them oMts falseness. We are in fact fighting for their emancination from fear, along with our own, from the fear as well as from the fact of unjust attack by neignoors or rivals or schemers after world empire. No one is threatening the existence or the independence of the peaceful enterprises of the German empore. "The worst that can happen to the detriment of the German people is this, that if they should still, after the war is over, continue to be obliged to live under vicious and intriguing masters, interested to disturb the peace of the world, man or classes of men, whom the other people of the world could not trust, it might.be impossible to admit them to the partnership of nations which much henceforth guarantee the world's peace. That partnership must be a partnership of people, not a mere partnership of governments. "It might be impossible also, in such untoward circumstances to admit Germany to the free economic intercourse which must inevitably spring out of the partnerships of a real peace. But there would be no agression in that; and such a situa tion inevitable because of distrust would in the very nature of things sooner or later cure itself, by processes which would assuredly set in. "The wrong, the very deep wrong, committed in this wrong will have to be righted. "That of course. But It cannot and must not be righted by the commission of a similar wrong against. Germany and her allies. The world will not permit the commission of similar wrongs as a means of reparation and settlement. Statesmen must by this time have learned that the opinion of the world is everywhere wide awake and fully comprehend the Issues involved. No representative of any selfgoverned nation will dare disregard it by attempting any such covenant of selfishness and compromise as were entered into at the Congress of Vienna. People Must Decide. "The thought of the plain people here and everywhere throughout the world, the people who enjoy no privelege and have very sample and unsophisticated standards of right and wrong, is the air all governments must henceforth breathe if they would live. "It is in the full disclosing right of that thought that policies must be conceived and executed in this hour of the world's life. German rulers have been able to upset the peace of the world only because the German people were not suffered under their tutelage to 6hare the comradeship of the other peoples of the world either in thought or in purpose. They were allowed to have no opinion of their own which must be set up as a rule of conduct for those who exercise authority over them. But the Congress

that concludes this war will feel the full strength of the tides that run now in the heart and conscience of free men everywhere. Its conclusions will run with those tides. "All these things have been true at the very beginning of this war; and I cannot help thinking that If they had been made plain at the very outset the liberty and enthusiasm of the Russian people might have been once for all enlisted on the side of the Allies, suspicion and distrust quickly swept away and a real and lasting union of purpose effected. Had they believed these things at the very moment of their revolution, and had they been confirmed in that belief since, the sad reverses which have recently marred the progress of their affairs towards an ordered and stable government of free men might have been avoided. "The Russian people have been poisoned by the very same falsehoods that have kept the German people in the dark and the poison has been administered by the very same hands. The only possible antidote is the truth. It can not be uttered too plainly or too often. Seemed To Be Duty. "From every point of view therefore, it has seemed to be my duty to speak these declarations of purpose, to add the specific interpretations to what I took the liberty of saying to the senate in January. Our entrance into the war has not altered our attitude toward the settlement that must come when it is over.

"When I said in January that the ! nations of the world were entitled not only to free pathways upon the sea, but also to assured and unmolested access to those pathways I was think ing, and I am thinking now, not of the smaller and weaker nations alone, which need our countenance and support, but also of the great and powerful nations, and of our present enemies as well as our present associates in the war. I was thinking, and am thinking of Austria herself,' among the rest as well as of Serbia and of Poland. Justice and equality of rights can be had . only at a great price. We are seeking permanent, not temporary foundations for the peace of the world and must seek them candidly and fearlessly. As always, the right will prove to be the expedient. "What shall we do, then, to push this great war of freedom and justice to its righteous conclusion? We must clear a way with a thorough hand all impediments to success and we must make every adjustment of law that will facilitate the full and free use of our whole capacity and force as a fighting unity. "One very embarrassing obstacle that stands in our way i3 that we are at war with Germany but not with her allies. I therefore very earnestly recommend that the Congress immediately declare the United States in a state of war with Austria-Hftn-gary. Does it seem strange to you that this should be the conclusion of argument I have just addressed to you? It is not. It is, in fact, the the vassal of the German government. We must face the facts as they are and act upon them with out sentiment In this stern business. The government of Austria-Hungary is not acting upon its own initiative or in response to the wishes and feeling of its own people but as the instrument of another nation. Central Powers as One. "We must meet its force with our own and regard the Central powers as but one. The war can be successfully conducted in no other way. The same logic would lead also to a declaration of war against Turkey and Bulgaria. They also are the tools of Germany. "But they are mere tools and do not yet stand in the direct path of our necessary action. We shall go wherever the necessities of this war carry us, but it seems to me that we should go only where immediate and practical considerations lead us and not heed any other. "The financial and military measures which must be adopted will suggest themselves" as the war and its understanding develop, but I will tike the liberty of proposing to you certain other acts of legislation which seem to me to be needed for the support of the war and for the release of our whole force and energy. "It will be necessary to extend in certain particulars the legislation of the late session with regard to alien enemies; and also necessarily, I believe, to create a very definite and particular control over the entrance and departure of all persons into and from the United States. "Legislation should be enacted defining as a criminal offense every wilful violation of the presidential proclamation relating to alien enemies, promulgated under Section 4067 of the Revised Statues and providing appropriate punishment, and women as well as men should be included under the term of the act placing restraint upon alien enemies. It is likely that as time goes on, many alien enemies will be willing to be fed and housed at the expense of the government in the detention camps and it would be the purpose of the legislation I have suggested to confine offenders among them in penitentaries and other similar institutions where they could be made to work as other criminals do. Must Set More Prices. "Recent experience has convinced me that the Congress must go further in authorizing the government to set limits to prices. The laws of supply and demand, I am sorry to say, have been replaced by the law of unrestrained selfishness. While we have eliminated profiteering in several branches of industry it still runs impudently rampant in other. "The farmers, for example, complain with a great deal of justice that, while the regulation of food prices restricts their incomes no restraints are placed upon the prices of most of the things they must themselves purchase and similar inequities obtain on all "It i3 imperatively necessary that the consideration of full use of the water power of the country and also the consideration of the systematic and yet economic development of such of the natural resources of the country as are still under the control of the federal government should be immediately resumed and affirmatively and constructively dealt with at earliest possible moment. The pressing need of such legislation is daily .becoming more obvious. "The legislation proposed at the last session with regard to regulated combinations among our exporters in order to provide for our foreign trade a more effective organization and method of co-operation ought by all means be completed at this session. "And I beg that the members of the house of representatives will permit

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me to express the opinion that it will be impossible to deal in any way but a very wasteful and extravagant fashion with the enormous appropriations of the public money which must continue to be made if the war is to be properly sustained, unless the house will consent to return to its former practice of initiating and preparing all appropriation bills through a single committee in order that responsibility may be centered, expenditures standardized and made uniform and waste and duplication as much as possible avoided. Will Speak Again. "Additional legislation may also become necessary before the present Congress again adjourns in order to effect the most efficient co-ordination and operation of the railway and other transportation systems of the country, but to that I shall if circumstances should demand call the attention of Congress upon another occasion. "If I have overlooked anything that ought to be done for the more effective conduct of the war your own counsels will supply the omission. What I am perfectly clear about is that in the present session of Congress our whole attention and energy should be concentrated on the vigorous and rapid and successful prosecution of the great task of winning the war. "We can do these with all the greater zeal and enthusiasm because we know that for us this is a war of high principle, debased by no selfish ambition of conquest or spoliation; because we know, and all the world knows, that we have been forced into it to save the very institutions we live under from corruption and destruction. "The purposes of the Central Powers strike straight at the very heart of every thing we helieve in; their methods of warfare outrage every principle of humanity and of knightly

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SAWBUCK CLUES ORGANIZED LAWRENCEBURG. Dec. 4. Sawbuck clubs, composed of members of the Boys Working reserve, have been organized in Lawrenceburg and Aurora to aid in the conservation of fuel. The boys will saw wood on shares either by the cord or by the day. $10,000 ELEVATOR FIRE CRAWFORDSVILLE, Dec. 4. The elevator at Garfield, owned by the Farmers' Grain and Seed company, was destroyed by fire causing a loss of $10,000. One thousand bushels of oats burned. A "dust" explosion caused by spontaneous combustion caused the explosion. ELIMINATE CHRISTMAS "TREAT" NEWCASTLE, Dec. 4. The county school board has passed a resolution calling upon all teachers in the county honor; their intrigue has corrupted the very thought and spirit of many of our peoples; their sinister and secret diplomacy has sought to take our very territory away from us and disrupt the union of the states. Must Not Permit Triumph "Our safety would be at an end, our honor forever sullied and brought into contempt were we to permit their triumph. They are striking at the very existence of democracy and liberty. "It is because it is for us a war of h.igh, disinterested purpose in which all the free peoples of the war are banded together for the vindication of right, a! war for the preservation of our nation and of all that it has held

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More supplies are being sent to this to do away with the annual "treat" of candy for pupils at Christmas time because of the scarcity of sugar. It has been pointed out that the salaries of the teachers have not been increased in proportion to the high cost of living and that many of them are financially unable to supply the treat. KILLED BY INTERURBAN MARTINSVILLE, Dec. 4. William Dow, SO years old, who lived near Mooresville, was struck and killed near his home late Monday afternoon by an Indianapolis & Martinsville interurban car. DIES ON ANNIVERSARY CRAWORDSVILLE, Dec. 4. Mrs. Jane Crane, died on the morning of her ninety-first birthday anniversary, the last of a family of twenty-one children. Grandsons will be pallbearers. dear of principle and of purpose, that we feel ourselves doubly constrained to propose tor its outcome only that which is righteous and of irreproachable intentions, for our foes as well as for our friends. The cause being just and holy the settlement must be of like motive and qualitj'. For this we can fight, but for nothing less noble or less worthy of our traditions. "For this cause we entered the war and for this cause will we battle until the last gun is fired. I have spoken plainly because this seems to me the time when it is most necessary to speak plainly in order that all the world may know that even in the heart and ardor of the struggle and when our whole thought is of carryTiters"

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HURLED 100 FEET TO HIS DEATH

ELDORADO, O.. Dec. 4. C. H. Miller, of Eldorado, widely known in Preble and Wayne counties, was hurled more than 100 feet to his death when the automobile he occupied was struck by a fast Pennsylvania passenger train here, about 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Miller, who was about 4S years old, was dead when he was picked up from under his automobile, which was demolished. While there were no witnesses, it is believed, that his engine "died" just as he reached the railroad tracks. He is the third man to be killed at the crossing within the last eighteen months. He was a retired farmer and was widely known as a stock-buyer. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Jennie Miller, and two children. Funeral services have not been arranged. ENROLL FOR NIGHT SCHOOL TERM JAN. 7 Enrollments for the new term of night school may be made Monday evening, January 7, at 7 o'clock in room 20. Registration hour is set early on account of the concert at the Coliseum on the People's Music course. Wednesday, January 9, the classes will meet at 7:15 o'clock for study and registrations may also be made in the class rooms. An open meeting will be held in the auditorium and will be addressed by William Dudley Foulke. The talk will be on "Paris" and will be illustrated. CAPTAIN BOYER DIES AT SOLDIERS HOME Captain George Boyer, formerly of Richmond, died at the Soldiers' Home at Dayton, Monday. He was a member of the 110th Ohio Infantry, and of the G. A. R. He is survived by two sons, Frank and Edward Boyer of Springfield, O., and two daughters, Mrs. John Emery of this city and Mrs. Charles Caswell of Los Angeles, Cal. Funeral services will be held in Springfield Wednesday. Mrs. Joe Iliff and Sol Davfs of Richmond, are relatives of Mr. Boyer. ing the war through to Its end we have not forgotten any ideal or principle for which the name of America has been held in honor among the nations and for which it has been our glory to contend in the great generations that went before us. A supreme moment of history has come. The eyes of the people have been opened and they see. The hand of God is laid upon the nations. He will show them favor I devoutly believe, only if they rise to the clear heights of. His own justice and mercy." The forests of the United States cover about one-fourth of its area. The original forests of the United States contained timber in quantity and variety far beyond that upon any other aera of similar size in the world. Deserve Your Grocer Receives These Products Fresh Daily Wheel we advise as a sure cure above. Remember, they

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