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QUICK ACTION ON WAR IN LOWER HOUSE IS PREDICTED Chairman Flood of Foreign Kelations Committee will Present Resolution Calling 3 for Austrian Action. ACT DATED TODAY WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 Postponement of the Austrian war declaration by Congress until next week appeared probable today after conferences between chairmen of the senate and bouse foreign committee. Chairman Flood of tbe bouse committee, said be hoped to get the resolution before ie house tomorrow, but postponement until Friday appeared probable and In such an event it was not believed that tbe senate could act before next week unless tbe simultaneous consideration In both bouses could be arrangedThe resolution provides a declaration that because of Austria's war-like acts against the United States In support of her ally, Germany, a state of war exists at and after noon today. It also pledges the full resources of the United States to bring the war to a successful conclusion. Chairman Flood put the war resolution in final form after consultation at the state department. He said he expected the committee formally to report It out today and that he would bring it up In the house for passage tomorrow. Outline Legislative Program Outlining a legislative program in the house today, Democratic leader Kltcbin said legislation should be confined as far as possible to appropriations and war measures. But that woman suffrage and prohibition constitutional amendments, he expected, would be taken up and voted on before the Christmas holidays. Congress was told in a report by the Interstate commerce commission that to! effect the unification of railroad sources for the war, anti-trust and anti-pooling laws should be suspended. In addition the commission declared railroads should receive a government loan- aad-tlut. Issue of government securities should be vested In some special body. Some advance In rates is Imperative, the commission said,-In the war emergency. FALL FROM TREE FATAL Charles H. Minor, 64 years old, was killed Tuesday afternoon, when he fell eighteen feet from a tree which he had been trimming, breaking his neck. He was a retired farmer and was for seventeen years owner of a grocery store at Chester, Ind. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at 126 South Third street, where he lived with his son, Russell H. Minor. He will be buried in Goshen cemetery. Mr. Minor was a mebmer of Woodward lodge of Odd Fellows. He had been trimming trees on his farm two miles north of Richmond on the Chester piko when, apparently losing his balance, he fell to the ground below, breaking his neck and receiving other injuries to his body. He died Just as- assistance reached him. He had 6awed several limbs of trees and bad sawed about halt through one limb, about eighteen feet from the ground, when he fell. The saw was grasped firmly in his hand when he was picked up by J D. Henshaw. who saw the body while driving by the farm in bis wagon. He leaves only one son, hi? wife having died about five years ago. MAKE IT A REP C ROSS CHRISTMAS THE WEATHER For Indiana by United tSates Weather Bureau Fair tonight, colder in northeast portion. Thursday partly cloudy with rising temperature. Probably snow in south portions. Today's Temperature. Noon 36 Yesterday. Maximum 39 Minimum 21 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Probably fair tonight. Thursday unsettled and somewhat warmer. Conditions favorable for snow or rain. General Conditions Storms continue in small dimensions In the far west. The great storm In the west reported Monday is practically disappeared but a small storm is over the Rocky Mountain plateau and may cause snow or rain within the next 36 hours.' Temperatures continue cold in north where It Is below zero.

Wisconsin Senator Ostracized by Mates

WASHINGTON. Dec. E. Senator LaFollette sat like a graven image in the house today as President Wilson delivered his war message. He did not applaud at any time, did not rise when other members did. Not a senator would talk with LaFollette from the senate to tbe bouse. Tbe others marched in pairs. LaFollette walked alone. He took a seat within twenty feet of the president. No one took the one next to him. ' This seat remained vacant until almost every other chair in the house was filled. Then an usher took Harry S. New of Indiana to tbe place and the Hoosier senator sat down beside LaFollette. The Wisconsin senator sat with his chin cupped in his hand from start to finish of tho message. At its conclusion he stalked out defiantly alone. ! Headed by Secretary of State Lansing the entire cabinet occupied floor seats. SOUTH SIDERS WILL NOT PUSH BRIDGE CLAIMS The building of the South Side bridge, for which the South Side Improvement has been working for for the last eighteen years, will not be erected until after the close of the war at least. ' The South Side Improvement association will not push the building of a new structure because it realizes the position the county is placed in because of the war. "We feel that we should step aside, since the government has called upon us to aid in the war," Hans Koll, secretary of the association, said. Will Seek Market. In the meantime., however, the mem bers will attempt to find a market for bridge bonds when the time comes for the sale of the bonds. It is not believed the bonds could be marketed at four percent at this time. Directors for the coming year were elected Tuesday night Ten of the old directors were elected. A meeting of the directors will be held soon and teh president, secretary-treasurer and two vice-presidents will be elected from among the directors. Tbe old directors ' elected were Adolph Blickwedel, who Is president of the association Hans Koll, secretary;, Anton Stolle. .William H. Bartel, Gus Kennepohl, Simon B. Beck, J. Henry Bode, John Niewoehner, August Sturm, Fred Hackman. The new directors are John Zwissler and Charles W. Jordan. Bavls Makes Speech. Alfred Bavis, defeated Citizens candidate for mayor, made his first public expression wishing the new city administration an "unparalelled success" in every undertaking. He asked for the concerted effort of ever civic organization in the city to "bring out everything in the city." Howard Brooks, former city chairman of the Republican committee, in a brief talk, also pleaded for a rejuvenation of energy on the part of every member of the association for the betterment of the city. j INTERMENT ORDERED LONDON, Dec 5. The military revolutionary committee in Petrograd, according to a Reuter dispatch from the Russian capital, has ordered the interment at Kronstadt of all those who signed tbe manifesto issued Sunday in the name of the provisional government. The signers, however, all have left Petrograd and their whereabouts have not been discovered.

40 Hungarian Families Here Will Become Enemy Aliens

Declaration of war on Austria will automatically made enemy aliens of about forty families in Richmond who have come from Austria and failed to take out naturalization papers In the United States. According to Ambrose Banfiura, a naturalized grocer at North Thirteenth and F streets, only four Austro-Hun-garian families In Richmond have become naturalized citizens. Most of the Hungarians have come to the United States to make money and intend to return to the old country as soon as they have sufficient money to live easy there, be said. Furthermore he said the Hungarians here, although they did not for the most past favor fighting for Germany would prefer going back to the old country and that possibly many of them would attempt to go back before war was finally declared against their country.

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LONDON, Dec. 5. President Wilson's message to congress has the fullest possible prominence In the. morning newspapers, but it reached London too late for much considered comment. The Dally News receives warmly tbe president's declaration that peace should be based on generosity and justice to the exclusion of selfish claims. It adds: "It would be affectation to pretend that this language echoes tbe declarations of the European spokesman of the alliance. It is the voice cf a statesman whose vision comprehends the world, while theirs comprehends only half a world. "If President Wilson could have said

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The above is a facsmile of the check which bought 1121 kits of smokes for American soldiers In France. About 600 persons of Richmond donated the money which bought the kits, containing two packages of cigarettes, one can of tobacco and two sacks, in each kit.

WAYNE COUNTY PHYSICIANS SLOW TO HEED APPEAL Richmond and Wayne county is far down the list in the enlistment of physicians and surgeons for war work, and reasons for this will be investigated. A committee of medical men, sent out by the National Council of Defense, will visit Richmond and Wayne county physicians soon regarding the enlistment of their services for war work. Dr. Charles Marvel, of the medical board of the Indiana State Council of Defense said Wednesday.. This committee representing the national government will also visit physicians over the entire state regardin their enlistment Not only Is Wayne county and Richmond far down the list in the enlistment of physicians, but the entire state of Indiana is, Dr. Marvel said. To Confer With Doctors. The committee will confer with each physician In the city and county la a meeting of the medical society, it Is believed, in an attempt to boost enlistments. All war workers in Richmond and the county are urged to attend the big, war conference to be held in Indianapolis Thursday and Friday December 13 and 14. It is the first war conference of its'klnd to be held in the country. . Vice-President Marshall is one of the principal speakers at the conference as is Henry Van Dyke, former United States minister to Belgium, and a writer of international reputation. Noted educators will also attend the conference. America's war aims will be set out by various speakers. Military Attaches in Russia Acted Without Authority WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. It was officially declared today at the state department that both Lieutenant Colonel Judson, head of the American military mission in Russia, and Major M. C. Kerth, temporary military attache at the American embassy, acted without instruction from this government in presenting communications to the Bolshevikl government on the attitude of the United States in the effort to effect separate peace and armistice with Germany. Jacobs and Kolentus. bakers on North Twelfth street, both naturalized ians will not be in any great rush to ions will not be in any great rush to return to a country where taxation is so stringent on the poor man. Jacobs said that he had no intention of ever returning to his country even If he made money here for all he took back with him would be eaten up in taxes. Jacobs came over to the United States when he was nineteen years old, and said that after nineteen years in that country he had no desire to return. The Austrian government taxes a man as soon as he is sixteen years old and he has to pay a tax for every purchase or sale of any size thereafter, said -Mr. Jacobs. Jacobs has just come from Dayton where about 70 Hungarians were called into service of the United States army. earlier what he said yesterday and if in Great Britain, 'France and Italy the responsible leaders had made his language their own, Russia might be today driving the enemy from her borders. It may be too late to convince Russia of the idemnity of aim of her self and the allied democracies but it must not be too late for those democracies to learn from their greatest representatives how democracies should comport themselves in war and how they should 'attain peace. No Knockout Blows ' "In the light of President Wilson's speech, a statement that will mean the wiping off the slate of ' much' that should never have been written on it

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Father of Little French Girl Who Will Sing Marseillaise Here, in Trenches Three Years

Eugenlca LeMeur. who will sing the Marseillaise In French at the entertainment Thursday evening, December 20, In the High school auditorium, was born in France. The entertainment will be given by the High school orchestra under the direction of Supervisor Sloane for the benefit of French orphans adopted by the organization. Eugenlca has been" in the United States a little more than a year. Her father is now In the trenches having enlisted three years ago when the LeMeurs were, residing In Argentine. Eugenlca Is now a Junior in the High school. She Is interested In all school activities and especially in basket ball. Likes Richmond Best. She is thoroughly American and says Richmond is the best city In the States. She lived for a brief period In Buffalo and Cincinnati where her mother has relatives. ne County Boys Toes to Get None of the Richmond or Wayne county men in training at Camp Shelby, attesbuiaj,r Mlss,f.ls "afflicted with cold feet," says a letter received by the Palladium, signed "The boys of Wayne county." The boys are "on their toes"- awaiting the word "go." The letter follows: "After reading the article in your paper, dated November 28th, 1917, the Wayne County Members of the 113th Field Signal Battalion, in Company "C", at present located at Camp Shelby, Miss., of whom there are fortyone, desire to inform the people of Wayne county, that although there may possibly be a few men in this company who are slightly afflicted wjth flat feet, we are sure, that it is not cold feet, and there is a great distinction between cold feet and flat feet. "The boys in this company are all ready and on their toes, waiting for the word 'go, and when the word 'go is sounded on the bugle, that the Ger Army Officer Takes Hoard of Potatoes From Greedy Farmer NEW YORK, Dec. 5. Farmers and speculators near Camp Mills, L. I., who have been figuring on holding large stocks of the last crop of potatoes for a high price are in a panic today as the result cf the experience of one cf their number who had a bam full of potatoes, which he was holding for $10 a barrel. An officer from the United States commissary of the camp went to the farm and asked the farmer if he had potatoes to sell. He said he had but would give no . quotation, as he was holding them for a high price later on. The officer then told him they were all sold at $5 a barrel, and for his not to touch them. KORNILOFF GOES AWAY LONDON. Dec. 5. General Korniloff, the former commander In chief, who escaped' fro mthe Bolshevlki at Mohllev, according to a Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Mail, was accompanied by 400 . Caucasian troops. He was at Orsha, north of Mohiler on Monday.

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is imperative. There Is no kinship between the spirit of yesterday's speech and the spirit of knockout blows or economic warfare or after-the-war boycotts." The Times says there are no halftones in the President's address adding: . "There are no ambiguous phrases on which militarists may feed the illusions of their dupes, no hints of compromise and no suggestion of faltering or doubt to raise the spirits of the pacifists ';; with this straightforward and logical statement of America's war aims the last hope -of . the pacifists must founder." : , - The Times reiterates that formerly

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She is proud of the pin she wears at her throat bearing the French Insignia and a picture of General Joffre. When . asked how many languages she could speak she said, "Oh, I can talk French, Spanish, English and Ger- , Oh, my don't tell anybody I talk that language. I'm ashamed of It" ' Although she left France when she was five years old she remembers many Interesting fact about her native land and she says the letters she receives from relatives often make her homesick, especially when they write of the old home. Eugenlca is anxious that the war be over for she says she worries greatly about her father, Francois LeMeur. Fond of Music. Little Miss LeMeur is very fond of music and sings and dances. When in Argentine she sang and danced for the Red Cross and assisted on Their Kaiser, They Write mans will know that Uncle Sam's Hoosier Wayne County Signal Men are on the job, fit, ready and qualified, with warm feet and brave hearts. "We hereby acknowledge receipt of the cookies sent us by the ladies of Richmond, and we can truly assure them that all the boys did full justice to them, and appreciated the efforts of the ladies with heartfelt thanks. "Thanking everybody for the many kind gifts that we have received, and hoping that we may all be able to return to our community, we wish to remain, sincerely THE BOYS OF WAYNE COUNTY. By Frank M. Long. Injuries Are Fatal to Henry Stegall Henry Stegall, 74 years old, a prominent farmer living near Williamsburg, who died in Reid Memorial hospital of injuries received on Thanksgiving .day when struck by a train, will be buried Tuesday morning. Services will be conducted by Rev. Henry Pickett and Ira H. Johnson in the Friends' church at Williamsburg at 10:30 o'clock. Burial will be in Mount Zion cemetery. Mr. Stegall was struck at the crossing near Williamsburg, while driving to Williamsburg from his farm in a buggy. He failed to hear the engine's warning because of deafness. He was immediately rushed to Reid hospital and at no time, because of the seriousness of his injuries, did his recovery seem possible. He is survived by his widow and two sons, Everett Stegall. of Winchester and Earl Stegall of New Paris, O. Ross Hadley Attends Baltimore 'Meeting Ross Hadley of the Friends Foreign Mission Board has. returned from the Baltimore Yearly meeting. Rev. Francis Anscombe, former pastor of South Eighth Street Friends church, and Elbert Russell, formerly of Earlham College, also attended the meeting. - In New York he attended a conference of Mission Board Secretaries of different denominations. Twenty boards were represented f It expressed ' dissent with President j Wilson's distinctions between the Ger man people and their ruler and says it cap no more distinguish between them than the President can any. longer distinguish between Germany and Austria-Hungary, believing them willing accomplices of their ruler. - .... In Sympathetic Tone. The editorial of the Dally Chronicle is mainly a paraphrase, of the speech in a sympathetic tone and without a definite expression of opinion. The Daily -Graphic says: V "Whether this re-statement, so lofty In spirit, so forward looking in effect, will have any influence on German opinion is doubtful. Then the only

them in raising money. She also spent part of her time sewing for the chapter in Argentine. She has made rapid advance in her studies since coming to Richmond in September. At first she entered the fourth grade but was so far advanced of all the pupils she was Immediately placed In Junior High school and Is now in the Senior High school and stands above the average in all of her classes. When . asked If she ever Intended going back to France as an Interpreter she said she didn't know, that it was so far in the future and the war might wreck her France. Other numbers on the program will be solos by Miss Katherine Bartel, piano, Miss Miriam Hadley, violin, Marius Fossenkemper, clarinet and selections by the High school orchestra. Miss Mary Louise Norris will sing, "Children of Liberty."

BANDITS ROB CHICAGO BANK CHICAGO,.-Dec. 5. Five bandits robbed tbe Stockmen's "Trust and Savings Bank In the stock yards district, of $10,000 or more today and drove away in an automobile The president of the bank and seven employes were herded into a back room while the robbers rtflea the safe. "Russia Will Right Herself," Says Writer to London Newspaper LONDON, Dec. 5. The situation In Russia is unique in history, according to the Petrograd corresondent of the Morning Post Wilting Saturday, but it is not yet advisable to attempt to raise the curtain upon the mysteries of the tragic-comic drama. The correspondent insists that "Russia will right herself if generously allowed the j necessary latitude by the puzzled allies, and next spring it will put new armies in the field to fight the invader with the success that -narked the Russian efforts earlier in the war " "In the meantime," he adds, "the situation is extremely curious. Some force which is above or beyond all tfcgj contending parties is putting the spokes into the wheels of all of them." The correspondent instances the various interferences with the administration without, however, elucidating his suggestion. (ALE AT OLD L FARM BRINGS $ 000 The sale conducted by Auctioneer T. Conniff and Clerk J. A. Hanes at tbe Old Crull farm, Tuesday, realized $3,000. There was a fair attendance of buyers, but several items were withdrawn Tbe :ale of cattle went from $40 to $50 for the young animals. The brood cows went from $50 to $120, the shorthorns being in favor Sboats went from $12 to $35. The medium hogs ran from $35 to $60. No bay or corn in the field was offered. The luncheon was served by the women of the Jacksonburg Christian church resort is to Inflict 6uch a military dedefeat upon Germany as to convince the Germans of the infamousness of their rulers. "In, this connection. It is an excellent omen that the conference in Parts, reached such a complete unanimity. America was represented at the conference and there follows that the war aims of - the allies no longer can be described in any sense as imperative." None of the editorials dwell especially on the request for a declaration of war against Austria-Hungary, but brief references imply that it is regarded as logical and desirable.

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GERMANS ARE PREPARING TO DELIVER NEW ITALIAN PUSH Great Forces of Men and Guns Massed in Asiago Section Resumption of Drive Seen. TEN DIVISIONS USED (By Associated Press) ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, Tuesday Dec. 4 Great forces of men and guns have been massed by the Austrians and Germans In the Asiago section, according to reports reaching here tonight and resumption of the offensive Is expected Tbe reports indicate that tbe enemy is employing ten divisions of troops. Austria Hungary, with whom tbe United States is on the eve of a declaration of war as the principal ally of Germany, Is taking the lead In new attempt to break through tbepresent Italian front. Falling to pierce the Piave river line in many attempts and flung back from the mountain passes between tbe Piave and the Brenta by the dogged Italian resistance, the Austrians have turned further westward to the Trentino region northwest of Asiago and today are reported beginning an attack In force on the Sette Comuni plateau. A heavy concentration of AustrcHungarians has been observed in the sector as many as ten divisions of troops being employed, according to the indication. On Monday night the massed artillery began an extremely violent bombardment and this appears to have been followed by the throwing of strong columns of infantry against the Italian defenses. BERLIN SAYS TROOPS ARE TAKING HILL POSITIONS BERLIN. Dec. 5. (Via London) Austro-German forces yesterday captured som-J hill positions in the Sette Comuni on the mountainous front in northern Italy, the war office announced today. . , GERMANS STOP FRUITLESS EFFORTS "TO-PUSH-THROUGH After four days of effort which brought them but small gains of territory at a great cost in casualties, the Germans have not renewed their efforts in the Cambrai sector. The British salient there, however, is still a menace to the security of the German lines nortn and south of Cambrai and tbe German artillery bombardment is probably but -the prelude to further desperate efforts to wipe out the gains made by General Byng's troops. British artillery yesterday broke up enemy troop concentrations east of Gouzeaucourt and near Moeuvre-s, on the southern and northern legs of the i salient, respectively, and the Germans violently shelled the region of La Vacquerie, the center of much of the fight ing activity of the past few days. That the Germaa purpose may have been to break through into the Somme region as well as to blot out tbe Cam brai salient Is indicated in despatches from the front. But the efforts hav been futile and caused s'ich losses thr.f the let-up in the fighting activity probably is due to tbe necessity for re forming the attacking forces. AUSTRIANS TO BE WATCHES WASHINGTON. D C. Dec. 5 In anticipation cf a declaraicu of war cn Austria, department of justice officials today, were laying plans for tha arrest throughout the country of scores of Austro-Hucgarian subjects suspected of being enemy agents. Many of these men have been undc surveillance for months, but lack of definite evidence preented their Interment. With the adoption of a war resolution, nearly a million Austrian subjects in the United States automatically become aliens and amenable to President Wilson's recent order requiring registration of aliens and restricting their activities. The department of justice expects to put alien registration into effect within a few days and apply It at first only to eastern cities where the police will cenduct registration. The task will be three times greater than when planned for Germans alone. Tbe department realizes that many Austrian subjects, particularly Bohemians and the Slavic elements, are actually pro-ally and careful consideration will be shown In administering the regulations. Movie Machine is Bought For Schools The Public schools have moving picture machine. Superintendent Giles Wednesdas said the board, had purchased the machine. Tbe films will be bought by the different schools. ' - - It will be used in ail the buildings for entertainments for which a nominal sum may be asked if desired by teachers and pupils in charge. ' . -