Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 25, 11 December 1917 — Page 1
i VOL. XLIII., NO. 2i Palladium and Sun-Telegram Consolidated 1907 RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY-EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1917. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS
TEMPERATURE IS LOWEST OF ANY DECEMBER OW RECORDS t Mercury Falls to 24 Degrees Below Zero Tuesday Morning on Moore's Thermometer Relief Seen.
SUFFERING IS CAUSED A slight moderation in the b-r-r-r-r weather is predicted for Wednesday by Weather Forecaster Moore who says it will not be "quite so cold." All records for cold weather in Richmond and Wayne county during the month of December were broken Tuesday morning when the mercury registered twenty-four degrees below zero on the government thermometer at the home of Weather Forecaster Moore on College avevnue. Snow, it is predicted, will accompany the slight moderation in temperature, wh.ch it is believed will still fall below the zero mark. The snow storm is predicted to strike Richmond some time Tuesday nisht. Tell Different Tales. Thermometers in different parts of tho city Tuesday m'orning told different tales. Some registered twentyfive below zero while ofTier registered fifteen. One registered four below shortly before 7 o'clock. The official low mark, however, was twenty-four Agrees below at 6:30 o'clock. From then on the red liquid steadily climbed and at noon had reached the ten above zero mark at the Richmond pumping station. There is much suffering in Richmond. Nearly 100 appeals for food and clothing have been made on the Salvation army. Captain Beard of the Richmond chapter of the army Tuesday issued an appeal for funds to aid in alleviating the suffering. With calls being receiv. ed from every part of the city, the army's finances are inadequate to meet the demand, for coal especially. Little Food In House. One family, in which there is a new baby, have been hugging a cold stove for two days. The father has been unable to work because of illness, and .there is little food lathe house. Captain Feavd gave temporaryaTd." : - Many similar cases have been re ported to Captain Beard and . every effort is being made by her to relieve this euffring. Funds are needed by the army, however, to carry on' this work. Appeals for coal have been received by County Fuel Administrator Bates from several towns in the county and every effort is being made to fill the demands as soon as possible. At Webster the school was closed because of lack of adequate heating facilities and fuel. CINCINNATI HAS COLDEST MORNING IN MANY YEARS CINCINNATI. Dec. 11. Cincinnati experience! its coldest morning in years today when the thermometer dropped to 13 degrees below zero, accordins: to the official announcement from the government weather bureau. so mm M '4 ARE EXAMINED Dr. M S. Bulla examined men Monday night at Commercial club room3 who signed, papers to-be inducted into tbe Richmond company of the state militia. Captain Myron Mfilbby -said that it was not known yet whether all the mfn p.ts?f;d the examination and probably would not be known until Colonel Gerard csme to must.-r the company in Tuesday. Dec. IS. Seven more men signed the papers Tuesday and will tnke the examination later. Captain Malsby is certain of having s-ixty men enlisted by the ;ime the company is mustered into tha militia. : I n Vis-. 1 THE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Probably snow tonight and Wednesday, not so cold. Today's Temperature. Noon , 10 Yesterday. Maximum 4 Minimum IS below For Wayne County by W. E. MooreUnsettled and not quite so cold tonight and Wednesday. Probably snow. General Conditions The great cold wave now extends from central Canada southward to southern Florida. All records for December have been broken, the self registering thermometer showing 24 degrees below zero at C:30 o'clock this morning. A storm over the Rocky mountains is causing snow over the plain states and snow is due here tonight or Wednesday. It will not be so cold tonight on account of the approach - of the storm. Weather is very cold in the south 32 at Jacksonville. Fla., 22 at Mobile. Ala., 34 at Tampa, Fla., and 40 at Miami, Fla.
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Mrs. E. M. House. '.Mrs. E. M. House, wife of the head of the special American commission to tho interallied conference in Paris, accompanied' her husband across. This photo was taken in London. GIO WAVE IS CAUSE OF ELEVEN FIRE! Eleven fires In Richmond during the last three days, caused by the extremely cold weather, have done damage estimated at approximately $300. Two more fires were caused Tuesday, one by an over heated furnace and another by a big grate fire. Damsge estimated at more-than $100 was done, at the, home of How,djyen,tling, 116 Southwest Seventh street, at 7:30 o'clock. An overheated furnace set the floor of the house afire. Fire at the Richmond sanitarium, 205 North Tenth street, did more than ' $10 damage. A blazing grate fire set: the floor ablaze. I Damage of $110 was done at the! home of Rev. A. J. Guy, 610 North Twentieth street, late Monday afternoon. Sparks from the chimney burned under the roof. Fire of unknown origin did $10 damage to the Pennsylvania company's filtering plant at North Eleventh and E streets. An overheated furnace did slight damage j at the homo or Scott MarKley, zz South Twentieth street. The floor caught fire while plumber's thawed frozen water pipes at the home of Paul White, 628 South H street. Ten dollars damage was caused. Sparks caused a slight blaze at the home of Margaret Schools, 921 i North Eleventh, street. The damage amounted to 5o. Dismissal Urged of Three Teachers in Gotham High School NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Three teachers in DeWitt Clinton High school, suspended recently on disloyalty charges, have been recommended for dismissal by the high school committee of the board of education, it was learned today. The board will act upon the recommendation tomorrow. "One teacher is accused of maintaining a neutral attitude while discussing anarchism in the cla.-.sroom ; another with permitting jue of his pupils to write an uncomplimentary letter to President Wilson, while the third was charged with objecting to an officer in uniform speaking to the students." ALLIES I WH Heavy German reinforcementh have arrived In France, it is believed in allied capitals, but where the expected blow will fall is yet to be disclosed. For the moment the infantry is inactive along the western front, but the artillery, and especially that of the Germans, is very active in various sectors. On tbe British front the Germans are bombarding heavily the positions southwest of Cambrai and east and northeast of Ypres, the two sectors which have seen virtually all the heavy fighting in the last few months. From St. Quentin to the Swiss border, Paris reports great enemy artillery activity between the Oise and the Aisne, in Champagne, northeast of Verdun and in upper Alsace. The British and French cannon are replying in kind against the German positions. The heavy German artillery fire may mean that the Germans are attempting to find a weak point and it
GAS MIXTURE PLANNED TO HELPJAMINE Artifical May Be Mixed Fuel Shortage Serious in County.
Artificial gas, manufactured at the plant owned by the Richmond Light, Heat and Power Company, may be used to supplement the natural gas shortage if the present shortage of natural gas continues. However, N. H. Johnson, manager of the company, said Tuesday that the supply of natural gas would be adequate to meet the city's needs with a moderation of the weather. If the weather does not soon moderate the artificial gas may be mixed with the natural gas thus furnishing an adequate supply for the consumer. While Richmond is fairly well prepared to meet the severe cold weather which still hovers over the city, several of the towns in the county are without coal. Appeals have been made to County Fuel Administrator Bates by the towns of Cambridge City and Centerville. Situation Is Serious. The situation at both towns is very serious and many houses are cold in both places. The coal administrator for the countv has appealed to the state administrator and it is probable that the situation will be partially re lieved within several days at least. Several more car toads of coal have arrived in Richmond and the sale i3 still limited to one to a family. Families witn coal in their bins will not be allowed to purchase more until their supply is all but exhausted under orders issued to the retail coal dealers of the city by the fuel administrator. However, many homes in the city have been cold, and it is believed that there is much suffering In Richmond Monday night, the coldest night this month. The biggest trouble now is the inability of dealers to fill the many orders which are swamping them. COX SAYS PEOPLE WILL LOSE CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT UNLESS FUEL RELIEF COMES COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 11. With below zero weather prevailing the coal shortage was so acute in Ohio today that Governor Cox telegraphed Dr. Harry A. Garfield, federal fuel administrator at Washington, that unless Ohio people getlrmematriremf they will "lose confidence in the government." DRY BILL TO BE UP MONDAY WASHINGTON. Dec. 11 By unanimous consent today the houe agreed to consider on Monday the constitutional amendment for nation-wide prohibition which already has been passed by the senate. The judiciary committee favorably reported the amendment. As passed by the senate the resolution provides that the necessary three-fourths of the states must act on the amendment within six years of its passage in congress. The judiciary committee extended the time to seven years and would make the amendment effective one year from the time of its ratification. Representative Randall of California, prohibitionist member of the house, predicted today the resolution would pass the house with 40 or 50 votes to spare. INQUIRIES ORDERED WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Inquiry by a senate committee into the causes I for the shortage of sugar and coal j with a view of recommending leglsla-1 tion to improve the situation was ordered by the senate today on motion of Senator Lodse. ASKS FOR CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 The railroads war board today asked President Wilson to receive its members for a conference which was arranged for Wednesday afternoon. may be only for the purpose of drawing allied attention to one spot, while the troops from the Russian front are massed for a strong effort on a hitherto quiet sector. Strong local German attacks on the ring bank of the Meuse northwest of Verdun, have been repulsed by the French, who took prisoners. Infantry fihtin has stopped momentarily, at least, on the Italian front fro niAsiao to the Paive river. The Austro-German effort to break through between the Piave and the Brenta failfcd with losses. The enemy then re-formed his shattered forces and attempted to break through between Asiago and the Piave. - He failed again. The Austro-Germans captured some terrain, but without their tactical positions and at a heavy cost. An apparently local attempt to cross the lower reaches of the Piave has been checked by the Italians, who recaptured observation trenches taken by Austrian soldiers.
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With Kerensky down and out, there seems to be but one hope left for of the Cossacks, is against Lenine and his proposals for a peace favorable ports from Petrograd, thousands of loyal Russian soldiers and officers are Kaledines, who is reported in control of most of southeastern Russia.
yomen Students Have Edge on Men in Studies at Earlham; Day Dodgers Excel in Work
Who said men possessed more gray matter than women? . . This aged theory, ' so far at least, cannot apply to the women students at Earlham college. For the women students at Earlham college stand higher in scholarship than the men according to the Earlham Press, the college weekly newspaper. 45 Percent Below Average. Forty-five percent of the students of the college have received grades below the average, according to the college paper. And of this number forty-three per gTLe9 ' while forty-eight uercent" of j the men have- "flunked so far, ac-: cording to figures compiled by the college registrar. There are 151 students below average in zoi subjects. h.ignty-nme stu-: dents below average in one subject, thirty-two pupils in two subjects, twenty-one in three subjects and nine in four subjects. Only twenty-two out of seventy-five women were sent the "yellow envelopes" while twenty of the fifty-two "day dodger" men in college received the warning envelope. 69 Women Below. In the dormitories fifty-nine of the 114 women are below average, against fifty out of ninety-four men. "The day dodgers show a surprising lead over the dormitory students in scholarship, only thirty three, percent being warned whereas fifty-two percent of the dorm students were," says the Press. And continues. "Whether this difference between the two groups is due to the superiority of the gray matter School Children Are Urged to Purchase War Thrift Stamps Superintendent Giles received a let ter Tuesday from Superintendent of j Public Instruction EUis of Indiana, ! urgirp the children of the Richmond i public schools to purchase thrift stamps. j Superintendent Giles said he was anxious that every child !n the Rich-i mond schools purchase at least one thrift stamp before Christmas. Indiana's quota is S5S.o00.000 or $20 for each man, woman and child. Penny Club is to Distribute Clothing uismojuon oi ciotnmg among unfortunate persons !n Richmond will be; consiaerea a me fenny ciud wea - On account of the extreme weather many persons are suffering. Mrs. Millard Warfel, president of the Penny club,' said Tuesday, the clothing is now in the Social Service Bureau room in the court house and arrangements will be made to have the room open so persons in need of clothing may call. 7. M. C. A. to Put Out Flag With 28 Stars Acting Secretary Sch wan has secured a service flag for the Y. M. C. A. The following members are1 in the service or will be within a few days; Warren Erk, Charles McLeonhardt, Fred Romey, James McCauley, Lincoln Popoff, Scott McGirk, Ross Williams, Earl Killinger, Frank Wissler, Ross Hendricks, C:'E. Stevens, Harry Bockstette, Charles Chap pel, Ollie Otten, Lewis Kinley, O. D. Beeson, Leroy Coffin, Everett Lawson, Paul Sauers, Willard Jessup, Howard Webb, Hpbart Smith, Roscoe Candler, Fred Meredith, Harold Norris. Burrell McKee, Donald Warfel and Edward Rode-feld.
KALEDINES MAY SAVE RUSSIA
General Kaledlnes (cross) and his staff. of the day students or a lack of application on the part of the dormitory students s impossible to determine." The senior class was the group which had less pupils, below average, than any other group in the college. Fifty-eight percent of the "freshies" are below average and received "warnings" as against fourteen percent in the senior class. WHAT IS THE AMERICAN RED CROSS President Wilson heads it. Congress authorizes it. The War Department audits its accounts. It is working for your Army and Navy. , It is working for your Allies. It is working for you. It provides 50 great base hospitals with many ambulance companies. Established 300 sanitary training detachments. Built supply depots with capacity for more than 100.000 tons. It has a French Commission with 864 persons. It sends supplies to 3,423 military hospitals. It cares for many French and Belgian refuges. It is carrying on extensive relief work in Belgium. It has given $1,000,000 to the families of French soldiers. It has given $1,000,000 to the British Red Cross. With your help it will vastly extend each of these agencies working for humanity and victory. You should be a member everyone in ' your household should be a member. Display a Service Fiag with as many crosses on it as there are members in your household! DEQUATE SUGAR OPPLY ON WA Richmond will have plenty-of sugar within the next few days. Tuesdav the I. R. Howard company, I wholesale grocers, received a ship-1 ment of 92,000 pounds or 46 tons of sugar from Denver. i The John vv. Grubbs company rej ceived a telegram Saturday stating a j large shipment of sugar was now in Chicago and would arrive in Richmond within a few days. The sugar was ordered from a wholesale house in Los Angeles. - The W. H. Hood company is without sugar, -but expects a large shipment within a few days. iOTER PUT TO DE ATI SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec 11. Thirteen negroes were hanged at Fort Sam Houston at 7:17 a. m. for complicity in the riot at Houston, August 23. The announcement of action on the court martial" verdicts was made at southern department headquarters by the chief of staff, who also gave out a formal statement in which the names of the men sentenced to life imprisonment -ere given.
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Russia. General Kaledines, the leader to Germany. According to recent reflocking to the standard of General
EVER SAW MOVIE SHOW EATON, O., Dec. 11. Miss Minnie DeCamp, who was imprisoned for nearly seventeen years on the fiftyacre farm of Jacob Schmick, five miles north of Eaton, has never seen a picture show. When she went to Schmick's farm nearly seventeen years ago, to live almost as a prisoner, there were no picture shows. Now that she is to come and go as she likes, she is laboring under a nervous strain and is afraid, according to E. P. Vaughan, attorney who is representing her. That Schmick, who held Miss DeCamp on the farm through fear that if it became-known-jthey-both-would be arrested and disgraced, gave Miss DeCamp a check for $100 shortly before she left him, when he was at death's door, it became known Tuesday. Buys New Clothes. One of the first things Miss DeCamp used part of the money for was to purchase new clothes. For during the I entire time she lived on the Schmick ! farm she never had a new dress, a new hat. Only one new-pair of shoes did she have during this time. The wooden chest in the home of Schmick, is still securely locked. Mystery surrounds it, as It is thought possible that Schmick may have left a will and locked it in the chest. Miss DeCamp has told her attorney however that Schmick made no will that she ever saw or1 heard him say anything about. Engine Removes Car Being Emptied by New Paris Citizens NEW PARIS, O., Dec. 11. One coal car which had almost been emptied by citizens here whose houses have been cold, and two other full cars pf coal, which have been standing on the railroad tracks for more than a week, were taken from reach of the citizens late Monday afternoon by the railroad company. Many people had hired teams and wagons and were hauling coal to their homes when the railroad engine drew up ond pulled the cars out of the reach of the people. The raid on the one car was started Sunday afternoon and was almost emptied when taken away. It is believed that much suffering has been relieved as a result of the raid on the car. ' One coal dealer here is expecting a car of coal to arrive within several days and, it is said, one car of coal will be ehipped here weekly.
Eaton Residents Seize Four Cars of Coal on Siding When Supply of Fuel is Exhausted
EATON, O., Dec. 11. A near panic ensued here when four cars of coal, which had been standing on a siding, were raided by Eaton residents, whose houses were cold as a result of the low gas supply and the coal famine. The residents hauled and carried the coal to their homes, many of which had been cold for several days because of the fuel shortage. Authorities made no effort to interfere. No records of the amount taken by individuals were kept. Many of the persons hired horses and wagon& and hauled the fuel to their homes. Others carried the coal in baskets and buckets. Much suffering has been relieved it is said as a result of the raid on the coal cars. ' ... Prosecuting Attorney Saylor has gone to Cincinnati to confer with the district attorney over the legality of seizing coal which Is shipped through Preble county for other points. Many
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BREAKING Insubordination to Bolsheviki Commander Shows UpMachine Guns Placed ia Streets by Garrison. SITUATION VERY GRAVE BULLETIN PETROGRAD, Dec. 9. Sunday. A "battalion of death," which left Stasska is reported to have defeated the Bolsheviki troops near the town of Shlobin in Mohilev. LONDON, Dec. 11. Street fighting has occurred in Moscow, and tha Swedish consul there has advised all Swedes to leave the city, according to a dispatch received in Haparanda and forwarded by the Stockholm correspondent of the Morning Post. It is added that starvation seems to threaten Moscow. Most of the Swedes there are said to have taken the consul's advice. MOSCOW GARRISON SHOWS SIGNS OF INSUBORDINATION LONDON, Dec. 11 The situation la Moscow is reported to be grave according to a Times despatch from Petrograd. The Bolsheviki, according to Petrograd newspapers have placed machine guns in the streets as they fear an uprising of hostile parties. The garrison, however, shows signs of insubordination and is reported to be disobeying the Bolsheviki commander, a private soldier named Mur anoff. EOLSHEVIKI ORDER TROOPS FROM CAUCASUS INTO FRAY (By Associated Press) Meager reports from Russia indicate that the Bolsheviki are meeting with difficulty In maintaining' control of Moscow. The situation there is reported grave with the Bolsheviki garrison refusing to obey its commander, who has ordered machine guns placed in the streets in anticipation of an uprising. ' A Copenhagen - despatch " says that the Bolsheviki have ordered troops from the Caucasus to put down Generals Kaledines, Kornlloff and Dutoff. while from London it is reported larg forces are being sent from the BalticEl ack Sea front into the Ukraine and the Cossack provinces. Whether clashes have occurred between the Bolsheviki and the counterrevolutionists is not apparent. The Bolsheviki government controls virtually all the direct means of commun lcation with the interior of Russia. DAUGHTERS SEEK TO BREAK WILL Mrs. Anna Matilda Lacey and Mm Ada E. Hoff both of Fountain City, in circuit court Tuesday, filed suit to con test the will of their father, Henry Sieweke, who died in 1916, who, the allege, was of unsound mind when ha made the wilL Sieweke was a retired farmer and left an estate valued at $15,000. The four sons of Sieweke, the tru tees of the Trinity Lutheran church oi Richmond and the Dickinson Trust Company, executor of the wilL are named defendants in the suit. Under the terms of the will, vrhldh was probated January 15 of this year, the Trinity Lutheran church of Richmond is bequeather $300. Each of tha six children are given equal shares in ' the remainder of the estate. However, j the plaintiffs allege that their shares 1 are for their natural lives enly whila ; the other heirs are given equal shares for their lives, the share then to go to. their children. They ask that the will be declared invalid by the court as the will is "pretended" and that "said pretended will was unduly executed by Henry Sieweke. "They also allege he was of unsound mind when the will was made of the county institutions have barely a week's supply. Situation Desperate The county courts will be forced to close soon until relief comes. Tbe building used as a temporary court house may be closed as the supply fa rapidly diminishing- The county recorder's office was closed Monday aa Tuesday because of inability to heat It properly. The zero weather and the bBssard which struck Eaton Saturday and Sun day resulted in much suffering ta many families of the city because w tbe coal and ' wood shortage, whlafe had been acute for some time, and the shortage of natural gas. Many families were without a bit of fuel. So when the . word that four oars of coal wore standing on the Pennsyb vania siding a near panic ensued nd a rush for' the cars was made. Many prominent citizens were in the rush, As a result many homes are now heafc ed and comfortable again. w
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