Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 65, 26 January 1918 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. SATURDAY, JAN. 26, 1918.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM - - AND SUN-TELEGRAM

Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by - : Palladium Printing Co. R G. Leeds, Editor. E. H. Harris, Mgr. Pailadlua , Bulldlnr. North Ninth n4 Bailor Strewn. Entered at the Poet Office at Richmond. Indiana, as Sec- ' : end CUss Mail Matter. '

. MtRBER OF THE AOCATWD PRESS " TIM -AMoeUtd PrM la cxcluatvely entitled t th uta foe rpubllct!oa af ail new fllapwtohaa crnJH to It or not othrwi orwOltad Jn thta papar tod lsa tJa local new pyfrHaha4 herain. All rlhta of republication ot epecUl 4lvaubaa haratn ax alio raaarvad.

The Koll Incident ... Two readers of The Palladium yesterday sum

Tried up the general opinion of the city on the somewhat ambiguous laudation of President Wil

son: by Hans Koll. Little need be added to what they said. ' .' .'Koll'a statement admits of two interpretations, 1 One is that he sincerely wanted to praise the President for his moderation but did not desire to offer an eff rout to. the American people by

insinuating that they lacked cultured restraint

and poise.

The other is that Koll merely, used the fulsome praise of President Wilson as a vehicle to

condemn the American people for their abhorence of the crimes of which German soldiers have been guilty. Our two correspondents accepted this Interpretation, and the public generally shares their belief.

This puts Koll in the embarrassing position of

having insulted the American people by charging them with unjustly and indecently applying to his former nationals terms of approbrium which the Germans do not deserve. On this point there can be no discussion. A glance at "German War Practices" published by the Committee on Public Information, will convince the most ardent admirer of Germany that the Kaiser's army has been guilty of most heinous outrages, eminently justifying the allies to call his soldiers Huns, butcherers and murderers. The fact that President Wilson has refrained from using these terms of reproach is no proof that the Germans have not deserved them. Every one who has only glanced over the great state papers of President Wilson knows that he condemned the Germans for the very acts that are embodied in the terms butcherers, Huns and murderers. His declarations leave no doubt on that point. For, instance, in his address of April 2,

1917 before a joint session of the two houses of Congress, he said. "Vessels of every kind, whatever their flag, their character, their cargo their destination, their errand have been ruthlessly sent to the bottom without warning and without thoughts of help or mercy for those on board. Even hospital ships and ships carrying relief to the sorely bereaved and stricken people of Belgium, . . have been sunk with the same reckless lack of compassion and principle. I was for a little while unable to believe that such things would in fact be done by any government that had hitherto subscribed to the humane practices of civilized nations The present German submarine warfare against commerce is warfare against mankind." Convincing proof of the barbarous practices of German soldiers, whether they perpetrate them under orders from officers or not, aroused a feeling of resentment among, patriots in this community against Koll's implied denial that the accusations were falsehoods and fabrications.

Hence, the vigorous denunication of his statement. The American people are convinced in their hearts that Germany has been guilty of crimes against innocent childhood, pure womanhood, and the fundamentals of civilization that cry to the skies for vengeance. They insist, and no mouthings to the contrary will deter them, that the perpetrators of these outrages are Huns, butcherers and murderers. These terms are not scurrilous and infamous slander but the very conviction of their hearts. No defense of these terms will be tolerated by the public.

from their midst. His wife and his children, his father and mother and brothers and sisters will know that he no longer walks among them. They will wonder and they will whisper his name. But they will never know the length nor the nature of the journey he has taken. They will never know whether he lies dead in an unmarked grave, buried in quick-lime, or alive in a cell from which no word may ever issue forth. Alive or dead, the silence of death enshrouds him. . The world only knows that last night a traitor, a spy, was taken; it will never know anything more about him. No account of his trial, no mention of his deeds, no grewsome tale of the firing squad or sombre picture of prison walls,--nothing but the blackness of oblivion ! Wiped out ! Gone I ' Unrecorded ! -That is all. A spy has passed.

THE MEN WHO CAME BACK (Copyrighted By British-Canadian Recruiting Mission.)

Farmers Want Help Two million farmers, represented by the Federal Board of Farm Organizations, have asked President Wilson to institute steps whereby a threatened shortage of the labor supply in the summer of 1918 . will be forestalled. Farmers argue that they cannot exceed the crop returns of 1917 unless they are provided with enough men to harvest the yield. No survey of the farm labor condition in Wayne county has been made so far, but the chances are ten to one that conditions here are identical with those in other sections. Farm labor was hard to procure last summer. This season it will be worse because more young

men are in the army and navy and other labor finds it more profitable to work in the cities where wages seemingly are higher and conditions more congenial. The farmer will be up against a stiff proposition if he is not supplied with men to help put his crops into the ground and to garner them when nature has completed her work. This community ought not to wait until farm work begins before it essays to find a solution. Now is the time to study the problem. The food supply has become a highly important part of the war machinery. The production of enough food to feed our army and civilian population and to provide a large surplus for the consumption of the nations associated with us in war is a vital one. The gravity of the labor shortage challenges the best thought of the farsighted men of this community. A conference of Wayne county far

mers, bankers, business men and industrial leaders ought to be called here within a few weeks to study this matter. The leaders of every township should attend, so that the needs of the whole j county could be presented and a remedy discov

ered that would apply to the whole political unit. The Boys' Working Reserve intends to mobilize the strength and ability of the school boys. Hundreds of them in Richmond cannot enlist because of their age. They can do a patriotic service of the highest kind, however, by helping farmers this spring and summer. Mobilized into working units before the spring work begins they would be available when the time is here for action.

By SERGT, LORENZO SMITH (Sergeant Smith, now attached to Indianapolis Depot. R. C. R. M., was an

I American who went to Canada to en

list, particularly because of Germany's desecration of Belgium.) Raw recruits do not get to the firing line in three weeks now as we of the 23rd did, but we did, and because we did not know what shrapnel can do, we watched the explosions In the air overhead without worrying. A month, later the shelling we had that first day under German fire would have scared us a lot worse. It was only ahout three weeks from the day I signed on that wo were given our .baptism of fire. The very day I enlisted the 23rd was ordered out and we were on the way to Quebec from Montreal the next day. One day later we were sent from Quebec to Halifax and the day following we were on our way over in the SS. M . The orders to go forward caused ten times more excitement in the battalion than the heavy firing did when we were moved up to St. Martin's field. Our orders to move had come to us in barracks at i o'clock, at 5 o'clock ammunition boots were issued and by S we were on ship. Very soon afterward we were sent in where the fighting was. We had heard that a great battle was on at Ypres. that the line was thin, and we were keen to get into service. We were all ready for whatever might comt. We didn't know then what it

DINNER 5TOR.IEJ Katherine and Margaret found themselves seated next each other at a dinner party and Immediately became confidential! "Molly told me that you told her that secret I told you not to tell her," whispered Margaret. "Oh, isn't she the mean thing!" gasped Katherine. "Why, I told her not to tell you!" "Well," returned Margaret. "I told her I wouldn't tell you she told me -so don't tell her I did." 'Mama," said a five-year-old. "aren't there any other senses 'cept hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting and smelling?" "No. my child," answered . the mother. "It is usually considered that these five are enough." "Well," said the little one, with an air of deep conviction, "I s'pose talking would be called a sense if there wasn't so much noise about it."

would be like. I have seen shrapnel like those that banged over us that day take eleven men right out of our platoon. , Orders came to move up to fill a gap and then when other orders came to move back into trenches the field euddenly was torn by some 200 shells. . Not many would have survived, if our platoon had stayed a few minutes more.

Moment

FAME VS. GRUB Life comes along and puts a curb on knowledge, Great talent it delights to disappoint. The poet who displayed great powers at college

Now does joint.

aa verses lor a piCKieAnd eat expensive food

expensive clothes.

Kicking about an electric light bill in winter. Trying to thaw out a gas pipe with a lighted match. Waiting for the senate to slap La Follette on the wrist. THE GROUCH'S CORNER Our great and good friend. Herbert Hoover, Who dictates food which refuses to be dictated to. Has emitted the following bit of advice: "Go back to the simple life. Be contented with simple food, simple pleasures And 6iinple clothing." Very good. Then ninety per cent, of the simple merchants Can close their simple 6tores and the Simple grass can grow up in the streets Between the simple paving blocks and The simple country can go into a state of simple Bankruptcy. If the rich would be as extravagant

as usual

and wear

The erstwhile genius of the Latin quarter, The artist who outstripped all other kids, -Has put his talent to a dreadful barter; He's drawing pictures for cfgar box lids.

The singer' who, as home-town wonder j genius, J Did ease his soul for critics' vastj delight, j Now hawks a "rag" for cafe non-1 abstemlnous, And they pay him for it none cart-1 wheels a night. I

One food conservator is advocating wireless weddings. Well, every little bit helps.

Instead of eating the food of the poor.

Times would be much better than they are. The party who pulled that famous remark last year. "Make economy fashionable," should have been given A nice large leather medaL Any time the rich stop spending their money The poor suffer more than ever. We love Herble and all that, but Aw, what's the use? Over in Italy they report desperate fighting at zero. - Over here we have had desperate fighting at a good deal below that.

WAS FEELING ALL RUN DOWN Symptoms of on-coming kidney trouble deserve prompt attention, for neglect invites serious illness. Louis Buckner. Somerset, Va.. writes: "I was feeling all run down; tired, with pains in my back. After taking Foley Kidney Pills I felt like a new man." Backache, rheumaUc pains, stiff joints, sore muscles, swollen ankles, puffiness under eyes, and sleeplisturbing bladder ailments yield quickly to this time-tried remedy. A boon to middleaged men and women. For sale by A. G. Luken & Co. Adv.

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IDEAS OF NOTHING TO

Waiting for the German people to kan the kaiser. Trying to bring about the end of the war by wishing for It. . Trying to find out why sugar is 6caroe.

A Spy Has Passed By George Barr McCutcheon of the VigUantes The mysterious disappearance of a man without a name. In the sentence lies the true solution of the spy problem. The afternoon newspaper laconically announces that during the preceding night an unnamed man "was seized by operatives from the department of justice. A curt, sinister line completes the story: "He will never be seen nor heard-of again." No comment. No putting forward of the name or the deeds of the man for friend or foe to praise or curse. No long, detailed account for the curious or the morbid to read. Nothing more than the paragraph: "Last night an unnamed alien against whom conclusive proof has been obtained was taken into custody by operatives from the Department of Justice. He will never be seen nor heard-of again." ; Complete obliteration.

. A man mysteriously missing from the circles in which he moved ; a man for whom some will inquire at first and then grow silent with dread and Awe ; a man whose name will never be mentioned, whose fate will never be known, whose evil will remain forever unheralded. The world will never know what has become of him. His friends will know that he i3 gone

Letters to the Folks at Home Soldier boys are not forgetting the old folks at home. If you don't believe it, read these statistics of the Y. M. C. A. in the Central Military Department alone which show that 3,724,603 letters were written during December. About 300,000 enlisted men are stationed in this department," so the average is about twelve letters to each man. It's pretty difficult to grasp the fact that 3,724,603 letters on Y. M. C. A. stationery were written in one month. Surely the total will increase to still greater proportions when the letters written by boys on their own stationery are added. It will be an unnecessary commentary to say that the boys are to be commended in maintaining their home ties by frequent letters to their parents. The foregoing statistics are effective proof. The Y. M. C. A. huts are placarded with slogans that read, "Don't Forget to Write Home" and "Remember Mother's Letter First." Of course, the boys are not overlooking letters to their best girls and former chums and companions, but reports from the association huts and the many letters that parents have asked the Palladium to publish show that the young soldiers have warm

spots in their hearts for the loved ones at home.

"What a lucky man you are," said the city relative, "to raise all vou need to eat." "Yes," replied the farmer, "but, gosh blame it, the stuff is all worth so much money it seems rank extravagance to eat it." "How're you coming along with French?" "I'm getting there. I invited a French officer to take a drink with me last night. He looked puzzled a

minute, then said: 'Ah. oui! pourboire," and handed me a dime." "What's the difference between a drama and a melodrama?" "Well, in a drama the heroine merely throwg the villan over. In a melodrama she throws him over a cliff."

Lungs Are Weakened By r

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We all took Trualer'a Rheumatic Tablets. We adviae that you take them also. RHEUMATISM Truster's Rheumatic Tablets Are Purely Vegetable? Harmless, yet powerful. They are manufactured by the very best chemists in the United States. They are knowiLasuthe-"Re constructors.For Sal by All Druggist 50c the Box If your druggist wUl not supply you ayrite thef Truster Remedy Company Huntington, Indiana

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"The pen is said to be mightier than the sword."

"Yes, that's an old where shall we place Btick?"

story. But the swagger

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"Look here, now, Harold." said a father to his little son, who was naughty. "If you don't Bay your prayers you won't go to heaven." "I don't want to go to heaven," sobbed the boy; "I want to go with you and mother."

Why Chilly Weather Brings Rheumatism Says skin pores are closed and uric acid remains in blood.

If You Burn Wood for Coal From the Literary Digest f-n-HOSE who plan to relieve the coal shortage this

winter by burning wood can figure, roughly speaking, that two pounds of seasoned wood have a fuel value equal to one pound of coal, according to a bulletin issued by the forest service (Washington.) While different kinds of wood have different fuel values, the foresters say that in general the greater the dry weight of a nonresinoua wood the more heat it will give out when burned. For such species as hickory, oak, beech, birch, hard maple, ash, locust, long leaf pine or cherry, which have comparatively high fuel values, one

cord, weighing about four thousand pounds, is required to equal one ton of coal. "It takes a cord and a half of short leaf pine, hemlock, red gum, Douglas fir, sycamore or soft maple, which weighs about three thousand pounds a cord, to equal a ton of coal, while for cedar, redwood, poplar, catalpa, Norway pine, cypress, basswood, spruce and white pine, two cords, weighing about two thousand pounds each, are required. Weight for weight, however, there is very little difference between various species. Resin affords about twice as much heat as wood, so that resinous woods have a greater heat value per pound than non-resinous woods, and this increased value varies, of course, with the resin content. The available heat value of a cord of wood depends also on the amount of moisture present. When the wood is green part of the heat which it is capable of yielding is

taken up in evaporating the water. The more water in the wood the more heat is lost. I

Rheumatism is no respecter of age, sex, color or rank. If not the most dangerous of human afflictions, it is one of the most painful. Those subject to rheumatism should eat less meat, dress as warmly as possible, avoid any undue exposure and, above all, drink lots of pure water. Rheumatism is caused bv uric acid which is generated in the bowel6 and

absorbed into the blood. It is the function of the kidneys to filter this

acid from the blood and cast it out in the urine; the cores of the skin are also a means of freeing the blood of this impurity. In damp and chilly, cold weather the skin pores are closed thus forcing the kidneys to do double work, they become weak and sluggish nnd fail to eliminate this uric acid, which keeps accumulating and circulating through the system, eventually settling in the joints and muscles causing stiffness, soreness and pain called rheumatism. At the first twinge of rheumatism get from any pharmacy about four ounces of Jad Salts; put a tablespoonful in a glass of water and drink before breakfast each morning for a week. This is said to eliminate uric arid by stimulating the kidneys to normal action, thus ridding the blood cf these impurities. Jad Salt3 is inexpensive, harmless and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithla

and is used with excellent results by i thousands of folks who are subject to! rheumatism. Here you have a pleas-!

ant. effervescent lithia-water drink.1

which overcomes uric acid and is bene

ficial to your kidneys as well. Adv,

DischargedBut Not Fired

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