Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 120, 31 March 1919 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SON-TELEGRAM MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1919.

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KLINE SHORES OPPONENTS OF GOUNTT AGENT Petty Politicians Blamed for Hampering of Progressive Farm Activities.

Tetty politicians alleged to have hampered the county agent work of Wayne county were scored by County Agent J. C. Kline In his farewell talk to 100 members of the Farming association Saturday afternoon at the court house. A membership of 225 was reported at the meeting as a result of last week's drive, and officials are confident that the membership of the association will be more than 1,000 in the next few weeks. The county organization decided to Join the state farmers federation formed at Indianapolis last week, after hearing the report of Arthur Crume and Theodore Davis, who represented the Wayne county association. "Back up the man who takes my place," said Kline. "Don't let him be hampered by the petty politicians, of whom there are several around the court house. County Officers Blamed. "The work of this office is being , run by men who shouldn't have any7 thing to say about it. They are not in sympathy with the farmers. The

whole trouble here has been that the men back of the office are not interested in it. If the control of the office were in the hands of the live progressive' farmers of the county there would be no trouble at all." Unnamed county officers, and the county board of education were at the bottom of the trouble, Kline said. He . said there was no hint of trouble un til January 1, when, Just after a meet- f ing or tne county Doara, me report , was circulated that nis ornce naa cost the county between $7,000 and $3,000. His stenographer was then taken away, and he was notified that his appropriation for next year would be only $150, he said, but the county board and the commissioners were shown that tha appropriation was fixed by law at $1,500. Satisfied With Work. Difficulty he had had in getting his salary was sketched by Kline. He said . one county officer had persistently refused to sign receipts for Purdue money, and had told Kline that he would sign receipts until Kline left, and that he would not sign more after that, and that he would show Purdue University Wayne county was Just as big as the university was. Kline thanked the members of the

farming association for the way in which they had backed him up, and said he believed the progressive farmers were in favor of the office. He expressed himself as very well satisfied with the work of the year. A general discussion, during which charges were made that the county i board of education was unfavorable to the county agent, took place after Kline's talk. The board is waiting for Purdue University to recommend a man, a township trustee said. QUITS PULPIT TO DO SOCIAL WORK

Rev. Dr. Charles A. Eaton. The Rev. Dr. Charles A. Eaton, pastor of the Madison Ave. Baptist .1 U ' V 1. f '! i. , tll cuurvji, iow iurK Lity, since ivuv, has resigned his pastorate. Dr. baton did splendid work as head of the national service section of the U. S. shipping board emergency fleet corporation. He will now take up even more extensive work making addresses before labor organizations and industrial bodies and he will also write on problems of the day. FAILURE IS Continued From aoe One.l suffering. Will they do it? I do not believe it. Remember that for months and months the people of the world have been told that they were moulding the future as one kneads dough, were approaching the termination of their beneficent labors and that Utopia was at most not more than two or three blocks away. Remember how much these millions of people have suf fered and how little illusion and confidence wa3 left to them after all. at tho end of four and a half years of agony. Think then what may be the emotion of these people on the first of May or first of June when the truth can no longer be concealed that the Peace Congress at last is licensed by the governments to announce that one or two Mars are about to commence. Now, last of all, what about the chance of peace at the hands of the Paris conference? Within a week the conference of ten has been reduced to a conference of four, Just as the conference of one hundred was reduced to a conference of ten. Theoretically, this would lead to the facilitation of

business, but actually, whether you divide nothing by one thousand by ten or by four the result is nothing, and la all cases there has been no policy

and there is no policy. There is no common objective, no one dominating influence, , nothing but four men representing four countries with totally different visions and necessities, try

ing to accommodate living facts in this sad world of ours, alike to abstract principles of the league of nations, I and to the hopelessly concrete prom ises of the prime ministers of England, 'France and Italy. Nothing has happened since the council of four succeeded the council of ten which suggests the smallest promise. I am told that Germany has within the last forty-eight hours sent I a polite but pointed interrogation to Paris : "As to the invitation you are going to send us to come down there, , kindly let us know whether your purpose is to ask us to sign a peace or to discuss one." Which by interpre- ! tation, would seem to be that the GerI mans may not even come to Paris unless they are permitted in advance to have assurance that their views will be heard and permitted to change the conclusion arrived at here. -Three Months to Decide. The man whose judgment on the subject and whose information is best in all Europe, told me last night that not until the end of the next three months could we know whether Eu rope would survive the world war or go down in a general smasb. In the last few days I have had opportunity to talk with many people coming out of Germany, Austria and even Hungary. Their testimony does not vary. They agree that Germany will not sign any treaty of peace such as Paris plans to Impose. In the same time, I have talked with many men close to the inner circles of the Parts Conference and I have found no one who believed that the Paris Conference under existing circumstances could ever reach a decision abcut the Treaty of Peace. Last of all, no one attempted to disguise the fact that the utter paralysis of will and utter absence of common policy in Paris is permitting Bolshevism to gain provinces every week. We invited the Bolshevists to go to Prinklpo two months ago; now they have come to Budapest. We are about to evacuate Odessa, we are told that Roumania is on the point of collapse, and Poland almost certainly doomed. We know that both could have been 6aved four months ago. It seems to me that without sharing the panic now existing in Paris, the American people ought to understand that there is now at least a possibility that within the next three months Bol shevism will overrun all Europe, save perhaps that part patrolled by our own soldiers, that Germany is almost certainly manipulating this Bolshevist onrush in the hope that when it has exhausted tho powers of resistance of her enemies she will be able to resume her attack, having escaped the consequence of her military defeat, that despair in the Allied nations over the failure of the peace conference to 1

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Saved a Big Paint Bill The living room woodwork was dingy. Her husband thought it needed repainting. But with wifely care for the family purse, she thought she would try Fels-Naptha Soap (as suggested on the wrapper) before going to a painter to have the job. done. And vhat a surprise followed! The white paint stood out like new. The naptha dissolved the surface dirt which came off at once. On that woodwork that you think requires painting or refinishing; try Fels-Naptha Soap! Use it for every soap-and-water-purpose around the house for closets, floors, porcelain bath tubs, linoleum as well as on greasy pots, pans and dishes. Ana of course always use it for clothes; in water, cool, lukewarm or hot, as you prefer although hot water is not necessary.

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Ohio News in Flashes

J COSHOCTON Coal overlaid a store of whisky worth $6,000, waiting shipment to Detroit in a coal car, was discovered by federal officials here. COLUMBUS Charles Sinis, restaurant proprietor, admired a pretty customer so much he let her wear his $300 diamond ring while he went to fill her order. When he came back, ring, customer and admiration had vanished. LANCASTER Robbe'rS who blew the safe in the Woolworth building here escaped with several hundred dollers. The explosion damaged the stock and building. EAST LIVERPOOL WilMam McConville, 17 years old, high school student, was crushed to death when he fell under the wheels of a freight train. SPRINGFIELD The safe of Salzer Brothers' furniture store was blown and money, Liberty bonds, war savings stamps and jewelry to the value of $1,700 were taken. Socialists Mob City Building in Toledo (By Associated Press) TOLEDO, O., March 31 When they were refused admission Sunday to Memorial Hall, a city building. where Eugene V. Debs was scheduled to speak, 5,000 persons stormed the place, broke windows and doors and then paraded the streets, crying "To Hell with the Mayor." Meanwhile Debs was in bed in a Cleveland hotel, too ill to appear in public. A substitute speaker for Debs ap peared about 3:30 o'clock but when he attempted to make an address in public he was chased away by policemen. More than 75 men were arrested. including Thomas Devine, Socialist member of the City Council. make peace and thus give at least a measure of recompense to millions of men and women lor tne supreme agony of this war, may lead these peo ple in the presence of a new war to an act of greater folly. In sum, it seems to me that the time has come when it should be recognized in America that the conference of peace is within two steps of failure, that the decisions which it is still unable to make may be beyond its power to enforce when, if ever, they are made.

Three Events on Coliseum Skating Rink Calendar Three big events are on the skating calendar at the Coliseum next week, according to the Coliseum management. Floyd Scott, holder of the amateur skating title in Richmond, will meet Owen Fye Tuesday night, April 8, on

the Coliseum rink in a mile race. The track will be laid off around the floor and the man who completes the course first will be the winner. It will take twenty-one times around the rink to finish. inursday nignt, April 10, a moon light skate will be given. The skate has taken well in other eities and it is expected that much interest will be shown by the skating enthusiasts in the coming events. The following Saturday another masked carnival has been carded. Twenty dollars will be awarded in prizes. Five dollars will be given to the man and woman with the best costume and $2.50 will be given to each with the most unique costume, and $5 will be given to the person with the most comic costume. NDIANA . Briefs VALPARAISO Starting fires with coal oil was fatal to two citizens of this county. Mrs. Mary Okenowskl, mother of five children, was burned to death and her house was destroyed; and Andrew Avil, a section foreman, was killed in an explosion following the pouring of oil into a stove. BLOOMINGTON Charles G. Campbell, 42 years old, head of the Indiana University of music department, died at his home here ol pneumonia. . SOUTH BEND Burglars robbed the Clauer jewelry store of between $500 and $1,000 in watches and rings, leaving by the front door in ' broad daylight NEWCASTLE Mrs. Mary Groen dyke, wife of Dr. O. J. Groendyke, is dead after a long illness. She was a niece of General Omar Bundy. FORT WAYNE George C. Norton 23 years old, was electrocuted when he tried to turn on the electric light in the S. A. Aurentz confectionary. BLOOMINGTON After an all-night chase with blooodhounds from Bedford Ralf Andreson, 23 years old, was cap tured in this city.

Greensfork, Ind. County Superintendent' Charles O. Williams of Richmond, Trustee Moore of Boston township and Trustee Chas. H. Bond visited the Greensfork school Thursday. . .Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Reynolds and Mr. and Mrs. John Bond attended the funeral of Mrs. Medearis at Centerville Thursday afternoon... Misses Irma and Thelma Stackhouse spent Sunday with relatives in Center, ville Hiss Halcey Harold of Richmond, music teacher in the schools, made her weekly trip here Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Harris are the parents of a son, born March 27 Miss Lida Retts shopped in Richmond Thursday Mrs. Patrick Breen and son Barnard returned last Thursday after spending a few days with former neighbors and friends near Penville Mrs. Clara Suits of Richmond, came Thursday evening to care for Mrs. Ben Harris and new son.

....Joseph Keever of Cambridge Cityl spent Sunday with Irvln Breen... Harry Clark of Cambridge City was here on business Thursday Frank Harris of Missouri, is spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Harris, near Sugar Grove... . . Mr. and Mrs. John Martindale and Mr. and Mrs. Ora Wise and daughter

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Nladene, attended the funeral of Mrs. Martlndale's 6lster,-in-law, Mrs. Dan Medearis, in Centerville Thursday... Miss Agnes Smith came home Friday to spend her summer vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Smith. Her school closed Wednes

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