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GOODRICH TELLS OF METHODS TO FIGHT PRICES Searching Investigation of Profiteering Urged by Governor Reviews Cause. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 6. Governor Goodrich Tuesday night Issued a statement on the high cost of living, reviewing the causes leading to present conditions, and giving his conclusions as to the methods by which high prices may be combated. So far as high prices are due to natural causes, such as curtailed production and expansion of credit, with its resultant Inflation of money, little can be done, the Governor says, unless the government should purchase basic commodities and sell them at a loss as was done In England, an expedient which. In his opinion, Is the contrary to the spirit of American Institutions. "Let the government see to It that the prices of the necessities of life are not manipulated for unfair profits," the Governor says." Let It give widest publicity to any attempt at profiteering. Ready To Co-Operate "A most searching Investigation with respect to speculation in the necessities of life should be made at once and If found to exist should be stopped." Governor Goodrich points out also that the production should be in creased and that "any device or at tempt to slow down production nat urally Increases the price and should be avoided. The state of Indiana stands ready to co-operate with the national govern ment in every way." he concludes. "Whatever power or resources we pos sess is at its command at all times." The statement was Issued after conferences with Stanley Wyckoff, former Federal food administrator for Marion purchasing agent; Dr. Harry E. Bar nard, food and drug commissioner, and wholesale and retail merchants in var ious lines of business. MUSICAL WORK OF COUNTY'S SCHOOLS IS CONSOLIDATED Appointment of a domestic science supervisor- for the township schools of Wayne county will be made in the next few days, according to Joel Moore, trustee of Boston township, who Is a member of the committee appointed to choose a supervisor. Miss Marcena Kendall, of Clayton, Ind., and Miss Grace Hadley, former home demonstration agent here, are being considered by the committee. Miss Kendall is a graduate of Purdue university. Miss Hadley Is well known throughout the county. The trustees decided at their regular monthly meeting Wednesday to consolidate the work of a music supervisor in the township schools during the coming season. In the past, each trustee has selected his own music supervisor, with the result that the work, in some cases was not satisfactory. C. O. Williams, J. O. Edgerton and Charles Bond were appointed as a committee to select a music supervisor and arrange the schedule of school visits for the coming year. The annual picnic of the trustees will be held either August 14 or 15, according to an announcement made by the committee Wednesday. The picnic will be for all trustees of the committee Wednesday. The picnic will be for for all trustees of the county and their families, and will be held In Glen Miller park. M'Cardle Asks Cars To Move Indiana's Grain INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 6 John W. McCardle of the Public Service Commission sent a telegram yesterday to the United States railway adminis tration requesting cars to move Indi ana grain. He said that farming communities throughout the state were complaining to the commission that no cars are available to move grain re cently threshed. He requested the officials of the railway administration to give him in formation concerning the prospects for obtaining sufficient cars to move the Indiana crop. It is said that cars are belug sent to the western part of the country, although none seem to be available for Indiana. British Anthem Changed To Appeal To Empire (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 6. With the appro val of King George the British nation al anthem was revised for the period of the neace celebration so as to in elude certain sentiments that will ap peal to the entire Empire. The re vised anthem, as sung in the thanks giving service at Bt. Paul's, retains the first stanza of the time honored hymn, but the next two are replaced by the following: "One realm of races four. Blest more and everymore, God save our land. Home of the brave and free, Set In the silver sea. True nurse of chivalry God save our land. "Kinsfolk In love and birth From utmost ends of earth, God save us all. Bid strife and hatred cease, Bid hope and joy Increase, Spread universal peace' God save us all. Ohio Rail Brotherhood To Discuss Wage Problem (By Associated Press)' CLEVELAND. O.. Aug. 6. Three hundred local chairmen of the Brotherhood of Railway Firemen will meet here August 12 to discuss wages and working and living conditions, it was Jf arncd here tqdav

What Strikers Ask The striking C. & O. employees are asking for 85 cents an hour for mechanics of four years' experience, it was learned Wednesday, and 60 cents an hour for helpers, for an 8 hour day. The present scale Is 68 cents an hour for mechanics, and 45 cents an hour for the helpers. The present day Is of eight hours.

G. & 0. PASSENGER SERVICE MAY STOP Although passenger service Is still being conducted on the C. and O. railroad through Richmond, this service is liable to be discontinued at any time, according to information received by the local ticket agent of the road. According to a statement made Wednesday word was received from higher offices of the company that passenger service might be suspended at any time. Freight service on the road is entirely at a standstill. No freight has been received at the local office of the road since last Saturday, and although all of this has been forwarded, no shipments will be taken by the company under any conditions. All of the freight house employes, except tha office force have been laid off, and only the men employed in the ofiice are at work. Employes of the Pennsylvania shops have received no notice to stop work, and business is being conducted in the usual manner on this road, with the exception of a shortage of freight cars. According to one of the shop employes, the men have not definitely decided on what to do, but are awaiting general developments on other roads. The general shortage of cars Is affecting delivery by the local road, but the shop forces of the company are working with a full force. Strike Fails To Deter Gambling Mad Berllners BERLIN, Aug. 6. One hundred thousand race partrons were compelled to resort to emergency conveyances to reach the Grunewald track when the German Derby was held there a few days ago. This resulted from a strike of the surface and subway lines. Among the vehicles pressed into use to carry the crowd to the race track were .military motor trucks, four-in-hand dog carts which formerly were part of the equipage of the court, and improvised omnibuses of all de scriptions. In these were huddled to gether smartly gowned women, prosperous men and youthful ammunition workers who were eating cherries or smoking. Gambling mad Berlin discarded all lines of social demarkation in order to reach the track and place bets on the horses. Over Billion Is Needed For Mexican Oil Wells (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY. Aug. 6, The sum of $1,800,000,000 is needed to develop thoroughly the petroleum resources of Mexico, says an announcement of the department of commerce and in dustry. The amount already invested in the petroleum industry is estimated in excess of $200,000,000. The department announces that eight producing oil wells with a daily flow of 684,798 barrels have been dril led In the Tampico field in the first five months of this year. The department says there Is great need of better transportation facilities and that if these were provided the monthly shipments which now amount to 6.000,000 barrels could be increased to $17,534,940 barrels. The vast surplus of crude petroleum is stored in the ground awaiting Improvement In transportation. Wilson Given Record Of Court Martial (By Associated Press) ROCKFORD, 111., Aug. 6. A record of the findings in the second trial by courtmartial of eight negro soldiers at Camp Grant on a charge of attacking a white woman in May, 1918, was to day forwarded to President Wilson He will take the case under advisement for the second time, having granted the colored soldiers a re-trial arier tney were iouna guilty Dy a former court martial. Penalty for the crime is death under army regulations. Visit Of Prince To Express Fellowship With U. S. Says Press (By Associated Press) LONDON. Aug. 6. The newspapers Tuesday afternoon reiterated the statement printed in the morning that the visit of the Prince of Wales to the United States meant nothing more than a formal return of the visit of President Wilson to England. "Through him the peoples of the empire will be able to express in the fullest sense their fellowship with the people of America," says the News. "He has only to be his own simple, modest self to be welcomed for his own sake, just as the dominion troops welcomed him for the man he was and not for his rank. In the United States also he will depend upon the same human credentials." Cement To Be Flooring Of Pennsylvania Shed Cement is to take the place of the wooden flooring in the passenger train shed at the Pennsy depot says C. F. Mayhew, station master. Brick will be used between the tracks and the walks will be of cement. The construction Is now under way, and if no unforseen accidents intervenes it will be finished by October. Joe McDonald, a hod carrier of Lake Charles, La., has been notified that his uncle, living in Rome, Italy, had died and bequeathed him $1,000,000,

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FARM PRODDCTS TO BE HELD IF RAILMEN STRIKE State Farmers Association Send Telegram to Wilson Condemning Strike. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 6. The Indiana Federation of Farmers' associations, which represents the agricultural interests of this state In practically every county, In a telegram to President Wilson yesterday declared that it condemned "the veiled threats of a revolution," and that if the railroad strike continues the organization seriously contemplates advising all of Its members to hold all farm products until the strike ends. The telegram sent to the president was as follows: Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, Washington, D. C: The Indiana Federation of Farmers' association, a great, united conservative body, condemns veiled threats of a revolution. If the railroad strike continues, we seriously contemplate advising all of our members to hold all farm products until the strike ends. We believe in such arbitration as will result in justice and fairness to all concerned, with work to be resumed and continued pending a decision In the matter. Indiana Federation of Farmers' Associations. . LEWIS TAYLOR. General Secretary. The farmers' organization, which was started In this state last spring, has grown by leaps and bounds and Is regarded as one of the strongest of its kind in the middle West, with thousands of farmers actively engaged in perfecting Its formation. According to Secretary Taylor it is not the plan of the officers of the federation to become involved In the labor dispute, but that it is their right to take action in case a general strike is ordered. Circuit Court Records George Stinson was fined $10 and costs and sentenced to twenty days in jail for petit larceny, in circuit court Wednesday morning. Stinson pleaded guilty of stealing a small quantity of cabbage from the Easthaven farm. All of the sentence was suspended, except the payment of costs. Marriage Licenses Burley E. Pentecost, grocer, Newcastle, and Edith Crawford, Richmond. Ernest Ballin, chemist, Wyoming, O., and Minna Dulk, artist, Richmond. Arl Schepman, chauffeur, Richmond and Catherine Laird, Richmond. Real Estate Transfers Frank Baker et al to Thomas Crabb, west half of lot 16, and lot 15, Centerville, $1. Pearl H. and Charles M. Mallot to Louis and Donata Paolini, lot 14, Indiana Yearly Meeting addition Richmond, $1,000. Mary Jane and Daniel D. Hoover to Ana M. McPherson, pt. NW. section 21, township 17 N. range 12 E., one acre, $2,500. Harry M. and Eva Hoffman to Guy J. Belden, lots in Milton, $4,500. August Schroeder, et al, to A. M. Gardner, trustee, lots 57-41-40 and 35; Roberts Brown, et al, lot 35 S. H. Coffin add., lot 49 Men. and Coffins add. city, $1. A. M. Gardner trustee to Hannah Bruening, lot 35 G. H. Coffin's sub. city, $1. A. M. Gardner, trustee, to Laura Eichhom, lot 40 Roberts Brown, et al, city. $1. Andrew Riley to Wm. C. Jefferies, Pt. N. W. 21-15-1, 1-3 acre, $1. Wm. C. Jefferis to Andrew Riley, Pt. N. W. 21-15-1, 1-3 acre, $1. A. M. Gardner, trustee, to Matilda Wellbaum, lot 57 Roberts Brown, et al add. Richmond, $1. Wm. W. Webb to George A. Webb, lot 15 C. and S. C. Brown's addition Richmond, $1. Anna M. Warren to Allen Cox and Rebecca, lot 98 Haynes addition Richmond, $1. Chester C. Hudelson to Mary S. Ernest, lot 700 Bealview, $1. Geneva H. Kirkman to May M. Jones, lot 42 Manley, addition Richmond, $2,000. Aaron Vestal to C. O. Hunt, Pt. N, W. 27-16-12, $1. Chas. A. Bolinger to Jepthah W. and Harriet Morgan, lot 1 Lambard's addition Richmond, $1. Samuel W. McCain to Wm. H. Pick ett, lot 150 Benton Heights, $1. Samuel W. McCain to Franklin P. Chant, lot 149 Benton Heights. $1. Dickinson Trust Co., to Wm. B. Dormer and Florence, lots 128-129 Reeveston, $1. Clara A. Sullivan to Barbara A. Myers and Oliver, lot 10 Earlham Heights $1. Lena C. H. Ryan to Romanta B Hood. Pt. N. E. 9-14,1, Con. 3 acres, $1,500. George Johanning to Turner W. Hadley and Grace, lots 77 Schwegman addition city, $1. Russell Cox to Turner W. Hadley and Grace D., lots 7-8 Salter's addi tion city, $1. BOYS HURT WHEN GAR HITS BRIDGE The bad condition of the .covered bridge, west of Centerville was the cause of another accident, Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock. William Wise of Connersville and Harry Miller of Oxford, O., were badly bruised and cut up when the car in which they were riding caught on the corner of the bridge. The bridge is very narrow and it is almost impossible for a car to go through it. The boys were riding in a larere Buick, comparatively new. which was almost completely demol lshed. Wise was In a condition to be taken to his home In Connersville. Miller was brought to Richmond and then taken to his home Medical aid was given both of them here. Persons who went to the place of the accident said that the boys evidently were not able to see the condition of the bridge because of the dense fog. Many complaints have been made of this bridge which has caused many accidents. Three persons have been killed there, .

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Ex-Kaiser Should Have Abdicated Day Earlier Declares Prince Baden (By Associated Pr's) BERLIN, Aug. 6. The Neu Berliner Zeitung today publishes excerpts from a lenthy description by Prince Max of Baden former Imperial German Chancellor of a telephone conversation he had with the then Emperor William, Nov. 8, 1918. The conversation lasted twenty minutes. 'The Kaiser, was very violent and frightfully unaware of the attitude of the troops to him" says the description. "We spoke of a military expedition against Berlin but he refused to listen to my recommendation that he abdicate. Had the general staff told him November 8 as it did November 9, the truth about the army, I have no doubt that the Kaiser would have abdicated the evening of the 8th. "Then It would In human calculation have been possible for the majority socialists to keep the worklngmen In the factories. Certainly there would have been an uprising but only by the radical element. The troops in Berlin would have conducted themselves more reliably. "One of the most dangerous points of contact between the rioting workmen and the soldiers was the fact that the Kaiser had not abdicated." REPRESENTATIVE OF STATE TAX BOARD MEETS LOCAL MEN S. N. Cragun. a member of the state board of tax commissioners, and special representative Fitch were at the court house Wednesday, meeting rep resentatives of Wayne county corpora tions to give information concerning the filing out of corporation reports. Reports of corporations turned in were not complete and the tax commissioners are here to aid the corpora tions in straightening out the en tanglements: Tax assessors here some time ago informed the corpora tions that their reports need not be complete and they went on the assumption that these assessors were correct. As a result It is necessary to make out new reports. This may result in a readjustment of the tax assessments in the county. Special representative Fitch declared that conditions in Wayne county are no different than they are in other counties in Indiana. Moreover, the fact that representatives of the corporations were misled by the tax asses sors furnishes an excuse. More than 50 representatives of Wayne corporations are at the court house receiving information. Changes Announced In State Fair Race Rules (By Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 6. Secretary Kennedy, of the Indiana State Fair board, has announced several changes in the rules, as regard the payment of prizes to winners of the horse races at the State Fair, this season, which will be held the first week in September. Exception is taken to the Associa tion rule which provides for a fourth heat in case of three heat winners at the end of three heats. The locals conditions state that "all races are Un ited to three heats." Also instead of giving 10 per cent of the nurse to the winner of the race the Indianapolis conditions state that 50 will be taken from the purse and given to the driver of the horse winning two or more heats. In the majority of races by the three heat plan, ono horse has two heats, so there is probability that a number of drivers will win $50. Another provision is that calling tor consolation races, in which all horses that do not finish as high as second twice in a race, may start. There Is a purse of $500 for this race, both for trotters and pacers. No entrance fee will be charged. Central Authority In England To War On Food Profiteers (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 6. Great Britain purposes estaDiiening a cenirai authority to deal with profiteering, it was announced by Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of reconstruction at the resumption today 'of the hearings dj the house of commons sitting as a select committee to inquire Into tne high cost of living and profiteering. Sir Auckland said this central authority. Reeordine to the government's plan, would be associated with local and county tribunals. New powers would be asked for in connection with the: project and an increase in penal ties for violations put into enecx. MARNE DIVISION TO LEAVE RHINE (By Associated Press) COBLENZ, Monday, Aug. 4. Thirty thousand American troops or tne Third division who defended Chateau Thierry and adopted for their unit the name "Marne division" will begin bidding farewell to the Rhine Tuesday after eight months service in occupied Germany. The first detachment of the Third division will leave by train for Brest Tuesday morning, and the transfer of the entire division is expected to be completed within a week. The Third division claims the dis tinction of being the only entire Amer lean division which fought on the Marne. The First division is preparing to begin entraining for the first leg of the homeward trip Aug. 15. Mean while the French are proceeding with their plans to occupy certain of the districts evacuated by the Americans. Within a few days the French will take over Treves and the areas between the Luxemburg border and the Rhine. The question where the American units which will remain in Germany indefinitely are to have their headquar ters and garrison Is now in the bands of Marshal Foch. A recently designed electric lighting and starting eauinment for gasoline. tractors Includes a governor for automatic engine speed control.

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High Prices, Says Mayor "The government is responsible for the high prices in everything and should make amends." said Mayor W. W. Zimmerman, Wednesday. "If the government had taken the materials and foodstuffs for the army at the same prices the consumers were paying there would have been no such condition as now exists. "However, wholesalers were paid double the price and let the government have all the materials and foodstuffs. The present situation in the high cost of living is the result. The government should Issue an order determining the price of everything." County Schools Will Open On September 2 Township schools in Wayne county will open the fall term on Tuesday, September 2, according to an announcement made Wednesday by the township trustees. The school opening was originally set for September 1, but owing to a conflict in examination and institute dates, for teachers, the date was changed. The examination will be held on Saturday, August 30, and the institute on September 1. Coal One Thing Not To Rise, Say Dealers Local coal dealers announced early Wednesday morning that as far as they knew there would be no immediate advance in the price of coal. Mather Brothers' company announced that they had raised prices 25 cents a ton, but they know of no immediate general advance. Increase In Price Of Milk Predicted Soon An increase In the price of milk was prophesied by a local dairyman, Wednesday, milk is now selling at 7 cents a pint and 13 cents a quart. He expects It to go to 8 cents a pint, and 14 cents a quart in the next two weeks If there is not a decrease in other prices. Food From Army Reserve Is Shipped To Cities (By Associated Press) COLUMBUS. O., Aug. 6. Large quantities of tinned food now stored in the huge army reserve depot here will be shipped immediately to ten of the largest cities in the country for sale through the postofSce depart ment direct to consumers, according to orders received today from Newton D. Baker, secretary of war. AUSTRIAN COUNTER REPLY IS RECEIVED (By Associated Press) PARIS. Ang. 6. The Austrian counter proposal to the peace terms were handed to the allied mission at St. Germain-en-Laye at 12:15 o'clock today. The counter proposals were brought at once to Paris and delivered to the supreme council of the peace conference. Winchester, Ind. 1 A double wedding took place in the clerk's office Saturday when Clarence Lock. 19, machinist, and Mildred Smi ley, 17, Winchester, were married, and Dale Williams, 22, farmer, and Mar garet Lock, 17, both of Union City, were also wed. The Rev. A. M. Addington of the First Christian church officiated. . . .In the suit of the Wagner Loan company of Cellna, Ohio, versus Charles M. Sawmiller and Anna Sawmiller, the court ordered property to be sold, which was done, the highest bidder being John H. Hitchcock, whose bid was $3,500. ...Samuel E. Thomp son has filed his bond for $50,000 as executor of the estate of his father, George O. Thompson . . ..Earl Denton was held up Saturday night, near Farmland, and robbed of his pocketbook containing between six and seven dollars. .Prof. Lee L. Driver and family are at home from an eastern trip. Mr. Driver delivered several lectures on the Consolidated school system, of which this county Is noted as having the best.... The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Scott, living southwest of the city died Sunday evening at about 8 o'clock. A short service was held Tuesday at the home. The body was taken to Germantown, O., for burial. Rev. Zelma Johnson having charge of the services. WHEAT HALF THRESHED. Wheat is about half threshed In the neighborhoods northwest of Richmond, 6aid farmers from that section who were in town Wednesday. Oats thresh ing has not yet begun. Wheat is be ing stored because of the car shortage. RAINFALL ONE-THIRD INCH Altho serving to cool the atmos phere, Tuesday's rain fall amounted to only .37 of an inch, according to the pumping station report. FAIR TO BE HELD WINCHESTER, Ind., Aug. 6. This city is making arrangements for a community fair to be held October 8 to 10. A community building will be erected 80 by 100 feet, with all mod ern conveniences. S. S. PICNIC POSTPONED Owing to health conditions the Sun day school picnic of West Richmond Friends' church will not be held Thursday. The date for the picnic will be announced later. T" 6 Bell-ansi Hot water , Sure Relief ELL-AN S OR INDIGESXLPM

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Extreme Indignation Roused by Increasing Prices on Food and Clothing. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 6. The food riots in Italy and agitations elsewhere on the continent are focusing attention on the continued increase in priceB of food and clothing in this country. Public feeling, judged by protesting letters to the press and the talk one hears in restaurants and private houses, is mounting to the point of extreme indignation. Newspapers are devoting much space to this subject and warning the government that unless It takes action to curb profiteering, trouble may be expected this winter. The governments' recent announcement that its present modified food control would be continued throughout the winter at least, does not appear to have appeased the public, and the demand is widely made for a return to the strict wartime regulations. Clothing Prices High. There is great discontent among the small householders. One writes to a London paper complaining of the high prices demanded for eggs, milk and fruit and declaring: "Those who buy and sell seem to have gone mad in their get-rich-quick craze, and their impertinence in what they charge the public is something gross." The same writer, discussing the "extortion on clothing," quotes the announcement made in the house of commons the other day that the high prices of woolen garments was not due to short supplies or government charges, and that stocks of wool in this country are the greatest ever known. "If that is so," the writer comments, "why are all woolen goods at famine prices, and why does a man's suit of clothes cost anything from eight to eighteen guineas $40 to $90? Why is the profiteering allowed?" The Ministry of Munitions officials who made the announcement regarding wool said that the bulk of responsibility for the high prices of woolen goods lay between the man who makes the cloth and the dealer. He said the government was considering action to stop profiteering. -TABLETS -tR 15? Clem Thistlethwaite. Richmond. Ind. Thursday afternoon special matinee for the children, a little playlet will bo made also Impersonations of their favorite film stars. Parents kindly have your children at the Washington theatre early, Tomorrow. PHOTOS 722 MAIN ST RtQtMOflQ IT?

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