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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
WILSON BACKED
IN RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED HERE
Thirty-two of Richm0nd's
Citizens Ask Congressman
to Support Plans for More
Adequate Defense.

Approving the policy of President
Wilson in recommending to Congress
an increase in the national defense
plans, resolutions were adopted at q
meeting in the Commercial club rooms
last evening called for the purpose Of
discussing the national defense prob
lem. Thirty-two citizens signed the
resolution which will be forwarded to
the state senator's and to Congressman
Gray the first part Of next week.
Copies of the resolutions will be
placed in the Commercial club rooms
and all of the local banks. Citizens
approving of the defense policy as out.
lined by President Wilson and desir-
ing a continuation Of the program for
increase armament for defense, are
asked to sign the petition before the
end Of this week.
Gist Of Resolutions.
The following are the resolutions
passed and the signatures of the men
attending the meeting last evening
approving of the Presidents program
as outlined in his message to con.
gress:
1--WE, the undersigned citizens Of
Richmond, Indiana, believing that q
peaceful policy even when supported
by treaties is not a sufficient guaran-
tee against war, and that there is no
assurance that the United States will
not again become involved in war, and
believing that we are not adequately
prepared to maintain our national pol
tcies, or to resist the encroachments Of
other nations should that condition
arise, and since our present defense
less condition is due to the failure Of
Congress to follow the carefully con-
sidered plans of our naval and military
advisers, Therefore Be It
"RESOLVED, That the United
States must undertake adequate mill
tary preparation for its defense; that
to this end we memoriaIize our repre-
sentatives in Congress that they enact
such laws as shall make profitable the
adoption of the plans of our military
and naval advisers in order that the
country may be properly prepared for
defense, and that they support the
President of the United States in his
policies in regard to the national de-
fense."
w. P. Robinson. I. B. Arnold, s. C.
Markley, F. I. Braffett, G. D. Cole,
Lewis Reynolds. M. c. Henley, A. C.
Martin. r. B. Nicholson. Paul Com
stock. w. A. Sample, DR.. J. NJ. Bulla,
P. P. Foster. H. F. Henley, DR.. George
Il. Hays. L. F. Ross, John Hartcorn,
John Melpolder, Frank Haner, c. E.
Thomason. r. E. Boyd, F. S. Bates, A.
u. Gayle. w. D. Foulke, J. Wharton,
s. w. Hayes. J. c.. Starr, C A. Nc
Guire, w. F. Bockhoff, r. D. Morrow,
}. Y. Poundstone. Sam Croft
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08

asking the Indiana senators and con-
gressmen to support any movement in
stituted in congress toward securing
a larger and more efficient fighting
force. -s-
Or. Ross Presides.
DIR. L. F. Ross, who was named
chairman of the meeting, was instruct
ed to appoint a committee OF five
men to discuss the advisability of
joining either the National Security
league or the American Defense
league. The question of forming an
independent organization unallied with
any of the larger defense organiza-
tions, will also be discussed. The
personnel of the committee has not
been named by DR.. Ross. A meeting
will be called next week for the pur-
pose of organization.
Mr.. Foulke quoted from one of the
[continued on Page Fourteen.1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
WHAT "DEFENSE"
ADVOCATES THINK
OF WILSON'S IDEAS

Prof. David w. Dennis-I have not
read the presidents message in detail,
but l am opposed to an increse in the
navy. No matter how large navy
we have it can be defeated by Eu-
ropean power or a combination Of Eu-
ropean powers, which undoubtedly
would oppose US.
Paul Comstock-Presiden Wilson's 8
recommendations do not meet the con-
ditions which are presenting them.
selves. His method would result in q
slow process. and something ought to
be done Immediately. Three years is
too long a time to secure the additional
army and navy forces the recommend
ations call for
DR.. L. F. Ross-Any step toward
greater preparedness is step In the
right direction. I have not read the
message in detail.
William Bockhoff-Any person who
has travelled through Europe Is i'm
pressed with the fact that the United
States should prepare for self-defense.
Wilson's recommendations are along
the right line, although I do not be-
lieve he has gone far enough.
William Dudley Foulke-President
Wilson's recommendations to congress
are good, as far as they go. 1t is a
step in the right direction, but he was
too slow in taking the step. Ten
years ago the navy of the United
States ranked second in the world,
now it ranks a bare fourth. The ap-
propriations recommended by the
president, however, are perhaps as
much as the country can stand at the
present The people as a whole are
not aware of the precarious position
of this country. and as they gradually
see this position, 1t will be possible to
do greater things in the way of pre-
paredness.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
DEFENSE LEAGUE FORMED
BY GROUP OF ADVOCATES
OF PREPAREDNESS PLANS

"rhis country is on the brink Of an
abyss and is In the peril of its life.
We must be ready to meet the crisis
or we will cease to exist or will be
subject nation" said William Dudley
Foulke at meeting in the CONNER
cial club rooms last night. l have
never felt SO strong for anything since
the Civil war, and we must be pre-
pared to meet the crisis when 1t
comes"
AS result of the sentiment ex-
pressed by Mr.. Foulke, Paul Com
stock, DR.. l.. F. Ross and others, a
special committee was appointed to
draft constitution and bylaws for
the formation of a defense league in
this city.
Resolutions were passed commend
ing the president on the position he
has taken in recommending increases
Ct the army and navy to congress and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
BRITISH DRIVEN BACK
FROM kUT-El-AmARA

CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec 8.-Dis.
patches received today from the Turk
ish front in Mesopotamia indicate that
the British have been driven from
their positions at Kut-el-Amara, the
place to which they retired after be-
ing decisively defeated in the Tigris
valley east Of Ctesiphon.
was set on fire BY the TURKS artillery
and two more British vessels were
captured. On board one Of those the
Turks found two seroplanes. making
the lrak front.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
IS DIVIDED

The estate of the late William
Schroer, valued at $4,000. will be dis
tributed among fifteen relatives, is the
will, which was entered for probate in
circuit court today, is approved by the
court Mr.. and Mrs. T. Ernest Pointer.
of this city, are the largest beneficiar-
les of the estate, receiving $1,000. ac-
cording to the terms of the will. Their
four children will receive 500 each
and the rest will be distributed among
the nephews and nieces Of Mr.. Schroer.
The Dickinson Trust company was APP
pointed executor of the WILL
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
BRITISH FALL
BACK IN SERvIA

LONDON, Dec. S.-British forces
fighting in Servia have retreated. This
announcement was contained in the
following statement made to the house
Of commons today by the Hon. Thomas
Mcnamara. parliamentary secretary to
the admiralty.
British forces assisting the Servians
accompanied the Servians in their re.
treat They are keeping in touch with
the Serbs and will do SO as long as
they can be Of service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08

Local Foreeast-Partly cloudy and
unsettled tonight. Thursday partly
cloudy. Colder tonight and Thursday
General Conditions-The lake storm
is moving slowly eastward causing
high winds over the Great Lakes and
central states. The gulf storm has
moved east to Florida and caused
heavy rains over the southern states.
3.46 inches Of rain fell at Galveston.
Texas, In the last "a hours Colder
weather from Canada is following the
storm but no indication Of any severe
weather for the present.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
farmer RAISES
C0RN'S WEIGHT:
Gets SIS FINE

Jarvis Mullen, a farmer living four
and a half miles northeast of Rich
mond, off the New Paris road, pleaded
guilty this morning to a charge OF
fraudulently representing the weight
of a quantity of corn he sold to Ed
Eadler, who resides on the Commons
road. He was fined SIS and costs. At
first Mullen entered a plea of not
guilty, through his attorney, Frank
Strayer, but later withdrew this plea.
The case was reported to Prosecutor
Keller by Inspector of Weights and
Measures Mckinley.
1t was charged by the prosecutor
that Mullen weighed wagonload of
corn on the scales at the Reid Hard.
ware store and was presented with q
weigh bill showing the weight, includ-
ing the wagon, totaled 1890 pounds.
Mullen, the prosecutor said, asked the
company employe to certify that the
wagons weight was $50 pounds. This
request was refused. He was told that
the wagon could be weighed after the
corn had been unloaded. Then, 1t was
stated, Mullen went into q saloon and
raised the figures on the weigh bill
from 1900 to $50, setting forth on
the bill that the wagons weight was
$50 pounds.
Mullen then agreed to sell the corn
at 5711 cents a bushel to Eadler, who
accepted the raised figures on the
weigh bill as correct. paying for 1880
pounds of corn when. in reality he Sc
cured only 1910 pounds. It was later
ascertained that the real weight of the
corn was $50 pounds. The carbon copy
of the weigh bill given to Mullen at
the hardware store showed that Mul-
len had tampered with the figures on
the copy he received. 1t was figured
out that Eadler overpaid Mullen $1.55.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
PROF. DENNIS PROTESTS
AGAINST GREATER ARMY

~ ais country can go around with a
chip on it's shoulder and the larger we
make the chip, the greater the tempt
aticn TO knock it off," said Prof. David
w. Dennis, of Earlham college when
called upon to address the mass meet
ing held al the Commercial club rooms
last evening in the interests of nation
al defense.
In this way, Prof. Dennis objected
to the increase In tho army and navy
of this country as recommended in
President Wilson's message.
why docs England want to take
the United States. They do not want
to land soldiers here to starve on our
shores. When we are attacked, there
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08

will not be any person in the United
States unwilling to meet the emer
gency. l do not see what the foreign
countries would do with an army when
they got it here. The nations of the
past have gone to destruction even
though prepared for war"
Il am not in favor of larger army
or navy unless we can have the largest
in the world Both German and Eng
land want to own the earth and some
nation ought to stand on the side OF
righteousness and go down II 1t must
What is Germauysssbig fleet. doiRs. u
is bottled up and powerless. I, That
could happen to any fleet the United
States could have?"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
WOMAN APPOINTED
TO MANAGE ESTATE

Mrs. Laura Bowman was appointed
Administrative of the estate of her hus.
band, william s. Bowman. who left
his home over five years ago and has
not been heard of since. Petition was
filed in circuit court by Miss Lucille
Bowman, daughter of the man. for the
appointment of an administrator in
absentee. Mrs. Bowman lives with
her daughter at 108 South Twelfth
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
PROF. BlNFORD TO ATTEND
SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

Professor Raymond Binford, head of
the department of zoology, has been
appointed a delegate from Earlham
college to the annual meeting of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science which is to be held
at Columbus, Ohio, on December n to
January !.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
LEAVES CALIFORNIA

! Mrs. M. r. Johnston, who has been
acting as senior decent at the San
Francisco exposition, will arrive home
Saturday, according to word received
today. She left California Monday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
HARVARD MEN ARRAlGNED.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Dec 8.-Nine
men, a number of them Harvard stu
dents. were arraigned in the superior
court today as the result of forty in
dictments charging wholesale illegal
registration OF Harvard students as
voters at the recent election.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
STANDARD on NoTIEIED
WILSON ORDERS PROBE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Announce
ment was made at the white house to-
day that President Wilson has ordered
an Immediately and thorough inquiry
into the attacks on the American
steamer Petrolite by a submarine fly.
ing the Austrian flag. It had been
planned to include the reported attack
on the Communipaw in the investiga
tion until 1t was learned that that yes
sci is safe.
1t was made plain that the president
is determined to act Immediately. A
vigorous protest will be sent to Aus
tria, demanding disavowal of the act
with a pledge that no more American
vessels will be attacked and promise
of full reparation for the loss Of Amer.
lean lives.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-08
Standard Oil Ship Reported
Torpedoed by Austrian
Submarine Puts in at Port
of Alexandria.
WILSON ORDERS PROBE
Will Send Vigorous Protest
to Austria Against Attack
on Petrolite and Other
American Vessels.

LONDON, Dec. S.-Rome dispatches
stating that the American oil steamer
Communipaw, has been sunk by a sub.
marine in the Mediterranean, were
flatly contradicted this afternoon by
reports that the vessel had reached an
Egyptian port. At 1:49 p. m. the Cen.
trail News Agency gave out the follow.
ing:
I'VE are officially informed that the
Communipaw has arrived at Alexan.
dria'
STANDARD OIL NOTIFIED.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-The Standard
Oil company today received a dispatch
from its representative at Cairo, stat
ing that the steamer Communipaw ar
rived at Alexandria on Sunday. Pre-
vious to the arrival Of the dispatch
from Cairo the Standard Oil officials
has accepted with reserve the Rome
advices that the vessel had been sunk.
The Cairo message strengthened their
belief that the vessel had not been
sunk.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-23
MOTION PICTURES MAY SOON Be
TAKEN AT GREAT SEADEPIHS

Suppose the treasure was shut
up in the hold OF a wreck"
We would blow up the wreck with
dynamite and then use the graphing
and hosting apparatus The great
point is that the tube will allow US to
search the bottom OF the sea. where
the depths are not too great. and to
stay down there comfortably. breath
ing good air rhe rest is merely a
matter of engineering detail. which
will be easily worked out by human
ingenuity. How difficult would il be.
for instance. 10 load spOnges and
pearls into lowered baskets II YOU had
the spCnges and pearls right before
your eyes,
And the same applies to bars Of
silver and chests OF gold laughed.
Exactly" said Williamson.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-23

In the January American Magazine
q writer tells a most interesting &C
count of a new invention by which
moving pictures of sharks and other
sea life are now taken at great depths
The inventor. Charles Williamson, is
O sea captain OF Norfolk. Va. whose
sons, George and Ernest, are carry
ing on the work The essential of the
invention Is a tube which Is lowered
into the wAter in which human be-
ings are enabled to remain and do the
photography with the assistance Of
powerful searchlights which they
carry. In the following extract taken
from the article. Mr.. Moffett relates
his conversation with one OF the Viii
liamSOns as to the probability that
this new invention opens the way
to regain lost treasures at the bottom
Of the sea which amount to many
hundreds of millions OF dollars:
Some say there is more gold at
the bottom OF the ocean than there
is in circulation" remarked George
Williamson. 1T is certain that gold
and silver have been sinking in the
sea for centuries. millions month.
going down like rain and never com,
ing up again. We think We have
way of getting some Of this treasure
up"
With your deep sea tubeT'
Yes. My father is now working
out plans to salvage the Mereda.
which was wrecked of the Virginia
coast few years ago. The board of
underwriters have given him a con-
tract to do this salvage work. The
MERIDA carried a large quantity of
silver bars, besides a safe full of jew
eiry in the purser's cabin on the up
per deck"
How far can you 90 down with the
.tube?'
Competent engineers say to a
depth Of 800 feet. and to go even deep
er Is merely a matter of structural
detail. A depth within our immedi-
ate reach is $50 feet We call that:
our commercial depth, and there are
wrecks enough within that limit to
keep men working for a hundred
years. The Empress of Ireland. for
instance, lies IN only 200 feet Of wa
ter"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-23
KAMEHAMEHA TO
PRESENT GLEE
CLUB PROGRAM

On Saturday, May Is. Honolulu will
have a chance to hear the kamehame-
ha boys in what advance notice says
is the best concert OF its kind ever
staged in Honolulu. For several years
these young musicians have been sing.
ing TO Overlooking houses out at the
school. and have been heartily vel,
coined when they appeared on other
programs. To respond to the frequent
and insistent calls for special per.
Torrance the. present program is being
prepared.
Andrus, who is leading the boys, has
at his command a wealth OF expert
ence with the Oberlin Glee Club. This
concert is developed along the lines
Of the best productions in the states
and many of the biggest hits will be
staged.
The program will consist OF three
parts-real classic "glees:" the Kind,
er Symphony" and familiar college
songs. No club in the islands pro-
duces the best American glee club
songs in so charming a fashion as the
cadets. The Kinder Symphony" as
rendered by the Royal Gypsy orchestra
is new and startling and though built
on classic lines, Is excrueiatingly fun
ny. The college songs lend fitting
finale to most enjoyable evening,
and develop the most subtle phase OF
glee club art.
Never before has the club had bet
ter talent and this production will
show It at its best.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-23
HAfMSHIBHl
! DRAWsfRfOF -.
BOARD MEMBERS

and there at the island they were de-
tanned from December 30, 1911, until
January 81, 1915, ] a period of more
than one month, during which time
they were bountifully fed by Kishi.
No one denies that fact.
But-and this is the cause of the
dispute and the legislation--the good
ship that brought the immigrants had
sailed away long before the month
had elapsed-had sailed away leaving
a 100000 bond with federal govern
ment officials, sum which 1t was
thought would prove ample. to cover
all quarantine expenses.
The quarantine food bill, however,
amounted to about >$29, 200, and the
excess $4,000, with legal interest, is
what Kishi hoped to recover by means
of the $4,000 legislative appropria.
ton. go. '..s.
The attitude of the board of ,imnai,
grafton is that they would be glad to
see Kishi get his money, and would
have themselves paid him long age
lad they considered the board morally
or legally responsible for the debt. .
But the sad fact, for Kishi. is that
the charter contract expressly stipu
lated that the ship owners were to
pay all quarantine keep expenses. To
cover those expenses they left that
$20.000 bond, which proved insuffi
cient And the good ship has not
been seen in Honolulu harbor since
she sailed away after leaving the i'm
migrants in quarantine.
The board bases its attitude on q
decision quoteda on page SIS, volume
2, Hawaii Reports, which quotes q
decision as follows: ''The ilegisla
ture has no right to make gift OF
public funds to any private individual
In the absence Of moral obligation
to support the appropriation"
The board makes an absolute denial
| Of any implied moral obligation" to
settle Kishfs bill, and points to the
| fact that even the federal laws and
regulations absolutely require the
ship to pay in full such charges as
those in dispute. <<.... IT,
Two years ago q bill 'appropriatine
money to pay Kishi was passed by
the Legislature, but was vetoed by the
governor Again the legislature has
voted the necessary funds. This time
another governor has signed the bill,
but sstill 'KisAi waits, empty handed,
for the warrant cannot / be issued
without the approval of the board
and still says nothing doing." despite
a summons to explain to the senate
and hints that. designations may be
asked for. @tl53 II
Each of the members of the board
has in his possession crisp new
parchment, the official notification of
appointment ratified oy the senate
And those new iparchments bear the
date of April 10, 1915.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-23
MODERN WAR. .

tBy Rev. James B. Dollard of Toronto
Carada)
The hurting bolts are screaming
Across the reddenfng skies,
To meet the columns streaming,
To death with eager eyes.
Along the far-dung trenches.
The splitting rife drives,
A ruthless hail that quenches
Ten thousand human lives.
Like mountain in .eonyulsion,
That roof the neither hell,
The siege-guns' vast propulsion
Coughs out the aonstrous shell.
The shrill machine-guns splitter
In feline rage and spite,
The bursting shrapneis sputter,
Red death aleft and right!
The war-planes, high in heaven.
Like giant vultures ride:
The plying skies are riven
To glut mems guilt and pride.
Of this our age Of ages
Are these the fow'r and gain?
What say We, modern -sages.
Are all your vauntings vain?
2
Are mercy dead and pity?
Are love and faith at loss?
Again through Zion's city
Must Christ bear forth His cross?