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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
MOSCOW CROWDED
WITH war REFUGEES

MOSCOW. Dec. 21.-Day after day
the crowds of refugees passing on the
road from Brest to Moscow increases
Over 25O.O0O of them have entered the
city. But the cry is still they come.
Even now, after all the efforts which
have been made to stem the tide an
other 100000 fresh refugees are en-
pected to pass through the great high
way of Smolensk, the most important
center on the main road to Moscow.
In order to meet the tremendous de-
mand for accommodation temporary
barracks and specially prepared sani-
tary stations are being got ready TO:
them.> o
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
DOLLAR BILLS USED
TO DECORATE TREE

Representing leaves, fifty new one
dollar bills strung on Christmas tree
during the annual entertainment at
the Fairview Methodist church last
night was prominent feature OF the
program. The sum of money was the
Christmas offering to the church.
The entertainment consisted OF a
cantata delivered in two parts in
which forty persons participated be-
fore crowd of $50 people. The
church was beautifully decorated with
holly and evergreens. A solo by Miss
Martha Ligon was especially pleasing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
BY EDGAR ILIEF.

The history Of party government in
the United States shows that there
can be but two great or true political
parties at the same time. Our party
government began with Washington
and Hamilton as Federalists and JET
ferson and Madison as the opposite
party known as nti-Federalists or
Republicans The Jefferson party be-
came known later as the Democratic
Republican and from Andrew Jack
SON on as the Democratic party such
as We now know it.
The Federal party became known
a. Wings, and then later. from FIRE.
mont and Lincoln, as the Republican
rarty az we now understand it Here
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
FUTURE OF REPUBLICAN
PARTY DEPENDS UPON
GOOD H0USE.CLE Gaming

were two streams running side by
side. assuming different names, and
changing names, but each preserving
it's individuality, it's policies and it's
ideals. In both parties the name and
form and phase were temporary but
the substance was permanent. Some
times one filled the social conditions.
sometimes another. Thus we have
had a series of ''ins and OUTS, and
changes from one party to the other
as the country grew and developed
and had to grapple with new prob
lens. This is good and necessary as
long as the real power resides in the
people and flows upward. Around
the base OF these two parties there
lContinued On Page Fifteen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS
SUPPORTED BY HAMDLEY:
GILES EXPLAINS PLAN

Councilman l.. A. Handley. who has
opposed the stablishment of a teach
ers' retirement fund in Richmond. and
who forced council to consider this
question. now advocates the applica-
tion of the pension law locally.
He admitted today that he had been
converted by Superintendent Giles Of
the Richmond public schools. Mr.
Giles presented a complete statement
at a meeting held last night in the
high school auditorium. attended by
school teachers, members
Of the school board and interested
citizens Among the speakers were
B. F. Moore. superintendent of the
Muncie schools and author OF the pen
sioa Law: Superintendent Hines Of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21

Second-Every person connected
with the conspiracy already is known.
Third-The financing of the plot has
been revealed almost to the last ex.
penditure of a dollar and the places
where the reserve fund" is hidden
are matter of record
Fourth-The high agent in complete
charge Of the work in this country -
known; his every movement q
watched and every communication he
makes Is made matter of record His
arrest would be possible at an hours
notice.
The reputation by the German gov
ernment of the acts Of the conspira-
tors has resulted. the secret agents ad-
NIT. In the abandonment Of a plan that
carried with it crippling or destruction
Of five big munition plants: sinking OF
a dozen ships and crippling of copper
mines in upper Michigan and steel
plants and factories in Illinois. Penn
sylvania and Connecticut.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21

Charlottesville schools; ] n. Study.
superintendent OF the Fort Wayne
schools and formerly superintendent
OF the Richmond schools; Miss lean
Bernard Of the department of state.
Indianapolis. and b. c. Robbins, at.
torney for the school teachers. All
urged the application of the law In
Richmond.
Council Non-Committal.
Councilmen did not commit them
selves as to their attitude on the ques-
ton, nor did the members OF the
school board.
"Mr. Giles was the only man who
put up clear, understandable. con-
sistent argument to establish the pen-
[continued On Page Fifteen.l
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
TO KEEP ROADS OPEN

The cooperation of all Of the road
assistants in keeping the highway Of
the county in the best condition pos
s1ble during the winter months, was
assured Postmaster Beck by County
Road Superintendent Jones today MIR.
Jones said today that he is as anxious
as the postmaster is to keep roads
open at all times no matter how deep
the snow becomes.
This will be absolutely necessary for
successful operation of the motorized
rural routes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
VILLA LEADERS QUIT

WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-General
Funston telegraphed the war depart
ment today that all of General Villa s
officers had surrendered to the Car
rama forces in the state of chihuahua.
The American commander made no
mention of whether the Villa officers
will he granted amestv
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
CHANGE CITIZENSHIP

PETROGRAD, Dec. 2l.-Thousands
Of Bulgars resident in Russia are ap-
plying to the Russian Government for
naturalization papers. Their chief rea-
son for this is to express to the land Of
their adoption their Indignation against
Bulgaria for having joined with Ger
many against the Allies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
RuASzkY IS RELIEVED

PETROGRAD. Dec. 21-General
Ruszky. commander of the northern
group OF Russian armies. has heen re-
lieved of his command by an imperial
ukase. which has just been issued
However, he will remain a member Of
the supreme military council. General
RusZky was put in command OF one Of
the three main armies when the Gar
succeeded Grand Duke Nicholas as
c comma nder-in-chief on September =
last.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
PERS|ANS ATTACK

PETROGRAD. Dec. o1.---Fightirg G
betw cen Russians and the Persian
gendarmie in Persia is getting more
violent in the mountain regions south
west of Teheran. Strong detachments
of gendarmes and K ,rd tribesmen, Of
ficered by SWedes, Turks and Ger
mans. attacked the Russians north
east Of Hamadan.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
.BRIT0NS LOSE z MEN

LONDON. Dec. 21.-The total losses
accompanying the withdrawa of the
allies from Suvla and Auzac front on
the Gallipoli peninsula were only two
naval men wounded. Announcement
of this was made in the House of Com
mons today. Only small quantity OF
stores and six disabled guns were left
behind
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
TAFT IS IMPROVING

CHICAGO, Dec 21.-Former Presi-
dent w Fl. Taft reached here from La
Crosse. Wis. today where he had been
i'll for two days. He was quite weak.
His voice was husky. Despite his
weakness Mr.. Taft left here for South
Bend, Ind. to speak on international
peace and preparedness for the United
States
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
SULTAN H0N0RS
TEUT0N PRIVATE

CONST TANTlNOPLE, Dec. 21-Wal-
ter llOose, a German non-cOmmissiOn-
ed officer, serving in the Turkish
navy. has been decorated by the sui
tan with the iron crescent and the
Turkish medal for bravery. At the
same lime the gallant seaman re-
ceived the iron cross from the German
emperor. and the Turkish ruler pre-
sented him with a gold watch studded
with diamonds
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
SERvIA RAvACED

ROME, Dec. 21.--Bulgarians are
systematically destroying Servia, ac-
corSling to NJ. Euluvic, Servian minis
ter of public works, who arrived at
Messina with a number of other Ser
Wan refugees today. Nrania was loot
ed and then razed to the ground by
Bu1garians.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
AMERICANS SAFE

PARIS, Dec. 21.-A Salonika dis
patch dated Monday says that Mrs.
Walter Farwell Of Chicago, Dr. Henry
Forbes of Boston and Miss Mitchell,
an American nurse, who were detained
by the Bulgarians when Monastir was
captured. are still held there but are
safe and we'll
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
FIRE KILLS TWO

BOSTON. Dec. 21.--TwO firemen
were killed. another buried under tons
Of machinery from which he was res
cued nearly dead after two hours
work. and fourth seriously injured
by fall, at a fire, believed to have
been of incendiary origin, in six
story factory building on Cambridge
street, early today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
GENERAL
MARKED FOR DEATH

MILAN, Dec. 21.-An attempt to
assassinate General Tedoroff, COM
mander Of the Bulgarian army in
southern Servia, was made by a So
cialist soldier who fired at the COM
mander three times, says a dispatch
from Florina. The soldier was i'm
executed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
GEN, D'WET PARDONED

CAPE TOWN. South Africa, Dec. 81.
General De Wet and 11S others. who
took part in the Boer uprising last
year and who were sentenced to prison
for treason were released today after
they had signed pledge not to take
part in any anti-government agitation
in the future.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
SHELLED
. (BUlIETIN.)

ATHENS, Dec. 21.-Varna. the chief
Bulgarian port on the Black sea, has
again been bombarded by Russian war
ships. according to Information receiv-
ed here today. These advices report
that squadron of sixteen Russian
transports filled with troops, accom-
panied the Russian warships.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
REFUGEES GO HOME

KIEFt'. Dec. 2l.-(1reat numbers Of
Austrian subjects, who came here as
hostages from various Galician towns.
captured by the Russians at the time
of their invasion Of Austria, have now
been sent back to Tarnopol in Galicia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21

For Richmond-Partly cloudy to.
night and Wednesday with moderate
temperatures.
General Conditions-Fair weather
prevails generally over the Central
States, but an extensive storm area,
moving southeastward from Canada
will cause considerable cloudiness dur
ing the next thirty six hours. A trop-
ical storm. central over Florida. is
causing rains in the southeast, with a
cold wave along the gulf. where tenn
peratures are near the freezing point
-. W. F.. Moore. Weathar ForacaatAx.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
COLDER DAYS GIVE
COUNTY PRISONERS
REST FROM ROADS

The cold weather has been heralded
with delight by the residents of the
county Jail County Road Superintend
ent Jones announced today that be
cause of the frozen ground. the prison
ers will not be used but very little
this winter on the roads of the county
Throughout the year the prisoners
have been at work on the roads and
have saved the county over thou
sand dollars in salaries for road repair
mer. Many Of the prisoners. however.
do not object to the work but the large
ma jOrity of them would rather stay in
a warm Jail than work on Il cold road
AS soon IS the weather warns up in
the spring. they will return TO work
is GRANTED PENSION.
Pension al the rate of S12 per month
has been granted to Mrs. Rebecca W.
Miller. BIS North Eighth street
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
Weather Forecast

United States Report-PartIy cloudy
tonight and Wednesday. Warmer
northeast portion tonight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
TURKS REACH SEA.

ONSTANTINOPLE. Via Berlin
Wireless, Dec. 21.-The Turkish war
office announced today that the Allies
had withdrawn from the Suvla and
Anzac fronts on the Gallipoli penin-
sula because Of terrific attacks launch
ed by the Ottoman forces all along the
line Following is the text of the re-
port:
"The Turks began a general often
sfve on the Dardanelles. There was
violent fighting in all sections. The
Turks began their attacks at Anafarta
(Suvla bay> and Ari Burnu. The en-
emy launched counter attacks at Sedd-
El-Bahr, which were repulsed. The
Turkish artillery caused heavy losses
to the enemy. The Turkish troops,
who had waited for months for this
moment. showed immense enthusiasm
that finally the Turks had defeated the
enemy on the Anafarta and Ari Burnu
fronts. The enemy fled and the Turks
reached the sea-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-21
OARDANELLES TROOPS
MOVED TO BALKANS.
SAY MILITARY EXPER ERTS

facilities being afforded for such an
operation.
There are reported to be at least a
quarter of million Bulgarian, Austro-
German and Turkish troops massed on
the Greek border and many military
experts feel certain that a drive Will
be launched against Salonika.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-05-28

est evidence of the increasing interest
that is being taken in schools AMI
school children in all communities Of
throughout the country of the fathers
clubs would aid greatly in solving
many of the public school problems.
We have the ideal of collective moth
erhood expressing itself through wo-
mems declarations. We have the ideal
of collective fatherhood also, but this
is waiting to express itself through or
CARNATIONS like the one established in
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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outfit, and invited the entire neigh
borhood to consider the property a
public playground"
So Mr.. Stevenson conceived the dea
of forming a fathers club because he
felt deeply that men ought to be inter
ested in children, and that they would
be interested if only some one fur
nished them with an impetus. And one
day in May, 1918, he persuaded about
thirty of his personal friends to spend
IN evening with him in their local
school building.
The writer says most of these mer
had never set foot in a schoolhousa
since their boyhood and, although
they knew that their taxes supported
the schools, they had felt no proprie-
tary pride or interest in them.
Aroused By Conditions.
Now they were aroused because
they were met with the startling an
rouncement that the were nota llowed
the smallest proprietary rights in any
of the buildings that they had paid for.
1t was with the greaest difficulty that
the board of education had been pre-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-05-28
EDISON SUGGESTS
BOYCOTT NOT WAR
AGAINST GERMANY

NEW YORK, May 2S.-Thomas A.
Edison, in an interview today at his
Orange, N. J., laboratory, declare
there are other methods of dealing
with Germany than by going to war
over the destruction of the Lusitania
and the loss of American lives.
AS one reprisal, the United States
could cut off trade, in Edison's opin-
ion, but he believes the American peo-
pie should go slow and consider what
Germany has to say about the Lusi-
tania before taking action. Declaring
that the United States is the only
bright spot on the earth's surface to-
day, and that we should keep it bright,
Edison said in part:
There is on my part feeling OF
the deepest horror over the destruction
Of the Lusitania. But if German
agrees not to attack American ships
with her submarines, think we should
be satisfied for the present, believing,
as do, of course, she promptly viii
make such financial reparation for the
destruction of American life as is pos
sible. This must not be construed as
meaning that | think money can con-
done such crime, however.
why should not our government,
accepting the terrible situation as it is
warn our people not to take passage
for foreign countries in any but Amer
lean ships? That is about what we dill
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-05-28

vailed upon to allow them the use Of
this building for one evening meeting.
The buildings were not intended to be
used after school hours.
The men listened to a plain talk
about schools, the board of education
and similar topics, the talk driven
home by the disquieting, but none the
less true, declaration that they were
alone responsible for the shortcom-
ings of the educational system.
That talk made those men think
They did little sentimentalizing over
the subject. They just decided that
Mr.. Stevenson was right, that the bus
mess of being a father was mans
sized job, and they wouldn't shirk it
any longer.
But fathers Stub, as suggested
by the chairman, didn't it sound rather
goody-goody? And what could it ac-
complish that the mothers clubs hadn't
already covered?
The Desire to Aid.
With a discussion of what fathers
club might be and what it might mean,
not only to the family, but to the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-05-28
In the Mexican situation.

In the Mexican situation.
1--WE warned Americans to get out
of Mexico because it was a dangerous
place for them to be in. We may very
properly warn Americans to keep off
foreign ships because they, too, are
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-05-28
dangeroug placeg for them.

dangerous places for them.
"If our quarrel with Germany is as
serious as even the most bitter of us
believe it to be, we can harm her moro
by boyeotting her and helping her enc
mics than we can by fighting her."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-05-28
The Work Of a Year.

In little more than years time
the leaders spread their conviction all
over the town, and organized, in every
school district, clubs where the men
meet regularly for the sole purpose Of
studying the needs of the community's
children and how to satisfy those
needs. This appearance of the spirit
of collective fatherhood is so new, so
unusual and so important, that it has
been made the subject of bulletin by
the United States bureau Of education.
The story the writer tells of the in
ception of this movement and its de-
velopment S most interesting. There
was a man with a genuine love for
children, who was troubled that GER
tain of his friends seemed to find irk-
some at times even the society of their
own CulIuIGu. MOSL u INC ln0A IA In0
neighborhood were interested in all
sorts of young and growing things ex-
cept children, most of whom were al
lowed to shift for themselves. 1t was
different with the Stevenson children,
whose father and mother never SEEM
ed to be bothered by them, and around
whose home other children were en-
couraged to play.
"Mr. stevenson owned some vacant
lots adjoining his home, and he deliber-
erately laid out a tennis court and d
croquet ground, installed a basketball
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-05-28
Fathers CLUBS WORK
IN INTEREST OF SCHOOLS
WONDERFUL RESULTS OBTAINED
IN YEARS TIME AT COUNCIL
BLUFFS, IOWA.

Putting 1t Up to the Fathers is the
subject of a most interesting article
by Rheta Childe Dorr, in the May
number of Good Housekeeping
1t tells how in Council Bluffs, Iowa,
nearly a thousand men have formed
the Federated Fathers Clubs of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, the first organization of its
kind in the world.
What Sort of Father Are Your
is the clubs slogan, and the members
are not afraid to face the question.
The writer says: "The motherhood
of women has been dwelt on, publicly
and privately, until women, in any
role eXcep THAT of mothers, have had
to assume a sort of defensive attitude;
but it is a new thing to find anybody
not an avowed reformer considering
the fatherhood of men,"
No such responsibility can be
charged against the Federated Fathers
that have declared that the chief duty
of men is not to bear arms, CT even to
make money, but to take care of chill
dren.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-05-28

neighborhood, the meeting-and the
responsibility-of fatherhood began to
expand in the minds of the men. They
who admittedly, had never taken thier
individual responsibilities seriously
enough, now developed a desire to ia
Their the children of the entire school
district-of the entire town. Why
wasn't it the business of men to sur
vey the whole school situation, and
then go to work to make things as
they should be. Why not a fathers
club in each district, all the clubs
working together to protect the inter-
ests of the entire community?
"Now Council Bluffs has fourteen
fathers clubs, working with the origi-
nal organization to complete the school
census, to survey the entire school
system. and, finally, to learn the whole
job of being intelligent, efficient ia
theirs"
OF the details of childrenss lives the
average man knows Infinitely less than
90 women. Realizing this fact, rep
resentatives of all kinds of organized
bodies have been invited to appear be-
fore the fathers clubs to be catechized
in regard to their responsibility to-
ward children. The city superintend-
ent of schools and various principals
have been thus called upon, also the
board of education and the city coun-
Gil. The medical fraternity was invit-
ed to take part in discussion of sex
hygiene, open-air schools and play
grounds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-05-28
The Aim of the Clubs.

The ambition of the clubs is to link
the whole community together in the
interests of the school children The
members want to educate the town, as
well as themselves, in intelligent and
efficient parenthood.
The fathers clubs are only the lat
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
BOXING At YORK
PLEASES LOCAL FANS
Joe Barrett, of Baltimore, Will
Have Charge; First Big Show
on Tuesday

Harrisburg boxing enthusiasts are
receiving with favor announcement
that Joe Barrett of Baltimore will
stage some good Shows at York. Lam
caster is out~of the fghting game for
York is within easy ac-
cess from Harrisburg.
All fights in York will be staged un-
der the direction of the Eureka Ath-
letic Club, of which Joe Barrett is
manager, and the bouts will take place
in the Armory.
The first exhibition will take place
Tuesday night, February 9. on the
opening program will be Charley Col
Inns of Columbia who will meet Young
Herman Miller known as the Southern
middleweight champion. and, who has
been making good at Baltimore.
Young Sam Langford, of New York,
will meet Frank Hunter, the colored
lightweight boxer of Baltimore, and a
proteEe of Manager Barrett. Another
interesting bout will be between Tef-
ky. the newsboy champion, and Young
Gilly. of Baltimore. Other bouts will
he between Black Bill and Bill
Spriggs; and Young Jack Johnson and
Kid Gordon of Norfolk, Va.