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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

Top-Runs Of home after fire. Below
The Forest Hill home of John ..
Rockefeller in East Cleveland be.
fore the fire.
CLEVELAND, O., Dec 21.-Friends
Of John D. Rockefeller, oil king, be-
| lieve he will soon order rebuilt his big
! old-fashioned home on Forest Hill in
| East Cleveland, which was destroyed
| by an early morning fire December Is.
! The finding of two empty five-gal-
Ion oil cans near the ruins caused Tom
Doreen, chief inspector for the Ohio
| fire marshafs department, to believe
| that the blaze was of incendiary orr
gin.
| Forest Hill was the treasure house
| for toys and playthings that the Rock
| efeller children played with years ago
| when the family fortune was being &C
Quired. Daguerotypes and keepsakes
! that had been in the possession of the
family since the childhood of Rookie
| Teller were to be found in the collec-
! ton of Valuables in the destroyed
building.
| Chests, furniture and pieces of an
tique that had been treasured by Mrs.
! Rockefeller were stored away and
these were consumed by the flames.
! Displayed Albums to Visitors.
John Hottois, eighty-siX, for thirty
nine years a gardener at Forest HILL
| said that Rockefeller took keen enjoy
ment in displaying the childrens keep
sakes and the family album" to visi-
! tors.
! II believe Mr.. Rockefeller would
rather have lost his oil holdings than
his old home,' said Hottois.
! DR.. H. F. Biggar, Rockefeller's physi-
clan and companion when the latter is
| in Cleveland, expressed his conviction
the Rockefeller would rebuild.
Most dignitaries and prominent per-
sons whom Rockefeller has seen fit
to entertain in past summers have
been shown through the house and
| have seen the oil king in a mood not
| general credited to him. For he wax
ed enthusiastic as he pored over and
displayed the little mementoes.
Adjons Famous Links
The house adjoined the famous golf
| links on which the wealthiest man
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

L. V. Schneider left this Afternoon
for Evansville where he will spend
Christmas with his parents.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
M'ADOO DENIES
LOAN STORIES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Published
reports that the third Liberty Loan
would be for $4,000 100000 at AZ per
cent interest, " per cent above the
rate on the second, were denied today
by Secretary McAdoo. In a formal
statement he said:
1.-The report that the next issue of
Liberty Bonds will be S8,000,O00, 900
and at Az percent and on March Is.
1918, is wholly unfounded. ! wish i
could make the patriotic newspaper
men of America realize how mischiey.
GUS and hurtful to the interests of the
country such speculative statements
are.
when a decision has been reached
about the next Liberty Loan it will be
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
NOTICE TO LOT OWNERS

The annual meeting of the owners
of lots in Earlham Cemetery will be
held at the office of VIM H. Bradbury
& Son in the Westcott block, on Mon
day, January 7, 1918, at the hour of
5 o'clock p. NJ. to elect one director
and to receive the report for the past
year. and for other business pertain
ing to the cemetery.
JOHN L. RUPE,
President
Howard A. Dill, Secretary.
22-29-5
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

Mrs. G. F. Pfafflin was in Dayton, O.,
yesterday. the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Carl Elliott
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
COULD AVOID LOSSES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-Heayy los
ses of food products caused by freez-
ing and other injurious weather con-
ditions could often be avoided if ship
pers watch the weather reports, it
was pointed out in statement issued
today by the department of acricuI-
ture
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

Persons having a Red Cross service
flag in their window are urged to put
q light In the back Of It on Christmas
Eve. A small electric light is suggest
ed % the safest means OF lighting up
the cross. Campaign leaders OF the
Red Cross hope to see many OF these
lighted crosses, symbolizing the spirit
Of Christianity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Dennis will go TO
Hamilton, O., Monday evening to
spend Christmas with the latter's par
snts, Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Broomhall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newell Todd and son,
will 60 to Piqua, O., to spend the mol.
idays with relatives. They will attend
a family reunion while there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton E. Sell left to-
day for st. Louis, Mo-, to spend the
holidays with friends and relatives.
Julian Mccarthy who is in the ava
ton reserve corps at Dayton. o., Will
spend Christmas with his parents, MI
and Mrs. John F. Mccarthy.
Mrs. g. II. Richardson and daughter
OF Columbus, O., will come today 10
spend the holidays with the former S
mother, Mrs. c. T. Henchman.
John Starr of ST. Louis will come
tomorrow to spend the holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William T.
Starr in the Keystone apartments. MT
Starr is visiting with friends in Gin
cinnati before coming here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Omer Guyton OF Nee
teete, Wyo, came today for WISH
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Bender and
Mrs. Alice Guyton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hill will leave
Monday for Versailles, KY, to spend
Christmas with the latter's parents,
Judge and Mrs. Edmund Mulsay.
The exhibition at the Richmond Art
club will be open this evening and to-
morrow afternoon and evening. The
public is invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Mott have gone
to Indianapolis to spend Christmas
with their son, A. r. Mott.
Mrs. J. B. Hartkarn has gone to st.
Louis, Mo, for weeks visit with her
daughter.
Mrs. Il. B. Niles left for Pittsburgh
Thursday to spend the holidays with
her son.
Mrs. C.. A. Brehm left Wednesday
for Los Angeles. Cal. She will spend
a few days in Denver, Col, Carper.
Wyo., and San Francisco on her way
to Los Angeles She will go to In
dianapolis on her return.
Miss Florence King, instructor in
the Home Economics department at
Indiana university, came home last
evening to spend her Christmas vaca-
ton with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. j.
e. King.
Lieutenant Fred woodward of Camp
sherman, Chillicothe, o., Mr.. and
Mrs. r. S. woodward and daughter
Jane, of Oak Park, ILL.,, and G. M.
woodward of Clinton, KY, will come
Monday to be the guests Of Miss Grace
woodward and the Misses Mollie and
Jennie Cole at their home, AZ South
Tenth street.
William Keys, who attends Dart
mouth college in Hanover, n. H., ar.
rived here this morning for two
weeks vacation with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. John Keys, 43 South Tenth
street.
L. V. Schneider left this afternoon
for Evansville where he will spend
Christmas with his parents.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

, floor. There had been no fire of any
kind in the building for more than a
month. The loss in money was $780,
600. ....-...
Only the fact that he had removed
the majority of his valuable painting
kept Rockefeller from a loss that
would have reached far into the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

1t is said that each year 100000 per
sons are committed to some Jail or
,eformatory. In 1910 the total mum Der
of prisoners and Juvenile delinquents
in the United States was 166,472. Ten
times as many males as females are
imprisoned, and nearly one-third of
our prisoners are colored.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

BOSTON, Mss, Dec. 22.-(SpeciaD
Law must wait when suffrage calls
to Mrs. Teresa A. Crowley, a practic-
ing attorney here.
In addition to her professional du-
ties her suffrage labor has been car
ried as splendid example of conse-
Grated patriotism.
While chairman of the legislative
committee for the Massachusetts Wo-
man Suffrage Association Mrs Crow
ley succeeded in securing the passage
of the suffrage measure through the
legislature of 1915 by vote of thirty
three to three in the senate, and 1877
to thirty-three in the house.
At present Mrs. Crowley is chair
man Of the congressional committee
for Massachusetts,, and will have
charge of the presentation of Massa-
chusetts signatures in behalf of fed
eral amendment for woman suffrages
PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
49, ~ <kIaa IDY

Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Maiden OF In
dianapolis will come tomorrow to
spend the holidays with the latters
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. McMinn
at their home, 412 North Nineteenth
street.
Willard Metz has gone to Portland
for visit with his grandmother, Mrs.
Rosa Dunmoyer. west Of that city and
his grandfather, T. J. Metz, east OF
Portland.
Mrs. Charles N. Moore went to Port
land yesterday called by the illness Of
her mother, Mrs. c. A. Bockoven.
Dr. and Mrs. W. ]. Smith and chill
dren will spend Christmas with rela-
tives in Winchester.
Mrs. Roy Clark and daughter are
visiting friends in Newcastle. They
were guests at meeting of the Eman-
on club Monday afternoon.
DR.. and Mrs. J. M. Bulla, Mr.. and
Mrs. Winfield Smelser, DR.. and Mrs.
M. S. Bulla. and Miss Mildred Smelser
went to Cincinnati today to attend the
wedding of Henry Bulla of Salt Lake
City, Utah, and Miss Mildred Russell
which took place this evening at the
home of the brides parents in Cincin-
natl. .-..--
MI and Mrs. Fred Bethard and son,
| will spend Christmas with relatives in
| indianapolis.
Miss Celina Gehr who has been
! teaching school in Conover, O., and
Stanley Gehr student at Purdue uni
| versity, are here visiting their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Gehr, at their
nome, 400 South Fourteenth street.
| M. T. Nordyke has returned after
spending a week sketching at Cedar
| Crest the studio of J. 4. Bundy, south
of the city.
Members Of the Eden Rebekah de.
gree staff are asked to be at the hall
this evening as work will be given
After the initiation, social hour with
refreshments will be enjoyed. Each
| member is asked to bring sandwiches
for the luncheon.
Miss Mildred Nusbaum, who attends
Western college at Oxford, O., came
| Wednesday for two weeks visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs o. P
| Nusbaum at their home, PA North
| Thirteenth street
| Miss Meta Pfafflin of indianapolis
and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Elliott of Day
ton, o., will arrive this evening tc
spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs
G. F. Pfafflin at their home, 1924 Main
| street.
! The annual Christmas party to be
given by the Alice Carey club will be
given at the home of Mrs. Mary Moore
at her home, 1114 North c street
Mrs. Effie Hanes will have charge oil
the program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen McConaha oil
| Louisville, KY, are here to spend
Christmas with their parents, Mr.. an6
Mrs. Walter McConaha and Mr. an6
| Mrs. j. w. Bayer.
Mrs. G. F. Pfafflin was in Dayton, o.
yesterday. the guest of her daughter
Mrs. Carl Elliott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gates ane
daughter, Katherine, will spend the
holidays with their son, Philip Gates
and wife in Piqua. Miss Katherine
Gates Will play a cello solo at Christ
mas entertainment while there.
Rev. G. Raymond Isley of Second
English Lutheran church, will leave
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

officially announced. Meanwhile all
other statements and rumors may be
disregarded."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

2277--This coat model is fine for
double faced woolens. for broadcloth,
velour, corduroy, serge. plush and 9th
err pile fabrics. The lines are simple
and stylish. The garment is easy to
develop. Mixed cheviot suiting in
green and brown tones could be COM
bined with green broadcloth for col
lar and cuff facings.
The Pattern is. cut in sizes: "a,
Sc, SO, 40, AZ, A and As inches bust
measure. Size So requires 61s yards
of 54-inch material.
A pattern OF this illustration mailed
10 any address on receipt of 10 cents
in silver or stamps.
Name ................... minimum.
Address ...................
City '....
Size .................. -.
Address Pattern Department, Palla-
dunn.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

Ollie Often, who is located at Camp
Taylor. is here to spend the Christ
mas holidays with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Often.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

Rev. G. Raymond Isley of Second
English Lutheran church, will leave
Monday morning to spend Christmas
with his brother at Edinburgh, Ind
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-22
SUBMARINES WIN
GREAT FIGHT AT
SEA, IS REPORT
Five Merchant Ships and Two
Destroyers Said to Have
Been Sunk
BATTLE NEAR IRELAND
England Said to Have Or
dered Services to Keep
News a Secret
By Associated Press

An Atlantic Port. Sept. 22.-Pas-
sengers who arrived from England
to-day on an American steamship
brought circumstantial reports that
five British steamships and two de-
stroyers out OF a convoy neet of six
which left Lough Swilly, Ireland, Sep
tember 3, We're sunk by German sub
marines within a few hours of the
port of departure.
The story was told, among others,
by shipwrecked seamen, who were
survivors of other summarized ves-
sells, and by merchant ship officer
who had been in Lough Swilly.
Massed U-Boats
The five vessels. it was said, con-
voyed by the destroyer ers. put to sea
shortly after midnight, and they were
attacked by massed submarines at
daylight the following morning. The
news of the disaster was learned
when the destroyers which escaped
put back to port bringing survivors
of the torpedoed merchantmen and
warVessels.
The closest secrecy was immedi-
ately thrown about the incident" the
merchant ship officer said. The sur
vivors were given positive instruc-
ticns to say nothing about it. and no
details as to the names of the ships
or the extent of loss of life could be
learned. 1t was reported that one
and possibly two of the U-boats were
sunk by the destroyers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-22
House May Probe Bribes
Given by Won BernstOrff;
Lansing Not Suspicious

Washington, Sept. 22.-Chairman
Flood, of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, declared to-day after
comforting with Secretary Lansing
that he thought there probably would
be u House investigation of Count
Won Bernstorff's plans to influence
Congress by spending $4,000 as re-
voaled in his dispatches to Berlin.
Secretary Lansing sees little that
a congressional inquiry could develop
but charges made on the floor yes
terday by Representative Hefling of
Alabama that certain members have
acted suspiciously" and veiled accu-
setions made by other representatives
in interviews probably will force an
investigation Mr.. Flood said.
Secretary Lansing authorized the
following statement:
IF there is any misunderstanding
| wish to say very emphatically | do
not see how the Bernstorff message
in any way reflects upon Congress or
any member. Apparently it was the
purpose to employ agencies to influ-
ence them, of which they would have
no knowledge and in case they were
influenced would be entirely innocent
l do not know what the organization
was. This expose is apropos of Ger
man methods of peace propaganda
and there is no intention of casting
suspicion on members of Congress"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-22
URGES PEOPLE
T0PLANT TREES
EXTENSIVELY
DR.. Schaeffer Calls Attention
to the Need of Refores-
tation at Once

DR.. Nathan C. Schaeffer, State
superintendent of Public Instruction
to-day issued his Autumn Arbor Day
proclamation designating Friday
October 2S, as the date and urging
people because of the war to plan;
trees extensively The problems OF
conservation and reforestration are
more pressing than ever before" says
the superintendent.
The proclamation is as follows:
The ravages of war emphasizes
anew the importance of observing
Arbor Day. Large areas formerly
covered by forests have been turned
into deserts. New tracts have been
robbed of their timber to supply the
lumber needed for shipbuilding. The
problems of conservation and re-
forestration are more pressing than
ever before. The rising generation
should be made to see the relation
of tree planting to the food problem.
Trees produce not merely apples
peaches, pears, cherries and many
other fruits, but indirectly they have
much to do with providing food for
man and beast. Forests regulate
the flow of water, help to prevent
destructive floods and soil erosion,
and thus indirectly contribute to
abundant harvests. The economic
uses of trees in their relation to food,
fuel, shelter, shade, commerce and
industry, should be taught along with
the best methods of planting trees
and protecting them against noxious
insects and other enemies.
Few birds are found where there
are no trees. The value of the
feathered friends of the farmer
should receive due attention in the
lessons on trees given at school.
Annually the Chief Executive ap-
points two Arbor Days in the month
of April. To perpetuate the laudable
custom of observing in the fall an
additional Arbor and Bird Day.
Friday, October Goth, 1917, is
hereby designed as Autumn Arbor
Day, and the schools are earnestly
requested to observe the day by tho
planting of trees and by other ap-
propriate exercises"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-22
SEVENTY
ARE BRANDED AS
SLACKERS HERE
Big Number Fail to Appear
Before Two Boards; Some
May Have Enlisted
RUMORS OF GRAFT HEARD
Reported That Interpreter
Took Money by Telling Men
He Could Release Them

Dauphin county has II "slackers." "
This was announced to-day by the
Steelton and Paxtang boards. A
search of the papers filed away by
both boards disclosed the names of
IT men who had failed to put in ap-
pearance when summoned for en-
animation.
The Paxtang board has a list of
62 names, which represented those
who did not appear out of SGT that
were examined. The Steelton board
has thirteen, representing those
missing from the last 90 men that
were called to appear Wednesday.
The Steelton board several weeks
ago published the names of more
than sixty "slackers' and the ma
jority of these were rounded up by
the Steelton and State police. The
names of the last l 5 men published
to-day has been sent to the police
a~ the rounding up of them has
begun. OF the fifteen, fourteen live
TContinued OH Page a.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-22
China Wants to Send
$4,000 Soldiers to Europe
For Trial, if Way Is Paid
Ry Associated Press

Peking. Monday, Sept. 17.-(De-
layed).-The president and the cabi-
net have agreed to the plan of send
ing a trial division of $4,000 Chi
nese soldiers to France II monty,
equipment and shipping are avail
able. The entente allies have ap-
proved the proposition and France
is eager to receive the contingent.
The Chinese probably could reach
France by January /. An abundant
number of fairly trained soldiers is
Immediately available for the expe-
dition.
The premier is in favor of send
ing 100000 men and the provincial
authorities are heartily in support of
the plan in the event that the Canton
provisional government gives its ap-
proVal to the war with Germany,
The Chinese soldiers probably will
be used as a second line force In
France until they are better trained
In the latest methods of war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-22
ARMED THIRTY
THUGS TO BEAT
UP THE VOTERS
Four More Political Gunmen
Trailed to New York
and Arrested
WERE PAID TO TERRORIZE
Promised Protection and
Easy Money" by Politic-
ians as Yet Unnamed

Philadelphia, Sept. 22.-With six
men under arrest, the police authori-
ties to-day said, they have thor
ouGhly established that a band of
hired men were brought to this city
for strong arm" election work at
last Wednesdays primary and are
now endeavoring to learn the iden-
tity of the men higher up who en-
gagged the men and furnished the
money.
Two alleged gunmen are under
arrest here, one charged with the
actual shooting of Policeman Eppley
and the other with being an access
sorry. In addition Mayor Thomas B.
Smith, Isaac Dutsch, one of the can
didates in the election row, and Da-
vid Bennett, police lieutenant, are
to have a hearing Tuesday on a war;
rant sworn to by another politician
charging them with conspiracy to
commit aggravated assault and MUIR
der. Dutsch and Bennett vehemently
deny they had anything to do with
the hiring of thugs to win the pri-
mary. Mayor Smith. who also de-
MED when the warrant was issued
for him that he knew anything about
bringing hired men to the city.
The men arrested. Captain Tate
said, are Ruggierio Falcone, 81 years:
Louis Braunelli. "a; Michael Donnelly
81, and Fred Burkhardt 81.
Question Gunmen
The two alleged gunmen under ar
rest here were examined by detec-
tives to-day in the hope of learning
further details of the alleged plot to
murder and terrorize voters in the
Fifth ward on election day
Mayor Smith, who, with local poll
tician and a police lieutenant, will be
given a hearing next Tuesday on the
murder conspiracy charge, is out of
the city, having packed up his golf
sticks and motored to Atlantic City,
The Indignation OF citizens result
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-22
DISARMAMENT OF
NATIONS TO END
WAR,POPE'SPLAN
Would Suppress German Mil
itarism to Make Another
War Impossible
HITS AT .CONSCRIPTION
Big Armies Said to Make
Great Nations Ready
For Fighting
By Associated Press

Rome Friday), Sept. 22.-CaIdinal
Gasparri, the papal secretary of state.
has emphasized to The Associated
garding a solution of the war by the
suppression of conscription and also
a joint commercial boycott of any
nation which refused to disarm, the
occasion being the publication in the
Italia. of Milan. of an article on the
peace plan of the Holy See. 1t is evil
dent from the article that the Vat
lean aspires to suppress German mill
tarism by securing a peace treaty
requiring the permanent disarmament
of that nation.
The Italia declared that the Holy
See in it's call for peace out of a
feeling of delicacy towards the bel
ligerent powers would not indicate
practical motions with which to OBJ
tain and maintain disarmament leav-
ing the nations to decide the means,
CONTINUED on Page 12l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-22

]. William Bowman, member of
the firm of Bowman & Company,
and one of the best-known and most
progressive businessmen of Harris
burg, was appointed at noon to-day
mayor of the city of Harrisburg by
Judges Kunkel and McCarreIl of the
Dauphin county. court, to fill the Of
flee for the six weeks period between
now and the general elections in No
Nember, when ms successor will be
chosen.
The appointment was made in ac-
cordance with the recently passed
State law which requires the court to
appoint, upon petition of ten quail
fed citizens, in cases where a council
fails to fill a mayoralty vacancy
within thirty days after death or
resignation of an incumbent. In this
case the death of Mayor Charles A.
Miller left a vacancy which council
failed to fill in the required period
and Colonel Henry c. Demming, act
ing for the Harrisburg Volunteer
Firemen's Association, presented the
necessary petition to the court The
appointment of Mr.. Bowman was
announced by the court at noon to-
day in response to this petition.
Mr. Bowman will serve until his
successor is selected in November
Whoever is elected at that time will
serve out the uneXpired term of
Mayor Meals and therefore will take
office as soon as his election shall
have been certified to the courts.
appointment Pleasing
The appointment of Mr. Bowman
came as a distinct surprise, but met