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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25

CONCORD, N. c., Sept 25.-At the
opening Of the second days prelim-
mary hearing Of CASTOR Means, here
In connection with the killing Of Mrs.
Maude A. Kin. the defense announced
that It would offer no evidence but
would argue for dismissal. The state
closed its case yesterday.
1t was announced that no habeas
corpus had been applied for
In furtherance of the prosecution's
attempt to have Means bound over to
the grand jury Dr. William Burmeister
Of Chicago, and Dr. Otto Schultze, of
New York, testified during the states
presentation of its case when the hear.
ing opened yesterday that 1t would
have been physical impossfbility, In
their opinion, for the wealthy widow to
have shot herself in the back of the
head where she received her fatal
wound on the night Of August 20 at
a small spring near here.
Besides the experts five other wit
nesses testified for the prosecution
bringing out that on the trip Mrs. King
was accompanied by CASTOR Means,
who was her business representative
and by Captain w. S. Bingham, a
friend, and Alton Means, a brother of
CASTOR Means.
Details of the woman's death were
gone over minutely but no mention
was made OF Means management of
the fortune she inherited from her hus-
band J. C. King Of Chicago, nor of In
vestigations by New York authorities
of all allegations of Means connection
with German agents while he and his
wife were living in New York with
Mrs. King.
Lengthy conferences by the eight
attorneys representing Means followed
the resting Of the states case late yes
terday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
Reactionory Party
Opposes Reichstag's
Peace Resolution

LONDON, Sept. 25.-An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
says the main committee of the Ma
tional Liberal party of Germany has
adopted a resolution opposing the
Reichstags peace resolution, disarma-
ment, establishment of a parliament
airy government in Germany and the
restoration of Belgium and advocating
annexation of conquered territory.
The Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts
of Berlin characterizes the resolution
as challenge to the Reichstag ma
jority.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
ADMITS he STOLE
$1,000 FROM SALES

GREENCAsTLE, Ind, Sept. rs. =
Joseph D. TORI, deputy postmaster
here for nine years, was arrested by
the postoffice inspector Monday charg.
ed with being short $1,500 in his &C.
counts. When he was notified of the
charge against him, Torr resigned
from Office. 1t is said Torr admitted
his shortage and explained that it
was due to his efforts to meet some
notes. The money was taken from
the sale Of stamps which were con-
tinued in his report as being in stock.
it was alleged. Torr is said to have
planned to make up the shortage
from the sale of fall crops.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
TWO KILLED IN
TANKER BLAST

RICHMOND, Cal, Sept 25. = Tive
men were killed here early today in ar
explosion which tore out the forward
works and superstructure Of the Stand
ard Oil tanker J. A. Moffett, as she lay
at her pier here
The explosion, according to j. F
Brooks, superintendent at Richmond
for the Standard Oil company, was
probably caused by an explosion Of gas
while the men were cleaning the hold
More than sixty thousand gallons OF
oil which had been pumped aboard es-
capped destruction.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
CLUB DOUBLES
LIBRARY GIFT

Subscriptions to the War Library
Fund campaign are being received at
the Morrisson-Reeves library.
The Athenaea club doubled its quota
and gave $24 to the fund. Other clubs
are expected to turn in their subscrip-
tionS soon.
Mrs. Ada Bernhardt met with the
ministerial association, Monday morn
ing to discuss the work. The clergy
men pledged their support to the move
ment and offered their services in the
campaign.
Attorney Henry U. Johnson is taking
an active part in the campaign. He
has taken out many blanks to be filled
and is spending much time in the
work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
ARGENTINE DEPUTIES VOTE
TO BREAK WITH GERMANY

BUENos AIRES, Sept 25.-The
chamber of deputies today voted In
favor of rupture with Germany. The
vote was SO to Is.
The government desires to postpone
formulation Of its policy until It re-
ceives from Ambassador Naon at
Washington translations Of the AS
telegrams received or sent by the
Swedish legation here These mes
sages were telegraphed to DR.. Naon
with instructions to send translations.
The government is considering i'm
position Of a rigid censorship of all
messages In the republic to present
misuse Of the cables as such as that
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
raj Dewey Learned of German to Crush America in 1903

particularly with a certain element of
1--WE Will Take New York"
Senator Lewis said:
Admiral Dewey quoted the German
admiral as follows:
About fifteen years from now my
country will start great war She
will be in Paris in about two months
after the commencement of hostili-
ties. Her move on Paris will be but
a step to her real object-the crush
ing OF England. Some months
after we finish our work in Europe we
will take New York and probably
Washington and hold them for some
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25

this country and is to be found in the
naval and military records of our gov
ernment, No. 3S, volume So, page 55S.
l never understood why my govern
ment never allowed this to be pub
nsned; never understood why it was
never sent broadcast to our country.
to our countrymen who heretofore
had been in doubt as to their duty.
I say to any senator who occupies
seat on this floor, wherever he is.
that so long as the kaiser's reply to
the pope remains as it is now unnodi-
fled, with that daring and audacity
to civilization, the man who now
raises his voice in America, in any
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25

WASHINGTON. Sept 25.-In the
records of the late Admiral George
Dewey. long kept in the secret arch
ives of the government. was a warn
ing issued to the United States in
1898 of the plans, of Prussian autoc-
racy to crush Great Britain. then the
United States, and thus dominate the
world.
Senator Lewis of Illinois revealed
this document in the senate today.
'In the record of Admiral Dewey
we find statement concerning a con-
versation he had with Admiral Won
Goetzen at Manila in 1898, at a time
when we were not without some diff
ficulties throughout the world and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
STATE LIBERALS
ARE IN SESSION

ANDERSON, Ind, Sept 25.-The an,
nual convention of the Trades Union
Liberal League of Indiana, an organi-
Zation affiliated with the state fedora.
ton of labor, is being held here today
with President William New of In.
dianapolis officiating. Questions OF
interest to the trades allied with the
liberal interests of the state are being
discussed. There are $4,000 members
in Indiana drawn from bartenders.
brewers, drivers, glass blowers, bot
tiers, cigar makers and coopers' uni.
onS.
Seventy delegates, representing fif-
teen Indiana cities are in attendance.
This afternoon the annual election of
officers will be held.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25

all mankind and let that manner of
man from whatever place he may
come, and that official, however high
his station, observe this: That any
further opposition is by design to rem.
der his country contemplate before
the world while he eievates into glory
murderers."
Senator Lewis confessed that he
was mistaken when few weeks ago
he pronounced Chancellor Michaelis'
speech bid for peace and called
upon the administration to seek peace
negotiations upon that assumption.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
TO INVESTIGATE
PRICES OF COAL

ANDERSON, Ind, Sept. 25.-An in.
Vestigation of coal prices in Anderson
has been ordered by Mayor ]. H. Met
lett, and the cause of the continued
excessive charge for coal is being
sought. Quotations indicate that
Ketnucky and West Virginia lump
coal can be secured for $240 at the
mine. and an additional cost to the
consumer of $40 for freight and 60
cents for unloading and delivery
should set the price near s4.7O per
ton. Anderson coal dealers, however,
are charging 81 per ton and no pros
pect of a decrease is in sight
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25

time. We will put your country In
its place with reference to Germany.
I've do not propose to take any
of your territory, but we do intend
to take billion or SO Of your dollars
from New York and other places.
The Monroe doctrine will be taken
charge Of by us as we will then have
to put you in your place, and we
will take charge of South America
as we wish to. :. Don't forget this
about fifteen years from now re-
member it, and it will interest you
viii Awaken Doubters
This is part of a communication
which Admiral Dewey submitted to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25

in America and that citizen, be he
official or private citizen, who uses
his free speech against America is
not the American to whom free
speech was guaranteed.
1.-TWO facts let us now establish
here in this body: First, there can be
no free speech to any man to destroy
the freedom Of his fellowman; there
can be no liberty of speech to any
American who imperils the liberty Of
the American nation.
Here, sir is the meaning of the
constitution of the United States and
let this meaning be here fixed before
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
Governors Condition

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 25.-When
the physicians attending Governor
Goodrich issued the usual morning
bulletin it was found to contain an
optimistic note. It follows:
''The governor spent very good
night, his temperature ranging around
100 While there is no radical change
in his condition we feel that there is
a distinct improvement over yester
day. His general condition is entirely
satisfactory"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25

assemblage OF any kind, condemning
any measure of his own country or
criticising the undertaking of the
United States, lends himself deliber-
ately to the interests of the German
empire.
Nor can he hide behind the sug-
gestion of free speech. Let there be
no misunderstanding. This country
guarantees free speech. Its patriots
float in their very blood the guarantee
of that privilege.
What Free Speech Means
But. when we speak of free speech
we mean free speech of an American
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
RATES ARE APPROVED.

WASHINGTON. Sept. -Disabili
ty rates in the soldiers and sailors in
surance bill. as passed by the house
were approved today by a senate fl
nance subcommittee. Early agree
ment on the insurance provision is
expected and leaders hope to put the
bill through the senate by the end OF
the week with one or two days de
bate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
STRIKE CAS- ON
ARMOUR ESTATE.

CHICAGO, Sept. 25-Well drillers
on the estate of A. Watson Armour
near Lake Forest, a suburb, struck a
gas vein, which, becoming ignited,
burst into flame last night and
lighted the country for some distance.
Experts were of the opinion that a
pocket" had been pierced and that it
would soon be exhausted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
VANDERBILT TO
HELP M'AD0O

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Frank A.
Vanderlip, who, as president of the
National City Bank of New York
heads the largest national bank in the
United States, has severed his connec-
tton with that institution and all other
organizations with which he is 1denti-
fed for the period of the war to assist
Secretary McAdoo in Liberty Loan
finance
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
|. W. W. Activities
Appear in Capital

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 25.-Practic.
ally the first evidence of /. W. W. &C.
tivities In Indianapolis appeared near
the local federal building and the stats
house today In the form OF "sttcker.
cites" depicting tyrannical EMPLOYER
and praising the I. w. W. The federal
authorities are working ON the case in
an attempt to find who posted the
stickerettes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
Richmond Man Nav
Fly Over His Home

Seiden Philips, AZ years old, son Of
MT. and Mrs. W. H Phillips, is the
only Richmond soldier fn the aerial
squadron at the Wilbur Wright avta-
ton field IN Dayton.
He enlisted Sept II at DAYTON.
where he had been employed. BE ia
serving In the 18Th aerial suuadron-
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips reside aft az
South Thirteenth street
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-George w.
Perkins. Jr., son of the well-known fl
nancier, Roosevelt backer, and man
York's Food Board, is a soldier in the
National Army at Camp Upton, Yap-
hank, L. 1.
Young Mr.. Perkins is taking his
training just like the hundreds of
thousands of other young Americans
Of all stations in life, and despite his
fathers wealth and position, goes
about the same tasks with a willing
ness that has characterized all the
drafted men.
He is head and shoulders above
most Of the men of his company.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25

practiced by the Vount Won Lu1burg,
the dismissed German minister.
Strikers have cut the telegraph line
to Valparaiso. Chile, paralyzing direct
cable service to the United States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
For Wayne County by w. {. Moore

For wayne county by w. {. WooFe
Fair tonight. Slightly warmer
probably followed by showers.
General Conditions - Weather re-
mains clear over the Mississippi val
: ley but heavy rains are falling in the
northwest and also over North and
South Carolina. Hot weather contin-
ues over the middlewest but cool
wave from British Columbia has
moved southwark to Wyoming and
covers all the Rocky Mountain states.
Temperatures near freezing in West
ern Montana. Temperature will con-
tinue warm for at least "a hours.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
ss 3, ss% Nc. s:s s:i' c'..: ,s:
WEATHER FORECAST

For Indiana by United States Wealth.
er Bureau-Partly cloudy and slight
ly warmer tonight. Wednesday prob
ably showers.
Temperature Today
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
SMOKE FUND TO
CLOSE SATURDAY

With the total of The Palladium
tobacco fund at SITS, a final effort
will be made to push the fund to $500
before its close, next Saturday. Send
your share to the fund THIS week, or
you may be classed as among those
who do not believe that the Sammies
In France should be given the COM
fort that is afforded by good sooth-
ing smoke.
Yesterdays contributions were the
smallest since the campaign opened
but stores that are keeping the lists
claim that 1t is only the lull before the
storm and that the last week Of the
campaign will be a record week.
Following are the contributors to
the fund for Monday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
means DEFENSE
ASKS DISMISSAL

CONCORD, n. c., Sept. 25.-The
defense in the cast of CASTOR B.
Means, charged with the murder
Of Mrs. Maude A. King, consented
this afternoon to having Means
bound over to the grand jury.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25
COAL CHIEF
SAYS WORK
MUST GO ON
DR.. Garfield Makes Plea for
Maximum Production at
Conference.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Early
revision upward of coal prices in
number OF outlying districts will
be made by the fuel administra-
ton. The scale of prices recently
fixed, it has been found, will not
permit operators In some states
to run their mines at a profit.
This Is particularly true in some
parts Of the south and west
where the coal runs in thin
veins.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25-A ples
for concerted effort to obtain maxi
mum production Of coal during the
war was made by DR.. H. A. Garfield
the fuel administrator, today at the
opening of a conference Of central
field operators and miners here te
discuss a proposed wage increase.
Under no circumstances" said DR.
Garfield, must we allow production
to stop. Our duty as American cit1
zens is to produce all we can, just as
1t Is the duty of American citizens ir
the ranks Of the army to march ahead
Of all obstacles.
I'VE must put aside for the time be
ing, all questions that might separate
men under normal circumstances and
work in the closest harmony. There
must be no suspension of work"
The conference was called by John
P. White, president of the United
Mine Workers Of America After ad
tounment at Dr. Garfield's request OF
a conference at Indianapolis, Sept. g.
The miners, it is said, will ask a
minimum of from SIS to $3.50 for a
days work and an increase of from
10 to 20 cents ton in the rate where
coal is mined on a basis Of pay for
production work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-25

Temperature Today
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-21

zone. The circulation of the entire
five would not exceed two or three
thousand. Now we have one paper.
the Beacon-News, and 1t has $4,000
circulation.
The equipment for the FIVE papers
combined did not amount in money
to much more than 10 per cent. OF
the money value Of the equipment
of the Beacon-News and all five could
run on a weekly expense of rs per
| cent. of what it costs the Beacon.
News to operate one day.
When the Beacon absorbed its last
competitor there was a sentiment in
town that one paper in a city of this
size t35, 000l was an abnormal Ncondi-
ton and certain parties interested
from business and political reasons
attempted the organization of an
other paper.
When these gentlemen got dow
to figuring on the cost of equipment
and operation expense they gave it
up. They found that the little $4,000
or $4,000 that used to be enough to
equip and establish a newspaper
wasn't a drop in the bucket as to
what they would have to produce to
equip and establish another paper.
IL tOOh d lllLlSH Wilt lol liuI "
soak in, but it did, and there isn't a
man in town today that even dreams
of another paper being established in
Aurora.
The number of daily papers pub
lished in the United States on April
/, 1917, was 1928.
The number Of towns in which
daily papers were published was
LAP.
The number of towns that had
more than n daily was $50.
The number of towns that had only
one paper was 533,
Therefore, the percentage of one
paper towns to all the towns where
daily papers are published was 1867
per cent.
These were not all small towns.
There yer t~hirty-fve towns that
yer of more than 5000 population,
three towns with 100, 900 and over
and nj town of over 200. 900. and
since this data has been compiled
there have been consultations In
Boston, New York and other metro
cities.
There are more towns now with
owe 10000 population that have only
one paper than there are towns of
less han 10000.
So the fellows that are in towns
with more than one paper better |
read the handwriting on the wall |
before it is everlastingiy too late;
likewise, those who live in one-paper
towns and think that it will be a
fairly easy job to establish another
paper.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-21
ARMY CLOTHES
REPORT MADE
Quarternaster General Says Adequate
Supplies Are Ordered, But
Shipments are
Slow

Inc following statement is author
lzed by the quartermaster general:
Adequate supplies of clothing have
been provided for all of the men in
the service of the American armies,
and II proper deliveries are made by
manufacturers and the transportation
system an uninterruptedly adequate
supply for all future needs is assured.
Due to delays by manufacturers of
materials and by manufacturers of
clothing and ALSO by congested rail-
road transportation, delivery delin-
quencies on contracts variously range
from s to IS per cent.
To December 1, 1917. the following
supplies had been contracted for and
deliveries made to the armies for i'm
mediate use:
Blankets contracted for, 17,931,ss2;
delivered, $500, 236.
WOODEN cloth for o~vercoats contract
ed for, 5.691 $50 overcoats delivered.
2,026,346 o~vercoats.
Suits of winter underwear contract
ed for, 15,431,021 drawers and 1885,
S24 understands: delivered, 6.542160
drawers and ~4.306,343 undershirts.
WOODEN cloth for uniforms contract
ed for. 2S,956,95S yards; delivered,
11,299,S67 yards, made up into 1884
3G7 breeches and 2,37S,511 coats.
Wooden cloth for shirts contracted
for 35,155,0s1 yards; delivered, 10
9s0.205 yards, made up into 5,676,444
shirts.
Shoes contracted for, 21.117e12
pairs; delivered, $685. 9S pairs.
Hats contracted for, 1892 21: de-
livered, 3,554,091.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-21
REVERE, MO.

Mrs. George Neff received the sad
news of the death of her nephew Otto
Story at Camp Funston, Kansas. He
took the measles and which terminal
ed in his death December -.
Ray Druse of Guthrie, Oklahoma,
is here visiting relatives.
Arthur Day is sick. DR.. Geeslin is
in attendance.
Old Uncle Wash Christy had the
misfortune to fall and break his hip
Sunday about l o'clock. 1t is sad
as the old fellow was Just getting up
0 a long sick spell. They took
him to FIT. Madison to the hospital on
the 1:20 train the same evening. The
old gentleman is past ninety years old
Lynn Dosson and wife are here
visiting relatives and old friends. We
are glad to sec them. They were resi-
dents of our town for many years.
Mrs. Charles Kinkade, of south of
town, departed Friday for northern.
on a visit to her children.
Mrs. Nerthrup and son James
spent Sunday with tFs formers daugh-