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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-16
Mobilization Of
 Gold of Country
 NoU Under Way
President Issues Proclamation to Banks Which Are Not Within the Reserve System, Asking Them to Bring Their Resources to the
 Aid of the Country

 of ed reserve
  join the federal
  the xnorous nrosecution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-16
Piers0l Found Guilty
 of Kidnapping Baby Rect

Marshfield. Mo, october 15.-Claude Piersol was found guilty of Kidnapping Lloyd Rect by the jury at 1925 o'clock tonight He was sentenced to S5 years imprisonment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-16
WILSON APPEALS

May I not, therefore. urge upon the officers and directors of all nonmember state banks and trust companies which have the required amount of capital and surplus to make them eligible for mem bership, to unite with the federal reserve system now and thereby contribute their share to the consolidated reserve of the country? I feel sure that in uniting the banks will aid to a greater degree than is possible otherwise in promoting rhe national welfare, and at the same tiine by securing for themselves the advantages offered by the federal reserve system they will best serve their own interest and the interest of their customers.
 There are probably 5000 or 91o0 state banks and trust companies eligible to
 membership which have not yet united with the system. These institutions have 1t in their power to aid enormously 10 the resources of the federal reserve banks, thereby broadening and strength- ening the foundation upon which our whole financial structure must rcst Per init me to urge that every cer and bank director owes obligation to the country whir &iH
 sure they wish to discharge, ha fore, wish again to impress sss my solemn conviction mat theyf
 measure up to their duties and \ .pons. i bilities through membership in the fed- i eral reserve system
 WOODROW WILSON.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-16

condition be brought about and be made permanently effective better than by the concentration of the banking strength of our counry in the federal reserve sys-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-16

Scores of such institutions have Hooked to system within the past three weeks among them some of the largest trust companies of New York, Philadelphia and other cities The movement to the fed eral reserve system has lacked only a final impelling force to assume the pro- portions of a land slide. Within less than three weeks, resources of such institu- tions in the system have risen from S1. 200 0OO.0o0 to more than s2,60o,0o0000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11
The Children of the Crucible

Colonel Roosevelt issued the ringing declara-
ton of LOYALTY printed below from his home in
OYSTER Bay for publication today. The Colonel
had previously sent it to number OF prominent
citizens of foreign birth or descent and received
a great many signatures. These are still coming
in and the Colonel hopes to have the name OF ev-
ery good American of foreign extraction benlnd
this movement.
We Americans the children of the crucibe 1t has
been our of the crucibe the melting pot OF
life in this land all the and women OF all the ma
tons who hither Americans and as moth
ing else; Americans who proudly challenge as right
not as favor, that they belong just exactly as much
as any other and that they stand full and
complete equality with them; Americans therefore, who
must strongly insist that they have renounced
completely without all allegiance to the lands
from which they their orefathers and that is
binding duty citizen OF this country in every
imuortapt crisis soldly with all his fellow Amer
cans having regard only to the honor and interest OF
America treating other nation purely on its
conduct in that crisis reference to his ancestral
predictions antipathies
If he does act he is false to the teachings and
the lives of Washington and Lincoln, he is not entitled to
any part country and he should be sent out
of it.
If he does not act purely an American, he shows
that in his case crucble failed do its work
The crucible must melt all who are cast in it; 1t
must turn them in the American mold and this
must be the mould shaped hundred and forty years
ago who under Washington founded this as
free nation, separate from all others.
Even at that time, true Americans were of many diff
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11
AMBITION
PILLS
For Nervous People

The great nerve tonic-the famous
Wendell's Ambition Pills - that will
put vigor, vim and vitality into nerv-
Gus, tired-out. all in, respondent
people in few days.
Anyone can buy a box for only so
cents. and Conkey Drug Company
Leo Fihe, A G. Luken & Company
and Glenn Thistlethwaite are authoriz-
ed by the maker to refund the pur-
chase price if anyone is dissatisfied
with the fist box purchased.
Thousands praise them for general
debility, nervous prostration, mental
depression and unstrung nerves caused
by over-indulgence in alcohol. tobacco,
or overwork of any kind.
For any affliction of the nervous
system Wendell's Ambition Pills are
unsurpassed, while for hysteria, trem-
bling and neuralgia they are simply
splendid Fifty cents at Leo Flhe. A
G. Luken &, Company, Glenn Thistle
thwaite. Conkey Drug Co, and dealers
everywhere.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11

clouds and yell-"There She Goes" II
you witness balloon ascension. the
moment the monster is cut loose and
the daring athlete swings safely on the
trapese and shoots into the air, the DIG
crowd spectators will shout almost IN
one voice, There She Goes"
If you happen to be in a small town
on the main line Of great railway
system, and a fast train thunders
through at the rate of sixty miles an
hour, some bystander will say. There
She Goes" even if its mail (male)
train, and so it is with thousand and
one other things. When Harvey d.
Orr offers his magnificent production,
There She Goes" the newest musical
comedy with Harvey and Harold Orr
and a company OF 3S others, the IA
vorite expression will be on every.
body's tongue. There She Goes" with
it's pretty girls, wealth of beautiful
costumes and scenery and the original
New York cast is the brightest and
classiest musical comedy ever writ
ten The latest craze a Jazz Orches-
ira is one of the big features. There
She Goes" comes to the Washington
Friday night, Sept. IA.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11
On The Screen
WASHINGTON

THE Guardian" the new World-Pic-
ture Brady-Made which comes to the
Washington theatre on Wednesday
and Thursday has three stars-Mont-
agu Love, Arthur Ashley and June
Elvidge The story deals with the
love Of James Rokeby, president of the
Brewster National Bank, for his ward,
Marie Dacre, and Of her infatuation for
a. worthless young scamp named Fen
wick Harvey. For a time it looks as
though the impetuous and high-spirit-
ed young girl is going to ruin her life
through matrimonial mistake, but
finally everything comes out happily
through the efforts of Rokeby and the
final good sense of the girl. Montagu
Love is seen in the role of Rokeby
June Elvidge appears as Marie Dacre,
while Arthur Ashley is handsomely vii
famous in the role of Fenwick Harvey
The Guardian" is splendid entertain
ment-fast moving and thoroughly in
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11
Community Singing

Efforts made here last spring to introduce
community singing met with instant success IN
the residential centers where the venture was
tried in a rather circumscrbed environment.
Columbus (Ind.) has taken hold of the idea
and will this year give it trial on larger scale
than employed here. Small community singing
gatherings have been held there in the past, but
not until this year have the music loving people
tried to popularize the movement to such an ex-
tent that the whole community will join In the
singing.
This city proposes to hold weekly Sing" in
q school building If the attendance crowds this
assembly hall, the singing will be held in the
city hall.
The promoters of the movement are empha-
sizing strongly that these meetings not re-
stricted solely to persons of musical education
but are intended primarily for the masses.
Not the highly trained voice of one soprano,
for instance is the desirable acquisition to a mass
chorus. No, the hundreds of voices of old and
Young men and women, singing the old songs and
tunes of childhood, are the elements that are de-
sired for this kind of artistic expression.
Columbus newspaper, setting forth the
principles guiding the work there, remarks with
emphasis:
bus is to bring people closer together and also to
give everybody opportunity to sing Those who take
part in the community sings" do not have to be must
clans 1t makes difference whether they read music
or not Most of them will remember Silver Threads
Among the Cold" Genevieve" and similar songs
This IS the class of songs will be featuredthe old
home songs and, the old familiar patriotic
hymns believed that bringing people together to
sing will bring them together in spirit Out of these com
munity gatherings there may evolved something that
Nou Enp1a md town
meeting"
Richmond, it is understood, will soon resume
the community singing project on much broader
lines than used last spring.
The whole city ought to get behind the move
ment 1t will inject form of community spirit
into our lives that will show itself in our disin-
terested efforts to promote causes that are pure
ly altruistic.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11
On The Boards

If you go to a ball game and your
favorite "slugger" hits the ball for a
homer" a thousand excited fans will
watch the ball soar almost to the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11

The Philippine library at Manila re
ports that at the end of the year 1915
its collection Of Filipiniana amounted
to 21,499 volumes. Among the valli-
able materials recently bought were
the manuscripts of Apolinario Mabini.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11
THOUGHTS TO THINK
ABOUT

Man cannot brag about what
he has done and at the same
time do anything that he can
brag about.
The essence Of your life is the
good that comes out of it; you
can make others good by max
ing good" yourself.
The Want AID Way to success
profit is to read the classified
advertising every day and to adj
vertise in The Palladium for
what you want and do not see
advertised by somebody else.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11

An old-time pillow, probably used by
the early Spaniards around San An
tonic, was upturned on the old fair
ground by workmen of construction
company.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11

teresting. It is unreservedly recon-
mended to all movie fans of the city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11
MEMBER or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 10 the use
republication of all credited to or not other
wise credited this paper and also the local news pub
All rights OF republication OF special ois
patches herein also reserved
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-11

aimed only at
plateau ~ east
possession or monte
With these the !ahahs
before
of the Carso plateau
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28

His is the power and his the re-
sponsibility.
I'VE. who fondly regard ourselves
as Jealous guards of the rights ana
the liberties of the people, Will be
quick to resent and swift to remedy
any abuse of the power we give.
Personally. have voted, and
will vote, to give the autocrauc
powers requested without fear OF
ultimately affecting our democ-
racy. have an abiding optimism
in the democracy of America. And
concentration of powers greater
than those OF any ruler on earth In
time OF peril is test OF the cour-
age and the confidence of democ-
racy in its own strength and vir-
tue"
"The same optimism which leads
me without fear TO confer despotic
power upon those who command us
today with the fixed determination
to recall and redistribute these
powers when the crisis shall have
passed, led me TO oppose, with all
the vigor of which | was capable.
the endeavor to muZzle our press
and gag our people.
Glad to Confer Power
"a real democracy, sure of itself,
may centralize its power for its
own protection and can always tell
its people the truth That democ-
racy. which fears to confer upon
its chosen instruments the powers
necessary for its maintenance and
preservation and which fears the
truth to its own people. has within
It the seeds of dissolution. | am
very glad. therefore at the request
and the demand OF those whom the
Continued on page 12)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
-U-Boats Winning Contest With H. S. ShipbuIders
THE "MEDDLESOME PARSON"!

THE pernicious activity of the
l. 'meddlesome parson" re-
ceived a well-deserved rebuke
with the acquiuai of Inspector
Mike Powers.
Seattle has had its fill of
"frame-ups" and Jobs"
Seattle is disguised with the
idea that a public officer, be he
the well-meaning Prosecutor
Lundin or the square-shooting
Sergeant Putnam, should Sc
CRETLY receivemoney for pub
lie work from any private source.
Whether the motives were
laudatory, whether DIR. Mark A.
Matthews was actuated by an un-
selfish desire TO serve the com
mon veal or by a desire to boss"
the town. the results are the same.
Seattle and King county do
not want any private indi-
vidual, be he a parson or
knave. to grease the palms Of
their public officials for ANY
purpose.
~sLhey=do not want their Put
mans and their Lundins to get
money secretly from ANY ONE.
The expenses of these men, as
well as their acts, must be ac-
counted for to the public, not to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
Gill THREATENS TO
fire SERCT. PUTNAM

That serot. v. n. Putnam
may be fired from the police
force. and his dry squad dis
continued. was intirated by
Mayor Gill Thursday. The
mayor 10 angry because Putnam
took money from Or. Matthew's
and laid trap for his super
ior. inspector Mike Powers. by
hiring Private Detective G. n.
Wardell TO try and bribe him.
Putnam had no right 10 Ia,
traps for his superior officers" sai'
Mayor GIL Thursday morning
HE had no right TO do anything
but what | told him-namely, rui
the dry squad"
Tho mayor says he may discon
tinue the dry squad when the Ree'
makes the state bon'
dry July /. but he says that hai
nothing 20 do with Putnam's case
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28

any private individual.
In the Powers case, Seattle
could not help but be particu-
larly disgust:d because the
methods employed by the investi-
gators, reprehensible to begin
with, I'D to depend, moreover,
upon crooked detective work.
Even were Mike Powers the
guiltiest police officer in crea-
uon, the accusation of SO unsav-
ory a character as Private Detec-
tive Wardell was bound to fall
flat before any jury of self
respectin men and women.
The Star exposed the Wardell
record months ago. 1t warned
Prosecutor Lundin to look we'll
before he leaped, and to make
sure that his own detactor of
crooks was not himself a crook.
The Star did that because
it knew Wardell, and because
it knew that of all the low
creatures that inhabit this
earth A CROOKED PRI-
VATE DETECTIVE is THE
LOWEST.
And it does not make him
a more exalted creature SIM
ply because a parson raid for
his gambling hole and his
bootlegging joint.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
PROBE DEATH OF
STENOCRAPHER

The death of Elizabeth Dav-
export, 20, who died as the re-
suit Of a criminal operation,
"Wednesday, will be investigat-
ed by eoroner's jury Friday,
at 1880 p. m.
The girl worked as a stenog-
rapher in the Green building.
and lived with her mother and
brother. at 211 Ninth ave.
Mrs. Nellie Waughop. nurse
who runs sanitarium at 2130 r.
Madison St; DR.. |. A. Weichbrodt,
who was present when the girl
died at Providence hospital. and
hef mother and brother. have been
summoned as witnesses.
Coroner Tiffin personally is con
ducting the investigation, and is
being aided by Deputy Prosecutor
CarmodV.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
MISS LUSK MAY
BARE HER LOVE

By I nif~d Press Laced Wire
WAUKESHA. Wis. June Is
The authorities today were count.
ing on the aid OF Miss Grace Lusk.
the high school teacher. who shot
Mrs. David Roberts. wife Of her al
legged lover. in solving all the an.
giles OF the Roberts-Lusk Roberts
love triangle
Indications that Miss Lusk would
tell everything concerning her al.
legged relations with Dr Roberts
we're seen in the lnsistence Of her
attorney at the coroncr's inquest.
late yesterday. that he be permitted
TO question the doctor
He was denied this privilege. on
objection OF tho doctors counsel.
The coroner's jury returned for.
NAL verdict TO the effect that Mrs.
Roberts died OF bullet wounds In
flicted by Miss Lusk.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
TRICK UNIFORM May
SHAME SLACKERS
ny United Press leased Wire
WASHINGTON JtIpe %

ny United Press leased Wiz.
WASHINGTON, June 2s.-
Yankee ingenuity today out
ciassed the British method Of
shanins recruits into the army
by pinnirg white feathers on
slackers.
An inventor offered the war de.
partment trick costume" in
which he offered to parade the
streets, hunting volunteers
Seen from one side. a man clad
in II looks like n khaki uniformed
soldier. The view from the other
side shows the astonished witness
an effeminate civilian wearing a
monocle and straw hat.
A placard shouting. Don't BE a
Half Man. lent the final punch.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
JAILED SUFFRAcETS
SLEEP WELL, REPORT

w nt~d Fress t~ased Wire
WASHINGTON. June 2s.-Six
suftrsgets slept soundly thru last
right and as late as rules permit.
ted today in their iron chamber IN
the district prison house. Undis.
mayed by Imprisonment. they car
red their votes for women" cam
paign into the gloomy quarters.
rave n song service and lecture
TO white and colored sister in
mates and pledged that sooner or
later women should be on an equal.
ity with men In the suffrage.
There is no hunger strike. They
hreakfaste1 we'll and we're shown
oil the consideration that prison
rules would permit
Tomorrow they will step forth
free again. determined TO 20 ahead
With their suffrage campaign. Just
what their colleagues plan is a Sc.
cret. which even woman keeps.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
Lighting Strikes
Seattle Residence

Lightning struck the frame resi-
dence OF j. II. Connell. ils gath
ave. at t.14 n. IN. Wednesday. dur
ing the second thunder storm Sc
attle has experienced In week.
The fire department. called ot, pre-
vented the flame from causing
more than s25 damage. The house
is n story and half building. val
ued at $4,000. No one was In
iured
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
Starts Investigation

starts investigation
1T will be Simply a question OF
whether he should be fired from
the force or not" says GIL II am
going 90 make full Investigation.
Putnam told the council that the
$1,000 he got from Or Matthews
went for dry squad work He told
Powers Jury that IL took about $500
of Dr. Matthews money to let War
dell run the gambling joint
To Read Evidence
Gambling Is against the law.
whether Putnam knew about II or
not. Where did the earnings go3'
Tho mayor says he will make up
his mind when he has read the
transcript of Putnam's evidence In
the case.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
JUST TO BE
A BOY
ONCE MORE

Ponce de Leon searched the
world over for the fountain OF
youth" He didn't find u. II
was a worthwhile effort, tho.
How much would you give.
Mr.. Man, just to be boy
AGAIN.
Well, one way is to 90 back
10 your boyhood favorites.
Become acquainted again with
your boyhood books. your boy
hood heroes. For instance,
wouldn't II bring you back TO
boyhood Joys TO read Robin
son Crusoe" once again7 Try
Il.
Il will appear In The Star,
beginning Monday, the story OF
the shipwrcckcd man who lived
alone on an island for some 80
years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
By United Press Ies-ed Wire

Wy InIIFd TFrsH I9ru-rU WIZ
LONDON June 2S.-A fall OF
rrore than two miles thru the air
on a disabled Zeppelin resulted In
only minor Injuries to two German
Gviators recently. This announce
inent was made by the admiralty
Wednesday. One had sustained
limb fractures and the other was
practically unhurt. The Zeppelin
fell $4,000 feet and was In flames
when Il struck the earth
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28

SnlpS' " ... nil
None OF these new contracts WI W.,
urovide ships available Tor seIs'os ger. -
before next spring, the maIor,ty ~, VI
contracts providing that oellssrg sr.,
shalI begin March ] TOT "oo'e"
ships and June I for steel snlps.
No contract has been let ior any
Of the much-discussed stanuaro
steel boats sponsored by 'oetnais' ..
and the drawings for these D'a''
.6fe not yet complete
All the contracts for wooheh
~h,ps are for vessels Of the Ferris
xeaign. which conforms closely 10
10 standard peace type design.
No contracts have been let pro.
.tdIno for the Hough design OF
,..eoden boats, which, authorities
sares, could be built from two 10
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
SHIP BUILDING fame
IS SPREADING EAST

The fame of Seattle's shipbnild-
ing industry and seaport trade Is
spreading to all parts of the East.
according to James d. Hoge. presl-
dent Of the Union Savings and
Trust Co, who returned Wednes-
day from a two-month trip in East
crn cities. Hoge recently inherit
cd $4,000. 900 when wealthy uncle
died.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
Sounds Warning to Administration
That It's Responsible TO Country

Johnson paid high tribute to Herbert Hoover and
warned the administration that the country would hold il
responsible for results.
With the obvious design OF this bill to prevent spccua
food products and to control food prices there
pareny universal sympathy Johnson said The objections
voiced the purposes the objects OF the egisa
ton but the methods chosen.
Il concede that the powers conferred by the pending
such extraordinary character that they must
justified only by dire necessity but in the detemina
ton OF whether authority should be
conferred upon the officials of government
peled TO depend a great degree, upon their Judgment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
POWERS IS FREED
OF BRIBERY CHARGE

Police Inspector Mike Powers.
vlndleatcd late Wednesday OF
the charge OF bribery which
hung over his head many weeks.
went fishing Thursday. He will
resume his duties Monday. the
order for his reinstatement be-
Ing made a few minutes after
his acquittal.
II took a jury In Judge Ron
aids court one hour and so min
utes Wednesday night TO decide
that Powers did not accept a
brIbe Of $50 from G. M. Wardell.
private detective, February 27.
There were three ballots taken
and when an explanation OF certain
testimony was made to four hesitat
ing jurors by their fellows. the ac
luittal was speedy.
Powers says the charge wat
spite work" and that Sergt. V. Il
Putnam. head of the dry squad. whc
hired Wardell to test the suscepti
Continued on Page 12)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-28
Community STORES
IS SPOKANE PLAN

SPOKANE. June 2s.-The city OF
Spokane will open community
stores. at which fuel and foodstuffs
will be sold at cost. II the plans OF
tie city authorities here today ma
terialize.
The prospect OF near famine in
food and fuel next winter. with
prices out Of reach OF the average
family, prompted the authorities to
sdopt the community stores plan.