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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
PASTOR HITS
QUAKER VIEWS

Rev. DR.. ]. ]. Rae, pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church, answered
the position" Of Rev. Levi penning-
ton, of Newburg, Ore, and L. Hollings-
worth Wood, of New York, two Quak-
ers, in strong address before the
members Of the Rotary club at the
noon luncheon of that organization
Tuesday noon.
The Quakers declared that the So
ciety of Friends opposed war" be-
cause they believed in humanity"
they believed in God" and that both
God and man had better resources for
settling national difficulties than by
war, and that the resources Of God
were not exhausted.
In answer to this statement DR.. Rae
declared: II am glad that l represent
a position that needs no defense"
None Has Monopoly
'None of US believe in war;" he de-
clared, "and no organization has a
monopoly in that belief, or in the be-
lief of humanity, or in the belief in
God.
LAS 1t is folly to reason with a mad
dog, so it is folly to reason with a
mad nation. Defense is the only rea-
scneble thing.
War is a last resort, but If men
would do right, it is the only resort.
War is hell, but there are occasions
when war with honor is vastly better
than peace with dishonor.
Our duty at present is to stand 10y
ally behind the nation and to support
and defend it's position to the secur.
ing of greater humanity and the prin-
cipals of the Kingdom Of Cod
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23

Big white, silvery flakes of snow,
the hardest of the season, fell Tuesday
morning, and then Old Sol deemed it
wise to appear upon the scene, and he
did 1t was the hardest show of the
season. ----s
The temperature hovered about the
thirty degree mark Tuesday morning.
According to Weather Forecaster
Moore the red liquid will register be-
tween the fifteen and twenty mark
Tuesday night.
"Ah tbs a nipping and eager air, it's
bitter co1d-the winds cuts like a
knife" remarked one William Shake
speare some years ago, That's the
way it felt in Richmond Tuesday morn
Ing.
According to the weather man rain
and snow will again make it's appear
ance on the stage within the next
twenty-four hours.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
FRENCH DASH
FORWARD ON
FRONT THREE
MILES WIDE
Petain Launches Forces on
Loan, Southern Strong
hold Of Foes Line in Reg
ion of Aisne.
BRITISH HOLD GAINS
tBy Associated Press)

What may prove to be an operation
of first rate importance was initiated
by General Petain early today in the
Atsne region northeast of SCISSORS.
Along a front approximately three
niles In extent the French infantry
dashed forward attacking the salient
i'll the German line which curves
about its southwestern key stone, the
fortress Of Laon.
Fort De La Malmaison, the German
stronghold which baffled the French
in last springs attack barring their
way to the westerly end Of the Che
m1n-des Danes is apparently one OF
the immediate detectives of the often
sive For days the big French guns
have been hammering this fort heav-
lily, both the Paris and Berlin reports
indicating that some major movement
was In preparation.
Good progress was reported early
ir. the day by General Petain, the
French forcing their way forward
along the whole front Of the attack.
Would Help on Laon Drive
The taking of Fort De La Malmai
son would materially aid in the push
ing Of an attack on Laon. in an at
tempt to turn the German line in this
region, although it has been consider
&c probable that the main blow II
such an attack would be struck fur
ther to the east where the back door
road to Laon offers superior tact1ca-
advantages.
Virtually all the ground gained II
yesterdays offensive in Flanders has
been retained by the Entente forces
At only one point in the southern
part of Houtholst wood were the Ger
mans able to regain any ground II
counter attacks, and here 1t was only
a single British post that was pushed
back a short distance. The GROUND
won was consolidated along the re
mafnder of the front.
On the eastern front the attempted
German operations on the Esthonfar
main land north Of the Gulf Of Riga
apparently have not progressed as ia
vorably as the naval prelude and the
fighting for possession Of the outlying
islands.
Petrograd today reports that an eff
fort by the Germans to effect sec
cid landing on the coast about etgh
miles north Of Werder, where the.
frst put troops ashore, was frustrated
by the Russians.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
Burglars Pass Up
Cash, But Loot Three
Stores of Eatables

ECONOMY, Ind, Oct 23-Leaving
the money in cash drawers untouched,
burglars looted three Economy stores
sometime after midnight Tuesday
morning. carrying off a quantity of
foodstuffs.
Forcing the door OF restaurant
owned by Lee Lamb, the robbers gain
ed entrance and stole quantity OF
ham, butter and -four. Proceeding to
Beckman's grocery, they took cheese,
crackers, cigarettes, ham and choco-
letes At the Greenstreet hardware
store. a window was "jimmied" and
1t is believed that some rubber goods
was stolen.
In none of the stores was the cash
drawer molested or any money taken.
Mrs. J. p Weaver, who lives next to
one of the stores. heard the robbers,
hut was too frightened to summon
any help Sheriff Carr came Tuesday
morning and investigated the robbery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
w omen Bake 1000
Cookies For Soldiers

Fond memories Of mother in the
kitchen on cookie bakin day will come
back in substantial manner to the
Richmond boys now on duty at the
army camp at Hattiesburg, Miss,
some day the latter part Of this week
Having in mind the masculine fond
ness for that culinary dainty. the
cookie, the women employed at the
Knollenberg store decided to arrange
cookie treat for the Richmond sol
d;ers at Hattiesburg.
Each of them promised to bake a
certain number of cookies, and today
the young women brought their par
of the treat" to the store for ship
n.ent. Tuesday afternoon one thou
sand cookies were enroute to Hatties
burg,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
Christmas Mail to
Sailors Must Leaue
Before November rs

Christmas packages for sailors in
European waters must positively be
in the mail lot later than Novem-
Der 20
B. B. Gold farb, in charge Of the
Richmond navy recruiting station, has
received instructions from the navy
department to emphasize these in
structions to persons who are contem-
plating sending Christmas packages
to relative or friends who Is serving
in foreign waters. ..-.---
The packages must be addressed in
care of the postmaster Of New York
City and must be marked Christmas
mail" :* ..s..-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
'Despotism'' is Old
Story to Foulke

Declaring that he had heard too
much of 'despotism,' and the like un-
der Lincoln during the Civil war to be
moved by any appeal of that kind,
William Dudley Foulke, Richmond
author and publicist, refused an offer
to contribute to a ST. Louis publica-
ton which he believed to be Of a
seditious nature.
The offer was reported by Mr..
Foulke to Postmaster General Burle-
son in which he stated to the post
master general that the forthcoming
publication would pre- baby be sedit-
ious.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
LIBERTY LOAN
STILL LACCINC

WASHINGTON, Oct 23.-The Liber-
ty Loan was still tagging today, on the
face of scattering unofficial estimates
to the treasury department Officials
were hoping that the three billion dol
lar minimum would be reached by to-
morrow night when the heavy antiei-
pated volume Of Liberty Day sales
would be at hand.
Officials announced that there was
little information at hand to lead them
to believe that the five billion dollar
maximum would be reached, although
they thought the sum might possibly
be taken by an eleventh hour avail
anche Of subscriptions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
ALL-FRIENDS CONFERENCE
IS DISCUSSED IN CLOSING

imous vote. A motion made by Mr..
Nicholson, favoring nationwide pro-
hibition by constitutional amendment
also was adopted
w Blair Neatly, In his address, re-
ferring to an address delivered to the
meeting Monday morning, by another
English fraternal delegate. Kemp
Brown. which was considerably criti-
cised by Richmond people, took issue
with the statement made by Brown,
that free speech is being denied Eng
lish people and their other liberties
are being curtailed Neatly said that
many liberties were being denied Eng
lishmen now, but asserted that great
er freedom of speech was enjoyed in
Great Britain than in other belligerent
European nations, and even in the
United States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
FOE LOSES HALF
OF Yep" FLEET

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23-Germany
probably lost one-half other total ef-
fective fleet of super zeppelins as a
result Of the raid Of Oct 20 over Eng
land, according to official cablegrams
received here.
All France is exultant over what the
dispatches declare to be the greatest
defeat administered to an air fleet
since the beginning Of the war.
The qualification is more intense be-
cause it is now known that the Ger
man raid was an attempt to carry out
fearful threat of vengeance made
four days before.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23

have been drafted for army service
was the sending of telegram to Sec
retary of War Baker urging that
Quaker conscripts be placed under the
jurisdiction Of the Service committee
Of Friends for reconstruction work in
France and for "other self sacrificing
work"
So far as known the secretary of
war has taken no action on this re-
quest
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
BUSINESS MEMS UNIT

Members of the Business Mems unit
of the Indiana home guards will hold
a meeting Tuesday evening at 1880
o'clock in the Commercial club rooms.
Severa important matters are to be
taken up at this meeting in addition
to the regular drill, according to Cap
tain Malsby and full attendance is
urged.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
NATIONAL
BUYS S5OO,OOO

The board of directors Of the Sec
ond National bank announced today
that it had subscribed for $500, 900
worth of Liberty Loan bonds.
This is one of the largest subserip-
tions for bonds that has been made
here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
TO INSPECT SMITHFfELD

Members of the county board Of
commissioners will meet Wednesday
and go to Smithfield to inspect the
property recently acquired by the coun-
ty for tuberculosis hospital.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
RICHMOND TO
0BSERvELOAN
DAY IN BIG
CIVIC DRIVE
Orations and Closed Doors to
Be Absent But Effective
Work Will Be Done.
LIST OF CANVASSERs

The Day-Tomorrow; Wednesday.
october "a; Liberty Loan Day.
The T1me-FTom 1 to 5 p. m.
The Place-Richmond in its en-.
tiety.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23
WEATHER FORECAST
llEIllIN hltlii

w LIN 4AAAN OAAANf1O4
For Indiana by United States Wealth.
er Bureau-Fair tonight except snow
flurries in northeast portion. We'd
nesday partly cloudy and warmer.
Today's Temperature.
NOON ...-...7.-..-. 80
Yesterday.
Maximum .........-....... ...50
MINIMUM ................ ....32
For Wayne County by w. &. Moore
Fair and cold tonight Wednesday
increasing cloudiness and rising tenn
perature followed by snow or rain.
General conditlons-The storm of
the past twelve hours is moving down
the st. Lawrence valley and snow and
rain have been general north of the
Ohio river. The cold wave is central
at Winnepeg, Canada. and is moving
southeast. Its center will miss Rich
mond and will pass along the Canad.
Ian border but cold weather will pre-
vail as far south as the thirtieth par
allie Reaction to somewhat warmer
weather will take place after tonight
for brief period. Temperature prob
ably will be between Is and 20 de-
grees above zero tonight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-23

PosToFFIcE TO CLOSE
The postof1ce will be closed We'd
nesday at IL o'clock in accordance
with the proclamation of the presi-
dent for Liberty Loan day.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01

Crops in Camden County, N. J., suf- fered materially from hail. Young fruit was cut from the trees.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01
ANT1-DRAET ARRESTS IN
 MISSOURI AND KANSAS
Seven Men and Two Women Have
 Been Taken Into Custody.

Kansas City, Mo-. May 31.-Federal authorities of western Missouri and Kansas began late today arresting persons suspected of being partici- pants in alleged anti-conscription plots. Four men and one woman were taken into custody here and three other men and a woman were arrested at Topeka.
 Two Of those arrested here-Ray : mond I Moore and Thomas Sullivan earlier in the day had sought unSuc- cessfuily to obtain an injunction to prevent Governor F. D. Gardner and other officials from enforcing the reg istration next Tuesday. Judge Daniel Bird of the Circuit court had denied all points in their petition and their attorney, J. D. Shewalter. was ob- taining a certified appeal petition when secret service agents arrested them in the court house.
 Rapidly the federal authorities ar rested five others, two of whom later were re1ea sed. Of the additional three held. one was MOores wife. She was Miss Leonora Warneson. the public school teacher who came into conflict with school board authorities here re- gently after she had written anti-en- listment notices on the blackboard of her schoolroon. The other two were Flea LIIboshey. a photographer, and H. D. KIeinschmidt of Corder, Mo. They were arraigned before the federal com missioner and held in default of bonds of S, ,000 each.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01
DROP IN WHEAT IN
 CHICAGO YESTERDAY
Flour Follows the Lead, but Bread
 Did Not.

Chicago. May 31.-July wheat to- day went under g bUshel snd touched SEA. which is s9 certs lower chan the price which imnediatey pre- ceded restrictive regulations by the board of trade here two wee,:s ago.
 Flour prices have to a large extent followed the lead of wheat. No agi- tatior has developed among bakers to reduce bread prices, however. At the top of the market the six-cent To f was advanced to ten cents and the 15- cent loaf made it's appearance. This was attributed largely ito the ad- vance of wheat and flour.
 Good crop reports from Texas and Oklahoma were influential in the de- cline in wheat
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01
2,ooos YALE UNDERGRADUAT
 IN MILITARY SERVICE
President Hadley Praises Work of
 Captain Robert M. Danford.

New York. May 31.-Dr. Arthur T, Had.ey president of Yale, speaking at dinner given here tonight in appre- ciation of the military work done at the university by Captain Robert M Danford. U. $. A., asserte dthat of the 2, 900 undergraduates. about half were actively engaged now in military ser vice of some kind.
 T have been asked occasionally whether the college is going to close, !" Dr. Hadley said. 'The question carries it's own answer on the very face. We need our laboratories for experiments. and I am sure that we will have the support of the graduates, not only of the college but of all colleges who ap- pTeciate really what a college is-''
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01
AMENDMENT TO FOOD
 BILL ADOPTED IN SENATE
Would Make Hoarding, Storage or
 Destruction of Food a Felony.

Washington, May 31.-Hoarding. storage. or destruction of fooJ. fuel or other necessaries of life to limit suppsr or affect prices would be a felony under an amendment to the government's first food Dill adopted in the senate today without a recoi d vote.
 Several senators protested tnar the provision was too drastic and Wou q prevent legitimate storing to Cduaiize markets, but ai1 efforts to modify it failed. When Senator Fall proposed that the federal ade commission be empowered to decide whc thcr storing is reasona b1e, Senator POindexter, aG- thor of the amendment. insisted that any such change would wc aken the effectiveness of the measure as a weapon against spectators.
 Violation of the section Wcu he punishable bv imprisonment in the penftentiary for not less than six months nor more than three years. Holding by far1lI~rs or others Cf the producers Of land cultivated by them is exempted.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01
No Politics in
 Draft Registration
JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED FROM
 REP. AND DEM. HEADQUARTERS
TO WORK TOGETHER
Men of Both Parties Experienced in the Work of Registration Are Called Upon to Render Assistance on June and Later in Checking Up the Slackers.

Washington, May 31-In a joint statement issued today from their re- ] spective party headquarters here, Chairman Wilcox, of the republican national committee, and Chairman Me Cormick of the democratic national committee, called upon party com mitteemen and workers in all com munitieS throughout the country to aid army draft registration officers.
 Experienced Party Organization. Experienced in the work of regis tration and canvassing, local and state party organizations are fitted to render invaluable assistance both on June 5 slackers begins. Therefore the national committees, laying aside partisan diff ferences, determined to get their workers into the field for cooperative action.
 Joint Statement.
 By the terms of the selective draft act" says the joint statement. the president has designated June as registration day for the purpose of enrolling those citizens who re of mil itary age and condition. An eligible list of men within certain ages avail able for service is to be established by this registration, from which it is subsequently proposed to select those who are to bear arms for the United States in the present struggle, and those whose proper sphere of duty is along other but not of less useful lines. It is of great importance that this registration be as complete as pos sible, in order that the government may be enabled to make proper se lection.
 Party Lines Discarded.
 The congressional enactment under which this regulation is conducted was supported by members of both houses of congress affiliated with both of the great political parties. Party lines were not drawn during the con- sideration of the great measure Men of both parties supported it and both parties should now cooperate in aid ing the government in the successful administration of the law
 ~..Accordingly-s=EEe chairman the national committees of our re- spective parties have addressed Iitical organizations throughout the country asking them to put into op- eration the party machinery in their respective districts for the purpose of aiding registration officers in sesur- ing complete enrolment of the citizens affected.
 We'll Equipped for the Work.
 We have submitted this sugges- tion to our political organizations in every state. because we believe that these organizations are sp1endidly equipped for effective work in this di- rection.
 We sincerely hope that all members of our organizations and party work CTS generally will join with other cit izens in this movement to insure the enrolment of every citizen who comes within the provisions of this law and is subject to enrOllment.'
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01
PEACE CONFERENCE IN
 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
Resolutions Gall on U. s. to State It's
 War Aims and Peace Terms.

New York. May 31.-Resolutions de- claring that ''an opportunity has been created for bringing the war to an end in the manner most faVora ble to tn people in all lands" and calling upon the government of the United Stt.es toTissIe "a d5fnite and concrete sta tement of it's war aims and it's terms of peace" were passed at the session tonight of the so called first American conference on democracy and terms of peace
 Thousands of persons were turned away from the meeting at Madison Square Garden after that great amphi theatre had been flied and the fire de- partn1ent had directed that no more be allowed inside. Sev$-9I hundred policemen were on duty in the vicin- ity. and two fire engines, with fires banked and hose attached were sta toned near by in readiness for ary disorder. The meeting, however was entirely free of any signs of violence.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01
SPRINGFIELD, MO-, PEOPLE
 WAITED FOR kIDNAPPERS While Father of Stolen Child Went
 to Pay S6,ooo Ransom.

Springfield. Mo, May 31.-Spring- field stayed up tonight while J. H. Rect, wealthy banker. toured Green county in an, automobile to meet and exchange with kidna ppers for his f4 months old son, Lloyd, who was stolen last night when Mir. and Mrs. Rect were away at a dance. 4 1ynching is openly talked of if the kidnappe are caught
 Rect received letter through the mail this morning telling how how to proceed to recover the child. He was told to take a certain route over the county late tonight. The letter said he would be met somewhere on the trip and given the baby for the $6.0OO- He was warned to come. alone
 BlOodhounds were put on the trail of the kidnappers this morning but followed only to the driveway. where it is thought an automobile had wait ed.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01

front has apparently entirely ceased for the moment, the Italians probably being engaged in consolidating posi- tionS won and in bringing up theiI guns for further operations in their canipain against Triest. Along the Isonzo line only artillery due1s have been in progress owing to bad weather l>conditionS.
 There has been a renewel of activity by the Italians in Albania and several villages in the southern part of this theatre have been taken and held tsuccessfully against counter attacks of the Teutonic allies. Eastward, on the entire Macedonian front, artillery duels are in progress.
 An indication of the heavy fighting during the month of April is given in an official British statement of casu- alties during this period, showing that 112,233 British soldiers were kill ed wounded or made prisoner In- cluded in the aggregate are 5,e02 of ficers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01

The state of virtual inaction pre- vails on all the war fronts. In only one theatre has there been any fight ing worthy of note. This was in the Champagne region of France where the French, counter-attacking heavily against positions northeast of Mont haut, where Wednesday night the Germans in a violent offensive had captured trench elements drove out the Teutons Thursday and re-estab- Hshed their former front in it's entire ty.
 To the west in the region lying be- tween Soissons and Rheims, there has been a continuation of the spirited duels on various sectors, notably Vaux : dillon and Laffa ux and south of Berry au Bac the Germans, for the first time fin several months. carried out a sap ping operation. This netted them portions of trenches which were blown up.
 The intense fighting along the southern portion of the Austro- Italian
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01
DRAFT PLOT RAID
 IN COLUMBUS, o. Gov. Cox Says a National Organiza- ton Had Its Headquarters There.

Columbus. May 31-A propaganda plot with national headquarters in this city, organized to induce young men of military age all over the Unit ed States to refrain from registering for conscription next Tuesday, has been uncovered by state and federal secret service agents. according to an nouncement made this afternoon by Gov. James M. Cox.
 Details of the plot. which was said to have extended to many states, be- came known when United States mar shaIs raided a print shop and office in South High street, where practically all of the propaganda literature was printed and distributed. It was stated that the plot appeared to be well f. nanced and well organized.
 Three men already are under arrest in this city, and it was said that fur tl1er arrests would soon be made, both here and in other cities of Ohio and the Middle West