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The Delta independent., 1917-07-27
Pardon se.rd r.vors only One.

The applications for executive elem
ency Of Felix Arena. murder; Ross
Chali. statutory offense: John Di
Felice. murder: E L. Martinef. statu-
tory offense: Paul Schewe, robbery:
Santiago Torres, murder. and Pedro
Valdez, murder, were all denied by
the State Board OF Pardons- Entimio
Martinez. sentenced from Huerfano
county to life Imprisonment for MUIR
der on Dec. 9. 1904. upon the recon-
mendation Of Warden lyman and in
duced by . most excellent service to
the state and obedience to prison
rules. was granted a parole
The Delta independent., 1917-07-27
The Racket Store
DELTA, COLORADO
DISHES
DELTA. COLORADO

We have received shipment
of decorated dishes. Our stock
is nearer complete now than IL
has been for sometime.
Cups and Saucers. 1920 and
sl.5o for six.
Plates, $1.20 and $40 for six
Sauce Dishes. soc and CSC for G
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

Ten Of the sailors who perished on
the United States Destroyer Jacob
Jones, when It went down, possessed
sweaters which had been knitted by
Richmond omen.
One of the survivors also owned a
Richmond-nade sweater.
Last fall Mrs. Robert L. Study, while
returning from Cincinnati with her
mother, met William Graves, a petty
officer of the Jacob Jones, who told
the women how the sailors needed
sweaters.
He said when sweaters were dis
tributed there were not enough to 60
around and that eleven of them had
to go without. The names of those
who had no sweaters he gave as fol
lows: George Pote, Archer Leedy, D.
R. Carter, Harry Favreau, Joseph
Mendes, Doc Kearney, Emmett Smith
Adolph Phillips, G. c. Merkle. John
Cooney and Fred J. Gear. D. r. Car
ter is the only reported survivor oi
these eleven men.
Made Personal Gift.
Mrs. Study Immediately started a
movement to supply these sailors with
sweaters, giving women the names sc
It could be made personal gift
The name of Graves, who said his
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
The capture of Jerusalem by the
British forces marks the end, except
ing two brief interludes, of more thai
l. 200 years possession CT Che seat cI
the Christian religion by the Moham
medans. For 673 years +he Holy City
has been in undisputed ownership o.
the Turks, the last Christian ruler OF
Jerusalem being the German emperor,
Frederick II, whose shnrt-liVed dolnin.
ation lasted from 1929 to 1874
Apart from it's connection with the
campaign being waged against Turkey
by the British in Mesopotamia, the
fall of Jerusalem was tie definite col.
lause OF the long proaracted efforts Of
the Turks to capture the Suez canal
and invade Egypt. Almost the first
move made by Turkey after her ell.
trance into the war was campaign
against Egypt across the Great Desert
of the Sinai peninsula.
In November, 1914, l Turkish army,
variously estimated at from $4,000 to
250,O00 men, marched on the Suez
canal and succeeded in reaching With
in striking distance of the great arti'
fetal waterway at several points. For
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
FORMER SOCIAL
LEADER JAILED
FOR BAD CHECK

Mrs. Julia Taylor Simmons, who, at
one time, was prominent in social and
religious circles of Richmond. was in
the woman's Jail Monday, in lieu of
furnishing a $4,000 bond on charge
of passing a fraudulent check for $244.
Mrs. Simmons was brought to Rich.
mond Sunday afternoon by Sheriff
Carr from Buffalo, N. Y, where she
was located by detectives of the Dick
inson Trust Company where she is al
legged to have cashed the check.
Mrs. Simmons, who is the daughter
of the late DR.. James Taylor, who was
a prominent physician in Richmond.
told Sheriff Carr that she had no idea
that she was violating the law. She
admitted passing the check and said
she thought her step-mother, Mrs.
Martha J. Taylor, who now lives in
Indianapolis. would cover the amount
of the check.
Mrs. Simmons was unable to furn.
ish bond and was sent to Jail. It has
not been decided when she will be ar
raigned in court.
The check was cashed at the Dick
inson Trust company on August 18,
last, drawn on the Farmers Bank of
Mooreland and it is alleged she had
not funds to meet it.
According to information received
by Sheriff Carr, Howard E. Smell, of
St. townsville, N. Y, a cousin of
Mrs. Simmons is on his way to Rich
mond to furnish bail.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
COLD CLAIMS
One VICTIM

Joseph Burns, a labcrer employed
by the Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany, is believed to have frozen to
death in the blizzard which struck
Richmond and Wayne county Satur-
day night.
Burns was found lying beside the
railroad tracks near Pershing. Ind.
early Sunday morning by west
bound Pennsylvania train crew. No
evidence that he had been murdered
or that he committed suicide was
found. He was taken to the Wright
Bros. norgue of Cambridge City.
Burns was seen intoxicated in Cam.
bridge Saturday night, and according
to evidence obtained by Coroner Nor
row, who is investigating the case,
was refused drinks because of his con-
dition.
Only slight scalp wound, on his
head, was found and there We're no
marks on his neck Coroner Morrow
does not believe, from evidence he
has obtained, that he was murdered
but thinks that he froze to death in
the blizzard
It is said that Burns has received
his wages Saturday morning No
money was found on him by Conductor
Eslzy of the train crew who picked him
UP.
It may be necessary to hold an au-
tcrosy over the body.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
Car of Coal Seized
by New Paris Folks
When Fuel Runs Out

NEW PARIS, Dec. 10.-New Paris
citizens, including the postmaster.
their supply Of coal exhausted and
their houses cold, Sunday seized
carload Of coal which had been stand.
ing on the tracks for ten days.
Twenty-Five tons were distributed
Sunday. and records Of the sales kept
Monday, Frank Miller, the village
marshal, was in charge of the distri-
button OF the fuel and only one ton
family was allowed. 4 record OF the
sales is being kept by l. J. Reid, New
Paris merchant, and the owners OF
the coal will be reimbursed. The car
contained seventy-five tons.
Numerous families Sunday were
forced to stay in bed all day because
their houses were cold. The coal
famine has been very severe here and
Sunday the car of coal which had
been standing on the tracks for ten
days was raided.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
NO COAL FOR
HOMES WHICH
HAVE PLENTY
Fuel Controller Bates Also
Orders Dealers to Limit
Sales to One Ton.

Richmond families who have coal II:
their bins will not be allowed to pur-
chase more until their present supply
is nearly exhausted, under orders
issued Monday to retail coal dealers
by County Fuel Administrators Bates
No persapswill be allowed to pur-
chase mofe than one ton Of ccA at q
time
This action was taken by the fuel
administrator to prevent a possible
coal famine and resultant suffering as
the supply of coal in Richmond is not
expected to last more than two weeks
with the added demand for coal cause
by the gas shortage.
Gas Still Low
Richmond's gas supply was still at a
low ebb Monday and many families
were unable to cook On gas stoves.
the administrator said. The supply
was far below normal and was little
letter than it was Saturday
There is less than 1000 tops Of coal
in Richmond coal yards and it is be-
lieved that this supply soon will be
exhausted with the increased demand
caused by the gas situation
Many persons In the city have q sui
f1cient supply to last chem several
weeks or longer but despite this fact
have been ordering more to make up
for what already been consumed.
These persons will NOT be allowed t.
purchase more coal until they SHOW
that their supply is exhausted.
Says 'Tis Unpatriotie
Mr.. Bates characterizes the action
of these persons who attempt to keep
their bins filed at all times while
others must go without any coal as
most unpatriotic and deserving the ut
most condemnation.
N. H Johnson, manager OF the Rich
raond Light, Heat & Power Company,
said Monday that if gas consun ers
used gas for cooking purposes only the
supply would be adequate.
Mr.. Bates was informed Ly officials
OF the Logan Gas Company, which,
supplies Richmond and number of
other cities in eastern Indiana, with
natural gas that an adequate supply
would be flowing through the mains by
Monday morning. The officials SAID
that all industries on the lines wouid
be cut off with the exception Of one
concern in Dayton. which Is working
on government contracts.
However, the situation was little
better than it was Saturday or Sunday
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
new REVOLT
BREAKS OUT
IN RUSSIA:
RAISE ARMIES
Generals Kaledines, Korniloff
and Dutoff Waging War on
Boshevik Elements in the
Nation.
MANIFESTO IS ISSUED
tRy Associated Preas,


Civil war has broken out in Russia
and the BolsheviH regime apparently
will be put to the test The Petrograd
government has issued a proclamation
announcing that Generals Kaledines.
Korniloff and Dutoff have tegun a re-
volt in southeastern European Russia
The Bolsheviki announcement de.
clares that the Constitutional Demo.
Gratis are assisting the aetraan of tho
Don Cossacks and his fellow military
leaders, who are said 10 aim at cut
ting of food supplies and in se!zing
power from the Black sea to the Ural
maintains. as well as In the Caucasus.
Bolsheviki troops have been ordered
to take the field against the counter
revolutionists.
Gneral Kaledines is said to be COL
lecting his forces and it Is inferred
that their detectives include Moscow.
General Dutoff is leading the revolt in
the province Of Orenburg and Is en-
ceavoring to cut the TRANSITIONAL
railway at Tcheliabinsk. Two towns
IN the Caucasus are besiegel by forces
under General Karauloff.
Extremists Arrested
In Orenburg the Bolshev,ki leaders
have been arrested and the soldiers
under them disarmed In the new
Ukrainian republic the middle class is
reported to be assisting General Kale.
dimes in opposition to the workmen's
and soldiers councils. The proclama-
tion Of the Bolsheviki denounces the
Constitutional Democratic party and
its leaders, including Michael Rodziap-
ko, the former president Of The duma,
and Paul N. Milukoff, the former for
eign minister.
It had not been unexpected In the
European capitals that a strong effort
would be made to oust the 9olsheviki
from power. For some time General
Kaledines has been gathering his fore
es In the DON region. whree he has
been Joined by former armv officers
and leaders of the old provisional gov,
crnpent, and has been reported to
hold most of Russia's food and he
probably controls the Don coal region
and a great portion Of the grain grow
ing territory around 'ne Black and
Caspian seas.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
FOE MASS|NG
BIGGEST ARMY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Germany
has massed on the western front hel
greatest army OF the war, Secretary
Baker declares, in his weekly war re
view made public today. To meet
this menace the United States must
speed up it's military preparations,
the secretary adds, with a warning
that the enemy is preparing to put
into execution in France plans he has
been maturing since the defeat of the
Russian armies at Tannenburg early
In the war. The peace negotiations
with Russia have permitted the mass
ing of men on the western front tor
that purpose.
. ,GThss United States must stand
squarely behind our soldiers" the sec.
retary says. TT is not sufficient to
prepare to fight; we must prepare to
win
The review asserts the German conut
er offensive on the Cambrai front has
been successful in winning back less
than one-third of the territory cap.
tured by General Byng. The state.
ment also notes that American engin'
eering troops exchanged shovels for
rifles fought off the enemy side by
side with the British"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

nourfshed at best, the deportation of
men by tens of thousands to slavery
in German mines and factories, the
exuction of men and women for paltry
effusions OF their loyalty to their coun-
try, the sacking of every resource
through financial robbery, the fatten.
ing of armies on the slender produce Of
the country. the denudation of the
country of cattle, horses and textiles;
all these things we had to witness,
dumb to help other than by protest and
sympathy, during this long and terrible
time, and still these are not the events
Of battle heat, but the effects of a
grinding heel of a race demanding the
mastership of the world. All these
things are known to the world-but
what can never be known is the dumb
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
IENINISTS CALL ON PEOPLE
TO HELP CHECK UPRISING

LONDON. Dec. 1O-The counter re.
volt in southeastern Russian, under
the leadership Of generals Kaledines.
Dutoff and Korniloff. apparently is
aimed at seizing the authority in that
region and in cutting off food supplies
from Siberia
According to the proclamation OF
the Bolsheviki government, General
Kaledines forces are menacing Ekat-
erinoslav, Kharkov and Moscow. In
the province of Orenburg the Bolshe-
Wiki have been overthrown by General
Dutoff
Tcheliabinsk, an important railway
center in northeastern Orenburg, is
besieged by General Dutoff's troops.
In the Caucasus General Karauloff IS
attacking Tchechenrev and Ingusher.
Calls EN- Enemies Of People,"
The proclamation says that the "ene.
mics Of the people" have undertaken
last attempt to destroy the cause of
peace and says that the constitutional
Continued on Page Twelve.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

agony Of the people, the expressionless
faces of millions whose souls have
passed the whole gamut of emotions.
And why? Because these, free and
democratic people, dared plunge their
bodies before the marth of autocracy." !"
Frederick C. Walcott's description Of
devastated Poland comprehends the
monstrous woes inflicted by the Prus.
sian system upon those oefenseless
people.
In q statement prepared for the
book. Vernon Kellog said: 81 went int,
Belgium and occupied Fra.ce a neu,.
raj, and ] maintained while there q
steadfastly neutral behavior. but
came out no neutral ss- went in also
hater OF war, but. ! came cut q more
ardent hater Of war; but, also I came
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

months bitter fighting took place, the
canal being defended by IN Anglo
Egyptian army aided by Australians
and New Zealanders and French and
British forces. The Turks were de-
feated and have been driven back
steadily since.
In sentimental and romantic aspects
the capture of Jerusalem far exceeds
the fall of fable-crowned Bagdad. The
modern city of jerusalem Contains
about $4,000 inhabitants and is the
home of pestilence, filth and fevers,
but in historic interest it natur ally
surpasses to the Christian world all
ether places in the world. Since the
days when Joshua wrested 1t from
hands of Jebusites, to make it the CAP
ital Of the Jewish race, Jerusalem has
been the prize and prey OF half the
races of the world. 1t has passed sue
cessiveIy into the hands of the Assyr-
ians, Babylonians, Gre cks. Romans,
Persians, Arabs, Turks. the motley
crowds Of the Crusades, finally to fail
before the defendants CT that Richal d
the Lion Hearted, who strove in vain
for its possession more than TOO years
ago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

HALIFAX, Dec. 10.-Who!esale ar
rests of German residents nf Halifas
we're begun by the police today. This
from the military authorities.
Revised figures were issued today
regarding casualties resulting fron
the explosion as follows:
Known dead, 1900; unaccounted {cr
1000; dead which have heen identified
900; wounded, 5000; homeless, 25,00e
Daybreak today found Halifax rapid
ly emerging from the chpos into which
the city was plunged by tho explosion
last Thursday.
Fair Weather Helps
The successive snow and ram
storms which followed the disaster
greatly hampered all efforts to allevt
ate the suffering of the thousands OF
injured and homeless peop.c, but the
return of fair weather yesterday made
possible more systematic work.
All relief agencies now have been
co-ordinated. Enough do tors AMI
Eurses have reached the city to take
care of the hospital duties.
A considerable quantity OF supplies
already has arrived and more are On
the way, so that the danger of famine
has been averted and here is ample
clothing for all. These supplies must
be carefully conserved, however, and
the authorities today were doing their
best to enforce the requests published
yesterday that non-residents not here
on urgent business should leave the
city and that others should not come
here for the present
The work Of repairing the innumer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

lakes and swamps by saying. There
is no God, there is no morality, and
no ethics any more; there are no hui
man beings any more, but only beasts" "
The illuminating reports of Brand
Whitlock, minister to Belgium, tell of
miseries inflicted upon the Belgian
people, Mr.. Whitlock saying: '*One is
so overwhelmed with the horror of the
thing itself. that it has been, and even
now is, difficult to write calmly and
justly about 1t"
Hoover's Narrowing Tale.
Herbert Hoover. writing for this
book of his experiences In Belgium.
says: THE sight of the destroyed
homes and cities, the widowed and
fatherless, the destitute, the physical
misery of the people but partially
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

cut with ineradicable conviction. again
that the only way in Alich Germany
under its present rule aid In its pres.
ent state Of mind can be kept from do.
ing what 1t has done IS by forcs Of
arms"
The book gives excerpts from tho
diaries of German soldiers. OF which
these are specimens: I'm che night
of Aug. 1919 the village of Saint -Ma,i..
ice was punished for having fired on
German soldiers by being burned to
fhe ground by the German troops. sss
The village was surrounded, men post.
ed about yard from one another. 60
that no one could get out. Then the
Uhlaus set dre to It house by house:
neither man. woman nor cIIild could
IcentInued On Page Nins.l
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-Some of
the blacklist pages in all history. com.
prising a documentary record of
deeds that make one despair OF the
future Of the human race" are found
in a book named German War Prac-
tices," which has just been issued at
the government printing office by the
committee on public information for
free distribution. It is edited by Prof.
d. c. Munro Of Princeton. and other
scholars.
The dumfounding evidence which
this book presents to the jury of man.
kind is drawn mainly from German
and American sources, and includes
official proclamations and utterances
of the responsible heads Of the i'm
perial government, letters and diaries
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

death left by the German army on the
lands of innocent and defenseless
people. The book is supplemental also
to the official reports by the Belgian
Commission and the French minister
OF foreign affairs, and it reveals more
of the damning German war philos-
ophy as expressed in the German white
book and various official utterances.
extenuating revolving crimes on the
grounds of expediency and the ad-
yancement of that ''kultur'' which now
mocks its own name throughout the
civilized world. The humanity of Ger
man soldiers was so torn by the syS-
tenn Of brutality that they cried out in
letters to Ambassador Gerard, one ex-
pressing his protest against the slaugh-
ter of the Russians in the Maurian
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

Of German soldiers, quotations from
German newspapers and material
drawn from the archives Of the State
Department which lay bare the story
of inconceivable German atrocities.
The purpose Of the book is to show
that the system of frightfulness, itself
the greatest atrocity, is the definite
policy of the German government, Sc
sinister that German soldiers have
themselves at times revolted. Indi.
vidual acts of wanton cruelty and bar.
baric destruction are cited only to il.
lustrate the operation of the remorse.
less system.
Horrors on Horrors.
The book supplements the Bryce re.
port, which was the first official sur
vey of the path Of horror, ruin and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
Called Out of City
to Attend Funeral
Third Time in Year

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert J. Buck, of Rich
mond, have been called out of the
city to attend the funeral of close
relative.
They received word Sunday of the
death in Cincinnati of Miss Della
Clough. of Harvard, Mass, an aunt OF
Mr.. Bucks. They left Monday to at
tend the funeral, which will be held
Tuesday.
One year ago they were summoned
to Cincinnati by the death of Mr..
Bucks father, DR.. ]. B. Buck, a promi.
nent physician and Mason.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

For Wayne County. by w. e. Moore
Fair tonight and Tuesday excepting
possibly local snow storm. Contin-
ued cold
General Conditions-The great cold
wave holds the country in its grip
east Of the Rocky Mountains and is
sweeping southward to Florida Temp
eratures range from ten to thirty be-
low zero east of the Rocky Mountains.
At Richmond it was fourteen below
zero Sunday morning and the same
Monday morning. There Is no sign
Of warm weather for ceveral days al
though it may moderate enough to
cause more snow.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
Miss DeCamp Will Not Condemn
Man Who Kept Her a Prisoner

locked. The chest will be opened In
a day or two by the probate judge and
the appraisers of the estate when the
inventory is taken.
According to Attorney Vaughan.
Miss DeCamp has said that there is
no will in the chest, and it contains
Schmick's mothers wedding "outfit"
as he called it.
Attorney Vaughan said Monday that
Miss DeCamp's claim against the
estate would not be for the entire
amount left by him. He said he is
still undecided when the claim will be
filed or what the claim will be.
"The CAIN will depend on what can
be proven in court" he said.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10

EATON, o., Dec. 10.-Miss Minnie
DeCamp. who was imprisoned for six
teen years on the fifty-acre farm OF
Jacob Schmick, bachelor farmer. does
not condemn Schmick for subjecting
her through instilling fear In her
mind.
Il never condemned him while he
was alive and I will never condemn
him now that he is dead" Attorney
e. r. Vaughan, who represents her,
says she told him.
Miss Decamp lived on the fifty.acre
farm, five miles north Of Eaton.
owned by Schmick. Fear that expos
ure would mean arrest and disgrace
kept her imprisoned on the farm. That
fear was instilled by Schmick, she
told attorneys.
Doesn't Use Freedom.
Miss Decamp free to come and go
as she likes since November %, for
the first time in nearly seventeen
years, is now so nervous that she does
not leave the place she is living.
She doesn't want to see anyone and
row is even afraid, for some unknown
reasn, visit the office of Attorney
Vaughan, who is preparing her legal
claim against Schmick's estate.
1t is believed she is still afraid she
will be arrested for living with
Schmick although Prosecuting Attor-
ney Saylo: has assured her that no
action will be brought against her.
Schmick. who died on Thanksgiving
day. about week after Miss DeCamp
left her Imprisonment, left no will SO
far as has been found.
A Mysterious Chest.
Mystery surrounds a large wooden
chest in his home, however, as will
may be found in it. No key has been
found to the chest and it Is securely
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
ARMISTIcE SIGNED

BERLIN, Dec. 10.-Military off,
Gals of the Central Party have signed
an armistice with the Russian and
Roumanian armies on the Rumanian
front betwe en- the Dniester river and
the mouth of the Danube, the war Of
flee officially announced today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-10
Richmond Women Gaue Sweaters
To Ten Men Lost on Jacob Jones

home was in Chicago. is not given In
the ships crew. Mrs. Study says 1t
is possible that he was not on the
ship, he was expecting then to be
tranferred to a larger ship soon.
Mrs. Lewis Reynolds. Mrs. Omar
Murray, Mrs. Study AMI Mrs. Joe Hill
were the Richmond women who Knit
ted the sweaters.