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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-14

his OWN, but toward whom he stands
in relation of parent.
Man with dependent aged or infirm
parents.
Man with dependent helpless broth
ers OF sisters. -..-.
County or municipal officer
Highly trained fireman or police
man, at least years in service of mu-
nicipality
Necessary customhouse clerk.
Necessary employee of United
States in transmission of the mails.
Necessary artificer or workman In
U. S. armory or arsenal.
Necessary employee in service of
United States.
Necessary assistant, associate, or
hired manager of necessary agriculture
al enterprise.
Necessary highly specialized tech
nical or mechanical expert Of neces-
sary industrial enterprise.
Necessary assistant or associate
manager Of necessary industrial enter
prise.
Class ~.
Man whose wife or children are
mainly dependent on his labor for
support.
Mariner actually employed in sea
service OF citizen or merchant in the
United States.
Necessary sole managing. controll.
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tionnaire and in respect of whom no
deferred classification is claimed or
made. f..
All registrants not included in any
other division in this schedule.
Class II.
Married man with children or faith
er of motherless children, where such
wife or children or such motherless
children are not mainly dependent up
on his labor for support for the reason
that there are other reasonably Ger.
tain sources of adequate support Tex.
cluding earnings or possible earnings
from the labor of the wife), available,
and that the removal of the registrant
will not deprive such dependents OF
support.
Married man, without children,
whose wife, although the registrant is
engaged in useful occupation, is not
mainly dependent upon his labor for
support, for the reason that the wife is
skilled in some special class of work
which she is physically able to per
form and in which she is employed, or
in which there Is an immediate open
ing for her under conditions that will
enable her to support herself decently
and without suffering or hardship.
Necessary skilled farm laborer In
necessary agricultural enterprise
Necessary skilled industrial laborer
in necessary industrial enterprise.
Class Ill.
Man with dependent children (nc.
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the series. Series one, is called Gen
eral Questions" and this series must
be answered completely by registrants.
In this series are eleven questions, per.
tanning to the employment, education
and military service of the reg1strant
and also the branch of service that
would most appeal to the reg1strant
In question ten of series one is list
of 81 professions and vocations and
each registrant will be required to
indicate each occupation at which he
has been employed at any time during
his life, and also those occupations in
which he is an expert In this ques.
tion, every possible vocation or pro
fession that can be used in the army,
or in military service is given. The
registrant is also required in this
question to give the number of years
employed in each occupation.
Series two has to do with the
physical fitness of registrant. This
series is divided into six questions
and every applicant must answer the
first two questions, one Of which asks
for his weight and height and the
other asks whether registrant is sound
mentally and physically. If the answer
to the second question of this series
is yes" the others need not be an
swered, but if the registrant is not
physically and mentally sound, then
the exact nature of his ailments must
be set forth in the other four ques-
tions. In this series, provisions is
made for men who are unable to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-14

Sample copies of the QUESTIONABLE,
which will be sent out to every regis
tered man in the United States, and
which must be filed out and returned
to the local boards throughout the
country were issued Wednesday by the
government.
Under the rules and regulations gov
erning the use of the QUESTIONABLE,
every registrant must fill it out and
send it to the local ccnscription board.
It will be the duty of every register
ed man to find out when he is to be
required to have his questionnaire
filled out and filed in the office of the
local board, and notices, with the time
of mailing indicated on them will be
sent TO each registrant and at the
same time a notice posted in the office
of the board, giving the time when
notice was mailed. Failure to receive
notice by mail shall not excuse regis
trant from filling out QUESTIONABLE, as
it shall be the duty of the registrant
to find out when he is to receive
notice.
Has is Pages
The QUESTIONABLE is a booklet con-
tanning sixteen pages. Two of these
pages are given to instructions and
parts of the rules and regulations that
have to do with the QUESTIONABLE. and
one is for data of the local and dis
trict boards.
The questions are divided into
twelve series, and every registrant
must give an answer to each one OF
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This oath must be subscribed by prop
er officials. a-
After all questions are answered,
the registrant Is then required to
mark on the first page Of the question
naire his class in the deferred classi-
fication, or sign waiver for claim
under deferred classification. The
whole QUESTIONABLE must then be
turned over to the local board, with
the serial, or red ink number, and the
order number of registrant, together
with his name, address and telephone
number.
Following is the list of five classes
and that for religious objectors, un-
der deferred classification:
Class !.
Single man without dependent rela.
tives
Married man, with OF without chill.
dren, or father of motherless children,
who has habitually failed to support
his family.
Married man dependent on wife for
support.
Married man, with or without chill.
dren, or father of motherless children: j:
man not usefully engaged, family SUD-
ported by income Independent of his
labor
Unskilled farm laborer.
Registrant by or in respect of whom
no deferred classification is claimed
or made.
Registrant who fails to submit ques.
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Crcwd Ouerflows Auditorium
At Second Community Sing

Clifford Piehl played violin num-
Der with piano accompaniment by Miss
Elizabeth Hasemeier. He was COM
PEELED to respond to an encore.
Mrs. Ray Longnecker, contralto,
sand Some Day" by yelling. Her
daughter. Miss Gladys, played the ac-
compartment.
Rev. ]. J. Rae of First Presbyterian
church, told what he thought of com
munity singing, He said one Of the
principal things in life to this thinking
was to keep music in the heart under
all circumstances and above every
thing else never forget to sing the old
songs.
Otto Krone sang a solo with piano
accompaniment by Mrs. Krone.
Twenty-four persons, from New
Paris, o., including Mrs. Bowles, super
visor Of music.
The next sing will be held Tuesday
evening, November 20, in the High
school auditorium. The High school
orchestra will play and there will be
special solo numbers by Richmond
musicians.
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answer questions, including inmates Of
insane hospitals and the like.
For Public Officials.
Series three is for public officials,
and is divided into two parts, with
three questions. Every registrant
must answer the first question, which
asks whether or not he is an officer
CT the state or nation, and if this
answer is no, the other may be left
bank
This same rule applies to series
four, which is for ministers Of relig-
ion: series five, which Is for divinity
students, except that for divinity stu
dents, supporting affidavit must be
made by an officer of the school in
which student is enrolled; series six,
which applies to men already in the
naval of military service of the United
States; series seven, which covers citi-
zenship Of regfstrant; series eight,
covering officials, federal employees,
pilots and mariners; series nine, for
those who have religious convictions
against war; series ten, which is for
dependents, and with which must be
supporting affidavits Of three persons .
series eleven, and series twelve, for
industrial and agricultural occupa-
tions, for which three supporting af-
fidavits must be given.
At the end of the QUESTIONABLE is
an oath, which must be filled and
sworn to after all Of the questions in
the booklet are properly answered.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-14
Anti-Hoarding Law Don't Affect
Housewives Who "Put Up" Food

Of the law for housewife to buy
more sugar than she needs as it is for
a wholesaler to buy canned goods or
sugar for the purpose of holding them
for higher prices.
.'Any information as to the practice
of boarding on the part of individuals
or dealers should be reported to me at
once. An investigation will be started
promptly by the department of justice
on any complaints made by retailers
against wholesalers or on information
supplied by individuals against indi-
viduals or dealers"
The section fixing the penalty for
violation Of the boarding provision
OF the food control bill follows:
THAT any person who wilfully
boards any necessaries shall, upon
conviction thereof, be fined not exceed
ing $4,000, or be imprisoned for not
more than ten years Or both. Neces-
saries shall be deemed to be boarded
within the meaning of this act when
either held, contracted for or arranged
for by any person in a quantity in ex
cess Of his reasonable requirements
for use or consumption by himself or
his dependents for a reasonable time
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-14
FOE IS CHECKED
ON PIhvE LINE
(By Associated Press)

Italian troops by strong counter at
tacks aided by artillery have checked
Austro-German afforts to capture the
Asiago plateou and threaten the line
of the river Piave. Near Zenson, on
the river Piave about twenty miles
northeast of Venice, the invaders have
succeeded in crossing the river on
boats but we're repulsed in an attempt
to debouch from the bridgchead they
had constructed.
The fighting in the region about
Asiago and between there and Monte
Cimone IS very bitter. The Austro-
Germans attacked in force and gained
some defenses only to be thrown back
by the force Of Italian counter-attacks.
Berlin says Mont Longara has been
captured but Rome reports officially
that the position here has been held
against Teuton efforts. At Canove,
west of Asaigo, an Italian counter
thrust repelled the invaders and re-
suited In the liberation of Italian
prisoners.
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ing, or directing head of necessary
agricultural enterprise.
Necessary sole managing, controll-
ing or directing head of necessary in
dustrial enterprise.
Class ".
Officers - legislative, executive, or
judicial of the United States or Of
States, territory or District of Colum-
bia.
Regular or duly ordained minister
Of religion.
Student who on May 18, 1917, was
preparing for ministry IN recognized
school
Persons in military or naval service
of United States.
Alien enemy.
Resident alien mot an enemy who
claims exemption.
Person totally and permanently
physically or mentally unfit for MILL
tary service.
Person morally unfit to be soldier
Of the United States.
Licensed pilot actually employed In
the pursuit of his vocation.
Member of well-reeogniZed religious
sect or organization, organised and
existing on May Is. 1917 whoso then
existing creed or principles forbid its
members to participate in war in any
form, and whose religious convictions
are against war or participation there.
In. ~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-14
KERENSkY REPORTED TO HAVE RE.TAkEN
NEARLY WHOLE OF RUSSIAN CAPITAL

Moscow is the headquarters of the pro-
yisional government and that Pre-
mier Kerensky has issued orders from
Moscow which have appeared in the
Petrograd papers.
The anti.BolsheviH papers Of Petro-
grad, as well as the Helsingfors news
papers, have headlines announcing
that the Bolshevih movement is near
ing its downfall
General Kaledines, the Cossack lead
er, is said to be dictator of southern
Russia. The orders of the provisional
government are signed by NJ. Keren-
sky. General Kaledines and General
Korniloff. ......
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-14

Richmond people to the number Of
600 gathered at the Junior High School
auditorium Tuesday evening to enjoy
another "let everybody sing" meet
ings. ~.
That Richmond is enthusiastic over
community music was demonstrated
by the large attendance, which was
unable to find seats.
Previous to the sing the Garfield or
chestra, augmented by several mem
bers Of the High school orchestra, play
ed under the direction of Miss Edna
Marlatt, supervisor of music at the
Garfield schol.
Supervisor Sloane, In charge of the
singing. made a brief talk and spoke
Of the large attendance at the sing
held last spring at the school when the
movement was in its infancy.
The first number was Battle Hymn
OF the Republic" "Old Black joe" a
favorite with the older ones, was the
next and "Juanita" and Star of the
Summer Night" were among the other
numbers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-14
Uncle Sam Gives EN-
Fine Vacation, Says
Emerson Ashinger

Uncle Sam has given Emerson Ash
niger, son Of Mr. and Mrs. o. G. Ash
niger, 9 South Sixteenth street. who
is in France, one of the finest vaca-
tions" he has lever had the pleasure
of enjoying" he says in letter to his
parents.
Ashinger is with the expeditionary
forces in France and says that he
would not have missed it "for any
thing"
I'VE are stationed near a small
town and we have a very good time
all the time whether on or off duty
he says in letter to his parents. eve
are getting plenty to eat and lots OF
sleep, and / am getting fat"
Edwin A. Benedict, son of Mrs. Jos
eph Benedict, 205 South Sixth street
enlisted in the regular army when he
was Is years old He is nearly q
years old now and is a corporal. He
has seen service on the Mexican Dor
der. Benedict is now stationed al
Yuma, Ariz. He is a member of 4
company. 35th infantry.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-14
TWO FIRES DO
$500 DAMAGE

Two fires, one Tuesday night and
one early Wednesday morning. did
damage estimated at more than $500.
The loss in both cases, however was
partly covered by insurance.
The home of Grant Fox, 104 North
F street, caught fire shortly after s
o'clock Wednesday morning, from a
spark from the chimney. Damage es.
timated at more than $500 was done
John Mag, mail carrier, living on
South Eighth street Is the owner OF
the house.
The barn in the rear of SO South
Seventeenth street, was completely de
stroyed Tuesday night about 8 O'Clock
by fire of undetermined origin. The
house is occupied by Willard Rains
No one was In the house when the
barn was discovered ablaze by neigh
bors. The damage is estimated al
more than 5000, which is partly cover
ed by insurance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-14
SUGAR SUPPLY
IN RICHMOND
NEARLY GONE
Molasses May Be Used In
Place of Sweet-Grocers
Haven't Any.

Molasses may have to be used in
place of sugar by Richmond house
wives unless the present sugar famine
in Richmond is relieved.
There Is not enough sugar in Rich
mond now for household use to last
more than three or four days, or a
week, with the most economical use.
according to Richmond wholesale
grocers.
The average consumption Of sugar
by Richmond housewives averages
about one carload week. At present
none of the wholesale growers have
any sugar whatsoever in their stock,
and only part of the retail groceries
have small supplies.
Shortage Is Felt.
Although the present shortage is be-
ing felt throughout the country, there
is no increase in price for sugar OF any
kind, according to wholesalers, it be-
ing simply impossible to buy sugar at
any price.
Sugar that is consumed in Richmond
is shipped from the west coast, and
the only possible relief in sight is the
bill for a carload Of sugar shipped from
San Francisco in the middle of Oc-
tober, for Richmond wholesale
house.
Even this. according to one of the
officers of the house, is very little as
1t may not arrive here for another
month, and when it does come, it will
last only one week
Retail grocers are doing all in their
power to conserve the sugar supply
now on hand. and in no case will more
than five pounds of sugar be sold to
one person, many grocers limiting
sales to two pounds for each customer
In this way it is hoped that the IN
necessary use of sugar will be cut
down and only the essential needs for
the sweet will be filled
Suggest MoIasses.
Suggestions have been made By
some grocers to substitute molasses
for sugar, but in many cases this is
impracticable, or impossible.
Restaurant owners and hotels of the
city have also been hit by the short
age and some of the downtown res
taurants have started serving powder
ed sugar, used for cooking purposes
with meals and lunches.
Wholesalers are at loss to explain
the shortage, other than the conges
ton Of traffic from the coast, due te
| munitions and government shipments
but they expect the shortage to be re
lieved within the next month.
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MODERN MAUD
MULLER HERE

Maude Muller, in a bygone day, -:
Worked on the farm, a'rakin' hay.
Then came time which marked the
passing ~
OF rural work by sun-hssed lassies.
But war has come: the farmers son
Has dropped his plow to hunt the
Hun.
So Mistress Maude has left the town
have this straight from Farmer
And every day, at earliest morn,
Begins her work Of husking corn.
With male farm labor practically un.
available, because so many men who
formerly were engaged in agricultural
pursuits have been called to the army
or have been attracted to the cities to
work in factories engaged on govern
ment contracts, several Wayne county
farmers have begun to employ women
to assist in farm work.
It is stated that at the present time
quite a large number of Richmond
women are husHng corn for farmers
many of them receiving as much as
$3.50 a day, in addition to their quar-
ters and their board.
Those farmers who have employed
women corn huskers declare their ex
pertinent has been most successful
one.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-14
PRESIDENT
THREATENS
TO OPERATE
RAILROADS
Executive, Aroused BY Ef-
forts of Brotherhoods To
Force Through Raise, Calls
Meeting at White House.
HOPES FOR SOLUTION

WASHINGTON, Nov 14.-Aroused
by the plans of the railway mems
brotherhoods to demand wage in
creases, President Wilson has set the
machinery of the federal government
in motion to avert, if possible, the
threat of paralysis of the country's
transportation system, so vital to the
war.
At a conference with the heads Of
the big four" brotnerhoods at the
White house on November %, Pres1-
dent Wilson will appeal to the labor
leaders to defer any struggle until
after the country has passed through
the period where its transportation
systems are so vital to the conduct
of the war.
With the announcement of this con-
ference 1t was disclosed that Presi-
dent Wilson. while entertaining every
hope for complete agreement, does
not intend to permit the country S
transportation system to be tied up by
a strike at this critical time in the
nations history even if it become es
necessary for the government to oper-
ate the roads
Have Been conferrirg
1t was disclosed today that Judge
William L. Chambers, head Of the
federal board of mediation and concil-
iation already has been holding con-
ferences with the heads Of the "big
four" brotherhoods. The status of the
proceedings so far shows a disinclina-
tion of the brotherhood heads to com
NIT themselves Internationally to a
plan of arbitrating the difference and
the hope of the government negotia-
tions is for an agreement which will
postpone any disruption Of the trans
portation systems until after the war.
The following letter from President
Wilson to Judge Chambers expresses
the presidents attitude toward the sit
uation:
my dear Judge Chambers:
May not express my very deep
and serious interest in your efforts to
bring the railroad executives and the
lrotherhoods engaged in train opera
tions to an agreement that there shall
be no interruption in their relation on
either side until ample opportunity
shall have been afforded the United
States board Of mediation and con-
citation to bring about if possible an
[Contnued on Page Eighth
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-14
Housewives Asked
to Put Up Cards

If you have signed food pledge
card in connection with the food con.
sevation movement put it in your
window.
Mrs. H. L. Monarch, publicity man.
ager of the campaign, said Wednesday
many cards have been signed but
housewives have neglected placing
the posters in the window consequent.
ly the homes are solicited again where
cards have been signed.
Wednesday morning 100 cards were
handed in and another report will be
made late Wednesday evening.
All girls more than IL years old are
urged to sign the cards.
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That the federal law against the
boarding of food supplies does not ap-
ply to the patriotic housewife is fact
which the Wayne County Coursl of
Defense desires to have clearly under
stood.
This statement comes as result
of the efforts of enemy agents in at
tempting to convince the housewife
that if she Is attempting to keep on
hand stock Of foodstuffs sufficient to
meet her household needs she can be
prosecuted under the provisions Of the
anti-food boarding law, which became
operative the first of this month. The
following statement pertaining to the
question Of conserving food supplies
has been issued:
t'The government encourages and
never criticizes the housewife who has
conserved her own supply of perish
ables. The rule against boarding ap-
plies peculiarly to such staples as
sugar and flour.
s'If the housewife has been accus-
toned to purchasing sugar in five
pound lots and buys by the hundred
weight, or If she has been accustomed
to buying -four by the twenty-four-and'
a-half-poung sack and takes to buying
by the barrel, then certainly she may
be justly charged with boarding, but
not otherwise. ...
Penal Clause In Bill
Directing attention to the penal
clause of the new bill prohibiting
boarding, DR.. Barnard says:
"This law does not apply NAely to
dealers in foodstuffs. 1t says any per
son, and it is just as much violation
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LONDON, Nov. 14.-Premier Keren-
sky is now in Petrograd and has TAX
en- virtually the entire city, an an
nouncement Of the Finnish telegram
bureau says.
According to these advices, which
were received in cablegram filed at
Stockholm at o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, Premier Kerensky defeated
the Bolsheviki at Tsarskoe-Selo. The
Cossacks are reported to have destroy
ed the Red Guard. The telegraph lines
are now N M. Kerensky's hands, the
telegram bureau reports.
The arrival of Premier Kerensky in
Petrograd, accompanied by troops, is
reported by the Russian legation at
Stockholm, according to an Exchange