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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20

The Journal will take limited
amount of wood on subscription
Better take all you can get.-New
Richmond News.
A word TO the wise, etc. Bring
on the timber, dear subscribers.
and lots of it
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20

Oh, what is so rare as a ton of
coal? A ton of sugar.
No postmaster pay will be in
creased during the war, according
to an order by the postmaster gen.
eral.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20
Subconscious Wishes.

When a girl dreams, it is that she is
being married in a church crowded
with former suitors who are crying so
loud that the strains CT the wedding
march canont be heard. - CapperS
Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20
Her Heaven.

Miss Louise says her notion of
heaven is a place where she could
take a deep breath at a swell recep-
ton without fear Of busting some
thing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20

Montana sheep men predict $1.0O
wool by next year. With wool sell
ing at 65 to 75c per pound, sheep
men in the Western states are max
ing fortunes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20
Subscription $3.50 Per Year

Uncle Sam now has the best-edu-
Gated army that the world has ever
seen. A year from now it will be
the best fighting one also. Does this
tickle or itch you?-Elmwood Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20
The Sweetest of All.

Christmas is a jolly day, but let US
net forget that Il is Christ's birthday
and that to make someone else happy
Is the sweetest thing of all.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20

There are tanks and tanks; some
put kaiserltes to flight and others
crawl home at three bells in the
morning.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20
Come young and old from eUery side,

1t is the holy
c. h r i S t M q S.
tide
r h at joyouSly
~ e M e G t
. again.
The holly hangs
u % o n t h e
door.
Tt is no time for
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20
twenty-five Years Ago, Dec. IS, 1892

The River Falls Mandolin a n d
Banjo Club make their debut at
Opera Hall Monday eve., Dec. 10Th,
in "Our Boys Mlnstrels. Williams
and Vannatta appear in an Irish
skit.
The Rock Elm Butter & Cheese
Association of Rock Elm. Pierce
county, have filed articles Of incor-
poration W h the Secretary of
State. Capital stock, $4,000.
E. P. Hammond has sold his house
and lot on Main street, just south
of the gun shop, to James Boles of
Oak Grove for 5000. Mr.. Hammond
remains in possession until the LIST
of May next.
The former editor of the Eds
worth Eagle, Mr.. Keaveney, has re-
tired from it's management and will
be succeeded by Douglas Ross,
newcomer, who in his salutatory
promises to abide with unfaltering
faith in the principals of Democracy
as laid down by Thomas Jefferson
and Grover Cleveland.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20
Che Goldet,
CbrlStr1aStlde

v Under the far blue Syrian sky
& Was born the COnQueror of
Death,
Who bore credentials from on high
In Bethlehem and Nazareth.
Then came the 7lea1 and better times !;
One lone star Signa1ed far and aide,
And nOt0 zoe ring neel0di0NS chimes
TO mark the holy ChristmGStide.
Come yONng and old from eUery side;
Come rosy maid and gentle StCGjp,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20

Good a0iU and joy 90 eUerya0here
Upon the golden Christnldstide.
Joel Benton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20


So of the
soul,
T. 70 M golden
morn to star
ry night.
NGught care zoe
for the pierre
ing cold,
The d RI + t e d
SnOGO or rag
=. - L7E
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-20

Ih6 rosy g arr
close at our
side
Wen kiss be-
meath the mis-
tletOe.
Deep, M e ] ] o ~
b lis salute
the air
With 6eniSOnS
sent far and
aF.Sd0
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
CHURCH COLLEGE
HIT BY PASTOR

COLUMBUS. O.. Oct. 13.-Declaring
against the sectarian school and re-
lationship of church and college. DR..
Lloyd Douglas, Of Ann Arbor, Mich,
said today at a sectional meeting of
the National Council of Congrega,
tional churches here, that there was
no relationship Of church and college
and that none is to be desired
Relationship of church and college
is like snakes In Ireland and there
are no snakes in Ireland" he said.
ANY church that backs itself up
against the ancient walls of tradi-
tional dogmatism to defend a mediey.
al system of theology has a difficult
time breathing in an atmosphere reek-
ing with laboratory fumes"
DR.. Douglas, who has "a faculty
members and $50 University of Michi.
gan students in his church at Ann
Arbor, claims to have the largest reg.
itration of faculty members in the
country. He said he considered the
church located near a university but
not directly connected with 1t, has a
new and vital field.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
To Spank Fatherland
Through ",Teary" Eyes
Says German Pastor

WASHINGTON Oct 13.- Persons
OF all races. classes and conditions are
supporting the sale of liberty bonds.
reports to the treasury department
from many parts Of the country show.
IF the fatherland needs a spanking,
am ready to help administer 1t, even
though l do it with fearful eyes.
wrote the Rev. Christian Bohn, Ger
man minister Of New Ulm. Mimi, the
scene of recent disloyal meetings.
Greeks and Italians are among the
most enthusiastic buyers in Chicago
Many of them originally bought bonds
under the impression that they were
contributing money to the government
with no chance Of return. One Ii
thunian bought $4,000 worth. The
total foreign born sales force in Chi
cago Is estimated at 1000 men. wo
men and children.
An eighty year old Texas negro
hobbled into a liberty loan committee
office and bought from his small store
of money a $500 bond
Buying bonds for babies is becom
ing popular. Some persons are buy
ing them with the intention Of giving
their sons starts in business a quarter
OF century hence, and others are
laying the bonds away to help edu
cate their babies when they grow up.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
FLOUR PRICES GOING DOWN
AS RESULT OF LARGE CROP

Flour prices in Richmond again are
scheduled to take tumble downward
as the result of the government 8
price fixing and the usually large
wheat crop, according to Richmond
nlillers Saturday.
The general retail price of flour at
present Is $11 per barrel, IS below the
price last May. The governments de-
cision on wheat prices Is believed to
have been responsible for the drop and
prices, millers said, will go still lower,
in their opinion. Millers are now In
dependent of the spectators.
According to c. ]. Carpenter OF the
Richmond Roller Mills. the prices fixed
by the government are fair to the
wholesaler, the retailer and the con-
sumer.
Welcome Gambling Curb.
The Champion mills welcomed the
government regulations of wheat
PRICES, officials OF the company said
Saturday as 1t prevents gamblers from
raising the prices. They also said they
believed the prices to be fair to all.
All storage space in all warehouses,
elecators and other places shall be
at the command of the government at
any time, according to letter receiv.
ed Saturday by the Palladium from the
federal food administration. Any one
holding the storage spaces win be re-
quired to furnish any part Of it to the
government at any time they are call
ed upon to do so.
All persons engaged in the business
of storing or distributing wheat or rye,
or in manufacturing products derived
from either wheat or rye in plant
having a capacity of more than 100
barrels every twenty-four hour run,
shall take out government license.
Only Months Output.
No 1icensee operating any min or
other manufacturing plant shall keep
On hand, or have IN possession or un.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13

getting the best men In one party and
submitting them to the people at a
primary election
"Yet we have certain highbrows In
our community who are too good to be
members of any party.
"They are 'Citizens!'
These men who claim to want good
government, why didn't they submit
their men to the peoples vote at a
primary elecdon?"
"All Republicans went out and
worked and submitted themselves to
the people. But these high-minded
gentlemen who call themselves 'Citi-
zens' met in closed room and select
ed their candidates, without giving the
people a chance
Are Not Honest.
They are not honest when It comes
to sincerity and frankness or they
would have come before the people
and asked the peoples support"
TITS the methods we are attacking.
don't care who they offer as candi-
dates, the system Is wrong.
[contInued on Page Eighth
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
AGED WOMAN
FIRE VICTIM

Mrs. Phoebe Holsinger, IS years
old, died today from burns received
when her home, five miles southwest
Of Richmond, on the State road, was
destroyed by fire about 10 o'clock Fri
day night
Mrs. Holsinger was found lying in
her yard, her clothes burned from her
body and her body charred by the
blaze. by Grant Larsh, a neighbor.
The woman, who was a widow, was
taken to Larsh's home.
While the origin of the fire is un-
known 1t Is believed to have been
caused by faulty stove. Mrs. Hol-
singer had asked Larsh to come to
her home Saturday and repair the
stove which had given her trouble
by smoking.
A Scotch collie, owned by Mrs Hol-
singer, died in an attempt to save
her. When he failed to find his mis-
tress' body he ran into the house and
was never seen again.
It is unknown how Mrs. Holsinger
escaped from her home alive The
place was, In mass Of flames when
Mrs. Holsinger's body was found in
the yard. her clothes burned from
her. She was in the habit Of sleeping
with her shoes and clothes on.
Mrs. Holsinger was wealthy and
has two sisters. Her husband, John
Holsinger, died about fifteen years
ago. Her sisters are Mrs. Joseph
Walker of Greenville, o., and Mrs
John Bean, living about one mile west
of Richmond
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
NEED OF new
.EARLHAm IS
S $1,OOO,OOO,
Stewards
President Maps Out Needs
and Possibilities of School
in Comprehensive Article.
GYM TO COST $4,000
(6y Or. David M. Edwards, President
of Earlham CoIleqe)

Some time ago an editorial appear
ed in The Palladium which was very
much to the point concerning the re-
lation Of Earlham College to the busi-
ness interests of the city of Rich
mond. This is matter about which
very few are informed, and after an
institution has been in existence for
great many years, the citizens of the
community take it as a matter of
course.
Very few people know the tremen-
dous fight that an educational insti-
tuition has been obliged to put up dur
ing the last few years, nor is it gen
orally known that it will be necessary
to continue this fight until colleges
are adequately financed For a num-
Der of years educational experts,
working under the direction of the
Affiliated Church Boards of Education
and the Association of American Col
leges, have been making a study of
the financing Of what is usually term
ed the Independent College, which in
cludes the denominational institutions.
Need More Money
This study has been carried on in
the most extensive and scientific man
ner, and therefore the conclusions
reached are absolutely dependable AS
result it has been definitely deter
mined that educational institutions
must increase their finances by large
additions to the endowment funds and
by extensive improvement in the
plants and equipments.
great many educational institu-
tions have been meeting these de-
mands, and are now becoming we'll
financed and equipped.
Earlham College has not been as
active in this realm as the needs Of
the times require. Consequently, the
time has come when action must be
begun. At a recent meeting of the
Board of Trustees l laid before that
body plan for the development of
the institution over which / have
charge, which met with the enthu-
siastic and whole-hearted approval OF
the entire Board.
This plan is two-fold: First. for in
creasing the attendance, and second,
for increasing the assets.
Earlham College could, with its
present equipment and teaching force.
handle 500 students, whereas the pres
ent enrolment is less than 400. This
makes it imperative that more stu
dents should be secured With the
splendid territory which Earlham Col
lege occupies, it is a comparatively
easy matter to accomplish this end
improvements Authorized
In order to accomplish this end, the
Board of Trustees has authorized that
extensive improvements be made in
the present college plant. This will
include the complete renovation and
repair of all the present buildings,
and 1t Will occasion the expenditure
of several thousands of dollars
It also was decided to start at once
! upon a campaign to erect a new gym
nasium. l was authorized to appoint
[continued on Page Eighth
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
Citizens Party's Method of
Picking Candidates Assailed

The Citizens party. headed by Al
fred Bavis for mayor, is attempting
to shackle boss rule on the people of
Richmond. VIII W. Keller, attorney,
declared In a talk before Republican
candidates in the council chamber at
City Hall, Friday night.
The system employed by Bavis and
his followers, In selecting the men
they want to become city officials,
without giving the people chance to
vote on the party's choice at pri-
mary election, was bitterly con-
demned. ...~-
1--WE are In great war, and it is i'm
portant that the country be saved and
the allies win the war" Mr.. Keller
said. But we should save the city as
well as the country. 1t is important
that We get strong Republican ad-
ministration again.
Must Work on Party Lines.
I'VE can't ignore party lines in a
city election" he continued. I'VE are
compelled to work along party lines,
I believe the most effective way Of
getting a good administration, is by
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13

For Richmond and Wayne County by
w. e. Moore-Fair tonight and prob
ably Sunday, with rising temperature
Sunday.
General conditions-Tempera
below freezing were general over
Wayne county last night the lowest be-
ing at Cambridge City. Weather is
how fair over the Mississippi valley
End is cold as far south as Texas. The
lowest in the United States was at
Bismark, y. D., where the temperature
registered 10 above zero. Tempera-
lures are now rising west of the Miss
issippi valley Unreasonable weather
prevails In California and the tempera-
ture at Red Bluff, in the northern part
Of the state, register 96 in the shade.
It was eight above on the Canadian
border.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
LARGE CROWD
EXPECTED TO
HEAR LECTURE
Two Years in He'll and Back
With a Smile" Private
Peat's Subject.

Two Years in He'll and Back With
a Smile'
That Is the way posters read an
nouncing the appearance Of Private
Peat at the Coliseum, Monday evening.
October 10, under the auspices OF the
Commercial club. A large crowd is ex-
pected.
Mrs. Peat will be unable to accom-
pany her husband to Richmond as she
underwent an operation Friday.
Word was received Saturday by
Secretary Albus that Peat is anxious
to appear here Monday and will ar
rive on schedule.
After two years service for his coun'
try Private Peat was awarded a COM
mission as lieutenant. His recommen-
dations are considered the best ever
given private and the last official
papers signed by the Late Sir Charles
Tupper, Premier Of Canada, were those
commencing Private Peat
Is SouI-Stlrrlng.
His personal experience Of the wal
in Europe is soul-stirring and full OF
the true pathos of humanity
After his experience fighting In
France and Flanders he has become a
puUlIC 6pcdhCI anu ID tuC pIOOuSI vi
an extraordinary age.
He was severely wounded and dis
abled and carries with him honorable
discharge from the Canadian Overseas
Army.
Private Peat makes no bid for per
J sonal sympathy.
His is strong active purpose to tell
OF the world as 1t is when gripped in
the war of Titans, his Is an earnest at
tempt to spread news Of the good
which will result from this God-per
mitted devastation of humanity.
The Commercial club Is anxious that
every man, woman and child in Rich
mond hear Peat. .....
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
BY |. v. SCHNEIDER

John Greenleaf Whittier. whose
poems are sung the world over, has
accomplished more good for humanity
than any other American poet, In the
opinion of DR.. Augustine Jones, edu-
Gator, writer and historian, who was
a close friend of the poet for many
years.
Dr. Jones, VINO now resides near
Boston, Mass, is visiting his son-in-
law, Rev. Charles NJ. Woodman, pas
tor of West Richmond Friends church
and will remain IN Richmond for an
other week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
Don't Send Prayers
to Sammy in Chain

Don't send prayers to Sammies by
the "Chain Letter" route.
Saturday mornings mail brought in
an abundance Of chain letters some of
which contained prayers for soldiers
while others were inscribed with an
ancient prayer
The author of the letters said that if
the chain was broken some dire ca
lamity might happen to the one break
ing the chain while II attention was
given to the letter some great good
would come to the one assisting with
the work
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
Mills, Denied Place
in Army, Enlists in
Saluationers' Ranks

When Ed Mills. "a years old. was
rejected for army service when he
tried to enlist four months ago. Ser
geant Warner of the recruiting station
told him to enlist In the Salvation
army.
He did and was promptly converted.
Mills, however, was chosen for army
service by the Richmond army board.
and will leave soon for Camp Zachary
Taylor.
A farewell party in his honor will be
given at the Salvation army home. 16
North Sixth street, Sunday night at
o'clock. He will be enrolled under the
flag Of the United States and the flag
of the Salvation army at the same
time at the party.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13

At least one Richmond man, prom
inent in the business activities of this
city. has had the pleasure of telling
Senator LaFoHette to his face just
what he thought Of shinn,-but. this
Richmond man ,confesses. he didn't
know at the time to whom he was
talking. Here is how he tells the
story:
81 was on a railroad train and was
sitting in the smoking compartment
of a Pullman. There was one other
man in the car, a short, plump man
with a pompadour crop Of hair.
What do you know about politics
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13

many years that DR. Jones knew Whit.
der. the only thing DR.. Jones ever
heard him say about any OF his works
was regarding Isabelle Of Austria,"
a great child's poem.
II rather liked that myself" Whit
tier once said about it.
Agreed with Burns.
Religious thinker. abolitionist, he al
ways believed in the equality of man.
Whether that man be white, red or
black. he agreed with Robert Burns
that "a mans a man"
DR.. Jones once heard William
Lloyd Garrison. the great editor Of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13
Richmond Man Had Pleasure of
:'Bawling Out" Sen. LaFollette

In Wisconsin," he inquired of me. l
told him that all l knew about poll
tics In that stae was that they revolv-
ed about cheap, political strickster
named LaFollette.
Why do you call him thatg my
unknown acquaintance demanded.
proceeded to inform him at such
length that when had finished l had
reached my destination and had to
hurry from the train without giving
him an opportunity of replying. AS
left the car l met the conductor. !
asked him who the little man in the
smoking compartment was. Why
that's Senator LaFollette,' he replied ~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13

DR.. Jones also was acquainted with
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and has
heard Ralph Waldo Emerson on num-
erous occasions. Longfellow himself.
great poet though he was, once told
DR.. Jones, as they sat talking together
in the old Craige house in Cambridge,
the house once occupied by General
George Washington that nowhere
could be found such beautiful poems
as those written by Whittier.
Responsible for Fry Poems
1t was DR.. Jones who was respon-
sible for the poem, written by Whit
tier, to Elizabeth Fry. the great Eng
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13

betterment OF humanity Whether 1t
was for red, white or black man Whit
tier, untiringly worked for the equal
ity of man
TN this, Longfellow was unsuccess-
full. His poems, while beautiful for
their classic nature. failed to strike
the deeper chord, the spiritual chord
which yibrated the whole subject"
Met at Yearly Meeting.
DR. Jones first met Whittier at a
Yearly Meeting Of Friends held in
Newport. DIR. Jones was struck with
the strong features of the poet, who
was then 53 years old. After the first
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13

lish Quaker minister and philanthro-
pist. DR.. Jones, who was then head
of the Moses Brown school at Provl
dence, R. T., returned from visit to
England, bringing with him bust of
the great English woman.
He suggested that the poet write a
poem to her. Whittier had always
been great adnirer Of Elizabeth
Fry's works and the poem was
written.
Whittier had a power nobody else
had" Dr. Jones said. "Forcefu1, his
poems grip the heart OF one. And
always were his poems written for the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13

Boston, declare that to John Green
Leaf Whittier was more credit due for
the abolition Of the American slave
than any other man He wrote num-
erous poems On the slave question,
which struck the hearts of the people
and found responsive chord.
Whittier died at his home In Ames-
bury, Mass, in 1892 but his works
still live, until today they are to be
found IN song books over the entire
country.
Dr.. Jones is the author Of the his
tory, which is regarded as an author
fly. on Thomas Dudley, the second
governor OF Massachusefts,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-13

meeting he often visited him and ex-
changed many letters
Once, DR.. Jones tells the story, while
on a visit to the poets home he no
ticed a picture OF Elizabeth Whittier.
the poets sister, hanging on the wall.
Whittier told him that it was his sis
ter and said:
THE faculty is ten times greater in
her than it is in me-
He didn't say what the faculty was
for, however, as he was reserved
about himself and his writings. It
was very difficult to get him to talk
about himself or his poems. In the