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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
Man Who Talks Peace Now Works
For Kaiser, Says Priuate Peat

Peace will not come until the Ger
mans are begging for mercy, Private
H. R. Peat, Canadian soldier who
served two years in the trenches of
France, declared In talk before near
ly 5000 persons In the Coliseum Mon
day night.
Peace for humanity and civilization,
the kind of peace not favorable to any
one country alone, but for the whole
civilized world Is the peace that Is
being fought for.
1t would be better to lose every
civilized man In the world than to be
defeated by Germany, he said. And
the man who talks peace at this time,
whether he knows 1t or not, is work
ing for the kaiser.
Right Arm Helpless.
Private Peat was shot in the should
er by an explosive shell, rendering his
right arm almost helpless. He Is q
and went across August 4, 1914.
To the mothers who yet have sons
to go to the army training camps
away with a smile,'' and pat him or
the back. Many man in the trenches
just before going into fierce engage
ment wishes blooming shell woult
come along and blow his block off,
when he gets blue and the memory o1
his dear old mother. crying and pray
ing when she bids him farewell comes
back to him.
But when a boys mother pats hin
on the back and sends him away cheer
fully the man In the trenches has the
right spirit and that spirit is goinl
to win the war, says Private Peat
May Last Ten Years.
THE war may last ten years yet bu
the worst days are over" he declared
I'VE might lose twice as many men al
we already have lost, yet the wors
days are over and gone. Germany has
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
INSPECTORS FOR
ELECTION PICKED

Election inspectors for the various
precincts in each ward were approved
by city council in meeting Monday
night The officers follow:
First Ward-Prectnct No. 6, Ed
ward H. Hollarn; No. Z, Harry Shaw;
No 8, Clark Thomas; No 9, Herbert
Scherb.
Second Ward-Precinct No. 10, 3. G.
Dickinson: No. IL, Robert E. Davis;
No. IL, Edward P. Sauers; No. 13,
Clark Woodhurst.
Third Ward-Precinct No. IA, VIII.
lam G. McVay; No. Is. L. NJ. Jones:
No. 16, Elmer E. Hall; No. II, ]. O.
Reynard.
Fourth Ward-Precinct No. Is, Har-
ry Hoover; No. 10, Gilbert H. Scott:
No. 20, Albert Oler; No. 81, Joseph
Edwards; No. %, Charles @. Portlow.
Fifth Ward-Prec1nct No. %, Archi,
bald Price: No. "a, Howard Ridge; No.
%, Fred Mckinney; No. 26, August
Holescher; No. 27, Harvey Petry; No
So, A. R. Beverly.
Sixth Ward-Precinct No. %, ]. M
Worl; No. 20, John Moss; No. 80, Rob.
ert Study.
Seventh ward-Precinct No. 81
Frank C. Roberts; No. 80, John o. Ed.
gerton; No. 33. Ellsworth Bass.
Eighth Ward-Precinct No. "a, Har
ry Winkle; No. IS, Charles N. Towle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
Cost More to Liue
in 1862 Than Nou,
Old lnuoice Shorus

CHICAGO, Oct. 16-Prices of many
gtaple foods averaged about 129 per
cent. higher during the first years Of
the Civil war than today, according to
items taken from an invoice Of goods
sold by 8. Ramill & company, whole
sale grocers of Keokuk, Iowa, to B. J..
Jacobs, retailer. June q, 1862.
The old invoice which was discover
ed here today by student Of food
prices, was compared with present
prices and caused considerable dis
cussion among grocers and commits
sion men
Sugar in those Civil war days sold
for $58 barrel, rice at $31.38 bar
rel; tobacco at more than double the
present price and tea at s101.52 for a
15 pound chest twenty-five pounds
OF the same grade Of tea today may
be bought for 1880. Coffee also was
nearly four times as high as at pres
ent The same bill Of groceries and
gundries that then brought SCALA
may be bought today for S281.61.
Naturally rice, sugar, cotton and to
bacco, products of the south. were un-
usually high In the north during the
Civil war and transportation facilities
for bringing tea and coffee to this
country were not what they are today
Many of the articles sold then are
handled in different forms today. Some
commodities such as mackeraI and
Goldfish were cheaper then than now
Paper bags were higher In those days
despite the present high cost Of paper
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
FRIENDS BOARD
ON TEMPERANCE
SEES PROGRESS
s. Edgar Nicholson Submits
Report To Five Year Meet
ing On Booze.

s. Edgar Nicholson, Of Richmond,
chairman on the Board on Legislation
and Temperance, in his report to the
Five Years Meeting of Friends in Am
erica, complains of lack OF co-ordi-
nation work on the part Of the various
yearly meetings. of the church with the
Temperance board Of the Five Years
Meeting.
However, Chairman Nicholson Is en-
thusiastic over the progress the pro-
hibition movement in America is max
ing, and he asserts the Five Years
Meeting temperance board has been
fully cooperating in the national cru
sade for the exterminati tion of booze.
Chairman Nicholson IN his report
calls attention to the fact that the
United States recently adopted a re-
solution proposing prohibition amend
ment to the Federal constitution, and
he predicts that the national house of
Representatives probably will vote on
this resolution in December.
Shows Need of Unity.
Pointing out the necessity of coop
Grafton between the Five Years Tenn
perance Board and the temperance
mittees of the various yearly meet
committees of the various yearly meet
ings, the report reads:
"In no other way, 1t seems to US,
except by plan of constructive CO
ordination can the society become a
vital working effective organism, do
ing its full share in the best way in
behalf Of the national prohibition OF
the liquor traffic.
Almost complete failure in secur.
ing legislation prohibiting the use OF
the church name, and the name by
which the church is frequently refer
led to, Quaker" for commercial pro-
ducts Is reported. Chairman Nichol
son states that 1t is now necessary
for the meeting to decide whether re.
newed efforts along this line shall be
attempted.
Only Nebraska Responds
The board first attempted to secure
protective legislation through the me-
dium of state legislatures. Only Ne.
[Contlnued on Page Eighth
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
Brown-Eyed Man in
Shelbyuiue Likes
Richmond ladies'

There's brown-eyed Irishman nv-
ing in Shelbyville, Ind. who's lone
some.
He's interested In the dear ladies
OF Richmond" and would like to meet
them, he says on post card received
by The Palladium Tuesday. He signs
himself Harry K. b." SheIbyville.
His card follows:
Dear Ladies of Richmond-Any one
who wishes to meet gentleman, Irish,
brown eyes and hair; five feet eight
inches tall, weight 145 pounds; ma
chinist by profession. admire black
hair and eyes; no objection to brown;
must be Of stout built type; have col
lege education. Write to me. mean
business"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
Lumber to Combat
Shortage of Coal

Two county towns, Straughn and
Pershing, have flung their caps Into
the ring against the coal operators.
Butler Brothers, of Straughn, who
have been buying millions of logs this
spring, summer and fall, and export
ing the same to buying centers, will
have plenty of cord wood for people
unable to get coal.
The Tout, Clarke, and Larson team
of cordwood cutters at Pershing, are
hauling wood every day to make up
the deficiency in coal. There is plenty
of lumber and the boys are getting
there.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
CONSTRUCTION
FIRM ORGANIZED

Articles Of Incorporation Of the In
dustrial Engineering Corporation,
were filed In the office of the county
recorder Tuesday morning.
The new corporation, which will
superintend the construction of resi-
dences and business houses and act
as consulting engineers in the building
of Industrial plants, is capitalized at
$4,000 and the incorporators are J. H.
Mills, Fred ]. Hughes, o. G. Murray
and Henry G. Starr.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16

lists and bandits and, alone, conducted
the work of God in her native village
of MatehuaIa.
"At Matehuala," reads the report,
place frequently raided, where
business houses were looted more
than once and prominent citizens
hung in the streets, Maria Castillo has
kept up all (Friends) school and
church work throughout the entire
period with marvellous persfstency
and skill"
Clear Call Sounded
In the report of the Board of For
eign Missions clear call for the
spreading Of the word of God into
pagan lands is sounded.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16

been studying this war business for
forty years but didn't have sense
enough to stamp out the date. And
today we're blowing them straight
through hell.
'The war is Godsend to the world
and every young man In It. I know
that there Is chance OF being wound
ed and coming back with an arm or
a leg off but that's better than being
called a damn Stacker.
Besides the men who return will re-
turn better men, better equipped
morally and spiritually. Every mans
a man over there, whether he was a
millionaire or newsboy before the war.
There is no such thing as selfishness.
To-day you have the will to win this
var-Wilson. Stand by him and your
government"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
Mexican Woman Baped Bandits Christian Work.

The report tabulates, as follows, the
total contributions of all churches in
the United States and Canada to the
Friends Board Of Foreign Missions for
the past five years:
1912-$17 .317 1866: 1s13-s16, ,043, $50;
1914-S17, ,168,611: 191eS1s, 793, $50;
1916-$20,S04 ,087.
Bequests Are $1,466.o4.
During these five years bequests to
the board have totaled only s., 1,466.04.
The annuity donation plan adopted
by the board is carefully explained in
the report Donors to the foreign mis-
sion fund during their lifetime can re-
ceive part or all of the income de-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16

Liberty Bond buying In Richmond
was given new impetus today as re-
suit. 1t is believed, of last nights
meeting at the Coliseum at which
Private Peat, during the course OF his
address laid special stress on the duty
Of aiding the government In it's call
for finances.
Attorney Wilfred Jessup, represent
ing the Wayne county Liberty Bond
committee, also sought to stir the
Richmond people to activity in short
address delivered at the meeting.
All Of the Richmond banks reported
today that many applications for bonds
had been received and 1t is an en-.
couraging sign that the greatest mum
Der of these are being made by per
sons who have only small savings to
loan the government This fact indt
Gates the spirit Of the people in gen,
eral, and as in the original issue Of the
Liberty Loan Bonds 1t is probable that
the bulk of the issue will be made ur
of subscriptions ranging from the low
est denomination, $50 to $500.
Easily Convertible
Full realization of the fact that
small sums may be used for the pur
chase of bonds which are non-taxable
and which bear four percent interest
per annum, is another factor In the
new interest now apparent and the ad
ditional fact that any owner OF Lib
erty Bond may instantly convert the
same into cash whenever an emery
ency arises also is helping IN the
sale.
However, with brighter prospects to
day, there Is still need for citizens tc
take advantage of the opportunity of
fered. October 81 is positively the
last day on which applications fol
bonds may be made.
The government has fixed that date
and there will be no extension Of time
provided. The Liberty Loan commit
tee urges all citizens who have not
purchased bonds to go to any banl
and make their applications. In even
they are not fully acquainted with tht
plan, all in formation desired will bt
given cheerfully by the banks.
w. c. Seeker, former cashier Of ths
Second National bank, has been ap
/ pointed chairman of the Liberty bono
sale in Richmond by George L. Gates
county chairman.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
DONATION DAY"
FOR HOME SET

Announcements of the annual DO
nation Day" for the Home for the
Friendless have been sent out by the
directors The donation day has been
set for Tuesday. October 80 and at
this time supplies OF clothing, pro-
visions and money will be received.
Arrangements have been made for a
dinner for out of town contributors
who will visit the home on that day.
Mrs. Lena Ewing, Mrs. Ella Mann
and Mrs. H. G. Ferguson Will have
charge of the donations.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16

'The present war is making clear
that the most essential task OF the
church is to make Christ known to the
whole world and to bring in the spirit
of brotherhood which alone can pro-
duce a lasting peace" is the declara-
ton made in the report
And the slaughter of the best
young manhood OF the nations at war
will throw a heavier responsibility
upon the Christian church Of America,
to give her sons and daughters for the
great eVangel, and to stand behind
them with all resources for their best
equipment and greater efficiency"
In their Oldest field of missionary
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16

effort, Mexico, the Friends are today
greatly handicapped, the report shows.
The new constitution Of Mexico pro-
vides that no one except native Mexi-
cans can regularly preach the gospel,
and it also provides that no organiza-
ton can control primary schools.
I'VE now grieVe," the report states,
because more attention was not CIV
en- to educating and training native
boys for church service
African Missions Hurt.
Great difficulties are also being ex-
perienced by all Christian missions in
Africa, the Five Years Meeting is in
formed. This trouble is due entirely
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
BY RAMSEY PouNDsToNE

Tucked away in the report Of the
American Friends Board of Foreign
Missions report to the Five Year
Meeting of Friends in America, now
in session in Richmond, is a brief
paragraph which tells of the exploits
of a Mexican woman, Maria Castillo,
as true a Christian heroine as ever
faced the lions of Nero in the arena
at Rome.
This paragraph relates, quite terse~
ly, how Maria Castillo, through four
years Of the Mexican reign of terror,
when ali the foreign missionaries had
LEFT the country, detaad thA revolution
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
Richmond Soldiers
Go to Hattiesburg

Word has been received here of the
transfer of number of Richmond
men who were stationed at Camp
Zachary Taylor to Camp Shelby at
Hattiesburg, Miss, where the men
will complete National guard units
stationed there.
According to the Information receiv-
ed here, the men left Camp Taylor
Monday for Camp Shelby. The men
that were transferred were members
of the 159th company, Depot brigade.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
600 Grocery Clerks
Strike For Right to
Haze Own Homes

NEW YORK, Oct. 16-Six hundred
grocery clerks in the Bronx, Harlem
and the lower East Side are on strike
today for increase in pay and the right
to have homes of their own. Under
the system in vogue, according to the
strikers, they are required to board
with their employers and may not
have homes of their own.
1--WE intend to have every grocery
clerk have his own room SO he can get
married and have family If he so
wishes" said David Brodsky, a union
organizer.
The men ask SIS week, an eleven
hour day and stop to the system Of
working unlimited hours.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
FIRE DESTROYS HALF OF
KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 16-More than
one-half of the Kansas City stock
yards, the second largest in the coun-
try, was destroyed by fire early today.
1t was estimated after the fire had
been brought under control, after rag
ing for two hours, that several thous-
and head of cattle had been destroy
ed Some estimates ran as high as ten
thousand.
There we're 1000 cattle in the yards
at the close of business yesterday, it
was said, and while it was possible to
liberate most of them, SO rapidly did
the flames gain heaGway that many
were caught and burned.
Hundreds of cattle liberated from
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16

rived from the funds they contribute
After their death their contributions
will be used for the purpose they desir
ed without delay or expense to theif
estates or to the board.
Since 1912 there have been seventy
applicants for appointment as Friends
foreign missionaries and fifteen ap.
pointments have been made since that
time.
The report is issued by the board
chairman. George H. Moore, and by the
general secretary, Charles e Tebbets
1t was considered by the board mem.
bers at their meeting Tuesday after
noon,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16

the burning structures reached the
downtown sections of both Kansas
City, Mo-, and Kansas City, Kas.
It was the third disastrous fire In the
history of the Kansas City stock
yards. The blaze was discovered by
two patrolmen in Kansas City, Kan,
and before they could summon ap-
paratus the fire had become unmanag-
able. Fire departments from both
Kansas Citys combatted the flames.
The origin of the fire was undeterm-
ined. The other two were caused by
carelessly discarded cigarette stubs.
No estimate of the financial loss was
available early today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16

to the alarming spread of Mohamme-
dan propaganda throughout the Dark
Continent-"a propaganda which is be
coming more and more a real menace
to Christian missionary work." the re-
port asserts.
gandists have been starting colonies
throughout pagan Africa and that they
are securing young native men and
children for these colonies and are
buying wives among the native wom-
en-
At each Mohammedan colony a
school is started and at these institu-
tions Arabic and the Koran are
taught.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
Temperature
For Wayne County by w. E. Moore

For Wayne County by w. E. Moore
Fair and cooler tonight. Wednes-
day increasing cloudiness, probably be-
coming unsettled.
General conditions-Cool weather Is
spreading over the central states and
the temperature will go near the freez-
ing point tonight The temperature is
below freezing on the Canadian border
and in some parts of the north cen
tral states There IS no indication of
any severe cold weather, however, for
the next thirty-six hours. A storm Is
developing in the west, being central
over the middle Rockies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16

"a man may come back with an arm
or q leg off but that's better than be-
ing damned Stacker. God help the
Stacker when the boys come home.
at would be better to lose every
civilized man In the world than be de-
feated by Germany
'In this country man gets seven
days for getting drunk. At the front
the soldier who gets drunk Is usually
shot. We're fighting this war with So
ber men"
"The man who says we ought to
have peace now, whether he knows 1t
or not, Is working for the kaiser. We
can't have peace until we have them
begging for mercy. II you're the 9TH
er way. damn you"
'Trs a joke to think that the aver
age life of private Is ten days and
three hours for an officer. During the
two years I served In the trenches we
buried about five per cent
"If hell were turned upside down the
trademark of Germany would be found
on the bottom"
'"This is every man's war. The
man who says the United States has
gone over to help France or England
or Belgium Is fool"
Tommy Is sure OF getting his ra-
tions tomorrow. In fact he Is surer OF
it that he is Of being there to eat
them"
TITS a sinking Germanized lie to
say England put us In front to bear
the brunt."
Loosen up. You're not asked to
keep a family Of nineteen or twenty
| persons for about eight or ten months
| You're only asked to buy Liberty
bonds, and you get interest on your
money"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
OLD ENGINE WANTED BY
VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT

Manufacturers who have machinery,
such as old gasoline engines or small
engines, not in use are asked to notify
X. V. Carman, head of the vocational
department of the High school.
The machinery is needed at the Jun.
Tor High school where classes in ma
chine shop work have been formed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
MEETS AT LADOGA

HAGERSTOWN, IND, Oct. 16-The
southern district conference Of the
church of the Brethren will be held at
Ladoga this week. Members Of the
Church of the Brethren of this place
will attend the sessions Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
MATHEWS COMES TO
SECOND NATIONAL

A. G. Mathews of Muncie, was elect
ed vice president of the Second Ma
tional bank by the board of directors
today
Mr.. Mathews is vice president of the
Merchants National bank of Muncie.
He will come to Richmond about Nov.
20, and will then begin his active work.
His family will make their residence
here at the same time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
(Ry Associated Pressl


The German operations in and
around the Gulf Of Riga. which have
centered attention upon the northern
Russian front for several days past,
are not likely to be extended this fall
to the Gulf Of Finland on the route to
Revao, Cronstadt and Petrograd. in
the opinion Of Russian naval authort-
ties. The lateness of the season will
have the effect of localizing the Ger
man effort, the minister 0 marines be-
lieves.
The situation created by the Teu-
tonic move, however, is serious
enough for the Russians In It's present
aspect. With the great naval prepon-
derance of the Germans In the Baltic
thcze seems little to prevent them
n1aking the Gulf Of Riga, virtually a
German lake and solldifyfng 1t into a
strong naval base from which military
operations as well, would be pushed
advantageously under propitious
weather conditions.
Western Line Unchanged.
The military situation on the varf-
GUS fronts in the western war area was
virtually unchanged over night, so far
as the official statements reveal.
The German reports have begun to
lay stress upon the violance of the
artillery fire in Flanders but there are
no indications that the bombardment
has yet been worked to the point
where the British find themselves
ready for a renewal OF their drive.
Evidently much depends upon the
weather in this region. In the light
of his last weeks experiences with the
handicap of the Flanders mud, II
seems probable that Field Marshal
Haig will wait the settling Of the
ground into somewhat more passable
state, although the hope of securing
even ordinarily good conditions at this
late season of the year seems to be
considered small
Guns Arc Active.
On the French front the activities
are centered on the Aisne and before
Verdun. Last nights fighting in both
regions was mostly monopolized by
the artillery. The German infantry
however came to life on the west bank
[contlnued on Page Eighth
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
Nursing Class is
Requested by Girls

Many of the girl students at the
High school have asked that practical
nursing be included in the curriculum
and an effort will be made to form
class. The plan was also approved by
the school survey.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
HEAVILY ovERscRIRED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-The gov
ernment's latest offer of certificates
OF Indebtedness, $3o0,000,000 at per-
cent, has been heavily over subscribed.