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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
MERCHANTS
BUILD UP BU0iNEoS
fRv Associated press>

WASHINGTON. March 7.-Ameri.
can hardware manufacturers have TAX
en- advantage of the European war to
build up a big business In China, the
Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce announced today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
EVANSVILLE CASTS
VERY LIGHT Vote
NV Associated Preee1

no contests except in q few wardS
where there were spirited fights for
councilmanic nominations, only sS3
votes were cast in yesterdays prim-
airy for Albert r. Messick, Republican
candidate for mayor and 1853 for Ben
jamin Bosse, Democrat. Both were
unopp0sed,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
CLOTURE RULE
TO Be CHANGED
BY SENATORS
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, March AFTER a
White House conference between the
President and Democratic Senators the
latter went to the Capitol for confer
ence with Republican leaders to lay
before them a plan for modified clo-
ture which the Democrats hope to
bring before the Senate tomorrow.
The Democrats said they expected
prompt action.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
Tongs Decline
Peace Proffer
(BY Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, March 7.-Offers
of the Chinese Peace Society to ar
range a peace parley were scorned to-
day by the Chinese Tongs which start
ed war Monday with the killing of
six Chinese in four Pacific coast cities.
The offers were made yesterday after
a meeting in the Chinese quartrs in
which twenty Chinese pacifists par
ticipated.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
Parties Poll Less Than Half of Total Normal Vote
lowa Expects
to Heap Scorn
On Her Solons
(By Associated Press)

DES MONIES, Ia, March IA reso-
luton declaring that the Iowa general
assembly recognizes that the action of
Senators Cummins and Kenyon, "by
aiding in the filibuster against the
armed ship bill in the U. S. senate,
held up the state as an object for
scorn and contempt" and repudiating
their action is expected to be taken up
for consideration in the lower branch
of the legislature today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
WILSON
WILL FIND way
TO Arm SHIPS
(By Associated PresS)

WASHINGTON, March THE def
mite impression that American mer-
chantmen would be armed in the near
future gained ground today following
conferences between President Wilson
and administration officials and Demo
cratic senator's.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
Russian Craft
Strikes Mine
(BY Associated PreSSl

BERLIN. March 6-The Russian
armed cruiser Ryuerik struck mine
in the Gulf of Finland and was badly
damaged, according to reports from
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
Thoughts to Think About

Thoughts to Think About
Anger succumbs to a soft re-
ply like a troubled sea to a lit
tie strand-only froth and
shells remain.
knowledge is the sequence
of things learned by experience;
it is common sense classified.
Cheerfulness is the oil of glad
ness which lubricates life's ac-
tivity.
Results in Classified advertis-
ing come in proportion to the
number of readers-The Pallad-
ium is read by more people than
any other paper in the Eastern
part of fundamentally every
body in Richmond reads The
Palladium.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
Canned Fruits
Show Increase
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, March 7-Prices of
canned fruits today showed an ad-
vance ranging from four to nine cents
can at retail.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
ZIMMERMAN
AND FARWIG
LEAD. PARTIES
IN ELECTION
William B. Stevens Defeats
B. A. Bescher by Twelve
Votes in Clerks Race.
few DEMOCRATS OUT
REPUBLICAN, CITY TICKET
For Mayor w. w. Zimmes-
man.
For Clerk-WilIjam 3. Stevens.

For Mayor w. w. thinner
man.
For cierk-WiIIiam 3. Stevens.
counciimen-at-iarge-
Jesse J. Evans.
j. v. Schneider.
Mathew Won Pein.
Oscar c. Williams.
Ward CounciImen-
First Ward-James p. Reid.
Second Ward-John e. White.
Third Ward-David q. Golden.
Fourth Ward-Ben L. Bulia.
Fifth Ward-A. J. Ford.
Sixth Ward-E. n. Steoman.
Seventh Ward-W. p. Richardson.
Eighth Ward-H. A. Schwei1er.
DEMOCRATIC CITY TICKET
For Mayor-Henry II. Far,sis.
For Clerk-isaac =. Burns.
counciImen-atIarge-
j. J. Coyie.
DeIbert D. Minnick.
Anton Stole, Sr.
Ward CounciImen-
First Ward-Joe M. Waterman.
Second Ward-J. w. Boiser.
Third Ward-Wi'Iiam Urban.
Fourth Ward-H. II. Schuermann.
Fifth Ward-Omer c. Woods.
Eighth WardIW. e. Wilkins.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
N|NE-M|LE GAIN
MADE BY ALLIES
(By Associated Press)

Nby HSSOCIdCcU IESSI
London, March Z. British cav
alrymen have advanced within nine
miles of Ctesiphon, on the Tigris front,
on Monday afternoon it was announced
officially today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-03-07
Weather Forecast

For Indiana by United States Wealth.
er Bureau-Rain and colder tonight
Thursday fair. Colder.
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Temperature Today.

Maximum ........:.. .:................S9 .S9
Minimum
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18

ton while attending wounded. Oc-
casionally doctor dies of pneumonia
caused by exposure in helping to bring
men from mo Mans Land" as in
several instances the number Of
wounded to be gotten to safety has
been so great that the physicians have
had to assist in dragging them to
shelter.
The great guns used make tho
danger zone very large one and
whether by accident or purpose the
German gunner has found q mark in
many Of the Allies hospitals. Today
hundreds of our own physicians are
either on their way or preparing to
follow Pershing and his "Sammies''
to the firing line.
Already the Johns Hopkins and
Harvard units are in France estab-
fishing hospitals about twenty-five
miles from the front. These units
comprise some of the most noted
medical men in the country. They
have left lucrative practices, which
it has taken years to build up, and
families as well. and like the knights
Of old stand ready to do their bit"
with rare chivalry and self-sacriface.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18


of Alaska has amounted TO about
$500, 100000 or about 100 per cent.
year. During the administration of
President Pierce, Russia offered the
offer was refused. Later it was Of
fered to President buchanan, who also
refused to purchase, declaring that
100000 was too high n price 10 pay
for land of snow and ice
Purchase Ridicuicd.
However, when william II Seward
became the Secretary of State in the
cabinet of President Lincoln he be-
gan to- think over the advsability of
investing Government money in
Alaska, but it was not until 1867 that
the actual purchase took place. Sec
rotary Seward was optimistic over
the future of the territory in the
northwest, but few people shared his
views and legislators and newspapers
were opposed to its purchase. How
ever, the secretary was adamant and
although the opposition became more
intense each day Seward went on with
his plans and finally at dawn on the
morning of March 80, 1867. the treaty
of purchase was duly signed by Russia
and the United States and sent &c
Congress for its ratification on the
same day. Obstacles of all sorts were
put in the way of the ratification, but
finally the Senate confirmed the pur-
/ chase on April 10th. and the bill be
came a law on June goth. The news
papers ridiculed the transaction and
spoke of Alaska as Stewards ice box,
Zero Island" Am erican Siberia
"Walrussia," "Polaria" and ice
bergia." Articles appeared describ-
ing the country as a land where the
ground was always frozen to a depth
of at least six feet throughout the
summer, and one article stated thai
nothing grew but fish and they were
of the kind which none but an Eskimo
could eat How little they knew Of
this rich land, which today grow:
an abundant harvest in grain ant
vegetables and produces some of the
best fish in the world.
Figured by the acre Alaska wa.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18

always been one of the crying needs
of that country, and for years i'm
provements along this line were tied
up in red tape, and while our other
possessions received money for the
betterment of conditions, the richest
this is now a thing of the past and
Alaska Is coming into her own by the
construction of railroad by the Unit
ed States Government.
Mineral Wealth.
The mineral wealth of Alaska ap-
pears almost inexhaustible for It con-
tains almost every mineral used by
man. Its gold fields have produced
millions of dollars worth of the
precious metal both by placer and
quartz mining and there seems to be
no let up on the output. Much of the
work is done by hydraulic mining,
turning on great stream of water
and washing the sand with its gold
deposits into sluice boxes. The fam
Gus Treadwell mine near Juneau, in
the southeastern section of the ter
ritory has already produced seven
times as much gold as the United
States paid for the entire territory.
The company operates the second
largest stamp mill in the world, its
size being exceeded only by the one run
by the De Beers property on the Wits
watersrand. South Africa. Besides
gold Alaska produces copper. tin,
silver, gypsum, marble, graphite
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18

and grains that are adapted to Alas
kan soil and today there are many
fine farms in Alaska, where prize po-
tatoes and hardy vegetables are grown
to perfection. Barley, rye, oats and
sometimes wheat are to be found as
well. Cattle too are raised in large
numbers and the time seems not far
distant when the territory will be able
to feed herself. Wild berries grow in
profusion, while the wild flowers that
cover the hills growing even at the
foot of the glaciers are the most beau
tiful in the world. Thriving villages
and busting towns with all the mod
ern improvements have sprung up and
the primitive miners hut is rapidly
becoming a thing of the past. The
prospector with his bean pot and
bacon who cooked his meals on the
hills has gone out of fashion and the
man who comes to seek his fortune in
Alaska today Is usually we'll dressed
man with scientific information and
some ability as a geologist and engi-
neer. The development of the great
territory has just begun for there are
thousands of acres of land that have
never been trodden upon by the white
man and undeveloped riches unsur-
passed in the world.
To the hunter it is a perfect para
disc for bear, moose, caribou, wolves
and mountain goats abound; among
the smaller game are foxes, rabbits
and offers as we'll as such game as
the ptarimigap, wan, snipe, plover,
grouse. partridge, wild duck and wild
goose. All of these are plentiful as
the hunting grounds are not oyerrun
with sportsmen.
Alaska offers the tourist scenery
equal to that found anywhere in the
world. 1t boasts Of the highest noun.
tain in North America, Mt. Mckinley,
which lifts its snow-capped head more
than 10000 feet above sea level. Its
glaciers, many of which are accessi-
BILE, are the largest in the world with
the exception of some recently dis
lowered near the south pole, while
Its fjords in the inland waters rival
in beauty and grandeur those Of Nor
way.
Altogether Alaska Is one Of the
worlds wo !ders and its development
during the past nifty years has been
far beyond the hopes OF its most opti-
mistic admirer and shows the wisdom
OF Secretary Seward in sticking to hi!
own opinion and adding the "ice box
to our country's possession.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18

wounded. When no other rescuers
were sent from the French trenches
to their aid the wounded men began
TO call to their comrades entreating
them to help them back to the
trenches. AT first the captain declared
that he could spare no more men, but
two soldiers begged to be allowed to
go to the men and he finally consent
ed. No sooner had they reached their
comrades than they too were fired on
by the Germans. and only one escaped
and succeeded in getting back. After
that rescue was impossible and the
next morning all six of the soldiers
could be seen lying dead only a few
yards from. their own trenches.
Another ambulance man tells how
dugout dressing station was fired by
the Germans when a huge Red Cross
was flying above it and how several
wounded Germans as well as French
men went to their death.
Physicians Under Fire.
Hundreds Of physicians have been
killed by the deliberate bombing OF
dressing stations. 1.-THE Red Cross
means nothing to the German officer"
said surgeon. "and he fires on the
flag as quickly as he does on a
trench"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18

among the gold and sand, aquatic furs
and fur seals, worth millions of dol
lars. the furs alone shipped in 1915
being worth over half a million dol
lars.
Lumber.
The vast lumber supply of Alaska is
another asset of this treasure house
OF the northwest for aside from the
large amount of hemlock and sitka
spruce, red cedar and yellow cypress
there is any amount of timber excel
lently suited for pulp manufacture.
Indeed, at present vast quantities of
this class of timber is going to waste
in southeastern Alaska because there
Is nobody to handle it. There is plenty
Of water power in that section and
it only needs to be set to work in
producing wood pulp which is now
on the upward trend in price.
Much Of the wood used in con-
structing our war aeroplanes comes
from Alaska, the spruce from that
territory has no superior for the work
because Of its great strength and close
grain. The logging industry also
flourishes in Alaska, where the forests
are close to the shore line. They are
sent down the mountains on chutes.
bound together and floated to saw
mills.
Farm Land.
For many years there was an
erroneous idea of Alaska's climatic
conditions and this Nept settlers from
going to what was known as 1.-THE
Frozen North" Dramatically Alaska is
as favorably situated as the Scandi-
navian peninsula, and in some parts
of the territory is not an unpleasant
place to live at any time during the
year. For instance, the temperature
at many points in Southwestern
Alaska is not so cold as New York
City in winter nor as warm in sum-
mer. The atmosphere in this section
of Alaska Is tempered by the Japan
current. 1t is, however. very cold in
winter and very hot in summer east
Of the Coast Range. Except in ex-
treme Northern Alaska vegetation is
extremely luxuriant and wonderfully
rapid in growth. Nearly every variety
Of hardy fruit and vegetables grow In
abundance while grass fiourishes or
the plateaus and forms excellent pas
turage for cattle. The agricultural
experiment station Of the territory ha.
done excellent work in. finding on
the various kinds Of fruits. vegetable
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18
Rescuing and Attending the Wounded UnderFirels
No Easy Task, Yet This Is Being Done Daily By
Members of the Field Ambulance Corps and
Physicians Who AreServingA ttheFront
Copyright, 1917, by The In

" FORMER WARS the surgeon
and his stretcher bearers were re-
garded as neutrals. whose duty 1t
u was to care for the wounded Of
both combatants and guns were never
trained on the dressing stations or hos
pitfalls. Today, however, all is changed
for the German treats the surgeon as
though "his scalpel were a sword and
his tourniquet a trigger" and recent
war statistics show that more than
10000 physicians have lost their lives
up to the present time in the great
European war. Most of the physicians
have been killed in action" while
attending the wounded who have been
dragged into the trenches from NO
Mans Land" by the stretcher bearers.
who have many times been deliberate
ly fired on by the Germans, while
carrying out this act of mercy,
1t is a well known fact that during
many of the battles of the Civil War
each side stopped firing when the hos
pital corps came out to pick up the
wounded and the officer who would
have ordered his guns to be trained
on hospital would have been
drummed out of service. When this
was told to one of the surgeons who
has seen service in France he an
swered: yes, ! know such was the
case, but you must remember that
the men who fought in the Civil War
were Americans and not men OF a
nation. whose head declares that mill
tary necessity demands the torpedoing
of hospital ships, the Smelling of an
ambulance corps. and the bombing OF
d dugout or church where the manned
and helpless are in refuge. Pity fol
suffering people plays no part in the
Kaiser's war plans and on account OF
this, getting the wounded to safety IL
one of the great problems OF the war.
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MIGHTY HOT.

- HERE is good story going
the rounds about Representative
~ Helm. Of Alabama. O~ce. when
a very young man and just out Of COLI
lege the pee Pile in his town had - pic
mic of some sort on the banks Of a
nearby river. There was a lot OF
speech-making. and finally young Hef.
lin was called upon to address the
crowd.
Now this was a very great no. o. for
one so young LLd he naturally felt all
puffed up .-Lout it. So much so that
he determined to fight down his en-
barrassment and make speech. Ac-
cordingly. he mounted the impromptu
platform and faced the audience. 1t
was a hot day. a sweltering hot one,
with the sun beating down and the
heat-waves rising eyen In the shade.
Ladies and Gentlemen" young Hef-
lin began. This Ia great day."
And then he stopped-stumped.
Somehow. every idea he had ever
had seemed to have flown. He fidget-
ted a moment and then resumed.
Eyes, is a ereat day--a geat day for
you and a great day for me and"
And right there an old farmer. who
had known him since childhood In
terrupted.
Eyes. Tom. 1t is." he called out.
"It's a great day for us STANDING out
here In the sun--an6 mighty durn
hot one tool" g..
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purchased for less than two cents an
acre. Today the timber land on the
Government reserves alone is worth
many times the purchase price to say
nothing of its rich gold fields and coal
mines.
The early settlers in Alaska suffered
many hardships. The Indians had
been badly treated by the Russians
and they soon came to hate all white
men. While the country was gar
risoned with soldiers the Indians
were well behaved, but as soon as the
garrison had been withdrawn the In
dams Killed many of the settlers in
most barbaric manner. At one time
! the settlers neglected by their own
country appealed for help to the Brit
lsh warship "a Vancouver and aid was
sent to them. A few weeks later an
American vessel arrived at Sitka. and
the officers soon brought order out of
chaos and laid the foundation for an
admirable government. While If ;s
true that many times graft and poli-
tics have crept into the administration
of Alaskan affairs. it has on the whole
'N~'' "Nii SONeTHcu ana settlers have
with few exceptions been fairly treat.
ed. During G rush to the Klondike
in 1S97-9S. many undesirable citizens
came to Alaska, and it took years to
weed them out, but this was done in
a systematic fashion and today Alaska
shows less crime per capita than any
State in the union.
V-st Territory.
Even at the time of its purchase
few people realized the vastness of
Alaska, which is twice the size of the
German Empire, and almost thirteen
times the size of New York State. IT
contains approximately 21,000,000
acres of coal land, thousands of acres
of which are still undeveloped. The
great value of these coal deposits are
brought out by a government statisti-
clan, who estimates that the available
coal in Alaska at the present rate OF
consumption would sustain the popu-
lation of the United States more than
five thousand years---if transportation
is made aVaila Bile TRANSFORMATION has
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18

wounded are sent to the base hospital!
and are taken to a warehouse or
freight station, which has been fitted
up as a hospital d'evacuation and at
this place they are loaded on hospital
trains and sent either to Southern
France or to some channel port to
be sent to England. Recovery Is often
slow. but under the gentle ministra-
tons of a nurse at some beautiful
French chateau or English country
home the soldier usually regains his
health and strength and frequently is
able to get back in the trenches.
Surgeons Duties.
This problem OF getting the wound
ed to safety, which has cost the lives
of so many physicians. was wildly
described in a recent lecture at Cornell
University by an eminent surgeon who
is a member of the Royal Medical
Corps Of the English Army. In the
course of his remarks he declared that
"a regimental medical officers duty
was to keep as near the commanding
officer as possible. II the attack is
successful there will be a certain mum
Der of wounded in No Mans Land
and the medical officer should direct
the rescuing of these and tell each OF
those wounded who are able to walk
and go back. taking shelter as much
as possible until they reach the
stretcher bearers. The wounded who
are unable to move should be shell
tered anywhere possible in shell
craters or trenches and first aid found
as rapidly as possible. The medical
officer must at all cost keep in touch
with his battalion and move forward
with it. His presence in the trenches
is OF immense moral value. He car
forthwith set about improyising a reg.
mental aid post with shelters for the
wounded meanwhile attending to any
casualties as they occur" 1t can be
readily understood from this why the
mortality among physicians at the
front Is so large.
The loss Of life among the surgeons
of the British Army has become sc
great that the London Lancet, a vel
known medical magazine. runs ar
obituary column In each issue telling
how and where each medical man me,
his death and In nearly every Instance
| one reads that they we're killed In ac.