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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
CHRISTMAS SING
BEING PlAA'NED

A Christmas sing TO embrace all
communities in Richmond will be held
Sunday afternoon. December %, at
the Coliseum under the auspices of
the Teachers Federation.
Miss Martha Whitacre, the president
said Friday Christmas carols will be
the feature of the program.
Richmond soloists will sing Chris
mas songs.
The High school orchestra under
the direction Of Supervisor Sloane will
Play.
Sloane said Friday, Sunday after
noon will not be observed in Rich
mond as Community Sing Day accord
ing to a request from Philander p
CIaxton, United States education
commissioner on account of the Christ
mas sing which is being arranged for
by the federation.
Other churches and schools in the.
state will observe Community Sing
Sunday"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
ZERO WEATHER
IS PREDICTED

Zero weather is predicted 70 strike
Richmond Saturday. following a heavy
snow Friday night and Saturday morn
ing. according to Weather Forecaster
Moore. ..
Friday morning was the coolest
morning of the year, the temperature
lowering around the eight above zero
mark.
Snow will arrive Friday night again
and it is expected that it will BIT the
heaviest snow storm Of the year.
More snow is predicted for Saturday
to be followed by weather that will
strike the temperature below zero
A moderate" storm, according to
the weather forecaster, which is now
moving eastward, will cause the snow
and cold weather here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
FOES EFFORT
TO PUNCTURE
Line FUTILE
Italians Hold Fast, Though
Yielding One Point-Byng
Falls Back.
{By Associated Press)

While the tremendous efforts the
Austro- Hungarian army in the eastern
Trentino is making to gain the passes
into the Italian plains resulted yester-
day in the pushing back Of the Italian
line at one point, the vital front re.
mains unbroken.
The advance WAS scored just to the
east of the Asiago, where according
lin the eminence of Monte Sisemol
was stormed.
The capture may have been one re-
suit of the recession in the Italian line
just to the east the day previous after
heavy fighting for two nearby
heighths. Dispatches from Italian
headquarters have reflected conf.
dence there that the new line in this
sector was capable of holding the route
to the passes.
The number of prisoners taken by
the Austro-H -Hungarians in this often.
sive has been increased by 1000 Ber
lin reports, bringing the total up to
Is, 200.
Forced to Retire.
German wedges driven into the sa
lient before Cambrai have compelled
the British to evacuate exposed points
and they have given up to the Ger
mans several villages west of Cambria
as we'll as the Bourbon wood. The re
tirement was carried out so well thai
the Germans continued to shell the
empty positions for several hours, not
knowing the British had left them:
The British ltne has been Rhqrt4nsd
1sNs,s sl, ~ III Sr5,g 40
tense by tne retirement.
Berlin in its latest report claims the
occupation of Marcoing, about -four
miles southwest of Cambrai. Minor
German attacks south of Bourbon wood
and near LaVacquerie have been re
pulsed by the British.
British Come Back
While German airmen were attempt
ing a raid on London. British aviators
penetrated the enemy aerial defense
on the western front and dropped
many bombs on towns and factories il
Germany and airdomss in Belgium. II
the raid over east England, the Ger
mans lost two machines and the ma
chimes and the bombs they dropped
caused slight casualties; seven killet
and q injured Calais, France, wa!
raided the same night but there were
no casualties.
While the Russian soldiers on {
great section of the eastern front have
agreed to ten day armistice with
the Austro-Germans, there are indica
tions that the Bolsheviki government
in Petrograd fears opposition.
Lenine, the Maximalist leader, ha:
had the central executive committee
of the workmen's and soldiers dele
gates pass a measure calling for the
recall of certain members of the con
stituent assembly, in which the Boil
sheviki are not certain Of working
majority. Trotzky. Lenine's associate
declares that if the opposition should
have a majority. the people wouit
forcibly dissolve the constituent
assembly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07

/ But, last week, Miss DcCamp, mol
81 years old, her youthful beauty dill
app caring. again revealed herself I
the world, forced by the death
| Schmick
She remained with Schmiclx. nurse
and cared for him in his illness unit
a week before he died. Then, feariI
! that their secret would become know
to the outside world, she it.
| A week later Schmick 9ed.
Foul Play Was Hinted.
At first it was believed that he ID
met with foul play. An investigaE
was Immediately started and It NJ
/ shown that he died of tuberculos|
of the bowels.
| Now. Miss DeCamp, free. conterl
plates filing claim against SchraicAI
estate. which is valued at approx
| mately $4,000, including his fay1|
/ She is IA Eaton and has obtained ti|
/ service OF attorneys to prepare Id
/ legal claim against the estate.
4 Mrs. Alice Fudge of Eaton has bed
i appointed administratrix of the esta|
/ and has furnished bond for $5,6(
| which covers only the personal prcI
erty owned by Schmick.
| No one in Eaton, where Schmid
was widely known, Or in the commuI
| ity in which the couple lived, has be-
| found who ever saw Miss DeCauI
with Schmick or on his farm.
Saw Her Going to Farm
| One woman, Mrs. John Wagner, u
ing near the farm of Schmick, to
Prosecuting Attorney Saylor, who CO
Quoted the investigation, that she sd
+! Schmick and some woman" she dc
not know whether it was Miss g.
Camp, going to Schmick's farm. abo
/! eighteen years ago.
| It is believed that the woman W
Miss DeCamp. on her way, Wi
Schmick, to disappear from the ey
! of the world
! The agreement was made betwey
/ Schmick and Miss DeCamp, who v,
UNFAIRLY entered it She was nev
to be seen by another person
| The true facts We're carefully cd
cealed from the eyes of visitors. Fl
hours at a time Miss DeCamp ke
herself in hiding in some part of Il
little house while Schmick entertain
| the visitors.
| How she obtained new clothes, or
she ever got any, is unknown.
Schmick Never Married
Schmick. who was 73 years old wh
/ he died and so far as is known. "
never married, became i'll some It'd
ago. The woman, with all the tend
!. ness Of a mother, nursed the md
many years her senior.
Tenderly she administered to
wants. No physician was called. Al
then it became apparent that Schmi
was at deaths door. He could
lContinued On Page Fourteen.l
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
BREAD PRICE
is REDUCED

The retail price of bread is expected
to fall in several days as the result of
a decrease in the price made by bak-
ers of the city.
The wholesale price of sixteen-ounce
loaves of bread has been decreased to
seven and one-half cents from eight
cents loaf of retailers. No groceries,
however, have reduced the retail price
No grocer in the city should now
charge ten cents loaf, since the bak-
ers have reduced the wholesale price,
George Mckinley said Friday. Action
may be taken against grocers who do
not reduce their prices below ten
cents he said
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07

St. Johns Mission
Circle To Provide
Gifts For Sammiee

Richmond boys, who are fighting for
Uncle Sam in the army and navy will
be given Christmas cheer by members
of the Missionary Sewing Circle of St
Johns Lutheran church.
Instead of serving luncheon at the
meetings every two weeks the mem
bers will send well filled boxes to the
Sammies.
The society will also remember the
Wernle Orphans with Christmas gifts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
CONDITIONS WORSE THAN THEY
APPEARED TO BE LAST NIGHT

ABOARD MASSACHUSETTS, RE.
LIEF TRAIN, via St. John, n. B., Dec.
Exact conditions in stricken Hall
fax are more appalling than was indi.
Gated by last nights reports This is
message that was dispatched to
Governor Mccall this morning by the
manager of the Massachusetts special
relief train after night spent in
gathering bits of information from
trainmen and others met AS the train
sped eastward.
The dead are everywhere, said these
reports. There is immediate need OF
a great staff of surgeons and scores
of nurses. During the brief stop the
manager got into communication with
the Halifax authorities over the rail-
road telegraph wires.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07

Dawn found the city still stagger-
ing under the frightfulness OF its
losses in human life and hundreds
whohad stood all night in lines form
ed at improvised morgues continued
their vigil with alternate expression
OF fear and hope on their faces. 9th
ers besieged the hospitals for news
Of the missing, and meanwhile relief
parties continued their work OF sue
cor among the injured whom they
found in the devastated Richmond and
Dartmouth sections of the city.
Aid from the outside in the form OF
tons of supplies gave early evidence
today that fears of food shortage
were unfounded and left city and gov
ernment officials free to direct the
rescue work in which soldiers, sailors
and police are being assisted by blue
Jackets from an American warehip
in the harbor.
Over the fame-swept area OF Rich
mond Of approximately two and one
half square miles. many searchers con-
fined their efforts today to make sure
that all of the injured were removed
to hospitals. Other organized parties
sought out those bodies that might be
identified and rushed them to the
morgue.
No Buildings Left
In this section, extending from Pier
8 back to Gottingen street not build
ing was left standing and here was
the greatest loss OF life. Buildings
that withstood the force of the explo-
sion were burned by the fire that
swept the district ard scores of the
injured were taken from the ruins OF
the railway station, the refinery OF
the American Sugar Refining Com
pany, the military gymnasium and the
arena rink, while few, if any, of the
several hundred children attending
the Richmond school are known to
have escaped.
Across the narrows in the town OF
Dartmouth the results of the vast dam
age done by the force of the explosian
became more apparent today. while re.
ports from towns and villages within
a radius of 100 miles indicate that the
Icontinued On Page Eleven,l
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
RECENT BIG EXPLOSIONS

February 1, 1911, railroad sta
tion in New York, cars containing
so tons of dynamite; 25 killed, 125
injured. ,--g>4.
March Z, 1918, British fteighter
Alum Chine. in Baltimore. Harbor,
carrying explosives; 40 Killed, 300
injured, 100000 damage.
July 80, 1916, Black Tom island.
New Jersey, train loaded with ex-
plosives; seven killed, $10,000,000
damage.
January 13. 1917. munitions plant
of the Canadian Car and Foundry
Company, Of Kingsland, N. j., II
killed, $2,000,000 damage.
January 21, 1917, munitions plant
in London; 70 killed, 377 injured.
damage 100000.
April -. 1917. Eddystone Am
munition Corporation, Eddystone,
Penn; 200 killed, $1,000,000 dam
age.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT IN AIR;
RUSH TO START next WEEK

Again the Christmas spirit is in the
air, and Richmond people have begun
making purchases for the annual Yule-
tide cheer.
The rush, however, is not expected
to begin until next week when the
Richmond banks mail checks to ap-
proximately 1000 persons, the results
of Christmas savings clubs to make
the annual purchases of cheer"
But just the same, the little folk of
Richmond, know that Christmas is
just seventeen days off. As usual
with little folks they are counting the
days until the annual TOY day"
comes.
, Christmas this year will probably
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07

be observed more reverently than ever
before. Hundreds of soldier sons OF
Richmond will not be home to par.
take of the festivities But they won't
be forgotten. Far from it.
Christmas packages will be sent
them by the folks at home and
there will be many a prayer given
for their safe return. 1t will be the
first Christmas celebration since the
United States plunged into the mael-
strom of the international war.
Just fourteen days more remain to
make that purchase of Christmas
cheer and merchants are urging
everyone to purchase early and avoid
the rush
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
London Gets First
Vieu of New FLYER

LONDON, Dec. 7-London enjoy.
ed today its first view of a giant
British airship, which made trial
flight over the city shortly after the
lunch hour Large crowds assembled
in the streets and squares and along
the Thames to watch the airship,
which received the greatest ovation
from the crowd around the tank sta
toned in Trafalgar Square to assist in
the campaign for the war loan sub
scriptions
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
Two and Half Miles
of Gauze Must Go in
Surgical Dressings

Five thousand yards or two and a
half miles of gauze must be made
into bandages and surgical dressing
by the Wayne County Chapter of the
Red Cross by December Is.
The shipment must be made in time
to reach France by the First OF Jan
uary.
Orders for shipment were received
in Richmond from the Lakes division
office at Cleveland.
Five hundred pounds Of absorbent
cotton will be used for the pads In
cluded in the shipment.
A partial shipment was made late
Friday afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
POLICE OF STRICKEN CITY
ESTIMATE NUMBER OF DEAD
FROM BLAST TO Be 1000
About Same Number Believed to Be Injured-The
Exact Total Of Victims May Never Be Known
Relatives and Friends Searching Morgues for
Trace Of Lost Richmond Is Destroyed.

HALIFAX N. Dec Up to today there has been
change police estimate of 1000 dead from yesterdays dsas
About the number ured twohirds OF whom
suffering from cuts from flying glass.
Smouderng ruins and piles of debris of demolished houses
continued their dead victims of the explosion
aboard the French line munitions laden steamship Monte
following collision in the of Halifax harbor with the Bel
gan relief Imon such numbers dis
aster this continent in recent years
the number of dead at 1000 appeared to
the rapidly filling and increasing numbers
death reports from hospitals private homes churches and
schools injured being cared for by their
members of relief parties from
by cities.
May Never Know Total.
The number of dead appeared certain today might
account of the personentire families
whom trace will be found other than
charred in the ruins of their homes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
Rumanian Soldiers
Join In Armistice

JASSY, Rumania, Thursday, Dec, 6.
1t has been decided that the Ruman-
ian troops shall associate themselves
with the Russians in the proposed
armistice, though the Rumanians
have rejected every attempt at fra
ternization, says an official announce
ment made here today.
Hostilities were suspended today on
the whole front.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07

EATON, O., Dec miss Minnie DeCamp lived with Jacol
Scmck bachelor farmer for sixteen years and
ever knew it!
sixteen the lived voluntary prisoner
Schmcs five miles north of Eaton with the yace far
as her world
She in sixteen years time by single perso
with the exception of Schmick.
Fifty-Acre Farm Her World.
Sixteen when she FL years DID, and pretty hI
entered into with Schmc who then 81 yea
DID, to live almost prisoner with only the yace farm Al
her world, Schmick the only in the world
Never during this time did she talk to another living persoi
but Schmick When visitors the little house shl
quickly hid herself, and knew!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
Baby Burned to Death With
Watchers Powerless to Helm

said that at Richmond fully fifty per
cent. of the buildings collapsed.
Babies were lying in the streets dead
Ernest Cameron, Canadian Pacific
telegraph operator, and all his family
were killed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
oday's Temperature.
For Richmond and Wayne Count,

For Richmond and Wayne County
by w. e. Moore-Cloudy with snow
Friday night: Saturday snow and
colder, with probably zero weather
Saturday night
General Conditions-Friday morn
ing was the coldest of the winter, the
temperature registering eight above
zero. A storm of moderate size is
moving rapidly eastward and will
cause snow late tonight or Saturday,
following by cold weather. Thirtysbe-
low zero on the Canadian border.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
MARQUIS KNOCKED DOWN

PARIS, Dec. As the Marquis de
Castellane, father of Count Boni De
Castellane, was about to enter his
home Tuesday evening he was knock
ed down by wagon
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
Woman Hidden For 16 Years
DEATH OF FARMER REVEALS
STRANGE PACT UNDER WHICH
HOuSEKEEPER WAS SECLUDED

Neighbors Of Preble County Man Ignorant Of Existence
Of Minnie De Camp, Who Always Hid When Wis
itors Came and Never Left the House-Entered
Mysterious Life When She Was 2l Years Old.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-12-07
THE WEATHER

For Indiana by United States Wealth.
err Bureau-Snow late tonight and on
Saturday not so cold in south portion.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-08
CARE AZ ALASKA INSANE IS DISCUSSED BY DOCTOR SLOAN IN THE SEWARD
 MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAPER

First, if the government will give such a contract to a few Alaskans of Territorial reputation, men worthy and well qualified, as it has given to the Portland Co.,, the institution will be built Second, if the Territorial Leg islature votes the money for it's erect ion. Why should individual capital build such an institution without con tract?
 This great Territory should have proper institutions for the proper care of all it's unfortunate citizens. At present there is wide spread dissatis- faction with the system of managing the insane. We should see it reme- died and see them kept at home and treated in better institution, and in better climate, than in the place where they are now crowded
 In the last magazine of the Grand igloo of Pioneers, one writer said the contract for our insane should be giv- en to the highest and best bidder. We agree with this sentiment that the proper care of unfortunate people is so important that the economic features should be considered lightly. How ever if we figure the transportation expense of travelling deputies and of guards with their salaries while tak ing out the 200 patients to Mount Ia Der, you may see there is spent on this item alone more money than would build a magnificent institution.
 The contract is signed on behalf of the Sanitarium by Henry Waldo Coe. president and treasurer.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-08
HOW HIGH TOP SHOES
 BECAME THE FASHION

It now appears that the prevailing high cost of women's shoes is due to trade idea of Los Angeles shoe dealer This merchant despairing of finding sale for his wares among East ern women who were motoring in California, hit upon the plant of intro ducing startling varieties of footwear at fancy prices.
 When the opportunity came, he bought up a large quantity of ladies boots with high tops in fancy colors They were the sort of boots that had been seen often in musical comedy, but had not been worn by women on the street
 The Fasteners, upon beholding his window display, imagined that some thing new had struck the East, from Paris or elsewhere and that they, while travelling had not kept up with the fashions
 Consequently they hastened to buy the musical comedy shoes at any price the dealer was bold enough to ask.
 When they went back to New York with their smart boots the fashion was set. Manufacturers began at once to make high topped shoes of all of the colors of the rainbow, and women who previously had regarded $6 as the high est price to be thought of, began to buy the musical comedy shoes eagerly at from $21 to $25.
 It is not the high cost of leather or the European war that caused shoes to advance, according to this story. It is pointed out that one lone Los Ang- eles merchant established a new stand ard of values which women accept without question:
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-08
BELL ISLAND
 HOT SPRINGS.

:. Eorty-fve miles north of Ketchi- <. ':' rental. Meals served if required. :. ':' Weekly boat service from Will :. :. liam's dock, Ketchikan. z. < Mrs. Houts, Manager in Charge. :. < kan. Clean cabins, equipped for :: < light housekeeping. Reasonable s. .:' * 4 .:. .:. :. * :. .:. :. < Z. :. .. :. :. .. * :.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-08

LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE. Local PA, regular meeting "Wednesday Visiting brothers cordially invite Hall for rent, Monday, ThurStay. Fri day and Saturday.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-08
Advertised Letter List

For the Week ending March 3, 1917
 Hanson, c. A. Johnson, A. c. Lee, liens, Lepo, L., Lerwik, Ranwal, Plan, Herb, Turpin, Louis, Waug, Halvton,
 When calling for the apove, say "Ad- vertised." Parties claiming letters from the above list must pay fee of one cent for each letter claimed
 All letters unclaimed by March IT, will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Washington. D. c. - M E. SWINE ettRD. Postmaster.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-18

Beds, Springs and Mattresses
our speciality. Big assortment to
choose from. We exchange.
Economy Store, phone 1872. 4t.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-18
CITY in Brief

When in Avery stop at Dads
Place" for your meals. Our SER
vice is the best and our prices are
r3ght. II
Three rooms for rent; no chill
dren. Phone 1922. Mrs. Christy,
Western House. If.
Charles Waggoner, deputy di-
rector Of Farm Markets, in
charge of this section of the
state, left Sunday for his home
at Post Falls after spending a.
short time in the city in the in
forests of securing a county
agricultural agent for Benewah
county.
We sell Moore's Non-Leakable
fountain pens and guarantee
every pen. $3.50, $3.50 and $500.
Crandall, the Leading Jeweler.
For SaIO-Two I. o. c. re-
gistered hogs. Inquire H. H..
Carmin, Clarkia, Idaho. D2t.
J. M. Gentry of Occur d'Alene
was looking after business mat
ters in the city Saturday.
Lost-An Indian blanket late
Saturday night between the C. H.
Lewis residence and Benewah
club. Reward. Phone i68W2.
Beautiful new patterns in
Lavalliers at attractive prices.
Crandall. the Leading Jeweler.
R. o. Talbot of Marble Greek
was a business visitor in the city
the last of the week.
Beautiful classic dancing at
the high school auditorium,
Thursday, December 27, by Miss
Olive AlcOrn. Tickets on sale at
both drug stores.
watches make ideal Christmas
gifts. We can please you in
assortment and prices. Crandall,
the Leading Jeweler.
A. E. Stickney made a bust
ness trip to Benewah Sunday.
You'll find all kinds of chairs
for the little folks at the EcOno-
my Store.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-18

j. Il. Cox was in the city Sun
day ON his way from his camps
near Fernwood to. Spokane and
Occur d'Alene.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-18

Tickets given with each cash
purchase on the free diamond
ring, one ticket for every SOC.
Crandall, the Leading Jeweler.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-18

For SaIe-2OO Acres - old
Hathaway Homestead, adjoining
Emida, Idaho. 33 Acres good
meadow. Balance cut over Tim
Der. Good log buildings. Run
ming water. r. w. Morris, Dealin
Ave, Moscow, Idaho. If.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-18

Oscar Blake was a visitor at
Occur d'Alene Sunday between
boats.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-18

Brighten your home with a
new Range. We carry the kind
that gives absolute satisfaction.
Your old stove taken in exchange.
Economy Store, phone 1872. A..
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-18

There Will be @ business meet
ing of the NJ. +. Ladies Aid We'd
nesday afternoon in the church
parlor.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-18

Complete stock of Community
Silverware. 80 year guarantee.
C-andall the Leading Jeweler.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-18
Christian Science Services

Every Sunday at 1900 A. M.
at the Masonic hall. The public
is cordially invited. st.