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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
BENEDICTS Get
CHANCE TO SHOW
W|FE'S STATUS
Army Board Extends Time
for Married Men to Prove
Dependency.

Final action on claims for exemption
filed with the Richmond. National
army board on the grounds of de-
pendent wife will be deferred until
next Wednesday, it was announced by
Chairman Carr.
This Is done to give those married
men who were passed temporarily by
the board to present further proof OF
their wtfe's dependency. BY ruling
made by the board, all married men.
whose only grounds for exemption
were their wives dependency, were
passed. but in some cases it has been
found that the wife is unable to sup
port herself, or has no other means of
support. 1t is for these cases that
the extention of time has been granted.
Not Certified Vet.
None of the married men that were
passed have been certified to the dis
trict board yet. but this probably will
be done after Wednesday.
Monday Is the last day for filing
proof in support Of exemption claims
and there still are several claims
that have no supporting proofs. II
these are not in today. the board
probably will pass the claimant as
accepted and certify him to the dis
trict board.
Several cases were heard Monday,
but no positive action on any was
taken by the board.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
RECORD NUMBER
|OF TENTERS seen
THE PROGRAM
Monday Niqht.

7:15 p. m.-Alice Louise Shrode
"The Child Wonder"
500 p. m.-Grand Concert, Oxford
operate Co.
TUESDAY
900 a. m.-Rev. J. G. Benson.
1000 a. m.-William Lyon Phelps.
Hoo q. m.-Miss Colbert. "The In
terests Of Childhood"
200 p. m.-William Phelps.
800 p. m.-Signor S. Bellino, The
Accordian King.
700 p. m.-Prelude, Bellino.
$500 p. m.--"Anthony and Cieopa
tra," s reels, direct from the studio
of Mr.. George Kleine, OF Chicago.
Campers were putting the flnishins
touches on their tents at the chautau
qua grounds Monday in preparation Of
their fifteen day stay under canvass.
With nearly 275 tents up and occu
pied it is believed the attendance this
year will be the largest yet. A record
breaking number of tickets have been
sold and Sundays crowd was the larg
est ever attending the opening mum
bers.
More than 1900 persons attended
the Monday afternoon numbers and
heard DR.. William Lyon Phelps, oi
Yale university, who has an interna
tional reputation as an authority on
literature, sreak on the modern novel
and modern writer's
Alice Louise Shrode, the child won
der of the chautauqua stage, also gave
reading.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
Kaiser Likes His
High Seas Fleet

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 20.-At the con-
clusion of his visit to the German high
sea fleet at Wilhelmshaven, Emperor
William issued the following to the
fleet:
After having recently received an
announcement that a renewed attack
of the enemy to break up our sea front
in Flanders had been successfully re-
pulsed, | have today by visit TO my
fleet and the island fortress OF Helg-
! nd been enabled to convince myseI
of the strength and security OF THIS
roint, too. l express my warm appre-
citation to all the high sea forces on
the water, underwater, and in the air,
and to the fortress of Helgoland, for
their untiring, self-sacrificing and sue
cessful labor, by means of which they
have kept firmly in view and attained
this aim. May the feet remain con-
scious that the confidence of myself
and the fatherland repose firmly on 1t.
The Emperor distributed number
of iron crosses. His visit is reported
to have been caused by the threat of
strikers at the Wilhelmshaven arse
nal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
COUNTY May
PUT FERRETS
ON TRAIL OF
TAX DODGERS
Commissioners to Ask Coun-
Gil to Give SIS, 900 for Ex-.
penses of Sleuthing on
Property Owners.
EXPECT BIG RETURNS

When the Wayne county council.
meets next month to appropriate
money, it will be asked by the COM
missioners to legalize the hiring OF q
tax ferret" In Wayne county, by the
appropriation of $25,000.
1t is the belief Of the county COM
missioners that there is large amount
of taxable property belonging to
Wayne county residents on which no
return has been made.
In other counties in the state where
a collector has been hired, it has
proved to be source of considerable
income to the county.
Paid From Results.
No money will be paid to the 'fer-
rets" until the taxes collected from
ferreted property are paid into the
treasurer's office.
The agency that will conduct the
work has agreed to work on basis Of
35 percent Of all taxes paid as a result
of their efforts
"The county commissioners are OF
the opinion that the county will profit
by the undertaking" County Auditor
Bowman said Monday. There cannot
be any loss to the taxpayers, while in
eight counties In Indiana where it has
been tried out recently there has been
considerable gain"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
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The French took the offensive this
morning on the Verdun front striking
along a sector of eleven miles on both
banks of the Meuse river Early offic-
ial reports from Paris while giving
few details of the battle say that 1t has
developed to the advantage OF the
French and that prisoners already are
passing to the rear.
{ The first reports do not show
whether the French have 1naugurated
a major offensive, although the 1nd1ca-
tions are that the operation is an un-
usually important one. There has been
sharp fighting recently on the Verdun
front which has been the scene of
some of the most sanguinary struggles
of the war.
1t was in this sector that the Ger
man crown prince launched an often
sive early last year in an attempt to
break the French line, losing several
hundred thousand men without gain
ing any material advantages. Last
week the Germans made sharp local
attack there, possibly having learned
of the French preparation and hoping
to break them up.
Terrific Bombardment.
For several days the French have
been conducting a terrific lombard
ment of the German lines. In the
north the Germans made counter at
tacks on the positions taken yesterday
by the British near Epehy. London
reports that the assault was repulsed
completely The British line on the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
Farmers Sell $19,642 Worth of
~ Stock at Glen Yards Saturday

Farmers took s19,642.90 home with
them from Richmond Saturday.
This represents what the Glen Mil
Ter Stock yards paid for live stock
marketed ON that day 1t was the larg-
est amount paid on one day in the
history of the market.
Nine car loads were shipped and
the money paid to the farmers is a
record for the thirty years that Gaar
and Shurley have been buying live
stock here
Shipments Are Heavy
The continued advance in the price
of hogs brought heavy shipments, in
Guiding 454 hogs, 16 cattle, "a spring
lambs and A veal calves.
Honor for the largest delivery last
week went TO Mrs Miller and her ten
ant William Culbertson, who had SO
hogs. averaging 25S each, which sold
Thursday for SIPS hundred. net
ting $3,S9332. They received s516.60
for FIVE cattle.
Peter Flatley of Webster township
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
WEST SIDERS ASK
FOR BOARD Walk

Residents OF West Richmond, Who
use the temporary bridge over the
Whitewater river at Main street, pre-
sented petition to the board of pub
lie works Monday asking that board
walk be built between the two bridges
and from the east bridge to the side
walk at First and Main street
Except on the bridges proper. there
are no walks across the driveway for
pedestrians and in wet weather, It is
extremely difficult to, cross the river
without being splashed by passing
automobiles. The petition also asked
that board be placed at the side Of
the walk to keep automobiles from
splashing mud on the walk.
The matter was referred to the city
engineer, and it is probable that some
action will be taken soon. 1t will be
impossible, however to build a board
walk along the road way from the east
bridge to the sidewalk at Main street,
as it would interfere with the con-
struction of the new bridge.
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received $1,76465 for 56 light hogs,
selling at ST hundred.
List of Deliveries
Deliveries in smaller lots:
Harry Steen, Ollie Hodgin, William
Best, R. G. Leeds. Earl Gilliland, Earl
Smith, ]. P Bishop, Dick Conway.
Gus Winters, George Hollfngsworth,
Ora Wright, Frank Simpkins, Charles
Gum, Joe Meyers, John Flatley, Wal
ter Farlow, Charles Dagler, William
Beeson, Charles Dalrimple. William
Roberts, Mahlon Lanard, H. w. Wills,
John Grove, Frank Huffman, Harvey
Maddox, Sherman Fox, James DUFF.
field, D. p Kftchell, ]. e. Davenport,
Frank Burg, Miles Shute, c. A. Gaar,
Carl Gail, D. F. Gard, Joe Parker. o.
M. Jennings, r. H. Price, George Dix.
on, C. Hartman, John Gail, e. H. Car
mon, Ed Cloyd, Scott Edwards, Bert
Hunt, Clayton Wright, Charles Will
son, NJ. ]. Wiley, T. Fftswatter, Riley
Hubbard, Monroe Reese, Harry Moore.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
RECORD CROP OF
CORN IN DANCER

The best and biggest corn crop In
the history of Wayne county will be
partly ruined unless heavy rains fall
during this week, according to Joseph
Helms, of Cambridge City, one of the
corn kings" Of Indiana.
Corn already has started to fire at
the bottom due to the lack of rain, he
said. With heavy rains during the
week he estimated that the yield per
acre in the county would be fifty
bushels or over, ten bushels above the
usual yield.
Helms is recognized as an authority
in the judging of corn and other
grains. He will act as judge Of grains
and vegetables at the Connersv1lle
fair which starts Tuesday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
City's War Gardens
Are Being Robbed

found.
He is the man who goes into Rich
mond's war" gardens, after months
of hard work has produced some sign
of successful venture, and steals the
corn, cabbage, and other garden pro-
ducts.
Chief McNally announced Monday
morning that every effort is being
made to catch the thieves that have
been robbing gardens and Mayor Rob-
bins said he intends to deal strictly
with them if brought into court.
James Woods, colored was fined SO
and costs in Police court Monday
morning, after pleading guilty to rob
bing 'war" garden of quantity OF
sweet corn.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
TIDAL WAVE IN
ALASKAN inlet

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 2O.-News
reached here today with the arrival of
the body of one victim of tidal wave
in Taku inlet last Thursday which may
have claimed the lives of several
others, besides doing considerable
damage to the fishing fleet.
The wave was said to be due to the
breaking Of huge dead glacier and a
cave in from a live glacier. No such
ice disturbances are known to have
taken place here and it Is feared that
many other of the fishing boats and
their crews were lost.
1t is believed by many here that the
series Of earthquakes which traversed
the Alaska coast early in July of this
year were partly responsible for the
upheaval.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
need POLICE
MATR0N, NOT
CITY JUDGE,
SAYS CRITIC
Woman Asks Citizens to AS
sert Their Rights Before
Council and D m a n d
Changes. ,
HITS RIGHT and LEFT
By A WOMAN CRITIC

The mayor of our city has many
times expressed the wish that the
people of the city would take greater
public interest in the operation Of pub
lie affairs, as the council chamber and
all sessions of our common council are
open at every meeting to the public.
Now l have talked TO great many
people on the subjects that have lately
been up before our council and will
try in this short space to give you the
general opinion. ....
When / asked them If they will come
to the council meeting they hang back
and say, ooh, l don't like to go up
there is seems SO out of place for a
woman" or they dislike the publicity
or the men haven't time-all excuses
that don't amount to anything as far
as real interest is concerned.
Don't Wait for Others.
Don't wait for some one else to make
the start, do the starting yourself Let
some one else see that you are not
afraid to express the opinion which
you consider is for your good and the
good of yur timid neighbor as we'll.
have been to the council meetings
several times and while | can't give
the members of our city council credit
for doing anything worth while. still l
am wiser for the going. Try one meet
ing, the next one if at all possible, and
see If you don't learn something. The
paper in which this article appears has
nothing to do with this piece, only the
publication.
Attitude Of Council.
The city council asks for the opinion
Of the public on questions that are
put before the council to act upon and
pass or vote down. The people take
no interest because when their opinion
is expressed and put up to the council,
1t is either voted down or "butchered"
and passed in such a form that the
old ordinance was as good as the new.
We all know just what they done
for us on the Municipal Market ordi-
nance and again on the adjusting of
the regular market ordinance which
was to benefit the people.
Public Benefited.
That was all for the peoples good
and it still stands in the same shape,
The public not benefited one bit and
the gardener and commission men are
still holding up up. See what the
women in Bloomington, Ind, did. We
could do the same If we would just
hold together. Our city council is run
ming things to suit themselves and the
man that has the money and not car
ing one iota for the benefit of the
working class and the general public.
There is something wrong somewhere.
Find it, by expressing yourself don't
be afraid. no one will hurt you. The
market ordinances were what we need
ed and didn't get.
Don't Need City Judge.
Now here are several things we don't
need and will get or have already
through the laundering OF someone
else. There is absolutely no need Of
our having a City Judge or at least we
do not need one that will do nothing
else and get $1200.00 per year for about
$50 hours work, for that is just about
what the time averages that is used for
police court work and other cases.
Criminal cases that are brought to the
[continued On Page Three.l
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
FRENCH TAKE OFFENSIVE ON
11.M|lE FRONT AT VERDUN
! Ypres front has been advanced slight

Ypres front has been advanced slight
ly.
Italians Advance.
Heavy fighting is in progress on the
Italian front. The Austrian war office
announced today that a general Of
fensive has ben inaugurated by the
Italians on a 81 mile front from the
region of Tolmino to a point near the
Adriatic. The Italian official state
1nent Of yesterday did not mention
the attack but press dispatches from
Rome today speak of the new Italian
advance and say the situation for
Austria Is grave.
Another great aerial raid over Bel
GUM was made by British airplanes on
Saturday night. Many tons Of bombs
were dropped on various detectives.
The British airplanes returned safely
after battle with German machines,
one of which was shot down.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
Enough Richmond Men in Khaki
To Complete One Company's Roll

Richmond has enough men serving
their Uncle Sam to form one company
of soldiers if they were brought to-
gether.
But there is no chance of them be-
ing brought together for they are scat.
tered over all parts of the country
and will probably never meet each
other.
Reports to the Palladium from proud
mothers and fathers who have sons
in their country's service are cortinu.
ing to be received. But there are still
many more to be heard from in the
county. Any home in the county
which has given up son or relative
for Uncle Sans use in the greatest
of all wars is asked to send his name
to the Palladium so that his name
may be placed on the honor roll
Paul n. Skinner, son of William
Skinner, 321 North Eighteenth street
enlisted in May and is now serving
in the quartermaster's corps stationed
at Fort Smelling. MINI.
Claude Evans Waldo, whose home
is in Chester, Ind, enlisted June 1,
and is serving in Company F. 10th
Infantry, of the regular army station.
ed at Fort Harrison.
Harold w. Scott, % years old, son
of d. w. Scott, Asylum avenue, is a
second lieutenant in the field artillery
and will probably be sent to France
soon.
David I. Hoover, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. /. Hoover of Spring Grove,
enlisted in the infantry on May 2 and
is now in a hospital at Fort Douglas
Ntalla, near Salt Lake City. He has
been confined to the hospital since
June 6, and is now recovering from a
severe illness due to pneumonia
Mural Mckinney, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Andrew McKinney north of Cen
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
PETAIN VISITS
AMERICAN CAMP

AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP IN
FRANCE, Aug. 20.-General Petain,
Commander In Chief Of the French
armies, yesterday visited Major Gen.
eral Joohn J. Pershing, spending the
entire day IN the American training
area.
After the visit General Petain said
he was much impressed and convinced
that the American troops soon would
become an excellent fighting force.
General Pershing will proceed to the
front in several days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
DRAFT OFFICERS
Get TWO YEARS

NEW YORK, Aug. 20-Dr. S. J. Ben
field and Louis Cherey, indicted mem
bers Of exemption board No 80, today
entered pleas of guilty to charge OF
conspiring to obstruct the draft law,
when they We're about to be placed
on trial
They were sentenced to two years
each in the federal penitentiary at At
lanta.
Kalam Gruher, not member of the
board, but indicted with them on the
same charge, elected to stand trial.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
BELGIAN MISSION GUEST
OF PHILADELPHIA OFFICIALS S

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20-Members
of the Belgian mission, headed by
Baron Moncheur, were guests of the
city today for several hours. The en-
voys were met at the railroad station
by a committee headed by Mayor
Smith and escorted to the Bellevue
Stratford hotel where they were ten
dered reception and luncheon. Lead
ing citizens including the mayor and
his cabinet were present. Later the
distinguished visitors went on a sight
seing tour of the city. They planned
to leave for New York tonight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
Greatest Fleet of
Destroyers Sought
by Naval Secretary

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2o-Immedi-
ate expansion of building facilities of
the United States to double or treble
the output of destroyers during the
next is months was the object of a
conference today between Secretary
Daniels and representatives or 25 or
more ship and engine builders.
''If We get what we want" the Sec
retary said, "the United States will
have more destroyers than any other
power. They are the one thing that a
submarine fears
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
New Pastor Holds
First Service Here

Rev Andrew F. Mitchell, new pas.
tor Of the South Eighth Street Friends
meeting preached his first sermon In
the Richmond church Sunday morn.
ing.
Rev. Mr.. Mitchell will be in Rich
mond permanently, although his fam.
lily has not yet arrived. He is the
guest of Benjamin Johnson.
Rev. Francis G.. Anscombe, who left
the South Eighth Street church to be-
come pastor of a Baltimore meeting,
left for his new work Thursday morn
ing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
IRON RECORDS BROKEN.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-All re-
cords for iron production in the United
States were broken in 1917 when the
output reached total of 1851 ,672
gross tons, valued at approximately
$1SO,00O 900, according to figures issued
by the geological survey today This
was an increase In quantity of 19,6OO,-
600 gross tons and of forty per cent
in value over 1915.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
This Groom Had No
Fears of the Draft

Fear of being drafted for the army
did not prompt Elijah Kenworthy, a
resident Of Lewisburg, O.. to obtain
a marriage license to marry Emma A.
Heller, of Richmond.
Kenworthy gave the year of his
birth as 1910, making him II years
old.
His bride is ten years younger
Both parties have been married before.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
Send Soldiers Names

The Palladium wants to know the
name of every man In Richmond
and Wayne county who is serving
his country.
Do you have son, or brother or
any relatives in the service?
If his home is in any part of
Wayne county, send his name, age
and branch Of the service he is in,
together with the names of his par
ents to the Palladium, so that his
name may be placed on the honor
roll
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
$4,000 HOMELESS
FOLLOWING FIRE

LONDON, Aug. 20.-More than half
the city Of SaloniN, in Greek Mace.
donia which is under occupation by
the entente allied troops was de-
sroyed by fire on Saturday. $4,000
people, who we're rendered homeless,
were being removed to theneighbor-
ing villages last evening, according
to a dispatch received in London.
The fire is now under control
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
Weatherman Moore
Sees Cooler Wave

Temporary relief from the hot
weather is predicted by Weatherman
Moore for tonight or Tuesday. This
will be causedd by cool wave from
the lake regions but this relief will
not last long ~"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
GETS $3.50 FOR HOGS

Bus Bennett was in from the John
Shelter farm this morning with two
wagon loads of hogs. These were
sold at $3.50 per hundred.
Saturday, hogs sold here for SIS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
s;' 81 s;:; No" s:s s:;' c;.:: ;a:
WEATHER FORECAST

For Indiana by United States
Weather Bureau-Showers and cooler
in north; fair in south portion tonight.
Tuesday partly cloudy and colder.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-20
Today's Temperature
For Wayne County by w. e. Moo

For Wayne County by w. e. Moore
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
Local thundershowers and cooler.
General Conditions-Warm weather
continuesover the Ohio valley and the
central states. A cool wave over Lake
Superior is moving southwark and
will cause cool weather here tonight
or Tuesday. There are heavy rains in
parts of Texas and in the the plains
stateS
The Washington herald., 1917-05-06

H. B. French. Of New Bedford. Mass,
who is registered at the Raisish- 1T
viii 90 long way to reinstating the
nations.
Already American shipbuflding plants
are crowded to capacity. but we haven't
enough plants. The entire coast Of New
England needs some compelling force
which viii drive II TO still greater ship
pudding efforts and when the war Is over,
we VIII have the machinery for pulling
upon the high seas great numbers Of
American ships TO compete for the carry
Ing trade of the world.
The European war has already Gre
ated new Industry on the Pacific Coast.
where they are building ships for for
eign governments a. fast as they can
be turned out. Washington and oregon
especially have seen the golden value OF
this industry, but the forests OF Wash
ington and oregon have no economic
monopoly OF the business.
Maine can supply the lumber for ali
the American ships We will need for
years to come. The old shipyards Of New
England have taken on new life. The
demand for vessels Of every kind has
brought out of oblivion many old ship
yards whose owners had practically
abandoned them"