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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27
ST. MARY'S SCHOOL
HAS ENTERTAINMENT

We had an entertainment Tues
day at 2:30. The program was;
Chorus, Mother Theodore; st.
Marys Orchestra; piano duet, Mel
ody in +, p. Maher and A. Stauber;
reading, Mother Theodore, Mary
Carroll; piano duet, Sonata, jean
cite Schell and p. Ceyle; High
School orchestra; recitation, THE
Countersign," Ruth Woke; Nation
al Airs, duet, Francis Mercurio, e.
Mccarthy; recitation, The Hidden
Treasure; Closing chorus, Holy God
We Praise Thy Name.
The st. Mary's orchestra is com
posed Of William Engelbert, Roland
Lawler, Griffin Jay, Herbert Mar
kle, Vincent Mercurio, Paul Geers,
Austin Brokamp and Nolan Markle.
We played Home, Sweet Home"
The accompaniment was played by
Thomas holland and Thomas Ryan.
"The Countersign" was an incl
dent Of Civil war fame. 1t was
about a sentinel on guard. He saw
some one coming and he asked who
it was, friend or enemy. Friend"
came the answer. Friend, advance
and give the countersign," said he.
But the man said he did not know
the countersign. The sentinel told
him that he must die because his
orders were very strict that night.
The man knelt down and made the
Sign of the Cross. When the senti-
mel saw this he told the man to rise
that the Sign of the Cross was the
countersign that night
At the end the hymn, Holy God,
We Praise Thy Name" was sung
by ALL
This celebration was in memory
of Mother Theodore coming to
America to found the Order Of the
Sisters of Providence. It was the
seventy-seventh anniversary. -Grif-
fin Jay, st. Mary's School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27
PATRIOTIC BOYS
TO SAVE CORN
ON HALLOWEEN

This year all boys who are really
patriotic will do their bit by saving
corn on Halloween. This is one
of the easiest things to do, because
after all the most fun is being
masked and Joining the crowd up
town, where there is mo chance or
need of throwing corn Or, if you
cannot be uptown, you can make
tic-tacs out of empty spools, or
jack-o-lanterns out OF paste board
boxes, and celebrate by soaring all
the neighbors with them.
Gilbert Snider, of Finley school
was the first to suggest this way Of
being patriotic, and he knows what
it means because he had planted
some corn of his own last spring
Just so that he could have plenty
for Halloween, but now that it has
come time to use 1t, he has decided
he can have fun other ways where
he would not. waste valuable food,
SO he has given almost bushel Of
corn, all he had raised, to his moth
er.
Also, Gilbert suggested that pa
triotic boys would give up their
bean shooters, since the small |
army beans are so scarce now, and
are needed so badly for our sol
diers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27
Boys Prepare for
Wild and Spooky
Party at the "Y''

Oow-oou! Ghosts-goblins clutch
ing handsspooks-, Say boys, aren't
you scared? Just think of all those
shiyer-causing animals sneaking in
to dark corners there at the Boys
Department and lying in wait until
the dread night, when they can
pounce out on you and clutch your
hair while they utter wild shrieks
and make the goose flesh crawl
over the back of your neck.
All that will be part of the glor-
ious Halloween party next Wednes-
day night, when all boys, Chat is,
ex-boys, now beautiful dainty little
girls who are so bashful they have
to put their finger in their mouth) =,
can let loose all their pent up bad
feelings of the past year; and good
feelings too, If they wish.
But, boys, there is going to be
something more than wild spirits at
that party. There are going to be
several prizes first for the sweetest,
most lovable little girl, and second
for the best make up, and then
probably some more too. And after
that can you guess what will come
next? Eats" Yum.
So every single member wants to
be there, exactly at 1870, SO you
wont miss anything. Be sure to
be dressed up, but don't wear
mask. And then have the time of
your life.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27
Boy Scouts Do Great Work
In Selling Liberty Bonds

! The Boy Scouts of Troop 3 ara
doing the best work OF any boys
In Richmond to help In selling the
bonds for the second liberty loan.
On Saturday, October 9Th, when
the aeroplanes did not fly over the
city as was expected, the boys de-
cided to do what they could to
bomb" the city, SO they gathered
together great piles OF pamphlets
about the bonds, and then, crawl
ing out on a narrow ledge from the
fourth story windows of the Sec
ond National Bank building, they
bombed that corner OF Eighth and
Main for at least fifteen minutes.
After this they went down to the
market house and stood on street
corners, giving out the pamphlets
to all passers by. When the peo-
pie were not very anxious to take
the pamphlets; the boys invented
a way of making sure they would.
Since IL was cold that day, most
everyone had their hands in their
pockets, so the boys simply slip
ped a pamphlet under their arm,
and when the people would feel
something there, they naturally
would look to see what it was.
But the scouts Of Troop are
doing more work than simply pass
ing bills. From October goth to
25th they made a house to house
canvass, urging people to buy the
bonds, leaving pamphlets and then
taking subscriptions. And at the
end, they found that altogether,
they had sold about one thousand
five hundred dollars worth Of
bonds. No wonder the boy scouts
have the standing Of being one Of
the most patriotic organizations in
America today, and no wonder
President Wilson has honored them
in his speeches and in the trust he
puts upon them at this great hour
in the history Of our country.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27

! es of the young men who have gone
away to fight? We must rely upor
the boys who are old enough ant
husky enough to work, but who are
still too young for military service
So here is a trumpet call for all
city boys and town boys.
Prove your patriotism and help
your country by jumping in and do
ing the work Of solder who has
gone to the front.
The United States Boys Work.
ing Reserve is not being organized
for lads who have to work for liv-
ing.
Nearly every soldier now wear
ing uniform could make more
money at home.
You are not asked to work be-
cause you need the money. You
are asked to work because your
country needs your help and relies
upon you to chuck aside false pride
and join in the team work.
II your big brother can dig
trenches surely you can pillow corn.
Go to the recruiting officer and
enlist for the Boys Working Re
serve. Then, when you are called
upon, go and make good in the job
assigned to you and win your med
al and wear 1t and be proud Of 1t.
When the government began to
organize this voluntary service
among boys, SO as to meet the in
evitable shortage of man-power, the
skeptics and fault-finders got busy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27

They said that boys living in cities
and towns never could be induced
to work on farms, that farmers
didn't want to have the town boys
around because they would prove
to be green or lazy or indifferent,
and the whole thing was fool con-
traption.
Doesn't your common sense and
your knowledge Of addition and
subtraction tell you that IL we sud-
denly take 100000 or more men
right out of the productive indus
tries of this country, we must
either find million men to take
their places or else go short on
production?
Are we going to do as they have
done in England-dress the women
and girls in mems garments and
put them to cleaning the streets
and making explosives and wiping
up locomotives in round-houses
and doing all the hard mental
tasks? We mustn't come to that
not while we have on hand a whole
army Of young fellows nearly every
one of whom has gone in for come
kind Of athletic sport and is phys
ically able and would be as mad as
a hornet IL you told him he was a
mama's pet and not able to do q
mans work.
The boys can and will supply the
shortage OF man-power.
There Will be loud call for them
in 1918 and they must answer the
call.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27

This is a letter to the fortunate
ones who, ten years from now, will
be enjoying the benefits Of what
all future histories will call the
Great War.
You (the girls of sweet sixteen
and the boys who are getting ready
to vote) will know more about this
war when you are plump and mid
dle-aged than any one can possibly
know this year.
When the dust has cleared away
and the large events of the war
can be seen from a distance then
you will understand that the issues
involved had to be fought out, that
the United States had to take part,
that the task we are now undertak-
ing had to be accomplished.
Let us hope that each of you can
say, twenty years from now, II was
young at the time but knew what
the war meant, and I helped.
Not all of the heroes are in the
trenches.
To prove that brave men remain
at home, here am /, as case-hard-
ened bachelor, venturing to give adj
vice to young women, every one OF
whom knows all about the war or,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27

at least, about one young man who
has marched out to win the war.
No need to tell them to knit.
They are knitting.
Why whisper to them to beware
of "slackeis." The poor Stacker"
already has felt the scorn of their
glanceS.
Perhaps some hints may be tabu-
lated in the methodical style SO
dear to professors.
Efficiency of Soldiers at the
front and in the Training Camps
Dependent Upon:
(a) Physical Welfare, resulting
from comfortable garments and
sensible attentions, provided by
young women.
~ Spiritual Exaltation, en-
couraged by the occasional receipt
Of letters from sisters and home
folks.
From the above analysis 1t be-
comes evident that the successful
prosecution Of the war Is not de-
pendent upon the President and
Cabinet, or even upon the National
Council Of Defense, but upon Flora
and Elsie and Agnes and Jessie.
Don't let any one tell. you that
war Is strictly business PROPOSE
ton.
We can't win the war unless the
bands play and the girls wave their
handkerchiefs.
The French weep a little and kiss
one another on each cheek and sing
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27

the "Marseillaise" and then they
are ready to capture some more
trenches.
Repressed emotions sometimes
turn sour. Don't be ashamed to
let your enthusiasm float publicly
to the breeze.
You never saw a football team
advance the ball unless it was get.
ting encouragement from the girls
on the side lines.
Now for the boys.
Perhaps you have heard about
the Working Reserve.
1t has been carefully organized
under government supervision. 1t
has received the official endorse
ment Of the President. The whole
plan Is working out successfully
wherever 1t Is understood.
The trouble Is that some OF the
boys and some OF the parents are
still little doubtful regarding en-
listment, because they don't know
how much Of an obligation is as
sumed.
Here Is the plan in a nut shell:
Thousands Of enlisted and selected
men have gone to the training
camps. 1t may be that thousands
more will go next year. These men
are being called from factories and
workshops and farms. Every fac
tory and every farm must continue
production If we are to render full
service to our faithful allies during
the war. How can we fill the plac-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27
OUR YOUNGEST POET

Even the third room at Warner
school has an author who can write
a verse for the Junior, and since
this is the youngest poet we ever
have had, we publish the following
little rhyme with the greatest pride
and pleasure:
Dear Aunt Molly:
Here's your Uncle Sammy,
Red, White and Blue,
After the Kaiser
And after the Germans, too.
Marcia Weissgerber, 3B grade,
Warner school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27
Hibberd School Notes.

At Hibberd school some boys
have started a Boys Club" Our
object is to teach how to run a
society according to correct rules.
The officers are President, Ro-
land Ebrse; secretary and treas
urer, Wilbur Bennett. We will have
a full election of officers, Nov. 3rd
in the northeast corner of the
school yard.
Lucille and Ruth Norman had
Halloween party this afternoon.
Twenty girls were present. They
had nice time. The party lasted
three hours.
Josephine Harlan of Hibberd
school, visited her grandmother,
who lives in the country near India
for ten days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27
Rabbit Hunting is Popular

Every morning and evening 60
rabbit hunting I take my gun and
long pole. leave the pole at a
certain place. have a 22-caliber
Winchester rifle. I get a rabbit
about every day.
know where there is a squirrel
nest, too. They are my pets. | also
have pet rabbits. George Slick, GA
Grade, Starr School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27
THE WITCH'S CAT

Once upon a time there was an
old witch, and she had big black
cat that followed her everywhere
she went.
One night the witch came to a
house that looked very shabby. She
went in there and saw a big black
cat, like hers. She traded cats.
The other one was magic, so she
got everything she wanted. -
Frances Unthank, Starr School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27
Invitation to Sunday School

How many go to Sunday School?
go to the Central Christian. IT is
ON North Twelfth and B streets.
We would be glad to see any girl
or boy who wants to go. 1t takes
up at five minutes till nine, but IL
you are not there before half past
nine, youe are counted not there at
all. / hope / will see lot OF my
friends there next Sunday. Elsie
Baker, Finley School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-27
George AIDE Tells Older Juniors How Help Win the War

(Letter prepared for the State
Council of Defense by George
Ade.)
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-10

had become accustomed to receive
daily "strafes" from the British. and
they were lending up only routine
star shells and trench flares.
AS dawn approached the British
batteries one by one became stra n s,e!y
silent. For a half hour the stiffness
was almost oppressive. A heavy rain
storm broke over h front.
Curtain of Fire.
h when the moment set for the
British attack arrived, as IL the
myriad of guns had been synchronized
to the tick OF the watch, they broke
the foreboding stiffness with a volcan-
&c roar. The earth trembled from
the shock. The licking tongues Ct
the inferno appeared now to lave
been multiplied a hundred fold. TIE
objective hills began to writhe un:ler
the t%ortures Of the screaming shells.
against the background of the gray
ing skies. now were more clearly de-
fned by the high explosive missiles.
which burst along the ground like
faring pots Of fire. Above these in the
air played the shrapnel barrage shells
breaking with giant freely flashes and
hurting their leaden hail of death of
all below.
S. o. S. Signals.
h first volley scarcely had reach
ed the German lines when up went
s. o. 8. calls for assistance from this
supporting artillery. Most of the dis
tress rockets burst in great showers Of
golden rain; others looped high in the
air and broke into flaming balls of
red and green. 1t was difficult to
realize that this was not simply a
stupendous, almost supernatural, py-
.rotechnic spectacle arranged for the
pleasure of Gods. 1t was more diff
reality of war and that thousands of
flashes and quick flames playing in the
dawn were funeral torches lighting
the way of souls into eternity.
Under the glare of the exploding
mines which had been dug under the
enemy lines. and out under the shells.
could be seer the British soldiers
trudging-trudging across No Mans
land to a hand to hand encounter
with the Germans. They moved
closely behind the protecting shell
curtain sent UP by their guns.
Az this barrier fire moved forward
the men kept pace. 1t will ever be an
amazing feature Of this wal the alb
solutely cold valor with which the
men 20 into action. Never the old
shouting or the impulsive rush to VIC
tory-just q slow, deliberate trudge.
not more than two Or three men
grouped. and each silent until actual
fighting with the hitherto unseen foe
begins. Then 1t is a quick surrender,
a shot or a bAyonet thrust, and the at
lacking wave moves on.
The coming Of day changed the
magic picture Of night completely
and with almost naked suddenness.
Now the horizon was dull, with accu-
mulated smoke. Shells which had burst
into pillars Of fire by night now ap-
peared a. black fountains sprineing
from thee earth. There wal an occa-
sional fash to the shrapnel bursts,
but generally they flew in merely as
puff balls Of smoke. The roar, how
ever, was always the same.
The sun broke through the clouds
Just before noon as the British were
breaking through the third and fourth
German lines.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-10
TAKE DROP
FOLLOWING INCREASE

Chicago, April s.-After smashing
anew today the high price record,
wheat values had a severe break. Que
to realizing by holders who believed
that the government crop report
showed the crop at the worst stage
and that some improvement In the
general crop condition had since TAX
en- place! Heavy calling Of margins
tended further to increase bearish
sentiment and so too. did talk of gov
eminent measures to stop all specu-
lation in foodstuffs.
Fluctuations which covered an ex-
tremely wide range, as much as loc
in some cases, were followed by an
unsettled close at net losses of 3 to 5
lac, with May at 5000 ga to $2.07,
and July at $1.84 ga to $1.85. Corn
finished 3 3-8 to 4 3-4c down, and oats
off 1 Ia to 3 3-8 @1-2c, but provisions
were up IL to sec.
Aside from somewhat more hope
full winter crop reports. there was
late gossip of a possible huge increase
Of spring wheat seeding. Corn, like
wheat, reached new top quotations,
and then receded sharply. Oats mere
ly duplicated in a restricted way the
action of other cereals. y
Fresh top notch quotations of hogs
were , reflected by provisions. De-
maEd was broad and general.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-10
BAD BREATH
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get at
the Cause and Remove It

Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel, act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar.
coated tablets are taken for bad breath
by all who know them.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gen.
tly. but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action,
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomel does without any of
the bad after effects.
An the benefits of nasty, .sickenine.
gripping cathartics are derived from Dr..
Edwards Olive Tablets without grip
Ing, pain or any d~isagreeable effects.
Dr.. F. M. Edwards discovered tho
formula after seventeen years Of prac-
fice among patients afflicted with bowel
and iver complaint. with the attendant
hid breath.
Dr. Edward1 Olive Tablets are pure
,hssa vegetable compound mixed viii,
five oil; you will know them by their
live color. Take one or. two every
for . week and note the effect.
&amd;25c oer box. All drnoo;sts
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-10
SUPPLY SERVICE
NOW ORGANIZED
Is Branch of American Red Cross
Society, With Headquarters
in Washington.

Washington. April 1o.-A new or
ganization designated as the Red Cross
supply service has been formed as a
bureau of the American Red Cross
to forward and distribute among
American soldiers and military hospi-
tails gifts and supplies from patriotic
throughout the country.
Headquarters of the new service
will be in Washington with branches
to supervise the collection and pre-
paration of supplies at New York,
Boston. Chicago, Denver, New Or
leans and San Francisco. The CEN
trail office here. 1t is announced, will
be In close association with the war
and navy departments and the coun-
ell of national defense and will be UNI
der h direction of w. Frank Per-
sons. former director of the Charity
Organization society Of New York.
Local committees will be associated
with the directors of the branch head
quarters.
The work Of smaller towns and
cities will be directed from the branch
headquarters. Agents of the service
Will be located in everytraining camp,
military and naval hospital and army
base. Through cooperation with re-
llef societies and systematic methods
OF purchase and distribution it Is ex-
pected that much waste will be elm
mated and over-production of certain
articles avoided.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-10
POSSESSION OF
WHEAT SUPPLY
IS CONTESTED
u One of Stakes at Issue in Fight
ing in Mesopotamia and on
:: Adjoining Fronts.

Chicago, April 10.-Possession Of
. source Of wheat supply. capable of
feeding the entire world. is n of the
stakes at issue in the fighting in Mes
opotamia and on the adjoining fronts.
asserts Professor John Adams Scott.
Of the Northwestern University. Chi
cago, who Is an international author
ity on the Oriental countries.
In describing the commercial and
military possibilities in the country
beyond Bagdad, Prof. Scott said:
There is no doubt that the English
are now trying to close the door by
which any new troops can reach Mes
Babylonia and the territory under its
control covered only about one-ffth
Of Mesopotamta, yet no soil was so
fertile and free from defects which
produce famine that it supported In
wealth a population greater than the
state of New York now possesses.
When Darius was defeated by Alexan-
der, there was found in the vaults of
Darius gold and silver to h value
Of $650,000, 900.
If all of Mesopotamia can come
under the control OF one great nation
SO that there can be comprehensive
and unified development Of reservoirs
and irrigation. it is safe to say hat 1t
will be the richest land on earth, since
Ilo otllc1 VI IldS SUI IIlnNC III dAluSlAA
deposits and which contain fifteen
per cen of lime. 1t is this lime be-
You'd all else which makes this oun
try so valuable and which makes rust,
n1ildew, and kindred evils impossible.
Two harvests can be garnered each
year, one from rain and one from ir-
rigation. The one from rain is the
only harvest now.
The movement from Egypt is in
%ndeh TO shut off all access from
Europe by land. since the Russians
arc now in control of Armenia and
the overland pass, so that the Turks
are forced to send troops through the
Issus pass. or by the Alexandretta
Gulf. This is h route of the Bagdad
railroad. Asia Minor has a double
series of most difficult mountain
ranges, Taurus and Anti-Taurus, so
that armies must skirt them to the
north or to the south. Russia now
closes the route to the north SO that
if England can close the one to the
south, she will be as secure in Mes
opotamia as she is in South Africa,
since there is no avenue by which an
army could come. The great difficulty
in coming in or out of Egypt has been
the intense heat of the desert south
and west Of GAIA, but the papers
speak of a railroad having been built
across this desert. This desert is cool
at night, SO that trains need. run
through it only by night, since the