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Reqin1ent Being Formed
Here and in Pittsburgh to be
Usedin Railvay Work Abroad
CORNWEu'S REPORT
fcortinued Prom First P0ge)

state councils some OF the ways III
which the states can best cooperate
State Cooperation
Let me say, in the very outset, 'nn. - :.
was Impressed upon us. not oy oIrec'
statements. but by many indirec, omeS'
that this Is 4 war of the American PEG
ple for American rights and that %h!le
the National Administration. aloea oE
thS many distinguished private citizens
and business men II has gathered arouHu
the war, OF necessity. yet every POSSIBLY
question that can be handled ny nv
states and the people thereof IS 70 De 'ei'
TO them. -. .,,s
ia TO be found in the enforcement OF
the Army Bill. the so-called "conScrlp-
ton law which had not then and has
not even now become Law. hut ~nlcn
has passed both houses OF conSress an
slightly different forms and merely re-
mains to BIO harmonized in some partlcu-
lars. This was discussed In detail pc
fore US By the secretary OF war the
adjutaut general and the judge advocate
general of the United States Army we
we're urged to give all the publicity pos
sible TO the details Of the law and the
methods by which It will be carried out.
for the purpose, not only or tacllitatinE
the enforcement Of II but that the people
may understand that Its entorcemehS or
the putting Of 1t into effect: Is IN their
hands. in the hands Of local citizens In
every community. 1t will not be effect
ed by bayonets, by the military or me
federal government. but by local boards
composed of local citizens. county OIL
GERS and where arrests are 10 be made
they will be made by the sheriCfs OF the
counties OF course, 1t is federal
statute which must he complied with
and the power OF the great federal gov
crnment Is behind 1t In the ultimate.
Encourage Eu11gtuents.
The states were asked to aid In en-
couraginS enlistments in the National
Guard in order that the several reEi-
ments may be recruited 10 their full
strength, as we'll rs TO encourage enlist
ment in the regular or volunteer army.
which, still needs two or three hundred
thousand men to bring II up to its full
strength authorized by congress. All
these enlistments will be for the period
Of the war only.
We were asked to encourage young
men, Of proper fitness. to seek admission
to the officers training camps. for when
the first half million men are called the
army will need $4,000 new officers.
kach time there Ia q call for a half mill
Hon men the same number of new Off
GERS will he needed. 1t was pointed out
70 us that e5 enlisted men from each
regiment Of the National Guard will be
released to go into offE"er's training
camps. but that officers of the Guard
can not he released for that purpose
for reasons which are perfectly obvious.
II was especially emphasized by the
secretary Of war that enrolment day.
the day to he named in the Presidents
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work. That committee OF five came 10
Washington and took mp their 'pernaz
ncnt residence for the period OF the war
and sit Hs Il board daily. inc 80 large
railroad companies of the United States.
through their proper officers. signed an
agreement, to abide by and enforce an?
rules and regulations. urderS'or poIlcicS
prescribed by that committee or I'VE ana
that committee, representing the ledrrht
government. IL running every ralIFohu III
tho country.
AS an Illustration OF what It IS doing
when vessels connected with our coast
trade wrre pressed Into Tie ocean trace.
Uecausu OF the shortage OF ships, II was
necessary To ship coal from the central
and middle western states to the lacltlc
coast 70 supply our fleet In tho Paciflc
ocean To supply that trade required
5000 cars of coal per month. lhoSe
cara had To he hauled hack 5000 miles
rmptv for there was nothing 10 haul IN
than, on the return trip. At the Same
time box cars were being hauled empty
10 tho Pacific coast to hau! food ana
other products east. This natiohal ooaru
OF railroad managers Immediately or
dcrcl all runl for the Pacific COAST 10 na
loaded in box cars II cost the operators
more to load and the government llt-
tie more Ia unload II. hut, II Will relieve
tho shortage Of coal cars which wnuIu
have been distressing it the other polIo!
had been continued.
When the French commission Irrlrd
here n fcw days ago II asked that l,hoo
miles OF railroad material. rails. Ties. &c.
be sent TO their country at once Lnih
ago the trunk lines were worn out. lho
branch line were torn up and relaid into
the trunk lines. but they, too. are worn
out. 1t is impossible TO place orders
with the steel mills hero and get ralis
delivered within year. hence TINS ie",
eral railroad board said to one railroad
company: YOU furnish 100 miles NJ this
material: to another you furnish a nun
dred miles" and 30 on. II ~ already ne-
inE shipped to France.
What France Needs.
France wants 10000 competent rail-
rond operatives TO man her lines and re-
Lease that many men for military duty.
England wants the same number. inc
Council Of National Defense Ia arranE-
Ing to supply them. Now. 1t wants the
states 10 do some things.
For Instance: Tho federal railroad
hoard. l hRve referred to. propose to re-
luce The free hours for cars from Is 10
~. before demurrage begins. Germany
has reduced the time to six hours. AL
though. OF course. the cars there are
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want to emphasize and that Is thar STATE
councils exert every possible EFFORT ana
use every possible channel TO give p!p:s
Lefty to proper matter not only OF tneir
own activities and regulations but OF;
those Of the federal government which;
are proper 10 be made public Our peo-F
pIe have been accustomed 70 tnln0ne
in terms OF peace and 70 bring them 20
think in terms Of war IL prooSeo .oL
information and education" We 49,,
urged to have committee on puonetEys
and / request that you Immediately tA1ST;
steps TO create one. -
Patriotic Volunteers.
In Washington to-day arc SeverA hnn-s
tlrrd men who have given UP their pooe-
tons with great Industrial corporAtto0A.
transportation companies and %hAnkinG.
institutions. men who were otAWIn8
from $4,000 TO $4,000 per annum ana
some uf them more, who are tnete.vva
untccrs. not only serving tho 1ovclns
mcnt free. without salaries or cosnRS0-5
sation of any kind. but who are poymkS
their own expenses and some OF zen
have brought their own clerical e1tteg:
nf scores OF employees that they are ~
roads and their manufacturing plants
to the government 10 be used - me
Council of National Defense directs
From every single state in the Union
went. Last week. one representative ~
from some Of them several, alert Ah1-;:
ious and willing TO aid. bringing IRON
their respective states the pledge OF CO.,
operation aud of loyal support bn1n
patriotism and energy are being MIXED
with this war. And graft. the ter
and disorganizar OF other wargs9
other armies Is gone. for more
scientists are now examining anttteS4nS i
everything the government bus. Ana
millions OF dollars Of supplies arc belne4
donated By men whose names Win novel,
get outside OF Washington. =
Therefore. let us ask the mtn OF MSetE
virginia to give ut least one days time
on enrolment day and let us all Hfve To-;
our country in this crisis the best That
is IN us
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much smaller than here. To cut the
time in half IS equivalent to putting
into service 245.000 new freight cars.
something which can not be obtained
lust now at any price. although X they
could be gotten they would cost more
than twice as much as before the war.
began The states are asked 10 concur
In that reduction. through their legiSla-
lures, public service commissions or
otherwise and the public is asked 10
cheerfully acQuissce or course II should
and everybody should get busy and load
and unload their cars SO they can be re-
leased instead OF paying demurrage.
France wants 5000 engines. The rail-
hut tho council. Mr.. willard told us. Is
going TO supply, In fact Is supplying the
engines for every assistance we CIV"
to France lessons the amount OF actual
fighting. Americans Will nave to 40. The
engines 70 be supplied will come largely
II not wholly. ont OF the messenger ser
vice. Freight service must not he in
terfercd with.
Fewer Passenger Trains.
There are 1000 passenger engines on
the American railways. This number Is
going to he reduced 10 10000. That
means that passenger service Is going
To he somewhat reduced and the people
must submit tn some Inconvenience III
travelling. The railroad board. Mr.. Will
lard told U.S. would handla this so as Ia
cause Just as little Inconvenience as pos
sIhlr For instance where there ar"
competing lines between two cities two
trains leaving ut the same hour, one on
each road, ono Of them will he taken off.
You Will he able to travel on the sam.
time but you can not take 4 choice OF
roads Tho states, their public service
commissions and the people must not
only concur in that but render every as
sistance possible.
or course 1t Is impossible TO fell you
In the brief time have given myself all
the suggestions ] recall which were
made for state cooperation IN the con-
duct OF the war. Nor could I remember
Il fractional part Of those that were
made. However, what Is more import
ant. the state representatives formula
ted list OF questions hearing on the
points affecting the conditions in their
respective states, which were submitted
In writing TO the Council OF National
Defense and the advisory council and
which will be answered in detail and in
writing and which answers will. when
they havo been received. he laid before
your body.
One other suggestion made to US
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Appt IcANTS FOR ENLISTMENT
Will BE EXAMINED HERE
IMMEDIATELY.
Master Engineers, Wasoners, Horse
shoecs, Saddlers, Cooks, Fore-
men and Officers Wanted.

The local United States engineer
office has been notified that tne r1tiu
Reserve Engineer regiment. now DC,
ing organized in the Pittsburgh an1
Wheeling districts, will be called INTO
active service abroad for railway Wo1K
as soon as sufficiently organized
Lieutenant Colonel edgar JaI"in.
corps of engineers. Calteo E H.IeS
States engineers office at Pittsburgh.
has charge Of the organization or TINS
regiments Captain F. E. Wildly. dis
trict officer in charge OF the United
States engineers office at wheeling;
who Is assisting. has been requested
TO expedite enlistments for this regl-
ment
4 regiment OF pioneer engineers
consists of two battalions OF three
companies each, with a total war
strength-commisSio and enns teo
of 1,0I1 men, =.
10 master engineers, senior and Jun
ior grades, Is non-commissloned stan
sergeants, 80 company sergeants, los
corporais, 10 wagoners. horseshoers.
saddlers, cooks and buglers, 1S6 first
class prirates and $50 second-class
prirateS.
For Enlistment as STAFF non-commis,
stoned officers men Will De required
to show service OF an engineering ma
ture. as surveyors, superintendents.
overseers. foremen. etc. For enlist
ment as company non-commissionec
officers men will be required to snow
experience as focemen on construc-
ton work or as master carpenters.
master machinists, etc. with the va.
rious trades. 1t Is expected that all
non-commissioned officers will have
special knowledge OF some profession
or trade and that practically, all pri-
Yates will have some knowledge Of q
trade Of some ktnd-clerks, musicians.
Quarrymen, miners. carpenters. black
smiths. plumbers. electricians, engine
men, toremen. machinists. ttremen.
a1men, photographers, Transfers.
cooks. etc.
Information will be furnished on re-
quest by the local United States ensi-
neer's Office or by any Of its field or,
fees. Applicants for enlistment will
be examined here and forwarded at
once for service.
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Last juno, when we had to advance the Price
of the Handy Volume" Britannia. few
dollars, ousr IL, 900 orders came tn after
the last day Of the lou price.
We warn you now-the remaining sets
of the "Hqndy Volume Britannica, printed
on this wonderfully thin, Opaque Indla paper,
that makes each volume only I Hch thick,
will be exhausted in less than three weeks.
Tens of Thousands of peoplehave written for and
received our descriptive book that tells all aboutthe
Britannica. They are making up their minds and
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bride and GROOM"
WILL Be IN COURT
FAIRMONT "1ENEDlCT" WILL AN
SWER TO WHITE SLAVERY
CHARGE TODAY.
Alleaed That He Took Woman From
Ohio Home and Had MOCK
MARRIAGE Performed.

Federal court will convene thls
morning at 10 o'clock. The Ir8 case 10, %.
Francis Edgel, OF this city. East hIt-
erpool Huntington and Falrmoht,
Charged charge With white slavery, VIII :, be %,
rrled It Is very likely that the he e nase
day Will be taken up VIII n1ln the ca and
The government have fl number OF VIZ
nesses. The case has created CO.
siderable attention. owing to the prom
inence of the defendant ,
Edsel Is charged with having trans
ported a woman from her home III
East Liverpool, Ohio, to this CITY
where a mock marriage was nsn, per- :
formed. The couple were spmal III!
their honeymoon" In Huntinstoh'
when the bride" discovered that she
had been trlcked onto the sea OF mat
and tp Tor nsme d h1q nsr ST.
nd which arrest automatically cu1ml-
mated in the groom" being served
With a white slave "certiicate'
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nroclamation when all men within the
military age limits 70 be finally tlxed III
the Bill and set oft In the proclamation
shall assemble ut their respective 'ntnn 1sS
nIones TO be Enrolled, should hH mace
4 sff1te and national holiday. The gov
ernors and State Councils Of Defense
we're urged 10 take proper steps 10 see
that public interest Is properly arouseu
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STOCK 1xCHANoB 1Auu11

NEW YORK. May THE failure OF
the stock exchange firm Of Tower ana.
Sherwood was announced on tAo ex-,
change today. The firm. which became
a member OF the exchange in 1904 -
credited with an active commission
house business 1T IS composed OF
Arthur NJ Sherwood and Frederick y.
Tate, board member.
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The original flag was made in Phila-
delphia from bunting imported from
England in ITS. Just before the Dec
laration OF Independence was promul-
gated.
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Transportation Problem

The Council nf National Defense turn
cd over the transportation problem TO
council. DunIel willard. president of the
Bait Imore & ohio railroad. Hn appoint
ed five mon, each president OF Il great
trunk limo railroads. To aid him In tho
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dIately. NIL the railroads. guaranteeing
TO the owners thereof n dividend eQulfA-
lent each year of the war. ia the dlHl-
dend paid the last year of peace. This
government has taken over all the rail-
ronds of this country and Is operating
thom without guaranteeing ore dollar
tl,n nwDnrs
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There is lust as much difference between
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MICA, "Handy Volume" Issue, printed on
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ocean steamship.
Ifyou want the old-fashioned stage coach-horse
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buy now. You can get the heavy, bulky thick
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But if you want the modern Handy
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The sets of the "Handy Volume" Britannica
printed on genuine India paper, now in stock are
all that we can get These are going at the rate
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one will be able to buy the Britannica in this, its
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made because two necessary raw materias-tlax
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this sale nears the end we are receiving, daily,
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travelling Philadelphia and New" TOOK TWO aayS
ninety 1917 the Pennsylvania Railroad Express over pracucay
the route hours
by and from Perth to the to Io al
twenty-five miles unoer inc nh
sailing months to make the voyage from New YORK
five days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-31
COLD DEATH
LIST GROWS

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-A lengthen-
ing death roll, a rapidly dwindling
coal supply and weather bureau offic
ials' predictions that the record
breaking cold spell would keep the
mercury lowering about the zero mark,
throughout the next "a hours made
winters grip on New York and vicin-
ity today grim actuality. Ten per
sons had persisted from the cold up to
noon.
Police stations, theatres, Libraries.
churches, charitable institutions and
other places available for use as shell
tiers have been converted into refugees
for the city's hundreds of homeless
and the thousands of poor among
whom the suffering is most wide
spread. Meals were served to those
sheltered in the various municipal
lodging houses. A continuation of zero
weather beyond tomorrow, it was
feared would present a situation with
which city authorities admitted it
would be difficult to cope.
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YARYAN FUNERAL

Every club of Richmond with which
she was affiliated was represented
Sunday afternoon at the funeral SER
vices of Mrs. Jennie M. Yaryan, at
Brookville.
The funeral was held at 2:30 o'clock
from the house in which Mrs. Yaryan
was born.
Rev. R. D. Baldwin, rector of st.
PauIs Episcopal church, had charge
Of the services. Burial was in the
family cemetery in Brookvile.
Persons from Richmond in attend
ance we're Mrs. John B. Dougan, Mrs.
S. E. Smith, Mrs. George Barnes, Miss
Eleanor Robinson. Mrs. J. T. Giles,
Miss Sarah A. Hill, Arthur Smith,
w. F. Starr, John Y. Poundstone, and
DR.. and Mrs. w. A. Park.
Mrs. Yaryan was member of the
Ticknor, Tourist and Domestic Science
clubs, ST. Pauls guild, the d. A. R.,
and the Margaret Smith and Reid
hospital boards.
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FIRST OF PRAYER
SERVICES TONIGHT

The first Of the union prayer sery-
ices at Reid Memorial church will be
held Monday evening at 7:30.
Rev. ]. 8. Mill will preside and Rev.
Charles NJ. Woodman will preach.
A change has been made in the pro,
gram for Tuesday evening. Rev. l.. E
Murray will preach in place of Rev.
j. J. Rae and DR. Rae will take Dr.
Murray's place Friday evening.
The services are held by churches
affiliated with the Ministerial asso-
citation and will be held each evening
this week including Friday evening.
A musical program will feature the
service Monday night
Howard Ball will play the chimes
from until 7:15 o'clock and from
Tbs to 1880, Mrs. Hugh Foss will
give an organ recital.
There will be numbers by a male
quartet composed of Hugh Foss, Wal
ter Luring, Rutherford B. Jones and
c. F. Hutchins.
Mrs. F'oss will play the following
group for the opening recital Monday
evening: "Evensong", by Johnston,
"MadrigaI' by Lemare and Temple
March, by Lyons. Her offertory num-
Der will be Bach's Aria" and the post
lude "Chorale from Gothic Suite by
Boellmann.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-31
DAUGHTERS
ATTACK WILL

Sophia Uhte, living on Liberty av-
enue, and Minnie Kattleman, of Gin
cinnati, who are sisters, in circuit
court Monday, filed suit against the
board of trustees of st. Johns Luth-
eran church of Richmond, to break
the will of their mother, who be-
queathed her entire estate to various
church boards.
The suit alleges that members of
the church exercised an undue in
fluence" over Mrs. Carolyn Miller in
influencing her to will her entire es-
tate to the church Albert J. Feeger,
jr., is named executor of the will, and
is made a defendant in the suit.
Mrs. Miller died December l, in a
sanatarium at Oxford, Ohio. 1t is al
legged that members of the church
persuaded her to destroy former will,
in which her two daughters were made
beneficaries, and make new will in
favor of the church.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-31
Evidence Shows Hun
Financed Plot to
Overthrow Kerensky

LONDON, Dec. 31.-The Time.
prints long letter from it's Petro-
grad correspondent, dated Saturday,
which purports to substantiate the
view that the Bolshevik revolt was
managed by Germany and that the
movement is essentially anti-national
and anti-Russian. The letter says:
1T is a notorious fact, and has been
proved by documents in possession Of
the Kerensky government, that Ger
many commissioned Lenine and gave
him money to go to Russia to SOW
disaffection in the Russian army"
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DAD
CONTINUED From Page One.

Again Dad stopped. while the
rockies passed around the treats from
their Christmas boxes. After chewing
violently on a piece of homemade
fudge, Dad resumed his tale:
After layin' there for about two
hours, | began to have a hankerin' for
q chew, but found my bloody pouch
as empty as an old mans dream. Did
| do without my chewin'? Not on
your life. | just rolled over and
reached in the pockets of one of our
dead ones and helped myself to a
chew. Awful? Why, they couldn t
use it any more, and if they could
have heard me ask, | could borried
it anyway.
Il got mine, though, before the day
was twice past, and two dirty knife
wounds kept me away from the bloody
suckers for six weeks. When I got
back, | made up for lost time, you can
bet. Did I shoot anybody? Now,
Why, man alive, soldier never shoots
anyone; they're not supposed to.
They only shoot at someone and trust
to the devil that it hits
"Crowned With Glory"
Il came back home, all crowned
with glory, and filled with good Scotch
ale, after the close of the war, and
after layin' around for about a year,
Twin off the old folks, | got back in
with the Canadians, and served full
Period. A riot was my only action