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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
PLANS CALL
FOR RETREAT
German Statement Explains
Evacuation of Demolished
Trench Under Fire

BERLIN (via London), May al
The Germans on the Arras front yes
terday maintained their positions ex-
cept in one demolished trench which
was evacuated, according to plans, dur
ing the British attack Sunday on an
eight and one-half mile front. says the
official statement issued today by the
German army headquarters staff
The German announcement says the
French yesterday obtained a foothold
at Montcarnillet and on Mt Keil. Yes
terday the Germans brought down
fourteen entente aeroplanes on the
western front.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
CHAPTER HOLDS
IT'S ANNIVERSARY

Members Of King Solomon's Chap
ter, Royal Arch Masons, will observe
the seventy-ninth anniversary of the
chapter with family party tonight at
the Masonic temple.
Invitations also have been extended
to members of Cambridge City. Liberty
and Eaton chapters to attend with
their families.
The invitations give cards, dancing
and music as the attractions. Musical
features will be provided by Weis-
brod's orchestra and by group of
singers, who will give an Old Melodies
Concert. VIII Keller will be the
speaker.
An elaborate dinner will be served
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21

Members OF the Wayne. Henry, Jay,
Randolph and Liberty county bars paid
tribute to the virtues Of Congressman
Comstock this morning In a session at
the court house.
Wayne county attorneys with dele
cations from the other counties attend
ed the funeral at the First Preebyter-
ian church this afternoon in a body.
Judge J. 8. Engle. Of Winchester.
presided at the bar meeting this morn
ing.
Resolutions from the Wayne and
Randolph county bar associations were
presented.
Barnard Heads Delegation.
Judge w. o. Barnard, former con-
gressman. headed the delegation from
Henry county. His son. George Barn
ard, George Elliott, editor of the New.
castle Courier. and others spoke.
Judge E. H. Bundy, OF Winchester.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
REPORT FAVORABLE RESPONSE
TO BACKERS OF JOHNSON

Richmond supporters of Mr.. John
son said today that they were most
agreeably surprised over some OF the
responses they have received from In
fluendal politicians In the district con-
cerning the proposed. plan Of having
Mr.. johnson nominated by both the
Republican and Democratic parties.
Some Of the men, it Is stated. who
have expressed their favor of the sug-
xested plan have always been active
partisans in their own party's affairs
and It was supposed that they would
give no consideration to any plan such
as proposed. These men, however,
believe that 1t is not the time to stoop
to petty politics in filling the congress
sional vacancy, and as patriots they
are supporting Mr.. Johnson because
they believe him to be man unusual
ly well equipped to succeed Judge
Comstock.
Refuse to Lay Aside Ambition.
There are some men, on the other
hand, who refuse to put aside their
personal ambitions and they have been
very active setting their lines in an
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
Finly Gray Attends
Funeral of Comstock

Former Congressman Finly Gray to-
his entering the race to regain his seat
lost in the last election to Congress
man Comstock.
He was here to attend the Comstock
funeral.
Il have been urged by many friends
to enter the Democratic lists for the
seat, but do not care to discuss the
matter at this time. l am in Rich.
mond solely to pay my respects to my
good old friend. Judge Comstock," he
said.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21

With impressive ceremonies the
body Of the late Judge Daniel w. Com
stock. representative in congress from
the Sixth Indiana district. was buried
today. Judge Comstock died IN Wash
ington Saturday morning OF pneu-
monia. after q brief illness. and the
body was brought to Richmond Sun
day under a congressional escort. COM
rosed OF several members OF both
branches Of congress.
The body reposed In state at the
Comstock home, 1c9 North Tenth
street, yesterday afternoon and even
ing where hundreds Of friends and ad-
mirers Of the distinguished soldier
jurist-statesman called to pay their
last tribute to his memory.
Flowers Banked In Room
The room in which the body repos-
ed was solidly banked with floral Of
fer1ngs. Included In this magnificent
display were elaborate designs receiv-
ed from the United States Senate and
the House Of Representatives. Floral
offerings were also received from
prominent people throughout the state.
Judge Comstock was buried at Earl
ham cemetery late this afternoon.
Funeral services were held at the
First Presbyterian church at 8 o'clock.
Following an organ recital, a brief
address was delivered by Rep. Mer-
rill Moofes Of the Seventh Indiana
district, in which he reviewed the
career and accomplishments of Judge
Comstock and paid a most fitting trib-
ute to his memory. Henry U. John
son, a former member of congress,
the Wayne County Bar
also eulogized Judge
Comstock tn a most impressive ora
ton. The burial service at the church
and at the grave was read by the pas
tor Of the church. the Rev. J. ]. Rae.
Sent With Special Escort
The body Of Judge Comstock was
brought to Richmond by the following
escort:
Rep. Oscar e. Bland, Second Indi-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
CITY PAYS LAST TRIBUTE TO SOLDIER
Accept Local Men
For Special Service

Two Richmond young men have
been accepted for special service In
Uncle Sans fighting forces.
They are John Dunn. Of 627 South b
street. and Everett Horner, Of 312
North Seventeenth street.
Dunn has besn enrolled In the signal
CORPS reserve corps, aviation section.
and is waiting for orders to report
Horner has enlisted in the engineers
corps as machinist.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
Bossert Rushes Plans
For G. O. p. Meeting
to Select Candidate

Walter Bossert, Of Liberty, Sixth
district Republican chairman. Is plan.
ming to take speedy action In prepar-
ing for the special election to choose
a successor to Congressman Comstock.
While here today attending the con-
gressman's funeral he said he would
call for ward and township meetings
next Friday to elect delegates to a
district convention, II the governor
sets June for the special election day.
He plans to hold the district con-
vention the following Tuesday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
CHURCHES APPROVE
"Y" ARMY CAMPAIGN

Young Mems Patriotic Sunday was
observed in all churches yesterday In
several churches, patriotic sermons
were preached, and in every one, time
was taken to explain the work being
carried on by the Y. NJ C. A.
Indiana is to raise $15O,0O0 by May
2S. Richmond has been called on to
raise her share of this money. Minis
ters, in their talks yesterday. urged
the people to subscribe literally.
Workers from the various churches
begin their canvass tomorrow.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
MARKETS FOR PRODUCTS

Ell PASO, Texas, May 21-Mexican
consuls and consular agents In the
United States will cooperate with the
governors Of Mexican states In finding
and promoting markets for Mexican
products In the United States. This
is the plan Of Andres Garcia. Inspector
General of Mexican consulates In the
United States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
ORDER PASSPORTS INSPECTED

LONDON, May 21-The British For
eign ONCE has notified the public that
henceforth all persons travelling to the
ports vised by United States diplo-
matte or consular once. This Is one
Of the changes in passports regula-
tions made necessary by the entry Of
the United States into the war.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
Temperature Today.

For Wayne County by w. e. Moore
and thunderstorms tonight
and Tuesday.
General Conditions-Three storms
are raging over the states: one in the
East and two over the West which will
cause rain within the next twenty-four
hours. There were heavy rains last
night In parts of Eastern Indiana and
Western Ohio
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21

effort to capture the nomination Of the
party they are affiliated with.
Elmer Bassett OF Shelbyville, for
mer Republican district attorney and
professional politician, one of the stall
warts of the Republican 'Cld Guard"
was the first to announce his candi.
dacy for the G. o. p. nomination. Pat.
rick ]. Lynch of Newcastle, defeated
for the nomination last year by Judge
Comstock, will also enter the lists and
[Continued On Page Twelve.1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
Free Lunches Cease

Free lunches IN Richmond saloons
are doomed.
They will be thing Of the past after
tomorrow Then all foodstuffs tn bar
rooms will be sold, just as they are In
restaurants.
The Retail Liquor Dealers Associa-
tion banned free lunches after many
members had complained that they
were unable to make a profit serving
lunches because Of the high cost OF liv-
ing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
Presbyterian Union
Fapored by Assembly

DALLAS, Tex. May 21.-The gen
eral assembly OF the Presbyterian
church in the United States in session
here today voted unanimously in favor
Of union for the two branches Of the
church-the North and the South. A
copy Of the resolution was ordered
sent to the Southern assembly, now In
session at Birmingham, Ala.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
hAie Is COLOR BLIND

LONDON, May 21.-Sir Douglas
Haig. according to the parliamentary
correspondent Of one Of the newspa-
pers. Is color blind. This at first
threatened to be a serious obstacle
to his career as soldier because he
was refused entrance to the STAFF Col
lege. influence was brought to bear
by certain prominent military men
and he was passed through the col
lege
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
SUBSTITUTE WAR CROPS

TORREON, Mexico, May 21.-Plant.
ers in the fertile Laguna District near
here are substituting war crops for
cotton this year. Having learned that
the demand for corn, wheat and other
staple foodstuffs would be heavy and
prices correspondingly high, the Mex
lean hacienda owners have plowed up
their cotton lands In this famous cotton
growing district Of Central Mexico and
have planted food crops.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
ATTENDS
ASCENSION SERVICE

Members of Richmond Commandery
No. s, knight Templars, were guests
of the First English Lutheran church
Sunday morning. According to Gus
tom in the lodge, the members attend
church in a body, on Christmas, East
er and Ascension Sunday.
Rev. F. A. Dressed, pastor, preached
a special sermon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
INCREASE SUGAR OUTPUT

KINGSTON. Jamaica, May 21.-The
government has decided upon an ex-
tensive plan of sugar development, in
which government credit will be pledg-
ed for raising capital to establish
central factories In Jamica. The pro-
fits OF the venture are to be shared
by the government and the cane far
mers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
.FOULkE'S GRANDSON
LEAVING FOR FRANCE.

William Dudley Foulke Hughes.
grandson of Mr. and Mrs William Dud.
ley Foulke of this city, will sail Satur-
day from New York for France. where
he viii enter the ambulance service.
Hughes has his own ambulance auto
mobile.
So far as Is known, he Is the first
boy with Richmond relatives who has
volunteered in this service.
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-21
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WEATHER FORECAST

For Indiana by United States Wealth.
er 6ureau-Rain tonight and Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Wilson Could Not Run
Roads, Says Thompson
Especial Correspondence

BALTIMORE, Dec. 81 do not like
the idea of government ownership,
said Vice-President Arthur Thompson
of The Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad,
chairman of the operating committee OF
the Eastern railway system. to-day
while on a short visit home from Pitts
burgh. -
"How far has the committee gone IN
solving the general railroad conges-
tion ?" he was asked.
"Why, the things solved. Done
that's ALL" said Mr.. Thompson.
Mr.. Thompson was asked what would
be the effect on the. railroads, and on
the vice presidents committee in par
ticular. if the President takes over the
roads for operation, as has been suS-
gested. -,
81 have no idea what the effect VIII
he" said Mr.. Thompson. Nobody has
told yet what the President is going to
do If he takes over the roads for op-
Grafton. The President is not rail
road man. He has got TO leave the
roads for operation in the hapds Of men
who understand the job. and you may
draw your own conclusions. We arc
not bothering about that
"However, | do not like to deal IN
snecplation. like to deal with facts
Being partisan. I'm in favor of compe-
t;tion among the roads. ! do not like
the idea of government ownership. But
bere we are with all the roads merged
and we are doing our best to kill off the
d;f6cuIties. And we arc coming right
along"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Eastern Railroad
Chiefs Insist on
Government Aid
Oppose Federal Control or
Operation at Confer
ence Here

Presidents of the Eastern railroads
started for Washington last night, af-
ter an all-day conference here, al
which they reached the decision that
no body of men In the country could
manage its railroads better than the
Railroads War Board. In Washing
ton they will discuss railroad prob
lens with railroad heads from the
South and West, with the War Board,
with members Of the Interstate Com
mcrce Commission and with leaders
in Congress.
The preliminary conference in New
York convinced the railroad men o.
the Fast that though the Railroads
War Board should be retained for e1-
ecutivc purposes, governmental imam
cial support must be given TO the
roads. Credit must be guaranteed
they declared. either through marked
advances in hates or by arrangement
with the government. Il was sug-
gested that plan similar TO that IN
use in Great Britain be adopted. Iha'
government guaranteed TO the ran
roads net profits equal to those oi
1914.
Such q government guarantee here
based on the earnings of 1916, 1t was
pointed out, would relieve railroad ex
ecutives of vexatious and perhaps peril.
Gus financial promlems, would permit
the roads to carry government freight
free and would give free rein to the
railroad genius of the country.
1t also was suggested that the gov
ernnent might arrange some system
of priority to enable the railroads to
obtain necessary equipment, now
stalled by war orders. Passenger
traffic should be discouraged. so far as
possible, it was agreed, either by q
drastic increase in rates or in some
other manner.
Government supervision Of the mat
ter of wages was regarded as necessary
for the period Of the war. Credit hao
been strained to such a degree, it wa:
said. that loan BY the government
perhaps amounting 20 $l,000,0O0,0OO
would be welcome and might be {
necessity if other means of obtaining
adequate equipment failed.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
What Railroad
Victory Will Mean

The blockade Of the Pittsburgh pass
became intolerable. 1t threatened to
break down the whole industrial fabric
Of the East, battle the governments
war plans and perhaps defeat battling
democracy throughout the world. The
stagnant cars must pass or the spiked
helmets would advance TO new con-
quests.
The American railway critics had ar
rived. As France dispatched Petain to
Verdun, so the American railway high
command sent Thompson and his aids
20 Pittsburgh. The battle Of brains
against inertia, of railway experience
and administration against the food OF
the hundred thousand cars, OF power
against gravity, of system against dis
order. OF unity against disunity, Is on.
The whole army of the East, Of the
American railway forces modified for
way, is at the command OF Mr.. Thomp-
son. If ne wins. American railroads
win. and their victory means a train Of
diverse victories the world around. II
he loses, the main prop Of American
railway transport as now needed, will
collapse, and then universal chaos in
The industrial sector Of the war viii
follow. BY the time order can be re-
stored. b. other means than those i'm
nediately available, il may be too late.
Once again. as in the days Of Wash
ington and Braddock and Duquesne,
Pittsburgh is al outpost OF empire;
once again the fate Of nations may be
determined at the junction Of the Mon
ongahela and Che Allegheny.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Woman Approves
Political Profanity

OYSTER BAY, Dec. 9.-Mis5 Eliza
beth Waldron, a prominent Oyster Bay
suffragist, is fully aware that the
men get all het up and use all sorts Of
rough language when they get to talk
ing politics IN the truck house here.
But that doesn't make any difference.
She is determined. just the same, TO
crowd into the Republican organization
Of this village, and SO. she says, are
lots Of other women who want TO do
their bit for the party in the most ef-
fective way.
So she has addressed a letter to the
organization. giving her own views on
that question which Is IN the air wher-
ever new voters are to be found: Now
that you've got 1t, what are you going
to DO with it?"
II have been thoroughly provoked. -
she wrote, "by the lack of interest
among the women Of Oyster Bay and
the absence Of any effort TO continue
their organization. So now it strikes
me as being up to the men. If you
want a lot of ignorant voters at the
polls. voting for they don't know what,
making lot Of trouble and doing more
harm than good. shut Us out of your
meetings and leave us to organize sep
arately.
"ln regard TO using plain language
at mixed meeting, if any woman IS Of
Tended by a mans expressing his honest
opinion in vigorous but plain English
she had better return TO her tireside
and embroidery.
"You need not fear that mixing
freely in political meetings will coarsen
women. If they are lax enough TO be
come coarscned they are not very good
material TO start with.
"As to profanity, you have some
rough diamonds among you. But II any
woman objects 10 a diamond emitting a
blue streak of light now and then she
should be taught that a diamond IS a
diamond and valuable even IL the
rough.
PERSONALLY. | am opposed TO bias
phemous swearing, but the other forms
of profanity never trouble me as used
by men. | mean, | do not advocate the
adoption of such words by women, but
| see no objection to their occasionally
hearing them.
"The state of affairs in this township
is the best excuse know of for strong
language. hear more tgenuine) swear
ing at Red Cross meetings than | do at
the polls or Town Board meetings"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Thompson, Dictator OF
10000 Miles of Track

The real railway transportation die
.ator Of America is A. ". Thompson.
His word is law for 10000 miles of rail
way empire-a railway domain three
times as great as that of Germany. His
request is almost as strong as an i'm
perial rcscript for all the rest of the
American railway system, with its $780,
900 miles of track. Mr.. Thompson
w.elds this great authority as chairman
Of the general operating committee Of
the Eastern railways of the special
committee on national defence of the
American Railway Association.
When the committee on national de-
.cnce railways war board) perceived
hat the time had come for heroic ac-
ION or dissolution and determined to
constitute the operating committee it
was decided 20 station the latter Mt
Pittsburgh.
Why?
Pittsburgh is the Verdun Of the
American railway situation. At Yer
dun the slogan of the French was,
They shall not pass!" AT Pittsburgh
.ac slogan Of the railway executives Is,
They shall pass" Defeat the dumb
enemies Of unimpeded railway trans
Dortation At Pittsburgh and you have
beaten them everywhere. Fail at Pitts
burgh and you are beaten everywhere.
The enemy takes many aspects, but his
orotean form is the power Of gravity.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10

world. together with an immense
terminal tonnage. Local traffic dams
through traffic. through traffic blocks
local traffic, and terminal traffic adds
confusion to confusion. Result a
mighty backing up OF the freight
stream, choking, even in normal times,
tho yards and sdo-tracks for a hun
drcd miles either way.
Then comes the food caused by the
war storms. Deeper and wider and
with stronger current than ever now
The castbound products of the West,
demanded by half tho world that must
have them or fail in its ambitions and
perhaps in life itself. The fountains
Of the deep of industrial Pittsburgh
spout as never before. The food Of
freight fills the warehouses and val
leys and backs up in every pocket Of
the hills. The whole district is brown
with the dry-blood brown of freight
cars. 1t is like vast log jam. with
cars in place of logs and rails instead
Of water.
SILL up from the east and over the
mountains come the nevcr-ending
counter current of Eastern goods
bound west and the drcary miles Of
"empties" slowly jogging westward to
Offset the eastward movement The
West shouts for empty cars. The
East. the government, the Allies and
the starving neutral nations cry for
loaded cars. The westward pressure
and the eastward pressure stall each
ether. Single cars disappear into the
brown weltcr and are lost for days
and weeks, and when found it is
sometimes impossible 70 get them out.
In certain desperate cases wrecking
outfits have been called on to pick
cars out Of the tanglc and lift them
on to outlet tracks. Where il used
10 take nine or ten days 10 get car
from Chicago to New York il came
to take sixteen 20 forty.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Butchers May Strike
To Go Out at Once Unless
Packing Houses Accept Terms

Butchers of New York are prepar-
ing to strike at once unless the de-
maids which they have presented TO
nineteen packing houses in the city
are. accepted After a closed meeting
OF the Butchers District Council, held
Yesterday at 200 East Forty-hfth
Street. II was said that fifteen of the
packing houses had already accepted
the terms and that the other four had
been notified that general walkout
would follow their continued refusal
The companies remaining obdurate,
a delegate to the conference who re-
fused to be quoted said, are Swift &
Co.. Armour & Co., Morris & Co. and
Wilson & Co.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Theatre du Vieux Colombier

One Of the plays in the repertory of
the Theatre du Vieux Colombier had
TO wait almost a hundred years for its
premiere. This was Prosper Merimee's
was written in 1925, and was first pro-
duced on any stage by the French play
ers last week. The three one-act plays
presented last week will be repeated
tonight and Thursday night. On Tues
day, Wednesday and Friday evenings
and on Thursday and Saturday after
Moons the programme will be lie Pain
de Menage," a one-act play by Jules
Renard. in addition to Alfred de Mus