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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
FORMER MAYOR
IS DEAD HERE

John P. Thistlethwaite. resident OF
Richmond for more than fifty years
and former mayor, died this morning
at the family residence, 311 North
Eleventh street He was IS years old
Mr. Thistlethwaite's health failed
last spring but he was confined to
his bed for a period of only about
four weeks. Exhaustion incident to
old age was the immediate cause OF
death.
Coming to Richmond from Indiana
polls fifty years ago last July, Mr..
Thistlethwaite engaged in newspaper
work. He was business manager of
the old Palladium and also was con-
nected with the Telegram. He served
as mayor of the city from 1889 to 1891.
Following this. he was steward for
almost twenty-five years at the East
ern Indiana Hospital for the Insane
at East Haven. He retired from active
business about four years ago. He
was born in Cincinnati, August Is,
1910.
He is survived by four children,
Clem and Maude, of this city; Mark
who makes his home in Washington,
D. c., and Mrs. Mark Pennell, of Mid
dletown, Ohio. All the children were
at the bedside at the time of death.
Funeral services will be held at the
family residence at 10 o'clock, Satur-
day. Burial, which will be held at
Earlham cemetery, will be private.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19

I Of the allies, however, would not ap
! pear to indicate and general giving
way of the Bulgarian forces which are
being assisted by German units, &C.
/ cording to a Berlin dispatch.
The fighting has been going on since
/ Sunday and the progress is such that
there Is now a real threat toward the
city of Prelep, which is said to be one
of the principal bases of the Teutonic
| troops on this sector of the Macedon.
| ian front.
American troops are engaged in con
! solidating their new lines across the
base of the ST. Mihiel salient, which
was wiped out by them l>st week
+, The Germans are reported to be few
erishly working to strengthen their
lines In this sector. but it seems i'm
probable that new American assault
will be made at once In this region.
1t now appears that the successful
drive Of the Americans was for the
purpose of wiping out the st. Mihiel
salient, which stood as menace to
the flank of the Americans in Lor-
raine, and the French in Champagne.
in case either attack. II is considered
therefore, as a local attack, carried
with terrific force.
When these objectives have been
reached, the storm centre in eastern
France may be shifted suddenly.
This fact. when taken into consider
alton with the successful attacks
made by the British and French along
the ST. Quentin front. shows that Mar
shall Foch has pinned down large
bodies of the enemy forces in widely
separated parts of the line. The Ger
mans are forced to heavily man their
lines from Metz clear down through
the Lorraine and Vosges sectors,
while there is always a very real
threat at his vital positions, north of
Laon. In the meantime, the line from
Rheims to Verdun always presents it.
self as an inviting field for an allied
offensive.
Reports from Mosciw are to the
effect that the Bolshevik forces are
retreating on both the northern and
southern fronts. On the north they
are being forced back by the entente
allied units, while CZecho-Slovak arm
les along the Volga are also advanc-
ing. 1t is also reported that the
Czecho-Slivaks have taken the city
of Perm. II this Is true, they seem to
be on the verge of uniting the forces
which have been fighting II. western
Siberia with those which have been
engaged in the valley Of the Volga
river in southeastern Russia From
Perm to kaZan, where the Czecho-
Slovaks are known to be, is less than
200 miles, a distance which seems
great when judged by the standard
of the western theatre of the war, but
which is relatively short distance In
the east, where there is virtually no
organized resistance to advancing
troops.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
DESPERATE NEED
Of PEACE SHOWN,
ITALY BELIEVES
No Doubt Peace Note Was In
spired by Berlin, Vatican
Organ Says.
(By Associated Press.)

ROME, We'd. Sept. 1S.-The Italiar
government has no knowledge of the
Austrian note inviting the belliger
ents to a conference except for the
text of the document carried by the
telegraphic agencies, the semi -officia
Stefani News Agency announces. The
government, however, is indicated by
the agency to be in no mode for open
ing such negotiations as are suggested
by the unofficial text.
In long article which is taken as
rejecting the views of Vatican Off
cials, if not the pope himself, the Cor.
riere d'Italia the semi-official organ
of the Vatican, declares that Austria
should be more explicit in her peace
declarations.
"The old subterfuges that the note
undoubtedly carries show the desper-
ate need of peace" the article says.
There is no need for secret confer
ences, when President Wilson and
others already have set forth the al
lied condition. There is no do1;bt that
the note was inspired by Berlin. With
the cannon Of Hindenburg unsuccess-
full We now will see return to the
subtleties of diplomacy The note is
equivalent to a confession of military
weakness. 1t is sign that the fatal
hour has begun for them. when they
must submit to the allies peace.
Will Continue to Fight.
'If in the year 1916, they offered
peace. now they ask it," the article
continues. but in what spirit do they
ask peace?"
IF the text is correct" says the
Agency statement, "the Italian govern
ment points out that Austria's propo-
sails seek to create a semblance of
peace negotiations, without any real
consistency or the possibility of
practical outcome.
The agency adds that recent declar-
ations by the men at the head of the
Austro- Hungarian and German govern
ments, which bar any territorial con-
cessions by the central powers and
seek to make binding and definite "the
treaties of Brest-Litovsk
and Bucharest" make the opening of
any useful negotiations impossible.
The entente nations and the United
States the statement continues.
have made known their terms for the
essential basis of jIst peace. On
these points the Austrian note says
not a ward. The same remark applies
to the Italian aspirations.
Until the Austrian government
shows itself disposed to recognize her
special aims, as we'll as the other gen.
eral and particular objectives for
which the allies are jointly fighting.
Italy will continue to struggle for a
lasting peace founded on liberty and
Justice
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
ALLIED SUCCESS
HAS DEPRESSED
ENEMY SOLDIERS
u. S. Army Now as Good as
Germans Were In 1914 Foe
Comedies.
(By Associated Press.

tBy Associated PresS.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE Lorraine FRONT, We'd, Sept
1s.-Five prisoners were captured by
the Americans. southeast of the village
Of Woel today. They belonged to the
fourteenth storm battalion and all
agreed that even these charck troops
are discouraged by the Franco-Ameri-
can successes north of the Marne and
around ST. Mihiel.
These units were rushed into the
front lines after the Franco-American
attack had begun last Thursday. The
men said that Germany is hard
pressed for men. This particular bat
talon had been in training near Briey
A night patrol of Americans cap
tured the Germans without firing a
shot. The Germans were sleeping
when the Americans crept up around
them and captured them. They said
that the majority of the men in their
company had been withdrawn from
this region when the Americans be-
gan their concentration a few days
ago. The low morale of the German
army was the reason that the resist
ance encountered by the Americans
was not stronger, the prisoners de-
clared.
One prisoner, socialist. said the
civilians in Germany are discouraged
with the way the war is going, and
look upon the struggle as capitalistic
effort. There is great depression in
all parts of Germany as the result
of the recent successes of the British,
French and Americans, Sc said.
Germany everywhere are at last
realizing that fact that the Americans
are good fighters" he continued.
They appreciate the fact that the
American successes are encouraging
to the allies and discouraging to the
German soldiers" He said that the
German troops estimated the Ameri-
cans equal to the Germans as they
were in 1914
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
GERMANS HURLED BACK IN DESPERATE BATTLE
Decoy Artillery Used
BY Germans in Effort
to Trick Americans
(Bv Associated Press.l

(By Associated Press.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE LORRAINE FRONT, Sept 49,
A German trick. designed TO deceive
the allies, has been discovered in the
ST. Mihiel salient, where the Germans
abandoned large quantities Of decoy
artillery. big guns, little guns, mortars
and even machine guns, made OF
wood and sheets of iron and tin. This
dummy artillery has been found in
various sections. for the most part In
places where it could be plainly seen
by Photographic observers.
1t is assumed that the Germans be-
lieved the allies can be deceived by
camouflaged artillery and had hoped
that the allies would plan a heavy at
tack on the section where the artillery
was located. Some of the larger
guns" were made Of sheet iron.
mounted on worn out wheels that
were scarcely able to stand even light
use. In one town, shop where this
decoy artillery was manufactured has
been found
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
Germans Intended to
Abandon St. Mihiel
Salient All the Time
fRy Associated Press,

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE LORRAINE FRONT, Sept. 10
German prisoners captured during the
American advance oil last week, who
have now been temporarily interro-
gated, assert that it was the German
intention to abandon the St. Mihiel
salient. This movement had been
begun when the American attack sur
prised the enemy.
Owing to the shortage of artillery
horses, the large guns in the salient
were not all removed and those that
were savd by the Germans were got
ten away with difficulty. The enemy
is now engaged in setting up wire en-
tanglements all along the American
right flank.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
German Boys Shot for
Refusal to Entrain
CIV A Associated rress,

AMSTERDAM. Wednesday, Sept. IS.
A large number of German recruits,
mostly boys eighteen years of age,
refused to entrain for the front at
AK La Chapelle, according to Les
Nouyelles, which says that the sol
diers We're ordered to fire upon the
mutineers, of whoIl eight were killed
and many wounded.
1t is stated by the newspaper that
the remainder of the revolving re-
voting recruits were driven into their
train like cattle, but they were firing
from the windows of the cars as the
train moved out Of the station.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
TAYLOR GETS ARMY CORPS,

UPLAND, Ind, Sept. 19-Announce-
ment was made today that Taylor uni
versity, located here. had been ap-
proved for an army training camp. The
university announced that barracks
sufficient to accommodate 800 had been
arranged.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
MSSNE,1s1a:xzzs*J5

The banks Of Wayne county will accept subscriptions for
the Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds the they did
the Third Liberty Loan Bonds All subscriptions taken by
solicitors will be turned in to the banks Immediately and sub
scrbers requested to make their for
the partial There number of the
payment of these bonds and and be
ranged to the entire satisfaction of each subscriber by apply
ing to the bank with which he regularly does business
WAYNE COUNTY LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
ALLIES GAIN twelve MILES IN MACEDONIA
(By Associated Press)

British troops in desperate fighting pungng further
into the Hndenburg north ST. Quentin while west of
Cambria they have whstood vicious German attacks
The enemy making effort to retain his position the
30e front and to check the allied which threatens
both st. Quentin and Cambria
In Macedonia the Bugarans in flight norhward before
the Serbans and French Hurled from important heights the
enemy
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
sToREN NOMINATED MARSHAL.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 19-The NOM
ination of Mark Storen to be U. S.
marshal for the Indiana district was
today sent to the senate by President
Wilson
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
ENEMY IN VICIOUS EFFORT
TO HOLD PLACE ON 2O-MILE
FRONT AND CHECK ADVANCE

British and French Forces Are Working Steadily To-
ward ST. Quentin Germans Hurled Back From
Forward Line Of Hmdenburg Position Al
lied Move Threatens Important Points on German
Line-British Plunge Further Into Hmdenburg
Line in Spite Of Strong Counter Attacks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
For Wayne County by w. &. Moore

For Wayne County by w. e. Moore
Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday
Occasional rains, continued cool
General Conditions - The South
Dakota storm which moved rapidly
eastward, caused showers yesterday
afternoon over the eastern states and
although the weather cleared for
few hours, another storm over the
southwest caused rain far north as
the lakes. The weather continues very
cool east of the Rocky mountains.
temperatures are around freezing in
South Dakota and there is frost in
Iowa. Warm wave remains unbrok-
en- over the far west
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
SIX DIE OF INFLUENZA
fRy Associated Press,

AVER, Mass, Sept. 19.-Five thous-
and soldiers at Camp Devens were un-
der treatment at the base hospital to-
day the majority of them i'll with in
fluenza Six deaths occurred over
night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
SEPTEMBER 25, 26 and u

The men in the service are giving everything to
win this war, the people at home will have an op-
portunity to buy Government Bonds on Septen.-
Ter 25th, 26th and 9th.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19
The Weather

For Indiana by United States
Weather Bureau-Cloudy tonight and
Friday probably rain. Slightly warm
er tonight in south portion
Today's Temperature.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19

Do It Now
Do 1t Literally
Do 1t oheerfully
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-19

Do II Now
Do II Literally
Do 1t Cheerfully
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-12
GERMAN PEOPLE
BACK KA|SER'S
WAR PROGRAM
United as to Foreign Policy.
Revolutionary Socialists

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Not yet
is Germany "cracking'' under the
strain of the war, says William Eng
lish Walling in an article published
in the Official Bulletin, issued by the
governments committee on public in
formation.
The article is an antidote for con-
trary hysteria which detracts mems
minds from the serious business con-
fronting this country and the neces-
sity for application that the war may
be brought to a speedy and successful
close.
Germany is united as to the war
and the peace which it is determined
shall follow the war;" says Walling.
1.-The German nation is not seriously
divided either as to foreign policy,
terms or anything that concerns it's
relations to other nations. The Ger
man nation is divided only as to purely
internal questions-the method of
conducting the war, the division of
food and taxes and the degree of free
speech that should be allowed.
"Of course there are "a few ex-
tremsts at both ends of the social
scale who advocate a peace policy at
variance with that of the, overwhelm-
ing majority of the nation. But all
these extremists together probably do
not represent 10 per cent of the Ger
man nation, and certainly do not
represent 20 per cent
Walling says that the leaders of
the revolutionary socialists are near
ly all in JAIL Politically, they are
utterly insignificant" he says, hav-
ing only one member of the reichstag
out Of 400. They are to be sharply
distinguished from the minority So
cialiSts, who have a considerable fol-
lowing, but are neither revolutionary
nor effective in their opposition to
the kaiser. The peace policy of these
later socialists does not differ in any
essential particular from that of the
other parties, which constitute the
overwhelming majority Of the Ger
man people.
1.-The Germans favor a so-called
disarmament" continues WaIling, "be-
cause their victories in the war have
been due mainly to their immensely
superior capacity for producing
armament, when compared to the
other nations of Europe"
The writer states that Germany OPP
! poses a league to enforce peace and
a society of nations "because in such
a society Germany would be in a
minority"
All parties are in substantial agree
ment on the question of the restora-
ton of German colonies, and the ref
erendum is favored in those disputed
localities where non-Germans have
! been driven out.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-12
NOT ALWAYS SINCERE

Just because a man insists on the
he will abide, by the. decision Of the
majority, is the point made by Editor
Perkins of the Cigar Makers Official
Journal, who favors expe1ling union
lists who disregard the popular will.
''Those who shout the loudest and
most insistently for the initiative and
referendum are among the first to
violate it when the verdict reached
by the majority does not suit them,"
writes Editor Perkins. 'Under the
democratic form of government,
whether it be state or the union,
where the popular vote prevails, all
should accept the verdict when
reached in due form, if democracy is
to prevail. 1t is either democracy
and discipline or anarchy and con-
fusion. Those who violate the spirit
of the referendum, cardinal prin-
ciple of the International union, are
Haunting their own selfish anarchis-
tic opinions in \the face of democ-
. racy, law, and discipline, and are
working directly against these prin-
ciples and their own best interests.
No set of men and no union possess
the right to masquerade under the
cloak of unionism, democracy, and
the referendum, and then violate all
of these principles at their own sell
fish will.
Such actions destroy confidence
and the respect of not only their own
members but of the employers as
we'll. For our own. protection the
law should be amended so as to
carry the clear, unquestioned right
to expel, subject to appeal, the men,
Der or union that violates the law of
the Initiative and referendum there
by taking the law into their: own
hands, and declaring themselves su-
perior to and supreme over the pop-
u1ar vote.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-12
FRISCO UNIONS FIGHT
FICKERT TO BITTER END

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1O.-Al-
though District Attorney Fickert de-
feated the attempt to GUST him from
office by recall proceedings, the state
federation of labor again went on
record against him. In a statement
by President Murphy and Secretary
Treasurer Scharrenberg, just prior to
the election, ~unionists were urged to
vote against Fickert
'Verdicts of juries have been ig-
nored," it. is stated. Perjury has
been openly purchased to throw the
onus of this terrible crime (the pre-
paredness day bomb outrage) on the
shoulders of organized labor. Though
the principal witnesses against the
first of the defendants to be tried
(Billings) have acknowledged that
they were mistaken in their testi-
mony,, still this man is serving life
sentence. District Attorney Fickert
claims, in spite of the proven perjury
of OXman and his attempted subor-
nation of perjury, as testified to by
Estelle Smith, that the defendants
already have had fair and impartial
trials"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-12
BOILER MAKERS
GIVEN WARNING
Advised to Beware Of Strike
Breaking Agents For Nom
Union Concern.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10.-Inter-
national Organizer Scott of the
Brotherhood of Boiler Makers warns
members of this craft against agents
of the American International COR
poration who, he says. "are securing
the country for men to work in the
new ship yard at Hog Island, Phila-
delphia.
''This corporation" says Scott
GOWNS and controls the New York
ship yard at Camden, N. j., where
our men have been on strike for over
18 months. The game their agents
are working is to hire men for the
new Hog island yard, and then send
them into the New York ship yard
to scab, until such time as they are
needed at Hog island. They don't
expect to lay keel in this yard be-
fore April Is next, and in the mean
time the men they are hiring are be-
ing sent into the unfair yard at Cam
den."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-12
ACCIDENTS TO
WOMEN INCREASE
While Fatal Accidents Decrease
in December, According to
Monthly Summary.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 10.-A
larger number of accidents to women
and decrease in fatal accidents are
the chief feature of the monthly &C
cident summary for December issued
by the State Department of Labor
and Industries. The number of &C.
cidents to women was 107 as COM
pared with 81 in November. This
is the first time in the statistical year
beginning July 1, that the number
of accidents to women exceeded 100
a month.
Fatal accidents in December fell
to 10, ABOUT the average figure,
as against 21 in each of the two
previous months. The total Of all
accidents for the month was 1850,
not very different from the totals of
other recent months.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-12
AMSTERDAM UNEMPLOYED
MARCH TO. PARLIAMENT

. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 1O.-Thc
stoppasc of supply of railway
materials from abroad is result
ing in great increase of UNI
employed. Thousands of mon
out of work held Il mass meet
ing Wednesday and afterwards
marched to parliament. Kcsolu-
tions were presented the speak,
crs in both houses asking for
work for tho idle and demand
that meanwhile they be given
food and fuel.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-12
EAT MORE POTATOES

The U. S. food admlnlst IA ton
is asking the people of the United
States to use more potatoes as Il
Wheat-saving measure. Why. Be-
cause we have somewhere between
thirty and seventy millions sur
plus bushels of table potatoes that
must be consumed between now
and the next crop in this country.
Not only must this excess be
saved as food but more wheat
must be sent to our associates in
the war and a baked potato which
saves n slice of bread is n real
soldier. Both are rich In the starch
that keeps up energy. Americans
eat only about two and One-l1aIf
bushels of potatoes per person
per year. The English and the
French eat more than three times
as many. Use potatoes. There
are few "new" ways In which they
can be cooked hut little improve
ment over the old way is needed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-12
EFFICIENCY STUMBLES

Organized labor is interested in
this editorial statement by the Spring.
field Republican:
General Crozier has failed en-
tirely to answer satisfactorily the
question, repeatedly put by Senator
Chamberlain, why he did not use
more effectively the appropriations
of August, 1916, for preparedness
purposes in the months before the
war against Germany was declared"
General 'Crozier is chief of the ord
nance department, United States army,
and has been the leading advocate of
the Taylor SYSTEM" which he favors
using in government arsenals.
Trade unionists' suggest that if the
general was less interested in sweat
ing the workers Senator Chamber
lain's query would not be necessary.