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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16

Every lot in Richmond under culti-
vation this year." is the slogan adopt
ed by the Richmond Commercial club.
All gardening will be under the direc-
tion of the club.
Gardener Murphy. connected with
the work in the Richmond public
schools has resigned. His resignation
will take effect June I. He has been
retained for the remainder of the sum-
mer by the club to direct garden work.
The work will be in charge of a COM
mittee of club members of which AL
bert D. Gayle, of the First National
Bank Is chairman.
One hundred and fifty dollars in
prizes will be given for best gardens,
this amount was donated by Mr.. Gayle.
The prizes are for the best looking
gardens and are as follows: One silver
cup, one gold cup, 10 silver bronze
medals, two gold medals for two larg.
est potatoes, two gold medals for two
largest ears Of dried sweet corn.
An exhibition of garden products
will be held at the City Market house
during the summer. Any Richmond
citizen. man, woman or child, may
compete.
Gardener Murphy said Saturday that
last year two grades in the schools
had 100 percent gardens. They were
Miss Nellie Mawhood's third grade
pupils at Vaile school and Mrs. La
Fuzes sixth grade students at Baxter
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16

NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-An appeal
direct to President Wilson to inter
vene In the strike Of shipyard work
ers engaged on government contracts
will be made today by the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers, it was announced by officials or
the organization here this morning.
Approximately so per cent OF the
shipyard workers in the New York
district are on strike today, according
to claims made by the brotherhood
officials, including T. NJ. Guerin, mem
bers of the executive committee.
The government has rejected prop
osition by the carpenters brotherhood
that the ship workers be allowed to
place a representative on the labor ad'
iustment board Of the emergency fleet
corporation to settle the present wage
controversy, it was announced by Mr..
Guerin. The ship workers wanted to
appoint such a representative with the
right TO vote and with powers equal
to those held by government repre-
sentatives.
Contrary to the claims of the broth
erhood leaders information reaching
shipping board officials here at noon
indicated that fewer than 1,1OO ship
yard workers were on strike today IN
the New York district.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
Au-Americm Mob Rounds Up
Disloyalists in Illinois Tcwn

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb ia mob OF
all Americans at Mount Olive, ILL.,, a
few miles from Staunton, where two
men were tarred and feathered Tues
day night, last night rounded up dis
loyalists and German sympathizers.
One German Socialist was forced to
get out of bed and attired only in his
night clothes, was made to kiss each
of the forty-eight stars in the Ameri-
can flag.
The mob demolished the tables.
chairs, and fixtures in a saloon where
German sympathizers were known to
congregate, thrashed two men, and
warned nearly a score more that If
they did not desist in expressing SYM
pathy for Germany they would be
driven out of town.
The mob was led by some OF the
best known business men in the town
and no effort was made by the police
to interfere with it's work The dem
onstration followed mass meeting of
Mount olives organizations for war
work and war relief.
During the meeting it was suggest
ed that something should be done to
stop assaults upon Americans VINO ex-
pressed their patriotism in the saloon
of Herman Caster. The meeting was
hurriedly adjourned and mob OF sew
enty-five started for the saloon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
British Patrol Boats
Attacked at Night by
German Destroyers

DOVER, Feb. 16-The weather was
thick and the night was very dark
when the German destroyers dashed
upon British patrol vessels In the
Strait Of Dover, early Friday morning
and sank eight Of them. The patrol
vessels. being equipped only with light
armament for anti-submarine work,
did not have a chance once the Ger
mans go, among them.
The risk thus taken is shared by
great numbers of trawlers and drifters
operating in all weathers and at all
hours. Yet the proportion Of losses
has been remarkably small.
On the latest occasion the crews
bore themselves with the same cool
ness and courage that drifter men
have shown in innumerable circum-
stances OF danger and difficulty.
In one noteworthy incident, drifter
was shelled at close quarters by two
German destroyers, whose thirty
pound shells killed all of the crew ex-
cept two and set the drifter afire. The
two survivors, seeing their craft ablaze
and believing 1t would sink. launched a
boat. They had not rowed far when
they saw the vessel was still af'oat
and the enemy retiring. They return
ed. put out the fire, and brought the
drifter to port.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16

Caster heard the mob coming and
locked his door The door was broken
down and Caster was made to kneel
and kiss the flag, and profess his 10y
atty to America.
" The mob next went to the home of
P. Helm, a merchant, who had been
heard to say things that sounded like
tainted Americanism.'
Helm was awakened by shouting out
side his house and looked out of the
window. He telephoned the fire de-
partment for protection. The town
fire bell rang and the fire whistle
blew, and more than half the popula-
tion went to Helms house. 1t was
then midnight The crowd did not
display any desire to help him.
kneels in NightcIothes.
Helm meanwhile had fled in his
nightclothes through rear door and
had taken refuge in a neighbor's eel
lar He was made to kneel and kiss
every star In the flag.
The mob then found Otto King.
known as Socialist. He was thrash
ed and made to kiss the flag.
A mob was organized at William
son, another town with many German
sympathizers, and two particularly
bitter German sympathizers were told
to get out of town by Saturday night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
J. H. Schepman, Born in
Germany But Louer Of
u. S. Democracy, is Dead

Joseph H. Schepman. So years Old
widely known in Richmond for MS
love of American democracy and his
jovial disposition is dead OF gangrene,
at his home, following the loss OF
leg many months ago.
Perhaps no citizen of German origin
had so many friends here as Schep-
man, whose smile and happy tempera-
ment endeared him to wide circle OF
friends and acquaintances. He was
member of ST. Andrews church. st.
Josephs society, and Knights OF st.
John. He held all offices in st.
Josephs society and many in the
Knights of st. John.
Schepman was born in Germany.
May I, 1860. He came to Richmond
twenty-five years ago. He is survived
by his widow, two sons, Carl and
Lawrence. one stepson, John Wellen-
kamp, and one daughter, Mrs. Clara
Cook of Los Angeles. The funeral
will be held Tuesday at 3 O'Clock at
st. Andrews church. the Rev. Father
Roell officiating. Internment in St.
Andrews cemetery. Friends may call
at any time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16

ers, the strong Quakers. far from the
firing line, would not be able TO car
ry on their work Of love and mercy"
The school board issued the follow
ing statement:
"The city school board disapproves
of the Scattergood speech. 1t permit
ted Scattergood to speak in the high
school auditorium after the Richmond
man who had charge of the arrange
ments assured board members that
Scattergood would speak on Red
Cross and reconstruction work. He
emphasized particularly that Scatter
good would speak on the work of the
Red Cross.
THE board believes the speech left
a bad taste. People of this city are
working hard TO eradicate pro-Ger-
manism. The tendency of Scatter
goods speech encourages pro-German-
ism. He lauds the big husky boys IN
the reconstruction work. but over
looks the brave boys fighting in the
trenches to keep the Germans from
getting to the Quakers in the recon-
struction units. If the Kaiser had
been present last night. he would
have been pleased with the speech
Scattergood is one of the most
prominent business men in Philadel-
phia. He is equally active in civic and
philanthropic interests. being chair
man of the Board of Directors of the
Central Philadelphia Y. NJ. C. A., a
member of the Board of Managers OF
Haverford College. the Pennsylvania
Working Home for Blind Men, and
Christians Institute.
Defense Council Takes Action.
"The Wayne County Council Of De-
fense will not tolerate speeches such
as Scattergood made" said DR.. z. r.
Churchell, president of the Wayne
County Council Of Defense. I'VE don't
want that kind of propaganda spread
in Richmond and will do everything
in our power to stop it,
DR.. Churchell informed the State
Council of Defense late Saturday that
Scattergood's speech was unpatriotic
and was not received favorably here.
He asked the state council to prevent
Scattergood from speaking elsewhere
in Indiana.
A member Of the County Defense
Council said Scattergoods speech did
inestimable damage TO the cause OF
patriotism in Wayne county.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
DOVER B0MbARDED
FROM THE SEA

LONDON. Feb. 16.-An enemy sub
marine bombarded Dover early this
morning, it is officially announced.
The submarine was fired on from the
shore and ceased the bombardment
after some thirty rounds had been
fired. There was only slight damage.
The official statement reads:
Fire was opened up on Dover by
an enemy submarine about 1910
o'clock this morning, the bombardment
continuing minutes. The shore bat
teries replied and the enemy ceased
fire after discharging about thirty
rounds.
THE casualties we're: Killed, one
child; injured three men. one woman
and three children. Slight damage was
caused house property
Cases have not been infrequent Of
German submarines bObbing up off the
British coast and shelling shore points.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16

crate wing to a strength emitting it
to a second member on the principal
Reichstag committees.
The additional representation is
gained at the expense Of the regular
socialist organization, which at the be-
ginning of the war was the largest
party in the Reichstag, but which has
now fallen to second rank behind the
Catholic Centre. Four socialist mem
bers of the Reichstag, Brandeis, DR..
Erdmann, Huettmann and Jaeckel,
went over to the radicals at the be-
ginning of the year.
Leipzig is Stronghold.
Recent elections at Leipzig brought
eighteen radical socialists into the
city council. The regular socialists
secured only six places. The radical
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
"Euery Lot Under Cultivation" is
Slogan of Commercial Club

On an average only four students
out of each room did not have gar
den last year.
Every square foot of space here
should be cultivated this spring" said
Secretary Albus, of the Commercial
Club, Saturday.
Gardener Murphy will have an office
in the Commercial club. Persons who
have vacant lots which they them
selves, do not want to cultivate, are
asked to notify the gardener SO they
may be turned over to some one else
for cultivation.
If the ground is in condition work
will be started early in March and
Murphy wants garden makers to be
ready by that time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
ADDRESS BY
QUAKER HERE
IS DENOUNCED
BY CITIZENS
J. Henry Scattergood, Prom
inent Philadelphia Quaker.
Furthers Kaiser's Interests
in Speech at High School.
DEFENSE BODY ACTS

Pro-German utterances were made
Friday night by ]. H. Scattergood Of
Philadelphia, in a speech that lauded
young Friends engaged in reconstruc-
ton work and was strangely silent
about the young Americans who are
Drawing shot and shell in the front
line trenches.
The Richmond city school board
and citizens who heard Scattergood
are indignant over the address which
is believed to have increased the ferv-
or of German propaganda here.
Scattergood's assertion that the re-
construction unit Of the Friends
church needed husky young men who
had conscientious scruples against
fighting but did not want weaklings,
provoked bitter condemnatio
Citizens assert that II it were not
for the brave young American fight
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
u. s. TROOPS
IN FRANCE
ARE GASSED
BY GERMANS
Poisonous Fumes Remain Ov-
er American Trenches for
Three Hours, but No Cas-
ualties Result.
KAISER CALLS HEADS
(By Associated Press)


Except on the American sector, east
OF st. Mihiel there has not been much
fighting activity on the western front.
American positions have been subject
ed to a bombardment Of gas shells
which lasted two hours and the Amer
ican and enemy artillery and airmen
have been more active.
The poisonous fumes from the Ger
man shells remained over the Ameri-
can trenches three hours but there
we're no casualties. Large numbers of
enemy airmen sought to cross the
American lines, but could make no
progress against the aerial and ar
tillery defenses. American gunners
have bombarded the German rear lines
and communications with good effect.
With the British and French armies,
Friday. the day the Germans adver-
tised they would attack in force, pass
ed more quietly than previous days.
on the northern end, the patrolling ac-
tivity was light but the German artill-
cry was more active than usual in the
Arras-C Cambria sector. French artill-
cry checked two enemy aids against
the Chaume wood, northeast Of Verdun
and in the Woevre and the Vosges
mountains the opposing batteries were
busy Fighting activity on the Italian
front remains light.
Approve Actions Of Russ.
That part Of Russia. dominated by
the Bolsheviki, has withdrawn from
the war and from all war alliances and
has little fear ola German invasion.
The all-Russian central executive COM
mittee of workingmen's and soldier S
councils has approved the action of
the Russian representatives at Brest-
Litovsk Members of the committee
said the masses Of Germany and Aus.
tria would not permit further Of
fensive against Russia by their gov
ernments. No newspaper dispatches
from Petrograd have been received in
London for a week and it Is believed
there that the Bolsheviki censorship
has decided to suppress the activities
Of correspondents.
Emperor William has summoned the
heads of the German navy to imperial
headquarters for a conference and 1t
is announced that Herr Won Payer, the
yice-chancellor, will make an an
nouncement shortly in the Reichstag
on the governments future submarine
policy. The probable nature of the
announcement is not disclosed by Ger
man newspapers.
Evidence of a probable naval en-
gagement in the finding of a large
number OF bodies of German sailors
apparently from warships is reported
from Gothenburg, Sweden. Gothen
burg, Sweden. Gothenburg Is near the
Skagerrak, the vicinity of which has
been the scene of important naval
battles.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
James A. Carr to Leave
Monday for Washington

James A. Carr, president of the
American Seeding Machine company
of Richmond, will leave Monday for
Washington where he has been sum
moned by the government Mr.. Carr
said Saturday that the announcement
made by his friends Friday that he
had been appointed to a government
position by the National Council OF
Defense was untrue.
Il have merely been summoned to
Washington" Mr.. Carr said. my be-
ing called probably will result in an
appointment, however
If Mr. Carr is appointed he will
still spend part of his time in Rich
mond, and will continue to make his
home here 1t was enormously stated
in the Palladium Friday that Mr.. Carr
would make his permanent residence
in the East
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
RALPH SHAFFER DEAD
FROM FIRE INJURIES

HAGERSTOWN, Feb. 16. - Ralph
Shaffer. 25 years old, died early today
from burns received in a gasoline ex-
plosion, when the large barn on the
farm of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Shaffer, three miles south of
Hagerstown, was destroyed Thursday
night. He was born on the farm where
he died.
After he had extinguished the blaze
Of his clothing, Shaffer made desper.
ate effort to save the contents of the
barn. He soon became exhausted.
He had jumped into spring to ex-
tinguish the fire of the small amount
of clothing which was left on him
and dripping wet dashed out into the
wind to help the family fight the fire
This exposure brought about his death
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The radical
socialist movement in Germany, the
growing strength of which was shown
by the persistency of the political
strike in January and February, IS
also gaining decided ground among
the political leaders of German social
democracy. This information was oo-
tanned by the Associated Press from
German newspapers.
The little group of radical socialists
in the reichstag under the leadership
of Haase, Ledebeur and Bernstein,
who split off from the Caucus Or
ganization of the regular or Scheide-
mann socialists on the issue OF voting
funds for the war and formed an inde-
pendent organization, has now grown
by continued defections from the mod
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
LOCAL CLOSING
ORDER LIFTED

The following statement was issued
by Fuel Administrator Bates Satur-
day:
"The National Fuel Administration
at Washington suspended their Mon
day closing order this week. and l
have been advised by the State Ad-
ministration that no further notice on
this subject is necessary.
This means that business houses
and factories are permitted to oper-
ate as usual, but the local situation in
regard to the coal supply is very little
different than 1t has been for some
time, and the necessity Of conserving
fuel is still very great.
Lights should be used as little as
possible and the temperature in busi-
ness houses kept as low as can be
done with safety"
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ing been retained by the regular party
organization. Editors of the radical
school have been discharged whole
sale from these party organizations.
Or. MichaeIis Responsible.
The government of DR.. Michaelis
was largely responsible for the boom
of the radical socialist organization.
The charges against Haase. Dittmann
and Vogtherr of the radical socialist
group of the reichstag OF inspiring and
abetting the alleged mutiny in the
navy last summer, launched In the
reichstag in the autumn by Chancel-
lor Michaelis in an effort to save his
administration did not complete the
discredit OF the radical group as ex-
pected. They really helped the radi-
Gals among the non-socialist parties
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
American Soldiers Rest
After Dufy in Trenches

PARIS, Feb. 16.-The first contin-
gent of American soldiers on leave az
ter duty in trenches IN the American
sector is to arrive late this afternoon
at one of the new rest camps, which
have been prepared for the American
troops in the mountains of Savoy in
southeastern France. The men will
have ample and comfortable accom-
modations. -
Entertainment will be provided by
professional actors and theatrical man.
ayers including E. H. Southern, Win
throp Ames and Miss Loie Fuller, who
will meet the soldiers today at AK
Les Bains. Others contingents will
follow The next is due on Wednesday
of next week
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
Richmond is Supporting
Forty French Children,
Made Orphans by War

Richmond is supporting forty French
children, made orphans by the war,
according to Prof. Arthur Charles OF
Earlham college. This number Of chill
dren has been adopted by various
clubs, churches and other organiza-
tions of Richmond.
The Sunday school Of the East Main
Street Friends church has adopted
eight children. Individual classes are
supporting the orphans.
The organizations give a daily
amount of money for the support OF
the children.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16

socialists, who thus formed the third
strongest party in the council, de-
manded the second vice-presidency as
their quota Of the presiding officers
but the non-socialist aldermen, to
whom the radical socialists are ana
thema, united with the regular social
lists to give this office to one of the
six moderate socialist democrats,
whereupon the radical socialists re-
fused to participate in the organiza-
tion of the council.
Leipzig is one of the strongholds Of
the radical socialists, their principal
newspaper organ, the Leipzig Volks
Zeitung, being published there. The
radicals have been badly off so far as
press is concerned, the Vorwaerts and
other important socialist organs hav-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
S. B. Gaines, Prominent
Mason, Gets u. S. Job

S. Burton Gaines, foreman at the
National Automatic Tool company who
applied for service in Washington
some time ago as an expert mechanic,
received a telegram Thursday order
ing him to report for work IN the ord
nance department as an expert gaug-
err
Gaines is prominent Mason. He
was recently made Master Mason Of
Webb Lodge, is High Priest in King
Solomon chapter and Illustr1ous Mas
ter in Wayne Council.
Mr. and Mrs. Gaines leave Satur-
day night for Washington.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
Radical Socialist Movement is Growing in German

and the public at large since it was
known that the government had ear
lier informed the party leader in the
Reichstag that there were no grounds
for prosecution.
The transparent attempt of Mich
aelis to rally support in the Reichstag
on jingo issue resulted in the down
fall of Michaelis and in securing for
the radical socialists the standing of
serious political party, which their
methods had earlier shaken. They are
opposed to all votes of credit for the
war and for an immediate stoppage of
fighting, and have unlike the regular
socialists, persisted in the original So
cialist attitude of opposition to the
monarchial system. "A
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
Miles Macy, 81 Years
Old, Dies at His Home

HAGERSTOWN, Feb. 1e.-Miles
Macy, 81 years old died Wednesday at
his home four miles north Of Hagers-
town, where he and his son. John re-
sided Mr.. Macy's wife died about
twenty-six years ago. He is survived
by two sons, John and Guy, living
north of Hagerstown: and two daugh-
ters, Mrs Charley Burgess, of near
Hagerstown, and Mrs. Luther Cox Of
Muncie. -ys .-- e-s,~es--s'ssse.-=',-
Funeral services we're held Friday
at the West River Friends church,
north Of here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
Sleet, Rain and Snow
May "Visit' Here Sunday

Another bad Sunday" is predicted
by Weather Forecaster Moore. A
Rocky mountain storm bringing sleet,
rain or snow and probably all three.
is scheduled to spend Sunday in Rich
mond. According to Moore this is a
prelude to a cold wave which will ar
rive about Monday.
The mercury will drop below freez-
ing but no severe cold weather is pre-
dicted. The cold wave will last TWEEN
ty-four to thirty-six hours.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-16
Missouri Farmers Give
Bacon to Government

WASHINGTON, Feb. ia move
ment to induce farmers to contribute
bacon to the government if liberty
bonds are not within their reach, has
been started in Missouri. according to
Speaker Clark. The speaker recently
received a letter from H. P. Warden,
of Mexico. Mo. telling of the inaugur-
alton of the plan and urging the
speaker to advocate it.