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The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-19
WOMEN OF AMERICA
 TO THOSE OF GERMANY

from three years of devastating war. to take your rightful place in the pub lie life of your country, to lift up your heads and assert yourselves, to make your voices heard and your will obey cd, to establish your great and won delful nation among those modern na- tions in which the people rule, and the voice of the people is in truth the voice of God
 We American women admit our share of a guilty past We too have been absorbed In our narrow womon's interests, our petty round of home du- ties: we have not paid heed enough to the events of the world outside. It never occurred to us that a quarrel of rulers in the Balkan states might be he cause of our loved ones crossing the seas to battle. But now we have led our lesson; our eyes arc opened; we realize that the world is one, and tkat the oppression of any race of men is a defiance to God, an invita- ton to His punishment. So, now we arc ready to play our part: we are watching this war. and we shall be watching the peace which follows it. 1vo say to you women of Germany, nat when you stretch out your hands cross the seas to us, you will not en- ounter mere emptiness. .
 We shall not presume to suggest to
 ou the means whereby your awaken lg should manifest Itself; that Is q natter about which you will know lore than we. But VIC ask you to pom
 CT our message and let 1t sink into
 our heart. You have influence in our own homes, in social life; per-
 aps also you have 1t In public organ Iauons in tho press. Make your ,oice heard somehow, make your will
 nown and see that it is obeyed. We
 'om our side, will see the signs of
 lis--wo shall know when the glad day as come that the people of Germany
 ave won their freedom to speak as ley will, when they have taken for lelr own the control of their Relch- tag and the decision of peace and var And when that day comes, we 70 shall cry out for peaco-and rest
 ssurcd that our cry also will be heard.
 This is the assurance above all oth-
 rs which we wish to give you. Wo
 nderstand that fear of outside enc mics which has been graven deeply
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into German hearts by past humilia- tions and suffemngs; we understand how today your rulers are warning you that, if you rebel, if sedition and civil strife appear among you, the enemy vii burst the gates and over- run and destroy your land. It may be we do not knOw--that among your enemies there are ruling castes and privileged classes sufficiently greedy and interruptions to be willing to in- wade and ravage a German made dem- ocratic by internal revolt. But here IS the assurance which comes to the German people through the entrance of our great Republic into this war; the assurance that no such crime against mankind can possibly occur. From now on the conduct of this war depends largely upon Amcrica-we are paying for it, and the nations fighting with us understand that it cannot be won without us. Our presi- dent has spoken the will of every man and woman among our many millions, that this shall not be a war for injus- tico and oppression, but a war of lib- eraten, and for permanent fair deal ing between states.
 Believe us. sisters for we know whereof we speak; there will never be an invasion or conquest of revolting and democratic Germany No nation will dare attempt it--bccause of the certainty of revolt, of it's own people, taught by three years of suffering, as well ns by the continual preaching of democracy, by statesmen, some of whom perhaps did not always realize the gravity of their words. Believe us, that if any government were to attempt it. there would arise from a hundred million people of this Ameri- can democracy such a cry of execra- tion that the rulers of that guilty na- tion would shake upon their thrones. Of us women of America more than six million have votes: and the rest of us have voices which we know how 10 mako heard. We use them now in appeal to you women of Germany for liberty and self government in Ger many; In the hour of your delivcrance we promise to use them again--to use them for an end of the slaughter of mankind, and for justice and truth telling among nations from this day forth and eveImore.
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BAKERS, EATING HOUSES, MUST
 OBTAIN FLOUR LICENSE

Under the terms of late Food Ad- ministration ruling, bakers and all hotel and restaurant establishments using three barrels of wheat flour per month are required to obtain Food Administration license. The following communication, dated April 6, to Di- visional Food Administrator Carl J. Lomen explains tho new requirement and also others of interest to tho bak- ing industry.
 Bakers, this includes hotels, restau- rants and all private eating places, using three barrels of wheat flour per month must apply for license direct to Food Administration, Washington
 Bakers using less quantity may vol untarily send for license and thus be permitted to purchase wheat flour at ratio of four to one of substitutes. This applies to Bakers only.
 No application blank has been pro- vided. Applicants may just write let ters.
 Signed GUNNISON (Territorial Food Administrator
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We the undersigned women of America, confronting the deepest trial which can, occur in the lives of women, stretch out our hands to you, women of Germany. Foe three years it has been your fate to see your best-loved, your husbands and sweathearts, your sons and brothers, march forth to bat tie; for three years we have looked on, pitying, but helpless. We have heard the thunder of the dreadful guns across the seas, our thoughts, walk ing and asleep, have been haunted by images of humiliation, torture and death. And now. your fate in Ger many has come to us in America; we find our country at war with yours.
 We have owed much to you. women of Germany. You have sent us mii- lions of our best citizens: your litera- ture. your music, your science and philosophy have meant much to us.
 We never dreamed that we might send those whom We love best to war with those whom you love best. We are asking now---we ask of you--how has it come to be? Why must all women's hearts be wrung, and the blood of their husbands and sweet hearts, their sons and brothers, be poured out?
 The cause of this war, the share of blame which may be apportioned to tho various factors, is a question about which we could hardly be expected to agree. The question is now how to banish from the world the curse of war; and as the strife has continued, one truth has become more and more clear to us, until now it shines like a search light over the battlefields that 1t is not peoples but rulers, who provoke and declare wars. It is the ruling castes and privileged classes who wage and profit by wars. It is not the masses of the people, who pay with their blood and tears; stin less is 1t the women. who bear mems bodies with anguish, and must see them shat tered, destroyed, given up to corrup- ton.
 How can any one dispute this truth
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that it was the rulers. the govern ments who began this WAT? Or that equally evident truth. that these same rulers are powerless to end it, and that the task must fall upon the peo- pies involved, the paying, suffering peoples. Women of Germany, we look about the world, desiring an end to the slaughter of your race and ours, and what do we see? In one of the great empires. to which a share of the responsibility must be assigned, the rulers have fallen, and the people have prevailed; the people, ardently desiring peace, are casting about as we are seeking the way. The people of other countries possess a large share of self government, and are hourly acquiring more. In Germany and her allies alone, the power of war and peace remains still in the hands of those whose faith cannot be trusted by the peoples of democratic land. Our president has said--and in saying it he voices our own immovable convictionS-tlat with this govern ment of Germany, this ruling caste of and therefore no peace. It may be thai you find difficulty ia undcrstanding 1t; but it seems to be the idea of tn whole civilized world today: at least we can bear testimony that 1t is tn idea of one great democratic nation whose people bear you no Ill vii Surely. therefore, 1t would be the pal
 0f wisdom for you to ponder this idea to cndeavor to realize what 1t mean md how it comes to be; how your gov
 srnment, your ruling caste, appears tc other peoples as a forever menacin 6 force, all the more dangerous because it is intelligent, because 1t uses the power of science in the service of it selfish ends.
 Bitterly as we hate war. We wi face 1t to the uttermost extremity. in order to put down this autocratie force. We will wage q war for de mocracy. for justice upon earth; but not for single hour will we wage war in the service of injustice in any form Our president has set this forth In his letter to tho Pope; that there shall be no help from America for anl program of punitive indemnities, the dismelnberment of empires, or the establishment of selfist and exclusive economic leagues.
 We invite you, we implore you, to eNamine thcse words, to realize what they mean to you, women of Germany. Our president Is not an autocratic ruler, who speaks upon his own nu- .thoriy, and whose wh!m may change overnight; he Is our chosen -epresen- tatve: we share In his counsels. and We keep his faith. We urge you to understand this: IL is not merely him. self. 1t Is ourselves whom our presi- dent pledges to a peace of justice. of freedom and self government for all the peoples of tho world. It Is for you. women of Germany. sufferers
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DOG SALMON CHEAP

First class dog salmon whilo 1t lasts for 10 cents, large and small quantl- ties.
 L. 4. SWING, Red 43
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-02
CENTRAL TEAMS
ARE IN FAVOR
OF DISDAND|NG
Richmond Is Ready to Cast
It's Lot With Majority Of
Teams. I

, INDIANAPOLIS, Jan E2.--According
to Information received from baseball
promoters In the minor leagues. few
OF these organizations will get under
way this season. The minors that do
take the chance in the face Of the adj
verse conditions brought about by the
war, will arrange short schedules,
probably not more than half the usual
length and even then will have little
assurance that they will reach the
goal.
The Central League is one of the
organizations that may not start the
season, the belief Of its leaders being
that It would be exercising wisdom to
suspend this season and resume next
year. It was pretty tough Job that
the Contra. League tackled last year,
facing all sorts Of difficulties and final
ly finishing the season after transfer
ring the South Bend franchise to
Peoria and assisting the crippled Day
ton aggregation over the final stretch.
Richmond Ready to start
This year, should the Central start,
Dayton will hardly be in line, the club
management there facing troubles Of
financial nature that possibly cannot
be patched up unless there is a COM
plete reorganization of the company
holding the franchise. Muskescn, FIT.
Wayne, Evansville and possibly Grand
} Rapids will, it is said, favor sIspen-
sion for the coming season, while
Springfield and Peoria are said to "a
vor making the start
Richmond which was the "babe" of
the Central League last year and
which surprised the older heads by the
support given the sport, IL understood
to be ready to cast it's lot with the
Central again If the call IL made, but
will favor suspension for this year if
the majority of other clubs seem so
| disposed.
There is no question that all base.
ball leagues will feel the sting of the
| war the coming season, though the
majors are forced to keep things go.
| ing even though all teams should be
| operated at a loss. The minor leagues
| are not so strongly entren ched finan.
cially and could not, it is said, provide
| the necessary funds to go through a
season without depending on the re.
turns from the patrons. The National
commission, 1t is understood. stands
ready to protect the territorial rights
of minor leagues that suspend during
| this season.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-02

were enough alone to give the year
some distinction. Another outstand-
ing feature of the tennis season was
the brilliant playing of r. Lindley
Murray, who displayed a form that in
the opinion of a great many would
have won him the national title had
there been championship tournaments
or official rating. The season also
saw wonderful playing on the part of
Holcome Ward, Malcolm Whitman
and Frederick B. Alexander, tennis
stars Of ten years ago, as we'll as bril-
liant performing in the junior class.
Charles Garland OF Pittsburgh, the
national junior champion. won a place
Of distinction by defeating consistent
" some OF the best of the games older
stars.
Though track athletics were greatly
curtailed, the year was not without
interest. and Clifton Larson of Brig
ham Young university was generally
acknowledged to be the brightest star
of the field Larson's high jumping
was of a class to adorn any year OF
sports, and though the Amateur Ath-
letic union could not accept the I'M
official measurements, he set new
worlds mark in special meet at
Provo, Utah, by jumping 6 feet
| ia inches. His average jump for the
season was slightly under feet
inches.
The indoor season saw brilliant per-
I formances on the part Of Joe LOOMS
in the 6O-yard dash, Andy Kelly in
| the 30O-yard run, Johnny Overton in
| the 1,0O0-yard as we'll as the one-mile,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-02
OLD DAD Time
MADE MANY new
CHAMPS IN II
Baseball and Boxing Titles
Handed Around Lively Dur
ing Year.
sy OLD DAD TIME

did pretty we'll in 1917.
made new champions galore, es-
pec!ally in the pugilistic world and on
the baseball diamond.
! made Pants" Rowland kingpin
among big league managers and gave
him a world serbs championship. In
doing tho latter | am free to confess
that I had the abb assistance of Helm.
lie Zimmerman.
! made Eddie Ccotte the most not.
ed OF pitchers by influencing Ameri-
can league battera to the belief that
his shine ball" vas unhittable. I
made Eddie Rousi. the red-hosed
wonder Of Cincinnati. new champion
batter of the National league. What
kept me from making new champ
ion swatter for the American was Ty
Cobb.
made Hank Gowdy the champion
of all baseball by hading him into
an Uncle Sam unifom--the first big
league player to volunteer. made
Mike O'Dowd champion middleweight
boxer and no one who has seen the
Fighting Harp" in ring action can
say I didn't do well when l thrust
the crown upon Mikes pompadour
dome !. made Ted Lewis weller
weight champ. although I'm open to
argument as to whether or no made
a fzzle of that job. Maybe I crowned
the wrong man. don't know, but l
will the minute TED gets into a real
battle.
made Benny Leonard champion
lightweight That was some neat
Job, even II do say 30 myself. Ben
ny has 1t on all the other million or
two promising lightweights. But
do wish Benny would make good on
his promise to enlist. / made Pete
Herman champion bantam. That was
a poor lob, because Herman is called
a Stacker even in his home town.
1 would have made a new champ
heavy and a feather. too, but for q
couple of good reasons--Jess Willard
and Johnny Kilbane. made Earl
Caddock champion wrestler. thus TAX
ing the title from one farmer. Stech-
err. and giving It to another son Of the
soil. Maybe ! should have handed the
rassling medal to Olin or Zbyszko.
What do you think?
made Pittsburg champion in the
eastern football world; Georgia Tech.
in the south, and Ohio State, in the
west
made Miss Gertrude Artelt cham.
pion l00.yard woman swimmer. and
aided little Miss Thelma Darby In de-
feating Miss Claire Galligan, national
woman's champion swimmer on the
500.yard course. made Miss Harris
NJ queen OF the harness world, seeing
TO IL that she gained the honor OF
being the first mare to pace In two
minutes.
land, fellows, ! am sorry. just as
sorry as you--took away two OF the
best men who ever pleased sport
loving public, Robert Fftzsimmons
and Frank Gotch, than whom better
or finer. men never entered the ring
or went to the mat.
I did lot, didn't ? You bet ! did!
And only had 3s5 days in which to
to do all this.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-02

and Joie Ray in the male-and-a-half
and two-mile runs. Joie Ray showed
himself to be the superior of Johnny
Overton in several competitions, beat
ing him in a special one-mile race at
New York and in a one-and-a-ha1f-mile
as well as the twomile event. Ray set
a new mark of minutes Is Is Sec
onds in the mile-and-a-half and min
utes IL 2-5 seconds in the twolnile.
Football had one of it's most In
teresting seasons in quite while and
mostly because the cantonment teams
were there to put life into things.
In spite OF the fact that Yale, Harvard
and Princeton, the leading football
schools of other years, We're practi-
caIly out OF it, the season was full OF
thrills, and football fans were kept on
edge Among the camp teams the
most important were the Newport
naval team, directed by Cupid Black;
the army ambulance team at Allen
town, the tharlestown navy yard
team and the team Of stars at Camp
Sherman, O., captained by Bud Tai
bot
Georgia Tech looked to be the most
powerful of college teams, with back.
field never surpassed In any year and
an individual star in the Indian Joe
Guyon. Glenn Warmers Pittsburgh
warriors and the o. S. U. team al
Columbus were among the season s
headliners. The powerful Rutgers
team, developed by George Sanford
from scant material, was one OF the
seasons real features.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-02

Though few new records were es.
tablished and though there was little
championship competition the past
year of amateur sports was not an
undressing one. Sports in most
every field were kept alive, but they
were valued mostly as a means OF di-
version and physical fitness in time
of war
Neither in golf nor in tennis were
any national titles passed about and
the few large Journeys in these sports
were benefits for various war chart
ties. Chick Evans still retains the
two crowns he won in 1916 as both
open and amateur champion. and Miss
Alexa Stirling remains the women's
champ Norris Williams is still the
national singles tennis champ.
In spite OF the setback occasioned
by the war. golf enjoyed a flourishing
year and the many exhibition matches,
replacing the competitions of normal
years. had almost as great interest as
the more important events of other
seasons. Bobby Jones, the boy won,
der Of the south, continued at his best
clip, and Jerome Travers and Chick
Evans, though neither had part in any
tournament play, played their greatest
game in the exhibition matches they
had part in. Mrs. w. A. Gavin's two
green handicap match with Jerome
Travers was one of the most interest
Ing affairs OF the solfing year.
Miss Mary X. Browne seems to de-
serve first mention among the per
formers in tennis through the past
year and her many brilliant victories
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-02
new COACH OUT
At FIRST DRILL
IN FRESH Year
Move Puts the Earlhamites
Through Paces-W Will Be
Here Six Weeks.

The Richmond high school and Earl
ham basketball camps are preparing
for the double-header clash at the
Coliseum Friday night, R. II. S. with
the Huntington five and Earlham with
the State Normal team.
The first practice of the year was
held at the gym at Earlham college
Tuesday evening before the new
basketball coach, Ray B. Move.
Move, it is understood, will be with
the Earlham basketball hopes for six
weeks. and possibly the entire sea
son.
The entire basketball squad was out
with the exception Of Brown, who is
out Of town. No unusual amount of
practice was held. A scrimmage game
was played. and some practice in
shooting was the sum total of the
days work.
johnson at Guard
Johnson, who has been ineligible.
was practiced Tuesday at the guard
position. He is one of Earlham's
most likely new men. and it is thought
by Earlham fans that he is coming
bright light of the team.
In the practice game Edwards was
put at center, Pontius and Jessup,
forwards, and Meeks and Johnson,
guards.
The hopes of the Richmond high
school we're again dashed to the
ground when it was learned Tuesday
that Stegman, one OF the mainstays
of the squad. would not be able to
play in the Huntington game Friday
night. Regardless Of this fact, the
high school five are still optomistic
and expect to take the bunting Friday
night.
Very little is known about the
Huntington five. with the exception OF
the defeat it registered against the
Rochester quintet this year. The
Rochester five last year put the Rich
mond basketball hopes out of the state
tournament. but it is not known how
many regulars still play on the Roch-
ester team.
Lahrman will probably get chance
to play Stegman's position in practice
tonight at the Coliseum.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-02
Sam Crawford Tipped
As Ne,u Indian Pilot

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 2.-Dis-
patches from Los Angeles today
brought the information that Presi-
dent James C. McGil Of the Indian
apolis club has decided to sign a
playing manager for next season, but
that none Of the present members OF
the team is being considered. He
mentioned Sam Crawford as one OF
the men he has in mind to succeed
Jack Hendricks, who became q big
league manager yesterday as the new
head OF the St. Louis Nationals.
Crawford became famous with the
Detroit Tigers and in his many years
with that club he always hit heavily.
He has slipped badly in the last two
years, however, and was not regular
last season. Sam may have more hits
left In his bat. but he has lost his
fly.chasing ability. However. he could
do valiant service as a pinch hitter
and possibly be able to fill an outfield
utility role.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-02
RETIRED SIGNAL
MAN TO SPEAK

James O. Pagan, retired railroad
signalman, will make an address at
the meeting of the Richmond CONNER
cial club Friday evening at o'clock.
He will tell the duty the community
owes to it's business enterprises and
the important part Richmond can play
In helping to prepare American indus
try for war and peace.
The address will be in substance an
appeal for the formation of a great
cooperative alliance composed OF wage
peyer. wage Garner. the consumer and
the community for the protection of
American industry and for the mobili-
cation of the country's Industrial re-
sources for war.
He comes to Richmond as a repre-
sentative of the National Industrial
Conservation Movement of New York
City.
Every member of the Commercial
club is invited to attend.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-02
Sport Snap Shots

army aviation corps. North was
sent to the Brewers in the deal
that made Marvin Goodwin a
Cardinal and now both have en-
listed in the same service.
Hal Chase has interested himself
in an oil venture in Kentucky and is
trying to sell stock in the concern
to his friends among the fans. He
tells them there's millions in it.
The Philadelphia Nations, who
drafted Justin Fitzgerald from the
San Francisco club. need not figure
on him. for report comes from San
Francisco that he has enlisted in the
quartermaster's department of the
army.