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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

It's prime ministers, Its secretaries OF
state, Its judges, Its governors OF far
off lands. Its parllamentarians. law
yers, professors, scientists. its I'M
doubted leaders in every branch OF
human thought and endeavor. That Is
part Of the price asked OF US for
Choosing to support Right as against
Might, and II is a heavy impost In IT.
self. Again. we have lost nearly every
officer and man OF that small but SUI
perbly efficient army which we threw
into France early in August, 1914.
1t has been estimated that Britain
has fought on seventeen fronts during
the past four years. One can readily
enumerate most of them. for her troops
have been to the fore In Belgium.
France, Italy. Serbia, Greece, Russia.
Palestine. Mesopotamia. China and
North, East and West Africa. to name
only the main theaiers OF the war.
She and her Colonies have raised
1,lWOU0 soldiers. and of this total
Engiands (not Great Britain's) pro-
portion is 6O per cent. In this regard
| must remove misrepresentation. or.
TO be candid, nail down n Hun lie.
which has found credence In some
quarters. / shall not labor the point.
1t should suffice If state with abso-
lutte authority that one man in every
seven and half OF the population OF
England is in the army. The same
ratio holds good Of Scotland. Wales
has contributed one man in every ton
and fifth, Ireland one man In every
twenty-six and third and the over
seas dominions one man in eve<y ff-
teen. Those are the cold. hard facts
as to man power in the army. while
the following table tells its own story
and refutes another Hun lie:
Relative proportions OF men In Brit
ish forces and of casualties suffered
by each part Of British empire. exclu'
sive Of India, Africa, ETC., to Novem-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

keep on killing them till they cease to
plague mankind. have no concern
for Germans. You Americans have
frontier proverb. "a good lnjun is
dead lnjun!" Until Germany casts
out the devil of Kaiserism and goes
back hundred years to the race
which produced some decent and use
full members of the hody corporate l
shall believe most firmly that the best
German is dead German. What does
grieve me most profoundly is the
knowledge that Britain-and every
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

from Central Park to Washington
square In ten long summer days. Amer
lea is proud, and very properly proud,
of the great army she has poured into
France. 1t is a million, In round num-
bers, million of first rate fighting
men carried in British ships with alb
solute safety across perilous seas.
But Britain has already lost mill
lion In dead and grievously wound
ed, while two and half millions have
been smitten by the pestilence called
Germany. / have not exaggerated
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

word l have written would be stultt-
tied If you did not realize that l am
proud of my own folk-has lost the
flower Of her manhood, just as you.
my honored friends in America. will
lose a stock hard to replace If the mil
lion Of your magnificent youth in
France and the other millions you will
put in the field until there are enough
dead Germans are fated to show cas-
uaIty list comparable with that of
Britain. But do not misunderstood
me. My faith in the destiny OF our
joint races Is supreme. Are not our
dead the best warranty OF the past
and the brightest hope OF the future?
They are our very own. flesh Of our
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

corps with Dr. w. L. Misener of this
city, but has been transferred several
times since landing.
The following men have passed the
examination at the local army recruit
ing office: John E. Fuller, 444 Ran
dolph Street, Grafferd B. Boyd, New
Paris, Ohio.
Harry Suffers, formerly a resident
of Richmond, enlisted at Dayton, O.,
last Monday in the army as a me-
chanic. He left today for Fort Thorn
as, where he will be in quarantine two
weeks before being sent to Fort Wood,
New York for training.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Piehe, of N
street have received word from their
son. Sergeant Harley c. Piehe, stat
in gthat he has arrived safely over
seas. Piehe is in Company l, 40 In
fantry..
Howard Troxel returned from Pur-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

makes man makes an investment in a
home, when his days work is done he
has the evening to spend as he pleas
es. The farmer, his wife and family
have to work to make an income equal
to this one mans work in the city The
farmer never gets through it from
"sun-up to sun-down." The farmer
prefers farm life, but when there's not
even living it it. And he has to give
up all he makes so the owner gets
enormous profit, he will have to do
next best thing. When these condi-
lions are remedied, we will not need
the picture shows to make farm life
alluring.
FARMER
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Total .... oO9,667 1851

People of America, you fathers and
mothers, wives, sisters and sweet
hearts of the men you have sent TO
France. l ask you to study that table.
Kultur should be known by It's results,
and IL benighted England can show
such a case against enlightened Ger
many is ii not worth four years. or. i!
need be. forty years OF war to Keep
your country and ours clear OF the
virus Of Kultur? The answer is being
given today wherever the Hun stands
up against our soldiers. 1t is being
dinned into his ears by high explosives
and driven into his carcass by keen
huyonets. When he needs We will quit
and not until he does heed-on III.
knees.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

due, where he is in training, to spend
the weekend with his mother, Mrs.
Ella Troxel, of FIT Wayne Ave He
was accompanied by Private Gibbs
TrOxel and Gibbs are both in the sig
nal corps.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
DRAFTEE FAILS TO APPEAR.

Harry Grimes. colored, failed to ap-
pear at the court house Sunday for
entrainment. He was to so to Camp
Dodge. His last address was Dayton.
II he does not appear in As hours he
will be classed as deserter and re-
ported to the Adjutant General OF the
state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

+ The following account Of Great
Britain's participation In the war
was written by Louis Tracy, a
member OF the British War Mis-
sion, to commemorate the fourth
/ anniversary OF our ally's en-
/ trance into the war. Mr.. Tracy
Is widely known throughout the
United States as a novelist. be-
ing the author OF "The Wings OF
the Morning" and some forty
! other novels.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
WITH THOSE IN
ARMY AND Navy

This column, containing news of
Richmond and Wayne county sol
diers and sailors, will appear daily
in the Palladium. Contributions
will be welcomed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

kin in every CLINE where the English
tongue Is the speech of the people
We have dared all; we shall gain all.
SO II you have read into this preface
the meaning l have striven to convey
you will understand that In the re-
mainder of this brief essay ! shall tell
of the glory and the immensely or
Britnin's achievements In this war not
TO Haunt her deeds in the eyes OF the
world, but as an earnest OF the self
same sacrifices and ideals that shall
flow from this great nation OF the
West in an ever-increasing and ire
sistible stream. That Is my purpose.
and l want to declare It now. Britain
has done much and, though weary ard
blood-stained. will do more, but the
measure Of her heroic effort can sure
ly be applied to the determination OF
the splendid country in which | write
these lines. Why. to mix with you
Americans on the days when the news
seems bad, when some disaster at sea
or some reverse on land chills the
blood and adds a fresh burthen to an
OScTiducu tcaltts ~ thC 'CSt VI sA'A
tonics for an Englishman. l have
gone out to address audiences OF an
evening when my soul was heavy
within me. when each mOuihfu1 of
food in well-appolnted club or hotel
had almost choked me BY contrast
with the privntionS better men than
were enduring with steadfastness.
But the first sight Of an American au-
dience. the first ringing cheers evoked
not by my oratory. but my theme.
brought healing and strengthening
altogether Divine In their efficacy, for
here, indeed, in the truest sense Of the
phrase, the voice Of the people became
the voice Of God.
Well. the record has many items.
Let us begin with the worst. the tr-
remarkable. the tax levied 10y death.
II is a sad showing. The British cas-
ualtes In officers and men are as fol-
lows:
August, 1914. to the end of
1918 $4,000
In the yenr 1916. G5O,OOO
In the year l9I7............. $4,000
In six months Of the present
year (estimated) ......... 5OO,OOO
2,5OO.OOO
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
WRAP 'EM UP

Home Gamers will find detailed in.
structions for every step in canning
and drying in our free book issued
BY the National War Garden Commis.
sion. Send two cents for postage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
2,JU,UW

OF these at least one fifth must be
counted ninong the dead. So half a
million gallant men OF the British I'm.
pire are lying In their graves all over
the world or hidden forever In the
terrible and mysterious depths Of the
sea. while more than another half mil
lion are SO MANNED ana broken that
they can never again be counted as
useful citizens of a world wherein a
man must work II he would eat AMI
therefore live. New York and many
other great cities In the United States
love q procession, and 1t is a startling
fact to note that II the dead and who'll
ly war-shattered youth OF the British
Empire could march down Fifth ave-
nue. in platoons of twenty men In a
rank the pallid host could not pass
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

Business implies doing things, not
people
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-26
GOV. HARDING. AT
FAIRFIELD MAY 9

Fairfield, April Governor WI,
liam L. Harding will be the guest OF
Fairfield and Jefferson county people
on May 3 in>Fairfield, having accepted
the invitation of the Community CLUB
Of this city to address that body at
their regular monthly dinner on the
evening Of May 8.
The W. R. c. ladies Of Fairfield are
alko arranging to have their county
sefvice flag ready to present at that
time and have invited Governor Hard
ing to be the guest of the G. A. II. and
w. r. C. during the afternoon OF May
8. It is planned to arrange q Dig
county patriotic meet with parade
and interesting program.
Tho service flag for the county will
according to Indications contain be.
tween four, and five hundred stars and
win be hung In the court house al
though should the weather be fitting
the exercises on the presentation &C.
CASTOR will probably be held In the
OPEN air, in order to accommodate the
crowds. Names Of Jefferson county
soldier boys who are to be repre-
scented on this flag should be sent IN
at once.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-26
FATHER TRIES
TO ENLIST
WHEN LAST OF FOUR SONS EN-
TIERS SERVICE, kEokUk MAN
PLEADS TO GO, TOO.

Keokuk, April Pa gray haired
man entered the recruiting office at
Keokuk. He was accompanied by a
young man in the twenties, who the
elder man introduced as his son.
"My boy here has been called for
examination by the draft board. and
leaves for cantonment soon. He 1s
the last of my four sons to enter the
army, and his departure will leave me
alone. Can't enlist, too?"
When the gray haired man received
a negative reply his face showed dis
appointment. He pleaded for admit
lance to some branch Of the service.
II am just as sturdy as many men
twenty years younger than l." he said,
"and I can't bear to see all Of my sons
in the service while / stay at home
and do nothing to aid my boys"
TOLD HOW TO FIGHT KAISER
He was informed that his age would
prevent his undergoing the rigors OF
such campaign as awaits the Ameri-
can troops in Europe and that he
could best aid the boys" by subscrfb-
ing to Liberty Loan bonds, Red Cross
and army Y. M. c. A. funds and by
aiding in the production of foodstuffs.
"The spirit that possessed this man
should be in the heart of every true
American and many young men who
are hesitant about enlisting would do
we'll to consider such spirit Of sac
rifice," said one of the postoffice
clerks,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-26
+TWENTY-FOUR
TO DODGE
JEFFERSON COUNTY MEN LEAVE
TUESDAY,; YOUNG FARMER
is MISSING.

Fairfield, April 25.-Jefferson county
will send twenty-four young men into
the new national army next Tuesday
noon. the boys entraining for Camp
Dodge at that time. They are directed
to report to the local exemption board
Monday afternoon at o'clock, at
which time they will be finally
instructed and placed in charge Of one
Of their number
At II o'clock on Tuesday they will
again report to the local board in
whose hands they will be until the
train arrives. Those who have been
assigned to go at this time are the
following:
Harlan A. Anderson, Hubert L. Cox,
John w. Sipe, William T. Walker, Vim
cent M. Keesey, Abner L. Anderson,
Ernest c. Fuqua, Raymond Smith,
Chester Weber, Oscar F. Anderson.
Dallas Fleagle, Edward Woods, Her
man r. Bogner, Clarence Reighard,
Ernest B. Shook, Earl F. Thomas, Er-
nest Jacobs, Harvey Van Ausdeln,
Clay D. Chapius, William e. Graf, An
thony Supalla, Bernard Popejoy, Ed
win G. Lnder and Thomas A. Carter
Oscar Anderson, young farmer
from near Salina, has disappeared
from his home and relatives and the
local board have been unable to locate
him. He Will be sent to Camp Dodge
as soon as he Is found.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-26
FAIRFIELD GIRL
DIED YESTERDAY

Fairfield. April 25.-Miss Ellen Peter
son, a well known young lady OF this
city passed away Wednesday morning
at an early hour at the home OF her
mother Mrs. Henry Peterson on West
Burlington street after an illness OF q
couple of years, during which she SUI
fered patiently aid uncomplainingly.
Miss Peterson was born In Perlee,
Iowa, December 4, 1875 and when yet
q child came with her parents to TINS
city where she had since made her
home. She was a graduate of the
Fairfield high school and for several
years was an Instructor in the public
schools of, this city. She taught for
sometime In the schools Of Boise City,
Idaho until illness overlook her and
compelled her return to her home.
She is survived by her widowed
mother two brothers, Albert ofNA}gona
and Abner Of Deer Trail. Colo, and
two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Maxwell OF
Oklahoma City, Okla. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Carr OF Clark, Ohio.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-26
LITTLE BENNY'S
N OTE BOOK
BY Lee Pape.

Ma was hitting In the setting room
last mite and pop was smoaking his
pipe, and all Of suddin he started
to left out loud to himself. and ma sed,
Is there enything funny, or are you
Jest lahlng?
There's sumthing funny, sed pop.
jest thawt Of wat the fellow sed in the
vaudeville show last mite. ha ha ha,
he was tawking about witch race OF
people have the largest families, and
he eed, wy, wunts knew an Eskimo
with wife and II chilblains, ha ha ha,
IL chilblains, how redickiliss, sed
ma.
serteny its redickiliss, but apparent.
ly you don't see the point, II chill.
blains, children, sed pop.
Do you meen he dident know the diff
ferents7 sed ma.
Ny deer. you're taking this thing in
tirely too seriously, sed pop, the hole
point is meerly case Of similarity Of
sound, children'and chilblains, thus, in.
sted Of saying, an Eskimo with a wife
and II children, you say wife and IL
chilblains.
Sutch a comparison, sed ma.
Gosh, dident I have eny more sents
than to start this? sed pop.
The man that made that up serteny
coodent Of had eny love for children,
sed ma.
Well perhaps he had deep and
abiding love for chilblains, sed pop.
And he started to reed the paper and
ma kepp on hitting and shaking her
he'd, saying, Sutch a comparison, and
apparently people think It's funny.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-26
IOWA u. M EN-
HIGH IN RANKS
MANY FROM STATE UNIVERSITY
HAVE MADE GOOD IN ARMY. Z
KREGER is GENERAL.

Ames, April 25.-Lieut. Col. Edward
A, KreRer who was recently promot.
ed. to the rank Of brigadier general
and sent to France as Judge advocate
general, is only one Of q long list OF
Iowa State college men who hoia nlsh
rank in the army. He finished with
TWO LINcoLNs ON STAFF
Brigadier General H. A. Allen OF the
9th infantry Brigade, Camp Cody,
was enrolled in the class OF 1897.
Colonel Chas. s. Lincoln, OF the class
of 1894, is chief Of staff at Camp
Dodge. He and his BROTHER Leuten-
ant Colonel Franz Lincoln, who Is
now in France, are both attached to
the general stan of the United States
army and their father, Brigadier Cen
eral James Rush Lincoln, command
ant at Iowa State college, enjoys the
distinction of being the only man TO
have two sons on that stan. Another
son. Major Rush B. Lincoln, 1904, ls
in the aviation service at Waco, Tex.
IOWA MEN SCATTERED.
Colonel J. r. BARLEY, an ex '94, is
at Camp Cody. Major T. J. Mahoney,
30, lOIIuSlAy q ssSF'
now in Provost Marshal Crowders o.
fee at Washington. Major Guy =.
Brewer of the class. Of 1897, is with
the 16sth Infantry, now In France.
Two men Of the class Of 1903 have
risen to the rank Of major; they are
Major Guy G. Gearheart, who is IN
charge OF the aviation school at TT.
Sill, and Major F. E. Overholser. with
the Gath Division, signal corps, AZ
Macon, Ga.
VETERINARIANS IN SERVICE.
Two members of the veterinary
faculty at Iowa State college are now
in the veterinary service with the
rank of major. Major H. E. Bemis,
formerly vice-dean Of the veterinary
division, is soon to leave for France.
He was a member of the class OF 1908.
Major N. L. Nelson, IL, Is now sta
toned at Camp Sewer, South Carroll
ma.
Major ]. A. Given, a. graduate OF
1908, is with the California Engineers,
now in France. Major E. H. Conger,
an ex-student, is with the marine
CORPS at Philadelphia and Major p. l..
Maiden. ex.'17, is with the aviation
corps in Italy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-26
Wanted
For Sale
GRINNELL WANTS
OFFICERS CAMP

Grinnen. April 25.-"Grinnell will
Ehaye reserve officers training
R,orps next year, If any are
Igranted,'' was the statement made
Iby President j. H. T. Main OF Grinnell
college during an interview last even
ling.
1 EVERY possible influence is being
drought to bear on the war depart
jment," he continued. Both Senators
|Cummins and Kenyon have applied to
the war department. for q training
|c0rps AZ Grinnell and President Main
expects to make trip to the east
soon during which he will make furth-
III application.
}Yf no further training camps are es.
! ablished dit Grinnell the military drill
|will be continued under the present
plan and an army officer who has
been released from active duty be-
cause OF slight disability will be en-
fployed to take charge Of 1t.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-26
O. HIS. WILL TAKE
PARTN CONTEST

Fairfield, April 25.-The first annu-
al extemporaneous contest in the Iowa
league OF nine high schools will be reid
Friday evening at the high school
auditorium and will be participated IN
by the following high schools:
Ottumwa. Muscatipe. Davenport,
Clinton, Cedar Rapids, Oskaloosa, Iowa
City, Grinnell and Fairfield.
Miss Eloise Smith Of the local high
school won the girls contest at Grin
nell some time ago, while Charles Full
ton was given second place in the
boys contest which was held at Del.
vein. Both speakers will be heard at
this contest and while there will be
excellent speakers, from the other
schools, 1t is thought Fairfield will
make splendid showing at this time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-26
BRINGS SUIT
AGAINST SON
Si0oURNEY MAN SAYS HE WAS
DEFRAUDED OF PROPERTY
CLAIMS WHILE ILL.

Sigourney, April ~25.-After an in.
terval Of three weeks to give every
body free hands In the canvass for
the third Liberty Loan, Judge Will
cockson reconvened district court for
the April term on Tuesday morning.
The case of Adam Rowe vs.. Charles
L. Rowe ct al, was first taken up for
trial to be heard before the court. The
action involved the title to a valuable
farm in the northeast part of the coun-
ty, consisting Of III acres and valued
at about $4,000.
The plaintiff claimed that in Febru-
airy, 1915, he instituted an action for
divorce in the district court Of Keokuk
county and while this case was pend
ing was taken very Ill and that while
he was sick and under the influence It
medicines and not able to comprehend
a business transaction, his two sons
and an attorney came to him and rep
resented that an agreement had been
entered into with his wife, the defend
ant In the divorce action, for the
amount of alimony which his wife was
to have out Of his property and that 1t
would be necessary to have some kind
Of an instrument signed by him to
bar his wife from ever making any fur
Their claim against him and his prop
erty: that he believed the representa-
tons and statements so made to him,
signed the papers in the belief that he
was not transferring his farm, and that
later he was informed that he had In
fact conveyed his farm to his children
who are the defendants in this action.
The plaintiff brought this action to
quiet the title to said land and have
the alleged deed set aside. The case
was hotly contested throughout and
a large number Of witnesses testified
on each side of the case. The taking
Of the testimony was concluded, on
Tuesday evening and the attorneys
will make their arguments to the court
today, when it Is expected the court
will make his finding in the matter. y
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-26
AGENCY

Mrs. Emery Plowman OF keosauqua
Ii spending the week here, being called
hare nv the sudden illness OF her MOTH
ar Mrs, M. e. McAIinn.
N. e.. Mcbride Of Peoria Illinois Is
visiting at the parental T. B. Mcbride
home.
FLORENCE Jones was out of school
ltthis week with the measles.
Mis- Winsnie Mcbride closed a very
uccessful term of school at Union
school. east of here Friday afternoon.
M i. McMinn OF Sedalia, Missouri
arrived Monday, being summoned here
sy the illness Of his mother.
I Miss Mariel Hopkins and Mr. Berry
roth representatives from Ames Col
|ieea gave q demonstration to the girls
! We the high school Tuesday morning IN
Iva interests Of a canning club to be
IcraniIed here. Mrs. Basil Davis VIII
he the leader Of the club.
1, Born. -Tuesday April, % to MT. ana
8drp. J. r. Lanning q son.
Miss Winnie Mcbride spent the first
n the week with relatives in Iowa city.
Mrs. s. r. Foster of Eldon spent
Monday and Tuesday here with
NJ, and Mrs. J. o. Reighard have
received word from their son Dwight
who left for France two weeks ago
~ ins that he had landed safely on
Conntv eupt. r. l. Gardner and
!, eupt. OF Ottumwa schools II. e. Black
mar were visiting the schools here
Tuesday.
Mre. NJ. E. Mcdinn who was stricken
NTH paralysis in a critical condition
Mr.. ana Mrs. Geo. Fair who former
Rfy lived here but whose homo Is in Red
Oak. wore calling on friends here on
Tuesday.
Henry Milligan Of Mt. Ayr was called
here on account OF the illness OF hia
aufit Mrs. McMinn.