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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
Attack at St. Mihiel Launched at
Riqht Minute to Preuent Huns Escape

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sunday. Sept. 1.-THE role
of the French divisions engaged in the
St. Mihiel battle was to attack the
head of the salient and assist the
Americans in their drive against its
western front while the main mass Of
the Americans was pushing through
the southern side of the salient. Only
few French divisions were engaged,
one of which under American COM
mand formed the extreme left OF the
attack on the western front of the
salient 1t had a powerful force of
Americans on its right.
This Franco-American army started
from the region of Les Eparges and
advanced southeastward to join hands
with the Woevre army from Vigneul-
les. Other French divisions cooper
ated in the attack on both sides OF
the blunt head of the salient.
The hardest task fell to the divi-
sion which attacked north of st. Mi
hiel 1t had to fight it's way across
the densely wooded massif Of the
heights of the Meuse and carry hills
of twelve hundred feet in the face Of
enemy resistance. This division alone
took $500 prisoners, of whom 1890
were Austrians.
ST. Mihiel, cut off from the north
and the south. was taken without a
fight, the Germans slipping out on
Thursday night. Aware that an at
tack was imminent. they had begun a
retreat to the Hindenburg line, or as
they call this section, the main line
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
INDIANA QUAKER
MINISTERS HOLD
MEETING TODAY
Reports and Discussions Oc-
cupy Preliminary Session of
Friends Yearly Meeting.

Sixty-three representatives were
present at the meeting OF Ministry and
Oversight which opened the Friends
Yearly Meeting at the East Main
Street Friends church Monday.
s. Edgar Nicholson was appointed
to act as temporary clerk. In the
morning the reports from the follow
ing quarterly meetings were read:
Wabash, New Garden, Whitewater,
Faimount, Puget Sound, Ambroy,
Penn. Dublin and Vanwert.
Representatives were present from
the following meetings.: Wabash,
Portland, Travers City, Dublin, Van
vert, Fairmount, New Garden, West
France, Puget Sound, Marion, White
water, Spiceland and Winchester.
A committee was appointed to gath
er up the exercises of the meetings
This committee is composed of An.
drew F. Mitchell. Arthur Charles, Alice
Lawrence, J. Lindley and Alice Hunt.
Monday afternoon was devoted to
miscellaneous business and the con-
sideration of the state of the church,
the discussion of which arose from the
reports of the quarterly meetings read
in the morning
Some of these reports states that
the church had been affected by the
war Others were encouraging in that
they reported that the young people
were taking great interest in the af-
fairs of the church. Others reported a
lack of interest in the spiritual life
in parts of their community. Reports
were read in which it was stated that
the meetings were feeling the deep
stress Of the times
Yearly Meeting proper will begin
Tuesday morning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
PEACE NOTE BELIEVED EFFORT TO Divide ALLIES
SERVICE FLAG PARADE.
September "a, 1918. $50

September ~, 1918. .0:3U r. N.
Forms on South Fourth street
facing Main. The parade moves
promptly at $50, and all delega-
tions should be in line by 500.
No one permitted to participate
behind the band except grandfath-
ers, grandmothers, fathers, moth
ers, wives, children, and brothers
and sisters of men in the service.
Each participant to wear or carry
a service flag.
Parade will be formed by town
ships. The first township to arrive
at the place of formation will be
first in line.
H. j. Hanes and Omer Whelan
will be marshals In charge.
Each township will be permitted
to have marshals of its own il so
desired.
Floats or machines for those who
cannot march will be permitted.
The band and those entitled to
carry service flags will form on
west side of South Fourth street,
and the military section will form
on the east side of South Fourth.
The line of march will be east on
Main to Fifteenth, and counter
march back to Seventh and the
Coliseum.
L. A. HANDLEY,
Chairman Parade Com.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
(By Associated Pressl

While Austria was preparing her
note to the belligerent nations, propos-
ing that they meet in informal dis
cussion of peace terms in neutral
country, Germany was making ready
to make another offer of separate
peace to Belgium. 1t is announced
that the Belgian government has been
with a proposal that If
she will remain neutral during the re-
mainder of the war Germany Is
ready to withdraw to the frontiers that
were violated in August, 1914.
1t is affirmed from Berlin that the
Austrian government acted on its own
initiative in sending out it's peace pro-
posals, but the offer of Germany to
Belgium points to what may be said
to be more than coincidence and
probably desperate peace offensive"
is now well under way.
Effort 10 Futile.
If official sentiment is reflected by
comment at the entente
capitals, the efforts of the central
powers to reach a peace by negotia-
tion are doomed to failure. In Lon
dan and Paris the offer of Austria was
very coldly received while at Wash
ington it is pointed out that the United
States will not entertain any peace
tentatives that can, at best. bring
only a temporary respite from hostili-
ties and will leave Germany and Aus
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16

when Germany and her dependents
are ready to accept them, they can let
us know. There will be no abatement
to them. Germany must be beaten
and must recognize she is beaten
Until then her suggestions for peace
conferences are not to be regarded
any more than the cracking of thorns
under a pot"
The pacifist Daily News is the sole
exception to the prevalent tone of
comment. Anticipating general re-
lection of the Austrian proposals, it
says that responsible, sober-minded
men should nevertheless face the pro-
posals squarely. The newspaper ar
gues that discussions must occur
sooner or later as a preliminary to
peace and says:
"Impudent Sham"
There is no solid ground upon
which statesmen sincerely jealous for
Austrian proposals. Discussion would
be no question q the allies comprom-
ising their fundamental principles.
Against the more than remote pros
many obdurate they might have a very
different result in the case of Turkey,
Bulgaria and even Austria The allies
with an unassailable moral case. have
everything to. gain and nothing to
lose by discussion"
IAN impudent sham," is the Nails
editorial head over it's comment on
the note, which it describes as IAN
1<L .0f IL &,s- ,
"The German emperor is ventrilo-
quist whose voice we may hear in this
Austrian telegram" the newspaper
continues, land we hear it because the
military masters under whom Ger
many is bleeding are afraid. 1t is not
humanity which they have in view, but
the safety of their own skins. This
German trick has been disposed of in
advance by President Wilson's mas
terly addresses. Mr.. Wilson's great
watchword, No peace with autocracy
applies to Austria. 1t is needless to
say that these peace feelers make lit
tie impression in either the govern
ment or the people here. Thy are
pointed out, however, as a revelation
of speedy enemy appreciation OF the
meaning OF American military partci-
patton in the war. The view is held in
political circles that Germany realizes
she will soon be compelled to with
draw from Belgium and if she could
secure a treatry barring Belgian ter
ritory to allied troops and aircraft she
would be thereby protecting Germany
against hostile attacks.
In the speech made at Manchester
by Premier Lloyd George it is believed
he replied in advance to any peace
tentatives. In fact, 1t is believed the
Continued on Page Eighty
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
WHOLE FAMILIES
LOST when HUNS
SINK STEAMER
English Vessel Carrying Wom-
en- and Children Sunk With
out Warning.
(By Associated PressS

PLYMOUTH, Sunday, Sept Is
Heartrending scenes were witnessed
here when hundreds Of survivors of
the torpedoed steamer Galway Castle
were landed at o'clock Thursday
morning. The passengers were most
ly women and children, and it is be-
lieved that whole families were lost
Among the survivors, little tots,
scarcely able to walk, crying in vain
for their parents. Parents were
searching in all directions for news
of their children and women were
seeking vainly for lost husbands. It
mattered nothing that warm, dry
clothing was distributed to take the
place Of the scanty attire the surviv-
ors snatched as they left the ship
Thatr one thought was to get news of
their relatives and friends.
There seems no reason to doubt
that the vessel was torpedoed without
the slightest warning. The explosion
occurred between the engine room and
the stokehold, fact that is taken to
rule out any possibility that the ship
struck mine. The explosion caused
comparatively little noise, but caused
the ship to buckle In an extraordinary
manner. She was injured at the ex-
treme bottom and was bent and torn
clear to the upper deck and seemed
likely to break in two at any moment.
Praises Ships Crew.
In spite of the damage done to the
Galway Castle, some of the crew de-
clared that the impact was hardly
greater than that of the vessel bump
ing heavily against the side of quay.
The thrush of water was tremendous.
One engineer was swept into the tun-
mel from the engine room and drown
ed.
Fearing that the liner would founder
at any moment, Captain Dyer ordered
the boats lowered and issued life belts
to all passengers.
One boat was swamped, another was
damaged because the false bottom
fouled, and another was swept back
against the liner by wave and was
smashed by the propeller. Another
narrowly escaped similar fate.
Harry Burton, minister of highways
of the Union of South Africa, who was
among the survivors, was not inclined
to speak Of his own experiences, but
joined with other survivors in praising
the devotion to duty and self-sacrifice
OF the officers of the ship and the
men on the naval vessels which rush.
ed to the rescue.
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of defense" This ''kriemhild'' posi-
tion spans the base of the salient from
Etain to the vicinity of Pagny.
The attack was launched at exactly
the right moment. Had it been post
poned a day or two longer the enemy
would have had his troops safely
slowed away behind the kriemhild
trenches and the allies would have
captured neither men nor material.
Enemy stores and depots in the sail
ent had to be burned and the Germans
set fire to villages in the plain be
yond the Meuse, but the damage done
was less than anticipated.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16

The speaking campaign for the
Fourth Liberty Loan was auspiciously
opened Sunday afternoon in Abingdon,
an audience of several hundred per-
sons listening to strong patriotic talks
by the Rev. J. B. O'Connor, of Center
Vile; Attorney Byram C. Robbins,
and former mayor Will ]. Robbins, of
Richmond
w. e. Caskey, chairman for the Lib
erty Loan committee of Abingdon
township was chairman of the meet
ing.
All Of the speakers reviewed at
some length the needs of the govern
ment in the world war and gave
special emphasis to the fact that
United States Liberty bonds repre-
sent the safest and best investment
in the world No other nation, one
of the speakers said, no matter ies
financial strength, could issue bonds
that have the wealth behind them that
the Liberty Bonds of the United
States carry with them.
Praise Township Record.
Citizens of all classes were urged
to do their part toward placing Abing-
ton township and the entire county
on a par with other Indiana counties
that will raise their full quotas early
in the campaign. A tribute was paid
to Arlington townships record during
the last Liberty Loan campaign with
it more than doubled its quota, and
the prediction was made that once
more the township would equal this
record.
Monday night meetings will be held
In Boston and Greensboro and indica-
tions point to a large attendance at
each. Tuesday night meetings will be
held at Jacksonburg, Centerville and
Whitewater On Wednesday night
the Dalton township meeting will be
held
Demas S. Coe, chairman Of the
county committee Monday received a
telegram from Will H. Wade, director
of sales for Indiana, saying that
Wayne county's official quota would
be announced Wednesday. "You will
be safe in announcing 1t double that
of the Third Liberty Loan" the tele-
gram said. The Wayne county com.
AAAtSOO 6o0AC tAAuC 0SO llACo LILO tO"A-
ship quotas on a basis of $2.200,000 or
double the last loan. which Is now con-
firmed by Director Wade.
County Mass Meeting.
The county mass meeting to be held
in the Coliseum next week, Tuesday
evening, September "a, promises to be
one of the big patriotic gatherings
that the city has witnessed since the
beginning of the war. Mayor Jewett,
of Indianapolis is to make an address
and in addition there will be an ad
dress by an American soldier just
from the front trenches in France.
announced as yet by the state com.
mittee.
The high school orchestra will play
there will be chorus of fifty voices,
and the several quartets that are ap-
pearing during this weeks speaking
campaign in the townships will be
merged for that night The musical
program will precede the speaking
and plans are being made to devote
an hour to the musical features
Details of the service flag parade
on the evening of September "a. which
is to be participated in by the near
relatives of soldiers of Wayne county,
are announced elsewhere by l.. A.
Handley, chairman Of the committee
in charge. The committee hopes to
make this one of the most impressive
pageaDts that the city has ever seen.
1t will take place at $50 p. M, as a
preliminary to the Jewett meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16

For Wayne county by w. E. Moore
Rain followed by partly cloudy to-
night. Cooler tonight Tuesday most
ly fair and continued cool.
General Conditions-Rains are now
general east of the Mississippi and
south of the lakes A cool wave of
considerable size covers the Great
Lakes and northwest where tempera-
lures are near the freezing point.
Very heavy rains are reported in Cali
fornia where 5.9S inches fell in "a
hours.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
Germans Got Out First

Austrian prisoners captured by the
Americans at st. Mihiel are bitter in
their denunciation OF the Germans.
They accuse the Germans Of leaving
them in the lurch. Austrian officers
declare they were not warned of the
American attack and that repeated re-
quests for ammunition we're ignored.
The Germans. they added, gave their
entire attention to extricating them
selves from the salient.
BOY SCOUTS MEET TUESDAY
The Boy Scouts will meet in the
Council Chamber Tuesday night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
AuSTRIA'S FEELER TOWARD
PEACE RESULT OF ALLIED
GAINS, U. S. LEADERS HOLD

Allied Governments Denounce Proposal as Trick Of
Germany to Sow Discord Among United Nations
May Be Attempt to Patch up Position at Home
by Peace Propaganda While Hun Leaders Hold
War Spols-OHer Not Yet Made Through Official
Channels.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
29,016 C0L0RED
SELECTS CALLED
(BN Associated Press i

TBV ASSOCIated PreSS
WASHINGTON, Sept. IA draft
call for 29,016 negro registrants from
33 states qualified for general military
service and to entrain for national
army camp Sept. 1921, was issued to-
day by Provost Marshal General Crow
der Indiana's quota under the call
is 408.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
LOAN CAMPAIGN
IN COUNTY IS
OPENED SUNDAY
Enthusiastic Meeting is Held
at Abingdon to Start Loan
Drive.

All Fourth Liberty Loan City
committees, both Women and Men,
are requested to be at the High
School Auditorium, 1880 p. m,
Tuesday. September II. This is to
include the block, precinct, ward,
and all special comhittees. No
home to home canvassing to be-
gin until the committees are in
structed to do so
CITY LIBERTY LOAN COM.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
( NO SUCCESS ANTICIPATED FOR HUN EFFORTS
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON Sept 16-Austras offensive note had
reached the department early today had the depart
ent heard through channels of Gemany reported offer
of separate peace to Belgium.
Both recognized in both government and
dpomatic of the expected
confuse the ISSUE dscord among
the allies patch positions of their at home
through peace propaganda while they still hold the pos of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
BERLIN is SkEPTicAL.

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 16.-The peace
initiative should have been left to the
entente allies. according to the Tages
Zeitung of Berlin, which comments on
the Austrian peace note.
THE fate of all previous announc-
ments as to readiness for peace and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
EXPECTED IN PARIS.

PARIS, Sept. 16.-The Austrian pro-
posal for a conference Of the belliger-
ents was not much Of surprise in
Parisian political centers, where it is
considered to be consequence Of the
recent military successes of the al
lies. The general impression is that
the new peace offensive cannot be
fruitful
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
EAlFouR AGAINST PROPOSAL.

LONDON, Sept. ia. J. Balfour,
the British foreign secretary giving
his personal view point on the Aus
trian peace note to visiting journal
lists said:
ut Is increditable that anything can
come Of this proposal.
Coming after the recent speech Of
Friedrich Gayer the German imperial
vice-chancelor," Mr.. Balfour said.
this synical proposal of the Austrian
government is not genuine attempt
to obtain peace. 1t is an attempt to
divide the allies"
Mr.. Balfour said no one should
take upon himself the task Of reject
ing with a light heart any proposal
which would shorten the length Of
the war.
He also declared that no coalition
ever had been so strong as the allied
coalition and that the enemy would
not succeed in breaking It,
Conversations such as were pro-
posed by Austria Hungary. Mr.. Bal
four said, undoubtedly would have
great value nder certain Circum-
stances. He said they would serve to
smooth out obscurities such as Ques-
tion Of pride, but he declared that the
questions now between the beligerents
were definitely defined.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
INDIGNANTLY REJECTED.

LONDON, Sept. 16.-Austria's IN
vitation to the belligerents to meet In
informal peace discussions Is indig-
nantly rejected by the London morn
ing newspapers. The note Is seen
BY commentators as a German trick
in which Austria is made the cats
paws in an endeavor to gain time to
enable the German high command to
reorganize it's shattered troops. The
offer of peace to Belgium IS regarded
as a shameless insult.
"The Austrian note does not bring
real peace any nearer" says the Ex-
press. preliminary conditions to
peace have been stated over and over
again by the allies and there Is not
the faintest suggestion that central
powers will agree to any one Of these
conditions. They who drew the sword
are scheming to save themselves from
perishing by the sword The disin-
genuiness of the note betrays that 1t
was written in Wilhelmstrasse, Ber-
lin
Relative to the offer Of peace to
Belgium the prcss says. This is
another Bres<Gitovsk scheme and
part of the same plan for preserving
the power of the Hohenzollerns."
Democracy at Helm.
After referring to the sinking of the
liner Galway Castle, as coincidence
to the offer Of peace the newspaper
says;
THE allied peoples will not shake
hands. They will not be friends nor
will they agree to any hole-in-the-cor-
ner negotiations. Democracy now is
at the helm of the worlds affairs.
Militarism is tottering and if the Ger
man people desire to save themselves
from falling with it, they must in
sist on the preliminary conditions
which alone make useful talk possi-
BILE"
Our peace terms have been made
abrndantly clear" says the Post.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
The Weather

For Indiana by United States Wea-
ther Bureau-Probably cloudy and
cooler tonight. Probably light frost
Tuesday morning in north portion il
weather clears. Tuesday, fair and
continued cool.
Today's 1emperature.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-16
CONFERENCE IN BERLIN

AMSTERDAM-An important con-
ference of leaders of the majority par
ties In the reichstag was held Sunday
with reference to the Austrian peace
note, kilograms from Berlin today re-
port.
According to some Of the reports.
Count Won Hertling, the imperial
chancellor, presided at the conference.
which lasted two hours and a half.
Admiral Won Hintze. the foreign secre-
tary, and Herr Walraf. the minister
of the interior, also are stated to have
been present. It was said the delib-
erations would be continued today.
The note in which Austria-H Hungary
invites the belligerents to a confer
ence for discussion Of the possibilities
of peace was dispatched by Baron
Burian the Austro Hungarian foreign
minister, on the order of Emperor
Charles, the Cologne Volkszeitung de-
clares.
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No doubt is to be found in any quar-
ter as to what the answer of America
and the allies will be to the Vienna
proposal for mon binding" peace dis
cussion, although, Of course officials
carefully refrain from formal COM
ment before the note actually Is re-
ceived Even when victorious Ger
man armies were advancing into
France such a suggestion would not
have been considered seriously. Now
that the tide is turning and America
and the allies propose soon to drive
the enemy out of conquered soil.
there is no disposition to parley over
what the Teutons shall be allowed to
keep.
Officials have read carefully the
text OF the Austrian communication
in the press dispatches and exchanges
between the o-belligerent govern
ments on the subject probably already
are under way. 1t is assumed that the
official version will come In a few
hours through one Of the neutral le-
cations.
II is reported from Berlin semi
official source that foreign minister
Burians move in indicating the note
inviting the belligerents to confer
ence constituted an act binding Aus
tria alone, says a Zurich dispatch to-
day. Germany, 1t Is declared took no
part whatever In drawing up the note.