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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
Persons Who Let Water Run to
Keep Pipes Clear Waste Fluid

dows open, or in not protecting the
water pipes. About 65 per cent of the
consumers are metered. These show
very small increase in consumption
in winter, showing the waste is in the
unmetered houses, which generally
have defective plumbing.
Even # the water is permitted IN
waste, larger flow is permitted than
would De necessary to avoid freezing.
The company appreciates the unusual
conditions, hut the consumer must
assist in a 7oiding shortage of water.
This excess in consumption requires
about one tea of coal additional per
day, and while the coal supply at the
pumping station is sufficient for the
present time, the congestion and STOP
page of transportation may reduce the
coal supply TO the danger point. The
company asks its consumers, there
fore, to use every precaution to avoid
waste Of water, for the saving of fuel
and to enable the plant to be fully
prepared to meet any danger of a
severe Or prolonged fire"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
Harsh on Trial for Numbering
Wife, Admits They Had Trouble

Mac c. Harsh, charged with killing
his wife went on the stand Wednes-
day afternoon, in the circuit court
Harsh testified that his wife and he
always got along we'll and that he Low.
ed his wife, kissing her every time
that he left the house-if there was
no one around
In testifying as to how the alleged
accident happened he said that his
wife was washing dishes at the ktch-
en- cabinet and that he walked up to
the cabinet and drew a revolver from
one of the drawers and pointed it at
one of the children, sitting on the
floor crying. saying Danny keep still
or papa will shoot you"
His wife, he said, jokingly asked
him to shoot her. He Immediately
turned the gun on her and pulled the
trigger, just for the fun, he said. His
wife Immediately fell and he let the
gun fly out of his hands and attempt.
ed to make his wife speak to him.
Il had no intention of shooting my
Wife, he said.
Several times during the cross ex-
amin alton as to the accident he chok.
ed up with tears. He denied any
knowledge of the gun being loaded
although he admitted that he had
used it on the Fourth of July. Since
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
BRITISH LABOR
fContInued From Page One.l

Germans. to postpone meetings favor,
able to annexations.
Peace Movement Grows.
1t is declared by friend Of the pan
German Count Reventlow that the
peace movement in Germany is strong
and Is made up of the socialists, a
large number of liberals and clericals
and many diplomats. These factions
are said to hold the view that the U.
boat campaign can only delay peace
and can not starve out the entente.
Instructions given the German repre-
sentative at Brest-Litovsk have not
been changed. IT has been announced
officially in the Reichstag.
On the western front and in Italy the
winter monotony has been broken by
spirited actions. German troops have
again made one of their fruitless at
lacks against the French positions
northeast of Verdun.
East OF the Brenta river the Austro-
Germans have replied only with artill-
cry fire to the daring Italian attacks
which resulted in the capture of i'm
portant observation points at Monte
Asolone.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
WEIDNER SEES
NO FOOD LACK

Richmond is not threatened with a
food shortage, according to Food Al.
ministrator Weidner
However, said Weidner, there were
only a few bushels Of potatoes in the
groceries and commission houses.
Small shipments can be received from
Indianapolis and Cincinnati markets.
He urges that all farmers who can
spare potatoes bring them to Rich
mond grocers and commission houses
this week
Two cars of potatoes are over due
here now but owing to the bad con.
dition of the roads, no shipments have
arrived. One car has been on the
road for nine days and is now some
place between Colorado and here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
STRINGENT STEPS
fcontInued From Page One.l

Superintendent Kleinknecht of the
light plant that only six days supply
Of coal remained. Six manufacturers
donated one car load each and fouI
cars are said to be on their way here
It Is unknown when they will arrive
May Close Rural Schools.
County Superintendent OF Schools
williams said Wednesday that he will
probably order all schools in Wayne
county to close and the coal diverted
to domestic use.
More snow is predicted to fall in
Richmond and the county Wednesday
night or Thursday. The snow fall may
be light and again it may be neavy.
Weather Forecaster Moore said there
was no means of knowing
Coupled with the shortage of
coal the city's supply of kero.
sepe Is all but exhausted, ac-
cording to oil companies. Officials of
the oil companies estimated that there
were several thousand persons in Rich
u,ond using oil stoves for heating pur-
poses.
Rev. Father Duffy announced Wed.
aesday that Holy Hour and Sunday
vervices at st. Mary's Catholic church
viii be discontinued until the situation
improves.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
SHOTS FIRED At
RUSS PREMIER
(By Associated Pressl

10y ASSOCldI66 freSSb
Four shots were fired at an automo-
bile carrying Premier Lenine through
the streets of Petrograd. The pre-.
mier escaped uniniured but a mem
Der of his party was wounded slight
ly. Through the efforts of the diplo-
matte corps in Petrograd the Bolshev-
Xxi government has released the Ru-
manian minister
Although the Russo-German peace
negotiations were reported recently
to have been indefinitely suspended,
a Berlin newspaper is quoted today
as saying they were resumed at Brest-
Litovsk on Monday FEASIBILITY is
given this statement by the fact that
German advices carry the inference
that Foreign Secretary Won Kuehl-
mann and his fellow delegates are
still at BrestLitovsk and the further
fact, the Bolsheviki fareign minister
who has been heading the Russian
delegation, has not returned to Petro-
grad.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
RURAL CARRIERS
START ON TRIPS

Rural route carriers left the Rich
mond postoffice early Wednesday
morning to make deliveries after be.
ing held up since Friday
Tuesday only few of the city car
riers were able to cover their entire
routes.
Postmaster Beck said Wednesday
that where snow is drifted over the
mail boxes and where paths are not
made the rural carriers will not stop.
The statement is based on Section
S27. part two. which says:
Patrons shall keep clear the ap-
proaches to their boxes by prompt re-
moval of snow drifts or other OBJ
structions by which the delivery of
mail into them would be rendered i'm.
possible or difficult for carriers to
leave conveyances.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
SHORTER Term
WITH SESSIONS
on SATURDAYS
State Board of Education Pro-
poses Plan to Assist Pupils
to Get Back to the Farm.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 16.-The
state board of education has adopted a
resolution aimed to correct situation
which had arisen among. some of the
school officials of the state with re-
gard to the shortening OF school terms,
recommended by the State Boys
Working Reserve.
The recommendations Of the board
were to the effect that the county sup
erintendent OF schools in each county,
together with the township high school
principals, the town and city superln-
tendents and the county agents constr
tute board empowered to determine
the advisability of maintain in session
the schools of their county during two
or more Saturdays of each month for
the remainder of tn, present school
term, so as to close the schools soon.
er thai the ordinary date.
May Release Pupils.
The recommendation also urged that
where, the local county superintendent
and high school principals determine
that IT is inadvisable to maintain their
schools in session on Saturdays they
may, at their discretion. determine on
some plan whereby the high school
boys and girls of good standing may
be released from school not to exceed
three weeks prior to the closing OF the
school term to meet the shortage OF
farm labor Such students shall re-
ceive the regular credit for the term
work
The recommendation provides that
in the event such students are dismiss
ed early it shall be only on condition
that they are to be regularly and profi-
tably employed to the satisfaction OF
the local board, whose duty it shall be
10 keep in constant touch with each
pupil released from the school.
Weekly Report Required
A weekly report from such pupil CIV
ing the days, hours and character or
the work done by him is also required.
Violations OF any of the provisions OF
the recommendations will man that
the pupil will be required to make up
for the time he has been absent from
school, as a result Of this plan.
The recommendation also provides
that the local board cooperate with
the Boys Working Reserve Of each
county with the view Of utilizing the
services Of the high school boys and
girls to the greatest advantage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
50 SCHOOLS IN
STATE FOR WAR
TELECRAPHERS
Richmond Ranks Fourth in
State With Thirty-two Pu-
pills.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 16-Indiana
has thirty-three schools for war tele.
graphers in operation and eleven
others organizing. In prompt response
to call from the national war ad-
m1nlstration for 900 telegraph opera
tors, Indiana's educational forces were
establishing schools for photographers
and keys were clicking from the river
to the lake.
The schools for telegraphers have
been taken out of the signal service
corps of the army and have been
placed in charge of the federal voca-
tional education commission at Wash
lngton. Radio and buzzer classes are
being formed by the military author
tiles, but the telegraphers' schools
have gone into the control of the edu-
cational department
The latest report shows that the fol-
lowing cities have schools for war tele-
graphers in operation:
Anderson, rs pupils; Aurora, 20;
Bedford, 35; Bloomington. "a; Craw-
louisville, IA; Elkhart, %; Evansville.
Is; Goshen, is; Greencastle, IS: Hunt
ington. So; Indianapolis, public
schools, 43; Indianapolis, Y NJ c. A.,
%; Kokomo. 81; Lafayette, I: Mad
ison, 20; Marion. Is; Monticello, %;
Muncie, So; Needham, 8; New Albany.
II; Peru. 10; Princeton. 20; Rensse-
laer, 20; Richmond, 80; Salem, Z: Sey-
mour, Is; South Bend, 49,; Terre
Haute, q; Valparaiso, %; vincennes,
II; Wabash, %; Whiting. Is, and Win
ona Lake, g. total of 679 students.
These classes are maintained by the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
ITO DISTRIBUTE
CAR OF FLOUR

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. II. - Orders
were given by DR.. Harry E Barnard,
federal food administrator for Indiana,
today, for the distribution OF a carload
of -four held by the French Lick Hotel
company, at West Baden. The Hotel
company reported the possession of
years -four supply, which was not
permissible under the federal food con-
troll law and asked for orders for its
disposal The food administrator d.
rected that the company sell all over
and above thirty DAYS supply, which
is the maximum permitted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
Court Records

Samuel E Berry to Mary l.. Keever,
lot 50, c. W. Ferguson addition, $4,000
Narybe Bales to John w. Herndent
ct al, pit n. w sec. 26 township II,
range -, 31s acres, $4,000.
Frederick Newcomer to Anton Stol
le. Jr., lot /, Oakland addition, $4,000.
Roll Osbourne ct al, to Charles d.
Hunnicutt, pit. u s. E. sec. 81, town.
IS. range IS, $1,000.
Charles D. Hunnicutt to Aurie NJ
Hunnicutt, pit S. E. sec. 81, town. Is.
range 49,
Ophelia G Shuts to Jesse Kellum,
pt. S. Z. sec. 81, town. 16, range Il,
Sill 400.
Richmond Lake and Park company
10 William H. Bartel, Jr. ct al. lot 46,
r L. and p. addition, $500
William E. Morris ct al, to Russell L.
Hossack, lot 20. Oler and Howes sub
oAdiuop, $2,100.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

Howard 4. Dill, superintendent Of
the Richmond City Water Works,
Wednesday issued the following state
ment:
Efforts are being made in the city
to conserve fuel and food and the
citizens are loyalty cooperating I'm
usual weather conditions make the
fuel problem a serious one, largely
because Of the transportation difficult
ties. The extreme cold weather has
also affecred the water supply Of this
and other cities and the company
gives below some facts as to con-
sumption, so it's consumers may as
sist in avoiding a shortage of water,
and also help in the fuel problem.
The average daily consumption for
the year ending December 81. 1917.
was 2,569,400, for August, 1917. was
2,936,0o0 gallons. The maximum for
one day in 1917 was August 4, $780,
600 gallons.
From January 10. 1918. the aver
age daily consumption was 3.250,0O0
gallons, with the maximum on the
18th and 14th, 100000 gallons. The
daily average for the same six days II
1917 was 2,713,O0 gallons, with a
maximum Of 100000 gallons on Jan
uary 18th, 1917. On Sunday, January
14th, 1917, with a temperature of II
degrees below zero, the consumption
was 2,S50,0t6. On Sunday, January
18th, 1913, temperature degrees be-
low zero, the consumption was $780,
COO. This large increase is due to
the waste Of water to prevent freez-
ing. This may seem unnecessary, but
the fault is largely due to poor plumb
ing and ca1eiessness in leaving wiz
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

that time the children, he said, had
been allowed to play with the gun.
Harsh first testified that between
ne and his wife tire had been no
and admitted that he had been sepa-
rated from his wife earlier, because
they coul not get along.
Harsh declared that he thought the
cylinders of the gun were empty
On May l Harsh was charged with
assault and battery for assaulting his
father-in-law, and was convicted
The case will be resumed Thursday
morning at 8 O'Clock when the plead
ing will be heard.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
Want BOYS TO
HELP ON FARM

Richard n Study, in charge Of the
Boys Reserve Work of Wayne county
received communication addressed
to Governor Goodrich from President
Harry Mccartney of the Indiana Can
ners' association, asking for as many
high school boys as possible who will
be willing to begin work in May put
ting out crops and until frost or about
October Is, help In harvesting the
crops.
1t is absolutely necessary that the
production of canned fruit be increas-
ed this year. The government will
require two an done-half timees as
much this year, and the allies can use
all the surplus.
Effort will be made to have the boys
released from school in time for the
work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

public schools, by the Y. NJ. G.. A., in
some cases, by commercial bodies, col
leges, universities, academies and COM
munity associations.
Bluffton, East Chicago, Elwood,
Lebanon, Michigan City, North Yer
non, Plymouth, South Bend, Terre
Haute, (2); and Washington, are or
ganizing additional classes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-One of the
first steps taken by Director of Rail
roads McAdoo after assuming control
Of the nations railroads was to take
possession of eastern terminals and
begin systematic wedding out of ele-
ments which made for congestion.
This act made the United States mas.
ter of the greatest terminal in the
world-Bush Terminals
The Bush Terminals are a great
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
City Statistics

BELLIS-Mary Elizabeth Bells, y
years old, died at her home in Indian
apolis, Monday She was the daughter
of William Bells, formerly of Rich
mond, and connected for a number
of years with the Gaar, Scott com
pany. The body will be brought here
Thursday morning and taken to the
Doan and klute undertaking parlors.
where friends may call at any time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

terminals is advantageous particularly
at this time. not only because OF the
necessity for clearing it of congestion
for ordinary traffic, but because II will
make an IDEAL place through which
10 snip the millions of tons OF sun.
plies that will be going to France for
our armies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

Every household in Italy saves all
the odd bits of paper. These are
soaked in water and kneaded into
balls. then put in the sun to dry. They
will serve to give little heat later on.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

series Of docks, warehouses, piers and
railway depots in New York harbor,
where practically every operation of
the transfer from rail to boat may be
speedily concluded.
Oceangoing vessels nose in at the
terminals for block after block and
the railway lines and truck platforms
are so arranged as to expedite loading
and unloading.
The governments possession of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16
RESIGNS FROM
POLICE BOARD

August Paust, Democratic member
of the Richmond police board recently
appointed by Mayor Zimmerman, has
rendered his resignation to the mayor
in letter received Wednesday. Mr.
Paust says that he finds that 1T will
be impossible to serve
The mayor has named James A.
Martin as the successor of Mr.. Paust.
Martin is a well-known citizen, Dem
ocrat, and some years ago served as a
member of the polio board.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

Every man seems 10 be able to
boast of at least one ri,h relation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-16

John D. Rockefeller travelled from a
bookkeeper's stool to 26 Broadway.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-13
nation and isolation in event of or other contagious diseases.

ination and isolation in event of measles or other contagious diseases.
 This shows something of the prac- tice of the medical department of the United States army which, under it's present day code, as voiced by the army doctor "prefers. to see nine malingerers slide by rather than leave one man at drill or other duty to spread disease who ought to be in bed.
 placed upon the question of disease prevention and health maintenance by military authorities that is mak- ing over the ideas of personal sani- tation of many of the men coming to Camp Zachery Taylor The prac- tice here is identically as that pur- sued wherever one of the army doc tors is responsible for the health of fighting men.
 Many of the men coming here from the mountains of Kentucky and from the rural sections of the other states, have been accustomed to sleep ing rooms nearly or quite hermetical- ly sealed. Here they sleep with all windows open even when a bowling gale drives across the room. Windows are never closed at night except to exclude rain.
 This doesn't meet with the approv- al of many of the new arrivals, but later they notice that colds come less frequently, that they wake up in the morning with heads clearer, bodies better rested. and not one of them will ever be content to go back to the old stuffy bed room with which the folks back home content themselves.
 Recently the wisdom of letting in plenty of frech air brought forcibly home to the men here by the manner in which the epidemic of Spanish ih- fiuenza spread. It first appeared among men housed in barracks. It spread more rapidly among them than any other portion of the camp population, and men lying in tents, because of lack of room to house them in barracks were least affected. Complaints by the tent dwellers be- cause they could not live in the more comfortable barracks have ceased.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-13
HUNS HAND SEEN WORKING IN CHINA
 TO DO SOME. DIRT
Attempt to Lower French
 . Prestige, in. Chinese Re- #, public Is the Charge. =.

:. Peking, Sept. 3O.-(Corresondence of The Associated Press. .)-The hand of Germany. working to lower French
 prestige in China is seen by the French legation here in the recent attempt to open diplomatic relations between China and the Vatican. The ,Legation says it has collected evil ,dence to support the charge. <, When it was announced, several weeks ago, that the Chinese govern ment had appointed minister to the Vatican and that the papal delegate to the Philippines, Monsignor Petrelli, had been appointed papal nuncio to China, the French minister immedi- ately lodged protest. The protest was based on the claim that the: ap- pointments were made in contrayen- .tion of the Tientsin treaty of 1858, which recognized French protection of Roman Catholic missionaries in China. and that they were against the spirit of the alliance between China and the Entente nations. '
 While negotiations were under way China communicated to the Pope, that Monsignor Petrelli was persona non grata in Pekin for the reason that he is a personal friend of Ad- miral Hintze, late German minister to China and now German foreign secretary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-13
SILENT DEATH FOR
 TURKISH PATROLS BY THE INDIANS
Who Are Fighting With the British Armies In the
 French Sectors.

With the British Forces in Pales- tine, Sept. 30.-(Correspondence As sociated Press. )-Silent death. in the blackness of night, the fate of un- numbered Turkish sentries, surprised at their posts by patrols of: Indian troops with the British army, has imposed upon the Ottoman. soldiers a wholesome respect for these dark skinned fighters who have replaced many white contingents sent to other fronts.
 The cleverness of the Gurkhas at stalking has had terrifying effect upon the minds of the Turks, who are. constantly finding their men dead at advanced stations, with nothing tc betray the coming and going of the foe. The result has been a case of nerves" among the enemy, prompt ing constant alarms.
 Gurkhas and Sikhs, eager for ac- tive fighting, are continually suggest ing raids and sectional attacks, un- consciously answering the exultant predictions of enemy publicity organs that their substitution for whites would open the way for an early Turkish offensive which would sweep the British forces from theaepuntry
 In action the Indian troops are as keen as in anticipation of it. Their approach, even after the warning of a barrage, inevitably is so swift as to take the Turks completely off their guard Recently in broad daylight Gurkhas reached unobserved a point within close range of the enemy trench. They rushed it and without firing a shot, killed fifteen Turks and brought back as many prisoners Only one of the attackers was