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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
RECOGNITION
OF RUSS BY
ALLIES seen
London Paper Suggests En-
tente Will Make Democrat
ic Move.
(By Associated Press)

OoSS
Unless there is a change in original
plans, the emissaries of Russia and
the Central Powers will meet to con-
tinue their discussion of peace terms
which the Bolsheviki have declared
are unacceptable. Russia's delegates
have proposed that the conference
meet in Stockholm, which if agreed to
by the Germans will make for delay.
A news dispatch received in London
says the Russians have made counter
proposals to the Germans. 1t is added
that they will be discussed at the next
meeting at Brest-Litovsk on Saturday,
which would indicate the Russians
have not persisted in ther demand that
future meetings be held on neutral
soil. The new Russian proposals call
for complete evacuation Of occupied
territory pending q referendum on
self-definition.
Reports that the German and Aus
trian emperors and their military and
political advisors are much perturbed
over the Russian attitude are followed
by one that Count Won Hertlng, the
German imperial chancellor, IS i'll.
Won eueIow is Tipped.
Berlin political circles have rumor
that Won Kertling, who is "a years old
is to be ousted in favor OF Prince Won
Buelow, the former chancellor, who
is very close to the German crown
prince.
Recognition Of the Lenine-Trotzky
government in Russia as de facto
government by the entente allies Is
probable, according to the LondoI
Daily Chronicle. Such change OF sen
timent, it is said. would be due to
| the threatened break in peace negotia
tions and might bring from the allies
| statement of democratic policy to
| ward Russia.
| Meanwhile, the question Of the con
stituent assembly still bothers the
| Bolsheviki and demands are made
| that it be called at once. The gov
ernment of the Ukraine has sent t.
the Bolsheviki a demand that it with
draw it's troops from the Ukraine ant
decide whether or not it is at war witt
that government.
Nothing has occurred to break tn
inactivity OF the infantry on the wes'
ern and Italian fronts. Small raid
have taken place here and there an
the German artillery ire continue
strong at vital points on the wester
front.
England will soon be under compu
sorry rationing. In making this al
nouncement, Lord Rhondda, the foo
controller, said the situation was no
alarminfi and would improve, althoug
shortage in certain foodstuffs woul
continue.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
Building Operations in
1917 Totaled $l79,8OO
Inspector Hodgin Reports

A total Of 1s1 buildings, costing
SITS, 500. were erected in Richmond
during the year just ended, according
to the annual report of City Building
Inspector Hodgin.
New buildings were erected as fol
lows: One church, costing 100000;
five factory buildings costing s31,5oo;
four store buildings. costing $500;
fifteen two-story residences costing
s2s, 900; twelve one-story residences
costing s22,s00; forty-two garages,
costing $4,000; 1o2 buildings were
remodeled or repaired costing $4,000.
A total of sixty-five fires during the
year caused a loss Of s6,638, one o.
the lowest fire losses the city has eve1
experienced. One lightning los:
amounted to 5000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04

registrants not included in any other
division OF the schedule.
Narrowed down under the analysis
of the first draft made in the report,
the plan places upon unattached single
men and married men with indeperd-
ent incomes most of the weight Of
military duty, for the aggregate num-
Der of men in the other divisions Of
Glass 1 is very small.
General Crowder finds the first
draft surpassed the highest expecta-
tions of the friends of the selective
service idea. He pays high tribute
not onl.- to the thousands Of civilians
who gave ungrudging service to max
ing the plan a success, but also to the
high patriotism of the American peo-
pie as whole
cat the Presidents CALI he says,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
win OR LOSE
IN 1918 IS
WARNING TIP
TO AMERICA
Member Of Colonel Houses
Mission Says U-boat Report
Was Pessimistic, but Twas
Edited.
HUN IS REAL MENACE
6y ARTHUR SEARS HENNiNG
I'm the Chicago Tribunc)


WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-"The Unit.
ed States and the allies Will WIN OF
lose the war In 1918"
This remark by member OF the
American war mission, headed by Col.
z. NJ. House, has stirred up ructlon
in the administration. It is one OF
numerous utterances by members OF
the commission, which have illumi-
mated the actual military situation IN
Europe for more than the careruiiy
edited and censored summary OF Col:
Houses report to the president issued
by the state department yesterday.
U.Beat Losses Hidden
It also was divulged that the report
on the German submarine campaign
made public by the commission was
pessimietic In the extreme. 1t set
forth losses Of shipping far larger than
hove been officially disclosed and In
dicated that to Offset the continued
destructivcness OF the submarine IL
would be necessary to launch more
ships this year than the United States
and England can possibly supply.
AS a result Of the private disclos-
ures of the findings OF the House COM
mission it is not unlikely that de-
mands will be heard in congress for
the publication of the actual text OF
the report in order that the American
people may be informed OF the facts.
Must Mass Troops
The prediction that the United
States and the allies will win or lose
the war this year was the talk OF the
capital today. In military circles II
was accepted as the real report OF the
House commission IN a NUTSHELL
finding that Germany, by virtue OF the
Russian collapse, has become men
ace to the United States and the
allies that must be met at once py
massing all the men available on the
western front.
Secretary Baker was silent. He ap.
parently did not feel justified IN OK.
pressing the opinion that We shall
win the war this year. 1t fs known,
however. that he entertains no Tear
that we shall be defeated this year
The reluctance Of the war minister
to discuss the matter Is attributed to
the realization that the present rate
of progress the United States will be
unable to exert its full strength this
wear, and that if the United States Is
10 save the day, it will have to be In
1919.
Call Crisis at Hand
Some war department officials
agreed unreservedly that the crisis
of the allied cause is at hand and that
there is not a moment to be lost II
mastering full strength to resist the
German forces strengthened by the
regiments released from the eastern
front.
To meet the emergency, it is assert
ed, the United States and England
must not only rush troops in vast mum
hers to the western front, but mus
initiate retrenchment on hitherto un
conceived scale. cut out all nonessen
tials Of life. and thereby release ship:
for exclusive war service and labor tt
be employed in shipbuilding and mu
nitions manufacture.
The administration has been promis
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04

urges amendment Of the draft law so
as to provide that all men who have
reached their twenty-first birthday
since June s, 1917. shall be required
to register for classification.
Also, in the interest OF fair distribu-
ton Of the military burden, he pro-
poses that the quotas of states or dis
tricts be determined hereafter on the
basis Of the number of men in Glass l
and not upon population.
Available figures indicate, the re-
port says, that there are 100000
physically and otherwise qualified
men under the present registration
who will be found in Glass 1 when all
missionaries have been returned
and the classification period ends Feb
ruary Is.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-America's
fighting is to be done by young men
without families dependent upon their
labor for support and unskilled in
necessary industrial and agricultural
work.
All men for the war armies still TO
be raised by the United States Will
come from Glass under the new Sc
lective service plan.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
announces the new policy in an eX-
haustive report upon the operation OF
the selective draft law submitted yes
terday to Secretary Baker and sent
to congress.
Amendment Is Urged.
He says Class l should provide men
for all military needs Of the country,
and to accomplish that object he
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04

"all ranks of the nation. reluctantly
entering the war, nevertheless instant
ly responded to the first call OF the
nation with vigorous and unselfish
cooperation that submerged all indl-
vidual interest in a single endeavor
toward the consummation OF the ma
tional task.
81 take it that no great national
project was ever attempted with so
complete a reliance upon the volun-
tary cooperation of citizens for its
execution Certainly no such burden
some and sacrifcial statute had ever
before been executed without great
hierarchy of officials.
Work Dcne BY Civilians
"This law has been administered by
civilians whose official relations lie
only in necessary powers Win Whlen
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04

WASHINGTON. Jan. A. Profits
amounting to more than million dol
lars were made by the Clinchfield Nav
igaton company in deal involving
government ship building contracts.
according to testimony today before
the senate commerce committee in
gestigating the ship building program
This information was disclosed oy
Theodore Ferris, chief inspector for
the emergency fleet corporations. and
by a report by a district officer OF the
shipping board at today's hearing.
The Clinchfield company. 1t was de-
clared, sold to the government four
ships under construction for the COM
pany In the yards of the Sloane ship
yards corporation of Seattle, making
a profit of s42O,oo0 and later obtained
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
Palsgroue Chosen
For Training Camp

James E. Palsgrove, former circu.
lation manager of The Palladium and
before that advertising solicitor, has
been chosen for the next officers
training camp.
He has been sergeant-major OF the
Three Hundred and Thirty-fourth In
fantry at Camp Taylor. which is the
highest non-commissioned place in the
regiment
Palsgrove was among the first Sc
1ectives to leave Richmond last summer
for Camp Taylor and has risen sue
cessively through the non-com grades.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
men MARRIED
SINCE May IS
IN CLASS One
Positive Proof Required to
Get Deferred Classification
for These.

Stacker husbands-men who have
married since May Is for the purpose
OF evading the selective service law
will be included in Glass One with sin
gle men and subject to first call. Men
in Glass One may be the only men
taken for service in the future.
Already several men who have failed
to give positive proof" that they did
not marry to evade military service.
have been placed in this class by the
Richmond selective army board
Where positive proof" is presented
to the Richmond board showing that
the registrant did not marry to evade
service and that he had made arrange
ments prior to the enactment Of the
selective service act to marry, the
registrant is given the same consid-
Grafton as any other registrant who
has dependents.
Called Up For inquiry.
All registrants who have married
since the enactment of the law are be-
ing called before the army board for
further testimony, where the board
does not have personal knowledge OF
the attendant circumstances Of the
marriage.
Where a registrant, who has mar.
ried since May IS. makes claim for
deferred classification because of de-
pendency, the claim is taken as proof
that the registrant did marry for the
sole purpose of evading military serv
ice and he is placed in Glass One, with
single men, until it is proved other
wise.
Several men married since May Is
| have refused to claim deferred classi
| fication.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
FIRE THREATENS
Waterfront At
new JERSEY PORT

HOBOKEN, N. j., Jan. 4.-Fire
which threatened part of the water
front which is within government con-
troll broke out today. The blaze was
discovered in a six-story building oc-
cupied by the Gatti-McQuade COM
pany, mill supplies manufacturers, in
the barred zone. That structure
seemed doomed.
All the fire apparatus in Hoboken
was called out to prevent spread OF
the flames to the Hudson river piers
and a nearby munitions factory. Sew
eral ambulances also were summoned
United States soldiers were placed
on guard around the area threatened
with destruction.
The burned building occupies nearly
an entire block. Wind carried the
sparks as far as the waters edge
where munitions ships are tied up.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04

they are vested by the presidents
designation OF them to perform the
duties that are laid upon them. They
have accomplished the task. They
have made some mistakes. The sys'
tenn offers room for improvement.
But the great thing they were call
ed upon to do they have done. The
vaunted efficiency of absolutism OF
which the German Empire stands as
the avatar can offer nothing to COM
pare with it. It remains the ultimate
test and proof of the intrinsic political
idea upon which American institutions
of democracy and self-government
have been based"
Analyzing the first draft General
Crowder shows that 9.5S6,508 men be-
tween the ages of 81 and 81 years reg
istered themselves. Up to late In
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
INQUIRY is URGED.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Believing that
scores of young men in New York, in
an attempt to evade military service,
have falsely contended in their an
swe-s to the draft quesionnaires that
they are subjects OF the central
powers, Henry W, Taft, chairman OF
the district legal advisory board, to.
day forwarded a request for an in.
vestigatioa to Adjt Gen. Charles w
Sheriff..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
Ship Concern Made Million by
Reselling Bottoms to Uncle Sam

for the Sloane corporation contracts
for twelve more ships on which it
made a five percent profit
Senators questioned Mr.. Ferris
closely as to the reason for letting con-
tracts for the twelve ships to the
Clinchfield corporation an owned but
not a builder of ships. and expressed
dissatisfaction over deal by which
the corporation sold to the govern
ment the four ships at a price so
much higher than it was paying for
their construction.
Mr.. Ferris declared he knew moth
ing of the financial arrangements, but
admitted recommending the Clinch-
field corporation to General Goethals
In a letter. The committee asked that
the letter be produced tommorrow.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
For Wayne County by w. e. Moore

For Wayne County by w. E. Moore
Partly cloudy with conditions favor
able for snow tonight or Saturday.
Considerably warmer. Probably above
freezing some time Saturday.
General Conditions-The great cold
wave is moving away and considerably
warmer weather may be expected dur
ing the next twenty-four to thirty-six
hours. 1t probably will thaw some
Saturday. Temperatures are now
above seasonable average in the west
and remain decidedly cold east and
south: IS above at Jacksonville, Fla.
IS at Tampa, and 33 at Miami, which
is very cold for that section.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
SIAM MENACED
BY Great FLOOD

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-Floods in
Siam, the worst since 1881, are de-
stroying the country. Dispatches to-
day from the American legation at
Bangkok say the water has risen to
the roofs of houses on which peas
ants are living.
Great crop losses have been caused
and cattle are dying from drowning
and starvation.
A relief commission has been ap,
pointed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
Rev. Rae to Speak
at Prayer Meeting

Rev. J. J. Rae will speak on home
missions Friday evening when the last
of a series of union prayer meetings
will be held at the Reid Memorial U.
P. church under the direction OF the
Richmond Ministerial association.
Rev. Alexander F. Mitchell OF the
South Eighth Street Friends church
will be the leader.
The quartet of the Reid church
composed of Miss Ruth Harris, Miss
Lena Weisbrod, R. B. Jones and hugh
F. Foss will sing several numbers.
Miss Ruth James will sing.
From 7:15 until 7:30 O'Clock there
will be an organ recital by Mrs Hugh
Foss. Howard Ball will play the
chimes from until 7:15 o'clock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
Board to Pass on Claims
of Railrodders for Raises

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-Director
General McAdoo and heads OF the
four railroad brotherhoods agreed to-
day on a plan for threshing out al!
wage and labor disputes while govern
ment operation prevails, through an
investigation board which will report
recommendations to the director gen.
eral.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04

Basil L. Walters is receiving recog-
milton throughout the east as one OF
the organizers and news editor or the
Ambulance Service News, weekly puo-
lication Of the Allentown encampment
OF ambulance men. warner Is city
editor OF the paper.
Walters worked on The Palladium as
court house reporter for nearly year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
German Chancellor Explains
Peace Situation to Reichstag

canal we're repulsed by German
troops, who captured prisoners and
machine guns in the fighting, German
army headquarters announced today
London says local fighting in that re-
gion produced no material changes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04
THE WEATHER

For Indiana by United States Wealth.
er Bureau-Generally cloudy and
warmer tonight and Saturday. Prob
ably snow Saturday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-04

1oday's Temperature
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-11-22
GOOD
ROADS
ECONOMY IN GOOD HIGHWAYS
Good Demonstration Made by Motor
truck Firm in Practical Test
Quite Recently.

At it's meeting in Chicago the
United States Chamber of Commerce
adopted a resolution that the govern
rnent, through the president and the
director general of railroads, be petit
toned, among other things, to "com-
plete trunk highways for heavy traffic
where they can be used in relieving
railroad congestion" Note the phrase
"heavy traffic''-which calls, not mere
ly for graded highway rights of way,
but for hard surface, cement, asphalt
or brick roadbeds capable of sustain
ing the heaviest trucks and dependable
In all sorts of weather.
The day is ,coming-in fact, it is
here-when such highways are almost
an absolute necessity. In some Sec
lions of the country, due to railroad
inadequacy to meet the traffic de-
mands, paved cross-country highways
are Indispensable to commerce and
community prosperity.
So, while we are building roads let
us build them, not for today, but for
llc udyS W COLliS, says AlluAlA SOh-
stitution. 1t will be cheaper in the
long run, and vastly more satisfac-
tory from the "word go"
The dollars-and-cents saving, and
the time economy, in hard surface
roads were clearly demonstrated by
q Northern motortruck firm in a
practical test completed some time ago
when a consignment Of heavy mer-
chandise was moved overland from
Detroit, Mich, to Toledo, o.
'The total pay load carried by a
four-ton tractor truck and two trail
ers was II tons," says Automobile
Topics in discussing the trip. "The
load was distributed as follows: Two
tons on the truck, six tons on FIVE
ton trailer and four tons on a three
ton trailer. The trip was made In
eight and a half hours over As miles
Of cement and asphalt and IL miles Of
dirt road. Almost exactly as much
tine was required to travel over the
Dirt road rs over the cement, because
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-11-22
Go to Bed and Stay Quiet -
Take a Laxative-Eat Plenty
of Nourishing Food-Keep
Up your Strength = Ma
ture IL the Only "Cure"
ALWAYS CALL A DOCTOR
MO OCCASION For PANIC

NJ OOCA0ION FOn FtsNtS
Spanish influenza, which appeared In
Spain in May, has all the appearances
Of grip, or la grippe, which has swept
over the world in numerous epidemics
as far back as history runs. Hippoc-
rates refers to an epidemic In 412
B. c., which is regarded by many to
have been influenza. Every century
has had its attacks. Beginning with
1881 this country has had five epidem-
les, the last in 1889-90.
There Is no occasion for panic-infiu-
enza itself has a very low percentage
Of fatalities-nOt over one death out
of every 400 cases, according to the
N. c. board of health. The chief danger
lies in complications arising, attack
ing principally patients in rundown
condition-those who don't go to bed
soon enough or those who get up too
early.
THE SYMPTOMS
Grip, or influenza, as 1t Is now called,
usually begins with chill, followed by
aching, feverishness, and sometimes
nausea and dizziness, and general
feeling Of weakness and depression.
The temperature is from 100 to 104,
and the fever usually lasts from three
to five days. The germs attack the
mucous membrane or lining Of the air
passages. nose, throat and bronchial
tubes; there is usually a hard cough,
especially bad at night: oftentimes a
sore throat or tonsillitis, and frequently
all the appearances Of a severe head
cold.
THE TREATMENT
Go to bed at the first symptoms, not
only for your own sake, but to avoid
spreading the disease to others-take
purgative, eat plenty Of nourishing
food, remain perfectly quiet and don't
worry. Quinine, aspirin or Dover's
Powders, ETC.. may be administered by
the physicians directions to relieve the
aching. But there Is no cure or spe-
cific for influenZa--the disease must
run Its course. Nature herself will
throw of the attack If only you keep
up your strength. The chief danger
lies In the complications which may
arise. Influenza SO weakens the bodily
resistance that there is danger Of pneu-
nionia or bronchitis developing, and
sometimes Inflammation of the middle
ear, or heart affections. For these rea-
sons It Is very important that the
patient remain in bed until his strength
returns-stay in bed at least two days
or more after the fever has left you, or
If you are over SO or not strong stay
in bed four days or more, according to
the severity of the attack.