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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
CzECHS ISSUE
new MANIFESTO
(By a Ssociated Press>

W WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-A mani
festo issued by the newly founded
Czecho-Slovak national committee in
Prague has reached the Czecho-Sloyak
council here. In the manifesto the
program Of the national committee is
outlined and the main points are: The
uniting and co-ordinating of all the
forces of the Czecho-Slovak nation for
the realization of their national aspir-
ations and a call to all Czechs and
Slovaks to rally to the struggle for
liberty.
The manifesto expresses it's conf
dence in the outcome of the fight and
asserts that by their own strength. the
Czecho-Slovak people have risen from
the grave of centuries and by their
own strength will place themselves in
the light of the world in the company
OF free nations of the future liberated
and civiliZd mankind"
Th leading journal of Prague, Mar
odwi Listi suppressed by the govern
ment not long ago, has re-appeared
and dispatch today says it's comment
on the manifesto is: while the
reichrath is near dissolution the
Czechs again have their parliamentary
body which will decide the destines of
the nation" 1t adds that while Aus
tria is ripe for destruction, should she
collapse today, German machine guns
would be on hand to aid, and counsels
patience for a few months.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
FINED
FOR VACRANCY

Frank Greer was fined $50 and
costs in city court Tuesday morning
on a charge of vagrancy. Greer was
arrested in the railroad yards here
as he was attempting to board a
freight for Cincinnati.
According to his story, he had serv-
ed with the army at the border, but
had been discharged from service for
drinking, and leaving camp. without
permission. He said that he had
come here from ST. Louis to work
and had received his transportati ton
to this city. with the understanding
that he was to work here, but that
after he had reached Richmond, he
decided not to stay, and determined
to 60 on to Virginia and get some
kind of government work there.
''Tramps now have a new way of
getting across the country Prose
cutor Allen said, as he presented the
case, nowadays when they want to
beat their way, they just collect trans
portation to place under the i'm
preston that they intend to work
there, but when they get to that place,
they collect more transportation to
go somewhere else"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
PLAN CAMPAIGN
FOR NEXT LOAN
DRIVE IN wayne
County Quota for Next Liber-
ty Loan May Be Set at ST.
100000.

Plans for the Wayne county cam
paign for the Fourth Liberty Loan
are now being made, the general or
ganization that was in charge during
the last campaign being continued.
Demas S. Coe is county chairman; E.
H. Harris. vice-chairman; E. NJ.
Campfield, city chairman; ]. H. John
son, vice-chairman for city; Charles
w. Jordan, chairman of the county
speakers bureau and Carl w. Ullman,
general publicity chairman. Mrs.
Charles Druitt will again be chairman
of the Women's County Organization
The announcement of township
chairman and members of the town
ship committees will be made as soon
as the reports are received by the
county officers.
Today at MUncie a meeting was held
at which members of the committees
from eight or ten counties in Eastern
Indiana were present. w. H. Wade,
federal director of sales for Indiana,
and other members of the state or
ganization were present and made ad-
dresses relative to the manner in
which the work will be carried out
in the approaching campaign, the
opening of which has been fixed for
September 2S.
Wayne county's quota has not been
determined officially and will not be
until the federal authorities fix the
quotas for all states. 1t will be ap-
proximately s2,00O,00o. however, or
double the previous quotas. The feel
ing exists that Wayne county will be
able to raise it's quota with no more
difficulty than in past Liberty Loan
campaigns, and the organization that
is being formed promises to be much
larger than was heretofore formed.
If the state organizations wishes
are followed, the canvass of the county
will be made in not more than three
days beginning ON September %, and
the Wayne county organization hopes
to see Wayne county one of the first
in the state to go over the top.
The first meeting of the county or
ganization will be held within the
next week, at which definite plans
will be arranged for the campaign
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
Ohio Banner w. S. s.
State with Sales for
Month S43,466, 900
(By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 90 - Ohio
New York and Illinois were the ban
ner states in sale of war savings
stamps in July, their sales amounting
respectively to s15.719,999, s12.342,0oC
and $12,274,00O Vermont. South Da
kota, Oregon and Kentucky led all
other states in per capita sales with
records of s4.72. s4.63, s37S ard SO 65
respectively. The report for New
York state did not include S1,15O,O0O
sales in New York City, which stood
at the bottom of the list in per capita
contributions with a record of seventy
cents for each inhabitant.
Ohio has sold S43.466,000 of war
savings stamps up to Aug. /, more
than any other state. PENNSYLVANIA
had sold S40,000,0O0 and Illinois 1884,
68S,000. The 100000 sales of war
savings and thrift stamps up to Aug 1
provided s5.43 approximately one saw
ings stamp for each man, woman and
child in the nation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
WATER POWER BILL
UP BEFORE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Aug 20.-The
house, taking up regular business to-
day, after the midsummer recess,
planned to take up the administration
water-power development bill with
prospects that the measure will be en-
acted before the end Of the week.
Regular sessions were begun by the
house Yesterday but the initial meet
ing was brief, adjournment being TAX
en- out of respect to the late Senator
Gallinger, of New Hampshire, who
died last week.
Consideration Of the water power
bill, however, may be interrupted by
the calling up of the agriculture ap-
preparation bill with its rider fixing a
maximum price for wheat at $40,
which caused President Wilson to We
to the bill last month.
The senate, through an agreement
reached yesterday, will resume it's
sessions Thursday, instead of Satur-
day as fixed in the recess resolution.
The man-power bill extending draft
age limits to IS and As years, which
has been reported by the senate mill
tary committee, will be taken up at
the Thursday session.
House leaders expect to receive the
$4,000, 100000 revenue bill from the
last of the week, but indications to-
day were that the water-power bill
and the man-power measure would be
disposed of before revenue legislation
is undertaken.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
u. S. Fighters Go Over Trench
After Trench, Driving Huns
Ahead; Writes Milton Soldier

1--WE din't wait for the Huns to come
after us, we went after them,' writes
William Moore, of Milton, son of Mrs.
Joe Clevenger, in a recent letter to his
mother.
Moore was with the American
troops in the recent action in France,
and writes vividly of his experiences
during the battle
Once we got going, nothing could
stop us" continues the soldier, some
of the Germans are running yet"
The letter follows:
We'll, l am just now returning
from the front after ten days of real
fighting No doubt you read about it
in the papers and it is but memory.
If not just send for the papers of
July II to 20 and you will get very
good idea of the way we pushed the
Huns back for miles.
Fought Stripped to the Waist.
To make things worse the heat was
intense. In fact l could stand the
German bullets more easily. Some Of
the boys fought stripped to the waist.
We used good old-fashioned American
methods: That is, we did not sit and
wait for them to come after us, but
over the top and across no-man's land
with machine guns, bayonets, hand
grenades, revolvers and cut our way
through barbed wire and over shell
holes, over trench after trench, driv-
ing every thing before us. Once we
got going, nothing seemed to be able
to step us.
Finishing the Job.
At this writing the boys who re-
lieved US are finishing the job Talk
about noise! You can only hear such
a roar over here during a great drive
I could keep on writing for week
and still not be able to tell all that
happened during my stay at the front
If the folks back home could only see
the way the boys drove the Huns back,
they sure would be proud they be-
long to the United States of America.
Germans Took to Heels.
Some of the Germans did not even
attempt to fight; as soon as they saw
US coming, they took it on the run
and some are running yet. Some were
asleep and we were on top of them
before they woke up. Still others
begged for mercy, but over here, it
is get him before he gets you. Their
dead and wounded lay every where
and we captured thousands. We came
out covered from head to foot with
mud, but feeling none the worse from
1T. Some of the boys were all decorat-
ed pith porpies which grow wild all
along the trenches and all went into
battle singing.
Praises Relief Work.
The Red Cross and Y. NJ. C. A.
surely are Going great work over here
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
GERMANS HURLED BACK over 15-M|LE front
900 900 Homeless Belgians
Are Being Cared For
by Foreign Countries
(By Associated Press.)

HAVRE, France, Aug. 20-In Eng
land, France, Holland and Switzerland
entirely cut off from home. resources
and associates are approximately 600,-
900 Belgian refugees. according to es-
Inmates made by Lieut.. Col Ernest P.
Bicknell, director general of civilian
relief for the American Red Cross.
In addition to the Belgian refugees
in foreign counties there are today
in the small corner of Belgium still un-
conquered approximately 10000 peo-
pie To remain in their homes they
are willing to live under conditions OF
extreme difficulty and In constant peril
from German guns and aviators
While the Belglans today are widely
scattered, il is estimated that at pres
ent, there are 10000 of them in Paris,
10000 in London and about 10000 in
Havre The Belgian government is
cooperating with the American Red
Cross in extending assistance in all
centres where the refugees have con-
gregated in any number.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
CLOSE WAR GARDEN
MARKET FOR YEAR

'The School Children's War Garden
Market has closed indefinitely l am
sorry to close the market, but do not
see that it is possible to run it sue
cessfully under the present arrange
ment,' stated Supervisor Murphy,
Tuesday morning. When asked what
would become of the surplus products
raised by the children. Murphy ans
wered that he supposed they would
have to go to waste.
Secretary Ullman of the Commerc-
1al club said, 1T is unfortunate that
Murphy has found it advisable to close
the school market. The members of
the club feel that both his garden and
market work have been excellent. We
believe, moreover, that next year his
malket worked on a different basis
will not be handicapped as it has been
this year, and we shall be anxious to
help him in every way possible"
A number of regular patrons of the
market expressed themselves as re-
GREETING that it must be discontinued
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
EXPECT RESUMPTION
OF AUSTRIAN DRIVE
by Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Aug 20. .-Resump.
tion of the Austrian offensive on the
Italian front is to be expected at any
time, according to the military critic
Of the Italian newspaper Creiere
D'Italia, says dispatch received here
from Rome. Undoubtedly, the Aus
trian high command now is actively
reorganizing the Austrian armies, the
military critic writes, and bases his
predictions on such recent events as
the closing of the Swiss frontier, the
visit of emperor Karl to the Trentlno,
and the conference at German military
headquarters.
Commenting on the meeting of the
German and Austrian emperors, the
Italian newspapers almost universally
agree that it must be taken as new
proof that the hope OF separating Aus
tria from Germany is "a mad delu-
sion.' The Idea Rationale says the
meeting of the emperors is in direct
consequence of the steps taken by the
allies in Russia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
RIOTS
IN RUSSIA
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON, Aug. 20.-Hundreds OF
persons were killed and wounded in a
veritable battle between the Lettish
guards and rioters during food disor-
ders in Petrograd, according to an Am
sterdam dispatch to the Exchange Tel
egraph company.
The dispatch. which quotes Petro-
grad advices by way of Berlin, say
that after the city had been without
food for two days, a procession OF
workmen marched through the streets
shouting Down with the Germans;
down with the Kremlin!" The battle
between the rioters and the Lettish
guards occurred before the Smolny
Institute. Martial law was proclaimed
in Petrograd the same evening.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20

All along the battle front you see them
risking their lives helping the boys.
All along the front, you see nothing
but ruins, shell holes and tired troops
coming and going in vast numbers,
airplanes flying and battling night and
day, and very little sleep for any one.
When we got relieved, we were all
given new clothes and a good hot bath
and today we are resting up and
ready to do it again. I'll have lots to
tell when l get home.
France in Ruins.
That part of France where the fight
ing is being done is nothing but ruins
Not single house remains, the rest
is very beautiful and the people think
whole lot Of us. Well make things
still hotter for the Kaiser, the longer
is last. Don't worry about me as |
consider my self better fighter than
a German any day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
". {. T. u. State Contention is
Not Called Off, Says Secretary

Denial was made today OF rumor
that the state convention OF the w. Z.
r u. had been called off. This rumor
has no foundation in fact. The State
organization is an incorporated body
with endowment funds. bank certifi-
Gates, and loans aggregating about
$4,000. These funds are managed by
nine trustees, three of whom are elect
ed in convention each year. The con-
vention could not be called off without
violating the articles of Incorporation
which will not be done. said Mary h.
Woodard, state corresponding secre-
'ary.
Preparations for the convention are
going steadily forward, and leaders ex
pect it to be the greatest convention
in our history. Membership Is scat
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20

tered all over the state of Indiana, and
they have been told of the attractions
of the Quaker City" and the hospi-
tality of its homes. The delegates will
come from some of the best homes of
the state.
The following are the names OF
those serving on the entertainment
committee: Mrs. Rebecca Davis, Mrs.
A. w. Roach. Mrs. w A Ellis, Mrs.
Sadie Chrisman, Mrs. Ethel Wicket
Mrs. Elva Brown, Mrs. ]. s. Hill, Mrs.
K. E. Davis, Mrs. Rev. Dressed, Mrs.
H. S. James, Mrs. NJ. A. McCurdy,
Mrs. Rosa Coins, Miss Mary E. Wood
ard.
1t is the duty of this committee to
secure lodging and breakfast for the
delegates in the homes of the city, and
the cordial cooper alton of ali is asked.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
U. S. STEAMSHIP
SINKS U-b0AT
fBy Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2O-The navy
department announced today that the
captain of an American steamer had
reported tht his vessel rammed and
probably sank a submarine about 8: 80
p. m, on Aug. II, near Winter Quar-
ter shoals off the northern Virginia
coast. The captain stated the submar-
inc was struck on her port bow bring
ing her alongside
The submarine crew hailed in strong
German accent. saying they were
friends; the captain said that he re-
piled they were no friends of his He
kept on his course. he said. The
steamer is now in port with a badly
damaged bow and a quantity of water
in her hold. The captain thinks he
sank the submarine
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
275 NAMED IN
U. S. CASUALTIES

The list of American casualties, is
sued in two section Tuesday, show:
Killed in action, 147; died of disease,
Z: wounded severely, 109; wounded,
degree undetermined, 4; prisoner, 1 );
missing in action, 2; died of wounds,
/; died of accident and other causes,
4. Total, 275.
Indiana men named are: Cecil Glib
erson, Indianapolis; Harold, c. Good
rich, Crown Point, and Charles Bocco,
Gary, killed in action; William R.
Harley, indianapolis. missing; Edward
Wildey, Earl Park, wounded severely.
Ohio men listed are: Dean F. Fry,
Miamisburs, died of disease; Steve
Daskalos, Akron, and Dillis A. Lin
come, GAINESVILLE, wounded.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
High Cost of Sha0ing
Promises to Be One
Big Wartime Problem
(By Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, Aug. 20-One dollar for
a hair cut and fifty cents for shave
will be the standard price if BARRIERS
accept the suggestion Of the Barber
Supply Dealers Association, nation
al organization, which is holding its
annual meeting here. A statement
made public today in relation to the
suggested advance in rates said:
Hair cutting has always been done
at too cheap a price and most of our
people feel that THIS is one branch of
the work that should be paid for at
a decent, respectable rate"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
FRANK TOMLINSON
DIES AT DANV!LLE

Word has been received here of the
death of Frank Tomlinson of Danville,
Illinois, who was a resident of this
city for many years. He has been con
fired to his home for a few weeks but
his death was unexpected and was
due to heart trouble and dropsy. Be-
sides the widow he is survived by one
son, Maurice Tomlinson. of Danville.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day afternoon at Plainfield, Indiana.
Burial will also be in that city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
ASK REHEARINC OF
SUIT TESTING STATE
PROHIBITION LAW
(Bv ssociated PressJ

INDIANAPOLIS. Aug 20-A petit
tion for rehearing of the case in
which the state supreme court held
the prohibition law to be valid was
filed today by the F. w. Cook Brew
ing company which was the appellee
IN the original suit. The petition is
IN the case in which the brewing com
pany obtained an injunction against
police officials at Evansville to pre-
vent them from enforcing the law.
and which decision of the lower court
was reversed by the supreme court
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
Leaves From, German
Front Reduced One-Hali

LONDON, Aug. 2o.-It is believed in
Cologne that the Germans are weaker
on the western front than even the
allies claim, says the Daily Mails cor
respondent at The Hague. He does
not vouch for other sections of Ger
many. but gives this resume of condi-
tions in the Cologne district:
"All leaves from the front have
reduced one half
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
DANES TO SEND MISSION

COPENHAGEN. Aug. 20.-Denmark
is soon to send a naval mission to
the United States. According to the
Politiken The Mission will include
Prince Axtel, captain in the navy
and a cousin of King George of Eng
land. The mission will pay most at
tention to aviation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
Frightfulness; u. S.
Soldiers Are Using
Buckshot, Cry Huns
fBy Associated Press)

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 90. - German
war correspondents report TO the
newspapers, that they inspected guns
taken from the nth American regi-
ment and found them to be shotguns,
each carrying five cartridges loaded
with buckshot. They declare that the
use of such guns is contrary to tho
Geneva convention.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
Nay Associated Pzesal

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug 2O.-A
400-foot enemy submarine was sunk
off the Atlantic coast by the gun crew
of British tanker, according to an Of
ficer of the tanker. The tale of the
battle between the tanker and U-boats
was told today by John Crosby. chief
mate of the former, from his bed in a
hospital where he is being treated for
shock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
DISTURBANCES IN
JAPAN SUBSIDING
(By Associated Press.)

TOXIC, Aug. 20.-The disturbances
over the high price of rice are report
ed to be subsiding except in northern
Japan. where apparently they are
spreading Mobs have burned several
houses at Sendai. The rice exchange
announces that thirty houses were
burned In the Tsurliye prefecture last
Thursday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
The Weather

For Indiana by the United States
Weather Eureau-Fair tonight and
Wednesday. Slightly warmer tonight
in north and central portions
Today's Temperature.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20
ALLIED ATTACKS
PREVENT ENEMY
FROM STRIKING
Germans Have Been Forced
to Give up Territory and
Maintain Strong Reserves.
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Aug 20.-The situation
on the main fighting front in France
is summed up by the Reuter- cores
pondent with the French armies as
follows:
"We have arrived at the stage in
this battle corresponding to that which
Germany reached at the end of March
and early in June after long, bloody
and exhausting advances on the heels
OF inferior opposing numbers. We
counted firmly on the arrival of the
moment when the reserves would be
able to check the German advance and
prepare the flank attacks which have
by their success restored the initiative
to us.
THE enemy in turn, Is using that
weapon against us, His reserves are
not yet exhausted and, however, he
my grudge the necessity of having to
waste them in a defensive battle
which in the end can only be a pre-
80 fresh divisions as we'll as 100000
youths of the class of 1920. Our sue
cesses must be carefully planned and
manfully won"
PREVENT HE-GROUPlNG.
PARIS, Aug. 20.-Apart from the
tactical results obtained, the objects
of which will be seen more clearly in
the near future, the allied attacks be-
tween the Somme and the Aisne in the
last two days, modestly called local
line Strengthening operations in the
war office communiques, have the i'm
portant effect of keeping the enemy
on the alert and preventing him from
preparing a counter offensive
The attacks have made it impossi-
Bile for General Ludendorff to re-group
his troops. They have obliged him to
maintain more than 140 divisions in
the first line which have to be re-
lieved constantly. At several points,
it has been necessary for him to in
crease the density of the first line
The army of General Won Eben, which
holds the line from Carlepont to
Missy-sur-Aisne, had only ten divi-
sfons in the first line on August IS
The recent French operations on that
front, it is believed here, will make it
necessary for General Boehn to send
reinforcements
Military observers in their comment
today, lay stress on the importance of
the operations carried out Monday
east and west Of the Disc. They be-
lieve that Lassigny is about to fall
and the Echo De Paris considers that
the town virtually is in the power of
the French
L'Homme Libre says that notwith-
standing the stubborn German resist
ance the enemy is being forced to
give up territory and declares that be-
fore the operations are completed, the
Germans will be compelled to make
another retreat. The paper says that
the enemy probably will qualify such
movement as wise or strategic from
his point of view
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-20

Do 1t Now
Do 1t Literally
Do 1t Cheerfully