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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27

Thrift Stamp buying in Richmond is
becoming a habit.
Six weeks ago Thrift Stamps were
not a popular buy" in Richmond; to-
day they are the most coveted form OF
investment on the market.
Six weeks of education, first among
the school children, and then all along
the line of commercial endeavor, has
dicted. No other nation in the world
ever gave it's citizens, rich and poor
alike. the chance to buy such gov
ernment security-one that combines
absolute safety with high returns.
Joseph II. Hill, Wayne Township
chairman, who has put into the field
most effective organization for gath
ering the first poll of the city and
township outside the corporate limits,
it so optimistic that he believes the
quota of 100000 will be exceeded be-
fore the end of March.
... All Banks Have EN-.
All of the banks now have Thrift
Stamps for all persons desiring to pur-
chase them; the postoffice is the cen
trail agency and the committee is pre-
pairing to have stamps on sale at most
stores, those in the business district
as we'll in the outlying parts of the
city.
A prominent farmer living north OF
Richmond today purchased from one
of the banks, $4,000 worth Of war saw
ings stamps, $500 each for four mem
bers of his family.
They cost him just S413 for each
$500 worth, the difference between the
purchase price and the maturity value
representing his net profit.
In addition to the attractiveness of
the investment, the stamps are not
taxable and the profit is net. The
same result comes to the purchaser Of
war stamps in any sum, and a IS in
vestment is exactly as good in proper
tion as $500. The government prohib-
it's any one person owning more than
81, 900 worth of stamps. This restric-
tion is made in order that such good
thing may be widely distributed among
the people.
To Find Out "SIackers"
Wayne County Chairman Joseph II
Mills Wednesday morning told high
school pupils the main purpose OF
the thrift stamp poll is to find out
how many 'slackers' there are in
Wayne county. A record will be made
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27

chilled and alienated by the disclos-
ures of the real Germany in her deal
ings with Russia"
I'VE see every one of the four prin-
ciples defined by President Wilson TO
which the German chancellor does lip
service" the Westminster Gazette con-
tinues, being trampled undTfoot.
The Globe SAYS: Won Hertlings
present duty is to supply the camou-
flage behind which the real sovereign
power of Germany, the great general
staff, carries on its operations.
How About Russia?
1T is Won Hertling's business to en-
tangle some, or all, of the allies In
negotiations, as Won Kuehlmann (the
German foreign secretary entangied
the deluded Russians, and then Won
Hindenburg and Ludendorff, the real
sovereign power viii settle the terms
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
THRIFT STAMP BUYING IS
GETTING TO Be HABIT HERE

of every man, woman and child and
their ability to buy stamps"
The registration started in several
townships Wednesday.
Jefferson townships poll showed a
total of 1921 persons. This township
is allotted $4,000.
There will be three kinds of agen-
cies in Richmond. First class stations
must purchase one thousand dollars
worth of bonds outright; second class
purchase any amount of stamps, Civ
ing collateral security in United States
Government bonds or other govern
ment security. There will be num-
Der of sale stations where any amount
of stamps may be purchased.
After Thursday the stamps will cost
s4.14 as the price raises one cent each
month. February reports close Thurs
day evening.
To Put Posters in Homes
Small posters similar to the ones
used in the Red Cross membership
campaign drive will be placed in the
homes where every member owns
Thrift or War-saving stamp.
"In ten days time we have sold
$4,000 worth of stamps at the Rich
mond Casket company. | am anxious
for every Richmond manufacturer to
establish an agency" Mills said We'd
nesday.
Eighteen thousand dollars worth OF
stamps we're sold Tuesday at the Rich
mond post office.
Wayne township must sell $500, 900
worth of stamps this year, concluded
Chairman Mills.
The High school has established an
agency.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27

and policy on the admirable principles
of Brest-Litovsk.'
The Evening Standard, in an edi-
torial treats the chancellor's address
as follows:
when the German chancellor speaks
peace. we know what kind OF peace
he means We have seen specimen
of it in the case of unhappy Russia.
This newspaper then parallels ex-
erpts from Won Hertling's speech and
the report of Samuel Gompers, presl-
dent of the American Federation OF
Labor, on the attitude of the Amer1-
can working men as regards con-
ference with German labor, and adds:
This clear vision of the American
people. labor included, sees that the
only effect of a conference with the
German people in their present mood
will be weakening OF our moral
case, the enfeeblemcnt of the national
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27

the entente and not German is the
real obstacle to peace because the
allies have not jointly formulated war
aims, says in effect that no hope can
be drawn from the chancellor's speech.
MONUMENT OF HYPocRIcY
PARIS, Tuesday, Feb. 26. - The
French press generally considers
Chancellor Won Hertling's speech as
simply continuation of Germany's ef-
forts to create differences between the
allies.
''von Hertling talks hypocritically
about peace" says the Petit Journal.
1.-The speech is monument OF
hypocricy," La Liberte exclaimed.
The consensus of opinion in official
and diplomatic circles. concerning
Count Won Hertling's speech is that 1t
is war speech" not a peace
speech
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
DRAFT APPEAL
IS PREPARED

The army board clerical staff wed
nesday was preparing the appeals to
he made by the board and appeal
apsnt to President Wilson in behalf
Of the forty recently married men who
were placed in Glass One by the dis
trict board.
The appeal, which must be accom-
panied by an affidavit OF the, regis
trant. will be sent out soon. 1t will be
signed in each case by Chairman Carr
Clerk Kelly, DR.. F. W. Kruger and
Appeal Agent Foulke.
Following is copy of the letter OF
the board which will accompany each
appeal:
Richmond, Indiana
His Excellency, the President,
Washington, D. c.
Honorable Sir: The undersigned
members of local board No. OF Wayne
County. Indiana, and the Government
AppeaI Agent of said board, hereby
certify that, in their opinion, this
case is one of great and unusual
hardship, in this. to-wit:
That this man who has contracted
marriage in good faith, not hastily
but in pursuance Of a long previous
ENGAGEMENT, and not with the prim
ary view of evading military service
will be forced to leave a dependent
wife without support If inducted into
the military service, and we, there
fore, recommend a reconsideration o.
this case, and the said Local Board re
quests the Government Appeal Agen
to join in this certificate and recon
mend such reconsideration.
We call attention to the fact tina
out of over fifty 500 cases OF de
ferred classifieations by this Loca
Board. every case was reversed OF
appeal, apparently without regard tt
the affidavits and other testlmon!
showing the good faith of the mar
riage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27

LONDON. Feb 26-The newspapers
see little hope for peace In the speech
of Count Won Hertling, the imperial
German chancellor.
with what face. one wonders, can
Count Hertling, who is old and religi-
Gus, get up in the Reichstag and de-
clare that his heart bleeds for human
ity AMI profess his sympathy with
President Wilson's appeal for justice,
forbearance and respect for national
rights at the very time when he is
publicly engaged in one of the most
cynical and callous transactions known
to history" says the Westminster
Gazette.
This newspaper gays it is obliged
TO say to Won Hertling quite frankly
that the mind of peace among the
western nations-"'rhe mind which
. seeks peace on an abiding and honor
able conditior-is every day being
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
Appoints Committee
for Liberty Drive

Wayne county's third Liberty loan
drive will start April s. Chairman
Seeker expects to have everything in
readiness so the drive will start with
vim.
Members of the executive commit
tee are Demas S. Coe. Lawrence nan
dley. Edward H. Harris, J. p. Hansei,
.Ir., aud Mrs. Charles Druitt. EdWaro
Fl. Harris was made city chairman
Wednesday by chairman Seeker. De
mas S. Coe is chairman of the pubic
ity committee.
Chairman Seeker, Edward H. Har'
ris and Demas Coe will go to Chicago
March s to attend a conference OF LID
erty loan officials from Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan and Illinois. The meeting
is called by the federal reserve bank
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
Speech of German Chancellor Hypocrisy Says Foreign Pe

A high official of the foreign office
informs The Associated Press, that
the aims of Won Hertling's Grafton
were three fold.
First, he desired to create division
between the allies, especially between
the Anglo-Saxon group and the Latin
group. Second. he wanted to stimu-
late peace talk In allied and neutral
countries in an effort to bring about
another "Brest-Litovsk." Third, the
chancellor's manoeuver was expected
to impress public opinion in Germany
and abroad that military officials do
not rule in Germany, but that the
diplomats and politicians have the up
per hand.
Failed to Understand
Count Won Hertling has failed to
understand President Wilson's speech
es," this official said. He has inter-
[continued On Page Ten.I
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
High Cost of House Cleaning May Put Damper on
Spring Drive on Dirt by Tidy Richmond Housewives

same increase in price. Ammonia is
one of the constituents of the average
cleaning powder. and ammonia also is
needed "over there" The small box
of powder that used to cost cents,
now requires cents more.
Practically everything used by the
housewife in keeping her home clean
has risen in price. Some Of the wom-
en-, who are trying to DO their bit are
worried about it. They are willing to
win the war in the kitchen, but they
do not see, under the circumstances,
how the kitchen is which the war will
be won, is going to be as clean as it
should be.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
Rain AND COLDER
WEATHER IS COMING

Richmond's brief spell Of pleasant
weather is due to be at an end We'd
nesday night or Thursday. says Wealth
erman Moore.
Moore predicts rain Wednesday
night and drop in the temperature
Thursday.
This change will be due to a storm
which is passing over the Middle
West from Canada TO the southern
states. The storm Of Monday has
reached the Atlantic. 1t caused gales
OF from SO to 20 miles an hour on the
seaboard.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27

For Wayne County by w. e. Moore
Increasing cloudiness. Rain tonight
or Thursday. Colder Thursday or
Thursday night.
General Conditions The great
storm of Monday has passed over the
Atlantic and has caused gales from 60
to 70 miles an hour over eastern states.
Another storm has made its appear
auce over the middle west and ex.
tends from Canada to the southern
states moving eastward and will prob
ably cause unsettled weather with
rain by Thursday at the latest and
may arrive tonight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
BEGIN CAMPAIGN
FOR SOLDIER FUND

A campaign has been started by the
Travellers Protective association, Post
c. to raise funds for candy and tobac-
CO for the Indiana n mbers, and sons
of Indiana members, who are in the
trenches in France.
The movement was first taken up
by the indianapolis division Post B
anad was called to the attention of the
Richmond post at it's regular meeting.
The response was so enthusiastic that
a committee was appointed to solicit
members.
President Highley appointed the
following committee: John Zwissler,
A. H. Rice, r. o. Allen, o. D. Butler
dick, o. H. Little and ]. ]. Harrington,
Jr
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27

used to win the war, no one seems to
know. But the price is rapidly as
cending, just the same. A broom is
not the ordinary implement of the
house it once was. 1t has value, and
is treated with care accordingly.
So also the unaesthetic mop. Last
year a mop sold for so cents. Now it
costs IS cents. The high cost of cot
ton has done this, the grocers say.
Soap has risen from cents to Z
cents a bar. Animal fat is used in
making soap, and animal fat is much
in demand for the soldiers in France,
so soap costs more than it did before
the war.
Cleaning powders have shown the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
AMERICA TO
Be LEADING
SEA POWER
AFTER WAR
Wilfred Jessup, Richmond
Attorney in Fleet Corpora
tion Work, Sees Return to
Former Maritime Glory.
IS ON BRIEF LEAVE

The United States will be the lead
ing maritime nation after the war, ac-
cording to Wilfred Jessup, Richmond
attorney, who is in the legal depart
ment of the Emergency Fleet corpora
ton. Jessup arrived in the city Tues
day evening from Washington and
will remain until Sunday.
with the exception of the possible
taking over of the railroads" said
Jessup, 1.-The present shipbuilding pro-
gram is the greatest business enter
prise the United States ever has un-
stimulus to industry after the war.
The national help given the shipping
Industry will give us the place among
| believe there will be a million more
men employed on board ship when
the war is over"
Work at Fever Heat.
The men in charge of the shipbuild-
ing program have shown wonderful ef-
ficiency. Jessup said Wednesday. The
extraordinary weather of the past win
ter and the fact that practically every
wooden shipyard in the United States
had fallen to ruin, caused necessary
delay in getting the work started. but
they are now working at fever heat,
he states. and there will be no COM
plant concerning the carrying out of
the program.
I'VE can't get timber from the west
to the eastern coast in a single night
he pointed out, land there have been
unavoidable delays. There has been
some criticism but | think it came
chiefly from people whose intentions
were good, and who were anxious to
see the thing through as quickly as
possible. And there were some who
criticized from pure ignorance.
In Charge Of Labor.
Jessup has been placed in charge of
the machinery and means of keeping
in touch with every man of draft age
who is employed in shipbuilding work.
Men who have been given deferred
classification in the draft in order that
they might go into the shipyards, and
the men in the national army who are
discharged in order that they may
engage in shipbuilding are under the
direct supervision of the department.
Monthly reports from over 800 cor
porations who are engaged in work
for the shipbuilding program, are re-
quired, and close contact is maintain
ed with every draft board over the
United States.
II is the plan of the corporation to
maintain staple labor conditions, and
for that reason the men who are dis.
charged. or leave the work voluntar.
lily. are not re-employed for a period
OF thirty days. The local boards are
notified that he is no more under the
deferred call, and he may be called
into military service before he can
be re-employed in the shipyards.
There are 10000 men of draft age
engaged in the government shipyards
according to Jessup. and before the
summer is over. the number probably
will be doubled. Little difficulty is
experienced in obtaining men, he
states, as the pay and labor condi
tions are attractive to men who have
been called into service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
Announcing Uncle Sans Special Service
for Home Gardeners and Gamers

YOUR garden during the coming
official
specialists of the United
will brief yet
child enjoy and to
experienced gardeners these
make the of their home food plots They viii M
successive and obtain maximum Yields
drying by Uncle Sans home food pre-
will published.
in
thoroughly reliable
Richmond
vicinity.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
BY MARY HENkE

Richmond housewives may be COM
PEELED to give up their spring house
cleaning this year, if the high cost or
keeping clean continues to mount.
Every article used in the upkeep OF
domestic cleanliness has risen in
price, ION account Of the war"
Brooms last year cost so cents. Sew
eral years ago you could buy the same
kind of broom for 35 cents. This year
the average broom sells for $I25.
According to grocers the high cost
of brooms is due to the fact that the
demand greatly exceeds the supply of
broom corn.
Whether or not broom corn is being
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
Private is Stabbed to
Death by a Corporal

HATTIESBURG. Miss, Feb. 81
Private Julius Vancamp, of Mish-
awaka. Ind. died at the base hospital
Sunday night from bayonet wounds
said to have been inflicted by cor
poral because Vancamp refused to do
evtra duty. Ordered by officers to
make the men work the corporal
prodded Vancamp with his bayonet.
The private resented that and turned
upon the corporal who is said to have
then stabbed him with the bayonet.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
200 Pounds of Twine
are Lost IN Fire

Twenty-Five hundred pounds of bind
er twine were destroyed by fire of un-
known origin Tuesday morning on the
second floor of the Irwin Reed hard
ware company.
Very little damage was done to the
building, the fire department arriving
in time. The loss in twine is estmat-
ed by the Irwin Reed company at $3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
Addie Gray Charges
Husband Deserted Her

Abandonment is charged i'll the suit
for divorce filed in circuit court by
Addie Gray against Frank II. Gray.
They married April 2S, 1913, and the
complaint alleges that Gray deserted
his wife the following January. The
plaintiff asks the restoration OF her
maiden name, Addie b. Mason.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
Aerial Mail Service
Will Begin April IS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Airplane
mail service between New York and
Washington will be in daily operation
beginning April Is, the postoffice de-
partment announced today. Eight ma
chimes will be furnished by the war
department.
BY arrangement between Postmas-
ter General Burleson and Secretary
Baker the aerial postal service will
be conducted for one year as part OF
the aviation training system of the
army. The machines will be piloted
by army flyers. 4
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
FRuSTRATE PLOT
TO BOMB PLANT

NEWBURGH, N. Y, Feb. 27.-An at
tempt to blow up machinery in the
plant of the Newburgh ship yards COM
pany here today was frustrated but on
ly after guard had picked up a bomb
and hurled it out of danger. 1t ex-
ploded and did some damage but not
enough to delay work at the plant
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
John Kelsey Promises
to Support Family

John Kelsey of Cambridge City. who
has been in the county Jail for failure
to support his wife and children, was
released on bond Wednesday on con-
dition that he return to his home and
take care of his family.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
THE WEATHER

For Indiana by the United States
Weather 6ureau--Frobably rain late
tonight and on Thursday Colder
Thursday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
Yesterday

Today's Temperature
New-York tribune., 1918-12-19
The Teacher Famine

Announcement is made by the United
States Bureau of Education that thou
sands of schools across the country are
closed for lack of teachers. The bureau
sends an O call to every person,
man OF woman, married or single, old
or young, who is qualified to teach, to
register in the newly established teach
ers' employment bureau. A mistaken
report has run across the land that New
York City shared in this famine of
teachers.
In fact, despite the military drafting
of number Of the ridiculously small
corps of New York City's men teachers,
no class has been left without dominic.
During the year 1872 teachers have
started work, and still 440 remain on the
eligible lists seeking employment
A glance at the analysis of salaries
paid to teachers in crossroads schools,
in villages and in small towns explains
the dearth. With remuneration running
down to $3.50 year and ranging, in the
majority of cases, not higher than $500
year, no wonder the school dame,
denied permanent tenure and with no
prospect of pension, packed her scanty
bag and f1uttered off to munition works
and government bureaus. But New
York's minimum of $500 year (includ-
ing the war-prices bonus), with life
long employment, automatic salary in
crease each year and generous pen
sion, was rewarded under stress by the
continued service Of its teachers.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-19
Hostile From the Start

When / rose TO speak | made it plain
that I attended the conference solely in
the interest Of good relations between the
United States and Great Britain, on which
good relations obviously depends the peace
of the world {and, incidentally, the happi
ness of every country great and smalD.
From that first sentence or two it
clear to me, rs one who is fairly ac~
customed to audiences of every kind, that
the meeting was hostile Whatever was
its object, Anglo American cooperation
was certainly not intended, and | had not
been speaking three minutes. in a
rer not generally regarded provocative,
before low Kisses arose against the coun-
try where my people, father and son, are
known to have lived for 500 years, and, so
far as we have record, without receiving
one privileges OF any kind from the state.
This little incident has Importance
which is worth examining. What was the
object of that conference? The plan was
TO send through to President Wilson Il
cablegram asking him to bring before the
peace table at Versailles the cases of Ire
New-York tribune., 1918-12-19
Self-Sacrifcing ideolisn1

am a Home Ru.er. | am always ready
to admit that my country, ike all coun-
tries, makes its full share of mistakes.
There is d general belief that English
men like myself are more or less devoid
either OF tact or of humor. But the is
sue to-day goes far deeper than likes anu
dislikeg. If we English were a hundred
times worse than we are sometimes be
leved to be, it would still be the duty-sc
I respectfully submit-even of those who
are most embittered against US, TO con
slider what calamities they will bring upon
others if they stir up malice and passion.
Many of these people are well meaning;
they listen to some Indian enthusiast CT
some Egyptian exile or some Irish eS
tremist They then imagine that they have
heard the whole of the story.
The influence of the EngIishman should
suggest even to his critics that. accord ne
to those who have actually come into con
tact with him he has at least some virtue
He is not theorist, but ne has -onsid
cradle experience in practical affairs. ano
if that experience can be welded to the
noble and self-sacrifcing idealism Of the
American people new era of hope vii.
dawn for the world.