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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24
CAMPBELLSTOWN. O.

Helen Hart visited her cousin, Paul
Inc Erwin, the past week. Harmon
Wiley and wife moved into the Thomp-
son property Monday !. Charles Ar
macost and wife visited her brother.
William Armacost and family at Day
ton Sunday. Miss Helen returned
with them for a short visit. Heber
OHara OF Oxford, visited home folks
from Friday to Monday. :. Mrs Ruth
Churchill and daughter OF Richmond,
are visiting her sister, Mrs. Will Gaar
and Mrs. Stanley Hart Mrs. Flos-
sic Swisher and Mrs. Otia Swisher are
attending Chautauqua at Eaton.
George Baker and family visited Ell
mer Mckee and family at Richmond
Sunday. Miss Edna Johns was shop
ping in Richmond Monday afternoon.
-. Miss Betty Jones of Chicago Is
visiting Mrs. Sarah Gard. Miss Mary
Rinehart has been employed as En-
glish teacher in the high school at
this place. John O'Hara and fam
lily spent Sunday in Eaton with her
parents, P. c. Flora and wife. KEN
meth Harris apd family Lee Flora and
wife and Miss Nettie Chase were at
ternon callers. Miss Mae Erwin spent
Saturday and Sunday with her parents.
-. Rev. Masterson and family, Harry
Fultz and family spent Sunday with
Homer Hart and family. :. !. Don't for
get Grange this coming Thursday
night. Fred Burg of Dayton, is Wis
iting his grand parents, John Burke
and family. w. w. Campbell and
wife were Eaton visitors Thursday.
Walter Lincoln, Clarence Thompson
and sister visited Camp Sherman Sun
day. DR. C. B. O'Hara of New Hope,
had a new closed top put on his Ford.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24
MEMDER OF THE AsSOCIATED Pr
How Berlin Takes it

Readers Of the official statements issued by
the belligerents must have been amused Monday
when they read the Berlin version of the retreat
from the Marine.
'The French subject people," the report sets
out "Algerians, Tunisians, Moroccans and Sene-
galese, were in the thick of the fighting and bore
the main burden of the struggle in
GLIDING black Americans, and Englishmen and
Italians fought between the French"
A good many irritating substances have got
ten under the hide Of the Most High recently.
Seemingly it peeved him immensely that French
colonials and negro troops from America were
able to maui and pound his Bavarians, Prussians
Saxons and Hanoverians.
The Allies haven't complained because the
Most High used troops from the German pro-
vinces, principalities and kingdoms. When they
were driven back, they took their medicine stole
ally. The fighting ability Of the American negro
and of the colored colonials of France was reve.
lation to the Berlin high command.
The colored troopers of the United States
have shown their prowess and capacity for look
ing after themselves in a fight long before this
American generals knew that they would give
Fritz surprise and beating at the same time
Evidently they succeeded to marked degree.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24
On@eSPUr;
aMeN1OI6Qnt

The new work-or.fight order has
caused some remarkable changes in
New York LIE. For the first time in
its history. there are girl mail clerks
at the Lambs club. Other girls have
been placed in charge OF the telephone
switchboard in place of men. When
women are permitted to handle the
mail and listen to the telephone calls
of actors, no one can doubt that grim
war has us in its grasp.
King George has been learning to
eat buckwheat cakes, and anybody
who is willing to eat buckwheat cakes
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24

tended the knitting and card party at
Richmond Thursday. They were Mrs.
C. N Tettor, Mrs. Charles Working,
Mrs. Jacob Hutchison, Mrs. John
Teetor and Mrs. Jones. On Thurs.
day evening Captain and Mrs. ]. B.
Williams were pleasantly surprised by
a few comrades who called and spent
the evening with them in their home
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24
Masonic Calendar

Wednesday, July 24.-Webb Lodge,
No. "a, F. and A. M. Called meeting;
work in Entered Apprentice degree.
Friday, July 26.-King Solomon s
Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. Called meet
ing; work in Mark Master degree
Friday, July 26.-Loyal Chapter No.
40, o. E. S. Will give picnic at Glen
Miller park. Friday afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24
War Hints-War Helps-War Duties

Compiled condensed for the Indiana State Council
of Defense by George Ade)
All of the tides have turned. The Germans
have begun to move in the right direction. The
U-boat peril is on the wane. The production OF
ships and airplanes and big guns is gathering
speed after period of uncertainty. It is in the
air that our people have come to bat for the de-
cisive inning and that we are going to win. But
it is no time for sitting back and taking things
easy. Put increased vigor into all war work and
don't waste valuable time discussing compromise
peace terms.
The National and State Councils of Defense
favor community singing. Each town should
have trained Liberty Chorus to sing the songs
of our country and our allies at public assem-
blages. Possibly state director will be selected
to encourage and advise the community organiza-
lions.
The "Chain letter" plan for supplying funds
to hospitals abroad or supporting other remote
benevolent activities is not approved by the State
Council of Defense.
American women writing to their soldier rea-
tives in France are requested by the Council OF
National Defense to make their letters bright and
newsy and cheerful and, for goodness sake, re-
frain from expression of anxiety and grief. If
the boy in France is getting along all right don't
throw him into fit of worry by writing him a
blue and respondent letter. Tell the soldiers
what the folks at home are doing to keep up their
end of the war.
The Food Administrator says to save sugar
now or go without it later. Also that honey and
syrups instead of sugar will make victory just
as sweet and bring it much sooner.
State Liberty Loan officials say that Indiana
has met all of the financial demands made upon
her since the war began and still has more money
in the pockets of her people than she had before
the war started. The Hoosiers are going to sup
port their country with open-handed generosity.
no matter how long the war lasts, and they are
not going to worry about bankruptcy themselves.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24

IN July must be an almighty good
friend to America
Just been looking over the garden
and find that our sweet corn is no
smaller than it was three weeks ago.
In our garden experience, this seems
almost like progress.
In film the other day-a western
film-one man shot another man and
then rushed to the other mans wife
and said (subtitle): II have just kill
ed your husband. Can you forgive me?
am so sorry" The lady puckered up
her mouth, pulled down the corners of
her eyes, and then a tear about the
size Of walnut rolled down her nose.
Then she said (subtitle) Yes, oh,
yes. it was fate!" Then she collapsed
In the murderers arms. The husband
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24

in its new location on Plum street.
Their guests were Joseph Benbow.
Michael Commit and Frederick Stoltz.
Captain Williams is 81 years old and
saw service in two wars.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24

The man who treats money as a
Joke, will some day discover he has
nothing to joke bout.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24

must have been some old boy around
the house.
The Germans are forced to wear pa.
per underclothing and eat mullen leaf
soup.
Well, this is their war.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24

in July must be an almighty good
friend to America.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-24

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
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 TURE1ESTAN

Maynard Owen Williams, in the Chris-
 tian Herald
 Turkestan is monotonous land of desert dust and drearines. Yet it is traversed by six large rivers and in many places irrigation has made it a fertile land. Its inhabitants insist that in spring there are green spots here and rain to give an annual housecleaning to the dusty trees and shrubs. Turkestan,
 including the Khanate of Khiva and the Emirate of Bokhara, is three times as big as Texas, yet it is almost lost in the Russian domain. It has as many peo- pie as New York and Massachusetts com bined and there are as few Russians there as there are native born Americans in Manhattan. It's two largest rivers keep a small sea about the size of Yer mont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts from diving up into salt pile.
 The first point of interest along the line is the Akhal oasis, which can easily be distinguished in spring but resembles the desert in the late fall and winter It is the largest oasis in Turkestan, 16o miles long and about 10 miles wide. Here dwell the Tlxke Turkomans, huge, fine-lookng men, who wear sheepskin hats foot high. Many of them are more than six feet tall and one of them looking at the professor who is six feet l five, had to admit that his great sky scraper hat was all that saved him. The Turkomans owe as much of their | charm to their fantastic head gear as does Gaby Deslys. When they remove them and reveal the shaved heads and 1 embroidered skullcaps underneath, they ] seem commonplace Yet there are many 1 of the older men whose majesty of bear- | ing is not a matter of costume alone. Their red cotton gowns or khalats give
 them a princely statelness which the trousered Russian with his shirt Hopping l lacks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16

where it belongs. His latest move
 would also indicate that he wishes to Iforestall the Senate investigation and
 place full responsibility on the At
 torney Generals office, making the
 probe strictly an administration af- fair without the interference of Con- gress. He stated in letter to Sena- tor Martin, democratic leader, that he would consider the passage of the pending resolution authorizing an in- vestigation by the Senate military committee of aviation and other war activities as showing a lack of con- fidence in the administration and an attempt by Congress to assume direc- tion of the war.
 It is small wonder that the capital is buzzing. The President and the mal- contents in Congress have reached a serious impasse. It remains to be seen what effect the appointment of Mir. Hughes will have. He is eminently fitted for the task he is called on to It was his success in the New York insurance investigations that first made him a national figure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
From the Forum.

From the Forum
 SN ID you ever stand perfectly still, II rigid, at military attention, for a ~ minute? Five minutes? Half an hour? Try it. and perhaps you will get rigidly at "attention" for 36 hours!
 That was one German method of break ing strike of war prisoners in the Westphalia coal mines. Private Jack Evans of the Fourth Canadian mounted rifles tells. in the May Forum, in his story of his Is months torture in this prison and his fourth and successful att tempt to escape. how the officers on guard broke their strike.
 Some of us,' he says, were selected for the mine and some were told off for coke making, which, as we soon learned, was sheer unadulterated he'll I was se- lected for the coke mine and put in three days at it-three days of smarting .eyes and burning lungs, of aching and weary muscles. Then my chun, Billy Flanagan. was buried under an avalanche of falling coal and killed There were no safeguards in the mine and the same accident might occur again at any time. So we struck.
 The officers took it as matter of course.~ We were lined up and ordered | to stand at attention No food was served, not even glass of water was allowed us. We stood there for 36 hours. Man after man tainted from sheer ex- | haustion When one of us dropped he
 was dragged out of the ranks to a cor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
BIRMINGHAM ASKS RECOGNITION

I Belt, and the Piedmont regions in east ern and northern Alabama. With branch banks in New Orleans and Birmingham. and the parent in Atlanta, the require ments of the Sixth district could be am- ply supplied.
 No group of banks with like deposits or assets has accounted for a larger list of Liberty Bonds, certificates, Red Cross and other government activities than that of Birmingham, said Mr. Wells, and that, too, without any government favors in the Birmingham district, and no group of similar deposits had paid more for taxes. In view of these conditions, MT. Wells and committee urged before the reserve board, that Birmingham is entitled to branch bank, and he said he felt justified in appealing to the bank CTS of Alabama to approve of their eff forts to secure it.
 Birmingham appears to have made out a good case. The rest of the state will be pleased if the petition is granted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
TANNING THE TURKoMAN
Maynard owen Williams. in the chri
 tian Herald

Maynard Owen Williams, in the Chris
 tian Herald
 The Turkomans used to be the most
 dreaded robbers in all of central Asia, and the Russians had a hard time con- quering them. The last stand of these magnificent rascals was at Dengil Tepe,
 where skobelef stormed their great mud fortress after siege of more than three weeks and defeated 25,ooO armed 1 men with one-fourth their number. In those days the Russians were fighters, but one wonders how they ever had the courage to attack these desert giants, whose cruelty was well known. The same effect as did the heavily mous- tached war masks of the Japanese samurai.
 When one sees how well the erect | Turkoman with his stalking camel or his loping horse fits this desert vast ness he wonders why the Russians wanted to conquer them and humble them as they did Was it the valley of the Indus that beckoned them as it had Alexander's army, or was it protection against these robber hands?
 At Geok Tepe, which is the station beside the mud walls of the old Turko- man fortress, there is perpetuated q silly insult to the conquered race. Here stands a museum where the triumphant Russian exhibits paintings of the storming of the fortress and of the torturing of Russian soldiers by the Turkoman stroops. For Russia at pres ent to lord it over the lordly Turko- mans is a strange anomaly, but the in- domitable spirit of the desert men is said to have been broken That indi- vidual Turkomans are not lacking in bravery is shown by the unusually large number of Georgian crosses among them. I snapped picture of one Turkoman hero who had served in Ga licia during the great retreat, while he sat on the steps of this museum which Russia has erected as a gratui- tous insult in the heart of Turk oman territory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
INTERNED SWITZERLAND

Albert Frapwell, in Everybody's.
 Poor Switzerland issnot very gay these days.
 Though not in the war, the troubles of nation at war aresto some extent hers Coal IS very short--so short that the hotels cannot allow guests to have baths except on Saturdays. The rooms are poorly heated. All offices must close at 4:30 or be liable to a fine of 800 francs. Germany is the only country that can supply any coal. and she offers it all bound up in red tape, demanding re- turn in food and subscriptions to her war loans She says: If you give the allies any food or lumber we will close your factories and freeze your homes.' On the other hand, the allies say If you don't supply us with what you can. we won't give you anything" We are most happy that.America gave wheat and corn without any request in return.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
TURNIP sour A LA HUN

From the Forum.
 Dump a basket of woody, dirty tur- house door, set a prisoner at work peel ing them, with no water for washing his hands or the turnips, gather the peeled, mud-coated turnips from the ground, dump them in kettle of water, boil and mash them, mud and all, add more water and serve. That's what we were fed on until some of the men actually went crazy at the sight of turnip soup.' says Private Jack Evans of the Fourth Can adian Mounted Rifles, who tells, in the May Forum of the horrors of 16 months Imprisonment in the Black Hole of Ger many and how, after four attempts lie managed to escape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
LUKE M,LuKE SAYS

Lots of women who think it is terrible to gamble will buy canteloupes and see no harm in it.
 Every small boy is unsefish enough to give his share of our supply of soap to those who haven't any over in Europe.
 Those who are not getting it are apt to imagine that there is too much graft in the world
 You have often met man who admit ted that his salary was increasing faster than the cost of living, haven't you Neither have we.
 We are all hunting for something easier. A farm boys ambition is to learn to blow so lie won't have to hoe.
 While lie may not know much of any thing else, poor man can always tell what a millionaire ought to do with his money.
 The woman who wore tissue paper combination all last winter is now worrying for fear her husband will take his heavies off too soon
 This isn't such bad old world afte, all. Pug dogs and parrots have gone ou of fashion.
 When a man has cold in the head ht needs a sheet and all of his fingers tt attend to it. But girl can manage : cold in the head with a two-inch hand kerchief.
 You can't knock a town to a travelins man who has booked a good order in II If there ,is any money in it, it doesn. tage a man long to make up his mint to do the right thing. Nearly all conversationalists and 10 of automobilists are unable to see wha they arc driving at. | Our idea of henpecked man is a nus band who has to sleep in another roon because his wife's poodle gets lonesom unless it sleeps with 'Mamma.v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
THE BOYs ARE CLEAN
the Chicago Examiner.

From the Chicago Examiner.
 Debauchery and intoxication have been deemed historically well nigh essential to successful warfare. The soldier of fortune was so often a ltbertine that loose morals were accepted as part oi the price of fighting. Not so now
 The soldier is much more ''moral' in- man is protected from temptation to a degree hitherto unimagined.
 Hygiene, not puritanism, accounts for this marvellous change. The soldier, tc be effective, must be well. Health is a part of the price of victory. Conse- quently the morally degrading conditions which evcntuate in disease are no longer tolerated.
 At the beginning of the war vice was condoned in many quarters. In conse- quence it was reported that more Aus trians were rendered unfit for fighting by venereal diseases than by wounds.
 Incredible figures were given to show the manner in which tolerated lewdness utSliOS GU lilc ftlOidic cl d lISHllHS lOitb Secretary Baker was convinced, ana from the beginning of Americas partici- patton in the var took steps to prevent the infection of the army.
 The benefits of the preeautions decreed are now revealed. According to an ap- parently authentic dispatch from France only one soldier in every thousand is receiving hospital treatment for diseases of that type. This is an unprecedented record. The most trustworthy reckoning places the frequency of such infections among the civil population at much higher figure.
 It encouraging to learn of the sound ness of the boys in France. They are being safeguarded from contamination Parents and others concerned about the welfar4 of the soldiers given to the na- tion need have no fear on this score. The boys are clean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
THREE KINDS OF DOLLARS

From LeSlie'S.
 There are three kinds of dollars. There is the dollar that is hidden away. It is an idle dollar, and today when the gov ernment needs the money, it is drag on the community. An idle dollar is a stacker. But there is something worse than stacker. When you spend money wastefully that the government needs, your dollar is an ally of the enemy. It is traitor dollar* When you loan money to the government. you put it to work to help win the war. for that dollar will nelp to buy the clothes, the guns and the ammunition that our armies must have A dollar loaned to the gov ernmeat is patriot dollar. It will help to win the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
Chaplain John ". Inzer

T have received a letter from Rev John w. Inzer, who was formerly the pastor of the Avondale Baptist church but now chaplain of the Fourteenth infantry, stationed at Fort Lawton, Seattle, Wash" said H. s. Latimer
 f'He was writing to express his re- gret that he could not attend the Southern Baptist convention, which and to let his many friends know his present address as he has just been transferred from Fort George Wright, Spokane"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
FRIGHTFULNESS UNASHAMED

Teutonic achievements in this noble busi- ness are given as follows:
 Cathedrals destroyed .................... Rendered unserviceable .............-.... Churches destroyed ....................... 27 Rendered unserviceable ................. A
 IOtal ......................... f5
 The Germans refrain from boasting of the unforgettable crimes that they have committed against the womanhood of France and Belgium, but those have been proved by Investigating committees. No doubt the German government thought that the heinous nature of those crimes had advertised them sufficiently.
 The circular cited is no myth. It was printed in Spain, and copy of it has been received and given out by the state department of our own government. Even more remarkable, perhaps, than the shamelessness of the document is the colossal stupidity of those responsible for it's publication. It is amazing that the German diplomatic mind still clings to the idea that Germanys atrocious crimes will frighten other nations.
 The Spanish circular, bad as it is, will serve one good purpose. It will make all the belligerents more determined than ever to defeat and destroy a government capable of such bestial conduct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-16
Wilhelm and Charles
 Once More in Accord

THE clouds which threatened for J a time to destroy the amicable relations existing between the Kaiser and Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary have passed away. In an ill-guarded moment Charles spoke or rather wrote-what was in his mind regarding Alsace-L Lorraine and other matters about which the German gov ernment is extremely sensitive. The French government caused Charlie's letter to be given wide publicity and that young monarch soon found him. self in pickle. Count Czernin got out, the royal mother-in-law was ex- fled and there was pretty howdy-do in court circles.
 But all that has been smoothed over now. Charles has eaten humble pie, the German government has taken steps to make Austria Hungary more of a German vassal than 1t was before and the Kaiser telegraphs to Charles: "It is great joy to have again estab- lished in our detailed discussions our entire accord regarding the aims which guide us."
 Surely old Franz Joseph has turned over in his grave several times since Charles mounted the throne as his suc- cessor. Franz Joseph had faults, to be sure, but managed to retain some of his royal dignity in spite of the pressure brought to bear upon him by the war lords of Germany