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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-31
What Is Going On Behind the Scenes?

While the belligerents are re-stating their
war aims and declaring in a general way the
terms on which peace may be concluded, stirr-
ing events are taking place behind the scenes.
The full scope of these happenings and their real
intent is coaked either by strict censors or by the
camouflage which the nations have adopted to de-
ceive each other.
For the present we must accept with reserve
all peace declarations from the Central Powers
and all reports that civilians rioting against
the continuation of the war. AS we have point
ed out before the Central Powers are adopts in
the manipulation of news to lull their opponents
into sense of false security. If conditions really
are as serious as the dispatches state the
never would let the outside world know about
them. Even the report in today's issue about
violent labor riots in Berlin must be accepted
with reserve.
Let us not forget that 100 divisions have been
released from the Russian front, sixty German
and one hundred Austrian fighting units that
will bolster up the western front re-
serves when the threatened offensive is launch
ed
Amsterdam dispatches say the Deutsche
Tageszeitung openly calls on the German people
to revolt against the present regime. eve have
Il JuudS dIuOHS us IOudy, Says CHlS oISdH. Ile
appears in the red coat and mantle of Germany's
hangman. Who will save Germany from these
traitors but the German people? 1t is now,
Germans help yourself and God will help" The
correspondent asserts that Emperor William is
meant by "Germanys hangman'
If this dispatch had been sent by an Amer-
can correspondent whose articles were not passed
by a censor, it could be accepted indication
of serious situation in Germany. Coming as it
does in circumstantial way, it cannot be taken
at it's face value. There is every reason to be-
lieve that it was inspired by the German govern
ment itself to deceive the allies. Hitherto the
Tageszeitung has always been staunch support
er of Junker politics and the most extreme of all
Pan-German organs, consequently its sudden
change of front can hardly be interpreted as a
sincere one.
The alleged rupture between Berlin and Wen
ma is another canard that need not be taken seri-
ously, Austria-Hungary is vassal of Germany,
forced to act in perfect consonance with the
Kaiser's plans.
Keep in mind that the war will be settled on
the western front. Almost two hundred divis-
ions from the Russian front are taking their
places on that line. Germany is trying to attract
attention elsewhere, but the center of our inter-
est must be the French and Belgian front.
Stories of starving mobs attacking German Of
ficials, of discontinued laborers and of political
upheavals sand thrown into eyes by a
tricky Teuton press agent.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-31
Group at Midnight; Well in Morning

"a few nights ago one of my patrons
had small child taken with Group
about midnight writes NJ. T. Davis,
Bearsville, W. Va. They came to my
store and got q bottle Of Foley's Honey
and Tar Before morning the child
was entirely recovered The fathers
name is C. G. Craven" Isn't it unwise
to experiment with unknown cough
medicines when you can get the gen.
uine Foley's Honey and Tar? Best
for coughs, colds, Group and lagrippe.
For sale by A. G. Luken & Co.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-31
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IN THE GOOD OLD ANTEpILuvlAN
DAYS
I need new gown for the dinner at
Mrs. Stonehammer's," said Mrs.
Skinclothes
To her noble spouse, and he sailed
forth
With his good hickory club to get the
He would see the gown coming afar
off,
Walking on four legs and shifting the
air.
Woofus or Gumpwab or Whangdoofus.
Mr.. Skinclothes would hide himself
behind
A convenient rock, which had been
left
There for that purpose, and when the
Came trotting along he would hit it in
the
Face and knock it cold. Then he
would
Separate the gown from the form
which
Had been displaying it and would
hurry home.
Mrs. Skinclothes would outshine all
the
Society Ladies that night. There
never
Was a dressmaker's bill.
M 80 81,
Believe that we have got it on the
ancients.
Where do they get that stuff?
Agriculture is looking up in Eng
land. All the big estates are under
cultivation.
In other words, the noblemen are
raising potatoes nowadays instead of
hell.
The Japs are foolish,
Just like a fox.
When it comes to
Sitting down to the peace table,
They will be there with bells on
And napkins tucked under their chins
All ready for the good gravy.
And, without putting man. a dollar
or ship
Into the price Of the victory repast
Oh, simple children of the East,
We sure love your nerve.
A philanthropist wants all the bill
boards converted into homes for the
poor. Claiming, no doubt, that instead
Of bill boards, the poor now have only
board bills.
Judge" and Life" please copy.
One thing:
The ladies don't complain of men
stepping on their trains anymore.
There hasn't been a train on Main
street in ten years.
When a young cub marches up the
aisle these days to get all married
and everything, regardless of the per
pendicular price Of prunes and pie
plant, we always wonder who the sly
dog was who put the grin" in Lohen-
grin.
Mercy. Madge amt the gentlemen
dressing horrible this year? Sure,
they are all wearing their Christmas
neckties.
If the Russians ever really get up on
their ears they will sweep through Po-
land and Germany like forest fire. In
plotting with the Bolsheviki the kais-
er is taking the longest chance of the
war. 1t is about the worst thing he
could have done for Germany.
More deficiency"
Home. Sweet home. Is it reality
or mere figure of speech?
Sugar-sugar!
boarding food. Any one buying and
holding larger supply Of food now
than in peace time. except foods
canned. dried or preserved in the
home. is helping to defeat the Food
Administration in its attempt to Sc
cure a just distribution of food and
the establishment of fair prices.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-31

Use milk wisely, Use all of the
milk; waste no part OF 1t. The chill
dren must have whole milk. Use sour
and skim milk In cooking and for
cottage cheese.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-31
Saving in the Boiler Room

The following suggestions to firemen were is
sued recently as an illustrative supplement to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-31
Conquest and kultur

'The fateful day draws near. ST g. And
even if twilight of the gods be upon u.s. let it
come in furious battle rather than in lingering
sickness"
Graf du Northumberland, speech at Stuff
CART meeting Of the Pan-German League,
Alldeutsche Batter, April Is, 1914.
1--WE maintain, today more than ever, that
Germany and Austria-Hungary, even with the
most honorable desire for peace, can not avoid
war with their eastern and western neighbors
that frightful, decisive struggle will be forced
upon them. Whoever willfully seeks to
hide the fateful gravity of future not far away
because he fears the effect on the situation of
the moment commits an unspeakable crime
against the German nation and becomes guilty Of
high treason. "-Alldeutsche Batter, March IA,
1914.
THAT matters are approaching decision here
we know, and we do not allow ourselves to be de-
ceived to the necessity of this decision by ne
gotiations with u.s. which other nations are forced
to make, concerning territory outside Europe
Speech by Admiral e. d. Breusing, April 1914, at
the Stuttgart meeting Of leaders of the Pan-Ger-
man League
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-31
IN THE GOOD OLD ANTEpJLuv,AN
DAVIS

Hoarding food. Any one buying and
holding larger supply Of food now
than in peace time, except foods
canned, dried or preserved in the
home. is helping to defeat the Food
Administration in its attempt to Sc
cure a just distribution of food and
the establishment of fair prices.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-14
GERMAN THREAT
DOES NOT WORRY
Danger Zone on the Atlantic
Coast Is Already
Declared
BY THE SINKING
OF NEUTRAL SHIPS
1t Is Not Expected That the
Warning Will Affect
Trade

Washington, d. c., June l+.v-lnten
ton Of the German government to de
clare the eastern coast of the United
States danger zone for neutral ship
ping, as intimated in advices received
last night from Berlin, via Amsterdam
occasioned no alarm whatever in official
circles here to-day. Most officials con
sidered the matter unworthy of COM
ment. Those expressing their views de-
clared the Amsterdam dispatch meant
little. as Germany, by the sinking OF Is
vessels, some of which flew neutral flags,
on this side Of the Atlantic, practically
issued warning to neturals that their
flags would be no more respected in wat
ers of the American coast than in the
barred zone around Europe.
Should the intimated warning" prove
to be formal announcement of the ex-
tension of the policy of ruthlessness to
American waters. officials declared the
navy was prepared to cope with Ger
many's undersea craft and no campaign
OF the present lines would be necessary
Officials also pointed out that neutrals
are dependent on America for food to
such an extent that issuance of warn.
ing by Germany probably would in no
wise affect trade conditions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-14
AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
Mrs. Emma Barnes Richardson Died at
st. Adams.

st. Adams, June l4.-Mrs. Emma
(Soulel Richardson, wife of Ahira s.
Richardson, died early last evening at
her home on Fairfield street after long
illness. Mrs. Richardson was born in
Fairfield Dee. l6, 1850, daughter of Jo-
seph Douglas and Mary (Barnesl Soule.
Her parents moved to st. Adams when
she was only two years old Oct II,
1870, she was married to Ahira S. Rich
ardson. They went to Boston, where
they made their home for 20 years, re-
turning to st. Adams, where they have
lived since. Besides her husband she is
survived by one daughter, Mrs Frank L.
Greene of this city, and one son, Edwin
H. Richardson OF Hartford Conn son
and a daughter died in infancy. Four
survive, Lieut. Richard L.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-14
Topics of the
Home and
Household.
Dignifying Spinach in War Time.

Mr.. Hoover wants us TO eat what old
fashioned people call garden sass,
meaning green vegetables which cannot
be shipped abroad. While most of us
are quite willing to do this, we do not
realize how much nourishment we can
get on such diet. For example take
spinach. This unassuming vegetable is
rich in several mineral salts and pos
sesses a high nutritive value. In before
the war; days we should never have
thought of making spinach the chief dish
at meal, but just try it now and see
how well it goes among your friends,
Spinach darkens easily in contact with
metal, so cook the carefully picked over
leaves in an enameled ware saucepan,
covering them with boiling water. Twen
ty minutes. should be long enough to cook
it thoroughly. Drain through an enam
eled ware colander, pressing out all the
water. Mix in tablespoonful of butter.
Pile on hot platter and add hard boiled
eggs cut in two lengthwise. Allow one
egg to each serving. The eggs should of
course be kept. This dish as good sub
stitute for meat or fish.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-14
USE MORE PORK, LESS BEEF.
Hoover Places Limit of Latter at Twenty
Ounces Weekly.

Washington, ID. C., June l4.-To meet
the needs of the American and allied
armies and the civilian populations of
France, Great Britain and Italy, the
American people are asked by the food
administration to place themselves on a
limited beef allowance until Sept. Is.
Householders are requested not under
any circumstance" TO buy more than
one and one-quarter pounds of clear beef
weekly or one and one.half pounds, in
GLIDING the bone for each person in the
household. Hotels and restaurants are
asked not to serve boiled beef at more
than two meals weekly, beefsteak at
more than one meal weekly, and roast
beef at more than one meal weekly
"The demand for beef for our army
the armies OF the allies and their civilian
populations for this summer" said the
food administration announcement, sis
beyond our present surplus. On the other
hand, we have enough increased supply
OF pork this summer TO permit economi
cal expansion in its use. 1t therefore
will be direct service to our armies and
the allies if our people will in some de-
gree substitute fresh pork, bacon, ham
and sausage for beef products, The chang
ing conditions of production from season
to season, the changing situation in ship
ping, the markets available TO the allies,
and the increasing demand for our grow
ing army, with the huctuating supply of
local beef in France, all make ii impos-
sible to determine policies for a long pc
Rod in advance, 1t is anticipated that
this program vii hold until Sept. Is, and
the cooperation of the public is most
earnestly requested"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-14
FROM OCEAN
To OCEAN
Women Praise Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
for Health Restored.

In almost every neighborhood in
America are women who have tried
this standard remedy for female ills
and know its worth.
Athol, Mass" Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done me a
world of good. Isuffered from a weak
ness and a great deal of pain every
month and nothing brought me any re-
lief until tried this famous medicine.
/ am a different woman since / took it
and want others who suffer TO know
about it. Mrs. ARTHUR LAWSON, $50
Cottage St, Athol, Mass.
San Francisco. Cal. az was in verv
weak nervous condition, having suffered
terribly from female trouble for over
five years. Ihad taken ali kinds of med
icine and had many different doctors
and they all said I would have 70 be
operated on, but Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cured me entirely
and now l am q strong well woman.
Mrs. II. RoSsKAMP. 1447 Devisadero
St, San Francisco, Cal
For special advice in regard 20 such
ailments write Lydia E. Pinkham Ned
icine Co, Lynn, Mass. The result Of
Its many years experience is at your
service.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-14
EVERY TOMMY HAS JAcKKNIFE.
1t Is Built for Service and Is Put t.
Good Use.

Behind British Lines in France, Jun,
II correspondence of the Associated
Press Every soldier in the British
army in France is provided by the gov
eminent, as part of his overseas kit
with jackknife.
The military jackknife is built for
service. Ii has only three parts,-a big
blade Of Sheffield steel, can opener, and
marlin spike The whole thing clasps
into solid steel or bone handle four
inches long, which is provided with ring
so that it can be hung to the belt.
| The can-opener is an indispensable part
of the provision for a soldiers well being
at the front. Several important items of
his daily menu are supplied TO him in
sealed cans.
The Sheffield blade has numerous uses
too obvious to need mention, but it is
noticeable that Tommy Atkins frequent
ly uses it for purposes OF eating in pref
erence TO the table knife in his kit.
The knife blade is also used constantly
as a wood cutter. In the trenches the
lighting of brazier is frequently diff
ficult operation, owing TO the vital neces-
sity of avoiding smoke. The Germans
have strong antipathy to smoke, and
the sight of it rising from the British
trenches arouses in them disturbing evil
dences of envy, hatred, malice and I'M
charitableness. 1t is well, therefore, to
avoid smoke. So the wood for the brazier
must be split up into thin sticks and
shayings, and for this purpose the official
iackknife is the ideal instrument.
When the soldier is withdrawn from
the trenches it is his first duty to make
himself and his belongings clean and pre-
sentable for inspection. Tommy hangs
his coat on a peg and "shaves" it with
the knife blade.
The marlinspil<e attachment is useful
for prying open wooden boxes, for clean.
ing stones and mud out of the horses
hoofs, for adjusting belts and harness. |
Braziers for the trenches are made from |
biscuit tins punched full of holes to ad- |
NIT draught
The Germans were, for long time,
greatly puzzled by the marlinspike at
tachment which they found on every
British prisoners jackknife They made
great capital out of a story that it was
used to gouge out the eyes of German
In the official report of the
British prisoners of war commission, sew
sral instances of this fable are recorded.
Captain Beaman testified before the
commission that he was berated by a
Ierman colonel for permitting his men to
lse their marlinspikes on the eyes of
;erman wounded. Captain Browne told
he commission of listening to Uhlan
major who was giving lecture and who
Exhibited British jackknife, showing
he marlinspike attachment and describ
ng it as used for torturing German pris-
ners. The story appears to have been
DELIBERATELY cooked up by the German
Military authorities for the consumption
f their troops.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-14
SAYS ALLIES EXCEL FOE
IN GAS AND MASKS
Carl Alsberg, Chief of Bureau of Chem
istry, Tells Senate Committee
This Is So.

Washington, June l4.--The allies now
excel the Germans in gas warfare, Car
L. Alsberg chief of the bureau of chem.
istry, told the Senate agriculture com.
mittee yesterday. They not only have
more gas at their disposal and are APP
plying it more effectively than the Ger
mans, but in defensive warfare they have
more improved gas masks.
The Senate military committee at the
same time was questioning officers of the
gas service and of the bureau of mines
as to the progress the United States had
made in gas warfare. DIR. Alsberg said
the allies had made wonderful progress
in the development of gas since the war
began. He predicted preventive against
mustard gas soon would be found
I'VE believe we are ON the right track
but we haven't yet got it," he declared,
referring to experiments now being con-
Quoted by his department in conjunction
with the bureau of mines. The United
States, he said, itself soon would begin
producing mustard gas
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-14
Health for Everybody.

The physical fitness of the folks back
home is about as essential to the fna
winning of the war as that of the mer
who 60 to the front. And that physica
fitness includes not only people engaged
in obvious war work, but every man
woman and child in the country. Public
morale and effective effort at home or in
Office or workshop, or anywhere else, de.
pend largely upon health.
At the opening meeting of the national
physical efficiency conference at Summit
n. j., the establishment of training
camps for civilians was suggested, where
the training would be as rigid and disci-
plined as that of our soldiers, "to the
end that we shall have the physical
strength to endure and work to the high
est pitch of efficiency"
One of the finest fruits of the wide
spread war gardening is not the vegeta-
bles it adds to the nations store, al
though that is important. It is the
health that the outdoor work is bringing
TO city men usually confined to offices, who
are now devoting their leisure hours to
digging around in the back yard. They
are finding that they can do their regular
work better and with less fatigue be-
cause of their work in the training
camp" of the war garden.
The war seems TO have stimulated an
added interest in outdoor life, and has
centered public attention more than ever
before upon the need for public health
for effective work Just now health is
valuable as a means of winning the war.
After the war we may have time to APP
preciate the greater JOY in living that
health has brought us-Brattleboro Re
former
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-14
FRENCH HOLD
BETTER LINE
The Capacity for Resistance
Stronger Than Before
Attack
STRENGTHENED OUT
DANGEROUS SALIENT
Germans Are Reported to
Have Lost Very
Heavily

With the French Army in France
Thursday, June I3.-tBy Associated
Pressl Five days sutliced to stay ths
German offensive between MontdidieI
and Noyon, whose objective was Com
piegne Despite long preparation, the
Germans were unable to overcome
French resistance and brilliant counter
attacks by the allied troops took back
everything of Importance which fell into
the hands of the enemy during the first
rush with large masses Of troops.
The Germans certainly gained some
little ground, but their design failed in
its great lines.
Troops who participated in the battle
as well as prisoners are unanimous in de-
claring that the German losses through
out the five days were appalling.
The French now occupy much better
line for resistance along this front than
before the battle, having Strengthened
out a dangerous salient.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-14
U. S. PROTESTS TO ARGENTINA.
Pirating of American Trade Marks by
German Firms.

Washington, D. c., June l4.--The Unit
ed States has sent note to Argentina,
calling attention to the pirating Of Amer
lean trade marks and asking the South
American republic to take such steps as
may be possible to stop the practice.
German firms especially, il was said
to-day, have been using American trade
marks in Argentina, which under the
laws of that country constitutes owner
ship of the symbols and consequently en-
ables them to reap the benefit of the rep
utation built up by firms here.
Quantities of inferior materials have
been put on the American market under
the trade marks, because lawful owners
failed to protect their marks by register
ing them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-14
THE FLAG SPEAKS.
By Theodosia Garrison OF The Vigil
lantes.

By Theodosia Garrison OF The Wig
lantes.
Great minds planned me,
High hearts made me,
Strong arms raised me
To fly while life endurcs;
Fine souls wrought for me,
Brave men fought for me,
Bound and broken sought for me
Now-l am yours.
The wide world sees me,
The wild seas know me,
The four winds lift me
A signal and flame;
Your youth and your age,
Your hope and heritage,
Your fathers fathers page
That bears your name,
Your hands uphold me,
Your strength sustains me,
Your service honors me
With every task il gives.
Hold me your word and worth,
Hold me your sword and hearth.
Hold me your sign to earth
That Freedom lives.