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Ripley County democrat., 1918-08-23
The Demo ocrat.
Local and Personal News.

Abtorney VI bs puttct Hap W tiao stSA
list the first Of the week
Wes, Hay was in from near Gate
wood Tuesday on business.
James clarey, oi reir Pine, was there
Saturday transacting business.
James w. Cotton left last week for
Drumrigl,t, Oklahoma. to accepta po-
sition with an oil company.
Probate Judge D. B. Young was laid
up at home for day or two the past
X week with a bilious attack.
Make ElighfiIl, 81 Alton. loan agent
for Wells & Adams, ef Illinois, wins
here on business first Of the week.
Since the ending Of the long, hot dry
spell, BY the rain OF Sunday, many
farmers are breaking ground Tor wheat
Mrs. p. J. Burford and daughter
Helen came home the past week from 4
six weeks visit with relatives in Cali
fornia.
Bert Darlington and wife are here
from their home at Memphis visiting
Mrs. DIS parents. J. Warren Brooks
and wife.
Jason Dodd and his son-in law, Dan
Beckam, of south Of Bardley, came to
town Monday last on the hunt for tur-
nip seed.
Cecil Davis, chief clerk in the post. I.
Office, went to st. Lo.iis last Sunday 10
visit relatives and make inqairy regard
ing enlisting 10 the navy.
Mrs. Russell, Of Browns Cafe, visit
ed friends in Oxly Sunday. She was
accompanied by Master Luther and
Miss Lily, children of Reece Brown.
The good rain which fell Sunday
evening put an end to the dust and on
Monday morning window washing on
the glass store frents was in evidence.
w. H. Stone went to ST. Louis the
past week to take an additional course
OF treatment at a hospital in that city.
He is sufferer from high blood pres
sure.
Add Arnold, Of Naylor, ue contractor,
with yards at Doniphan, Naylor, Hem
inway, and numerous other points, was
a business visitor to the Democrat Of
) flee Tuesday.
& Eight carloads Of cattle were ship
ped from this station last Sunday,
among the shippers being Cal. Nc
Manus, Ben Farley, Bud Stone, Roland
Blake, and others Some OF the boys
went up with their stock.
Jim Merrill 6undayed at home with
his family and the first OF the weee
went 10 Farmiugton to see his daughter
who has been at Pennington Santa
rum for some months, and now isl
rspidly recovering her health,
Fire destroyed the barn on Kid Girt-
mans place on the hill west Of the
river OH Monday might Of last week.
The blaze broke out about midnight
and made big light and much smoke.
A lot Of grain and four hogs were lost,
the total loss reaching $500.
Uncle Bin Roberts and wife. who
have heen visiting friends in Illinois
during the past few weeks, were here
Monday on thsir return home. They
live just south 2of old Camp 5 over in
Oregon county Mf. Roberts is the
Oldest citizen in his neighborhood.
Joe B, johnson, Of Alton, deputy
stale game warden for Oregon, Ripley
and Butler counties, was here first Of
the week attending to business matters,
meeting friends, forming new acquaint-
ances and swapping yarns during the
interium. Joe SCENE to think every
body over here has mania for game
and iish law observance, and 10 glad
that il 10 so.
Broda Tucker, one Of the draftces
included in the ast call, and who failed
10 feport la answer to the call. came la
Ripley County democrat., 1918-08-23

e. C. White, Of the Republican, made
a trip to the Bluff last Tuesday to at
tend a meeting Of the Fourteenth Con-
gressIonal District Republican Com
mittee. which met for the purpose Of
organizing, be being the member OF
the committee from this county.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
Cen. ROBERTSON
DECLARES HE HAS
NOT RESIGNED
British Staff Chief Says He
Believes He Has Been Dis
missed.

LONDON. Feb. 1S.--The weekly
newspaper National News says it has
been informed by General Sir William
Robertson, who's resignation as Chief
of the British Imperial Staff was an
nounced officially last night, that he
has not resigned.
General Robertson, interviewed by a
representative of the Sunday Times at
his residence at 8 o'clock last night,
said:
II have not resigned. The only
statement l have to make is that it is
quite true that / will not accept either
position referring to the posts of
Chief of the Imperial General Staff and
British representative on the Supreme
War Council of Versailles.
The political correspondent Of the
Sunday Times says:
General Robertson considers he has
been dismissed. | hear that before the
succession (on the Imperial General
Staff was given to General Sir Henry
Wilson it was offered to and declined
by General Sir Herbert Plumer (Com-
mander OF the British forces in Italy,,
and it is anticipated that other mem
bers of the military hierarchy will fol
low General Robertson into retirement.
The Generals have in fact revolted
against the Cabinet, and the gravity of
their action can hardly be overesti-
mated. The weakness of the soldiers
position is that they cannot agree
among themselves.
1T is not anticipated that the defec-
tion of the Generals will wreck the
Government, as, apart from compare
lively small section of militarists,
there is no great sympathy with the
attitude of the soldiers
The correspondent adds that the
Earl of Derby may resign as Secretary
of State for war.
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Believe Ruling at Evansville
Forecasts Victory For ''Wets"

woman, who was in the court room at
Evansville when Judge Hostetter
handed down decision on the dry
suits, which, it is believed. forecasts
victory for the vets for the present
at least. Miss Henke has joined the
Palladium staff:
Will Speed Suits.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Feb. 1S-The
action of Judge F. NJ Hostetter. in
overruling the demurrer of Prose
cutor Osborn TO the suits attacking
the state dry law. leads to the pre-
diction in Vanderburg county that the
final judgment of the court will be in
favor of the vets The merits of
the case were presented in the argu-
ment on the demurrer and the action
of the court is a forecast of what his
final judgment will be when the case
is brought to trial. it is believed.
The Evansville breweries, that
brought the suit to obtain an injunc-
lContinLed On Page Five.l
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19 ARE KILLED
IN AIR RAIDS

LONDON, Feb. 1S-The casualties
in Sunday nights air raid were 16
killed and 81 injured, it was officially
announced this afternoon
The official report on Saturday
nights casualties reads:
"The total casualties caused by the
airplane raid Saturday night We're
killed, 3 men, 5 women and three chill
dren; injured l man and children" "
Six German airplanes attempted to
attack London on Saturday night, but
only one Of them cucceeded in reach
ing the capital. This raider dropped
one bomb in the southwestern district
One of the German airplanes fell into
the sea. On Sunday night London
was raided again, number of bombs
being dropped in the city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18

the county council of defense, 10 So
iicit farmers through the county and
find out how many men and boys they
would need to plant and harvest the
crops this year. After the boys are
enrolled and by means of this survey
the number of boys required by the
farmers is known, the boys will be dis
tributed among the farmers needing
their aid most in planting and harvest
ing the crops this year.
Farmers Pledge
Before accepting the boys the farm
er must make the following pledge:
In consideration Of the services
that they are to render me / shall
gladly cooperate with them in their
efforts to succeed and will be patient
and considerate of them / realize
that their presence on the farm will
be indicative of the patriotism that
they possess and therefore deserving
of an equal amount of patriotic effort
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
GRAND JURY
BEGINS PROBE

Investigation by the grand jury Of
alleged discrepancies and overcharges
,rsurned by Dr. L. IL. M Mende1firail and
w. G. Huffman in treating smallpox
patients, began Monday. Testimony Of
about $50 witnesses will be heard.
The state board of account has in
vestigated the discrepancies, the bills
which were paid by the city.
The state board of accounts, Govern
or Goodrich and Judge Fox, realizing
the Importance of the investigation,
appointed Will w. Keller. deputy pros
ecutor, to assist Prosecutor Strayer.
The prosecutor said Monday that he
would not stop at the investigation
of these men, but would be glad to
probe violations of the law by other
city officials.
The grand jury is composed of
Charles II. Koll, Franklin township;
J. F. Borroughs, Harrison township;
Orla Mckee. Jefferson township;
Henry Hoover, New Garden township:
Omer kerln. Washington township
and John l.. Weller, Wayne township.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18

summer and spring months have al
ready come in.
At many places "Plattsburg' farms
have been found available in which
the inexperienced city lads can be
trained to do all kinds of farm work
and thus taking the part away from
the farmer of being the teacher.
Glasses Are Formed
Besides the training camps, classes
are being formed among the boys, such
as corn classes and hog classes TO
learn them how to keep record of how
much feed they use in fattening hogs
and the cost of an acre of corn, includ-
ing labor and fertilizer.
Ivan Beck. of Richmond. vocational
agricultural director of the boys of
Wayne county. is planning TO form
classes of this kind among the country
boys this spring.
Demonstrating County Agent Zechiel
of Culver, Ind, appointed men, through
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Congressman Honor the Memory
of Late Judge D. ". Comstock

lation, when the world is on fire and
we are daily called upon to witness
scenes of carnage and suffering such
as the world has never before been
called 20 look upon, it is hard for us
to realize, living as we do so far from
the scene of conflict, what this war
means to this world 1t is impossible
for us to conceive of the untold suffer
ing which war brings to the nations
which are engaged in it. Men who
have gone through the terrible scourge
of fire and blood and endured hard
ships and the sufferings of the late
Civil War can, perhaps, in measure.
realize what it all means
Should Not Forget Them
While we are now most intensely
interested in the daily reports Of the
present war and are engaged with our
own troubles, connected with the ter
rible- conflict now raging in Europe,
we should not forget that we, as a ma
[Continued On Page Five.]
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long ceased to be joke as the farmer
boy made good in the city and now
the city boy will have chance to
kill the jokes of the city boy on the
farm for the city boys everywhere are
making good on the farm.
The fact that the city boy is begin
ming to make good on the farm is di-
rectly due to the war To the farmer
falls the duty of supplying the world
with food but he alone cannot handle
the mamouth crops that the world will
demand in order to win the war so this
duty must necessarily fall to the boys
between sixteen and twenty-one years
old.
The organization which is doing the
work OF putting the town and city boys
on the farm is the United States Boys
Working Reserve, which is under the
direct supervision of the department
of labor, and now has branch in
every state, and is working in each
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Oh which OF necessity they must know
my part. to build of them fine. up
standing citizens, equipped for the
mans job"
The work of the boys on the farm
does not lack the endorsement by men
of national prominence. In an Off
ciaI letter to the reserve, President
Wilson said:
Permit me to express my great ap-
probation of the work undertaken by
the United States Boys Working Re
serve of the employment of service of
the department of labor. To give to
the young men between the ages of
Is and 81 the privilege of spending
their spare time in productive enter
prises without interrupting their
studies at school while their elder
brothers are battling in the trenches
or on the seas, must greatly increase
the means of providing for the forces
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-Memoriai
services in honor of the late Judge
ID. w. Comstock, who was the repre-
sentative in Congress from the Sixth
district of Indiana, were held Sunday
in the House of Representatives. EX-
pressions of respect were made by Joe
Cannon, former Earlham man, Repre-
sentative Charles Timberlake, also a
graduate of Earlham college, Rev.
Isaac r. Sherwood of Ohio, a veteran
of the Civil War. and congressman
Merrill Moores, of Fairfield, Barnhart
and Dixon from Indiana. Members of
the Sixth District colony in Washing
ton attended the services.
Congressman Richard n. Elliott. who
succeeded Judge Comstock, delivered
the principal address of the services,
expressing the love and respect for
which the late congressman was re-
garded in his own community. The
address follows:
in these days of sorrow and tribu-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
Will Make Intensive
Advertising Campaign
for "Liberty Dollars"

NEW YORK. Feb. 1S.-Because it is
expected the third Liberty Loan will
be "of tremendous size," proportion
ate effort is being planned to insure its
overwhelming success, 1t was announc-
ed by the Liberty Loan committee
here today. A feature of the coming
drive for Liberty dollars will be one
of the most intensive advertising cam
paigns in history it was stated. This
will be imperative because Of the great
variety Of demands upon public at
tention at this time. it was said. A
special endeavor will be made to have
users of newspapers and other va
rieties of advertising who assisted gen.
erously in the first and second Liberty
Loan campaign, contribute still greater
allotments of space, the committee an
nounced.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18

county through the county councils of
defense.
Richard Study is now in charge Of
the boys working reserve in Wayne
county, has started enrolling the boys
throughout the county. Blanks, which
answer as miniature questionnaires
have been placed in the hands of all
the school principals and teachers in
the county schools with the request
that they ask the boys to take them
home and talk it over with their par
ents and then fill out and return.
Pledge for Service.
All boys who enroll in these classes
are required to sign the following
pledge:
L have enough purpose and per-
sistency and patriotism to train hard
this winter so l can substitute on a
farm next summer for some older man
who has gone to war. Therefore,
apply for membership in the Emer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
RY RAY JORDAN

Boy power in Richmond and Wayne
county is to be used more and more
as the war goes on, in shops and on
farms where men have responded to
their country's call
Richard Study, 81 South Thirteenth
street, who is in charge of the boys
working reserve in Wayne county said
Saturday that it was hoped that 500
Richmond and Wayne county boys
would be enrolled 10 supplant man
power on the farms.
There are about 4,304 Wayne county
boys who will be asked to enroll for
agricultural work during the week of
March Is which Is the week set aside
as national enrolment week for the
L. :. boys working reserve.
The country boys in the city and the
city boy on the farm has long been
the favorita jokes of the iokesmiths.
But tns farmer boy in the city has
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18

gency Agricultural Glass and hereby
pladge myself, if I make good and am
accepted, to respond to the call when
needed. 1 will be ready"
.'-'--'
........... Signature of Boy.
County Superintendent Williams said
that about $500 boys were already be-
ing employed on the farms of the
county.
However, about 2,S04 Wayne county
boys have not been working on the
farms and it is this group of BOYS that
the reserve wishes to reach.
Richmond has 2,212 boys, according
to County Superintendent Williams.
Already many of them have signified
their intention of going on the farm
as soon as school is out
The farmers of the state approve
of the plan and are giving it their
hearty support. A large number of
calls Tor boys to help out during the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
Will RELATE
EXPERIENCES

Bruce Mckay, who has seen service
in France with the Cameron Highland
ers, and Victor Van, Belgian inter
pretor with the engineer corps, will
speak Monday night at s o'clock at the
First Presbyterian church, Tenth and
North A street. Personal experiences
at the front will be related by the
speakers. An invita- ton has been ex-
tended to the general public to attend
the lectures. The speakers are sent
out by the National Council of Defense,
and are brought to Richmond by the
Mems club of the Presbyterian church.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
Lieut.. Walter Davis May
Sail Soon for France

Lieutenant Walter Davis, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Davis, SO South
Fifteenth street, will leave Dayton, o.,
Thursday for an Atlantic seaport from
which he expects to sail soon for
France. ... .---4.- -..
Lieutenant Davis has been in train
ing at Dayton since last spring and
was the first Richmond man to re-
ceive a commission in the aviation
branch of the service. He spent the
week end with his parents here and
said ne would leave Dayton Wednes
day
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18

Richmond dry" workers are not
worrying over the decision of Judge
Hostetter of Evansville in the pro-
hibition test suits, Timothy Nicholson,
one of the most active prohibition
workers of the state said Monday.
There is no reason to believe that
the state court will uphold the lower
courts decision. even if it is favorable
to the breweries," Mr.. Nicholson said
We believe the dry law will hold. In
almost every state the Supreme court
has decided in favor of prohibition
William H. Kelley, attorney for the
Richmond breweries, said Monday that
he had not read the opinion rendered
in the prohibition suits at Evansville
Saturday, and that he knew nothing
about the case. He refused to make
a prediction as to the probable action
of the state court.
The following was written by Mary
Henke, former Evansville newspaper
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
(By Associated Press)


Belated dispatches from Russia fur
nish further revelations of the disor-
dered conditions prevailing through
out the former empire, rayaged by
civil war ard apparently about to be
subjected to another military attack
by Germany. The thick Of the fighting
has been in the Ukraine from which
fertile region the central powers have
been confidently expecting shortly to
secure supplies of foodstuffs to re-
plenish their sadly depleted stock.
Kiev the seat of the government of
the new Ukrainian republic which
made peace with Germany and Aus
tria. is reported to have been cap
tured by the BolshevIki on February
s after fighting in which the killed
was estimated at 1000 and the wound
ed at 1000.
About the same time there was a
battle in the streets of Odessa the
great grain shipping port on the
Black Sea, in which hundreds of per
sons were killed and the city was
bombarded by warships
On the ether hand the Bolsheviki
are reported to have been defeated by
the revolving Polish troops in north
ern Russia, the Poles winning bat
tie at Bobrinsk, some SO miles south
east of Minsk and sendin gtheir forces
on-toward 4emoicnsk, on the road to
Moscow and nearly 200 miles north
east OF Minsk.
In the two air raids of Saturday and
Sunday night on London the Germans
killed total of 10 persons and injur-
ed Al.
In each case only one raider ap-
pears to have been able to escape the
British barrage and bomb London it
self.
The great harm was done by the
Sunday night raider when bombs kill
cd 16 persons and injured 81.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
Four Minute Men Will
Make Drive for Workers

Plans for a series of addresses on
enrolling Wayne county men for gov.
ernment service were discussed Mon
day afternoon at o'clock by a COM
mittee of Four Minute men with DR..
]. ]. Rae chairman of the committee
in charge.
Wayne County's Four-Minute men
are. superintendent Giles. VIII w.
Keller, Rev. F. w. Dressed, George Sci
del, Luther Feeger. Ray K. Shiveley.
SECRETARY Albus, o. K. Dunbar, and
Rev. Mr.. O'Connor of Centeryille.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
STRIKERS ARE
RETURNING

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-The strike
by carpenters in the Atlantic seaboard
shipyards engaged on government con-
tracts, is over Holm Rice. national or
ganizer of the United Brotherhood OF
Carpenters and Joiners, said today.
Several thousand men still idle are
expected to be at work tomorrow
morning.
About 5000 Of the strikers returned
to work this morning, Mr. Rice esti-
mated "The men are going back be-
cause they have every confidence that
President Wilson will adjust this mat
ter to their satisfaction" he said
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
(By Associated Press)


AS the active military operations the west
approaches the American expedionary force widen
its sphere activity along the front lines Not only do Amer
soldiers hold of the front of ST. Mhe but Amer
helping the French in Champagne and infantry
with French units holding the front lines in
one the famous battle fronts in the world
disclosed where this front is but is described
being place villages and devastated country tell of
fought which the Germans pushed forward only
driven back the French The Americans we'll
equipped with and their officers with difficulty
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
Mrs. Hannah Henderson
of Centeruille is Dead

CkNTERFILLE, Ind, Feb 1S.-
Mrs. Hannah ]. Henderson, So years
old, died Sunday morning at her home.
Death was caused by pneumonia The
funeral will be held Tuesday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock from the Metho-
dist church. Rev. Mr. O'Conner will Of
flciate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
81 Auiators Killed in
Four Months in Texas

FIT. WORTH. Tex, Feb. 1s.-A
statement from American aviation
headquarters here shows that Of the
81 killed at the Texas flying field, 20
were English and II Americans. The
list includes several mechanics who
met death on the ground. The flyers
have been here four months.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
''Perfectly Delighted" is
IT. When Eighth Arriues

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Col. TheO-
dore Roosevelt who is convalescing In
a hospital here said he was "perfeetly
delighted" when long distance tele-
phone message from Boston today
brought word Of the birth in that city
of his eighth grandchild-a boy born
to Captain and Mrs. Archie, Roose-
welt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
Mrs. Susan Cornelius,
" Years Old, is Dead

CENTERvILLE, Ind. Feb. 1S-Mrs.
Susan Cornelius, II years old, widow
of the late George Cornelius, died
Sunday at Providence, Ind. The fu-
neral will be held Tuesday afternoon
at 1870 o'clock from the Centerville
Christian church. Rev. Mr.. McCor-
mick will be in charge.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-18
Center Township Sets
Record for the Sale of
Thrift and War STAMPS

Center township in Wayne county
has established a record for the sale
of War and Thrift Saving Stamps. Up
to date $4,000 worth of stamps have
been sold in the township. Postmas-
ter Beck said Saturday, $4,000 worth
of stamps were sold in two days.