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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-19
Seuen Steel Vessels
Deliuered BY Skipymds
During the Last Week
tBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Seven
steel vessels of 40.95O tons and three
wooden ships of 10000 tons were de-
livered to the shipping board during
tho week ending Nov. 15. This brought
the total number OF merchant craft
delivered in November to thirty with
an aggregate tonnage OF 152,4O0. Hair
of the vessels were OF steel and half
wooden craft.
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ARRIVES IN TURKEY.
fBy Associated press.)

ROME. Nov 19.-( -(Havasl-Count
Carlo Sforza. former Italian minister
to China. has arrived at Constantine
pie. having been appointed high com
missioner for Italy in Turkey.
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G. 0. P. INCREASE
IS SHOWN BY
ELECTION TABLE
Percentage Of Votes Cast by
Party Increased 6 Percent
Over 1916.
BY CAPT. MARK Il. THOMAS

An interesting and instructive tabu-
lation Of the vote of Wayne county
covering the general elections for the
years 1912, 1914, 1916, and 1918, has
been prepared under the direction of
Republican County Chairman L. S.
Bowman, and is indicative of the rise
and fall of political policies in addj-
tion to showing what inroads have
been made upon the electorate of the
county by reason of absentees in the
military service of the government
Th table is based upon the vote
cast for secretary of state as head of
the ticket in the years indicated, but
1914 the detailed tabulation of votes
is given as cast for United States SEN
atOr that year.
In 1912, according to figures given,
12,06S voters registered for franchise
in Wayne county. This was the year
Of birth of the Progressive party, and
by the same token the year the Re-
publican party ruptured and went
down in defeat. Wayne county at the
fall elections that year cast her lot
with the infant prodigy and followed
the leadership Of Roosevelt and the
magnetic Beveridge with plurality
OF 706 votes.
Votes Received.
The following indicates the votes
received by the several candidates for
secretary of state that year, Mace,
the Progressive candidate winning
over his opponents in the county by
the seven hundred mark:
Ellingham, Democrat, 3,71S; King,
Republican, 1,717; Wade, Prohibition,
215; Mace. Progressive, 4,424; Town
send, Socialist, 972; Viewegh, Soc
Labor, 10; total, 11,156; Progressive
plurality, 706.
In 1914 Wayne countv's registration
Tailed 12,040 voters and the election
of U. S. Senator was at issue. B. F.
Shively. Democrat incumbent, Hugh
Th. Miller, Republican, and Albert j.
Beverfdge. progressive, were the lead
ers in hotly contested campaign, and
all received heavy vote in the county,
Beveridge running ahead with a plu-
rality of 5S1, as indicated by the fol-
lowing figures:
Shively, Democrat 3,342
Miller. Republican ..292O
Beyeridge. Progressive 1928
Hayes. Prohibition ... III
Reynolds, Socialist ...... 800
otdi ..... lU, { 40
Progressive plurality ..... 5S1
1916 witnessed the "get-together" of
the divided Republicans under the
whip and spur of four years of 'he
kept us out of war" policy. and Wayne
county came back strong to her Old
position as a Republican stronghold,
with but scattering few of the ultra
progressives who insisted in remain
ing outside the fold.
Record Of Votes.
The registration for 1916 was 13,s03,
and the vote cast for Secretary of
State is shown to have been cast in
the following order:
Cook, Democrat. 4,7SS
Jackson, Republican ......... $3.50
Zion. Progressive .......... so
Pope. Prohibition .... 267
Matthews. Socialist .... 291
Stoeffer, Labor ............. 29
Republican plurality. 1,201
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HOLIDAY PROCLAIMED WHEN
AMERICANS ENTER LANDRES

hold their session. The Germans left
yesterday.
GERMANS WITHOUT NEWS.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHEAST OF vERDUN, Monday.
Nov. 19-German officers who met the
American forces at Bouligny, today
were eager to hear about the latest de-
velopments in Germany. They say
that news has been kept from them
and that for days prior to the signing
of the armistice, they had heard no
CONTINUED on Page Eight.)
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ASK MODIFICATION

the terms of the armistice modified so
that she can have economic intercourse
with the territory on the left bank of
the Rhine as before the armistice, Dr.
Soil, the foreign secretary. says in
wireless dispatch received here. The
message is addressed to the govern
ments of the United States, Great
Britain. France and Italy.
In view of the close economic rela-
tions between the country west of the
Rhine and the remainder of Germany,
the preservation of which is necessary
ito the continued peaceful develop
ment Of Germany" DR.. Solf asks the
modification of some dozen points con-
corning this region.
For instance. he asks permission for
German owners to exploit as hereto
fore. the ciol, potash and iron ore
mines and the general free use of the
Rhine for transport within the old
boundaries of the German empire.
Want Free Navigation.
The foreign secretary also asks per
mission for free navigation by way
of Rotterdam and the coast for the
provisioning of Germany; the continu-
alton of industrial pursuits on the
left bank Of the Rhine for the use of
the remainder of Germany and free
railway traffic in occupied territory.
The old frontier of the empire, in
cluding Luxemburg. DR.. Solf suggests
is to be regarded as the customs
boundary and custom duties are to be
levied by Germany.
DIR. Solf declares that without these
notifications Germany will advance
toward more or less Bolshevist condi-
tions which might become dangerous
to neighboring states"
He repeats the previous protest
against the surrender of means of
transport and protests against "con-
tinuation Of the blockade" The for
eign secretary concludes by saying
that attempts by German delegates to
discuss these matters at Spa had been
unsuccessful because the representa-
tives there of the allied countries lack
ed the necessary powers.
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WILSON'S PLANS OF INTEREST

LONDON, Nov. 19.-Plans for the
approaching peace conference are dis
cussed prominently by some of the
morning newspapers, and according to
the Daily Express, arrangements are
nearing completion.
The Express. which is generally well
informed on political matters, adds
that the British delegates have not yet
been selected finally but probably will
include Premier Lloyd George, A. Bo-
mar Law, chancellor of the exchequer,
A. J Balfour, the foreign secretary,
Earl Reading. a labor representative
and representative of the dominions.
President Wilson's promised visit to
Paris attracts general attention.
There is some speculation whether he
will take an active share throughout
the conference or will leave American
interests in the hands of Secretary
Lansing and Colonel House.
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The Weather

Weather E2reau-Cloudy tonight
Wednesday partly cloudy.
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GERMANS ASK
FOR ANOTHER
MODIFICATION
OF ARM|STICE
Want Free Use of Rhine for
Transport of Supplies Re-
peat Protest Against Con-
tinuation Of Blockade.
| HUN FLEET SURRENDER
(By Associated Press)

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 19.-The first
section of the German feet to be de-
livered to the allies left Kiel on Sun
day for the North sea-
This section of. the fleet comprised
the battleships Bayern, Grosser Kue-
fuerst, Kronprinz Wilhelm, Markgraf,
Konig Albert and Kaiserin, and the
battle cruisers Seydlitz and Moltke.
Considering the surrender Of Ger
man ships to the allies. a German
wireless message received here says
that at meeting of U-boat crews at
Wilhelmshaven. November Is, it was
resolved to take the submarines out
whenever the necessary orders were
received.
German submarines to be handed
over to the allies have passed through
the Kaiser Wilhelm canal on their
way to England, according to advices
received in Copenhagen from Kiel
The program for the surrender Of
the German fleet as the result of con-
ferences held between British and Ger
man naval authorities is that the
ships will leave German ports on We'd
nesday and will be taken over by the
allies on Thursday. King George and
the Prince of Wales will review the
grand feet at Rosyth on Wednesday.
Later, the fleet will sail for the rem
devious assigned for the surrender
ceremony.
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WILL SAIL IN DECEMBER.

WILL SAIL IN DECEMBER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S-President
Wilson will go to France early in
December to take part in the discus
sion and settlement of the main fea-
lures OF, the treaty OF peace. His de-
cision to accept the invitation OF the
allied premiers was made known last
night in formal statement from the
white house. v-za
The president plans to sail imme-
diately after the opening of the reg
ular session of congress on Dec. 2.
How long he will remain abroad is
not known. He has indicated that it
is not his present intention to stay
Throughout the sessions of the confer
ence, but since the delegates proba bly,
!, cannot be assembled until late in Dec
ember he will be absent from the
United States for several weeks, at
, least
Mr.. Wilson will be the first presi-
dent to visit Europe and also the first
to attend a peace conference for the
settlement of issues growing out of
a war in which the United States took
part He regards his presence as
necessary in order to obviate the mani
fest disadvantages of discussion by
cable in determining the greater out
lines of the final treaty
Accompanying the president will be
delegates who will sit as the repre-
sentatives of the United States
throughout the conference. The names
of these delegates soon will be an
nounced. Secretary of State Lansing
hoo hn
and other members probably will in
clude Col. E. M. House. who now is
representing the government in the
deliberations of the supreme war coun-
Gil at Versailles, Elihu Root, former
secretary of state and Louis D. Bran
deis. associate justice of the supreme
court.
Republic Leaders to Meet.
No announcement of the plans for
the presidents trip has been made
He is expected, however, to make the
voyage on battleship as did presi-
dents Roosevelt and Taft, when they
visited the Panama canal zone Mrs.
Wilson undoubtedly will accompany
him and his immediate party probably
will include Joseph P. Tumulty, his
private secretary, Rear Admiral Cary
i. HTdySOn, HIS personal physician
and military and naval aides.
The presidents ship will be escort
ed in to a French port by French war
craft and possibly also by vessels of
the British and Italian navies Troops
to be assigned as the guard of honor
for the president in France probably
will consist of units from each of the
allied armies.
The meeting between President Will
son and President Poincare will be
| the first between the chief executives
of the two greatest republics and it
will be the first time that president
of this country has visited a foreign
capital. Before returning home, Mr..
Wilson probably will go to London
and Brussels and possibly Rome. He
also may make a pilgrimage to some
of the battlefields of France
President Wilson's purpose in go
ing to France in advance of the meet
ing of the peace congress is under
stood to be to discuss with the allied
premiers at Versailles the program to
be laid down for the guidance of the
peace delegates when they meet 1t
has been suggested that Mr.. Wilson
probably will be invited to preside at
the opening session of the peace con
ference.
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Today's Temperature.
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-15
SENTIMENT ALL RIGHT, BUT
Youngsters Reason for Buying carna-
tons Knocked All Pathos Out
of the Incident.

He was poorly dressed youngster
of perhaps fourteen years.
His trousers were shabby, and there
was only one button on his thin coat
He wasn't tall enough to push through
the crowd of women around the bar
gain countey where fresh carnations
were on sale at two cents each.
Finally a saleswoman saw the grimy
hand reaching out, with six moist pen
MES and shiny dime in it, and in an
swer to his II want eight, please, all
coIors," he received an assortment Of
pink, red and white flowers, all show
ing more or less the effect of rough
handling.
A woman who stood near by built
up a pretty little story about him.
She was certain he was little news
boy, and that the flowers were for his
mother, who probably was i'll in free
hospital.
Tenderly the child adjusted the It's
sue paper around the carnations, and
a queer little smile curved his lips.
"Are your pretty flowers for your
mother, little boy?" asked the senti-
mental bystander.
"Naw," answered the youth with
an impish grin, they're for my girl"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-15
Knew What He Wanted.

In Seventh avenue one Of the
first requisites for satisfactory exist
ence is to learn the language. Sew
enth avenue has a language of its own
and the great difficulty of mastering
1t is that it is so much like English
that it becomes unusually confusing
A roughly dressed boy of twelve wan
dered into a drug store at Thirty
fourth street and approached the soda
fountain. There was crowd about
it, but he forced his way through and
ordered "bonnella" soda.
The clerk after some delay provided
1t, but the boy Immediately objected
that the drink was not for him.
ST meant t. tell yuh," he explained.
81 wanted it in a sanctuary container.
It's for me kid sister out in the per-
namberator."-New York Herald.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-15

| game, and put up real money The
Jocks suffered lot of casualties, and
the prospects looked bright for the
battery men to collect some easy
money. So when the battalion was re-
lieved the gamblers lined up. Several
Jocks got their money for emerging
| safely, but the ones who clicked it
men had never thought it out that
way. Those Scotties were bound to
be sure winners, no matter how the
wind blew. So take tip from me.
never bet with a Scottie, cause you'll
lose money.
"At one part of our trench where
| a communication trench Joined the
front line a Tommy had stuck up a
wooden signpost with three hands or
| arms on it. One of the hands, point
ing to the German lines, read, TO Ber-
| lin the one pointing down the com,
munication trench read, ITO Blighty,'
while the other said, Suicide Ditch,
Change Here for Stretchers.'
Farther down from this guide post
the trench ran through an old orchard.
On the edge of this orchard our bat
terry had constructed an advanced OBJ
servatiOn post. The trees screened If
from the enemy airmen and the roof
was turfed. 1t wasn't cuShy like ours,
no timber or concrete re-enforcements,
just walls of sandbags. From it q
| splendid view of the German lines
| could be obtained. This post wasn't
exactly safe. 1t was a hot corner,
shells plunking all around, and the
bullets cutting leaves off the trees.
| Many time when relieving the sig
mailer at the phone, had to crawl on
my belly like a worm to keep from
being hit.
| sit was an observation post sure
enough. That's all the use it was. just
observe all day, but never message
| back for our battery to open up. You
see, at this point of the line there
were strict orders not to fire a shell,
unless specially ordered to do so from
brigade headquarters. Blime me, if
anyone disobeyed that command, our
| general-yes, it was Old Pepper
would have court-martialed the whole
expeditionary force. Nobody went out
of their way to disobey Old Pepper in
those days, because he couldn't be
called a parson; he was more like a
pirate. If at any time the devil should
| feel lonely and sigh for proper mate,
| Old Pepper would get the first call.
Facing the Germans wasn't half bad
/ compared with an interview with that
old f1rebrand.
eff q company or battalion should
give way few yards against SUI
perior force of Boches, Old Pepper
| would send for the commanding Off
Ger. In about half an hour the officer
would come back with his face the
color OF a brick, and in few hours
what was left of his command would
be holding their original position.
SCI have seen an officer who wouldn't
say d-n for thousand quid spend
five minutes with the old boy, and
when he returned the flow of language
from his lips would make navy
blush for shame.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-15

To drive tank handle the guns, and
sweep over the enemy trenches, takes
strong nerves, good rich blood, good
stomach, liver and kidneys. When the
time comes, the man with red blood in
his veins sis up and at it." He has iron
nerves for hardships-an interest in his
work grips him. That's the way you
feel when you have taken blood and
nerve tonic, made up of Blood root,
Golden Seal root, Stone root. Cherry
bark, and rolled into sugar-coated
tablet and sold in sixty-cent vials by al
most all druggists for past fifty years
as DIR. Pierce'S Golden Medical Discov-
cry. This tonic, in liquid or tablet form,
is just what you need this spring to
give you vim, vigor and vitality. At the
flag end of hard winter, no wonder
you feel rundown" blue, out of sorts.
Try this Medical Discovery" of DR..
Pierce'S. Don't wait! To-day is the
day to begin! A little pep" and you
laugh and live.
The best means to oil the machinery
of the body, put tone into the liver,
kidneys and circulatory system, is to
first practice a good housekeeping.
1 know of nothing better as laxative
than vegetable pill made up of May
apple, leaves of aloe and jalap. This
is commonly sold by all druggists as
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and
should be taken at least once week to
clear the twenty-five feet of intestines.
You will thus clean the system-expel
the poisons and keep aoeH. No1o is
the time to clean house. Give yourself
a SDrino hOuSe cleaning ADV
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-15

The constant pounding of men
opposed to river and harbor bills,
or many of the provisions of such
bills, has had the effect of mate
rally reducing those measures COM
pared to what they have been In the
past. Instead of bills carrying appro-
priations of from 40 to 90 million dol
lars, bills with only Is or 20 million
dollars are now reported to the house
and passed. Several times the oppo-
nents of these measures have caused
considerable reduction. At the present
time, policy has been inaugurated OF
making appropriations simply for con-
tinuing projects heretofore authorized
or for work that is deemed necessary
in the prosecution of the war. Nat
urally that cuts down the big bills
which have heretofore been passed by,
congress. s.t.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-15

1t was quite compliment to Con-
gresham Tilson of Connecticut thar
he was asked by the house to describe
from a military point of view the pat
tie situation at time when the coun-
try was most apprehensive that Ter
many was about to break through Con
gresham Tilson has exhibited a won
derful knowledge of firearms of all
kinds and character. and has severaI
times given the house great deal OF
useful information When he was
called upon to make his last statement
he exhibited a map showing the pat
tie lines, and indicated what might
happen to the advantage of the aines-
His statement was somewhat reaSsur-
ing to members of the house, VINO were
really quite gloomy over the OUTLOOK
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-15
CHAPTER XVI-Continued.


81 r9mp out with the first expedi-
sorarv force, and, like all the rest,
.bonob+ we would have the enemy
Tctad in Jig time, and be able TO eat
christmas dinner at home. Well, so
%, have eaten two Christmas din
nors in the trenches, and am liable to
oot two more, the way things are
,ontng That is, if Fritz don't drop
tubizz-bang' on ME, and send me to
Rightv. Sometimes I wish I would
got hit. because it's no great picnic
ant here, and twenty-five months of it
makes you fed up.
ITS fairly cushy now compared to
what if used to be, although 1 admit
t6is trench is a trifie rough. Now.
va send over five shells TO their one.
We are getting our own back, but in
tbp early days it was different. Then
yon had to take everything without
ra71v. In fact, we would get twenty
shells in return for every one we sent
aver. Fritz seemed to enjoy it, but
NE British DIDN'T; we were the suf-
fprprs. Just one casualty after an
other. Sometimes whole platoons
would disappear, especially when a
Jack Johnson plunked into their
middle. 1t got so bad that a fellow,
when writing home, wouldn't ask for
8ny cigarettes TO be sent out, because
he WAS afraid he wouldn't be there to
receive them.
after the drive to Paris was turned
back. trench warfare started. Our
general grabbed a map, drew a pencil
across it, and said, Dig here Then
he went back to his tea. and Tommy
armed himself with a pick and shovel
and started digging. He's been dig
ging ever since.
"0f course we dug those trenches at
night, but it was hot work, what with
the rife and machine-gun fire. The
Stretcher bearers worked harder than
the diggers,
Those trenches, blOOmin' bitches, l
call them, were nightmares. They were
only about five feet deep, and you used
to get the backache from bending
down. 1t wasn't exactly safe TO stand
upright, either, because as soon as
your napper showed over the top a
bullet would bounce off it, or else come
so close it would make your hair stand.
we used to fill sandbags and stick
them on top of the parapet to make it
higher, but no use; they would be
there about an hour and then Fritz
would turn loose. and blow them to
Dts. My neck used to be sore from
ducking shells and bullets.
Where my battery was stationed a
nasty trench had been dug, which
Tie boys niCknamed Suicide ditch,
ana believe me, Yank, this was the
original Suicide ditch All the others
are mutations.
When a fellow went into that
trench it was an even gamble that he
would come out on a stretcher. At one
ulae & Scotch battalion held it, and
"Aen they heard the betting was even
money that they'd come out on
@eieherS, they grabbed all the bets
" sight. Like lot of bally idiots, sew
14I OF the battery men fell for their
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sentiment to the winds where profits
are concerned, and when the war is
over the nations that have been fight
ing Germany will probably buy her
goods unless there should be legal OBJ
stacles in the way.
1t has been suggested that one thing
that would bring Germany to realiz-
alton of what she is doing, quicker
than anything else, would be concerted
action on the part of the powers or
the world now fighting for civilization,
in declaring that they would admit no
German goods within their borders Tor
a period of 10 or 10 years after the
war But it is not easy to get the pow
ers to reach any such agreement In
this country it could not be enacted
unless it had the active support OF the
administration, and President wilson
is not yet ready to take such a dras-
tic step.