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TIIE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Published iJaily. Except SunJay. at The News building. Pi and 42 West Washington treat, At th Foetofnce. Indianapolis, Ind con4 Clas Matter.

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vr.UHcn of tub abbjciatit moss Tb Associated Ires la excioalvely entitled to tba ue for" republlceiloi ef all ri'ptche credited to It. esd toot otherwise frMUM In I Ms paper, end ale to tba iocs) raw published Kara! a. 'CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH do not see how area the President of the VnSXri State, who has recently In commendation of. the secretary of war, can read the speech of Ienator Chamberlain, dellrered In the senate yesterday, without realizing that the war department Is ery far from befng what It ought to be. The senator showed that today France, In spite of the awful drain upon her, especially that resulting from the Italian disaster.

Is 'upplyjng oar troops with ordnance and machln guns, sjtd airplanes. It may be that we did not think of going to war in lil. but the war department surely knew at that time that If we erer did to to war we should need tig guns, and that we could not gat them Jn a day. The senator said: There were' omens In the sky that America couldn't keep out. What was the ordnance department doing? Nothing.

It was lying supinely on its back, not making plans for manufacturing ordnance, nor discovering the possibilities of manufacturing but doing noth Ing, absolutely nothing. Yet the navy department contracted machine guns before the war broke, and in advance of spproprlatlona. As to machine guns the war department was unpardonably. slow. ft did not finally adopt a type till June of last year, two months after we had gone to war.

Last September we had only nine of them how many we have now no fne knows. The navy was glad to buy the Iewls guns, and there are' 70,000 of them In use on European battlefields. "Why not," asked the senator, "manufacture the Lewis gun?" It Is admitted that the rifle finally' adopted Is an "lm" provernent over the British gun, but 'It took days and months to perfect It." and In the meantime the manufacture of the Ppringfleld' weapon was stopped. The senator said that there was not a single trench mortar In any ramp In the United States, and that If It hadn't been for the civilian people who have come here and given their time and service1 we wouldn't have been anywhere." It was supposed that we would profit by the mistakes of our associates In this war. Tet England and Franca early discovered that It was a mistake to keep army men In control of their, ord nance departments and none could beJ ranee departments and none' could be worse.

Rut we, after ten months of war, still retain them. ''Vou must," said the renator. "go to menVvho have done things to get results, and congress should face this without of any man, but with due regard for the distinguished commander in chief." Senator Chamberlain was told by the commander at Camp Sherman, General Clenn, whose word In Indianapolis Is aa good as gold, that there was in his camp a shortage of T.000 overcoats. TVhen this was brought to the attention of Secretary Raker. his usual placid way he said that's not true." Baker later satd that the overcoats were "in course of shipment" The shortage of overcoats sometimes ran as high as 75 per cent.

In Camp Bowie the men were "packed together like sardines," epidemics broke out, and 8,000 men passed through, the hospitals. General Gorgaa, surgeon general, reported that there was overcrowding in practically every camp, and that he had not been consulted about the location of a singta cantonment. Men died without proper nursing because of the Inefficiency of the system. The Tresident. Senator Chamberlain said, did not know the truth, and probably could hot 1 get It from his subordinates, not because they meant to keep anything from htm, but because It was difficult.

If not lmpoesible. under the present system, ror them to get It. Tet they might have learned from Surgeon General Gorges, who is responsible for the statement that "nearly all epidemics could have been prevented If the war department had been effective," Te worst thing about Secretary Baker's reoent "testimony waa Its revelation of lack of Information In regard to his own department. Also. Senator Cham Vcrlatn charged, there had been a lack cf franknefa.

It certainly Is. as he says, t'nie tojturn on the light. The President has more power than any other President ever had. and more money to spend. The people will demand results.

SKllt SllLK AS rOOD The protein content of all beef consumed In the United States yearly Is about 92.000.000 pounds, according to the department of agriculture. The milk left after butter making on the farms over the country would. It made Into cottage cheese, contain Cet.5S7.03a pounds of protein. Only a small per cent, of the akim milk, however. Is converted into cottage cheese.

Some of It is thrown away and the most of it is led to live stock. There Is waste In both methods of disposal. When 1M pounds of skim milk la combined, most a'ivantagoously with other feed It will produce no more than 4.t pounds of dressed pork. Msde Into cottage cheese, the came quantity haa a protein value equal to CCJ pounia of pork. The waste of skim milk is Inexcusable.

If the farmer can and no market for It and has no live, stock to fatten be has no right. In these days of food shortage, to throw it awsy. No difil i.lty Will be found In giving It any licre It csn be made use of in relieving the food situation. Few farmers, prob u'uly, throw any skim milk away. Host of them feed It to stock, end It Is these who are most concerned.

If at a distance from the city tba farmer may find It Impracticable to work tip profitable market for cottage cheese and the best use ha can max of tba butter byproduct may be to feed it to stock. Others nearer the markets should not find treat difficulty In disposing of skim milk in the form of cottage cheese. The matter la worth Investigating from the point of riew of personal profit There Is no question as to the national profit. The success of the farmer in turning his production of skim milk to the best advantage from a iiatfonal viewpoint win be dependent upon co operation from "consumers. Most people would probably be willing to eat more cottage cheeae If they could get It fresh from the farm and of good quality.

Its price. In comparison food value, ought to be a powerful advocate. PLAT ISO WITH FIRE It begins to look very much as though the centra! powers had. in dealing with the Bolshevikl, been playing with fire. No one can fall to see that the Russian radicals have as little use for the German as they had for the Russian autoc racy.

That there are many people In Austrla Hangary, If not la Germany, who sympathize with the Russian extremist la now perfectly clear. The fraternisation between tho armies' haa had the effect only of em oralis lag the armies of tho central powers, since the Russian armies were already demoralised. There can be no doubt thst there Is tho most serious trouble In Austria Hungary. jCven Germany is said to be seething with discontent. One can easily believe It The Pan Germans and the new Fatherland party are being bitterly denounced by the people.

Nothing In this war haa been more amazing than the willingness of the kaiser to treat with men who had deposed a "divine right" from the Hoh enzollem point of view ruler. Ofily desperation, one would think, could have induced Mm to enter Into any such relationship. Ho policy could have been more menacing to the throne and crown of the kaiser. Ho one could three years ago have imagined that he would nego tlate with people whom ho would, had they been his own subjects, have locked up In Jalf. For their successful war on the czsr was tn fact war cn the kaiser, and the system for which he stands.

The only possible Inference Is that the military party in Germany la extraordinarily anxious for There Is no better proof of the anxiety of the central powers than their willingness to treat with such men as Trotzky and Lenlne. If God crowned the kaiser. He also crowned the caar. Tet the kaiser ta seeking peace from men who deposed the. Lord's annolnted! He has introduced the Russian poison Into the veins of his own countrymen.

It Is. working mightily In Austria Hungary and It may hare Its effect even la Germany; It looks very much as though the kaiser had made a falo, and perhaps a fatal move, but the blunder will be transferred to this United States If we do not take advantage of the situation to recover lost time la preparing ourselves to deliver' the final knockout blow to autocracy. There Is no reason, of course, to believe that Germany la thinking of peace, except on her owa term a. But her attempted deal with Russia does point to great weakness. The moral for us is that we should drive ahead With all our powftP and appljr utino pre4.ure We i van commana.

ne naraer we striae tne sooner will peace come. But really there cojild be so greater humiliation than for a haughty Hohensotlern who Is, aa he thinks, the chosen of God, to parley with a Trotsky. THE GERMANS AND PEACE The people of Germany could get. If not peace, at least a discussion of the terms of peace, within twenty four hours. Alt they have to do Is to surrender the kaiser and other members of the "Potsdam gang." use Dr.

Van Dyke's happy phrase, to the French. British. Belgians or Americana There can i be no peace that does not bring with it the punishment of these criminals who forced the war on the world. There can be no peace except aa the' result of covenanta with men la Germany whose word can be relied on, and who know something' of the honor of gentlemen. The longer the war continues the clearer does It become that kaiser must go.

We still think that this man ought to be tried on the Indictment for murder returned against him by an English jury. Ilia sons who have been Indicted for theft could also be best dealt with by civil process. These tnen have made not the slight est response to the terms of peace stated several weeke ago by the American President and the British premier. They do not desire any peace except as dic tated by themselves, and. will consent to none that does not preserve their twn order.

Such a peace there never ein be. The kaiser set out to conquer the world. Now tho world has resolved that it will "get" the kaiser. He Is, as the police say. "wanted" If the Ger mane will make the arrest and delivery, well and good.

If not. the enemies of Germany ill have to dci; the job. The American people, of course, wish to make "the world safe for democracy." and desire that full justice be done to France and Belgium and Italy. 'Serbia and RoumanU must be restored and the alittel Europa scheme be thwarted. But the allied armies are fundamentally a sheriff's posse seeking the arrest of a gang of dangerous criminals.

If Germany cares to make their cause her own. she must take the con sequences. There can re no Justice ta the world till these men are made to answer for their crimes. STENOGRAPHERS AND RED TAPE Good Government, the official journal of the JCational Civil Service Reform prints a story that in view of recent revelations will be understood as indicating what Is the matter with the war department. An army officer stationed at New Tork called on the commission for twenty five stenographers.

Ttey were appointed And assigned to the far end of an embarkation pier. A month later the twenty five young women sent a delegation to the commission to complain that as' yet no work had been given them. They explained that they did not object greatly to idleness, but, that an Inspector might happen along1, find they had nothing to do and discharge them. The commission could do nothing in the matter. A few days later the commission waa asked by an oScer of the ordnance department, who had an oSSoe on the same pier with the twenty five Idle young women, for a force of stenographers.

In this contingency the commission felt justified la making a suggestion that the ordnance officer ask the quartermaster to transfer soma of the Idle stenographers on his pay Aa to this. Good Government says: 1 The ordnance! officer was shocked not to say grieved. Evidently the ctril service commission did not understand army etiquette. Evidently It did not perceive the gromm Impropriety In one officer's suggesting to another that his office force waa underworked Dear me! The result waa that the Idle stenographers continued idle and an additional force was certified. The red tape barnacle Is pretty thoroughly rooted In the war department and it may take a thorough reorganization to remove It.

"Etiquette" that forbids one officer from asking another for the use of a clerical; force for which the second officer has no work: ts of long growth, a develop ment of the years when the war depart ment had so serious problem on Its hand. Formalities that are costing the country enormously must go. There Is do excuse la observation of peace estab lished customs that cause delay and serve no Important and. Perhaps what 1 needed 1 to transfer the war department with it red tap and endless forms to the tranche of Europe. Freeeat methods would not long survive la the face of the enemy.

But slnoe It la Impracticable to move the war department to Europe, red tapers must be convinced In some other fashion that are at war. FIRES AND AUTOMOBILES Following the fir wagons to the scene of the blase haa been a practice of the small boy and his Idle elders probably from the time that alarm bells were first used; The curiosity 1 but It shows aa Increasing tendency to become troublesome. Before the days of the automobile, and When cities were smaller, the population' could attend the fire In a body wltnout causing great trouble to the fire fighters, or endangering Uvea The situation is not the same now. At the first news of a big blase automobiles start by the hundreds toward the scene, If the fire Is spectacular and long enough In duration the road leading to it are likely to carry an almost unbroken parade of machines while the blaze continues. Since the spectacle will be missed if the fire Is extinguished before the automobiles get.

there the driver are usually la a hurry. The result Is disregard of the speed laws, accidents and danger to life, limb and peace of mind of pedestrians or others who happen to be In the streets at the time. Arrived at. the fire the automobiles get in the way of the firemen and make his business of putting out the blase more difficult. At a destructive fire recently they were reported to have Interfered seriously with the.

work. At any fire they constitute a nuisance which should be The automoblllst who does not wish to endanger the lives and property of his fellow citizens will stay away from the scene of big fires. Those who insist on making a nuisance of themselves should be kept so far away from the blase that the chance of their interfering with the work of the firemen will be reduced to a minimum. The firemen's hose an "accidental" break or a mistake In" directing the stream used to be effective In other days. COAL DISTRIBUTION The plan suggested for handling the local coal situation, which Is now In operation In various cities, will be most effective If made a part of a similar scheme national In Dr.

Garfield seems as yet not to have arrived at any systematic plan for handling' the" coal problem over the country. Less coal Is being mined and transported than Is necessary to maintain Industry at Its present productiveness and to warm homes and Nevertheless. It ought to be. possible to alleviate conditions by a more comprehensive and systematic plan of distribution and, railroad equipment conservation. When some sections have enough or nearly enough coal for their needs while other are suffering.

It Indicate that something is wrong with the plan of distribution. It ought not to be difficult to obtain figures as to the needs of each section based on its consumption In ordinary times. and. making allowances for war' Industrial permit that section to have ho more than sufficient for Its real needs. In the past it ha apparently been the custom to divert cars to the states which made the loudest demands, although other districts might be suffering more with less protest.

There ts still much waste of transportation equipment in hauling coal from one state to another when each state produce coal which could be used at home. For Instance. If Indiana and Illinois each produces coal sufficient for Its own needs, no Indiana coal should be shipped to Illinois, or vice versa, Any surplus should go to the nearest district where' there Is a need. Far greater; use could bo made of railroad equipment If a plan national in scope were devised to use that coal as nearly aa possible to the source of production. MEN IN SERVICE It seems to be a somewhat general practice for draft boards to classify and publish as delinquent men who are already tn military service because their questlonnalrea were not returned.

The state conscription agent. Major BalUelV thinks that the trouble Is due to the failure of relatives to make affidavits to the boards that these men are already In camp. Under the terras of the selective service regulations local boards may classify men in Group 5 when sat Isfactory evidence Is produced that they are ta tho service. There seems to be eome confusion In respect to this provision. Relatives of drafted men report that some boards refuse: to consider evidence that the men are already in the army, and insist that the questlonnalrea be sent to the soldiers in camps or In Europe, meanwhile classifying them as delinquent This stand probably taken to prevent any possibility of fraud in protecting slacker, but the provision permitting the grouping of registrants already In service, when supporting eyi dence of this can be obtained, is plain.

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, FEED AY, JANUARY 25, 1910. No man who haa shown hi patriotism by anticipating the call should be classed aa a delinquent. Za addition to the injustice done by causing a wrong Impression among acquaintances. such a course may cause difficulty later in obtaining aBowanee. Relatives or other Interested In men of draft age who are la serric should go before the local board with evidence of their enlistment.

Boards may act In accordance with Section 131 of aelec tlve service regulations covering such cases. In every Instance an earnest ef fort should be made to prevent men who have been first to fulfill their duty from being classed as slackers. GERMANTS DEMANDS Germany's demands for territory and for the utter subordination of Russia's rights as a basis of peace is the demon strmuon of Ahe world's claim that Prussian ism means practical slavery for, all but Prusaii Germany wants Russia's Baltic provinces and practically all the lands she pss overrun. She want a monopoly of Russia's trad and foodstuff and tl early indicates an eventual purpose to wipe out western Russia as a power and to Germanize all that region. No wonder that even the Trotsky states men shrink from ruch term.

Wo know now more surely than heretofore what kind of terms France and tho allies. Including; the United State, would be confronted with If the kaiser had hi CLOSED SCHOOLS, OPEN SALOONS An earnest effort should' be mad to get coal for the local publlo schools, which. the commissioner announce, can not open next week, and It Is not known when they will be opened. This is a serious matter. The education of thousands is being interrupted at a critical time In the sc boot year, the last weeks of the, first semester, when, ordinarily, the hardest work la done to assure passing grades.

It la announced that the pupils who were making passing grades when the schools closed will be pro moted to the next das, and that others will be permitted to take examinations later. Whether the pupil passes or no his education will suffer. If he goes to the next grade he can not be a well prepared for as he be; If he doe not pass he Is set back half a year In his schoorwork. The schools now are all that Is closed. Saloons, theaters, other nonessential business and amusement places are open, ir coal can be found ror tnese it ought to be found for the more Important work of assuring the continuance of the education of children.

In effect, the schools are classified a the least essential of public and private Industry. They ought to be considered of equal Importance with the saloons, at the least. If some industry must suffer, let it be' less essential than the schools. S. Thompson, chairman of th press committee of the American Defense Society, tn a talk at a New York luncheon, declared the society had' been informed that the United State had executed fourteen spies since the beginning of the war, and added that enemy aliens "should be apprised of this fact a evidence of America's determination to protect herself." The source of the Information yweuld be interesting.

Nothing, certain i has published of wholesale executions for espionage. Provost Marshal Crowder says that if any spy has been shot In the United States he knows nothing of It. The fairly safe conclusion, therefore, is that the chairman of the defense sdelety committee swallowed all the wild stories from Irresponsible sources of military executions. If spies are found, they deserve the punishment of uples, but the people should know the reason for the legal taking, of life. Doubtless (there should have been some executions but they will come.

If at all. under due forms of law. If the weather man can be Induced to hold out with this brand a while longer, the coal pile may hold put a while longer, .1 It oughtn't to be much harder to think of all the things needed from: the store for one day at the same time, and It will be a lot easier on delivery men and equipment. Perhaps Russia Is beginning to understand that' if she wants peace she will have to fight for It. i 1 1 The city Is now said to be facing an oyster shortage, but the bivalves have been so costly lately that the news will not bother the ordinary consumer as much a It have done once.

A few more lots for wat gardens means lot more war garden produce. The WIllle and Nicky" telegraphic conversations may soon be resumed verbally If the common people of Germany have their way that is If Willie can Just find where 'Nicky is hiding, Another form has been reversed. The old Instructions so famllir to most of us was to shake well before using, but the remedy for the coal situation requires that we "use well before shaking. The fuel situation arouses the old argument about how much wood would a'woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck would chuck wood. i No matter what rumors, of collapse there may be.

we'll go, right ahead with our war preparations, at least until he liobensoUeYns are incarcerated in some Institution for the detention of the criminal insane or even more effectually disposed Well, s'pose the packer are blamed for the high price of leather, what of It? They've been blamed for so many and still managed to get by, that they won't mind a little thing Uke that. Did you notice tba men's wear la rem 50 to 75 per cent higher? Old becks, old friends," old clothes, they're tii 'best under the circumstances. Anyhow, the Impurities, whatever they are. found In candy for the navy mean pure cussedness by some one or worse. It is possible that within a short time It will be necessary to hunt up the wife's umbrella, oil It up and learn how to use It again.

Maybe the, reason the Germans are1 suffering from internal disorders Is that tbey are allowing their feet to become cold. (Cries of "Hear! Hear:" from the city board of health.) V. The sooner the Austrian proletariat finds out that it is demanding what it wants from a source that hasn't got.it. the better off. It will be.

It seem pretty, certain, that Germany will define the Russian border a' little too far within the limit of even a' Russian patience. 1 Where Germans Failed rcemepaadeaee of the Associated Press AMSTERDAM. January 4. After more than three years of effort the German authorities in Belgium have to admit the failure of their attempt to drive a wede between tho two races and languages la Beleiura. The uiiitv of, Belgium still exists, and there are signs that the Germans have given up.

at least, for the time being, their at tempt to break it up. xne authority for thia statement is the German propagandist weekly in Holland, the Toekomst. which tmt that the present policy of tho governor general In Brussels is "more moderate." and that Berlin approves this policy as a means of sralnlna tj Th. article concludes by advising the advo cates or tne former German fwlkrr to nuacie course and iv nn uteir nourishes of rhetoric 1 Th attempts of the Germans to force the Flemish language on Brussels and Antwerp are declared to have complete ly tailed and the government has had to confesss Itself beaten. The ku Dart ers of the German scheme among the Belgian population are known as ii riai.

ana are very unpopular among the raaifiritv at thai. ri lT activist "demonstration waa mmnrxi sruueis rocenny ana was much, exploited ta the German preee at the tlma But aeenMlnv w. wj wvsuwuautuwi was a i aCO. Inata nf 1CM ...44 only 1.000." says tho newspaper. "Moreover, one third of those were Dutch and another third Germans, partly la uniform.

The procession to th market place was attacked as soon as notleea by the crowd, notwithstanding the protection af tha lnl rmluA KT i there may be a riot. Now the activists are Beginning to divide into Maximalists ami iuimiTuuini ana are oecoming very difficult for their German bossea to handle. Pajamas Please Frenchmen Oarmenti for the French children are being made under the instruction of Mr. Knefier at th Peacock' tea and specialty shop la North Meridian street. on Monday and Thursday afternoons.

Patterns and Instructions for these odd little garment are supplied by the local headquarters of the American fund for French wounded, 4 Monument Circle. Pajamas are made at All Souls Uni tarian church for Che French relief on Tuesday and Fridays, and for the Red Cross on Monday. Wednesdays and Thursdays, a cafeteria luncheon being served at noon. If any woman ha grown weary of making the prosaic pajamas for the French hospitals, the following extract from a letter received at the Paris de pot and published in the Weekly Bulletin, Issued in Paris by the American Fund for French Wounded, co operating with the Red Cross, will give her courage to renew her efforts: "This morning we received the beautiful sky blue DeJaraa sent bv the noble dames of the American Fund for French vv ounded, who, not content with send lg their sons and husbands to fight be fcide us, endeavor also In a thousand ingenious ways to ameliorate the lot of the wounded Frenchmen, fallen glo riously on tne Champagne and Verdun fronts. I do not know how to thank you enough.

In my name and that of my brothers in arm, for all we owe to the valiant American people who shrink from no sacrifice which will help to establish the rights and liberties of op pressed nations. Perhaps you had not thought of youncelt as a noble dame when you were making those blue pajamas, but if you will, remember that you are so thought of over here you will make some more. And remember, too. that It Is the card; in the pocket which the Frenchman almost more than the warmth of the pajamas', and which goes further than anything else to convince him of the Interest and sympathy of the 'valiant American people. At present the shelves at the French relief shop are bare of pajamas, awaiting a new stock being cut out and which will be ready soon.

In the meantime, women are urged to make the garments for French children. 'Oddob" Mondays WASHINGTON, January 25. Louis F. Post, sselstant secretary of labor, ap peal to th: householders of the coun try to employ for 'odd Jobs" unskilled workers who will be thrown out of work once a week because of the Monday order. 'Make Monday 'odd Job Monday said Mr.

"Nearly every house Jiolder In the Industrial sections most affected doubtless can offer odd jobs to these ien and women, whereby they may earn something on the closed days. If each householder should during this period arrange to have all odd jobs such us the removal of ashes. reDairlnir. cleaning, etc. performed on Monday.

employment would be given to many. faucn an arrangement furthermore would be a great benefit to householders who of iste have had great difficulty in obtaining help for such casual work. The same plan might well be adopted ny municipalities and private concerns who similarly have found it difficult to obtain casual labor." To Tag Whit House Shove r. WASHINGTON, January 25. To ta the White House coal shovel January SO.

"Tag Tour Shavel Day." the fuel administration today designated two Washington school children. William Edward Furey, Boy Scout, who has sold K.KX worth of Liberty bonds, and neiea aiargaxex. iw, nrst prize winner in the national emeraencv food a commission' garden contest. INDIANA NEWS IN BRIEF TERRE HAUTE Three dlarapetable honaea ware abated bare la circuit court on netitlon 01 in praaocutine vrnT t. jt; to be ornl by I rank epaiimeyar.

wbe failed to appar la court, a n4 Kate Filktne. A penalty was attached In each case. MONTICEIXO Judge Truman FV Palmer, of thia eltjr. baa bacn appointed by Governor Goodrich aa aiclal Judfa ta try the caae in which Martin T. JCruagar.

former mayor of Michigan Oily, is seeking to ouat Fred Miller, tba present mayor, wbo haa been classed aa an all an eoeniy. BRAZIL Prad George. I sixty three years old. was found frozen to 'death at his home In Harmony. near here.

Thursday night. His wife died several weeks sg. and ha bad bees ataytng with Alaon Gravea. a relative her. Ha Mt Sunday and did not return.

Hla body waa found by Graves. WINCHESTER Tha will of George Mat tex. ef Modoc which was probated here Thuraday. ia to tha truatec of the United Brethren church of Modoc, and tba rar of tha estate la divided aquaJly batwean th erection board of the United Brethren church of kfodoe and the Otterbeln home of the church at Union Village, O. BLtTTTPTO? Harry Shntt, aa alxty flv.

a realdeiit of Kayatoae. waa found Wadnea day evening by Henry Gehrettv eheriff, la a ericas condition at a point along the traction line one south of Bluff ton. Mr. Ebutt had attempted to walk from Keystone to Blurrtoo. a dtatanc af twalve miiaa.

bat auSerad a altsbt etroke of paraJyala and was nearly frozen to death whan found. SOUTH BEND From two to fourteen year In tha Indiana state prlaon waa th sentence given Benjamin F. Geyer. when ha pleaded rulity. to charse of ambeuie tnent before A.

Funk. )udaa of tha circuit court. Oeyer admitted tbat ha had takaa 94.000 blonslng to tba New Jeraer Railway Company and had altered tha booke ia aa effort to keep officlala from tracing the theft. RAJTK FORT Fire, believed of Incendiary orlgla. deatroyed th atorehouaa and trap of tba Frank fort nan tlub br.

cauaing a loa estimated at ftew. The poKc discovered two acta of trarka leading from th building. An Inveatlgation Is being What la believed to hare hean an attempt to aet fir to th Blma elevator and flour mllle waa discovered Thuraday eight by a apecial watchman. Several bread boxes had baen flrad ta a car immediately next to the building. CRAWTORDavlLLE Relative her have received word that Jamea C.

Fullenwlder, as fortv nlna. formerly of CrewforlvHli. and a VVabaah college rraduata with the dmsm ef 1S9(. waa accidentally killed at rrf Select leas WHAT AILS By SAstXEI. B.

HARDING ef Earepeea History. Indiana Calverslty. German speeches and printed sitteraaees saewtag the which, easts the war. CaleBy freaa patllertla of tho a Pwalle Iafraiatia. Waakiaarlm.

XX. state of sal: Ceaaaaltte "THE DAY" DAWNS. The fateful day draws near. And even If the twilight of the gods be upon ns, let it come in furious battle. rather than in lingering sickliness.

Graf du Moulln Eckart, speech at 8tuttgart meeting of the Pan German League, AUdeutsche Blastter. April 23, j. 1 We maintain, today more than ever, that Germany and Austria Hungary, even with the most honorable desire for can not avoid war with their ca.terr and western neighbors; that a frightful, decisive struggle, will be MAKE GOOD Cincinnati neulrx The Inevitable hour et th add test haa struck. In, every great crisis ef human affairs there la a period of probation, hut In such a on as this it must be brief. The men who happen to be In place of power are given a chance to show their fitness, but woe betide them If they fall.

The possibCItle ef disaster are too great. The cargo In the ship of state la far too valuable to let an Incompetent pilot run It on the rocks. In the management of affairs so vast, unfitness Is almost Instantaneously disclosed. In the business of or ganfxlnr an array of l.OW.Oflft men. of erectlne; fortv cantonments, of conserving th fuAl aoxt the food of a.

nation, of butldlng its ships, of floating Its bond, of running it railroad, ther ar no place for boobies. Efficiency Is the text. Men must make good or get out and give place to their betters. In ordinary times things seem to go of themselves. We remember to have read of a stationary engine which ran the better part of a night, with the engineer dead In his chair.

Great businesses, city, state and even national administrations have often gathered so much in the pant that they, too. In periods of froepertty have run along indefinite under tne hand of dummy engineers. But we want no dead leaders on horseback now! For six crowded and terrible months Sumner. Wash. No details war given.

Mr. Fullenwtder for years waa a teacher in Va shon col lac's, at Burton. and lat ly had been encased In business A wtdotw and one eon survive. Three brothers also survive. Frank C.

FullanwM of Beattle. and J. Newton Fullenwlder and Wealey Fullaewlder, both of CrawfordevlUe. 1.AWRENCKBURO FIra caused by: a defective flu destroyed the home of Jamea M. Plume, a farmer, of Kelso township, with nearlvall et th household aooda.

The harking of a doc aroused Plum and. ha dis covered the nous in names. ti asaistea ma wife and their three children, all clad in their, nlrht clothes. In settlna out of a sec ond at ory window to tha roof of tha kitchen. and thn to tne crouna.

air, ana i rs. Plume and children took refua In the barn, and later were provided with clothing and taken to the homes of noishbors. The loss I estimated at i.SO. with a small amount of insuranoe. C01AJMBU9 Reevea 3.

Newaon. formerly of this city, haa bean elected water commissioner of. Lynn. and will have chare of 15,000,000 plant, supplying water to 110. (M) peo ple.

Ha formerly eervea aa need or tne water worka under Lynn' a eommtmion form of m. erntnent. but this system waa discarded the first of the year. Newaom waa graduated from Columbus hijh school and from Purdue university, and spent a year at the Maeaachueettrt Institute of Tachnolog Alan1 B. Clark, ace nine, la dead of diphtheria at th home of hla parents.

Mr. Mrs. Charles Clark, near thla city. HI mother and two other children In the also have the disease. The Clark boy tie came 111 at school.

i MUNCIB Walter Hudson, who confeasd that ha assisted In a lall delivery here by providing Edward convicted as a murderer, and two other prisoners, with aclda and saws which enabled them to escape. Thursday waa charx ed formally with aiding and abetting the escape of criminals. MrTor at th tlm of tha delivery was awaiting removal to the Indiana state prison to serve a lire nrrnr ror killing rren Butlr. a negro. With McCoy went Hickory Harris; reia aa a nitnwsjmau.

ira. jum. Wilkinson, held as a ptty thief. No claw to any of the trio ever has ocen fluoovereo. a counter aCldavit filed by Horact O.

Murahv. nronecuttna attorney, to an filed by Clem O. Futta. convicted aa a "blind tirer" ooerator. wurpny aeniea in uti gallon made by Butts that clemency was promised htm by Murphy If Butta would plead guilty to a chars of operating a "tl a er." Butts waa fined 300 and sentenc to th Indiana state isrm ior iour rn.minn W.

A. Thompson, iudxe of the circuit court. on his ploa of guilty. 1 INDIANv DEATHS, WTTVTtXOTOJf. January 26.

Mr. George Reynolds, a direct deacendeot of a nnbl, Portua UHse ana ispaaisn lamuy, was found dead Tuesday evening on the sidewalk within twenty rect ar ner noma, tier nua baivl waa at the Commercial Association at tha time In connection with the fuel ehertage. Mrs. Reynolds' a father came from tne a delra lelanda rtAtr. January 23.

James Fln ar twentv nlne. died of a complication of diseases yeaterday at hla borne In Brazil. Surviving are ma motner. sirs. 1 nornna nn tey: two brothera, lohn Finiey, of Chicago, nd Thomaa Kin lay.

of Brasil. and' two sis ters. Miss Mae lniey ana jars. b. caii.

vi Braxtl. i p' 1 nt 1 9 Aa Ih In 1 in SSS been don; Enslanl. ot Mrs. lorcnx Kuaaner. tor mariy 01 ierra di.

r' ters whe now live In tngiand Mrs John W. Cloud and Mrs. DuPont Ceuden. the Ut ter formerly MIm Marsarei Kussner. a wu known artist.

Mra Kuaaner'a husband for tf aur mny vivors are Albert C. Kuimef, of Chicaso. a un. and Mrs. Carolina Weinhardt.

of tola city, a slater. TEKRB HAUTE, January a. "Word has been received here of the death in Philadelphia, et John R. Lyon, as nine tea; a aaamaa In th United Htatae navy. LOR waa a m.

ii.ml listed about a year ago. Mrs Oertruds Bbu, of this city, is a slater. ii ivaWS' liiit' Jinnan flcerr II. Fisher, age fifty elx. veteran at as manager th Palace theater here, la dead of pareiye'e.

CBAWFORDPVILLK. January WlUlan H. Hawklna. age seventy two. a civil ,.1.1.11.

la dead ef paralysis at Ma bom In Laloaa. Mr. Hawkins formerly lived at Bedford. Surviving are tha widow, who waa bis third wife, and two sons. Kver.

ett Hawkins, of Remington, and Alonao Hawkins, of Bedford. ANPERSON. January 25. Mrs. Martha Flahavtn.

sge avnty four, th widow of John Fiahavtn. la dead here at th home of Ethan T. Flahavtn. bar son. who ts auditor of Madiaon cunty Mrs.

Margaret Kin lay, asa eighty eight. a dead in Anderson at th home of Mrs. Minnie Allen, her daughter. C. Flnley.

of SummitvlUe. Is a son. KOBTjrwVTt.1 Ind. January S3. Mrs.

William Winkle, ae flfty acven. Is dead of tubvreulosle at bar noma in Cicero. The husband. sons and two daughters survive. January 2S Mr.

and Mr. Jeptha Humphrlaa. of thla eltv. have rw elved a telegram annoonelnt tha death of Raymond Humphries, their son. at tha base hnepttal at Ft.

McPherson. near Atlanta. Oa. Ha erillsted tn the aviation section of tha alrnal corps the t'nited ftataa army laat October. Tha young man haa brothara.

both of whom ala ar now In the army. He leavea on other brother at home and three sisters Ind January Oarllngton F. FViyc. age alxt nln. a farmer near Cen Point, la ded of pneumonia.

If a survived by th widow, five sons and three rtaurhtera. Funeral services will te held Sunday morning. MAPISOV. January 25. Mra.

Cath erin Crawford, asa ninety two. died Thursday th horn hr daughter. Mrs. Chrl a lleck, of th lnfirmltlea of are. Mrs.

Crawford was born In BWfast. Ireland, comlnc to Madison In ISJI. and occupying tha aroe hou In which aha died continuously Mrs. Susan' MclAln. are seventy two, did at her home here ycMarday.

Two sons, William sad Harry McJn. survive. FRANKFORT. January 13. William, N.

ilverthorn. retired farmer of Clinton county, is dd at hla horn tn Roasvllle. Hoi lldar. mother of John attorney, of this rlty. Is dead at her hots sear LAtcinda GERMANY forced upon them.

Whoever willfully seeks to hide the fateful gravity of a future not far away because he fear's the effect on the situation of tho moment commits an unspeakable crime against German nation and becomes guilty of high treason. AUdeutsche Blotter. March 14. 1914. That matters are approaching a decision here we know, and we do not allow ourselves to be deceived as to the necessity of this decision by negotiations with u.

which other nations are forved to make, concerning territory outside Kurope.Speech bv Admiral x. d. Hreuing. April 1S14. at the Stuttgart meeting of leaders of the Fan German League.

OR GET OUT the country haa been patient with Its administrators, but patience has ceased to be a virtue, what it wants Is results, and It haa begun to put Its public servants in the sieve and la "riddling out the cinders." This ia a painful duty. We pity the men 'Who can not stand the test. Xany a promising career will bo blasted, siany a splendid reputation will bo smirched. Many a lofty ambition will suffer collapse. Many a soul will quiver with a eense of Injustice.

But what are individual when a government, a civilisation, a world are at stake? Whoever dare to test, hi powers against emergencies so great must bravely take the cob! baxard of succas or failure. Already some of our proudest figure are tottering to their fall. They have been "spell ed down and are humbly taking their places at the foot of th class. We do not aneer. "Ae hold them in no contempt.

To fall from lack of capacity is no disgrace In so supreme a test There are lew Individuals In the world who axe capable of meettnr the needs of this grat hour. But If there ar any at all who can. It Is supremely neces aary to us to get them. have ne more favoritism, therefore. In appointments to these positions of Immeasurable responsibility.

This is a matter of lire and death! We want men whom fir can not burn and tempests can not break. Hut we demand a juat judgment for these publlo servants and not a factious criticism, and cite the example of Malesherbea who, upon hearing a volume of literature hlrh ly praieed. sneeringly asked whether it would decrease the price of bread! lugh. a pioneer ef Frankfort. dead ef pneumonia.

Ldia Moor, who has bn a helpiee Invalid for several years, is dead of apoplexy. i i.vy VRlAV'' tndi January M. Mra Frank Tea, fnrty ona, fell dd ef heart troubl while dressing bar children te go to school. buaband and four children Jan Uoahert, sga sixty. Is dead of pneumonia, January 25.

The Rev. Noah labor, aga eighty, a minister of the Church of the Brethren denomination, is dead at Mexico, thla county, where ha had lived moat of hla lifetime. Besides the widow. two sons survive. HUNT1NOTON, January 25 Mrs.

Henry Thorn, age seventy four, died Thuraday. which waa her fifty fourth wedding anniversary. Tha hoehend and th following children survive: J. A. Thorn.

Kphralm Thorn. Mr. Jacob A. Layman. Wayne; Mra.

Ueorge Barrett. Ft. Wayne: Edward A. Thorn. Mrs.

Charlea A. Payne. Mra. charlea Anderson, Henry A. Thorn and Mrs, Francla Olasn.

Brothers ar JrnW Landls. of St. Cloud, Ephraim Land Is. of thla city, and Amoa of Ft. Wayne.

'Mrs. Charles Keefer. of this city. Is a sUter. SOUTlt 'BEXD.

January 25. Elijah S. Myers, eighty one years old, waa found dead In bd Wedneeday, heart trouble being th causa of He la survived by tha widow and three Harriet M. Hweet, age eigbty Ave, a pioneer resident of Bouth Band. Is dead of heart trouble at Ht.

Joseph, at tha horoa ot her son. She waa the daughter of Dudley Curtis, an early resident of tiouth Ecnd, and th wWow of Israel. M. Sweets BHOA1.S. January K.

ChaVtes nowell. formerly nne of th leading farmers ana manufacturers of the county. Is drnd. He leaves a widow and four children. For many years the buckwheat Hour made at his mill waa famous all over this part of Indiana.

Ha also waa wall known aa a manufacturer of wagons. BLVFFTON. January IS. Benjamin Mertitt, age eighty eight, died of pneumonia at the home of hla son. Will nsar Cheater Canter.

Wednesday afternoon. Four children survive. Jacob Marshberger, aga sixty seven year. 1a dead at heri home r.ear Linn drove. JEFFERSONVrLME, January JS.

Mra Maym E. Wooley, aga flfty nln. widow of Jacob Woolav. died yHterday. She waa a slater of Dr.

Edward N.1 Flynn, a former mayor of thla cjty. who diad elth'tan months ago, and kspti house for him for years, since he was a bachelor. Two brother survive MTj.VCIE, January JS. Mrs. Norah Sassier, a pioneer of Ugnnlar, where she had spent most of her life, Cl of pnaumonia st tha homa of her daughter, Mra.

Benjamin Kink. whom ah was visiting here. Mrs. Jaalr had coroe te Muncie to spend tha winter with her daughter and with a arn, Harry. A son.

John, la foreman ot the Ft. Warn 'ews and another son, Jacob, lives In Loa Ansele. Th body waa taken to LJgonler. today, for William N. Summers, age atxty thraa, a known raaldcnt of tha western part of Wiwirn county, who died yesterday, had lived all hla life on tha farm where ha died, having been born there.

The widow, Josephine; daughter, lira Pelsel Rtevens. and srn, Arthur, survive him. and Mrs. Dennis lewls, lllng near Oaaton, have received ward of th death of thar son. Paul, aga twenty thre yeara at the army aviation camp near flan Antonio, wher was in train ng to becom an aviator.

Pneumonia aa the causa. The younff man was a farmer until ha enlisted In the aviation corps last summer. The parents, a sister. Mra Row co Cox, and brother. Earl, survive.

VERNOV. January' IS. Arthur L. Saup. age twenty one.

whose funeral took place from the home her of his aunt. Mra John Bolaer, waa a regular soldier tor about three years and waa one of the first man Injurod on the Mexican border, during th first surprise attack there about two years ago, whan on or more waa klllad and several InJurad. He had beea In poor health and after leaving a government hos pital, cam to his horn here, where be died NEWS OF THE COLLEGES CXn.VER. January IS. In order thst ha might accept the senior lieutenancy of th Blac Hors troop.

J. R. Stadtreld. cadet captain, has asked te relieved: of hla duties as senior captain of th Infantry battalion. In ordsra by the acting superintendent published thla week, thia request waa granted and Cadet 8tadtfeld was assigned as second ranking captain In the corpa J.

F. Bowers. tha captain of Company B. waa named in th same order aa a nior captain. To All tba vacancy craatad bv tha resignation from the school of E.

Logu. Cadet It P. Camden waa appointed captain and assigned to Company IX Cadet Ueu tenant A. J. Vivian waa appointed adjutant to fill tha vacancy left by the promotion of Cadet Camden.

Thre member ef the faculty have recently left the academy to enter the military service. Lieutenant A. P. Ramsay haa gone Into "the aviation section and ts la tha training cam near Urban. IU.

Lieutenant C. D. Kutschtnskl entered tha third officers' training camp at Camp Taylor, and Lieut. J. W.

Harris haa Joined th wireless section of the navy, and la la training at th Great Lakes station. W. A. Millar, th T. M.

C. A. secretary, who haa been tn charge of tba alumni record, haa ready for tha press a new edition of Th Culver Legion in Action." giving tha complete list of Culver men now in tha military service, with their organlsstions and praeant stations. At tha time of laeuiog tha first edition laat fall mors than Too names war in th list. Pine then fully 20 more have been added, and tha atatioaa of many of the others have ben changed.

Tha weekly, Vldatt also Includes aa a supplement once each month a revised list ef tha men in service. liASOVEn. January ti. WllHam A. MilUa, president of Hanover haa begun tha delivery of a aeries chapel lectures on lie will tree tha development of th movement In this country and the results achieved at tMs tlm and the ultimate outcome of tha movement.

At tha regular fortnightly meeting cf the Faculty Club, tha Rev. Henry H. Ifogera read an excellent paper on "The Church and the Changing Rural Life." Th literary eorletiee of tha coll ce have voted to dlsf ontlnua their work for three nionths on account ef tha fuel shortage and tha lack of regular attendance. Th Spire of Oxford ISsen From a Train I saw the spires of Oxford As I was passing Tha gray splrws cf Oxford Against a pcerl gray akys Mr heart was wlih tha Oxford men Who went abroad to die. 'i Tha years gaifaet la Oxford, Th golden year and gray; Tha hoary colleges look down On careless boys at play, Bnt when the buglaa Bounded Wart They put their games away.

They left the peaceful river, The cricket field, the quad. Tha shaven lawns cf Oxford seek bloody sod. They gave their merry youth away For country and for Ced. i God rest you," happy gent'en n. Who laid vwir gnod Itvea down, Wh took tha khaki and the gun Instead of cap and gown.

God bring ytu to a fairer plac Than even Oxford W. M. Uatta SCRATS Granite, contains nearly all food neces sary for many plants. Therefore, fresh ly ground granite is a good fertilizer. The extended drought In westeri Texas has driven coyotes from th' ranges into the.

streets and dooryard of San Angel o. Hundreds ot coyote have been killed. Hugh FTayne, labor re presents Uvea the war Industries board, has beei Intrusted with the duty cf looking arte? the welfare of men and women" em ployed In war work. Jlr. IT.

la Tarko, of Iie Ma. haa kr.lt tiirty eeven pairs socks, twenty four hlmt and thre pairs of WTlstar slnce Septemb IS, i addition to her household duties. So keen has become the competltlor for wood choppers In Portervtlie. N. and so large the wages paid that thr Tule Indians, who have a monopoly oi this work at th present time, are wax Inr affluent, Over seventy member of the facul ty of the University of Chlcaro ar now In the war service.

Of this numb twenty seven are of professional rant and Include the president of the unlver alty. Mora than 2.000 motorist who fail to stop, look and listen, were killed a' grade crossings In 1S18, and many morv were Injured: The number of the kill. and injured in these accidents 1 In creasing 25 per cent, a year. According to the experts of the geo logicsl surve and the bureau of mine' in waters oi otinet. taxe, in vain fomla.

hold in solution .000.000 tons 1 potash. That Is enough to supply fh needs of the country for commercial er tillxer for half a century or more. W. used to import half a milllon tons more of potash a year from Germany and as we produce little ourselves th loss of the German supply has been serious matter for our farmers. Youth's Companion.

The singing of telegraph wires Is sometimes regarded as a weather prognostic though opinions differ as to the kind weather it foretells. There has bra; much discussion as to the cause of th! sound. Probably It la simply the Aeollar harp effect, and Its occurrence depend' chiefly upon the direction of the wln In relation to the direction In which th wires run. Variations In the pitch the sound depend upon changes in th tension of the Wires with varying tern perature. lopular Science Monthly.

The growing scarcity of sponges' ha; warned those familiar with harvestlm them that unless means are provided augment the natural supply the rpong' industry will' be seriously crippled Tn few years An Englishman, livlni in Florida, some ttme ago selected site off the Florida coast where started a sponge farm. At present has about aOO.000 1 sponges which err capable by subdivision of incroaelr.j. about tenfold every; three years. At; the end of thre years an annual yicli of t.OCO.OOO sponges can be had. Portsmouth Chronicle.

ITnder the war Insurance law very soldier and sailor In the service of the government, younu or old, officer or enlisted man. "the right between now and February 12. 13 IS. to taJe out life and total dlBabllity 4nsurance up to 10.000 at low cost, with the government and without medtcal examination. He 1 not obliged, but he has the privilege.

The cost ranges from Cj centi monthly, at th ass cf twenty one, to $L2f monthly, at the age of fifty one. for each $1,000 of insurance, and the premium can taken out of the soldier pay. The recent report, that the United States is building a new type of flush deck destroyer, having a very high epce i and a minimum of hitting surface, ha aroused much speculation among interested laymen as to the details of the boats, which. It has been predicted, will revolutionize sea warfare. It Is the belief that the new craft bears a resemblance to a sea fighter designed by a young naval officer and described as being of 20,000 ton.

with a Tat protective deck and two towers, one forwent and one aft. This vessel carries no guns, but has elxht or ten torpedo tuls on each side. Popular Mechanics Magazine, i i The latest barbed wire fence which the French have designed to check the advance of the enemy, employs a series of immense barrel hoops, on which barbed wire is strung. The hoops are securely fastened to a wooden fence formsix hoops to a section of fence so that it is possible for each entanglement section to roll over and over like a string of lopsided pushballs Joined together to form a solid unit. When the sections are to be set up, they are dragged out under cover of darkness and so arranged that the natural land formations of the vicinity conceal them from advancing troops.

Popular Science Monthly. Fifteen, human skeletons wer "unearthed near Oaska. Japan. This is considered the birthplace of Japanese civilization. Of the relics of the Japanese stone age.

discovered by Professor CkushI, nine of the skeletons were in perfect preservation, all bones being Intact. rarely happens, according to scientific record, that so many perfect skeletons are discovered in ne plar. Among indications that people of thst period lived on uncooked food is the fact that upper snd lower teeth re evenly worn down. Pecayed teeth are, not found. Some of these skeleton stand seven feet high.

Skeleton were found In a lying position. witl knees drawn up. Without doubt, thoso people belonged to the stone age In Japan years ago. at least. Whslj making the excavation," stone Implements, earthenware and two copper rowheads were found.

It Is thought this find may establish a link between the stone and bronzes ages In prehistoric japan." This discovery revolutionizes archaeological theories ot prehistoric Japan. East and West News, ANSwrms to questions salary does a member of the cabinet get? Twelve thousa dollara a year. a n.tlca en tha compara tlv morality of London. Farls and Earlti. before the ar.

i nr.anraa'.I Th of Oxford," by Mra Letta. Is printed cle wher OS this par. TWt aiaresee that wAUM ba In the pature cf aJvertlscment can not dven here. a aj i it know wher a onuld "be boutht what cr woult cost. ti' v.

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A. XL 1 a tiarrie 1 ruin 's In coma ts tnr t.f. hit less thu IV rx a year, refjuiri sl to nVs a report rs th" gnvernment? NV.t If he i Wt'i his wife, Gramri Wh h. cortect. eJe are (1, kin 1 or fellows" or la the Wini rf fellows The latter..