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-jr MOHMOMB !P AIXABIIJM ' no: VOL XL., NO. 20ft Psllsdism sad 0un-Tls-raa 1 RICHMOND, IND SATURDAYAEVENINGi N OVEMBER27, 1915. SINGLE CORY. 2 CEI EDmorj JJL" Ifll in SOCIETY OF FtJIlfflS OPPOSE BEIO PtfltJ OF WAB TRAIMG That strenuous efforts will be made to prevent the introduction of compul sory military training in the Richmond public schools was indicated today in statements by representative mem bers of the Society of Friends in oppo sition to the plan advocated by Pettis A. Reld, a member of the school board. In an exclusive interview in the-Palladium last night. The objections of Timothy Nichol son, President Robert L. Kelly, Prof Allen D. Hole and others are expected to assume a concrete form in a. pro gram of action to eliminate the possi bility of the acceptance of Mr. Reid's views by the other members of the school board. Protests 8olemnly. Vehement protest was made by Mr. Nicholson. "I want to register my solemn protest and express my amaze ment regarding the attitude of Mr. Reid, who believes compulsory mili tary training should be endorsed here," he said. "The Friends must take hold of the matter at once and strenuously avert such a plan being put in force. I will do all I can to prevent it. I don't care to say any more now, but perhaps later I will have a longer statement to make." The advocacy of a system of phys ical training for the school children girls as well as boys- was expressed by the Earlham college president, Rob ert 1. Kelly. "I do not favor com pulsory military training, but instead, REID'S MILITARY TRAINING PLAN FOR SCHOOLS RECEIVES NOTICE THROUGH STATE Sentiment for and against military training for high school boys appeared to be about evenly divided, judging from opinions expressed today by sev eral representative Richmond people when questioned regarding the inter view given out yesterday by Pettis .A. Reid, member of the state board of ed ucation and the Richmond school board, advocating sujh training for youths of high school age. Following are expressions of some Richmond citisens in regard to this plan:. ; CY; lv H. Harrison, editor of Labor Her- ald-I don't believe in' twining boys "for V military -career any more thanpTaTiiirig fdrrbbilege students but was training a boy to be a thief. Union la bor is irrevocably opposed to such a plan. If our boys have to go and fight in the defense of the republic, all right, but we don't believe in training them to be fighters. We prefer to have a boy trained to be a good craftsman. Edgar Illff, merchant and publicist I am opposed, to such a plan. Our boys get enough exercise without giv ing them any military, training. Favors Reid's Plan. Walter McConaha. merchant and! Evansville President W. L. Bryan state senator To be prepared fortrou-jof Indiana University said that in his ble senerally keeps one out of trouble. ! opinion high school boys were too I am not a militarist but I think the American people should be prepared to take care of themselves. I think the plan suggested by Mr. Reid might work out all right. I do not see where it could do any harm. George Seidel, manufacturer and trustee of state penal farm Mr. Reid's suggestion Is excellent. A certain amount of military training for high school boys will' be beneficial to - the boy, bis state and his country- It will make him healthy, self dependent, pre pared for military service if his coun try needs his services, and subject to discipline. Also it will make him. a better business man and a citizen. Linus P. Meredith, contractor and former sheriff The plan is a, good one. If the country ever has to fight the young men will have to do the WORKMEN INJURED: SCAFFOLD BREAKS EATON, O., Nov. 27. When a scaf fold fell Friday morning in the room being fitted up by J. A. Longnecker to accommodate ft motion picture show. William Poos, owner of the Poos hardware store, and Ed Fishback and Roy Davis, tinners in his employ, fell fifteen feet. Davis escaped unin jured, but Poos and Fishback suffered severe injuries. Ligaments in Fish back's right foot were torn Just above the heel. Ligaments in Poos right foot were torn, and he will be Incon venienced several days. The men were preparing to put on a metal ceiling. Weather Forecast United States Report Party cloudy tonight and Sunday. Not much change In temperature. Temperature Noon 43 Yesterday Maximum 62 Minimum 46 Local Forecast Party cloudy to night and Sunday without any special change in temperature. General Conditions The storm has moved to the eastern states and a great area of low barometric pressure In Western Canada will cause unset tled weather without any change to colder at present. Very cold weather continues over the interior of Alaska with temperatures far below freezing. W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster. believe a system of physical training can be devised as a substitute which would be considerably better. We must develop a military spirit, and compul sory military training in the schools will have that effect. I do not care to state what active opposition I may make to the plan being introduced in the Richmond schools." Nicholson. Keeps Silence. Because of his close personal rela tions with Mr. Reid, S. E. Nicholson, editor of the American Friend, declin ed to be interviewed. He explained that he preferred to discuss the sub ject with Mr. Reid personally before making a public criticism against the latter's stand. Allen D. Hole stated his candid ob jection to military training and as serted that wherever it had been in troduced it had worked to the detri ment of the freedom of the people. "I believe, in view of the active propaganda now going on in behalf of world-wide peace, that it is an unfor tunate move to attempt the introduc tion of military training in our pub lic schools. "Wherever compulsory military education has been tried, particularly In Australia, it has seemed to take away the liberties of the people. Our attitude has been one of opposition to the plan, and will continue to be. I can't say now what steps will be taken to stop the efforts being made to in troduce the subject in our schools.". fighting, so they should know some thing about military affairs. . Joseph Helms, farmer I think mili tary training for high school boys would be a good thing if the training did not interfere with their studies. What Educators Think. The Reid plan was generally com mented upon by educators all over In diana today. The following excerpts of opinions expressed by some of them:. ' , , '"". Terre' Hautc--Pr. W. W Parsons, oresident of the Indiana Stats Normal -School a(d. "thtx he ;voii' iniUtary opposed to' introducing the system into the high schools. "I think high school boyB are .too young," he said. Lafayette President W. E. Stone of Purdue University and" a member of state board of education said he did not believe in military training for high school boys. Crawfordsville L.. N. Mines, super intendent of schools, said that under 12 J.'ii 1 i ; . . i. , t i ciisuns conditions ne cuu not ueiieve 1 in preparing boys to be soldiers. young for military training. Ft. Wayne J. N. Study, superinten dent of schools, indicated that he be lieved military training for high school boys would be a good plan al though he did not commit himself. "Military drill is a good form of exer cise," he remarked. He is a member of the state board of education. HOLE OBJECTS TO COMPULSORY MILITARY DRILL Gives Ten Reasons Why School Children Ought Not Be Forced to Take Military Training-. Prof. Allen D. Hole of Earlham col lege, president of the American Friends Peace Society, commenting on the suggestion of P. A. Reid of intro ducing military training for boys into the high schools of the state, offers ten reasons why this plan would be in advisable, in the following commun ication addressed to the Palladium: In view of the statement which ap pears in the Richmond Palladium, yesterday to the effect that the Ques tion of military training in the public schools of Indiana is to be brought be fore the Board of Education or the State for consideration, I beg leave to submit to you for publication some considerations which should be care fully weighed before any of our citi zens approve the introduction of mili tary drill into our schools in any form. It is to be presumed that if any ac tion is taken in this direction, it will amount to prescribed work and in that sense be compulsory. The question is not a new one, even though many of our citizens have not considered it se riously and In order not to take up an undue amount of space just at this time, I give below a summary of the arguments which have been advanced by the Secretary of the New York Peace Society in opposition to compuU sory military instruction in our public schools ! 1 That the compulsory principle in military training and service is repug nant to the Anglo-Saxon mind and to the principles of a Republic. "We never have had and while we retain Continued on Page Twelve Queen ;of Greece To Sway Gbuhtry's Destiny xvvs Miir It v II KING CONSTANTINE AND QUEEN 80FIA. Since his accession to the throne of Greece, March 21, 1913, King Constan tine has had neither domestic, diplo matic nor International peace. He Is related by blood or marriage with all of the great powers now at war except France. His Queen, who was Princess Sophia, of Prussia, is sister of Kaiser Wilhelm, and intensely devoted to the Hobenzollern dynasty and her father land in spite of the personal quarrels he had with the Kaiser within two years after her marriage to the then Crown Prince Constantine. The Queen of Greece has not been backward about openly declaring her preference for German success in this war, and as late as April of this year she declared that if Greece emerged from neutrality she would quit her roy al husband and go to her brother's side at Potsdam. ITANIUM UDnMIOC BALKAN CAMPAIGN ROME, Nov. 27. Assurances were given to Lord Kitchener, the British war ' secretary, that Italy will take an active part in the Balkan campaign. Lord Kitchener was told that the fall of Gorizia will release Italian forces for service in other fields. With a. big army freed from duty on the Isinzo front, Italy will be in a position to send an expedition into the Balkans to re-inforce the Anglo-French troops Lord Kitchener, after a busy day in Rome, left at 6 o'clock last night for the front. Headed Novel Scheme To Urge Peace Move jfL-&w v A Mrs. Nina Wilcox Putman, of the Women's Peace' Party, directed the sending of 6000 telegrams of heads of women's organ izations throughout the country. These telegrams ask the recip ients to urge President Wilson to call a conference 'of neutral nations to end the. great European war. .The toUs were paid for with Mrs. Henry Ford's gift of $10,000. ' Expected" : tl a. -i'"V.V II DRINKS BLACK OIL INSTEAD OF WATER "Red" Saunders, pumper for the C. O, at the Economy water tank, a short time ago, being very thirsty, picked up a can at his en ..f'lli&MIrVd took;va heavy! swig . of the contents, , but did not ' get -mfxmm csn i'3.L ""SL. inrTnWairRirve been running smoothly ;for ;'rRed" ;ever since. BECK PUTS BAN ON TINSEL CARDS Another warning has been issued by Postmaster Beck against mailing of tinselled ; post cards. More than 100 Thanksgiving cards were received at the local office which could not be dis tributed "Many' of. them had no pro tection 'for the tinsel. and mica adorn-1- ment, while others were enclosed in an envelope with a one cent stamp. "All, tinselled cards.must .be placed in an envelope with a two-cent stamp on the outside," said the postmaster. - '''' I- SERBIAN ARMY RETREATS ALONG WljOLEWNT GENEVA; Nov., 27. After offering extraordinary resistance the Serbian army is .now retreating on all Its fronts. Southeast of Pristina the Ser bians launched repeated counter at tacks against the troops of General von Koevess and inflicted heavy loss of life on the Austro-German forces. Austrian-Hungarian and Anglo- French troops are expected to be lock' ed in the grip of battle in Serbia with in the next few days. This will be the first time that Anglo-French forces and the . German allies have faced each other since the campaign opened. Hith erto the Bulgarians have opposed the French and British. AID FOR ALBANIA ROME, Nov. 27. "Albania must be saved," was the demand which went up today when it was learned that Austro-Hungarian armies are invading that - country from three ' directions. The salvation of Albania was one of the problems of the war discussed by Lord Kitchener, and a strip of Alba nian territory has been promised to Italy as part of the compensation for her entering the war. CARRANZISTAS SHOOT AT U. S. MEN AT NOGALES WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 The shoot ing across thVborder at Nogales yes terday which resulted in the death of one American soldier and the wound ing of two others, was done by Carran zlsta soldiers instead of Villalstas, ac cording to a report to the war depart ment today by General Funstun. General Funston stated that the fir ing .f to a mistake on the Car ranzlstas' part, but did not explain how the mistake came to be made. General Funston also reported that General Obregon and General Calles, Carranza commanders, captured 300 Villa soldiers , when they entered No gales, Sonora, yesterday. Francisco .Villa's power is shattered. Having abandoned Nogales, Sonora, without firing a shot in its defense, the former powerful revolutionary chieftain is in retreat toward one of his refuges further south with only a small' remnant of the army that sup ported him when he broke with Venua tiano Carranza, now recognized by the United States end other countries as head of the de facto government of Mexico. General Obregon, the Carranza lead er, who occupied. Nogales yesterday, said today that plans for a campaign egalnst Juarez had already been made. TO HOLD SERVICES : Under the leadership of Captain C. D. Danhorn, in charge of the Richmond Salvation Army corps, services will be held Sunday night in the hall at 617 North A street. It ts hoped that a large sttendance wlll be present. WAR OULLETIiJS PLAN WAR COUNCIL. -BUCHAREST, Nor. 27. Roamanlaa newspapers today feature a report that a. war council; attended by repre sentatives of Germany, 'Austria., Bul garia and Turkey wllh be held In the near future at Orsova on the Danube to draft plans for future operations. Including the proposed . conquest of Egypt ' 101,000 SERB8CAPTURED. BERLIN. Nov. S7. An official state ment issued - .through the Overseas News Agency, today says that 101.000 Servians have been captured by the German Austro-Hungarian and Bul garian forces In the, Balkans. It fur ther adds that with the capture of Tristlne and MItrovitsa the last section of the railway between Uskub ; and MitrovlUa has been wrested from Ser vian control. -Two thousand Austro Hungarian prisoners held by the Ser vians were released by the retreat of the Servian army. V DENY RU88IAN VICTORY. ' VIENNA, Nov. 27. Petrograd re ports that Cxartourusk had been cap tured by the Russians were denied here today. Czartourusk has been burn ed to the ground and there are no Rus sians on the western bank of the Styr. TURKS REPORT VICTORIES. .CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 27. Suc cesses for the Turks in both the Per sian gulf and Dardanelles zones of war were announced today in the official statement. DOWN GERMAN AEROPLANE. PARIS, Nov. 27. The destruction of a German aeroplane was the chief feature reported in the announcement of the war office today. ' NORWEGIAN SHIP 8UNK. LONDON, Nov. 27. The Norwegian steamer Klar, 518 tons, has been sunk presumably by a submarine. The crew was saved. MOVE STARTED TO ERECT NEW MARKET HOUSE At the sugestion of President Bavlsj of the board of public works Edgar Iliff, John Fosler, Omer Whelan, John Bayer and other mercfaanU on. South Sixth street' and In that locality are planning to circulate a petition, for. the erection of a new market house at th present -central ' market ' place,- South Sixth and A streets, -v y- .' - "The present market house . ts . too small and does not comply with mod ern requirements," argues Mr. Iliff. "Richmond badly needs a large and up-to-date market place. A good mar ket with room for a large number of producers and dealers would play an important- part -in solving the 'high cost of living' problem." South Sixth street merchants be lieve that their plan will be support ed by the Richmond public. Mr. Iliff points out that a market house, a third larger than the present one could be put up, by using all the space of the lot on the south of the old building. Fair Portia Weds Man She Rescued e ...Jr IWa If :-yycCTW's- S ' S. JTJJ TlT. BACMEZZflS. The prettiest of the Portias, yes," and the youngest, is spending her honeymoon in New York. . , , . Behind the prosaic announcement in the society columns is a romance of the law' courts. A fair lawyer is the heroine, and a speedy automobilist a hero. . ' - i Miss David, was a popular attorney of San Francisco. Then came Cupid. ' i,.T , . . "I had not intended to marry, said the bride -yesterday, "there was so much work I wanted to do for women. But Mister Bachellis, would not take "no" as final as other suitors had. His persistence won me." SENATORS PLAN EdAR69 LA17S AGAINST ALLIES Southern Demand RctsEstery Mcr urea Agsinst Interfertna - With Shipping cf U. S. ORGANIZE FORCES Cotton Stele end . M12i West Members Unite to Force Congress to Ad Agtinst Brlteln. . WASHINGTON.. Not. 27. With th arrival here ot a majority of the Dea oeratte senators to -take part In the organization conferences which begta Monday, the certainty that retaliatory embargo ' legislation - against Great Britain will be pressed beomzae taowa. Just what form It la to take la yet tnv certain. The advocates ot such meas ures to force England and Franca to release their stronghold on - Ameri can trade are keeping their plane a secret." Senator Hoke Smith, who Is to eee the president early next week, meds it plain that the southern cotton men do not ' Intend to submit to preeeat conditions any ' longer than they ' can help. "The British restrictions have been such that we of the south have' been powerless until now;'' said fsa senators significantly today, "-hot we are now due to have our inntne. It Is expected that the conference of senators representing the - cotton states and those of the middle west where meat products and other export goods have been diverted Into British ports, although consigned to neutral nations will be held noon. At the con ference a comprehensive program for concerted action will be adopted. Sen ator Smith, It Is already , known, will attempt to make the British trade to terference an issue almost from the opening of congress a week from Mon day, . and he has complied statistics which show just what the real reason is behind the embargo that haa been mid upon cotton-by the allies. ' GYpiD-nTS sATTACK Little Cliff Paxton. aged 12. a white boy, living In Riverdale, awed, bat quite composed, -told Special Judge Frank Strayer In city court this morn ing how "Gyp" O'Brien, a middle-aged colored man. chastised his "kid broth er" Clarence, and how he got O'Brien "off of Clarence by. giving O'Brien a cussing, causing O'Brien to divert his attentions from Clarence to Cliff. The lad said O'Brien handled him very roughly. O'Brien pleaded guilty. He said tt was a case of "losing bis tem per." He paid a' fine of $5 and costs. ft LiP v