Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1930 — Page 3

HIM WILL MED FOCH IN FAMOUS 40 <rv And Rating of farshal Scheduled f or January ny Gabriel Ccur’aU n reM Staff correspondent s Dec. s—<UP>— The Aca ’ o f France has decided that rina l seating of Marshal Pemiceerd Foch among the 4t) U ls will take place durins on that occasion, Petain, onlance with custom, will (eulogize the great war leadexpects the Petain oration he most masterly defense ot

How Electric Rates Have Been Reduced in Indiana Subsidiaries of the Midland United Company have carried on a continual program of voluntary rate reduction in Indiana during the last six years. Rate revisions made during the period from 1923 to 1929 benefited residential and commercial light and power customers of subsidiaries to the extent of §5,150,000 in the year 1929 alone. In other words, had the average rate charged for electrical energy by these companies for the year 1923 been applied to energy sold to residential and commercial light and power customers during the year 1929, they would have paid $5,150,000 more for the service received than they actually did pay. This saving represents a 21 per cent reduction in the cost to the public of these services during the six year interval. Similar rate reductions also have been made by subsidiaries of the Midland United Company in the rates for gas service. By revisions in their rate schedules, these companies have made it possible for customers to enjoy the added convenience and comfort of many electrical appliances for home use at a small additional cost, or at no greater cost for electricity than was paid a number of years ago when electricity was used only for lighting. It is the policy of subsidiaries of the Midland I nited Company to reduce rates as rapidly as the requirements of good service wiU permit. The above figures bear out this statement. When reductions in rates do not come as rapidly as incomplete knowledge of the facts indicates they might, it should be remembered that the cost of producing electricity at the generating station, a figure frequently < itci, is but a small part of the total cost. Electric service is similar in some respects to water service. Accumulation of water in the reservoir costs little. Providing and maintaining the mains and carrying it into tit however, costs considerably more. Many necessary expenses are likewise incurred between the generation of eleetneal energy al the power plant and its use by the customer. In eonnection will: their policy of improving service and reducing rates, subsidiaries of the Midland United Company are working diligently to reduce the cost of each of these factors. Public utility companies are the only enterprises in the world that manufacture and deliver to the customers premia, the finished pro. ready for use in an inslam demand an, time of the day or night, 365 days m the yean Compare the cost of the service with its usefuloess mtd «»«»— and its value a, contrasted with the relau.e value ? thing Ase you can buy becomes apparent. ir Tut,., Midland United Company PRINCIPAL OPERATING SUBSIDIARIES: Northern Indiana Public Service Company . ..Rar *•£ Interstate Public Service Company* Railro , d Chicago South Shore and South subsidiari es Central Indiana Power Company op

, BocuuKe of the danger of reopen' I'U. a controversy which most iKlea to Foe i harm ter rather than | h.n soldierly merit. . At any rate. eight lia , )(>f I Proiimme.ng his oration. Petain will I ave 10 HUl.mitt I; >S tex- to a „ II( J Hial committee, huß the right! I ins-it modifying or sup. • Ipresaing parts of the speech. Once I a new member. Emil Ollivier. refuU ! ed to allow the censoring of his pa-' per on Lamartine, although the com-' i mlt tee disapproved of a pa sage reluting to the Second Empire, ini view of his refusal, Ollivier was not 1 allowed *o s--ak or to take his seat. Alte. getting lhe censors' approval, Petain will he accompanied .a ' week later by the chairman of tip' eommitlee before the Academy and

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I allowed to spe : ,| { ( ,r rend his paper. i''turn ,he will be received by II mH Valery, poet, who also In atp'ordance with tradition, will coniine his welcoming speech, equally to tributes to Foch and Petain. - ’..i ...’cresting discussion 's to what ii rori.. Petain will wear I i'li" A<ademy uniform is green, I with cocket hut and dull sword. Unpil Joffre took his seat, all new ImImi rli Is had dressed in green, mil pile old warrior insisted upon ap- . iuaring In his army uniform with 'his breast resplendent with brilliantly colored ribbons and medals. -~ Saved by Repentance i Every one goes astray, but the least Imprudent are they who repent the soonest.— Voltaire. ° Damascus Oldest City Damascus Svrln N known as the oldest i-lly In the world. Other elfb- we'e built before Damascus wns hit'll hut they have perished nr have I'—'n destro'ed.

G. O. P. Minority Meets i r " ——• Indianapolis, Dee. n. f(j.R) Re-| publican state repres ntatlves, the 1 minority group, nut In Indliinap-1 oils today fir a discussion of their! legislative program, and to hear a ■' talk by Governor Harry G. Leslie.' It was not expected that any! definite action would be taken on I matters of 1 gislation, although the I newly announced plana for taxation relief were discussed at length. The meeting was called by Rep resentative James M. Knapp, of Hagerstown, spraker of the 1929 house. EXPERTS RECALL 1 1 WHEAT FORECAST OF SCIENTIST 1 Englishman Predicted Shortage in 1930 — Thirty Years Ago

Washington, Dec. — 'UP) — Pres- j | A' • overcd broiler so- cooking steaks on top of gas range burners has been invented. ent low wheat prices have recalled to Department of Agriculture officials that in 1901 Si* William Crookes, eminent Britisli* scientist ; predicted that the world would have a shortage of wheat by 1931, even if all the potentially available wheat land were put in use. HJs prophecy was wrecked, Dr. O. C. Stine of the Bureau of Agri- 1 cultural Economics said, because he was unable to foresee the contributions of science anil power machinery to the wheat industry. | Only increased yields per acre' could prevent a world-wide short-, uge of the grain within 30 years,' Sir William believed in 1900. But while larger yields have been produced, already the world's wheat area has been increased by more than 100,000 acres which he set as the maximum amount of, land which would become avail- 1 able. Acreage in this country has gone from a low of 44 millions in 1909 to a high of 76 million acres in 1919. It fell after the World War, but since 1924 has been increasing. Thirty years ago, officials pointed out, the average wheat yield of the world was 12.7 bushels per acre. In the last seven years it has averaged 14.1 bushels. On last year’s wheat area, outside of Russia, this increased yield on 320 million acres makes a difference of nearly half a billion bushels, or approximately 13 per cent of the world’s total production. If Sir William were alive today he would note that the world produces 40 per cent more wheat and rye than it did in 1900, while its population has Increased only 20 per cent and decreased per capita consumption of wheat has occurred in several important countries. Author’* Pen Name* Many famous authors have done their earliest work under assumed names because of doubt ns to the critlcill reception they would receive, or for other reasons, notes the Gohlen Book Magazine. Among lhe best known are Edgar Allen I’oe. who first wrote under the name of "Queries"; t'borlotte Bronte, win assumed the masculine disguise “Uiirrer Bell." and Dickens, whose “Pickwick Papers" were first signed simply "Boz " o Leather Actor* in Bali Flat teat het figures pierced and colored are the actors in lhe shod ow plays in the Island of Ball Elaborate oil lamps provide lhe dim illumination used to throw the shadows on the screen The story teller is also rhe operator ot lhe numerous figures tie employs as the tale unfolds. The audiences sit on both sides of the screen, women on one side and men on the other. o Air Add* Volume When you take a pint of cream and whip It. weighs no more, but it has greater volume due to the air which 'ms been whipped into It - o Evolution to Perfection ff fi-trwln was right Jhe next generation should be horn with too much sense to trump it partner's ...... San Francisco Chronicle, Sinner Meet* ■ Saint Anol het way to hasten your meet Ing with St. Peter is to make fill miles an hour on a set of old tires —Florida Times Union Ant Queen Important The best way to get rid of ant> is to find the nests mid destroy the queen, advises a Cornell tiniversil. entomologist o Wind Unjustly Blamed Pollen of poison Ivy ami poison oak Is sticky mid is not dlstrlb uted by lhe wind as was once be lleved One Out of Ten Thou»and Ay. sir. be honest, iw this work 1 goes. Is to he one man picked on' 'f ten thousand Shakespeare o Curb Market Old The curb market In New York I city had Its origin in 1 »!>’.’.

ENGINEER URGES DEEPER STUDY OF QUAKE ACTION Slight Knowledge Now of Shock Resistance in Structures Washington, Lee — (UP) ' Engineering knowledge cr earih-i quake motion and earthquake fore"' !*' urgently needed for use m designing shock-reiiisting structures, [John R. Freema*. Providence R. declared In a progress report of a l world survey conducted by him. The .eport has been made public by th ■ American Engineering Council. The council, it was announced, i will seek federal aid tor extensive studies under the auspices of the i U. S. Coa.:t and Geodetic Survey of the Commerce department. i Freeman, a past president of both i the American Society of Civil En- < glneers and American Society ofji Mechanical Engineers, stated pre- a

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clhp data for men,‘■mring fhn forces] imposeil on buildings by I'artuq uine , have not yet re.-elved attention by seismologists denlred by engineers. Stressing the Importance of research work along this lino. Freeman pointed to the fait that in the United States there Is a growing realization of the gn at importune.' of Making itudb's in » irt:iquak ‘ matters, because of their importuni.' to safety of life and property, lie ‘aid the desire for earthquake insurance and the hesitation of in | | uiranee companies about writing it, which followed several reien’ I quakes. Is developing demands for j more intensive research in thlu ■ountry relative to data on earth quake-stres ; and proper designs for resisting it. Freeman said ns long us lack of technical uniers'anding retards governmental aid, private generosity should be appealed to through hose who will benefit from the.' data obtained. He advises seeking special gifts tor research In econo mics seismology. Meanwhile, he concluded, college ■ textbooks on structural engineering should give more attention to earthquake stress ami make the young engineer familiar with 'he dangers and their safeguards.

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Railroad Plants Tree* Stoi Rholm - (U.R) More tbau 5,- , (KU) fruit bearing trees und bushes were planted List year by tho Swedish state railways. Nearly :!oil.i)im such tines have been plant-’ i I, making the government ralU to.nl boar,l th l largest gardening establishment in Sweden. The ■i' es fire tended i<> railroad em ' Ti-cr’* Habitat There tire tm tigers In Afiietl Ox cepl In ettfitlvltv Tigers are mi tlio uni' to ensterti noil Hoiithern Asia and the atljncent l-f ittih.

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