Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 24, 2 December 1908 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALXADIU3I AND SUN-TEliEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, DECE3IBER 2, 1908.

The Richmond Palladium and Sna-Telegram Published and owned by the PALLADIUM PRINTING CO. Issued 7 days each weak, eveningand Sunday raorntnc , Offlc. Corner North tn and A streets. Homo Phono 1131. RICHMOND, INDIANA. Rodolph O. ! Maaaslas; Editor. CaarUa M. Mors;aa Baataeas Migr. O. Owea Knhn Jfetra Editor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond $5.00 per year (In advance) or 10c per week. MAIL, SUBSCRIPTIONS. One year, In advance $S.0 Btx months, In advance One month, in advance RURAL. ROUTES. One year, In advance .....$2.0) Six months, tn advance 1-25 One mouth. In advance 25 Address changed as often as desired; fcoth new and old addresses must be iriven. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be given for a peclfled term; name will not be entered until payment Is received. Entered at Richmond, Indiana, postftloe as second cits mall matter.

THE PRICE OF STIMULATION. One of the most interesting things which, have "occupied the physiologist and psychologists of recent times la the result of certain experiments regarding alcohol in its effect on the human body. Like most discoveries and xperiments, the truth is found to be contradictory to most men's experi ence in their own cases. Experimentation in things of this mart are wonderfully simple and ingenious and are a great contract to the methods once in force. Experiments now show that alcohol does not Increase bodily or mental activity on the contrary it decreases them both. The effect of alcohol is an illusion. One of the most striking results Is the fact that whereas the man who has taken a few drinks thinks he is thinking more quickly, the mental processes Are In reality several times slower. The thing which is the cause of the illusion in the fact that whereas a mind normally carries several trains of thought to the mind at one time, after the Ingestion of alcohol, this faculty becomes steadily lessened until at the imagined height of stimulation only one thaln of thought, so to speak, can be carried. The next step of course is the total losing of consciousness In the drunken stupor usually called "passing away." Those persons who complain of "hangovers" and the "morning after" will do well to reflect that a dose of alcohol such as is commonly found In one glass of beer, will stay with the Individual who has consumed it, for at least twenty-four and sometimes fortyeight hours. This may be discouraging to the man who says he only takes a glass of beer now and then. As a proof of what alcohol in moderate Quantities will do, an experiment is cited. Four healthy young fellows in a typesetters establishment were experimented on under the conditions in which they normally worked. The only part of the experiment was to furnish copy which was printed to secure absolute uniformity. "The experiment lasted over four days. The first and third days were observed as normal days, no alcohol being 1 given. On the second and fourth, days each worker received thirtyflve grams (a little more than one ounce) of alcohol in tho form of Greek wine. A comparison of the results of work on normal and an alcoholic days showed In the case of one of the workers no difference. But the remaining three showed greater or less detardation of work, amounting in tho most marked case to almost fourteen per cent. As typesetting is paid by the measure, such a worker would actually earn ten per cent less on days when he consumed even this small quantity of alcohol." s The action of the railroads in this country in discharging men who drink has been criticised in some quarters, but experiments have shown that even the amount of alcohol contained in a glass of beer is enough to make a "marked disturbance of the mental processes involved in this reaction." An experiment showed that in the case of an engineer, or train dispatcher tho action of alcohol led to mistaking signals of various sorts and to impair the senses in no slight fashion. It is easy, therefore, to see why many people who are tired out or worried, drink alcohol In some form. As the eminent psychologist of Harvard, Professor James, says: "The reason for craving alcohol is that it is an anesthetic even in moderate quantities. It obliterates a part of the field of consciousness and abolishes collateral trains of thought." There's a reason. LAWS, JUDGES, AND THE PERSONAL ELEMENT. A considerable amount of comment has been made on the juries which were impaneled in the two 'blind tiger cases which were tried recently in the Wayne Circuit Court These Juries have been called every name In the heavens above and the earth beneath. In some quarters it has been held that these were fair minded men who would not be so cruel as to send

Ca iuau iv jail aw a , t-v- j w t-v f and cirmustantial charge, in other j quarters where more austerity pre- j vails, it has been hinted that' these were dull, low browed individuals, who were thick headed and it is even hinted sometimes purchasable. From what has been said in a surprised and Injured tone, it is hard to believe that Wayne County is not a den of corruption and no place like unto it In all the world. It may not be amiss to say that the conditions which apparently led to the decision under controversy, have always obtained to some degree in Jury trials and the condition is not nearly 6o extinct as the celebrated do-do bird in the fauna and flora of the legal world. It will be remembered in this state that it was not so very many years ago when the railroads could not obtain Justice, no matter how clear and reasonable the case. Even today a woman whoso horse gets frightened at a train in some portions of the state can get almost any snm she chooses to ask for on the strength of a 'nervous shock.' In thi3 day and generation it is almost impossible to get Justice for a negro In any sort of case in the South. In certain other parts of the country 'the Unwritten Law wields far more weight than the statute. Every body knows these things and it has come to be taken for granted. However immoral these things may appear they are not to be treated with disregard nor are they to be thought entirely unreasonable. Many or the most of these things come from weak laws. By a weak law, the penalty of the statute is not called into question. That in some cases may be a cause of the weakness. In general a weak law is an uncalled for law, which is passed because the legislators must satisfy their propensity for doing something. Any law is weak which has not the sympathy of the average man. If it has not this sympathy it will be so much useless timber. Call to mind the fact that the laws under which most of the corporation abuses have been prosecuted and it will be remembered that these all lay idle until the public conscience got in behind them. It is at this point that the public gets in its work. Legislators may in their wisdom or folly pass any law the prosecutor may do his best the judge may give the omst explicit directions, BUT ! It is at this point that the personal element comes in, for it is the spirit of the people. Be that spirit for the good or bad; be it moral or immoral; be it venal or incorruptible; be it fanatical or broad minded; there it is (like it as much or little as you please.) "Yes," you say, "but these are not our representative men, these are not our best citizens." If not, whose fault is it? Is it not the fault of these same good citizens who are the severest critics but who, when the time comes for service on juries disqualify themselves and leave the justice of the community for the hangers on of political parties and the professional talesmen? These same good citizens are not there when they should be. And hence it comes to pass that the jury, no matter what Its personnel actually is, is almost invariably representative. And it is the loudest boast on all occasions that we believe in a representative government. Thus the personal element, the spirit behind the law which should be both Its source and enforcement does play a greater part in the scheme of things entire than we who are somewhat smug like to admit. Will things change? Of course they will. But slowl3 Nothing that is worth while happens soon. Many things will have to happen first. Some day, in the far future, we may hope to have laws which are good laws without any superfluos grandstand plays on our statutes. W may have good judges in more abundance and we may then have juries which can then decide within and not without the law. It is foolish to call juries names, it Is equally foolish to blame judges and foolish to rage a tempest in regard to a law. The fact is that all these actually represent for the most part exactly what the majority of people really want in the actual working of things. They may be venal, thick headed, moral or what not, but the people are responsible. When the majority of the people want things they will get them. It Is up to the people all over the country. Why not In Wayne county?

EARLY SHOPPING. Christmas is coming, you can feel It In the air. The joyousness of the happy season is abroad wltn all its Invigorating and unselfish gladsomeness. As yet there is no holly and mlstle-toe on the street, those first harbingers of all that pertains to tho Holiday Season. Thanksgiving is past, and Christmas is nearer than most of us like to believe. Christmas is the time when the sons of men unbend a little and think for a moment or two on the pleasure of giving Joy to other people. And yet walk into any largo shop.

where people are crowding to buy their gifts for their families and their friends. Crowds of men and women, pushing, shoving and pulling to get at the counters, people waiting in line to be accommodated, women asking the sales girl ten questions at once, all the wares of the place strewn out in confusing disarray, and in this whirl of confusion stands a little tired woman. Her air is one of extreme good humor, of accommodating manners, she is unwearied in the attempt to serve customers. A fleeting smile hovers around her lips. And yet as you go and a breathing space is offered for a seqond or two, the 6millng face relaxes Into one of extreme weariness. Thoseeyes which only a few minutes before, were vivacious and full of life what dark violet circles are those which are already gathering around them. "Cash:" And a girl in short dresses comes running at full speed. It Is almost eleven o'clock at night "Oh well, .this is Christmas:" The day is cold and bleak. Beating

sleet comes from the cast. The streets are filled with the rattle of wagons. A horse comes up panting at the curb, wet and dripping, panting, you notice that he has gone a little lame and the wagon is still full of parcels of varying size, many of them small easily carried in the hand. "Oh, well, thi3 is Christmas. Yes, send it up right away, I'm in an awful hurry for it." "I didn't find what I wanted at that last store; they said it was all gone. They didn't have anything left. What miserable lines of goods they have in this store! Why it was only a month ago that I was in there and saw exactly what I wanted. Those sales women in there showed me everything they had in the store horrid creatures! As if I would take what was left! I'm just worn out. I've been to every store in town. I suppose I'll have sick headache all Christmas day. Are you going to the Christmas dance? Say! Do you know what a mess I am in? I put off buying my dress for the dance till the last minute and now the dress-maker says she'll make it if she can. But she's been up every night for two weeks, trying to do her things for that horrid Mrs. Jones and thesepeople are so unaccommodating!"' Oh. well, this is Christmas! Is it? Christmas is the time when the sons of men unbend for a little and think for a moment or two on the pleasure of giving joy to other people. ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN BALKED Accident Befalling Trackman Saves Train. Peoria, 111., Dec. 2. An attempt was made to wreck the Toledo, Peoria and Western passenger train between Effener and Sheldon. H. P. Moore a tra fener and Sheldon. II. P. Moore, a trackman on a speeder, was ditched at the prospective point of the wreck, and after recovering his equilibrium ran back and flagged the heavy passenger train in time to avoid a disaster. An investigation showed that spikes had been removed and the rails spread. PARLOR CARS PUT ON. Will Be Run Between Richmond and St. Louis. Parlor cars are hereafter to be run between Richmond, Ind., and St. Louis on trains Nos. 24 and 27 of the Vandalia. This is a new departure, and is a promise of the best of service on the trains. AN ITCHING PALM. , No Cure for It. Other Forms of Itching Preferable. There is no cure for an Itching palm the money kind. Even poslam, the new skin discovery, cannot help it But when it comes to eczema, the most annoying of itching skin troubles, poslam will stop the itching at once and cure the worst cases In a few days. So with hives, rash, scabies, split toes, piles, and scaly scalp, all of which are different forms of eczema, accompanied by severe itching and caused by imperfect digestion and careless diet. Poslam comes in two-dollar jars, but fifty cents worth will answer in curing any of the diseases mentioned. It can be had of any druggist. W. H. Sudhoff makes of specialty of it. That results are Immediate will be amply demonstrated overnight by the use of the experimental sample which the Emergency Laboratories, 32 West Twenty-fifth Street, New York City, will send free by mall, in plain wrapper, to any one who will write for it. MASONIC CALENDAR. Wednesday, Dec 2. Webb lodge No. 24 F. and A. M., called meeting, master degree. . Thursday, Dec 3 Wayne council No. 10, R. and S. M., stated assembly. Election of officers. Saturday, Dec. c Loyal chapter No. 49 O. E. S., stated meeting. As a proof of the lasting qualities of cypress, a coffin recently was excavated at New Orleans which had been buried since 1803, yet the wood was as sound as whan uf,

REGULATION NEEDED

Constructive, Not Destructive Supervision of Corporations Favored. SECT STRAUS'S REPORT. Washington, D. C, Dc. 2.-Important and unusual statements and recommendations are made by Secretary Oscar S. Straus in the sixth annual report of the Department of Commerce and Labor, made public today. Secretary Straus points out that labor "and the industries and commerce are interdependent. "That commerce which is developed and expanded to the detriment, either of the health or of the wage standard of the laborers engaged therein, however profitable it might be in the material sense, is harmful to a nation's welfare and should be discouraged. Greater success has attended the efforts of the department to enforce the alien contract labor law during the last year than in any preceding year. It is pointed out that "the greatest violators of the contract labor laws are the American manufacturers." Labor unions, too, have at time been found among the violators of the law. lie is of opinion that advance "toward corporate reform must come through some general system of publicity." Secretary Straus strongly recommends the adoption of a definite system of positive supervision and regulation of corporations through an administrative office, urging that such a system is constructive, not destructive. Through this office it would be possible to publish important facts as tn cornorate onerations, safeguarding the unnecessary publication of all proper business secrets. KILLS IN DEFENSE Sister .of Assaulted Woman Slays Picture Enlarging Agent. TRAGEDY IN CHICAGO. Chicago, Dec. 2. Shooting, she alleges, in defense of her sister. Miss Estelle Stout killed Henry Hornberger, agent for a picture enlarging concern. Mrs. A. Chambers, sister of Miss Stout, quarreled wi;h Hornberger ov er an enlarged picture' of a third sister, who is dead, when Hornberger called to deliver it, and Hornberger struck her to the floor. As she arose she saw her sister, Miss Stout, standing with a pistol in her hand and her assailant dead from a bullet through the heart. Miss Stout admitted firing the shot, averring she did so to ;ive her sister's life. Both women awaited the arrival of the police and accompanied them to the station. There Miss Stout became hysterical when informed Hornberger was dead. She declared her sister's hand had been lac ated in the struggle with the man and he had threatened to kill both herself and her sister. She said she had hurried Into a room, seized the revolver and fired blindly to frighten the assailant. The Ladies of G. A. R. will give a Bean Supper at G. A. R. hall Satur day night, December 12. Tickets, 10 cents. From 5 to S. 30-0t G. R. & I. PRESIDENT MAKES INSPECTION Joseph Wood in Richmond a Short Time. Joseph Wood, first vice-president of the Pennsylvania and president of the G. R. & I. is making his semi-annual inspection of the latter property and spent several hours in the city Tuesday. His special train consisting of two private cars and one coach, left Richmond for Mackinaw City. With President Wood are General Manager J. H. P. Hughart, Motive Power Superintendent J. E. Keegan, Auditor R. R. Methany, Division Superintendent B. II. Hudson, Trainmaster R. E. Casey. Engineer of Maintenance of Way C. L. Barnaby, Master Carpenter H. M. Large, Road Foreman of Engines A. L. Lopshire and Supervisors T. Stewart and D. R. Wright. The train was in charge of Conductor Groutewith, Engineer Fehling and Fireman Blakesley. OLDEST PYTHIAN SISTER. Mrs. Rachel Marsh of Eaton, Ohio, Is III. Eaton, O., Dec 2. Mrs. Rachel Marsh, the oldest Pythian Sister in the state, is critically ill at her home here. She is the widow of F. M. Marsh and the mother of William B. and Felix M. Marsh, Jr., both prominent in politics. Mahal.: "TT1T1 , Gold .Medal Flour save worry. Fancy Florida Oranges 20c A DOZEN C. W. MORGAN 12th and Main. Phone 1365.

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CLEVER ADVENTURESS IS Mrs. Read's Work on Cassie Chadwick Order. Denver, Colo., Uec. 2. Detectives claim that Mrs. Allen F. Read, awaiting trial for attempting to kill Mrs. Genevieve Chandler Phipps with dynamite, instead of being an insane and erring woman is a shrewd adventuress. The officers alleged that through one forgery at least she netted $10.000 and it is claimed that other operations may place her in the class of the notorious Cass'e Chadw'ck. NIGHT RIDERS ACTIVE AGAIN IN INDIANA Barn Containing Tobacco, Is Destroyed. Evansville, Ind., Dec. 2. Night riders destroyed the barn of W. H. Gossar in Warrick county, Indiana, near here. The barn was filled with tobacco, and the loss is estimated at $3,000, with insurance of $1,000. Mr. Gossar recently moved from Kentucky and it is said while a resident of that state he had refused to pool his tobacco. W. B. Haggins, better known as Peanut Bill, has bough a lot in the Ponca city cemetery and had erected thereon a handsome marble monument to himself. The only inscription on the monument is this simple statement: "Bill Haggins is gone." Soldiers of Berlin Built a pontoon bridge across the river Spree In forty minutes recently.

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