Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 74, 21 January 1909 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1009.

Tt3 Rictaond Palladium , aoi SM-Tclecraoir Published and owned by the PAIXiA DIUM PRINTINO CO. Issued 7 days each week, evenings and Sunday moraine. Otto Corner North ttb and A streets. Home Phone 1121. RICHMOND, INDIANA.

Ka4kh G. Leeda Cfcarlea M. Mora-aa-O. Owes Kafca -Maaaglaa- Bdlter. BulstH Maaaa-er. , SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. Richmond $6.00 per year (la advance) or lOo per week. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. On year, In advance ....ts.oo Six months. In advance a.o One month. In advance .4f RURAL ROUTES. iOne year, tn advance .... Six nwKnths, In advance One mania, in advance . . . 3.00 .11 Address chanced as often an desired; bath new and old addresses must be (Ives. Btfbaaytbars will please remit with '. order, wfatoh should be given for a speciOoO term; name will not be enterd until payment Is received. office as second cUss mall matter. REAL. RECLAMATION. At a church dinner given in the last week there were many speakers en matters religious and humanitar ian. One speech stood out from the rest not in the matter of oratory nor In Intellectual grasp, but in the real truth of a glaring need. This speech was made by Mr. Wigmore of thiB city who has for many years been actively engaged in prison work. The argument of "Mr. Wigmore concerned the habitual drunk arda who are elven "a dollar and costs" to work off in the county jail. He saidf "In my opinion It is a crime against the cause of humanity and Christian ity that habitual drunkards should be placed, with criminals of all sorts in the county jail. The drunkard should be treated as a man suffering from a perilous disease. It is far more 1m , portant to found homes where men of 'this, sort may be made Into good citlsens than homes for epileptics." Not only is . Mr. Wigmore right in l his contention (for it is a fact undis puted among the authorities) but al i most any man who , has any cogniz ance of the making of hoboes and other parasites of the human race will, support him in the .,. assertion that the average drunk is in his first stage not a criminal. It is very often the case that young men especially who are guilty of habitual intoxication do become enemies of society. But the cause Is not so much the society on the outside as the society on the Inside of the Jail. - -v t Moreover the mere fact of sending a man to jail 1 serious thing; to the man who has a shred of self respect (and most Inebriates have In their sober moments the same feelings as the rest of mankind.) If these Per sons could be (as they should be) treated tor the disease from which they suffer we would have a decrease in both drunks and crime. The voting of the town dry will have some effect for the better in certain quarters. It will not affect those who are suffering from alcoholism. As the morphine eater and the coke fiend get their dope in the most closely guarded sanitariums so the sufferer from alcoholism will get his liquor even with the town dry. Drug habits can, be, It taken in time, cured and so can Inebriates. What is meant will be seen more clearly if the whisky habit is placed on the same plane with other drug habits. The sufferers should be treated as patients not as criminals. There is no surer way of making a man a criminal than by treating him as one and giving him a kick downward. ART IMPORTATIONS. The United States of America is . the only country in the world which has a prohibitive tariff on works of art." For many years It was asserted that the tariff was put on these things under the protective tariff to promote the welfare of American art ists. The fact is however, that the .artists of America are the ones who are strongest In their protest that the tariff schedules either be removed or much decreased. An illustration of this is the attitude of James McNeill Whistler, who remained an exile all his life in Europe. " He was once asked when he was coming back to America, and his re ply was, "When the duty on art is re moved." :- r A few years ago when his paintings and etchings were being collected by the Copley society for an exhibition. he was appealed to for assistance, but refused, saying: ' God bless me! why should you hold an exhibition of pictures in America? The people do not care tor art." "How do you know? Why. haven't you a law to keep out pictures statues? Is it not In black and white that the works of the great masters must sot enter America, that they- are ' not wanted? A people that tolerates such a law has no love for art, their ' protestation is mere pretence." j But now another argument is advanced that pictures are a luxury and a strong plea Is made that those paint tags which are not brought In for the purpose of betas placed In museums

should have a duty placed on them which will be prohibitive.

In reality the more pictures that are brought into the country the better it is for American artists, but In the end it is perhaps better to run the risk of keeping out . master pieces rather than to throw the burden of the whole tariff on articles which would be oppressive to the whole people. Italy profits by keeping her masterpieces but it is because of .the money' which is made out of the tourists who come to see them. Until the tide of tourists turns westward it is perhaps better to exact a tariff on the "objets d'art" which our trust lords bring back to the country. GOOD ROADS FOR THE CITY. The recent snowfall coupled with the freeze and thaw has made many of the sidewalks of this city dangerous and disagreeable, to say the least What is the effect? Women who have shopping to do are staying at home. It hurts the trade of merchants. One would think that the merchants themselves would take care to have their own sidewalks clean and to take precautions against the danger of their prospective customer's injury, but Main street has been almost as bad as the other streets. FORUM OFTHE PEOPLE Richmond, Ind., Jan. 20, 1909. Editor of the Palladium: I wish to make a few remarks through your paper in regard to Mr. Herman Fredenberg, who was charged by Mrs. Beetle for the defrauding of a board bill. I have known Mr. Fredenberg for some time past, and in my estimation he is a gentleman In every respect. There was a mistake in regard to the payment of the account, as he had not the slightest intentions of defrauding. It was also stated that he was the young man who was involved in trouble by the proprietor of the Jungle, a concern which was in business here about a year ago. If the party who knows the circumstances would tell what they know in regard to this matter it would fully exonerate Mr. Fredenberg from any crime whatever. FRIEND. To the Editor: There are many lines of argument that may be presented upon the issues involved in the crusade against the saloons of Wayne county as the result of the local option election call, but no argument that I have heard was half so interesting as the conversation between two young men. It seemed to me as a page from the book of life and I feel ought to be made public' , . . The young men were warm in their discussion of the merits and demerits of the saloon business. Said one: "I signed the petition. Why not? They came on Sunday and the folks were all at home. If I had refused to sign, it would have shown to my folks that I feel friendly to the saloons. Now my mother is dead set against the sa loons. She had a brother who 'went wrong,' and she has told me lots of times she would rather bury me than know I took a drink. She says she would rather see me in my grave than in a saloon.. Now she is what you might call radical on the proposition, but look at the fix it puts me in. haven't any great appetite for booze, but I drink it once in a while. could get along without it all right and I believe the risk I am running is too great. Suppose an accident should befall me soon after I had taken drink. I might be taken home and mother would smell liquor on my breath. Think of how it would make her feet Suppose as I went to take my drink I should be stricken with apo plexy and die. In course of time some one would be sure to let my folks know the circumstances and then think of the feelings of my mother. tell you what, fellow, I don't want that to happen. I want the temptation re moved. I like my drink, but I believe there may be other fellows in my kind of a predicament, so I Intend to vote dry." i ' s" v Now, I ask other young men, if that is not pretty good argument. Yours, C. I O. EVERY MAN READ THIS This treatment is said to have acquired a wonderful reputation throughout the East, owing- to Its peculiar propensity to fortify the nerve force and generate t health and a consequent personal magnetism, so essential to the happiness of every normal human being. It Is claimed to be a blessing to those who are Shysically impaired, gloomy, espondent, nervous and who have trembling of the limbs, dizziness, heart palpitation, cold hands and feet, insomnia, fear without cause, timidity in venturing and general inability to act rationally as others do. 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Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE. Copy.ieht, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye INDIAN DIVORCES. The Indians ef. South Dakota have cheerfully accepted some of the con veniences of our civilisation. Among these are the white man's di vorce laws, which the Indians cherish as a means of culture and uplift. A correspondent tells of a 8kux buck who walked into a lawyer's office at Chamberlain demanding a divorce. He wore a huge sombrero, greasy and dirty, with a pair of overalls flapping about the ankles and a blue checked cotton jumper soiled by weeks of wear. The Sioux, unable to speak English. made known his desires through an In terpreter. He said his squaw had six husbands previously to marrying him. The lawyer filed an application for divorce en the plea ef "incompatibil ity." Eagle Boy hoped the lawyer would hurry, as he had already selected a new wife the squaw of another In dian who had applied for a divorce. When he got tired of the new wife. he volunteered the information, he would get another in the same manner. The smiles of Eagle Boy plainly indi cated that he thought the whole proce dure a lot of good fun. Formerly when an Indian grew tired of his squaw he sold her to some one else for a pony or a blanket or a bag of flour. Now he s civilized. He con sults a divorce lavyer and sells her just the same. The marriage custoti is also changed. The buck selects his tfe according to tribal precedent, but Immediately starts with her for the nearer- justice of the peace or missionary and jets the sanc tion of the law. Marria& or divorce. It is all the same to the dh,-rimlnatlng aborigine. Lo, the poor Indian. Is op u date. The tribes, it is said, point wfch pride to young braves who have had four v. five wives and been freed from them by law. And why not? The smart set of the east find the Dakota divorce statutes convenient to them and travel Jong distances to avail themselves. The Dakota Indian is for tunate in having the courts close at hand. And Is not "incompatibility" as trying in a tepee as in a brownstone front on Fifth avenue? If the white man makes a mockery of marriage, what can he expect from a half tame savage? A Slip and a 8llpper. "Richard, dear," said the housekeeper to the greediest member of the family over which she kept a stern, strict eye. "would you like some nice plum jam for tea?" "Yes. please r shouted the expectant youngster. "Well" said the housekeeper. "I was going to give you some to put on your bread, but I've gone and lost the key to the pantry!" "Ton don't need the key!" exclaimed eager Richard. "I can reach down through the window and open the door from the inside!" k, "Quite so," replied the housekeeper. "That's just what I wanted to know. Now go and stay In your room till father cornea hom! $2,000,000 IN DOLLARS. Austin, Tex.. Jan. 21. According to a Waters-Pierce attorney here the judgment of $1,623,000 which was obtained by the state will be paid in silver dollars delivered at the state treasury. The judgment and interest will amount to almost $2,000 000. If the amount is paid in silver dollars the money will weigh 101,423 pounds, equaling three carloads, and It will take an expert forty days to count It,

PREACHER MURDERS ER. PARISHON Upper picture shows the interior of the Battle Run Methodist church in which the Rev. Mr. Carmichekilled Gideon Browning. Center picture shows the stove in which Browning's body was found. Below, to the right, is shown the church. TO BE OR HOT BE, THAT IS QUEST! First You Hear of Option Law Repeal, Then Presto, You Can't Hear a Sound. SOME WANT HIGH LICENSE SENATOR ORNDORF, WHO FAV ORS REPEAL, WAS NEARLY SWAMPED WITH PROTESTS FROM HIS CONSTITUENTS. Palladium Bureau. 'Indianapolis, Jan. 21. Every day you hear something new about, the prospect for the repeal of the county local option law, until you can scarcely make up your mind whether it will be repealed or not Yesterday Senator Orndorf, of Hunt ington, Whitley and Kosciusko coun ties, was nearly swamped with letters from ministers of Huntington county urging him to oppose the repeal of the law. It 'seemed that nearly all of Huitington county was on his trail. , Orndorf Is Opposed. Orndort is opposed to the county local option Mil and will vote for Its repeal. He sdso yesterday. But he believes it shottd be replaced by a law similar to the 'Hnnsylyania law, under which there is trgh license and all licenses are issued jy the judge of the circuit court. Thiu judge has ! power to revoke the licens for any) cause that appears to him o justify j revocation. Senator Will R. Wood, of Laftvette, ! and Senator Edgar Durre, of Evansville, are outspoken in favor of the repeal of the county local option lav. Wood, however, wishes it replacd with a high license law. He is not fo. the straiaht-out repeal . without condi tion, but would not accept the democratic declaration in favor of ward t and township local option. Says County Wants It. Durre says he is for unconditional repeal because his county wants it.; He says he wishes to represent his; people, s , ! Senator Gonnerman, of Mt. Vernon, is said to be in favor of the repeal, also, but he is not making any state-, ment ia regard to it. ' On the other hand it is said that! there are three democrats in the sen-1 ate who will oppose the repeal of the ; county option law even as against the ' democratic bill for township and ward ' option. This makes it extremely doubtful If the repeal bill can be passed in the senate. " : ' Chicken patty supper at First M. E. church, Friday evening. CREAM TO WHIP FRESH SAUSAGE SAUER KRAUT .:;.:; .-; : HADLEY BROS.

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At Abington, Thursday, 21st, 7:30 p. m. Hon. E. B. Reynolds and Dr. A. Parker. At Whitewater, Thursday, 21st, 7:30 p. m. Aaron Worth. Middleboro, Saturday, 23rd, 7:30 p. m. Rev. J. W. Zerbe. Boston, Thursday, 21st, 7:30, John P. Cunneen. Doddridge Chapel, Friday, 22nd, 7:30, John P. Cunneen, ' Dublin, Saturday 23d, 7:30, John P. Cunneen. Richmond, Sunday, 24th, 2:30, John P. Cunneen. At the Gennett, Men's Meeting. Cambridge City, Sunday, 24th, 7:30, John P. Cunneen. 1

BILL PROVIDLS POWER TO REMOVE ANY PR0SEC0T0R (Continued From Page One.) If it fails it will not be through any fault of their own. Senator Hawkins, of Portland, intro duced a bill for tne erection or a monument to Jesse Williams, the last Union soldier from Indiana killed in the Civil war. Williams was killed in Texas. The . bill provides that the monument be erected at Portland. Another bill is to appropriate $16,000 for the erection of Indiana monu ments on the Antietam battlefield. The senate committee that has this bill in charge has made a favorable report on it. Utoi YOUR 1 a v

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,Have the Economy Bug. But the trouble lies in the fact that there seems to be prevalent a spirit of economy during this session that makes it uncertain whether any appropriations will be made for the erection of monuments of any kind. Still you never can tell. The legislature may take a notion to pass all of the monument bills before it gets through the Besslon. One of the bills that Is going to attract a good deal of attention is the one to establish agricultural schools In each county of the state, to be conducted under the direction of and along the lines laid down by the agricultural department of Purdue univer

sity. The bill would make the study of agriculture a part of the course of the common schools. Some of the members appear to believe, however, that the study of agriculture should be made elective and not compulsory so that those pupils who wish to take it may do so and those who wish to avoid it may do so. The bill will have

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A Liquor License Bill. Representative Hostetter is , prepar ing a bill for Introduction to further regulate the liquor traffic. Under his bill when a saloon keeper has been' twice convicted of violating the law his license shall be revoked. Mr. Hostetter believes that men engaged in the saloon business will be slow to violate the law it they know that by doing so they will lose their licenses. . The public morals committee of thehouse has given out the word that It will not make any report on the bill for the repeal of the county local option law until all the bills for the regulation of the liquor traffic have been Introduced. Then It will consider them all and make reports on all of them. This will probably mean the latter part of next week. ' Ready In a Jiffy, easy to prepare, a good, hearty breakfast is Mrs. Austin's Famous pancakes. - - ii H ' 12 ' SI nil llf iii ! it i 41

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