Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 220, 20 July 1912 — Page 8

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TO JURYJATURDAY Suit of Mrs. Rau Against Local Corporations Being Heard at Winchester.

(Palladium Special) WINCHESTER, Ind., July 20. The "case of Iva Rau, administratrix of the estate of Ora Rau, tried in the Ran- ' dolph circuit court on a change of venue from the Wayne circuit court, was expected to go to the jury at a late hour this afternoon. The complaint Is for $10,000 damages for the loss of the life of Ora Rau, who was an employe of the Richmond City Light f3nt. Judge Engles is on the bench. Mrs. Iva Rau, the plaintiff, is suing !the city of Richmond, The Richmond i Light, Heat & Power company and The JTerre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company for damages, basing (the claim of negligence on the part of the defendants in permitting their ; wires to come in contact with each 'other on Sheridan street. The facts of the case show that Ora Havl while an employe of the . City I Light plant one day last August went ito the home of a Mrs. Martin who lives on Williams street, to remedy I some wire trouble in the cellar. BeJfore his arrival, Mrs. Martin in turnling on an electric light, touched the brass socket and the cross current knocked her to the floor, where she lay stunned for some time. Rau went to the basement and told iMrs. Martin never to touch the brass Rocket as it was dangerous, and while j explaining this, his hand accidentally came In contact with the brass socket land he was killed by the current. On investigation it was found that the wires of the Light, Heat and Power company and the City plant were attached to the same pole on Sheridan street and that a guy wire of the traction company was also fastened to the '.pole. This guy wire, it is alleged, I pulled In the pole and in some manner 'the Insulation of the two wires was rubbed off and a short-circuit was formed, permitting the high tension j-wire of the L., H. & P. Co. of 2,200 volts pass through the city light plant's i -wires, which resulted in the death of 'Rau. Much interest is being manifested !in the case and the court room was crowded today with spectators. ; Tfie city is being represented by 'Gardner and Jessup, the Light, Heat and Power company by Robbins and IRobbins, and Study and Study of Richmond, and Caldwell of Winchester, appear for the plaintiff.

"SEE AMERICA FIRST"

Movement to Be Inaugurated Toward Playing Up Scenic and .Historic Attractions of This Country for the Luring of Tourists.

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Buy it now. Chamberlain's Colic, "Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Is aljiuost certain to be needed before the ; summer is over. Buy it now and be prepared for such an emergency. For sale by all dealers.

LETTER LIST

I The following letters remain unclaimed at the local postoffice and will be sent "to the Dead Letter Office if not called for within two weeks: Ladies' List. Mrs. Pearl Bobmeyer, Miss Eldenia Brown, Mrs. E. H. Caldwalder, Miss Hazel Clodfelter. Miss Sallle Cornelison, Miss Anna Cottman, j Louise Galhmoe, Mrs. E. A. Harr, Miss .Blanche R. Harter, Miss Mary Kinneman, Mrs. Mary Kissel, Mrs. Nellie iLeavell, Mrs. George Reid, Mrs. Seis;man, Mrs. O. K. Stetes, Ruth Stewart. jMiss Katherine Stinson, Miss Myrtle iTaylor, Miss Linnie Toney, Mrs. Jane (Weeks. Mrs. John White, Anna Willjson, Mrs. Sallie Woodward, r Gentlemen's List. Lewis W. Allen.

(It. E. Bond, Ed. Brannon, Jeff Coates,

Ben Cooper, O. A. Curry, Roy. Davis, J. A. Duffleld. Thomas Fane, Arthur Franz. R. K. Gerkin. Abel Goodlin. W.

W. Graff, Walter Harding. John Hodg-

in. Harry Hunt, Fred Jones (special

del.). Walter Lemaaler, Anna Mattix,

A. H. Rolfe, Wm. Rossa. George Schu-

fbert, P. W. Sehwatz. Chas. Showalter.

Paul Stephens. Ardra Thistlethwaite,

jW. A. Thompson, Bert Williams.

Package Mrs. Ollie Rouch. E. M. Haas, P. M.

BY ESTHER 'GRIFFIN WHITE. " See America First." An association, with the preceding slogan, has recently been formed. If among railway officials with an eye to the development of business, it's none the less commendable. For many there be who know Europe like a book and yet who would be hazy in their definition of the sources of the Ohio river. Who can tell you ajl about the Riviera but who never saw the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Who have Bailed the Rhine but

never got within shouting distance of: the Mississippi. Who babble of the lake region of j England, but who are unaware that a more charming one is found in Wisconsin. Who rave over the majesty of the

Alps and yet are ignorant of the far more impressive grandeaur of the Rockies. Who are fascinated with the color of the Norwegian fjords but have never been dazzled by the incomparable gorgeousness of the Grand Canon. Who talk of castles in Spain. And don't know of the old Spanish missions of Southern California. Who rush a thousand deep to the Passion Play at Oberammergau but ignore the Mission Play at San Diego. Who go crazy over Paris, but have never been in San Francisco "the Paris of America." Who hie to the waters of Spa and pass by those of French Lick. Oh, but, you say, this isn't a fair comparison. It's the association, not the landscape, that takes people abroad. "Abroad," however, covers a big part of the earth's surface. Generally it means England and the continent. It really includes everything outside the environs of the United States. But, in any event, its use is attendant upon a sort of snobbery. Let anyone work his way on a cattle ship to Europe and stay two weeks in London and forever after among his fellows he is exalted as one who has "been abroad." And what of those "personally conducted" tours whose members romp through Europs in six weeks? Returning with a vague moving picture series of impressions, inextricably entangled. Or those trips under the guiding care and direction of the ancient and honorable Cook which railroad you from. London to Rome in blocks of five and segments of fifty in ten days, and get you back to the store before closing time on Saturday night? Then there are those shipping concessions to the Holy Land or 'round the world which may return you to your ain countrie or again, may strand you in Bombay or Timbuctoo with f2.50 and no "langwldge" but American. Here is where the missionary comes in handy. You apply to him for assistance. He says he can't do anything for you, although you can make his home yours while he passes the case on to the American consul. You gratefully accept his hospitality although you fear you may be inconveniencing him. Astonishment corrugates your noble brow when you are introduced to the menage of the missionary. Its extended and mysterious ramifications are kept taut by a half dozen fleet footed servants. My lord, the missionary, clad in immaculate white linen from collar to toe, dispenses iced "yittles" pussyfooted to him by genuflecting servants, who noiselessly ooze in and out of the fountain-splashed and flower embowered court. Is this, you reflect, the martyr banished to the burning deserts and the fever ridden heathen abode who exists on two cents a month contributions from the Ladies' Missionary societies and appropriations made by the conference? Who is popularly supposed to wear the cast off clothes of the bishop and to feed on odd scraps garnered from

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the remnant of pure food exhibits? You remember Maria back in Podunkville washing the dishes by the heat of the coal range with the outside weather pointing to 95 in the shade, and you suddenly see a great light. You decided then and there that you'll expose the whole rotten fraud. On second thought, however, you conclude to keep it to yourself and apply for the next vacant post. In the meantime you start out to hunt for the American consulate.

You feel timid about obtruding yourself into the august presence. You own to yourself a feeling of general crudity when you think of the powdered flunky who will meet you at

the door to take up your card to the representative of the greatest nation on earth. In the meantime you are comparing the number written down for you by the missionary with one on a street corner hardby. Surely, you say to yourself, there must be some mistake. You look again. But over a second story window of the rickety building you see the unmistakable letters "American Consulate." You climb the dirty, enclosed stair. In a stuffy, hot little room overlooking a series of back alleys,, you find the American consul reading a copy of the home paper three months old. Incidentally he is collarless and shirt-sleeved with depending suspenders. He gazes at you mildly and, without rising, motions you to a chair. "I'm afraid I can't do much for you," he begins. Later you discover he is the ex-postmaster from Millersville, given this desirable foreign post for valuable services rendered the party. He damns the country, with as much strenuosity as the state of the thermometer will permit, and says if he ever gets back to "God's country" he'll forever abjure diplomacy and start a livery stable. Incidentally he refers to the natives traversing the back alleys as "niggers" and "dagoes." This, you say, is an exaggerated picture. Maybe so and then again maybe not. The most disgraceful phase of the conduct of the affairs of this country, it is not denied, however, is its attitude toward the housing of its consular and diplomatic representatives. You hear demagogues howling about the inability of the poor, but able, man to accept diplomatic appointments. That the plutocrats who have occupied these positions have set up such a standard that the man for the place can't afford to follow unless he's rich. This is all the veriest and mo6t nauseating rot. It's because the United States pursues an unpardonably parsimonious

policy in a department of its national activities where it should be more generous than in any other. : Admittedly one of the,- if not the, greatest nation now on earth, we treat our diplomats and consuls worse than the most obscure little Republic In South America. We pay them measley salaries and leave them to haunt foreign renting agencies in search of headquarters for this same greatest nation.

The policy of Congress toward the betterment of conditions in this branch of governmental activity Is assinine, unbelievable, contemptible and criminal. To return, it's the truth that many and delightful are the trips you can take about your own country. And you don't have to travel a thousand miles to do so. In instance. You can run down to Cincinnati, take a river steamer up to Pittsburg and return three days up, three days back, round trip, including everything from the time you step on the boat to the time you step off, fourteen dollars. The Ohio is as picturesque as the Danube. It's banks are hilly, wooded, diverse and bordered by quaint towns and villages. If you like you can leave the steamer, go by trolley to the next IamYng place and retake the boat. At Pittsburg you can visit one of the finest art museums in this country and, if you hit the trip in June, can view one of the most notable annual exhibitions of international art seen either in this country or EuroDe.

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tomobile trip through beautiful coun-, try and to historic spots. In the south of the state you can visit an ancient ; and picturesque monastery. Or go to j

New Harmony, Indiana, the scene of ;

the social experiment that entertained

European philosophers for many a long day. "See America First." is all right. Also "see America first." In the vernacular of the newspaper office, one is in "caps" the other "lower case." And. in the final analysis, they mean the same thing.

Plenty of Turtle Soup all day Saturday, 10c per bowl. Bring your buckets. Ed. F. Cutter, 403 S. 4th. 2t Thm On Pnrfoct Boy. "j never heard of but one perfect bey," said Johnny pensively as ha sat In the corner doing penancei "And who was that?" asked mamma. "Papa when he was little. was the answer. Then silence reigned for the space of five minutes. Exchange.

Sound Reasons. "You seem to be able to draw a great deal of interest from that gentleman." "Of course I do. He's my principal." Baltimore American.

Research. BUI Dave you done any research work? Jill Have I? Well. say. I've looked for this same collar button I'm wearing now at least fifty times. Yonkers Statesman.

Order Is man's greatest need and his true well being. AmieL

HOUSE MEMBER IS TO LOSE HIS JOB

(National News Association) WASHINGTON. July 20 By a strict party vote of 6ix to three the house elections committee today voted to unseat Representative Theron Tatlin of the eleventh Missouri district. The committee then seated his opponent, Patrick Gill, by a vote of five to three. Catlin Is a Republican and Gill a Democrat. Representative Korbley, of Indiana, is a member of the elections committee. Mr. Catlin lost his seat because his father, Daniel Catlin, formerly known as the "tobacco king of the west" caused to be expended about

110,500 In "campaigning" for his son. The Missouri law limits the expenditures for a candidate for congress to $650. Young Catlin himself spent less than this amount, and it was claimed that he was unaware of the manner 1 vhich his father unloosed his purse, strings.

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To Avoid Pasty, Shiny, Streaked Complexions

(From Beauty's Mirror.) Those who abhor sticky, greasy, shiny, streaked complexions should

i religiously avoid creams, powders and

rouges these heated days. There's no need for them, anyway, since the virtues of mercolized wax have become known. No amount of perspiration will produce any evidence that you've been using the wax. As it is applied at bedtime and washed off in the morning, the complexion never looks like a make-up. Mercolized wax gradually takes off a bad complexion, instead of adding anything to make it worse.

It has none of the disadvantages of cosmetics and accomplishes much

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For the next 10 days we must close out , all our porch goods as our new fall line is already coming in and we need the : room. They must go and to do this we are putting the prices where you can not help but purchase. Odd Rockers, Odd Chairs, a few Mission Suites, Ham- ; mocks and Swings and many other arti

cles that are so nice on the porch in hot weather are here at prices almost beyond your belief. Don't put off-a minute, but come in at once and see the bargains.

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Good Pickings in the Waist Department $1.48 For one lot of $3.50 to $4.00 Fancy Stripe Messaline and Taffeta Waists, also a few plain colors in the lot. While they last, $1.48. $2.95 Buys choice of a little lot of $5 and $6.50 Waists. Some of our best Waists, to close at $2.95. $3.48 One lot of Fancy Chiffon and Net Waists, regular prices ranging from $5.00 to $10.00, only $3.48. Take Elevator for the Second Floor

HIE Some Mfl Leiftf Do you know any Dressmaker that'will make a Tailor Made Suit for $4.95? Yes, even for twice that price? Then you still have the material to buy. We have a few of the best ones still on hand at . $6.95 This Is Perhaps the Last Call.

Parasols At One-Third Off Are selling, like lemonade at a summer picnic. They won't last long at onethird off.

Clearance Sale Prices on Hosiery, Clearance Sale Prices on Underwear.

Clearance Sale Prices All Over the Store.

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