Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 291, 15 October 1913 — Page 1

RICHMOND PA AND SUN-TELEGRAM RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY, EVENING, OCT. 15, 1913. SINGLE COPY 2 CENT VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 291. ACCEPTS CALL TO NEW CHOSEN DELEGATE TO NATIONAL MEET iPUBLIC CONTRACTS DEATH OF SURFACE RECALLS WORK AS 1TEDJ0URNALIST Famous Editor Prized Highly Military Pass Issued by General Grant. HERO OF LATEST MARINE DISASTER RECEPTION TO OPEN EXHIBITION OF ART GREAT INCUBATORS OF GRAFTJH CITIES Feature to Deal With Here, Says Bavis, is Incompetency. ST. LOUIS CONGREGATION Mrs. Man' A. Woodard to Represent State W. C. T. U. at New York. Art Study Class to Act as Hostess of Three Hundred and Fifty Guests. REV. THOMAS C. M'NARY, WHO TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION AS PASTOR OF THE SECOND PRESSYTERI AN CHURCH HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO, TODAY ACCEPTED THE PASTORATE OF THE NEW LEE AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT ST. LOUIS. PLANS WINTER'S WORK MRS. TRAUM SPEAKS

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REPORTED CIVIL WAR

Xast Article Written for The Palladium Depicts Horrors of War. -Many messages of sympathy were received today by Mrs. Jesse Allee, Vhose father, Daniel Surface, veteran newspaper publisher and war correspondent, died yesterday afternoon at his apartments in the Westcott hotel. The funeral will be held at the hotel Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be largely attended. Mr. Surface, Dr. David Dougan and Judge D. W. Comstock were to have left today for New York to be the guests of Daniel G. Reid. John L. Iiupe, whom Mr. Reid had invited to be a member of the party, went to New York several days ago. When informed by telegraph of Mr. Surface's death he wired to Mrs. Allee that he would return to Richmond at once. It Js not known if Mr. Reid will be able to attend the funeral. Mr. Surface's death marks the passing of two of the Palladium's former distinguished editors within the last two years. The first, Isaac Jenkinson, friend and counselor of Oliver P. Morton, war governor of Indiana, died in 1911. Of a Retiring Disposition. Much was known of Mr. JenkinBon's career as a journalist, publicist, educator and diplomat. Mr. Surface's career was of equal interest but for the most part a closed book, even to several of his most intimate friends, for he was of an unusually retiring self-effacing disposition. A member of the Palladium staff tells of the difficulty he experienced in inducing Mr. Surface to write an article on his unique, adventurous and thrilling experiences as a war correspondent for the old Cincinnati Gazette during the Civil War. This article was desired for publication in an edition issued by the Palladium at the time of the State G. A. R. encampment In this city, May, 1911. Mr. Surfa' first protested that he had not written for publication for several years and had "lost the knack" of this art. That assertion being disproved, he said his war experience would not interest any one. After considerable difficulty he was induced to prepare the article desired. Ranked High As An Editor. It was written in the graceful, graphic and simple style peculiarly his own which had given him such a high rank among the editors of Indiana at the period he was engaged in active newspaper work. But little is contained in thTs interesting article of the hardships he and his fellow correspondents were forced to undergo during the great conflict between the North and South. Today the war correspondent is a figure of bygone journalistic history. Newspaper men who now follow armies in the field are herded together many miles in the rear of the firing line.-They are given as little information as possible and what dispatches they are permitted to send to their papers are thoroughly censored, frequently falsified, to prevent furnishing the enemy with useful information. The wireless, the more perfected telegraphic facilities, and the cable have played their part in robbing the war correspondent of the romance which surrounded him before the period of almost perfect rapid communication. A Pass From Gen. Grant. When as a young man Mr. Surface took the field to follow the Union armies he was not subjected to so many restrictions. He was for the most part permitted to go and come as he pleased, and his work of collecting news was made easier by the following pass which Mr. Surface, until his death, prized as his most valued possession. "Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi. "Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1863. "Guards, pickets and military authorities will pass the bearer, Mr. D. Surface, correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, throughout the entire command, without hindrance, and government steamers and military railroads will furnish him free transportation to and from any point within this military division until further orders. "By order of "Maj. Gen'l U. S. Grant. "Geo. K. Leet. A. A. Gen'l." In the article Mr. Surface prepared for the Palladium's G. A. R. edition, he said in reference to this pass: Sherman Hated Reporters. "General Sherman had a pronounced aversion to army correspondents end threatened to have one shot. General Grant, on the other hnnd, was kindly disposed toward them and greatly facilitated the work of those who did not abuse his confidence and generosity." While the pass of Grant aided Mr. Surface much in collecting news it did not mitigate the hardships which fell to his lot. The soldiers were aspured of regular rations, but Mr. Surface and the other correspondents had to forage for themselves and were forced to sleep wherever they could find shelter. Raced With Whltelaw Reid. The performance of their duty also frequently took them under fire. Then there was always the handicap of poor telegraph facilities. Nearly all the less important news reports were sent by army mail, but in reporting a great battle the correspondents frequently liad to go many miles to secure an available wire. Once to get to his paper the news of a particularly importentengagement Mr. Surface had to go north as far as Louisville and he 'raced" the entire distance with his rival Cincinnati correspondent, WhiteJaw Reid, who was then on the staff of Continued on Page Three)

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Captain James Barr, commander of the Cunard liner Carmania, who rushed his great liner through a raging storm for a distance of seventy-eight miles in answer to the wireless calls for help sent .out by the steamship Volturno, of the Uranium line, which caught fire on Friday. Because of the immensity of the Carmania's bulk and the rough seas, Captain Barr was unable to get close enough to the Volturno to take part in the actual rescue work, but his ship was the first to reach the burning vessel, and, standing by, took up the work of sending out wireless calls for aid. Nine other vessels answered the Carmania's call and affected the rescue of 521 of the Valturno's 657 passengers and crew. ONLY SEVEN MINERS ESCAPE EXPLOSION Fire Rages in Workings and 380 Declared Doomed to Death. FRIENDS ARE FRANTIC Clergymen Hold Service At Mine Head For , Victims. CARDIFF, Wales, Oct. 15 Seven men, huddled together in a side chamber in the Universal colliery which was shattered by an explosion and fire on Tuesday, were rescued early today after being entombed twenty-six hours. There is no chance that the 3S0 still entombed might be saved. Twenty-four hours after the fire broke out miners who had been working in shifts succeeded in flooding the mine. It is probable however, that some of the miners may have been drowned by the water that flooded the lower workings. Fire again broke out this afternoon. Clouds of steam and poisonous fumes drove back the rescue squads and I strong currents of air were turned into the pit to cleanse it of the deadly afterdamp. Rush Rescue Work. Stirred by the pathetic appeals of ! the families of the entombed men the ' rescuers worked with frenzied haste. ! They reported that the fire had not found its .way into all the chambers which gave hope that many of the men might have escaped. Expert miners, however, refused to hold out too much hope. Throughout the night thousands alternately watched and prayed upon the neighboring mountain heights. Crouching beside watch fires, women and children huddled awaiting word of the fate of fathers, brothers and sons. Hundreds of constables formed lines about the pit head and the temporary hospital and morgue to keep back the grief-stricken families. Clergymen held a service at the mine head and offered up prayers for the safety of the men within. DEMOCRATS NAME THEIR CANDIDATES HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Oct. 15. The Democrats of this town held their convention Saturday evening and nomin ated the following ticket for the ling city election: O. O. Wheeler.

cierK; z.. a. lnxon, marsnai; u. is. i . . , - Davis, treasurer; Harry Stoltz, eoun-buni Wilson, who are perfectly healcilman. First ward; Ashley Allen, coun-; thy youngsters. cilman. Second ward, and Thomas Al- j "Bertha Josephine died Decause she len, councilman, Third ward. had no Titallty gaid Dr. C. P. ColI 1 1 burn, who ushered the triplets into 4 1 the world. "She had been failing

FATHER FORECAST 4 STATE Fair tonight and Thursday; colder Thursday and in north por tion tonight. TEMPERATURE. Noon 73 YESTERDAY. Maximum 67 Minimum 41 W. . MOORE'S FORECAST. An immense field of high barometric pressure covers the northwestern U. S. It ls moving southeast behind a CTTq11 1 T- roe cno a roo ntn PAnfml ;

over the lakes. Under its influence a ' eral hours each dav at a Main street 'ase will collect the charges, sending for assistance even in moving around returned an answer to the Western eeries. meat. coal, shoes and ereryspell of considerably colder weather is store and attracted the attention of ! the purchase price to the farmer by the house. Mrs. Williams will soon j Union company here to hold Richeson thing that enters into the necessaries expected either late tonight or Thurs-: thousands of people. This experience i return mail. A package weighing six ; be forced to stop her work, her physi- i as an imposter, and his arrest followed, j of life, bears an added burden to cover

idav. Fair weather will Drobablv ore - ;vsal for the nxt two dajs or mora,

Mrs. M. F. Johnston to Show Work of American Etchers.

The exhibit of the Richmond Art Association will open this evening in the Public Art Gallery at the High School with a reception to 350 invited guests, at which Mrs. Elmer Eggemeyer and the Art Study class will act as hostesses. Superintendent and Mrs. J. T. Giles, Professor and Mrs. F. C. Pickell, the guests of honor will be presented to the members of the association. The invitation list includes former members of the association and spec ial friends, as well as those who belong at the present time. An orchestra will play during the evening and refreshments will be served. Beginning Thursday morning the exhibit will be open to the public during the week from 9 to 12 o'clock and from 1 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon. It will also be open of evenings when the night school is in session and from 2 to 5 o'clock Sunday afternoons. After the close of the exhibit in this city October SI, the paintings will be taken to Louisville, Ky. Class Work. The first meeting of the art study class, of which Mrs. James Judson is chairman, will be held at the gallery tomorrow morning. The class meets every two weeks to study the pictures. Different members are assigned to make a study of the life of the artists and give reports of their work. Throughout the year the gallery will be used for receptions by the schools and societies. Hhe Music Study club will open the year's program Wednesday afternoon October 22. Other exhibits have been arranged for each month of the year continuing until next summer. The last two weeks of November will be devoted to a display of canvasses by Indiana artists. The complete list of artists and the paintings to be represented in the exhibition will be announced later. To Show Etchings. Immediately following, during the first two weeks of December, Mrs. M. F. Johnston, president of the local art association, has arranged to exhibit a collection of etqfrings by American etchers.. . .. ....... The last of January the Domestic Science Association, of which Mrs. Benton Addington is president,' is planning to give to the women valuable ideas in home decoration. Mrs. Allen D. Hole, is chairman of the committee arranging for the exhibit. All the new materials for home beautification and the most artistic methods of arrangement will be demonstrated. A special exhibit of the work of two Indiana artists is on the program for two weeks in February. T. C. Steele, of Indianapolis, has accepted the invitation to exhibit some of his paintings. Mrs. Johnston does not know what other artists will be represented. Some one will be invited whose work is of a different character. In March the annual exhibition of canvasses by Richmond artists will be held. No arrangements have been made for the April program. The year's work will be closed in May with the annual exhibit of the drawing, manual training and domestic science done by the students of the city schools. OF TRIPLETS DIES IN INFANCY Bertha Josephine Farwig's Death Attributed to Lack of Vitality. OTHER TWO HEALTHY Bertha Josephine, one of the famous triplets born last summer to Mr. and Mrs. William Farwig, 323 South Sixth street, died at 11:30 o'clock this morning The infant weighed three and onehalf pounds when it was born, and at the time of her death did not weigh more than two pounds. Bertha Jose-com-!Dhine was much smaller than her sis Cora B u and Qer brotn- Co, steadily for several days, but apparent-

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ly was not ill. She had no fever, and ; providing some farmer will agree to took nourishment regularly, and didifurnjsh the desired produce.

not show any indication of having di- j "The people of this city have re- j house at regular intervals to secure i by himjwhSere to -ke up to the possibUities j the grocery order which is issued by j S??.8 i of this denartment of the Dostal serv- ' Township Trustee Howarth.

ity to live.' j Funeral Thursday. The funeral will be held tomorrow j at the Farwig home. Bertha Josephine since birth lost

instead oi gaining in weignt. uniiKe : -"'i mummg uu wuci j ....v. - j her sister and brother. Dr. Colburn ! plv of country produce and get it de- i ago. He was responsible for the said that Monday the child lost a livered at their home the same after- j growth of the Baptist faith in this secpound, noon. The farmer can give it to the . twn of Indiana During the Fall Festival the trio of ' rural carrier when he comes along, j The aged minister is unable to leave celebrated infants was exhibited sev-; and the man who delivers the pak-; his little home and depends on his wife

1 had no ill effect on them. Dr. Colburn isaya,

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Although he had received calls from several churches, the Rev. Thomas C. McNary, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church here, today accepted the pastorate of the Lee Avenue Presbyterian church at St. Louis. The Rev. Mr. McNary's resignation, which was tendered the congregation a few weeks ago will take effect on the last Sunday of this month and he will assume his new duties on the first Sunday of November. The Rev. McNary will be the first pastor of the new Lee Avenue church, which is now in the cowrse of completion, costing between $15,000 and $20,000. The dedication will be observed on the second Sunday in November. During his summer vacation the Rev. Mr. McNary visited five churches and he was asked if he would consider calls to three of the congregations. Since that time he had been urgently requested to again visit St. Louis,

High School Pupils Plan Social Season

Social activities at the high school will begin late this month with the Senior class party to celebrate Hallowe'en. As the Senior and Junior classes will coperate in the events of the school this winter, there probably will be a great deal of social life at the school. Horatio Land and Kent j Lemen, presidents of the Senior and Junior classes, respectively, have appointed some of the committees who will have charge of the events this season. Parties, skates and spreads will be the features. Following are some of the committees and the members of the school who will serve on them: SENIOR CLASS. Spreads. Mary Converse, chairman; Lois Kelley, Orville Boone. , HUNDLEY TO OBTAIN PRODUCE VIA POST Post Office Official Intends to Order Butter and Eggs From Farm. L. A. Handley of the Richmond postoffice, believes citizens of this city and the farmers of Wayne county are - not using the parcel post in the mannr thnt thev ehmilrt to eet the best results for all interested in decreasing the high cost of livine. and so intends to set an example by getting his butter. eggs and poultry fresh from the farm through parcel post this winter, of this department of the postal service," said Mr. Handley today. "Most! of them have a friend in the country ) ! whom they can call over the telephone Munds can be sent in from the coun1 try for eiht cents.

Scio, Ohio, and Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in the hope of his accepting calls to churches in these three cities. Since coming to Richmond four years ago the Rev. Mr. McNary has assisted in the building up of the Second Presbyterian church, the Earlham Heights church and made the initial movement to organize, the Middleborough rural Sunday school. At present the Middleborough school has a membership of between fifty and sixty. With the Rev. McNary's assistance

the Farmers Club was also formed at i the Middleborough rhool. Thla "was done following lectures upon stereoptican views, given at the school by the minister. F. 1). Warner, a member of the Second Presbyterian church, was sent to the school by Mr. McNary to assist in the organization. Superintendent Miles, of the Middleborough school highly praises the work of the Rev. McNary. Skate. Wilson Taggart, chairman; Elizabeth Myrick, Wilson Smith. Social. Mary Canby, chairman; Katherine Broderick, Rudolph Price. Decorating. Florence Kamp, chairman; Nicholson, Lawrence Jessup. JUNIOR CLASS. Spreads. Wilbur Kampe, chairman; Hilda Kirkman, Hazel Dafler. Skate. Mark Johanning, chairman; Lee Outland, Marjorie Beck. Social. Robert Phillips, chairman; Harry Bockhoff, Helen McMinn. Decorating. Jesse Parshall, chairman; Windsor Harris, Mabel Logan. BAPTIST MINISTER NEEDS ASSISTANCE Old Colored Pastor Depend - 'a rr, eni On nariiy OI lOWIlYt' Th Snip inUSiee. Godfrey Williams, one of the oldest Baptist colored ministers now living i in the state, is in destitute circumstances, lying at his home, 705 North ! Eighteenth street, with rheumatism ' and ailments incident to old age while j his wife, more than seventy years old, i is forced to work. j The old minister has been unable to . work for several years and now is dej pendent on the county for support, his ! aged wife making the trip to the court Township Trustee Howarth. The Rev. Mr. Williams once was one of .the most powerful ministers of j his denomination in the state, coming cai conauion oemg very weal, sue said ""rh:

Organization Deplores Use-j

less Consumption of Narcotics. By MRS. S. W. TRAUM. SOUTH UKND. Ind.. (Vt. 15 Mrs. Mary A. Woodard of Fountain City, is one of the state's delegates to the national W. C. T. I'. convention to he held in New York. October 23 to 29. aecorclini; to the list announced in the concluding; session of the convention ! yesterday. final adjournment was j taken with the completion of plans j for the continuance of the flRht for i temperance during the coming year. Monday evenin.e was given over to . a program of temperance speeches : and songs. Mrs. Nettie V. Traum of. Richmond, was the principal speaker. ' The most interesting feature of the ; program Tuesdav evening was a de- i htn htu'oen V i t hut )i T Stnillv of I i.ihortv an.i TJetta Tones of Alexan- i dria. on the question of equal suffrage Commends Hobson's Work. Th rnnvpniinn before :ui1oiirnment ! adopted the following resolutions: I That total abstinance was the only safe rule of life and prohibition the onlv reliable method for the destruetion of the legalized liquor traffic and the preservation race. Commendation of the nation and was suggested for

senator Richmont P. Hobson. of Ala- contracts inflict upon the people in bama. who presented the bill to con- reneral. one is competence and dellbgress for national prohibition, and of j erate dishonestv combined; the other, the John Strong bill making it a pen-; incompetence which permits every aditentiary offense to register at hotels j vantage being taken by unscrupulous under assumed names. j bidders for such privileges as the conThat persistent effort should be ; tract affords, and perhaps I might add,' made to secure law enforcement per- ( a third, by naming incompetence and taining to the useless consumption of j dishonesty both.

narcotics One Moral Standard. That one moral standard for purity in men and women was necessary and that the traffic in women and girls was unnecessary and should be

abolished. Attention was also draw-n , dollars of the peop-g money. No betto the necessity for vigilance as to 1 1 ov,Aan nt fKot fo. K w

u.c ye.aoua. pu.,v, i iuC jvuh the teaching of sexual hygene. That women should have an equal franchise with men with equal pay for equal work. That the living wage was a moral and spiritual necessity and that excessive working hours for women were detrimental to the race. HAGERSTOWH FIGHTS The Commercial Club Passes Resolutions Denouncing Project. HAGERSTOWN. Ind.. Business men of this Oct. town i0-ex-t the subject was up for consideration

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"'"T" . t? V . nome to tne Pwple of Richmond some mously against the installation of vot-, realjzation of what tney nave escaped, ing machines in Wayne county when c.Mnc, ,lt frnm ,,. .v .

uy me commercial emu ai us meet- , thousand8 upon thousands of dollars ing last night. L pon a vote, it was ; durinK the ,lfe of the francnll(efound that only a few of the members i Th atiiio Knm h

present deemed it advisable that the cuuui) punnase mai;iiiiiea. A committee was appointed to st ''3 draft resolutions protesting against the installation of the machines in this '

Anna ' countr- A copy of the resolutions will ; ls aigo to be applied to the gas con- ! be sent to the board of county com-, tract that wa8 Dreented br Attomevi

missioners. Reports from the various standing committees of the club showed satis - they are engaged. BLAMES' OPERATOR, PLEADS NOT GUILTY Hawkins, Alias Richeson, Says Mistake Was Made in Sending Message. Blaming a Western Union operator ! kins. alias Ralph Richest, the xenia i . . . . .

itulureu luau' ,nie" ui nui;an(j S4?e tne disreitard to our Interest. I guilty to the charge of attempting to what excuse could I offer myself for obtain money under false pretenses, ' sitting back quietly and not lift a

when arraigned in circuit court to-1 (jay Hawkins, of Richeson, claims that he was intoxicated when he entered the First National bank here and askto have a check cashed. When his re quest was refused, he says, he went j to the telegraph office and there told ! the operator to wire to Joe Hagler for J50. He blames the operator, saying the j message received at the Commercial bank in Xenia was not the one sent message was receivin the hands of Pros ecuting Attorney Reller: "Commercial National Bank, "Xenia, Ohio: "Wire me $50 at once. "JOE HAGLER, Richmond. Ind." Hagler formerly employed Richeson or Hawkins to work for him on a farm near Xenia. it is said. Haeler was in the bank transacting business at the time the telegram arrived, and i ne tnai or mcneson m M neia jjater this month.

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TO WATER Declares Amount of $1,400 Does Not Show Company's Over-Charges. BY ALFRED BAVIS. The greatest incuba tors of graft among city official. legisla-J live and administrative. Is public contracts; in witness of this fact, we need not co back to the day of Boss Tweed, who perlaps was entitled to1 ".he crown, as king of ?rafters. for most of ;he dishonesty in pubHe life of recent years can be charged to this feature of city government. i It matters not w here we lotk. IMtts-l burg. IVtroit. Philadelphia. Chicago. an Francisco, and our neighboring city. Cincinnati, with Its chief from "Head Man s Corner." George IV Cos. r coming nearer home. Gary. Indiana with its Knotts. and won ad Infinitum. Are Two View Point. There are two angles from which to view the unnecessary burden such The feature we have to deal with ia Richmond, is that of Incompetence. No one can truthfully state that Mayor, Zimmerman has ever thown an apti tude in grappling with the problems that involves hundred of thousands of duced than by the mayor's utter helplessness in handling the contract of the Richmond City Water Works. That was a proposition which aimed at securing the perpetual right to use our streets without let, or say so, from the city authorities; a contract that proposed to increase the cost of water to the consumers; a contract that proposed to compel the city to pay for the water used in our public places, which . was heretofore 'tree; and to foist upon the people a rate charge for water based upon a valuation twice the amount of its actual value. I want to ask in all candor, is there a man. reasonably intelligent, at least sufficiently so. to presume to be the mayor of a city like Richmond, who would have hesitated one moment what to do with a proposition of that character? It Was Almost Passed. That proposal came dangerously near being passed. TtAnnUv it hsa Haavi tatftn Ant n 9 O. a ' hands of the local authorities and will. in due time, be bo adjusted as to bring j Rrant attempt to mulct the ,e of . Zimmerman on that question alone. j so bad. that he would never again bej heard from. 1 ! What is said of the water rnntrurr : uuki 10 aeieai mm. ana aeieat mm ! Beasley. of the Light. Heat and Power! company, which proposed a rate of 90 ! cents a thousand cubic feet of gas Mayor Zimmerman assumed a very, jubilant attitude at the prospect of a' ten cent reduction per 1.000 feet of gas, but entirely overlooked that clause of the contract which proposed a minimum of 50 cents a month, which would more than counteract the re1 duction, and as a whole, under the i minimum clause the consumers would have actually paid more for their gas than under the old rates. Who defeated that proposition? Was it the mayor? No. indeed. Public sentiment from i our civic organizations, protesting j against its acceptance. Let me repeat to you. Mr. Fellow j Citizen. I am not opposing Mayor Zira- , merman's re-election through personal ; feelings, but when I think what It Is ; ,aJn! our c!iT goT: ernment. and look back over the pat pencil in an enort to save a rutare repetition of egregrious blunders as S has been committed during the past j four years. If the principle of direct taxation ! was in force, do yon know what the cost of our city government would , mean to you? Would Make Difference. If you had to take the cash out of I "onr Pocket and go to the treasurer's j J you fd I to lt that such men were elected as ; would use that money economically, Have you any Idea how much you i are paying : uo juu realize luai n costs every person in the city of Richmond $8.00 a year to maintain our city government? How would yon like It Mr. Shop Man, you say. with a family of three, five with yourself and wife, having to walk tip and pay $40.00 a year to run the city? That is Just the amount we are paying If the cost was equally distributed. everr man. woman and child. While ! we do not realize it. as a part of it J goes as rent and other parts In groCContinued on Page Three.)