Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 54, 15 January 1917 — Page 10

PAGE TEN

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. MONDAY, JAN. 15, $17

HIGHWAY BILL MEETS PROTEST OF COMMISSION

, County commissioners in session ; Saturday officially Joined In the vigor'Oua campaign which has been launched In the state to defeat the state highway commission bill which has . "been presented to the legislature. Letters bearing the signatures of members of the board were sent to William Cartel, Wayne county's representative, Olive LaFuie, joint representative of Wayne and Union counties, and Walter McConaha, senator from this county, asking them to oppose the bill. The commissioners are not opposed to a hlKhway commission but object to the kind which la proposed by the bill Neither are the commissioners unmindful of the fact that Indiana Is one of the two states In the union without a highway commission and iherebv unable to take advantage of the federal aid. Favor Limitation of Power They would favor a bill giving the commission limited power which would be sufficient to secure the government aid, but are not willing to see Indiana laid open to the work of a great political machine for the sake of securing money for road building from the national government. "The proposed bill gives too much power to a central body and to one man, the state engineer," the commissioners agreed. "It is said by people who are In a position to know that the bill if parsed would make possible development of tbe most powerful machine im?E!nable. Everything concerning the smallest county roads would have to go through the office of the state engineer. Even the minor county appointments would be somewhat under the control of the central ttate olnee. 'TSesides, It is likely that under the proposed bill the commission would develop all the principal thoroughfares of the slate without giving sufficient attention to the minor roads which rre of vast Importance to farmers. It would place too much work on one office to insure that it would nil ho done well." CITY EDITORS PLAN TO ISSUE A SHEET Tn-T.'nna. tin litrrrpry hub of the nat'oi, J- f havr a unique publication "Tho 'rd!ara C'tv Editor," devoted to the intTT-ts of the news writers and Issued under the direction of the Indiana City Editors' association.. Thi-s decision was reached at the convention, attended by local men, which was held in Indianapolis Saturday nisht and Sunday. The next meeting will be held at Alexandria. C. T. Jeweft. city editor of the Terre Haute Star, was elected president The entire Sunday morning session was devoted to a discussion which revealed that news writers are more poorly paid than members of any other profession. DR. PURDY TO ASSiS Dr. Alexander Purdy, Earlhvi 'i-1 lege, will assist with the slmult. iuvous revival services at the South Eighth Street Friends' church. Services will be held every night the week of February 5. HOLLANSBTJRG Farmers' Institute will be held here Jlonday and Tuesday, January 15 and The state speakers are C. F. Green. Paul McXish and Mrs. Murtland Bedford. . .William Parker's sale Thursday of farm tools and cattle was wr-11 attended. The first ten cows brought $1,000 Mrs. John Wolf has boon quite ill with pneumonia, but is slightly improved Mrs. Anson and her daughter Nina of Union City, are UtMns Mrs. Everett White Mrs. Carl Moore (nee Mary White of Whitewater) died Wednesday at her country home northeast of town of tuberculosis. Burial Friday at Whitewater A show held Wednesday evening at K. of P. hall was well attended. The play, "Elopement of Ellen," was given by several young folks under the auspices of the K. of P. Lodge. It was a success financially and dramatically. The quartet specialties were exceptionally good.. .George Morrison made a business trip to Richmond Friday. .. .Mr. and Mrs. C. Wesley Chonoweth and Mr. and Mrs. William Albert Chenoweth left Sunday for Florida, where they will spend the remainder of the winter. .Measles are quite thick in surrounding towns but Hollansburg has escaped thus far. Mr. E. C. Jcbes of Greenville sold two player-pianos hi re this week. One was installed In tin K. of P. Lodge room, and 'T W. H. Davis got. the other one. .jrkson Lowdenslager and family u;e entertaining Mr. and Mrs. McKabe of Montana. Mrs. McKabe is Mr. Lowdenslager's sister Mr. and Mrs. Russell Thomas and Mrs. Cecil Beetley of Lynn. Ind., were visitors here Friday. .. .Mr. and Mrs. Howard Harley announce the birth of n nine-pound boy at their homo Friday. All doing nicely Harry and Treva Timmons came home from Farmersville, Ohio, to spend the weekend with their parents. ( MILTON, IND. Miss Lorene Hess entertained the Jolly Twenty-Four chub Friday evening. The girls present were Misses Lorene Warren, Violet Murley, Gussie Miller, Dorothy Hoshour, Helen Coyne, Serena Hoshour and Luella Lantz. The evening was delightfully spent in needlework and nice refreshments served. The club will meet with the Misses Serena and Dorothy Hoshour Friday evening, January 26. The members are all invited to be present.... Miss Lillian DuGranrut, who attends business college at Indianapolis, is home sick with la grippe S. K. Hoshour has been presenting his friends with a very interesting calendar for 1917... .D. Sweney is apparently some stronger than he has been. ... .Mrs. James Doddridge will entertain the Five Hundred club at its next meeting... ...Mrs Wilbur Elwell has been elected as a member of the club. . . . .Emory Nedler has the la-grippe.. . The Embroidery club will meet with Mrs, c. AicuornucK Wednesday bfternooo.

"TIGER" OPERATOR CONFESSES GUILT BEFORE INDICTED

Blind tigers In Hagerstown, which has been known as one of the successively "wet" towns of Wayne county, are believed by Prosecutor Strayer to be exterminated by a prosecution he secured today of Clayton Brewer. Brewer, who was indicted this morning on two counts, appeared at the court house shortly after noon and confessed. Brewer admitted he has for some time served beer and whiskey at his home. He had no bar, but his patrons dropped In, he said, for a "friendly nip," for which they paid standard prices, or for a cold bottle, for which they did not forget to leave eufflcient change to defray Brewer's expenses and leave a profit. Judge Fox fined him 150 and costs on one Indictment and $50 and costs and 30 days in jail on the other, to the elation of the grand jury and the prosecutor in having set a new record for prosecutions. Brewer will pay the fines, he said. His two sons testified against him in the grand jury, it is said, and his friends informed him of the trend of affairs before service was had on the indictments. BECK ADVISES AGAINST LOSS Y PEDDLING Farmers have not taken hold of the idea of specialization to a great extent as both workmen and professionals in the cities have done, according to Postmaster Beck. The average farmer does not appreciate the value of a part of his day sufficiently, he said. His deductions were taken from the records made by the parcel post service. "As a whole, the farmer is not taking advantage of the parcel post for disposing of his goods" said Mr. Beck. "The farmer wants as much for products he moils In as the grocer charges. On the other hand, the farmer will load up a wagon and come to town and sell his stuff to the grocer at a wholesale price or else peddle it at a great loss of time. He usually wants the purchaser by parcel post to pay the postage, too. Farmer Should Specialize "If the farmer would specialize on farming, he would make bigger profits. I know of examples of farmers who come to town and turn merchant, taking a; bushel or two of his own potatoes, adding a crate of commission eggs and a box of oranges and selling them at a market stand." It may be that the farmer would come to town as frequently if he had no selling to do, Mr. Beck said. They are welcome, he said, and they are expected to come in for their diver:irrs and pleasures. In spite of the advantages it affords for the farmer, the parcel post Is an institution for the people of the cities, he said. Mr. Beck received a letter from a farmer in Danville, 111., asking for information on farming on shares here. He enclosed a clipping from a Danville newspaper of a statement made by Ivan T. Beck, township supervisor of agriculture, announcing the shortage of farm hands and the influx of farmers' children to the cities. COURT HEARS APPEAL - Appeal of Quinn Leapley from the award of the town board of Centervllle will be. tried before a jury in Wayne circuit court tomorrow. Leapley i3 asking for $500 damages. In condemnation proceedings involving the opening of an alley, the town board awarded him $50. GRADE BIBLE PAPERS Papers of the twenty high school Bible students who took the examination for high school credit Saturday morning have been turned over to the state board on Bible study. Superintendent Rickert, of Connersville, chairman. The papers probably will be graded within the next week. No time has been set for their return. The corncob pipe manufacturing industry represents a valuation of $500,000 a year. 0THEHH00D WOMAN'S JOY Suggestions to Childless Women. Among the virtues of Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound is the ability to correct sterility in the cases of many women. This fact is well established as evidenced by the following letter and hundreds of others we have published in these colums. Poplar Bluff, Mo. "I want other women to know what a blessing Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has been to me. We had always wanted a baby in our homo but I wa3 in poor health and not able to do my work. My mother and hnsband both urped me to try Lydia E. Pinkham' s Vegetable Compound. I did so. mv health im proved and I am now the mother of a fine baby girl and do all my own house work. "-Mrs. Allia B. Ttmmons, 216 Almond St, Poplar Bluff, Mo. In many other homes, once childless, there are row children because of the fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound makes women normal, healthy and strong Write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Med!, dne Co., Lynn, Mass.. for advice it will be confidential sod helpful.

OPERATOR AT HOTEL WITH OPERATOR AT

While . many citizens of Richmond are still awestruck by the telephone conversation which they heard between New York and San Francisco a year ago, It is no uncommon thing for operators for the Richmond Home Telephone company and for clerks at the Westcott and Arlington hotels to have friendly personal conversations with operators at unusually long distances.: . Yesterday the exchange at New Orleans was connected with the Westcott hotel private exchange over approximately 1,500 miles of wire. A piano ; on the balcony was playing when the clerk answered the phone. "Can you hear the piano playing?" he asked. "I can hear some music. I can't tell what it is," the operator at the other end of 1,500 miles of wire said. ' "How is the weather down there?" "It's been pretty bad the past few days," she said. Frequent calls to New York. St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, and oecaTAKES NEW POSITION Clarence Ferllng, formerly of the Hacuman-Klefoth Coal and Supply company, win begin his duties this week as a salesman for the Gold Medal Milling company, flour manufacturers. He will live in Indianapolis. OPENS RECEIVERSHIP JOHNSTOWN. Pa., Jan. 15. Financial difficulties, due, according to a statement by officers of the company to the increased cost of news print paper and other items of production have forced the Johnstown Leader, an afternoon daily, Into a receivership. The Leader was established five years ego. MADRIGAL CLUB APPEARS OXFORD, O., Jan. 15. The Madrigal Club, Miami University's girls' singing organization, will give its annual concert Friday evening. The soloists will be Elwin Smith, tenor, Cincinnati; Miss Lillian Daugherty, soprano, Hamilton, and Prof. A. W. Martin, baritone, of the universiay. SEPARATE AT DOOR TO IMPROVE ROOTING OXFORD, O.. Jan. 15. In future Miami University boys will not be permitted to take Miami girls to basketball games; or, if they do, they cannot sit together. Boys and girls must separate at the door, each 'going to his or her bleacher section. The pairing off of boys and girls has been found to have a very bad effect on the rooting. Within the lid of a new dish are contained a syrup a butter plate. pancake cup and

rThrift Day Is Coming

It will be celebrated all over the United States on. Saturday, February Third. Everyone's attention will be directed upon this day, to the starting of some additional Thrift habit. The opening of a bank account or adding to one already opened is a particularly appropriate form of Thrift Day observance. Old friends and new friends will receive an especial welcome here on Thrift Day. Second National Richmond's Strongest Bank

JVST RECEIVED ! I 1,000 Brand Men Columbia Records I "We are at your Service"

EXCHANGES GREETINGS NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY

sionally as far. as Denver and Jecfcsonville, go through- the exchange.' A guest at the Arlington hotel some time ago, called up his wife in New York on several different visits. "I call her twice a week, no matter where 1 am," he said. "I have never failed since we were married a year ago."-. ; . APPRAISERS GROUP LOWERS VALUATION The second body of appraisers appointed by; Judge Fox of the Wayne' circuit court to establish a value on Wayne county land belonging to the estate of Franklin Brown lowered.the original appraisement $25. Frank Kenyon, Edward Kenyo'n "and John E. Morrow, heirs, objected to the original appraisement contending. that the values set were too low. The second appraisers set the value on the Wavne county portion of the estate at $10,687.50. MEET IN CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Delegates from more than a score of patriotic and preparedness organizations In the United States gathered here today for a conference to consider principally the co-ordination of the country's plans to advance the cause of preparedness. The conference is being held in Memorial Continental Hall at the invitation of Mrs. William Cumming Story, president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. MILITARY TRAINING MEASURE DISCUSSED WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Prominent educators and representatives of parents' associations were herd today in opposition to compulsory military training by the senate military subcommittee considering the proposed legislation. Among those who appeared before the committee to testify were Dr. John Dewey, of Columbia University, Dr. John L. Ellcott, of New York city, president Alexander Meikeljohn of Amherst, William I. Hull of Haverford and Prof. Edward P. Cheyny, of the University of Pennsylvania. FARWIG TO MANAGE BAYER RESTAURANT Henry Farwig. the only avowed Democratic candidate for the mayoralty nomination, became manager of Bayere restaurant today. Until recently he has been connected with the bakery. "George Bayer, eldest son of the late John C. Bayer, became manager of the bakery and Fred Bayer probably will accept a position as salesman for a flour milling company. Mrs. John C. Bayer, who has been acting manager of the restaurant since her husband's death, has practically withdrawn from active connection with the business.

17 BELOW ZERO SETS LOW MARK SINCE JAN. 1 9 1 5

Coldest weather since January, 1915 was registered yesterday morning at 7 o'clock when the thermometer went to 17 degrees below zero, following a blizzard in which almost five Inches of snow fell in 12 hours. The back of the cold snap seemed to have been broken early this morning when the thermometer went from five below to five above zero from midnight to 7 o'clock and went to 13 at noon. In the past 17 years, only in January, 1904, January, 1912, and January" 1915, has the temperature been lower than it was at 7 o'clock Sunday morning. The lowest temperature ever recorded here officially by Walter Vossler who has been weather observer 22 years, was 27 below Feb. 13, 1899. Minimums kept since then by Mr. Vossler follow: 1900, February 7 1901, January 2 1902, February 4 1903, January 8 1304, January 26 1905, February 16 1906, February 15 1907, February 2 1908, February ...... 0 1909, January 12 1910, February 15 1911, January 7 1912, January 25 1913, February 4 1914, February 8 1915, January ; 18 1916, February 9 1917, January n HOLD SECOND SESSION The second session of the spring term of the night school will be held this evening. Students, who intend to take night work, but who have not enrolled to date, are asked to register for work this evening inasmuch as work has already been assigned in the different branches of study. PALLADIUM WANT AD& PAY. Q U

NUSBAUM'S A Sale for SMALL WOMEN

LEE B. Lee

OE

"ViLD WOMAN" OF 116 YEARS RAGES HORSE CARRYING ATTENDANT FROM THE INFIRMARY

Mary Jane, known as the "Wayne county wild woman," whose age has been estimated by county officials at 116 years and who has been a ward of the county since she was a child of about twelve years, caused great excitement at the Wayne county infirmary the other day when she escaped from her room and fled east along the National road at such a high rate of speed that 'one of the attaches of the infirmary, had to pursue her on horseback. Riding the horse as hard is it could gallop the guard finally overtook . Mary Jane and she meekly submitted to being returned to the institution. Mary Jane's surname is not known. She was the first inmate of the county's first infirmary. That was 104 years ago. When she became the ward cf the county her age was recorded as twelve years. The child was found with a drove of hogs wandering in a

WINTER OUTSIDE and SUMMER INSIDE

Phone 2194 THE KLEHFOTH-NIEWOEHNER CO. 101 North Second Street

Suits Sizes 16, 18,20, 34 and 36 Fortunately for small women and misses, we have too many Suits in small sizes. Those who require small sizes will find an abundance of suits in styles, colors and fabrics that are wanted. Many, because of their medium weight and smart style, will be fine for Spring Wear. Suits of serges, gaberdines, velours, checks, whipcords, velours and novelties. Sale Begins Tuesday, 8 A. M.

NUSBAUM CO.

NUSBAUM'S Sale of Silk CONTINUES Special Purchase of Plaid and Striped Taffeta No Two Pieces Alike All the Very Choicest Patterns and Best Values, selling at $1.85 to $2.00 a Yard.

Specially Priced Yard B. Nusbaum

48

forest at a place which is now the site of Hagerstown. She has never spoken a word since tbe time ehe was first placed in the infirmary. Although her mind is a blank her physical condition is sound despite her advanced age. Superintendent Petro of the infirmary will wager that no resident of the county can outrun Mary Jane.

HUBBY SLAPS WIFE; ACT COSTS HIM $15 Charles E. Brown, colored, pleaded guilty to assault and battery on his wife in city court today and was fined $5 and costs and sentenced to five days in jail. Brown said his wife "had a passion for shouting at him" every time he epoke to her and he gave her a. slapping." She said Brown was drunk and that he bloodied her nose. where our coal is used. No trouble to make the fire burn, no complaint about not getting enough heat. Burn our coal and you'll have comfort in your home. Costs no more than common kinds. Worth a lot more. $12.50, $15, $17.50, $18.25, $18.75 SUITS $71 $22.50, $25, $27.50, $30 and $35 SUITS $1 198 IO S Co.

n to