Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 243, 23 August 1917 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, AUG. 23, 1917

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1 GAS COMPANIES TO QUIT FIGHT

The Indiana Gas association will Jlsmiss Its petition, asking for a reduction of from 600 to 650 heat units In one cublo foot of artificial gas, which Is now on file with the state public service commission, according to City Attorney Bond Thursday. Bond representing forty-one cities in the state In opposing the reduction. The reduction In heat units In one cubic foot of gas would have meant that the quality of Bervice rendered 'vould have been lowered. The cost would also have advanced. ' Attorney Bond said he had heard from officials of the association that the petition would be dismissed. , The petition of the same association, which represents every gas company In the state, for authority to raise rates for artificial gas twentyfive per cent, has not been set for hearing. RATE PETITION IS WITHDRAWN The petition of the Indiana Electric association, representing forty-one electric companies in the state seeking an increase of thirty per cent in rates, .was dismissed before the state public service commission late Wednesday afternoon. City attorney Bond represented the cities in the state, all members of the municipal league, in opposing the petition. The action of President Wilson, fixing coal prices in the various states, is believed to have been the cause of the withdrawal as the electric companies claimed that the cost of production had increased from thirty to forty per cent due to the high price of coal. None of the witnesses for the municipal league testified, before the petition was dismissed. OR SLACKERS AND THE I. W. W. You may not like the fighting And you may not like the cause, We each would like to raise a hand And bid the nations pause; You may not like the reasons, And you may not like the fray, But we've got to be unselfish For the U. S. A. The fact that we are 1 n it Should be enough for us, The time is passed for stating How we might avoid the fuss. You can not be a "slacker" And in our country stay. So the only way to win it Is to back the U. S. A. This war was not our seeking. And we tried to treat them right, We prayed for peace and harmony At morning, noon, and night; in spite of all we said or did They forced us in the fray, Now the only way to win it Is to back the U. S. A. Tf you do not like this nation And the things we try to do, You shouldn't try to bite the hand That's feeding me and you; And so if you can't be for us. Why you don't have to stay, Just pack your bag and baggage And leave the U. S. A. L. A. Handley. STRAY FIDOS BANISHED FROM CHAUTAUQUA CAMP Two stray dogs were banished from the Chautauqua grounds Thursday morning. Warning had been given repeatedly and dogs claimed by owners had been turned out. The strays were turned over to nark superintendent Ford, and their fate is a mystery. The same will be meted out to any strays in the future. THOUGHTS TO THINK ABOUT Work wears out all the world's worry. Kindness returned to an encm v for the wrong he has done makes him look up to you, he feels eo little beside you. Eliminate folly from force and you can face the world without fear or failure. Force is the vital energy and batters all opposition. After you have read this, turn to tho Want Ads and there read the wants and offers of Richmond people. You can profitably use the Want Ad columns, too. Telephone 2834 and ask a Want Ad Taker to help you with your Want Ad. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT , State of Indiana, County of Wayne, ss: In the Wayne Circuit Court April Term, 1917. In the matter of the .Estate of Charles L. Wolfer, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that tho Last Will and Testament of Charles L Wolfer has been duly admitted to pro bate and record in the Wayno Circuit Court of Indiana, and that the under signed Mary J. Wolfer has duly quali fled before said Court as Executrix of the Estate of said decedent; and that

raid estate is solvent. MARY J. WOLFER. Executrix of Estate of Charles L. Wolier. deceased. Gardner, Jessup, Hoelseher & White, Attorneys. Aug. 16-23-30

If Chills Run Up and Down Spine When Redding, Author is a Genius, Says Dr. Phelps

The final test of genius, said Dr. William Lyon Phelps Thursday morning in his lecture on "Pauline, Browning's First Poem," is a spinal chill. "When you are reading a book, that is the final test," said Dr. Phelps. "If you don't experience it, the man may be talented; he may have imagination, hut he is not a genius." Phelps characterized "Pauline" as a poem of adolescence, which he said PHELPS ON FRANKLIN "What is the reason Franklin's autobiography is so charming? It is because we are listening to an old man talking, always a fascinating experience for the younger generation." "Franklin was one of the wisest children of this world that ever lived." "Why is it that in every age old people think young people are going to the devil? That wasn't true of Franklin. He had absolutely no fear of leaving the world in the hands of the younger generation." "Franklin is just as good a guide now for every-day emergencies as he was during his life-time." "If any man could be found who would have a way to save the world today, it would be Franklin. "Franklin spent his whole life talking but he never bored anybody. What a title, not only to fame, but to paradise." "In general, all the people I know are either having nervous prostration, or are going to have it, or have bad It. Franklin wasn't a typical American because he wasn't nervous." "It is often said that Franklin's life shows what industry can do. It does nothing of the kind; Franklin was a genius." oo S1 18 fern 10 OO Sfr

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was the most terrible, unhappy and miserable period in human life. The poem, he said, was an excellent test of poetry. It is full of obscurity, the flame is mingled with a great deal of smoke, but it is in itself tho very essence of poetry. "The calmest and most delicious joy that one can experience, the joy of being able to say, 'I told you so," was experienced by an English clergyman named Fox, who recognized both Browning and Tennyson, as poets of genius while they were yet young," said Dr. Phelps. "Benjamin Franklin was the greatest American that ever lived," said Phelps Wednesday afternoon. "He was great in' ways that no one would think of. He was like Lincoln In that he saw clearly and acted wisely in common things." "The Two Representatives of American Character" was the title of Dr. Phelps' afternoon lecture, but he devoted only a' few minutes to Jonathan Edwards, whom he termed representative of the religious side of America, and spoke almost entirely of Franklin Combination of the two would make a round American character, said Dr. Phelps, and were either of the two alive he would be a leader. He told many interesting stories of Franklin, Including the fact that the famous autobiography, which he termed the most popular book ever written in America, was almost ruined by Franklin's grandson's editing. Most people had read this edition, said Dr. Phelps, and he advised them to get and read Bigelow's, the original. GERARD CONFINED TO HIS BED WITH LUMBAGO

CHICAGO, Aug. 23. James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany, was still in bed with a case of lumbago this morning. He insisted, however, that if he were able to get on his feet in time he would fill his speaking engagement at Milwaukee tonight.

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LEYLAND LINER HAS BEEN SUNK

BOSTON, Aug. 23. The Leyland liner, Devonian, which left an Atlantic port on July 28, has been sunk, presumably by a German submarine. Officers of the line today confirmed the report that the vessel was lost but stated that they had received no word as to the safety of the crew. BOOKS DO NOT MAKE RELIGION SAYS BENSON Not the writing of long books, but Christian inspiration from within, is the basis of social service and reconstruction, believes Rev. J. G. Benson, ."Christ didn't leave piles and piles of manuscripts as did the Confucian religion," said Dr. Benson Thursday morning in his lecture before the teachers. "We put the spirit of inspiration into twelve people and turn them loose, and those twelve have reformed the world." Miss Emma Colbert spoke on "Puzzles." What unsuccessful education systems needed," said Miss Colbert, "was not new superintendents, new teachers, new parents or new children, but harder work and new inspiration on the part of all. 6

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Trench Newspapers For American Units Abroad Suggested WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Suggestions are reaching the war department as to the advisability of establishing at once in the American army area abroad soldier newspapers, to furnish the men with a brief resume of home news as well as publishablo facts tbout what Is going on in France. Trench paperi of this character are distributed in the French and British lines, but American troops will be far from home and hear little of what is going on in the United States until American newspapers arrive at the front The suggestion is that the training camp activities committee and the public information committee co-operate to maanage for the publication and distribution in the American camps and lines in France a daily bulletin containing telegraphic briefs from the United States as well as sporting and other items from the camps themselves.

In Victoria. British Columbia, there is a successful collector for the Blue Cross fund for horses disabled in war. His name is Prince and he is a Newfoundland. For months, with his box, decorated with the Blue Cross, strapped to his collar, Prince has served his king and country as faithfully and as true as any subject of George V, by petitioning alms for the horses wounded and suffering in the great war. & HIATT 35 North 8th Street of 0 EM Ind. 1 v 1

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CAMPERS COME FROM AS FAR NORTH AS WINCHESTER

The Richmond Chautauqua's circle of attractions is getting stronger every year, Bays Secretary WIssler. Camners came this vpr fmm win. Chester on the north, Greenfield on the west and Cincinnati on the south. And towns which used to send only one family to spend their vacation here, now send a half-dozen. A pamphlet on the growing demand for agricultural implements in Chile has been published by the United States chamber of commerce.

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NINE FRENCH SHIPS ARE SUNK IN WEEK

PARIS. Aug. 23. In the week ended August 9 five French steamships of 1,600 tons or more were sunk by mine3 or submarines, according to tho weekly official report. Four vessels under 1,600 tons were sunk. No fishing ships were destroyed. Three attacks by submarines failed.

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