Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 31, 18 December 1917 — Page 11
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, DEC 18, 1917.
PAGE ELEVEN
SELLING
DELOW
OF
COAL FIGURES
GOVERNMENT
Wag.
on Mines at Brazil Una
ble to Market Output
Screened Block at $3.
BRAZIL, Ind.. Dec."' 18. Brazil is
' confronted with a peculiar coal sltua- ' l " JJ 1 ' '" ' . - "... M A. A J?
tion. Though other clues oi am mtw
have a coal famine, coal Is so' plenti
ful here that it Is selling at a price below that set by the government The situation arises from the order of the fuel administrator to the railroads not to supply flats to the so-called wagon
mines. Being unable to obtain cars,
other than box cars, "wbJch"' can not l?e loaded profitably, the wagon mines,4 de
pend entirely on local trade to sen
their coal and there are so many of theift that the' supply exceeds "the demand. Small coal operators are ap
pealing for the card order to pe bclnded so their surplus coal can p
sent to other communities to add to
the general supply. ""
The county commissioners last Sat
urday contracted for 100 "tohsot the best screened block coal at $3 a ton at the mine. This is 40 cents below -the price set by the government. Screenings are known to have been delivered In Brazil at $2 a ton last
week. The average price of test block
coal is 4 a ton, delivered. E. Garfield Johnson, fuel administra
tor, said that he was besieged by the small coal operators last week to help them sell their product. The extreme
cold weather and the snow and Ice co
cred tracks have greatly reduced the
engine power of the coal carrying roads. The engines that pulled seventy cars during mild weather now do well to pull serenteen cars. The fact that the engines were not able to keep the coal moving caused the mines to be Jdle several days in the last two weeks, and the Christams pay of the miners will not be so abnormally large
as anticipated. 1 Passenger Trains Taken Off.
To put more engines and crews to hauling coal, the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois railroad. Braiil-Chicago orancn
annulled two passenger trains, one running ench way between Brazil and
Lacrosse, last Saturday.
The controversy over the price ot coal charged the miners by the operators has been referred to President
Haves. "of the United Mine workers.
The miners are charged twice the pick mining scale, but when the government ordered the last Increase of 45
cents a ton the operators added that increase also to the price charged the miners. The minera objected to this.
Many Christmas Money Orders Aire Being Sold Many Christmas gifts in the form of money orders were sold Monday by Assistant Postmaster Deuker.1 One hundred and fourteen money orders were sent from the main post office, not counting those Sent from the five sub-stations. Registered letters are being sent In greater numbers than last year. ' " '"' "" Many of the letters are . sent by mothers to their sons who are in the service. ' " ' " ' ' ' ':'
Prominent Gardener
of Vfayne is Dead Conrad Zwissler." 65 years old, a
prominent gardener of Wayne county, died at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning at
bis residence one-half mile south of
the city on the Boston pike alter an illness of two years. 5 ':
Mr. Zwissler was born in Cincin
nati, moving to Wayne county In 1884In 1890 he began the gardening business In which he ranks with the lead
ers. He is a member of St.-Andrew b church, St. Joseph Benevolent society and the Knights of St. John. ' r ' :
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Zwissler, four sons,' Raymond, Albert, Joseph and Lewis, two daughters, Misses Florence and Olivia, of Richmond, five brothers, John, An
thony and Frank Zwissler of Richmond. Ad am Zwissler, of Laporte, Ind.,' and Michael Zwissler of Cincinnati, and qne sister, Mrs. frank Meyer, of
Richmond.
The : funeral services will be con
ducted Friday morning at 9 o'clock at
the St Andrew's church. Burial in St.
Andrew's cemetery. Friends may call
at any time.
PEf IE tffl TP BE FRIGHTEN ED
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W. L. BRYAN.
"Blackguard" Applied
to Henry U. Johnson;
Apology is Forced
Priceless Morgan Collection i is Presented to Metropolitan
EATON, O., Dec. 18. Monotony of the proceedings of the Robinson divorce trial In common pleas court was broken Monday afternoon when ;John Rislnger, local attorney, and Henry U. Johnson, of Richmond, Ind.,' opposing counsel, got Into a tilt In the course of examination of a witness. ; ": In the heat of the tilt Attorney Rislnger called Attorney Johnson a blackguard. 1 Johnson retorted tbat he respected the dignity of the court, but that Rlsinger did not dare go Into the street and repeat what be' had said. He also demanded that Rlsinger apoligize to him In the presence of the court and those present. The apology was forthcoming. Testimony in the trial wa3 complet
ed at the close of court Monday evening and arguments' of counsel were to begin at the opening or court Tuesday morning. It was expected the arguments would consume the greater part of the day. ' The trial opened Monday of last week. '
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MURRAY Visitors to the tropical luxuriousness of fioutbem California have been hnorit in rpmarlt on rettirnine across
that stretch of barren land known as
the Salton Sink, that "this is God's country!" As they breathed In the whirl nf dust blown uo bv the train
and imagined rather than saw the
mirages beyond, their enthusiasm was hard to understand one happened to n a native 'of Arizona." f ""
Add to this the distant love-call of
the quail, and a little bunch or mountain pontes sympolizing human love. And vou have an idea of the scenes in
which Olive Thomas, elusive and bewitrhtne as a mirage. Dlavs the Dart
of a kidnaped actress in "Broadway. Arizona." a Jew Triangle film triumph to be shown at the Murray theatre today. MURRETTE Mis Edna Goodrich, who is known among her intimates of the dramatic profession as "the All American girl," seems to find especial favor' m parts that depict her in one or another of. the girl types,' to the study of which she has devoted so much time. The young star'is held by some of her admirers to be at her best In southern girl parts and still others Insist that she is the typical New York girl, while in San Francisco, Miss Goodrich Is" held to be tbe California girl par excellence. " '"' In her new production, "American Maid," at the Murrette today. Miss Goodrich has a role that ought to satisfy all her enthusiastic friends. She is the American girl evolved from many types, Irish, French, Russian', English, Scotch, and combining all the most attractive characteristics of each.
Secretary of Army Appeal Board Here
Earl Crawford," of Milton, secretary i
of the Fort Wayne exemption board,
spoke' to Richmond manufacturers at a meeting in the Commercial club rooms Tuesday afternoon.1'' "How to Keep the Man of Vital Importance to the Industries," was the subject of his talk: - vi Newspaper reporters were barred.
BUOMINGTQN, Ind.. Dec. 18. At a meeting of prominent citizen this afternoon1 In the Chamber "of Com-
mere plans were discussed as to the
best : method to bring all the Tacts of the seriousness of the fcar' to the city
Zens Ol iviyufuo vyyuuij. mi ipuuuoj afternoon a prominent speaker will
address a mass meeting on the war. Some time in January a county conference of the Council 1 of "Defense, much like the istate conference neld ait Indianapolis last weelf, -will be 'held. A report made by the Red Cross showed that a"4 large amount -of work has bees accomplished. '"'r: President W. L.. Bryan of Indiana University' aroused "the"" meeting by the statement:' "We are lh danger of losing "this war. We are in danger of being dominated by Germany If 'we toHft ithe war." then the' Germans will
be here and all leT lost "We need to
be frightened." . "Conditions were never more serious: The allied ' commanders agree
hit thla Is' the' most serious period
we have vet come Into. It Is a match-
Ins of the spitttof England, France,
Italy and the tTnited States against Germahy. Oermany now dominates 200.000,000 people and can put an
army of 35.000.0OO 4nto the field."
Robert u. Miner maae a sinnug
speech In which he said: "We are no vet aroused. We Are not yet mad.
We treat friends of Germany like we were afraid of hurting their feelings.
We ought to get to the place where
we will not tolerate a man who utters any sentiment In favor of the enemy.". Principals Requested To Sell Thrift Stamps Postmaster Bock and Joseph H. Mills spoke of the importance of selling thrift stamps In the Public schools at the principal's meeting at the. High school Monday afternoon. Teachers were urged to have the pupils purchase stamps and also to sell
them after school hours. In the absence of Superintendent Giles, Principal Heironimus". of the Junior High school presided. ' The wofld's finest bronze statuary Is cast in sand found in France that contains about' 80 per cent, silica and 20 pec cent alumina.
NEW YORK, Dec. Id. The presentation to the Metropolitan Museum, of the residue of the world-famous art collection of the late J. Plerpont Morgan; by ills son J P Morgan, it was said ioday. carried out the wishes of the ; financier, who suggested in his
will that, his collections be placed
where they could be made" "permanently available for the pleasure and
Instruction of "the American putmc.-"-The -value of the original tollection1 of J paintings, miniatures, procelains, tapestries and other works of art was placed at $50,000,000. Since Mr. Morgan's death at Rome, March 31, 1913, there have teen breaks in the' collection; -H. C. Frick purchased panels in the "Fregonard Room" at a reported price of $1,400,000, and Chinese porcelains', ' French ; furniture and renaissance bronzes were disposed of to others.5 In January 1916. the rare collection of ceramics was" presented to the ; Morgan memorial1 at" Hartford, Conn., Mr. Morgan's birthplace. - Estimates of the value of the gift to the ' Metropolitan Museum range as high as $7,500,000 but many of the articles unique in the world of art, are considered priceless. The collect
ion incHdes more than three thou
sand objects, in addition to 4,000 items
of the Great Ancient Glass and pottery
section. ; : Finest In the World. The enamels and ivories," which constitute the principal part of th collection are said to' be" the finest In the
worlds Thirty specimens of byaantlne
enamels, known as the SwenUordsfeAt collection, date from the tenth ceu
tury. While byzantlne and carlovlnglan
ivoriets go back to the ninth and tenth centuries. Ten specimens of par-
chaire pottery are said to he so rare
that no' exemplers are known to exist. The medieval sculptures include: A Virgin of the N'inth Century, In wood; a fourteenth century virgin and child, in marble; St Michael killing the Dragon, in stone of the Sixteenteenth century, and a Fourteenth century St. Catherine in stone. Among the paintings are an annunciaton by Roger Van Ded Weyden; a portrait by Van Dyck; Ruben6' "St; Theresa Praying? and a Madonna and Child by Mabuse. There are 240 watches dating from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century; about 800 snuff boxes and a miscellaneous collection of Greek, Roman and Byzantine mold necklaces and ornaments. ' ;
Colonel House Makes H& Report To Wilson Washington; Dec. is.coi e. m. House, who .recently returned from Europe, where' he: attended the Interallied war conference u head of the Americas- mission, wa-at -the White
House 'today,' to make a personal r port to President , Wilson. ' Col. House "arrived In Washiagtol late yesterday ' and ijlrore directly tj the White House where he remained as a fuest' President Wilson anij Secretary Lansing conferred at lengtl, yewterdav; before Cpl.-House's ajTivai
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Beautiful Delaware Holly with Berries HOLLY WREATHS Now is the time. Lemon's Flower Shop Open Evenings
His Xmas Gift There is nothing that would please your boy more than a Loehr & Klute Suit or Overcoat We have just the kind and style to please him. Priced at $5.50 to $12.50 See our big line of other Gift things for boys. Most everything he wants is here.
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Richmond's Greatest Underselling Furniture Store Otters Pig Values in GIFT FURNITURE Buy Now Just S More Days 'Til Xmas
CHILD'S DESK and CHAIR SET
MORE THAN 100 ATTEND CLASS
A- class of more than 100 persons took their first lesson In Dr. Ezra baker's short method of arithmetic in the high school building Monday night. The class, with the exception of Miss Eleanor Surendorf, employed at the Starr Piano Company, -worked a quarter of an hour on a complicated problem. Miss Surendorf solved the problem very quickly. ' She had been a student- of Dr. Baker twelve yearg ago and said she has been using his method ever since. ' Dr. Haker solved the problem in ten seconds using twelve figures.
Complete with Blackboard a big value at only $1.89
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Aandy and omoKing Mnicies.
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