Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 331, 5 December 1918 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM THURSDAY, DEC. 5, 1918

GAS HEARING IS STARTED BEFORE SERVICE BODY Central Indiana Gas Company Petitions for Authority to Cut Off Natural Gas Supply. INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 5. An agreement was entered Into Wednesday at a hearing before the Public Service whrbv Muncie. River

side. Normal City. Hartford rity and

Fairmount will continue to do ruv nieA with nntnml eaa bv the Central

Indiana Gas Company. Provision was made however, that if. with the ap

proach of extremely cold weatner, me supply of natural gas fails, that the City Councils of either Muncie or Hartford City and Fairmount may ask the commission to order the company to substitute artificial gas for a period of not less than thirty days. The manufactured gas thus supplied will be at the same rate being charged in other cities served by the company. During the hearing, which was conducted by Commissioner Paul P. Haynes, J. H. Maxon of Muncie, president and manager of tho Central Indiana Gas company, and H. B. Hurd of Chicago, attorney for the company,

Insisted that a supply or naiura. gas -'"y" "init overseas In

could not be guaranteed. Tne company . tt -.hm Zrkansas.

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FREE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE IN RICHMOND ' Bureau for Returning Soldiers . L. A. HANDLEY, Examiner in Charge. C. W. ULLMAN, County Director. L A. HANDLEY, Chairman, ' C. LEE SUMMERSON, CHAS. McGUIRE, Members of Community Labor Board. ' Returning Soldiers and War Workers can get complete employment facts from these authorized representatives of the U. S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE U. S. Department of Labor.

WITH THOSE IN ARMY AND NAVY

This column, containing news of Richmond and Wayne county soldiers and sailors, will appear daily in the Palladium. - Contributions will be welcomed.

beautiful to be spoiled by a lot of hellish fighting. I do not think Uncle Sam will let it go on much longer. "I am in the 809th and we have splendid officers from the colonel down. Our band is a litle sour sounding yeti and our kitchen force sometimes forget about anybody but themselves, but I wouldn't be in any other regiment for anything. "So Burton is in the 814th Pioneers, is he? Well, I am just live regiments ahead of him. I wish he were her. for we have no flute or piccolo players in sii tknA Ha (ar4aln1v nan nlaV

iuno.i v.. Hinskind. son of Mr. , He was in the military band in Wash-

. m -ri c uineVlnA ha lust ' intlnn !" C and nlavpri for Wilson's .

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written his parents mat ne is in inej inauguration. ' mo ne leu you Room

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who is in Louisville and his mother, of this city. . Mrs. LIneback said Thursday morning that neither she nor her . son's wife had received any official message in regard to his death. Sergeant Clem McConaha of Camp Tarlnr haa rptiimed in hia home in

-Richmond, having ben mustered out

about a week ago. - "I went over the top and felt much better after it," says Ernest Rockhill In a letter to his father, Albert Rockhill, of 1211 North D. Street. In a letter written by Lee W. Frank of Dayton. O., who was in the same drive in which Rockhill took part, he said. "I have not seen Ernest since the drive started, so l don't know how he came out of It. But I am hoping that he Is safe and sound."

Tenders His Paris Home to President

Private Charles R. Klinger has returned to Camp Taylor following a short f'irlough with friends and relatives In this city.

Kot nf health, and exDects to be home

on a furlough within the next four months. mnKkind enlisted in the Navy early

in the spring and was in training at

in lta notition soueht to discontinue

the natural gas service entirely. The company obtains its natural gas from the Iogan Gas company. John McPhee. city attorney of Muncie: Mayor Bunch, members of the board of works and City Council of Muncie and representatives of all thts other cities served by the company were present at the hearing. Attorney McPhee, who headed a committee of city representatlver, of the "gas belt." which made Investigations in the West Virginia gas fields, served as the chief spokesman. The company insisted that it wculd not take, the responsibility to serve natural gas as It believes there will not be a supply. The city officials, on the other hand, declared that they have reason to believe that there would be a' supnly and that they were willing to take responsibility for supplying gns to domestic consumers under the rlan. it u-aa further agreed that the order

of the commission Issued last month

establishing priority consumers- tor gas in these cities will continue In effect. This order provides that when the supply of gas 13 low that industries chaii h rni off from service in order

to assure a supply for domestic consumers. Following the settlement of the natural gas question, the commission started a hearing on the company's petition for Increased artificial gas rates in Anderson, Marion. Alexandria and Elwood. The rate to be established as a result of this hearing will also apply to Muncie, Hartford City ind Fairmount. In event they are forced to use artificial gas. Mr. Maxton was the only witness called. The hearing will continue today. He asserted that the company would be compelled to discontinue the use of natural gas because of Inadequate supply and would from now on be forced to manufacture gas with oil. The present net cost to produce gas Is 31 cents for 1,000 cubic feet, he raid nnrl that when the oil process

is inaugurated the cost will be about 32 cents. Tipton and Noblesville also are effected and sent representatives to the hearing. These cities are supplied by by the Indiana Gas Light company, which purchases gas from the Central inriionn rjoa rnmnanv. This company

has also petitioned for an increase inigj

rates

Ralph Harrison Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Moore, of Milton, is named In Thursday's casualties as killed in action. Word of his death was received by Mr. and Mrs. Moore on November 11. , Lieutenant L. V. Schneider, former editor of The Palladium, has returned from Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Mary J. Howard has recently received word from two of her sons who are in the service. One. written

on November 1, comes from Wesley

it ? I hpvo a hard Hmn kpnine Ahead

of. ray younger brothers in the music line, don't I? "I feel better and am eating more than 1 did in civilian life." he ends. The other letter received by Mrs. Howard was from her son. Robert Purton Howard, who writes from l.ondon On November 17: "I played here in a big Thanksgiving parade. We paraded before King George and all around Buckingham Palar'o nnrl n-orp rovallv pntertained

afterward by the Versatile Four, at the Cosmospolitan Club. "We gave a cancert at the Eagle Y. M. C. A. Hut, and at the Grovsner Hotel. "Am very tired from this trip, but we stay in London for a few days, and I will get a little rest." "1 am well and seeing some exeat

scenery. . I have the honor of being

On JNOVeillUtT J, tuuiro wv.. ..-u.-.-., . . - -- " Howard. "Richmond's colored violin-1 with the only colored band which was

ut in which he savs:

"We've been over here about a month. I brought my violin with me, and it has helped me a lot in a great many ways. I am not in the office any more, as I am now a sergeant and assistant band roaster. My work keeps me pretty busy for we rehearse the band twice a day. I do not carry a rifle any more. My work is mainly to take charge of' the music and keep it straight: to make out programs, and direct the band when the leader is absent, and to drill the players on

their variou instruments. "Last night we went to a hospital to take a bath. A hot bath is a luxury

over here

in thin nam dp here.

"We played in Southhampton a few days ago. They sure keep us busy. I do not know how long we will be in England or where we will go from here."

"We left Camp Merritt for New York thenight before Thanksgiving," writes Private Everett E. Carpenter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Carpenter. 830 North Twelfth street. "We ai rived at Hohoken. N. J., about 9:30 o'clock Thanksgiving morning. The

Red Cross served ns coffee and b'in sanwiches with raisins in them. That

v as about the extent of our Thanksgiving feed at noon, but we got a pretty good supper on board the U. S. S. Grant, upon which we sailed down the Atlantic to Chesapeake Bay. We

sailed about 4:30 p. m., passing me Statue of Liberty, all kinds of battle 6hlps and a submarine. "Went up on top deck for supper where I had my mess pan filled. The sea was very rough, and it was quite difficult to stand on the deck. I had to hold to a table to keep from falling down, and some of the fellows did fall." Soon afterwards I got pretty seasick. By Friday noon, however, I had gotten over it, and ate some dinner. About 4:30 o'clock Friday we went up the Chesapeake bay. and saw the cables which had been stretched tc stop submarines. When I got off, I felt at ease again. , We left right away for camp, and arrived at Camp Lee. Va.. early Saturday morning. "Expect o be mustered out from

here."

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' Thankol feting Service at Reii Memorial Church

In connection with the regular

Thursday evening service of Held Me-j morial church, the annual thank of- j ferine of the voune women's mission-i

ary society will be hejd. All members of" the church are invited.

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HEN A FAMILY

NEEDS A FRIEND in the Absence of Doctors Nobly Gone to War, After Influenza, the Grip, Those wonderfully useful medicines. Hood's Sarsaparllla. Peptiron and Hood's Pills comprising tne new combination family treatment are warmly recommended." If taken regularly, Hood's Sarsaparllla before meals, Peptiron after meals and Hocd's Pills at night as needed, they are reasonably sure to keep a family In health and prove to be reliable and always ready friends. They purify the blood, build up strength and regulate the system. Get all. or any one, as you think you need, from your druggist today. Adv.

BOOTLEGGER FINEDif B. H. Johnson was fined $50 anji costs in city court this morning fa.' bringing liquor Into the state.

GRIPPE GONE

In 24 Hours by the use of Red Devil Grioprf Tablets. No acetanilld. no quinine Ask your druggist to supply you. Owned by the Trusler Remedy Co Huntington, Ind. 60c and $1.00 Per Box TRUSLER'S RHEUMATIC TABLETS An? drueerist. Purely vegetable-:

Chocolate coated. Easy to take.j Sold under a guarantee. Why suf-f fer? Owned by the Trusler Remedyf Co., Huntington, Ind.

TRY OUR OHIO EGG For Cook Stoves and Ranges Hackman-KIehfoth Co. Phones 2015 and 2016

In this city at one time, and was employed at the National Automatic Tool

company. He has resided in Louisville for some time. -., 11 n-oa rlr.fl in tarotl 1Q18

"Night before last we went to town and has been overseas for several to the officers' hospital, and gave a j months. He is survived by his widowprogram (I played two solos), and then we played for a dance. ,vr..TAx.

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Clarence Milnor Crull, son of Mrs Davis Lineback, 109 North Twelfth street, 13 named in Tuesday's casualty list as killed in action.

Crull was 32 years old. and had Ljg Brehm, and his aunt. Mrs formerly been a machinist. He lived George Cunningham-

Lester Leiter has arrived safely overseas, according to word received by his mother. Mrs. Hattie Leiter. of 121 Richmond avenue. lieitar is in the Navy. Russel Brehm. who has been located at Waco, Texas, has been mustered

out of service and arrived here last evening for a visit with his father.

Prince Joachim Murat.

"Prinr Jnophim Murat nf France haa '

offered his town house at 28 Rue de t Monceau, Paris, to President Wilson to be used by him if he so desires, ' during his stay in Paris. The house i

has been accepted by the French gov-, ernment for Wilson's use.

LABOR BUREAU HAS ; GALL FOR DOMESTICS Domestics of all kinds, laundry, hotel, and bakeshop employes are needed by the United States Employment Bureau, and anyone wishing to do this kind of work os asked to call at the offices in the Comstock building. G. A. R. ELECTION

Mr. and Mrs. William Miller, 1125 North - Tenth street have received vord that their son, George M, has larked safely overseas. He is in the

KATOV. O.. Dec. 5. The local G.

A. R. Post will hold its annual elec-1 tion of officers next Saturday after-!

noon, at its new quarters in tne court house.

115 sanitary squadron. He was formerly employed at the Pilot Motor company.

CASH and CARRY GROCERY

WITH CHURNGOLD STORE

Here are some very extra specials for Friday and Saturday

Post Toasties, 13; 2 for ...25 Shredded Wheat 14 Kellog's Krumbles 14 Puffed Rice 15 Hood's Rolled Oats...: 12 Quaker Oats --13 Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour 162 Two for 3l Virginia Sweet 15; 2 for 28 Quaker Pancake Flour 15c Butter Nut Crackers, per Tb..l9 Salted Crackers, per lb 20 Cocoa Taffy Cookies, per lb..28 Oranges 3 for 10 Lemons, 4 for 10 Cranberries, per lb 15 Grape Fruit, each Onions, 3 lbs. for 10 English WTalnuts, per lb 40 Cream Nuts, per lb i--3? Potatoes, per peck 40 Sauer Kraut, per can 13 and Golden West Peaches, can. -24

Fruit Vale Peaches, can 35 Apricots, per can .. 27 Dried Apricots, per lb 28 Dried Peaches, per lb 24. Jiffy Jell and Jello. pkg Instant Tapioca, pkg 11. Pearl Tapioca, pkg Lima Beans. 18S 5 lbs - per 3b., 17 Rice 12 Per lb.; 2 lbs. for 23 Evaporated Corn, per lb 3Jt Cracked Hominy, per lb. 7; 2 for ir. Navy Beans, 14; 2 lbs. for 244 Pumpkin, per can 14 Tomatoes per can 17 and 21 Hipolite. qt - - 4?i Mazola. per gal Sl.10 Boone Co. Beans, per can 10 Baked Beans, per can l4 Churngold Oleomargarine, per lb. 41; 5 lbs. 40 Per lb. Urngold Coffee, per lb 33 Honey, per cake 34

Mrs. H. C. Bowers, Mgr. Phone 1702. 7 S. 6th St

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. - t v ; irJn I'on't 1ft the dread influenza get you. er. if it isn't music, I feel like tWOJf have, even the slightest coutfh or ;

cents most or tne time, ll It is musii., i (,ol(li better besrin using Foley s Honey j and I get a chance at It I'm more than .and Tar t once. Henry Willis. Sandy I likely to make someonels way. Before I was transferred to to" .s: ..t suffere(J severeiy with a! hanrl 1 Ac Tint hftVP AS mUCQ lO QO, I v. ir k . o ttr ii-Ino- four or fivp dol- I

mnrft than half the time Now I havelcided to try Foley's Honey and Tar. plenty Jeep' me sy and I j77ol

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This Is a beautiful country; too

l sale oy A. O. Luken & Co. Adv. j

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3 Piece Tapestry Parlor Suite Priced now

Court Records

Divorce uranted. Claude Smelser was granted a divorce this morning from Ruth Smel?er on a statutory charge. The plaintiff was granted the custody of his f.c children. A marriage license has ben Issued to Strothei B. Eales, moulder, Richmond, and Fannie Naomi Ogden, cook, Richmond. Land Transfers. ' Cora Flat ley to Wallace Ashbury, lot 4, J. H. and L. Rosa addition, Rich, n.ond, ?1. 0:pha A. X. Cratnpton to Henry liofigers, part northeast section 17, township 14. ranse 1. $400.

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