Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 339, 14 December 1918 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM SATURDAY, Dae 14, 1918.

NATIONAL BRIDGE COMPANY CHARGED WITH COERCION

Federal Charge Preferred Against Indianapolis Firm Was Once Forced to Withdraw Bid From Richmond. A formal complaint against the National Bridge company of Indianapolis, has been Issued by the Federal trade commission, alleging that the company tried to coerce bridge contractors and builders to pay large sums of money as royalties for alleged infringment of several patents. The company, of which Daniel B. Luten is president, made an application to submit a bid on the new Main street bridge In Richmond, and withdrew, after severe pressure had been brought to bear on it.. The Washington dispatch on the action of the federal trade commission, as well as a statement of Luten made at Indianapolis, follow: WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Declaring that it has reason to believe that the concern is using unfair methods in obtaining trade, the federal trade commission, "in the interest of the public," today issued a formal complaint against the National Bridge Company, of Indianapolis, makers and sellers of designs and working plans for the construction of bridges. The complaint alleges on information and belief as follows : To Appear Jan. 20. That Daniel B. Luten, who is in complete control of the concern, in 1902, filed in the United States patent office an omnibus application relating to alleged improvements in reinforced concrete bridges, which application was finally rejected in 1911 as not presenting nntentahle sublect matter. By re vising and redrafting the original ap-J plication he presented chums covering features of bridge construction conceived subsequently, and succeeded in obtalntng, through divisional application, about forty-six patents containing approximately 400 detailed claims. That with the intent, purpose and effect of compelling' and coercing bridge contractors and builders to pay large sums of money as royalties for alleged infringement of of the several patents, Luten, through the National Bridg? Company, and his attorney. Frank II. Druley, of Chicago, obtained about twenty-three consent decrees, by agreeing with certain builders and rontractors to waive claims against them for damages or to accept a trivial consideration, in view of their consent, and used these consent decrees as i basis for advertisements, which were circulated among bridge builders and contractors, and in which it was intimated that the decree was entered :.fter full trial on the merits. The firm has been cited to appear before the commission in Washington on January 20, 1919. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 14. Daniel B. Luton, president of the National Bridge company, said today that the charges made in the complaint of the federal trade commission, were "absolutely false." He said that his company, which controls what Is known as the Luten patents, used In the construction of reinforced concrete bridges, had brought suit some time n go against several construction companies which had used the patents, and which had failed to pay a royalty, seeking to collect the royalties due it. Later, he said, the companies which had been sued, requested the National Bridge company to drop the tults and agreed to pay the royalties, which amount to 10 per cent of the contract price. He denied that the National Bridge company had used the "consent" decrees ns a basis of advertisement?, and said that it never! had intimated that the decrees, in favor of his company, had been entered after a full trial had been held, as is charged by the federal trade commission. The National Bridge company is a corporation, the incorporators being Daniel B. Luten, his wife and his nist?r. City Statistics Deaths and Funerals. Feldman Bernard W. Feldman, 62 j years old, died at his home, 415, South Eighth street, Friday afternoon. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Julia Feldman, one daughter, Matilda, and one brother, Henry. Funeral services will be held from the St. Andrew's Church Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in St. Andrew's cemetery. The Rev. Clement Zepf will officiate. Friends may call any time. Brown Elvin Mary Brown, 18 years old, died at her home, one mile north of the city Friday evening at 5 o'clock. The body was taken to the pallors of Klute and Smith on North Ninth street. Funeral announcements will be made later. Workmen Get Fine For Trespassing Thcmas Hill and John Thornburg ere fined $5 and costs each in circuit court Saturday morning for trespassing. They were arrested by Depity Sheriff Carl Wadman at Boston Friday. The men have been employed on :on st ruction work near Winchester nd were shipped there a week ago !rom Cincinnati. When they arriyed hey discovered they had been dereived as to conditions and after working a week they asked for their money, they told the police. Their employer told them they would have to go to Cincinnati to get their pay, which could not be drawn until the end of the month they said. They informed him that they had no money and upon asking him how they could get there were told to get there the best way they could,, according to their story. One lives in Greencastle and said that he had been a student at Depauw university ' The other lives in Cincinnati.

MISS BREITUNG IN NEW ROMANCE WEDS STUDENT, IT IS REPORTED

NEW YORK. Dec. 14. Special) Miss Juliet Breitung, aged twenty-one, daughter of E. N. Breitung, banker, ship owner, and part owner of the Congress hotel in Chicago, and who. according to 1914 court records, wooed and won a horse handler while on a vacation In Marquette, Mich., and subsequently divorced him, is reported married again. Herbert Richter, aged twenty-two, of East Williston, L. I. former University of Pennsylvania student, is the husband, it ia said. The ceremony was to have been performed at St. Thomas church. Fifth avenue and Fifty-third street, by Dr. Stires recently. The couple obtained a marriage license December 9. Attached to it is the divorce decree the girl obtained in Reno, Nev.. last March. As before, when her marriage was denied by the bride for more than five months, the wedding is not now admitted. Married in 1913 On November 22, 1913, Miss Juliet and Max Kleist obtained a marriage license and were married by Dr. Chas. Lewis Slattery. rector of Grace church. In March newspapers printed the first accounts. Mr. Beitung, when seen in Chicago, said: "My daughter is not married to this Kleist. I have employed a law firm to unravel the mystery of the marriage ceremony that never took place." Ten days later he admitted the reports were correct. Kleist, it was reported, was employed as a horse handler on the country place of Thomas Farrel, adjoining the summer home of the Breitungs in Marquette, Mich. Breitung Sued for $250,000. Kleist sued his father-in-law for $250,000 for alienation of affections. Letters from Kleist's wife were read, including these extracts: ' "Max, dear, I miss you terribly. Always remember that I love you. If I lose the fight I will leave the family or shoot myself. I could not stop Middleboro, Ind. Rev. Louis F. Ulmer will give an illustrated sermon on the "Power of Mother's Old Bible," Friday night, Dec. 13, at the Middleboro church. Everybody come. Meeting commences at 7:15 Will Brooks and family of Jacksonsburg spent Sunday with Walter Brooks and family... Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Addleman spent Friday with Ollie Hodgin and family Warnie Pemberton called on Charles Townsend and family Sunday afternoon... K. D. Coefield returned home Monday night after visiting his son Denver, who is ill with influenza at Indianapolis. Mr. Coefield says that Denver is geting along nicely Oscar Hawkins was at Richmond Monday on business Mr. and Mrs. John Coblentz and Jane Eubanks called on Jim Hughes and family near Pleasant Hill Sunday afternoon Mrs. T. J. Addleman and Hazel Thomas spent Saturday with Mrs. Stella Bennett and daughter at Richmond. . .Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ritz and Mr. and Mrs. Artie Teaford of near Friendship, called on Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lltle Tuesday evening. .. .Clarence Jeff eris and family and James Starr and family of Richmond visited John Gunn and family Sunday Mrs. Mary Hawkins visited her mother, Mrs. Charles Mayer and Mrs. Julia Calkins at Richmond Saturday .... Earl Vore and family and Roscoe Nearon spent Sunday with Norman Kirkman and family Mrs. Mary Vanzant visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edwards a few days last week. . . . .Rev. and Mrs. Louis F. Ulmer called on Mr. and Mrs. Charles Townsend and daughter Friday afternoon Fred Davis, Miss Ethel Allen, Clifford Davis and Miss Margaret Roll called on James Davis and family east of New Paris Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Landwehr of Richmond visited Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Addleman Sunday Mrs. George Baker of Richmond visited firs. Cora Danner Saturday afternoon and evening. .. .John Coblentz, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hughes attended the funeral of Curtis Alexander, near Bethel, Monday Mrs. Nancy Hawkins called on Mrs. Mary Ann Pemberton Monday morning... Mrs. Harry Patti spent Friday with Mrs. Norman Kirkman. Eddie R. Elleman and family visited Fred Mitchell and family near Fountain City Sunday Mrs. Mary Walling is about the same.... Miss Olive and Esther Boyde called on Joseph Reid and family Sunday afternoon The family of John Bruner, former residents of this place, but now residing in Boston township, have all been ill with influenza Bert Hawkins and family of Richmond and Mrs. Cora Danner called on Mrs. Nancy Hawkins Sunday afternoon The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jeffries has been quite sick, but is some better now George Hard wick has returned to the home of his father, O. A. Hardwick near Fountain City Hazel Thomas is quite sick with Influenza The Middleboro Ladies' Aid society held its election at the home of Mrs. Norman Kirkman, last Friday afternoon. The following officers were elected: President, Anna Cook; secretary, Mrs. May Brooks; treasurer, Mrs. Myrtle Thomas; chairman of work committee, Mrs. Minnie Clark; chairman of flower committee, Mhs. Belle Patti; and chairman of auditing committee, Mrs. Charles Duke Joe Thomas spent Sunday with Clyde Thomas and family Mrs. T. J. Addleman spent Tuesday with Orville Thomas and family.. ..Miss Ethel and Mr. Clifford Allin are real sick with colds.... Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Jones visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davis south of Richmond Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Pleasant Seaney are both much beter after an attack of Spanish influenza Verling Reid and family entertained the following guests last Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Coefield, Mr. and Mrs. GeoReid and daughter, Esther, and Walter Moore and family of Richmond, Thomas Vorhees, Mrs. Alcia Laudon and t,on, Omer Clark and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ethmer Reid and Mary Rhinehart Mr. and Mrs. Luther Starbuck are visiting their son Ivan Starbuck and family. . . .Revival meeting is now going on at the Middleboro church. A yellow poplar tree of giant size, which was felled recently in Kentucky, in the hills of the Cumberlain mountains, made nearly 7,000 feet of firstclass lumber, with several hundred feet of second-class stuff besides.

Miss Juliet Breitung. loving you any more than I could stop believing in God." The $250,000 alienation suit was dismissed and the United States circuit court of appeals, in April, 1916, held Kleist had no basis for action. SCHOOL SEXTETTE TO GIVE RECITAL The high school sextette which has recently been organized by five high school orchestra members and Miss Edna Marlatt, assistant musical director of the public schools, will give a public recital next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium. This will be the initial performance of the group of musicians. An interesting program has been arranged, including solos by Miss Mary Jones, concert master of the high school orchestra, Marius Fosenkemper of the woodwind section. A feature of the program will be the playing of the national airs of the allied countries. The personnel of the sextette is: Miss Edna Marlatt, piano; Miss Mary Jone and Corwin Brown, violins; Helen Roland, cello; Heistand Brown, flute, and Marius Fosenkemper, vlarinet. YANKS MOVE ON INTO GERMANY (By Associated Press) COBLENZ, Dec. 14. American troops began today to move into the large German territory indicated for occupation under the terms of the armistice. Over five bridges, thousands of soldiers poured Into the country east of the Rhine. The river crossed, they deployed for the advance over eighteen mile arc with Coblenz as the center. Women Who Permitted German Love-Making Have Hair Shorn (By Associated Press) BRUGES, Dec. 14. An ancient form of punishment in favor in the Middle Ages has been adopted in Belgium for Belgian women who were too friendly toward the German invaders or who listened to their love making. They have been shorn of their hair. In Bruges several women have suffered this form of retribution and either must remain Indoors or patronize the wig makers. I :3 shown that this method has been applied In at least one other place. The scenes attending the application of this punishment have been rather boisterous. Corporal punishment is visited upon the pro-Germans among the Belgian men but few of these awaited the wrath of the Belgian avengers. They decamped before the Belgian troops reoccupied the cities and towns which had been held under German domination. Such cases as these have been rtmarkably few. The wonder is tha: there have not been more. The proportion of renegades is so small as to reflect greater glory on poor little Belgium. As a whole the civil population of Belgium has remained wonderfully loyal. By their system of communal administration, they were enabled to govern themselves while the German was deluding himself that he was ruling. It enabled them to endure physical privations, suffer death and resist the insidious propaganda of the German governors, Von Bissing, and his successor Von Falkenhausen, who attempted to separate the .Walloons from the Flemish and to poison the wells of Belgium's patriotism. P H 1072 N E

SEVEN BILLIONS DUE TO ALLIES FROM GERMANY

Annual Charge of $450,000,000 to Pay for Reparation and Restitution, Englishmen Estimates. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 13. One London banker estimates that Germany will have to pay to the Aliles for reparation and restitution about $7,600,000,000. Calculated on a five per cent basis, with a 1 per cent, sinking fund, this would mean an annual charge on the German revenue of $450,000,000. He say there can be no question of Germany's ability to meet this demand.. It is impossible, he says, discussing the subject in a newspaper article, to arrive at any approximate figure as to damages and robberies in the invaded territory. "For indemnity at $1,400,000,000, of which sum levies on Belgian towns account for something like $500,000,000. I know of another estimate for Belgium which is as high as $2,000,000,000, and a Belgian of some authority estimates the amout at $800,000,000. With regard to France he says one cannot reckon the loss suffered, "but considering that the war has been waged for the most part on French territory, and in the center of her industrial area, we may put the figure at $2,000,000,000." Shipping Losses Computed. Italy's damage is computed at $150,000,000. The same amount is set as . Rumania's bill, including the loss of to oil wells and other property. He thinks that $50,000,000 would cover Serbia's loss, and a like sum probably would reimburse England for damages caused by air raids and bombardments. Shipping losses are then discussed. "I estimate," he says, "the loss of ships in figures of tonnage at nine million, and, taking the average value og $200 a ton, this would figure out at $1,800,000,000. Adding the total value of cargoes at, say, $900,000,000, we have the total of $2,700,000,000 for Great Britain alone. The shipping losses of the allies I estimate at $500,000,000. "I have heard an estimate which places the total of the bill against Germany at $10,000,000,000. which, like my own calculation, is of course to some extent necessarily hypothetical. But I would put the figure myself at $7,500,000,000, which does not, ot course, include any part of the cost of the war." Suspend Own War Loans. Regarding Germany's finances, he calls attention to the last pre-war budget presented to the Reichstag, which showed a revenue of $875,000,000. Theestimate for the army was $292,500,000, and for the navy, $107,500,000 total $400,000,000. "Eliminating the expenditure for armaments," the article goes on, "this would allow Germany to pay approximately the interest and sinking fund leaving the balance of revenue, whatever it might be, to meet the cost of conducting the empire and paying the interest on her loans, which amounted early in the present year to $27,000,000,000, a sum which has, of course, been substaitially Increased since." In order to meet the Allies' bill of damages, the writer says, "it may be that Germany would have to suspend payment of interest on her own war loans I don't say she would repudiate this obligation." TRANSPORT BRINGS 9,000 MORE HOME (Bx Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 14. The AmerlI can transport, Leviathan, bringing bej tween eight and nine thousand officers i and men from the overseas naval forces, reported today by wireless that sne woum arrive on sanay hook eariy tomorrow. Among the passengers are Major General Barnett, head of the Marine Corps, and Lord Decies, of the British army. LEAVE FOR VACATION OXFORD. O.. Dec. 14 Two hundred and fifty Western College girls left yesterday for their Christmas vacations. Preceding each girl went a letter to her parents from Dr. W. W. Boyd, president of the college, urgently requesting that during her stay at home the girl be not unnecessarily exposed to influenza conditions. Thus far this year the Western has escaped the epidemic. HE HAD 'EM ALL. HUNTINGTON, Ind.. Dec. 14 Earl Reed, age fourteen, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Reed, of this city, is suffering from his eighth severe illness this year. His sicknesses include two at tacks of scarlet fev.er, and one each cf whooping cough, measles, chicken pox, pneumonia, typhoid fever with a severe relapse, and now influenza. An official census of the Japanese empire will be taken two years hence, but according to statistics recently published the population of Japan proper on December 31, 1917. was 57,998,373, distributed among 10,241,851 dwellings, or 5.7 per cent, habitation. A mushroom gathered in Lincolnshire, England, some years ago, measured a yard in circumference. Don't Forget To Join The Red Cross

Urges Employers to be Fair With Labor During Reconstruction

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. That tbey must be fair and liberal in their treatment of the workers during the reconstruction period on which the country has just entered if they wish, to keep down the menace of Bolshevism is the warning of Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of labor, to the business men of the country. k "I see no reason to look for any cutbreak of so-called Bolshevism in this country," he declared in a recent Interview, "unless labor is treated generally as It has been in a few specific instances that have come to my attention. "In certain cases where war contracts were cancelled, the employers of labor, instead of reducing the hours of employment while they were making the necessary readjustments to a peace basis, discharged certain of their workers, keeping the rest on full time. I have even heard of cases where the plant was kept operating on a tenhour day with fewer workers, instead of returning to an eight-hour day and keeping a greater number of -workers employed. I know of nothing that would better tend to produce an outbreak of Bolshevism in this country than the wide application cf such principles of employment. "Wherever there have been disturbances so far, there has been no indication that they were anything but local outbreaks, the reaction of individuals or groups that believed that they were being unfairly treated. I do not believe that American labor sympathizes with Bolshevism as it has manifested itself in certain parts of Europe. All it wants is to be dealt with fairly. "I know nothing more unpatriotic than for employers to act as if they had learned nothing from this war. The peace and prosperity of the country depend upon their intelligent handling of the Industrial problem. If the war has taught anything, it has demonstrated that labor is not to be picked up at a moment's notice and set at the production of whatever is urgently required, to be discarded again the moment the demand slackens. "The employer and employe must have the co-operative idea. By that I do not mean that co-operative stores j must be established, or anything of ! iU - i x T 11 A 1 mai sun. i int-aii umi wuen an em-

Pomerene Urges Further Probe of Charges Against La toilette

(Bv Associated Press') WASHINGTON. Dec. 14 Further proceedings in the cas rf senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin, looking to his exoneration, censore or expulsion from the Senate as the facts may warrant, are recommended in a minority report from the Senate privileges and elections committee presented in the Senate today by. Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, Democrat, chairman of the committee. The report, which is signed by Chairman Pomerene, charged the Wisconsin senator with violation of the espionage Act by alleged mis-statements in his address before the non-partisan league at St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 20, 1917. The report opposes the pending resolution recommending that the proceedings be dropped. The mis-statements alleged to have been made by Senator LeFollette are declared by the report to be a "slander" upon the government and sufficient cause for conviction in criminal proceedings. Specifically the report urges that a ALPHONSO AND HIS NEW HAIR APPARENT King Alphonso of Spain. King Alphonso of Spain has recovered from his recent attack of Spanish influenza. The king, confined to his palace for a time by the illness, decided to grow a beard. The above picture, the most recent one of him, shows that the beard isn't quite complete as yet. EQUIPMENT ARRIVES. OXFORD, O.. Dec. 14 Equipment for Miami University's S. A. T. C. members, which has been lacking for several weeks, arrived yesterday overcoats and hats. One shipment is still missing. As soon as it arrives, the work of demobilizing the unit will begin. A Good Dry Cleaner

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LOUIS F. POST ployer takes on an employe he must consider, and the employe must consider, that they are co-operating In production, and that whatever is adverse to the interests of the one is adverse to the interests of the other. Labor is not a commodity to be bought at one time and thrown back on the market at another, though that is what some employers seem still to believe. There are employers who apparently would like to see an army of unemployed, from which they could draw cheap labor when they want it. Such employers do not have the good of America at heart; consciously or not, they are making for a condition that breeds unrest and Bolshevism. "I believe that when our soldiers return and add themselves to the industries of the country, it will appear that they have learned a great deal about taking care of themselves from their experiences in the army. Tbey will have seen other countries, nnd talked with other men, and that will have broadened them and made them clearer thinkers. They will be in no mood to be imposed upon; they will insist upon fair treatment." "full and complete" hearing be ordered by the Senate to the end: "First, that the Senator from Wisconsin can be completely exonerated if the testimony justifies it. "Second that he may be expelled if the testimony justifies it. "Third, that the Senate may pass a vote of censure or administer such other punishment as the testimony may justify. "This is our duty" the two minority members declare, "is a duty which we owe to the Senator from Wisconsin, to the United States Senate itself and to the public. More we ought not do and less we cannot be expected to do." Indiana Loan Workers Hold State Meeting INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Dec. 14. The Indiana Association of Small Loan brokers which held its semi-annual convention here, decided to adopt the name of the Indiana Industrial Licensed Lenders' association. The organization now has a membership of seventy-five. Officers of the association are: A. C. Broughman, Marion, president; R. C. Auferheide, secretary. Indianapolis, and W. R. Hancock, treasurer, Indianapolis. Skipping Question Is Discussed at Meeting Three1 representatives of the C. & O. railroad met with a number of Richmond shippers at the Commercial club Friday afternoon for a consideration of shipping questions. All Richmond C. & O. shippers were asked to attend the conference" 2and twelve local men were present. . Tracing and switching were the subjects brought up for discussion. Some difficulties and the solving of them were explained by the railroad representatives. Baker Paintings to Be on Exhibit at Art Club An exhibition of paintings by George Baker will be opened at the Richmond Art Club, 605 Main 6treet. Sunday afternoon. The painting will hang until after Christmas. Webster, Ind. Quite a number of people near Webster heard the French band af the Coliseum Thursday evening Those attending the funeral of William Plat. ley, Thursday morning at St. Mary's church were Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. A. Irvin, Fannie Cheesman Horace Hunt and family, Floyd Hunt, Mrs. Mattie Richie has returned to her home after a visit in Marlon, Webster and also relatives in Richmond... Visitors in Richmond Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thompson. Mrs. Ida Laey, Metta Hendershott. Mrs. Ann Lamb and daughter. Irma The infant son of Jess Gibson is sick at this writing Dr. Edgar Bond of Richmond wa in our village Thursday The Ladies' Aid of Friends church met Thursday afternoon, only a few was present.

SAYS GERMANY WILL LEAD ALL IN DEMOCRACY

Kurt Eisner Says People Are in Mood to Be Freed From Past. (By Associated Press') MUNICH, Dec. 14. "If democracj spreads to all classes, as I believe if probable, Germany will become the most democratic country in the world,' said Kurt Eisner, Bavarian premier, today. "I do not want to be a statesman," he declared. "I want to tell the truth. I believe in the power of humanity. I believe the people are in a mood to be freed from the past." Mrs. Eisner is the constant companion of her husband, being with him at all hours of the day. She is small In statue, and looks tiny beside him. She seems in strange surroundings as in a plain gown she flits about the huge bailding, with paintings of former kings and diplomats in gorgeous uniforms staring from the high walls. "There are bourgoise and capitalist classes here in Bavaria who would support Bolshevism," he declared. "There are certain people in Bavaria who would welcome allied occupation." He complained of the press campaign against him. and criticized the newspapers for "their wild outcry against the Entente," adding: "We have no grounds to fear the allies, but there is no defense against such brainless talk." A counter-revolution in Bavaria, the primier added, was improbable. It might be prepared in a roundabout way through unrest, but he believed there was good protection against it. The premier explained that his opposition to the definite naming of an election day for members of parliament was because he believed the women could not readily be able to vote intelligently. He gave in finally, he added, because he had always favored woman suffrage. Premier Eisner declarded he believed fully that the entire world some day would be completely democratized. When asked if he thought that the belief was not proof that he was an idealist be replied: "No. There might be delay in Germany and elsewhere, but nothing can long prevent the sprouting of democratic ideals." Red Gross Notes Francis F. Brown, the artist having an exhibition of landscapes in the high school art gallery will donate 30 per cent of the proceeds of his sales of pictures to the Wayne County chapter of the American Red Cross. The Do Your Bit club has donated nine pairs of socks to the Wayne Counny chapter of the Red Cross. MINISTERS TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION ON FEDERATION Definite formal action regarding the organization of a church federation in Richmond is to be taken at a called meeting to be held on the second Friday evening of January and attended by officially appointed delegates from the co-operating churches of the city. Plans for this meeting were arranged at the informal church federation conference held at the Y. M. C. A. last night; when the men present informally expressed the sentiment of the meeting as favorable to the organization of a church federation In the city. The Rev. A. F. Mitchell, vice president of the Richmond Ministerial association, under whose auspices last night's conference was held, presided and stated the purpose of the conference was to consider in an informal manner plans for a church federation in Richmond. Ernest Renk sang a beautiful solo, accompanied at the piano by Miss Ruth Peltz. The principal address of the evening was made by the Rev. E. L. Williams, of Indianapolis, who is executive secretary of the Church Federation of Indiana. Dr. Williams said that it was extremely important for the fact to be understood that the idea of federation in no way reflects upon a special creed of any special denomination, nor does it mean a combination of creeds. "The combination of forces is not a general unification of ideas in any sense of the word, but there are human activities so expansive, and conditions of life so complex that no idea of doctrine can reach them. Thse things can only be reached by federated good works on the broad foundations laid down by Christ, which are the common property of all churches. j No church has sufficient power to j grapple with the whole problem which j now faces it." j In an interview Saturday morning Dr. Williams said: AI feel that the i Church Federation matter was taken up with a great deal of interest at the meeting last evening, and while last evening d'scussion was informal. I am looking for some definite and Interesting action at the proposed meeting in Jaunary. W E L WELLING I N G D. M PHONE 1072 D Y