Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 340, 16 December 1918 — Page 9

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONDAY, DEC. .16, 1918, GREATEST NIGHT 111 . HISTORY OF PARIS j The tannery disappeared and was for- : gotten. It had been abandoned because leather was so- low In price. A 'nearby stream overflowed the cite ; frequently. Some hogs owned by Herman Dolan, grandson of Jacob Sutton, uprooted some leather. Investigation disclosed several vats of hides, all of which eventually will be finished and I placed on the market at today's prices. 147,294 Listed to Date , in American Casualties Total army casualties is issued Monday by the. war department show: Killed in action, including 396 at sea, 26,379; died of wounds, 10,042; died of disease. 14,424; died from accident and other causes, 2,014; wounded in action, 79,216; missing in action, 15,219. Total, 147,294. convention for Indiana is being advocated by the Citizens League of Indiana, an organization which championed the constitutional convention measure before the 1917 state legislature. The league held a meeting in Indiana recently, at which time outlines of the present constitutional reform situation were gone over and the request for a referendum discussed. Though Switzerland led the world in the early electrolytic production of aluminum, France has been the chief producing nation since 1896. and supplied as much as 39.2 per cent, cf the world's annual total at the time of the outbreak of the war. WAR RISK BUREAU IS CHARGED WITH GROSSJIEGLECT Many Dependents Suffering From Want Because of Gross Negligance, is Charge Christmas Vacation for Schools from Dec, 20-30 The city schools will close for Christmas vacation on Friday, Dec. 20 and will repon Monday, Dec. 30, according to announcement made Monday. ' Hogs Uproot Hides Tanned 58 Years A 20 COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 16. Fortyeight large hides, tanned before the civil war, but allowed to remain in the tannery because the price was too low for disposing of them at a profit, have been finished recently by a local leather company. The hides were found under several feet of earth and were in good condition. Many years ago a tannery was operated on a farm owned by John Sutton. PARIS, Dec. 16. This Is a greater night In Paris than Armistice Night. The city Is ablaze with Illuminations; the boulevards are thronged with crowds, dancing and singing and thi owing confetti. The Place de la Concorde has been turned into a great dancing pavilion, where American soldiers are favorite partners. America is the predominating word here tonight. the War Risk Insurance Bureau is responsible for their not receiving the money with which to buy bread and A young woman of Baeth, Mont., avage height and weight, can pick up a CITIZENS LEAGUE BOOSTS FOR NEW CONSTITUTION j 000-pound piano on her truck and run I it anywhere around the Northern Pa 'coal and clothing? It is a shameful I situation that confronts us, and it is J high time that congress gives the most cific freight, house, where she works as INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 16. A referendum vote for calling a constitution earnest and thoughtful attention to it." j a freight handler.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Obvious I

failure of the War Risk Insurance Bu-

mm nul other government agem,ir ; y to provide increasing thousands of de- y prrulenU of American soldiers with money to which they are entitled has 7jV Li,ifr,w niiod to the attention or

tho House of Representatives the past -:

few days, and there are tnose wm u i invooHtrottnn nf the conduct

of the affairs of the War Risk Insur-j,

ance Bureau is undertaKen. a bhik-mus j condition of inefficiency and extravncance will be exposed.

! 4.o ronnrt which reaches mei:

t,wMirv. cViannois which I think are;

MiiVMO" - reliable, are true, one trouble down at the War Risk Bureau arises from, gross negligence and almost the crim-

mat conuuci oi ouuib uuc iu -j ,

In that Bureau," said Representative Rucke of Missouri, Democrat, on the floor of the house, December 13. "I believe I can furnish unquestioned

and satisfactory proof of the fact, con- j tinned rten. Rucker. "that while the i

flchtlnu' more I

tharr 300,000 letters, many of them i rcwa

containing allotments, applications ror , allowances, applications in behalf of j widows and wives who have been de- VV

Rerted. and all that sort of thing, were ,

dumped into a heap and left there , without having been opened, and when some clerk discovered this and opened ;

up three or four thousand of them, i some one higher In authority said that ' t$3

no more of these letters should be f crimed because it was making . too

vnnrti wnrlr I dn Tiftt necprf thnt this 5ii

la true on my personal knowledge. 1 1 yVJ

ao not personally Know inai ii is irue, but I do say that if an investigation should be had, I shall apologize to the House if I cannot furnish proof to ver-' ify what I have stated here this morning. Every mail brings to each and every one of ua letters from wives and from mothers by the dozens, showing that they have received nothing for' months and months. . . It ought not to be so. That bureau has the largest ; force of any bureau in the govern-1

' ment and ouerht to nerform its duties " 1 1

Many Face Poverty. j Rep. William S. Vare of Pennsylvan-j 1. Yl t- 1 ; 1 l

la, iiepuuncuu, nan tusu upeneu ins i

guns on the War Risk Insurance Bureau. In his criticism of the Bureau Representative Vare stated that he was not speaking as a Republican, but' as an American "who possesses indis-'. putable evidence that American mothers and wives and children are facing the 'direst poverty" because the war Risk Insurance Bureau has almost j ceased to function. ! In the expressed opinion of Rep. Martin Madden of Illinois the War Risk Insurance Bureau "is the most inefficient, outrageously extravagant institution that was ever organized under the government." Continuing, Rep. Madden says: "There are thousands of men and women who are supposed to be employed

by the bureau making no kind of an excuse for not performing their duties at ull. Some clerks, supposed to be working at night, report for duty at 6 o'clock, immediately after making the report for duty go out to supper, and when the theaters are open they . go to the theaters and never come back." Despite the fact that the bureau ofWar Risk Insurance is approximately i

six months behind in the mailing of fIV allotments to the wives and children rb

and the aged parents of American ' fighting men the clerks of one entire ; division of the Bureau passed consid-' erable time one afternoon last week

on the steps of a building posing for a photograph. Efforts to ascertain the fundamental causes for the present conditions in the War Risk Bureau develops the view that responsibility is due primarily to: Lack of proper organization at the outset. Thousands Are Victims. Failure of the officials In charge to grasp the enormity of their task and to prepare to meet it. Conflict of authority between the treasury department and the war, risk bureau In the matter of making payments. An incapacity to employ the 14,000 clerks now at work in the bureau in the most efficient manner.

There are hundreds of dependants i of soldiers and sailors residing in the I Sixth congressional district of Indi- j ana who are victims of the gross in-1 efficiency of the war risk bureau. File

cases in the office of Representative j Richard N. Elliott of that district are j --t filled with letters he has received I wl'from wives and mothers of soldiers j and sailors urging him to assist them j f In securing their allotments and al- j lowances. He has done everything in i raj his power to aid them, and In quite a IWy-;. few instances his effort have been ' Jax successful, but in many instances the j $.y&

bureau has failed to act on the cases

ho has presented. Frequently inaccurate reports have been submitted to him on cases he has reported. The functioning of the Bureau at this time is the worst since it was created, fourteen months ago. Many women and children in the Sixth Indiana district who have been receiving their allotments and allowances regu

larly have received no money from the , 2r"J mnn t cinro Inct Aiidiat T?n- 1

tiiriiiuivu. : -ni rcuu chiefs promise eloquently to act j yj,,

on cases Mr. JMiiott and otner congressmen have called to their attention, but as a rule the promised relief is not forthcoming. Many of the women and children for whom Mr. Elliott has been seeking relief are bordering on actual want at this time. One woman, whose husband is her only moans of support, writes that she has received no allotment for herself and three children since last spring. There are quite a few women who have reported that

AnanUn the fnct that their husbands ! r:

or sons have been in the serv ice over ! tX.

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allotments, although they report that deduction from the pay of their husbands and sons are made monthly to provide for allotments. Says Representative Vare: "Shall ihcse wives and mothers and children

t nermitted to hunger, shall they be mA

permitted to suffer from cold because

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Lot of Genuine Leather Hand Bags, worth $1.75 and $2.00, now priced at S1.25 and S1.50

SP E CIAL Lot of All-Silk Crepe De Chine Handkerchiefs, neat designs, exceptional valueB, at 25

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Suggestions

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from the STORE of SENSIBLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Here can be found a more complete assortment of Sensible Gift Giving Merchandise than any other place in Richmond. With only a little- more than a week to finish your Christmas shopping, you will find it a pleasure to make your selections from among the many articles on sale here. We have gone the limit in making your shopping easy. Here are seven ideas for unusual Christmas Gifts.

Xmas Specials in all Dept's. for Quick Disposal

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Bathrobes For Xmas

The values we are showing in Bathrobes ate not

equalled anywhere. Although our stock has decreased considerably the last few days, there is still a good assortment of Ladies Blanket Bathrobes at $3.75 to $10.00 Men's Blanket Bathro b e s at $3.95 to $10.00

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Special Sale of All CHILDREN'S COATS at j 33 1-3 Per Cent Discount None held back All sizes 2 to 14 years j

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SPECIAL SALE Silk Skirts Also Wool Skirts, at $4.95 Lot includes over fifty Skirts, all sizes, values up to $7.50, priced for quick disposal at $4.95

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Blankets Our line of Blankets is complete and specially priced for Holiday selling: Cotton Bla n k e t s at $3.00 to $7.50 Beacon Bath robe Blankets .... $5.50 Plaid Wool Nap Blankets .... $6.50 Beacon Comfortables at $5.00 Beacon Indian Blankets $6.00 Beacon Baby Blankets $1.25, $1.50

Waists

Exceptional values in Ladies' Crepe De Chine Waists. All colors, newest styles priced specially at $3.95 and $5.00 Gift Waists of finest Georgette; splendid values, from $4.50 to $13.50 White Wash Waists at $1.00 and $2.00

Boudoir Caps Extra special values in Boudoir Caps. A large assortment to choose from. One lot at 25c each Other sptendid values priced for Christmas selling at 35c to $1.50 "Don't Forget the Man Who's Backing Santa

Towels and Towel Sets Our display of Towels and Towel Sets is complete and affords opportunity for most particular selection. Towel Sets, priced specially at $1.50 to $2.93 '

The store is alive with 1 Christmas bargains and the 1 early shopper has the advan-

tacre nf rhoice selections in a

all the departments. It pays j

to shop early. Only a few of j the many attractively priced j 1 articles are enumerated I here. 1

Philippino Hand-made Underwear Nothing will ake as pleasing a gift to mother, sister, daughter or friend, as some of our genuine Philippino Hand- made and Hand - embroidered Underwear. It will be a gift that will not fail to please.

Furs

Furs head the list of appropriate gifts for Christmas. Our line is replete with the new things in Fur. Nothing is more appreciated tha n a Scarf or Muff or Fur Set. Special values are here in Muffs from $2.98 to $75. And in Scarfs from $4.50 to $35.00.

Umbrellas With the recent additions of dozens and dozens of new Umbrellas, our line is most complete and ready for the Christmas ' shopper. Umbrellas are always appreciated as gifts and nothing could be more useful. Also a complete line of Children's Umb r e 1 1 a s from 79c to $1.75

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Gift Suggestions for Women

Aprons, Auto Coats Bags, Bath Robes Bath Mats, Bed Spreads Boudoir Caps Brassieres Coats, Collars Dresses, Dress Patterns Dresser Scarfs,

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Furs, Gloves Gowns, Hair Goods Handkerchiefs, Hats Hosiery House Dresses Jackets, Jewelry Kimonos, Knit-Wear Knit Shirts I-ace Table Scarfs Mirrors, Neckwear

Parasols, Petticoats Philippino Hand-mada Underwear Pillow Tops, Purses Raincoats Silk Underwear Skirts, Suits, Sweaters Table Linens, Towels Umbrellas, Veils Waists, Writing Paper

Nusbaum Merchandise Certificate

Gift Suggestions for the Children 1 Bathrobes, Beads fl Eoys' Blouses,- Boys' Neckties p Coats, Collars, Caps g Dolls, Dresses, Dress Patterns M Furs, Gloves, Handkerchiefs H Hats, Hosiery, Knitted Cans . fcl - Mittens, Purses 4 Play Clothes, Scarfs Sweaters, Underwear U Umbrellas '

Gift Suggestions for Girls

Bags, Bathrobes, Dedrocm, Slippers, Beads, - Boudoir Sets, Coats, Cellars, Dresses, Dress Patterns, Furs, Gloves Handkerchiefs Hats, Hosiery

Jewelry, Knitted Caps Knitted MufHer3 Leather Goods Middies Music Rolls Neckwear Parasols Party Dresses

Philippino Hand-ma3e Underwear Purses, Raincoats "Ttibbons Silk Underwear Sweaters Undersliirts Underwear Umbrellas Writing Paper

Nusbaum Merchandise Certificate

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