Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 61, 21 January 1919 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND "SUN-TELEGRAM TUESDAY, JAN. 21, 1919.

TELEPHONE RATES ARE UNCHANGED PENDING RULE Rate Increases Held in Abeyance in Indiana as Result of Commission Protest.

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 21. In an official dispatch received yesterday from Washington the Public Service Commission was Informed that the order of Postmaster General Burleson fixing lonf dislant telephone rates in Indiana, which wero to have gone into fitftl at midnight last night, would be siiKprnded pending the outcome of the commission's injunction suit filed in Vt dcral Court here. The communication received by the commission reads: "Older No. 2495 to be suspended until the matters are adjudicated in Indiana." The Indiana commission was the first state regulatory body to bring action in the Federal Court to restrain the telephone companies from imposing the new toll and long distance telephone rates ordered by the postmaster general. As a result of a conference of the chairman of public utilities commissions of several central states at Chicago last week the Indiana commission, through the attorney general, filed an injunction suit in the local Federal Court to restrain Indiana telephone companies from recognizing the new toll rates. Judge Anderson, sitting temporarily in Chicago, issued a temparary restraining order Saturday, forbidding the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Indianapolis Telephone Company from adopting the new rate. Heavy Increased Delayed. It was explained by the Indiana commission that the proposed toll charges of the Federal department would mean increased charges, in many instances, of from 20 to 25 per cent. The commission took the position that it had been vested by statute with the power to regulate all tolls and charges made by public utilities in Intrastate affairs, and the Federal department in attempting to "fx rates Intrastate exceeded Its jurisdiction and overrode the rights of the state. In the Injunction complaint filed it was pointed out that the proclamation of the President taking over the telephone and telegraph lines as a measure to assist in winning the war did not extend to the Federal government (he right to make rates contrary to the commission's approved schedules :t charges for services rendered in Indiana. Fail in Efforts to Redistrict Indiana Efforts of certain representatives In Congress to obtain a reapportionment of Indiana counties for congressional districts will be shattered by the general assembly, whose Republican members oppose the scheme. One of the reapportionments would have r.dded a strong Democratic county to the Fourth and to the Sixth district. Representative Elliott fought the movement in Washington and served notice that if an attempt were made to bring about this change, he would fight the measure in the legislature. It seems to be the plan of the Republicans to wait until 1921 when the greater growth of population in northern Indiana will make fasible both congressional and legislative reapportionments. "Oklahoma" Products Raised in Chicago ' Two of the exhibit cars of the McAlister Real Estate Exchange, which were oti exhibit here last year, to demonstrate what crops could be raised in southeastern Oklahoma, where the lands handled by the exchange are located, were fitted out in Chicago with products furnished in that city, according to testimony given in the United States district court at Cincinnati yesterday. Sales agents who were with the car here, were ordered out of the city by the police after an Investigation of the proposition. Court Records LAND TRANSFERS. Julia Beeson to Jesse Mendenhall. part northeast, section 33, township IS. range 12; $950. Alfred Sims to Leon W. Allison, lots t. 2. 3, 4, 19, 20 and 21, M. and F. Cambridge City; $333. William C. Ferguson to John Atkinson, lot 23, Earlham place, Richmond; $;?oo. Jonathan C. Evans to Wilfred Jesfup. trustee, part south one-half section 5. township 13, range 1; $1. South Side improvement Association to Wilfred Jessup, trustee, lot 2, Beallview, Richmond; $1. Wilfred Jessup, trustee to Richmond Gravel company, part south one-half ac tion 5. township 13, range 1; $1. Wilfred Jessup, trustee, to Richmond Gravel company, lot 2, Beallvlew, Richmond, part southwest section 5, township 13. range 1; $1. Laura B. White to Turner W. Had!ey, part northwest section 34, townh'p 14. range 1; $1. Jerfries Wilson to William V. Young, part fraction section 1, township 13. range 2; i. WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE. Judgement of $345.35 has been awarded the Dickinson Trust company on a note for $362 against Oscar Williams. Olive J. Clements has been awarded a divorce from Ezra Clements on the grounds of failure to provide and cruel and inhuman treatment. G. W. Hoelscher has been appointed special Judge for the Marine divorce suit. John S. Laughlin et al have filed a complaint against Cornelius D. Cornells ct al for a partition of real estate. Edna Schepman has filed suit for divorce against Oran Schepman on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The plaintiff asks for alimony and the custody of a minor child.

Popularity of the Wrist Watch Is Established by Use in the Army Consider for a moment the wrist watch. It is a simple, reliable little timepiece. ' Before the war. no male wanted to wear one of them. The kaiser's ambition changed it from feminine to masculine gender. The doughboys rapidly adopted it, and for every friend of soldier, sailor or marine, it was the logical gift. Richmond jewelers say it's popularity fs established. "The Americans have learned to wear the wrist watch and like it," said a Richmond jeweler today. "The wrist waj-ch is not a fad, but the eventual timepiece for both men and women. Men returning from the army will not discard them, and civilians have accepted their usefulness. In cold weather men find it a convenience to look at their wrists for the time instead of unbundling an overcoat and a coat,"

CHANGE TO "CIVIES" HAS ITS PROBLEMS The change from uniform to "clvles" that so delights the soldier has an clement of joy In it for the clothing merchant also. A scene which may be viewed In any clothing, store is an erect, sunburned young man, standing before a mirror and critically surveying a sack coat which surmounts an olive drab breeches and puttees. "It's too small," he mutters, "entirely too small. "But you can't wear anything larger," protests the salesman. "The army has developed your chest, and if you want a larger coat you had better try on one of Billy Taft's overcoats." So the soldier consents to the alteration. "Clothing fits these boys like paper on the wall,' 'said a clothing merchant. "And they are particular, too, about the fit. The tight fitting uniform has given them an eye for swagger clothes, and you can bet your bank roll on it that their coats must hang perfectly before they will take a suit out of the store." Night School Notes The class in Americanization still needs more pupils, according to P. C. Molter, principal of night school, who says Richmond people are missing a fine opportunity to learn something about American citizenship. There are also chances in this class to learn more about the English language and how to increase the vocabulary. The foreign language classes seem to be more popular than the classes in the English language. The Spanish and French classes are well attended each night. The machine shop work under the direction of Mr. Ward is progressing. Several new students have entered the class of bookkeeping under the direction of Mr. Campbell, teacher of that subject at High school. Automobile Thief Is Returned to Richmond Leroy Brown, colored, was arrested and brought to Richmond from Cincinnati by Sheriff Carr Monday night. Erown is charged with stealing an automobile recently, belonging to Arthur Wisehart of New Paris. The machine was stolen In Richmond, and Brown, with some other boys drove it to Indianapolis, where they had an accident. Brown then went to Cincinnati. The chief of police at Indianapolis telephoned the chief of Cincinnati about the boy and after catching him in Cincinnati the chief of police cf that city telephoned the chief in Indianapolis. In the meantime Chief of Police Gormon advertised a reward for the stolen car. The chief in Indianapolis knew of this and by connecting a few links Chief Gormon found Brown. He will be arraigned in circuit court soon. c County Treasurer's Office Open Tonight The county treasurer's office will be open Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock for those wishing to pay delinquent taxes. The treasurer and Tax Collector Cosier report that they are very much pleased with the manner in which tax delinquents are paying. Mothers of Junior "Y" Boys Are Entertained Fifty mothers of junior Y. M. C. A. boys were entertained this afternoon at the association building with an in formal reception. Mothers of boys who are members of the afternoon gymnasium and swimming classes were the guests. It is the plan of the "Y" to entertain at a future date mothers of the boys attending the evening classes. The guests this afternoon inspected the association building; viewed the gym and swimming classes in action and were served refreshments. Hours were from 3:30 to 5:30 o'clock. HAS OLD NEWSPAPER Mrs. J. W. Jay, 122 North Eleventh street, has in her possession a copy of the Ulster County Gazette, published in January, 1800. The newspaper carries an account of the funeral of George Washington, and of speeches made in his honor in congress. News from the war in Europe between the Austro-Russians and the French and English, published in the journal, is brought over by ship messenger, and as a consequence is three months late. Only One "BROMO QUININE." To get the genuine, call for full name LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets. Look for signature of E. W. Crove. Cures a Cold in One Day. 30c.

HOW ELKS HELPED SALVATION ARMY RAISE WAR MONEY

Richmond lodge of Elks did its full duty when the grand lodge called on the subsidiary organizations to assist financially in the war work of the order, including relief work and support of the Salvation Army.,. William Almon Wolff, in an article in Collier's Weekly, which is reproduced, describes fully the work of the order: When America declared war on Germany, in April, 1917. all sorts of organizations were seized with the desire to do their part. Your club was one of them, wasn't it?. And your church and about every organization that helped to keep you in touch with your fellow men and women. There has probably never been such a manifestation of eagerness to serve and be of use as America made in the first weeks of the war. The sum of the effort that grew out of that impulse of service was tremendous Incalculable. Much of it was finely and usefully directed ; much of it was not. This is the brief and unadorned tale of one collective effort that got results. Surprise In Store. If you happen to be an Elk, a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, you will know a good deal of what is to be told. If you are not, you may be as surprised as I was when I learned what the Elks had done. To begin with, to be an Elk you must be an American. The Elks eliminated the hyphen long before the war made that symbol unpopular in these United States. The Elks aren't exclusive. They don't care whether a man is Jew or Gentile, Catholic or Protestant. They are not particular about his tailor and they're not interested in his ideas about politics. But if he isn't one hundred per cent American he doesn't belong. So, when we got into the war, the Elks, with their membership of half a million, didn't have to worry about divided loyalty. They knew their members; they could count on them. Elks began enlisting immediately; before Germany gave up more than fifty thousand of them were in the service a remarkable record, when you consider that a good many Elks, naturally, are well beyond military age. Help Where Needed. The first step the Elks took toward organizing their war work was the appointment of the Elks War Relief Commission, on June 2, 1917. John K. Tener, who is about equally proud of having been Governor of Pennsylvania and president of the National League, headed the commission, and has been giving up nearly all his time to its work ever since his appointment. His fellow workers and their names ought to be known! were Joseph T. Fanning, Jerome B. Fisher, James R. Nicholson, Edward Rightor, and Fred Harper. Tener's commission began by consulting with the Red Cross and the War Department. In July it reported to the Grand Lodge that the first thing to be done was the establishment of base hospital units, to be equipped by the Elks and operated by the War Department. immediately the Grand Lodge voted a million dollars and authorized Tener and his associates to go ahead. No strings were tied to the commission ; the Elks wanted to give help where it was needed, and give it at once. And it was well understood that if a million dollars didn't prove to be enough another million could be had for the asking. As a matter of fact, the first million has not all been spent yet, but if the work of reconstruction requires it any part of another million can be had at once. Equipment Cost $60,000. The University of Virginia and the University of Oregon had both organized base hospital units. Fred Harper, who was, in 1917, Grand Ex alted Ruler of the Elks, was a Virginia man, and knew about his university s work. So the Elks and the old university got together. The Elks provided the equipment, at a cost of $60,000, for a base hospital unit of a thousand beds, and, a little later, at the suggestion of Senator Chamber lain of Oregon, who is an Elk, did the same thing for the Oregon unit. Both hospitals have done splendid work in France. At the same time Tener and the others were looking ahead. The Elks have always worried about men whom life has more or less knocked out. Elks have given many a poor devil a helping hand, as individuals and as oh organization. And a good many of the big men in the organization were preoccupied with the problem of the men who were coming back from France blind and crippled. They were among the first people who determined that, so far as it lay in their power to prevent it, no man blinded or crippled in this war should ever need charity. Hospital in Boston. On Parker Hill, in Boston, there stands today the Elks U. S. A. Reconstruction Hospital the first reconstruction hospital planned after Ameri ca went to war. It has three hundred and fifty beds, and no more perfect institution of its type can be found anywhere in the world. The Elks have nothing to do with its operation. They simply built and equipped the hospital. They worked, themselves, and they worked with the medical department of the army, in finding out just what was needed. And they furnished every cent of the cost nearly $300,000. These were the big, centralized contributions of the Elks to the winning of the war. There were others, of somewhat similar character. At Camp Sherman, near Chillicothe, Ohio, for example, a bad situation developed because the little town couldn't take care of the relatives and friends who came to visit men and officers in the camp. The local lodge of the Elks did its best, and finally asked the Grand Lodge the central governing body of the order for help. The answer was the erection of a building where comfortable rooms and good food were at the disposal of visitors at cost price. . Cinderella, the Salvation Army But this sort of activity did'nt sat WAS RESTLESS AT NIGHT Sufferers, from kidney trouble experience backache, rheumatic pains. aches In joints and muscles and other) torturous afflictions. E. w. Kltt, R. F. D. 2. Box 9, Snorters, Ala.; writes: "I used Foley Kidney Pills as I was so restless over night with pains in my back and side. They did me good and I truthfully say Foley Kidney Pills is the medicine for kidney trouble." For sale by A. O. Luken & Co. Adv.

isfy the Elks the half million or more Indivnal Elks, scattered all over the country in their local , lodges. They knew the part their order was playing. They were proud of that. But the two base hospitals, the big reconstruction hospital , in Boston,' all the other things the Grand lodge has done and was doing, didn't give the individual Elk much chance to feel that he himself was helping. "After all, what did paying an assessment of a dollar or so amount to! It amounted to a lot in the aggregate, cf course, and the Elks knew that, and were glad. But they want to do more. They did! No one knows just how the association between the Elks and the Salvation Army began. , But it grew into one oi the big things of the war. The Salvation Army went to work, quietly and without any talk, as soon as wo began mobilizing our new armies. The Salvation Army isn't rich. It hasnSt any machinery for collecting money. And etlll it succeeded in carrying on its work for a year without making an appeal to the country for money. Haven't you wondered sometimes how that was accomplished? How it was that the Salvation Army, alone of all the big war relief bodies that were working with the troops in France, didn't come dunning you? Gave Up Club Rooms. Well, the Elks are responsible, in a great measure. Elks seemed to hear more about the' Salvation Army and its work from the first than the general public did. One reason was, I imagine, that the war crowded the Elks out of house and home so thorougly. They gave up their clubhouses and their lodge rooms to the Red Cross all ever the country, you know. Sometimes they kept one room in a big building for their meetings; sometimes they just borrowed a room when they had to have it. The Elks are a convivial lot. They knock around a good deal. And they are the sort who have on tap, always, a good deal of sympathy for the under dog. They couldn't help seeing a good deal of what was being done for war relief. And they seem to have seen the Salvation Army as a sort of Cinderella. So, hero and there, quite

To Relieve Catarrhal Deafness and Head Noises If you have Catarrhal Deafness or are hard of hearing or have head noisos go to your druggist and get 1 ounce of Parmint (double strength), and add to it V pint of hot water and a little granulated sugar. Take one tablespoonful four times a day. This will often bring quick relief from the distressing head noises. Clogged nostrils should open, breathing become easy and the mucus stop dropping into the throat. It is easy to prepare, costs little and Is pleasant to take. Anyone who has Catarrhal Deafness or head noises should give this prescription a trial. Adv.

REFUGEES OUTSIDE OF SOUP KITCHEN (From actual pbotofrapb.)

Etery dollar subscribed goestothe Relief Work AH expenses are prirately net AH funds are cabled through the Department of State All funds are distributed through U. S. Consuls or American Agencies Our Government is pre. vented from giving aid The Red Cross is not organised for' Relief . Work in these sections

spontaneously, local lodges of the Jlks began getting in touch with local Salvation Army leaders. "See here,', the Elks would say, in

effect: "You reople are doing mighty good work. You need money. Wo ! want to help. We can't go over there and bake doughnuts for the boys in the trenches, but, by thunder, we can help you to get tho money you need! How about it?" Elks Help Army. Then the time came, in the spring of 1918, when the Salvation Army needed five million dollars and simply had to 'make a drive to get it. By that time the tie between the Elks and the Salvationists was pretty well established. Reports had been coming in to Salvation Army headquarters about the help the Elks were giving. And the leaders of the drive were nervous. They didn't know much about raising money on a wholesale basis. They'd always managed to paddle their own canoe. - They didn't have a great publicity department. They didn't have any of the machinery the Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A. had. , So they went to the Grand Lodge of the Elks. And the Elks, who had been hearing from their local lodges, greeted them with enthusiasm. In more than fifty cities the Elks took complete charge of that drive notably in Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and St. Louis. , They paraded the streets; they got up circuses. They left the Salvation Army people, who really had enough to do with their regular work, free, and guaranteed the money. "They saw us through," says Colonel W. A. Mclntyre, who is at the head of the army's New York office. "We're still a litte dazed by all they did for us. We never could have got the money we did without them. We couldn't ask them for anything they didn't give us. Usually we didn't have a chance to ask. They took hold of our drive magnificently. There aren't words strong enough In praise of the Elks." New Serbian Cabinet Is to Be Formed .1 SALONIKI, Friday, Jan. 17. Niko lai P. Pachitch, the Serbian premier, has resigned. Prince Regent Alexander has asked Stoyan Protitch, the finance minister in the Pachitch cabinet, to form a new cabinet for the Serb-Croat-Slovene kingdom. Take Out Aches Pains By rubbing with petrisol. To break up colds, grip, cough, influenza, cold in head and chest, sore throat, tonsilitis, catarrh and asthma use petrisol. At all drug stores. STOPS PAIN

17 cents a day, $5.00 a month, $60.00 a year, will keep alive one of these unfortunates. The only pity that can help them is the pity of your dollars.

Campaign for $30,000,000 January 25th to Make checks payable to American Committee for Relief in the Near East (Formerly American Committee Armenian-Syrian RelieO Office: Richmond Commercial Club Space Contributed by a Citizen

Exhibition Games on - Service Men's Night

Exhibition volley and basketball. and other games will probably be part of the entertainment planned for service men '9 night at the Y. M. C. A. next Saturday evening. A large number of furloughed and returned service men, among whom will be several veterans, are expected to attend the party which the "Y" is planning for them. Special music will be a feature, and it is hoped that a service men's orchestra .will furnish part of it Light refreshments will be served. WORSE THAN DEADLY POISON GAS Kidney disease is no respector of persons. It attacks young and old alike. In most cases the victim is warned f the approaching clanger. Nature fights back. Headache, indigestion, insomnia, lame back, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, pain in the loins and lower abdomen, difficulty in urinating, all are indication of trouble brewing in your kidneys. When such symptoms appear you will almost certainly find quick relief in GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. This famous old remedy has stood the test for two hundred years in help ing mankind to fight off disease. It is imported direct from the home laboratories in Holland, where it has helped to develop the Dutch into one of the sturdiest and healthiest races in the world, and it may be had at almost every drug store. Your money promptly refunded if it does not relieve you. Be sure to get the genuine GOLD MEDAL Brand, la sealed packages, th no sizes, Special for Wednesday Only Dark Brown Kid, with fabric top, Military heels U85 Feltman's Shoe Store 8 STORES 724 MAIN ST.

Help Banish Famine Forever

from this

Death Valley Near East

The day of fire and sxcord is done. The day oj kindness and of healinf is here.

ILLIONS of helpless died of massacre and

Death Valley of the Old World. But four million survivors are left, homeless, helpless, almost hopeless, imploring aid from America, whose riches even the Great War could not drain. More than 400,000 sufferers are orphaned children. Their parents died either by slaughter, plague, or hunger in these lands where even the living are too dead to bury the dead. When Turkey surrendered, the barriers tgainst relief and reconstruction work went down. Now redoubled and unhampered efforts can be made must be mado to nurse these fainting, starving multitudes of the Near East: back to life and self-support.

Pint, call ptiralcian. . Iramadiataly commence J the "margancy" traatA J NEW PRICES 30c 60c. 91.23 State of Indiana, Wayne County, ss: Nellie E. Rise vs. William C. Kite, Wayne Circuit Court. January Term, 1919. No. 18506. Petition tor Divorce. Be it known that on the 21st day of January, 1919, the above named Plaintiff, by her Attorney, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Wayne Circuit Court her Petition against said Defendant for a Divorce and Restoration of Maiden Name. Said Plaintiff also filed with said complaint the affidavit of Mary E. Stanley, a disinterested person, showing that said Defendant is not a resident of this State, and also her own affidavit showing that her cause for Divorce, as stated in her said Petition is Failure to Provide. Said Defendant is therefore hereby notified of the filing and pendency of such Petition, and that unless he ap-a pears and answers or demurs thereto, on the calling of said cause on the 26th day of February, 1919, at the Term of said Court to be begun and held at the Court House in the City of Richmond, on the 1st Monday of January, 1919, said cause will be heard and determined in his absence. Witness, the Clerk, and the Seal of said Court, at the City of Richmond, this 21" Hay of January. 1919. LINUS P. MEREDITH, Clerk. Arthur Wilsdnrff Attnrnev tnr Plain tiff. Jan. 21-28; Feb. OUR WANT ADS BRING RE8ULTS of the human beings have starvation in this 31st j i 1-

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