Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 74, 5 February 1919 — Page 7

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PINCIIOT WANTS U.S. RESOURCES KEPTJNSAFETY Opposes Turning Them Over to Private Owners by Congress. . By Gifford Plnehet. The end of lighting In France opens many a question at borne. During the war the hearts and minds of the men and women of American were over seas, but with the coming of victory we can turn again to home affairs. It is right and fitting, therefore, that the friends of conservation should Inquire once more as to the status of the conservation movement. It is partlcularly right and fitting at the moment when Theodore Roosevelt, the man to whom this movement was most Indebted, has left us conservationists as heirs to the task which he began. The people of the United States own natural resources of enormous value lands that contain more than six hundred million barrels of oil, four hundred and fifty billion tons of coal, two million acres of phosphate lands, and more than fifty million undeveloped water horsepower. Bills In Congress. Legislation is now pending in congress to trade or give all this away. While public attention was absorbed by the war, measures to dispose of these resources quietly passed both the house and senate. As usual the house bills are mainly sound, the senate bills thoroughly bad. There Is serious danger that the latter will be Jammed through in the dying hours of the present session. The senate, on January 7. 1918, after very brief consideration, passed a bill (S. 2812). dealing with the coal, oil, gas, and phosphate resources now in public ownership. .This measure, masquerading as a leasing bill, would surrender, with the title, all control of wnste. output, prices, and labor conditions. It fosters speculation In coal, oil. gas and phosphate, and gives no assurance of prompt development. Even the leasing provisions afford no protection to the public against extortion or monopoly. Still worse, it glees title to fraudulent oil claimants, many of whom have already had their claims denied by the courts. Finally there is a joker which would overthrow the present lease law for coal lands in Alaska, for which we fought so long, and would turn them over forever to private hands. House Passes Bill. A bill for the leasing of these Bame resources was passed by the house on May 25, 1918. This measure (H. R. 3232) is much fairer to the public interests than the indefensible companion bill passed by the senate. On December 14. 1917. the senate passed a bill (S. 1439) providing for the granting of franchises for water'Power on navigable streams. Ie is substantially the notorious and dis reputable Shields Bill of the previous congress, which was defeated by public condemnation. The house did not approve it, but passed instead an entirely new bill, drawn by the admin istration and covering waterpower not only on navigable streams, but also upon public lands and national forests, and international waterways. When this administration bill was first introduced I endorsed it heartily. The house, committee on Water Power later wrote in a new clause, the most vital in the bill, which was very properly opposed by the president Nevertheless, on September 5, 1918, the measure passed the houssj with this clause Included. Bills In Conference. . The two sets of bills are now In conference. The senate measures both on minerals and on waterpowers are worse than the notorious Ballinger bills, more hostile to the public interest and more helpful to corporate monopolies. The house bills are entirely different and vastly better. As you know, a bill reported from conference cannot be substantially amended in the house or senate, but must be accepted or rejected as it stands. The danger is that the bills reported by the conference, both on minerals and on waterpower, may be like the senate bills, and unlike those of the house, and that in the confusion of the closing hours they may pass. The men who, without regard to party, strive to defeat the passage of the senate measure, or any measures like them, will deserve well of their country. The vast natural resources which are still held by the people can he made to supply a sound and solid basis for reconstruction. Properly conserved and administered, they might almost wipe out our gigantic national debt There is no good reason why they should go to make more millionaires instead of helping tor people pay for the war WHY NOT TRY POPHAM'O I ASTHMA MEDICINE aovo av an ouoaiT mio i .0 e aoscs ron o oo. ' vbial iemac av mail 10a. wuuaxs era. ca. rns. atvss. a I

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SCREEN NEWS WASHINGTON Rex Beach bids fair to add lustre to his famous name when "Too Fat to Fight," newest of the Rex Beach Pic tures produced for Goldwyn, comes to the Washington theatre, beginning today. He will surprise his public with a drama of purpose and patriotism rather than of Alaska and the West. It tells the story of Norman Dalrymple, former football star, played by Frank Mclntyre, who is now a mountain of flesh and, much to his sorrow, too fat to fight. Turned down by every branch of the service, "Dimples," as he is called, succeeds in joining the Y. M. C. A. and serves his time at passing doughnuts and carrying coffee for tha doughboys until he finds himself in a fix from which he emerges ' a hero. When a general comes to bis hospital cot to pin .a decoration for bravery upon the expansive bosom of his pajamas, "Dimples" wakes to find that he spoke almost prophetically when he said he'd "give a leg to be with the boys over there." One of his is gone. But his; decoration and a certain discovery he makes about the girl he loves recompenses "Dimples" for bis sacrifice. MURRETTE. Tom Mix in "Treat 'Em Rough." a cinema production based on the famous novel of "The Two Gun Man," written by Charles Alden Seltzer and produced by William Fox, will be feature at the Murrette theater for two days starting today. "Treat Em Rough" Is said to be tne greatest romance story of the western plains ever serened, and as the hero of this remarkable story, Tom Mix is seen at his best His daring feats of horsemanship and gun, play have made him one of the most admired stars In pictures. There Is nothing actor to attempt too hazardous for thie remarkable act or to attempt, as the bulldogging of a wild steer in "Treat 'Em Rough" will prove. LYRIC Two of the most fearless performers in motion pictures have been selected to portray the leading roles in the great smashing circus serial, "The Lure of the Circus," which will be shown at the Lyric Tuesday. They are Eddie Polo, known from tho Atlantic to the Paoiflc as the "Hercules of the Screen," and beautiful daring Eileen "Babe" Sedgewlck, whose work in wild animal pictures has thrilled hundreds of thousands of screen fans. Both Polo and Miss Sedgewlck were recruited for the movies from the ranks of "cinema daredevils" that small coterie of actors and actresses who are absolutely without fear. MURRAY Frederick V, Bowers' songs, both old and new, are on the music shelves of thousands of homes and after the author's personal appearance at the Murray Wednesday, Feb. 12, matinee and night, in his 1918 musical comedy offering, "I'm o Happy", no doubt many new whistling tunes written by this noted song writer will become popular locally. "I'm So Happy" in dicates hilarity. This the author of the book promises and. 'it is safe enough to depend on Frederick v. for catchy lyrics and melody. Mr. Bowers made a splendid record last season when on tour with "His Bridal Night" and as "I'm So Happy" Is to have-a large and especially attractive chorus, this popular comediaa is expected to "go over" big in his latest new production. If there Is anything more obvious than the stove polish on a detective's shoes it is the dancing ability of Pinky and Aloysius, the self-styles RHEUMATISM Truster's Rheumatic Tablets bring relief when all c'her remedies fail. Why suffer? Ask your druggist about Truster's Rheumatic Tablets, the only purely vegetable remedy for that dreaded disease. Remember, vwe piarantee every boy. A 30 days treatment 50c. The tablets are chocolate coated and easy a to take. Any druggist, should be able to supply you, or write the Trusler Remedy f Co., Huntington, Indiana.

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Sherlock Holmes and Watson of John Cort's "war bride" musical comedy offering "Flo-Flo" which the producer will bring to the Murray theater here on February 15. "Flo-Flo" shortly ago completed a long and successful run at the Cort Theater, New York city. The eccentric dancing team with its trick hats and its theft of the bride's trousseau provides some of the brightest moments of the sparkling Cort production, not overlooking, of course, the show's "perfect thirty-six" comedy chorus, its splendid cast," effective scenery, melodious lyrics, snappy lines and riotous fun. Those who assist in making the comedy a success are Ivy Scott, late prima donna of Henry W. Savage's "Merry Widow" and "Girl of the Golden West" and other important productions, Jere Delaney, Jack Fried, Burns & Lynn, Mildred Beverly, Augustus Buell, Grace Renard and other well known artists, the "Perfect Thirty-Six" chorus and lastly the special "FloFlo" orchestra of soloists. Individual Discharges May Be Obtained According to a general order of the war department just issued, enllsftd men and officers in the army may obtain discharges now it the situation at home Is such that their presence Is needed. In explaining this general order, Fred B. Johnson, an Indianapolis lawyer, who was recently discharged as a major in the judge advocate-general's department, Washington, D. C, says that this represents a change of policy in the matter of discharges. "Heretofore discharges were by units (regiments and divisions) and not by individuals," said Mr. Johnson today. "This applied both to soldiers in this country and abroad. . "Now, however, the government is paying attention to individual cases where soldiers now in the service are badly needed at home, and on a. proper showing these men can now obtain their discharge from the service. Haymakers to Confer Degrees on Fifteen The Haymakers Association of Red Men will confer degrees upon a class of 15 Wednesday evening, February 5, at their club, 26 South Seventh street. A banquet will bo served . at 7:30 o'clock. HEAVY PETROLEUM OUTPUT. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5. Mexico produced in 1918 a total of 58,156,239 barrels of petroleum, according to official announcement, which adds that this Is only a fraction of the potential production of the fields. The daily potential production is estimated at 1,422,636 barrels. .

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Expect Construction. Work to Be Very Heavy The building contractors are Interested in expressions about proposed construction: George B. Tripp, president of the Central Construction Co., Baltimore, says : "I look for heavy highway and street construction work both in Maryland and other states. As to labor and materials, I think there will be a gradual readjustment in both, but neither will likely get back to prewar conditions for some years to come, if ever." (From Baltimore Sun, December 23, 1918.) F. W. Dodge Company Daily Bulletin, November 23, 1918, says: "With respect to cost of construction, there are two important modifying circumstances. In the first place, after years of underbuilding, there will be many constructions that must proceed regardless of some possible saving through delay, for example, hospitals, schools, public buildings, private dwellings, etc., which are not treated as investment. Factories and stores also come under this head in so far as the determining factor is not cost of construction, but prospective business profits. In the second place,' in the case of investment buildings proper, high rents and depressed land values, as well as burdensome taxes on unimproved real estate, counteract the high cost of construction. "No one assumes that the union scale of wages In the building industry is going down in some years'. Nor does anyone expect that building meterlal prices will go down to where they stood before the war. .Hence, all things considered, many owners will unquestionably decide that it is more advantageous to build now than

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Father and Son Service at St. Paul's Lutheran A Father and Sons service will be held at the St. Paul's Lutheran church Sunday night After the opening responses a Scripture lesson will be read by H. C. Hasemeler. There will be evening hymns and prayers. The male chorus will sing an anthem. F. W. Rohlflng, pastor, will deliver the sermon. Clifford Piehl will give a violin solo. Closing responses will be followed by the benediction. FIND PICTURE OF OXFORD - EDUCATOR OF 1830 OXFORD, O., Feb. 5. Oxford College for Women has .just come into possession of a photograph of Miss Bethania Crocker, who, in 1830, founded a school for girls in this village, out of which grew the present famous institution. Miss Crocker was the daugffter of a Congregatonal minister, and came here from Massachusetts. For years the college has endeavored to secure a picture of Miss Crocker, to complete a set of those who were presidents or principals of the school through its various stages.. A few weeks ago a picture was discovered in the possession of a Cincinnati woman. It was loaned to the college, and from it a larger likeness has been made. . OXFORD SOLDIER HOME. OXFORD, O., Feb. 5. Thomas WadIeigh, a sergeant in the Marine Corps, is the first Oxford boy to return from the front. He is home on a week's furlough and will return to the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Marine hospital. Wadleigh was wounded once and gassed twice. miff" HYt COLOR IN CHEEKS Be Better taoMrjg--Take .Olive Tablets - If tout skin is veUow complexion pallid r . a bad taste in your mouth a lazy, no-good feeling you should take Olive Tablets. TV EVtonntaTnivATiMer a substitute for calomel were prepared by Dr. Edwards after 17 years of study with hie patients. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oiL You will know them by their olive color. To have a clear, pink skin, bright eyes, no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like childhood days you must get at the cause. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets act on the liver and bowels like calomel yet have no dangerous after effects. They start the bile and overcome constipation. That's why millions of boxes are sold annually at 10c and 25e per box. All druggists. Take one or two nightly and note jhe pleasing results. Patriotism THIS It's a Patriotic Drama! Full of pep, Pathos, and Comedy. It's Rex Beach's Best

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Stray er to Speak at ) Banquet of Druids Frank T. Strayer will speak on bis experiences in France at a banquet to be held by the Druid Lodge Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. All members are urged to be present as the com mittee has made provisions for all. Coffee The quality has been kept up. The price has been kept down, only 30c pound. O. W. Pare Co. CuBt RotuUn LfytU, ImL

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