Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 105, 13 March 1919 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM THURSDAY, MAR. 13, 1919.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM

Published Every' Evening Except Sunday, by x Palladium Printing Co. Palladium Building, North Ninth and Sailor Street Entered at the Post Office at Richmond. Indiana, as Second Class Mall Matter.

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Is It Really a Defect? John Galsworthy, English playwright, in this country on a visit, before the drama league of New York recently said he believed that the "greatest defect in the American temperament was its love of short cuts. A feverish impatience lias possessed us all, America not the least. Its experience in the war must have cooled the fever, however, here. I hope this war will be for America the beginning of an art age. Art will need a home and a new lease of life and sincerity in art alone will bring the dignity worthy of a great and free people." It is almost presumptuous for a layman to controvert a statement by so illustrious a critic as Mr. Galsworthy is, but the very defect which he discovers In American life is the quality that makes for success. Just because we Americans believe the quickest way to complete a job is to go at it heart and soul, bending every energy to the task, and casting aside all old notions of procedure, we are able to accomplish in three months what a European nation would take a year to do. The American doughboys in France, for instance, saw no reason why they should follow the Instructions ofxtheir British and French teach

ers in flanking a machine gun nest. That was entirely too slow for their American way of looking at obstacles, and so theyvwent after the German machine gunners by frontal attacks, much to the surprise of the French observers and the consternation of the Huns, who said that this sort of, warfare was unfair because it was so absolutely different from anything that . had been taught them by their military instructors. The virtue of this whole method was the eagerness and the "feverish impatience" of the Americans to do quickly the task assigned them. We are not in a position to judge the virtue of "eagerness and impatience" when it is applied to art, but we do know that . the contributions made to literature by such buoyant writers as Jack London and Rex Beach, and such an inimitable humorist as Mark Twain have at least won the admiration not only of the common people in Europe, but also the warmest praises of the critics. If the art spirit of America is stimulated into feverish activity by this so called national defect, v:c cannot sec why the resultant product will not be as worthy of commendation as it is inherently good. Some of the great products in art were produced in perioefs where the national impulse had been greatly "stimulated and excited, A reference to the history of art will produce sufficient evidence to substantiate this assertion.

ing and fisheries when compared with the $7,200,000 paid for this territory, shows that Uncle Sam bought a bargain. Homesteaders can secure 160 acres of land in Alaska after fourteen months residence on the same by paying $1.25 per acre. "Twenty years have been added to the scroll of time," says a pamphlet authorized by the governor of the territory, "since Si Warmen wrote, There is no law of God or man runs north of of '53.' In those days there was little that was permanent in Alaska, the Sam Bros., Flot and Jet, were in evidence, everywhere. It's different now. Alaska has become a, country of homes and family fig trees and in no place in the broad domain over which old glory floats is the moral of the people better than north' of "53. As happiness and "contentment tend to the elevation of mankind, Alaska as a family home country is today a striking example of what may be attained under favorable conditions." Also a Celebration Three weeks from today Indiana will celebrate its first year under statutory prohibition. The resume of the year will show that the Hoosier commonwealth has not suffered by the closing of saloons and cafes that formerly served liquor.

Trre"moral status of the state, so far as it can be judged from available statistics, has been improved. The number of arrests in Wayne county for instance, show a surprising decrease. The workhouse in Indianapolis was closed last June for want of inmates. Reports from many parts of the state indicate that jails are empty. Crime has been lessened. From a business standpoint nothing of an adverse nature is to be reported. Merchants look

back upon a volume of business as great if not greater than in former years. It is safe to conclude that 90 per cent of the Hoosiers are pretty well satisfied with one year of this experiment.

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; Uncle Sam last year asked his nephews and nieces to show their patriotIsm both by conserving food and by becoming producers, even though In only a small way. This year everybody Is asked to prove his patriotism by keeping up the good work started last season. , The economic pressure for food production may not be quite so great, but for all that the problem of feeding extra millions remains, and one way of preventing the cost of the necessaries of life from going higher is again to produce food at home. At least one-fifth of the diet should consist of vegetables, especially those that are fresh. A plot of ground thirty feet wide and fifty feet long, if properly handled, will produce the greater part of the fresh vegetables, exclusive of potatoes, required by an average family. The back yard or home garden makes It possible to have the vegetables come to the kitchen perfectly fresh, and solves the transportation and marketing problem so far as the home is concerned.

When Was George Knolienberg Store Established?

Fifty-three years ago, Sept. 1, 1866, George H. Knolienberg established a dry goods store In a little frame building on Main street. Steady growth was the history of the store from the first, and in 1877 the firm had to build a three-story stone building. Eleven years later another addition was necessary, and the firm had soon to build the annex on Eighth street. The George H, Knollenburg company was organized by George H.Knollenburg, Henry W. and Charles Augustus Knollenburg and Harrv W Watt in 1893. 7

Good Evening! By ROY K. MOULTON

POINTED PARAGRAPHS

JHEM WUS THE HAPPY DAYS Knoxville Journal and Tribune. Let Russia have back its Czar, give Germany its old Kaiser, let Chicago have Carter Harrfson for Mayor and the world can once more sing "Home, Sweet Home."

THEY ARE NOT HIS COLORS Dallas News. Senator LaFollette is said to have become" white with anger" in a recent debate. What be ought to have done was to become red, white and blue.

MAKING WATER POPULAR rhiladelphia Press. Champagne is going up to a hundred dollars a quart, it is predicted by wine sharps. Well, then, there are some people who just won't pay it.

Alaska From far off Alaska comes a report to show that although this territory was badly crippled by the withdrawal of its man power for war purposes, bringing a suspension of operation in many industries, .nevertheless, the outlook for the coming year is very bright. Thousands of her men are already drifting back into the mining industries which are responsible for an output of about $42,000,000 annually and to the fisheries industry which brings in about $51,000,000 annually. The Alaska bureau of publicity points out that the possibilities from an agricultural point of view are virtually unlimited, the only drawback being lack of markets. For that reason it warns hbmeseekers not to come , in large numbers and expect to secure self-sustaining homes at once. Alaska presents a broad field for business opportunities and investments. Her mineral resources have been merely scratched. ' The prospectors and miners have plenty of opportunity to stake their own claims or to obtain profitable employment in the camps that have been established. Alaska, ' embracing 586,401 square miles or more than 375 million acres, was purchased from

Russia for $7,200,000 or less than two cents per j acre. The $93,000,000 made in 1917 in min-l

THAT IS A SAFE BET Brooklyn Eagle. Although the name of a person who offered- $1,000 to hear Wilson and Taft speak Tuesday night is not known, it wasn't Knox or Borah.

MAY EXPLAIN IT Detroit Journal. Maybe the reason why the March hare is mad is because it is in March that the first income tax payment is due.

WILSON ALWAYS WAS LUCKY Chicago News. According to Dr Solf, the Germans are disappointed Jn Wilson. They always have been.

SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR Detroit Free Press. Blessed are the poor, for they shall not be bothered with income tax arithmetic.

WHAT'S HE GOT AGAINST BILL? New York Telegraph. Ludendorff is said to be in a plot to bring the exKaiser back to Germany.

OUR IDEA OF A REAL THRILLER Houston Post. Oh, yes, we lamped the statement that Watt Gregory gce over as an adviser to President Wilson, but what we want to know is, can we have the picture privilege of the president receiving advice from Watt?

ANTIQUES Found in the City Museum In 2121 Brass Rail: A short piece of brass rail standing six inches from the floor, round in appearance and supported by uprights. Presented to the museum by Felix Dingweather. great-great-grandson of Ignatius Dingweather who rescued it from the wreck of an oldtime ginmill on July l, 1319. it is said that the decided limp of our present race comes from the habit the ancients had of standing with one foot on these railings. Petrified Pretzel: Once used as an article of food. Two hundred years ago men ate 'these things to promote thirst. In those days there was some sense to a thirst. Although the pretzel, so-called, is now solid stone, it is said to be but little harder than it was when it was consumed in great quantities. It is bent into a peculiar shape,' but it is not known whether the ancients bent - these pretzels before they were baked or after; but it is known that the Pretzel Benders' picnio was always a great event of social year in some circles. The successful man is one who can borrow enough to pay his income tax. Melba says she will sing as long as her voice lasts. Some of our opera stars see this bet and raise it several years. AIRPLANES Why are they never camouflaged? That was a question no one could answer. One night I queried that of Constance. Replied the fair miss in a low tone, "Why need they be? Are they not mostly In de skies?" M. H. R. K. M. "The ex-kaiser is in the habit of going out every noon after lunch and picking grapes. He declares it to be one of his greatest relaxations." News item. His last chance to feel de-vine? Mark Hellinger.

Memories of Old

IN THIS PAPER TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Employes of the local postoffice raised a fund of $17.60 to aid a colored training school at Savannah, Ga. Thirteen men "rode to goat" into the Odd Fellows. The Triumph Lodge of the K- of P. celebrated the silver anniversary of its organization.

MISS CRABB IMPROVING

Miss Mildred Crabb, principal of Milton schools, was reported improving Thursday. Miss Crabb had been reported in a very grave condition and was not exDected to live. Hr nttni.

ing physician has announced her out

of. danger.

In California they get their coasting sport by sliding down hills covered with dried weeds.

' YOUR TEMPER BY GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

Keep your temper. Nobody In all toil world -want It! And yet, temper must serve many good purposes or else we all would not have cone into'this world handily equipped with one ao good. There is too little regard given to one's temper. It should have more attenton. For a thing ao universal ahould have the greatest minds directed to Its uses and development. Perhaps that will come. Maybe there will sometime be Doctors of Temper, (T.D.) At any rata the demand Is here! Even at the present time with little or no attention being given to it temper is beginning to come into Is own as one of he useful ars. (I alone am to be blamed for terming temper as an art.) Temper may take many turns, at for example in "righteous anger," or in sound Indignation. Or as a special specie of fight. Then la It a very useful thing to have about one's house and home. Tempers differ so widely, however, and are of such various makes, that it is still considered bad form to leave them lying around unguarded. Or without their rightful owners within close call. But whatever class of temper you may have, do not advertise It Or make too much of it. It is very important, however, that you keep on good terms with it. For at the time you may most regret, it may trip you up and tumble you over into some strange abyss.

Minister to Address Central Labor Council Rev. E. E. Davis will address the central labor council Thursday evening. All members are urged to be present. Those who are not members are cordially invited to attend. There will be important business to transact.

Masonic Calendar

March 12 Webb Lodge, No. 24. F.

and A. M. Called meeting. Work in the Fellowcraft degree, Begining at 7:30 p. m. March . 14. King Solomon's Chaptetr No. 4, R. A, M. Stated convocation. The order of the Loyal Chapter No. 49, Order of Eastern Star, stated meeting and Initiation of candidates Saturday, March 15, at Masonic temple.

EXPORTERS ORGANIZE

CHICAGO, March 13. I. Powers, of the Home Packing company, of Terre Haute, was elected president, and M. Mannhein of Evansvtlle, was elected secretary of an export assomiatlon formed yesterday by more than 30 independent .packing companies.

STARTS MICH SICKNESS A clogging macs of undigested food that remains fermenting- In the stomach or intestines sends the poisons it develops through the entire human

body. "Keep the bowels open." la one rule of health recognised by all school of medicine. Foley Cathartic Tablets cleanse the bowels. Sweeten the stomach and benefit the liver. For indigestion, biliousaesa bad breath, bloating, gas or constipation, 'no remedy la more highly recommended. No griping or nausea. For aala br A. G. Luken tt Co. Adv.

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Some men have queer ambitions. Max of Baden wants to be a kaiser. We dare him! Charlie Hapsburg, formerly emp of Austria, thinks of coming to America to live. Well, there is no law against thinking of it.

Dancing and wine drinking have been tabooed in Berlin cafes. They have "got to put up a hard-luck front somehow.

TRAGIC OVERTURE (July 1, 1919) A sleek, meek Greek, too weak to speak, Once gave a wild despairing shriek. He wept. The silver tears rolled down His nose; his forehead wore a frown. "Let the bright highball fade! Let pass the golden fizz! The humble beer deserves a tear Oh, woe thatjs! and oh, gewhizz. Shall cocktails not be made? Oh, let me die before July, When old N'York goes wholly dry!". Too weak to speak, that sleek, meek , Greek Gave forth a dreadful, dying shriek. Perley A. Child.

Dinner Stor i e s

FIND PLENTY OF IT THERE Charleston News and Courier. The war is said to have caused a serious shortage of ivory. Has anybody thought of prospecting in the United States senate?

NEWTON D. REMAINS SILENT Providence Journal. ' "Baker Announces Retirement" Headline. No, nothing to cheer about; only Frank Baker leaving the ranks of baseball.

; Build Your Country Into Safety

From the, Manufacturers Record. THE .best insurance against a growth of Socialism idl Bofebevism- is "the employment in profitable work of our entire population. The world is in flux. In this crucial hour this plastic stage ot. civilization we can mould America into a solid and enduring permanency of true character; or we can let it be misshapen and distorted until like some great evil full of ugliness It becomes "set"and adamantine lor wrong. ;'- " ' . . If in this hour of world changes, of false teachings, of hell-directed activities, we leave idle bodies and brains, we shall find the devil making full use of them as bis workship. t ,.' ' ... . . . , ' '.. : -i We must be busy making all men busy.f We must expand our railroads, build a vast system cfs highways, improve the small cro6B-roads, pave our streets, tuiM dwellings by the hundreds of thousands, that for every family there shall be the opportunity for a dxyrJU"" with modern conveniences. Baltimore,' for in- "

rtance, has. not for many years permitted a 6ingle dwelling to be built without a bathroom and its sanitary advantages. Other cities and towns must do the same. Farmhouses, even of the poorest tenants, must be made sanitary and comfortable. Waterworks and sewerage systems must be built wherever possible and existing plants extended wherever necessary. . There must be in all sections great development of work of this kind, and it should be put under way without a day's unnecessary delay. J Work, work of every possible character, construction activities of every variety,' the building of dwellings, large and small, of churches, schools and municipal structures, must be stimulated as quickly and as broadly as possible. Patriotism, common sense, and even selfish interests, all combine to demand that every man shall do his utmost toward bringing about immediately such wideGweeping activities as to create work for every man and woman willing to work. j ON WITH YOUR WORK! DO IT NOW! '. j ' i " - " "" ' '' .' - '

"You used to hate work." "I hate it yet," replied Plodding Pete. "But I am going to keep at it. If you get in the habit of loafing now, some member of the I. W. W. is liable to step up any minute and call you 'brother'."

Commenting on the many , and varied excuses offered for evading the draft, Provost Marshal General Crowder remarked that most of the wouldbe slackers come to grief by talking to much. "They remind me of the young fellow who, on the spur of the moment, asked a girl to marry him. " 'Yes,' replied the girl. "After waiting for five minutes for him to say something more, she said: "'Well, what have you got to say?' " 'Nothing,' replied the young man. 'I've said too much already'." "The 'orn of the 'unter is 'eard on the 'ill," said the little boy at the Ragged School treat. But somehow his version of that line in "Kathleen Mavourneen" jarred on the nerves of the old squire. "My little man," be said kindly, "why don't you" put a few more

aitches in your song?" "Gam!" advised the little man politely, "Don't you know there aint no 'h' in moosic? . It only goes up ter G'!"

"I'm always unlucky." "What is the matter now?" "That is the second time today that I have had my teeth loosened by being slapped on the back by some enthusiastic stranger kho thought I was somebody, he knew."

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REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE Second National Bank At Richmond, in the State of Indiana, at the close of business on March 4, 1919 RESOURCES Loans and discounts, including rediscounts, (except those shown in b and c) $1,954,165.75 Total loans 1,954,165.75 Overdrafts, secured, none; unsecured, $3,310.84.... 3,310.81 U. S. Bonds (other than Liberty Bonds, but including U. S. certificates or Indebtedness): U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par -. value) 250,000.00 V, S. bonds and certificates of Indebtedness pledged to secure U. S. deposits (par value) 7,000.00 U. S. bonds and certificates of indebtedness owned and unpledged 240,600.00 497,500.00 Liberty Loan Bonds: Liberty Loan Bonds, Z, 4, and 44 per cent, unpledged 192,100.00 Liberty Loan Bonds, 3, 4, and 44 per cent, pledged to secure U. S. deposits 25,000.00 Liberty Loan Bonds, 3. 4, and 4A per cent, pledged to secure State or other deposits or bills payable 50,000.00 267,100.00 Bonds, securities, etc. (other than U. S.): Bonds (other than U. S. bonds) pledged to secure U. S. deposits 95,750.00 Bonds (other than U, S. bonds) pledged to secure postal savings deposits 15,000.00 Securities other than U. S. bonds (not including stocks) owned unpledged 140,833.79 Total bonds, securities, etc., other than U. S... 251,583.79 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (60 per cent of , subscription 10,600.00 Value of banking house, owned and unincumbered.. 85,000.00 Real estate owned other than banking house 169.81 Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank 146,018.57 Cash in vault and net amounts due from national banks 319,132.81 Checks on other hanks in the same city or town as reporting bank (other than Item 17) 9,400.80 Total of Items 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 328,533.11 Checks on banks located outside of city or town of reporting bank and other cash items 1,946.68 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer 12,500.00 War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps actually owned S87.93 Total $3,644,916.4$ LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in 250,000.00 Surplus fund 300,000.00 Undivided profits .... 134,776.30 Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid.... 9,430.62 125,845.68 Amount reserved for all interest accrued 7,268.68 Circulating notes outstanding . . . 250,000.00 Net amounts due to National banks ,. 10,205.89 Net amounts due to banks, bankers, and trust companies (other than included in Items 31 or 32) . 24,778.38 Certified checks outstanding 530.00 Cashier's checks on own bank outstanding........ 81,969.48 Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days): Individual deposits subject to cheek 1,334,166.88 Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed) 363,710.56 Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 ' days, or subject to 30 days or mora notice, and postal savings): Postal savings deposits , 3,846.29 Other time deposits 579,356 57 United States deposits (other than postal savings): War loan deposit account 73,600.00 Other United States deposits, including deposits of U. S. disbursing officers 9,021.42 2,481.185.47 Bills payable with Federal Reserve Bank , 50,000.00 Liabilities other than those above stated: Tayments on Fourth Liberty Loan Subscriptions.. 80,472.23 Contingent fund , 646.50 Total T : $3,544,916.48 State of Indiana, County Of Wayne," ss: . I, Dudley N. Elmer, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. DUDLEY N. ELMER, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of March, 1919. JOHN L. RUPE, Notary Public Correst Attest: W. Z. CARR. ' . - A. G. MATTHEWS, S. W. GAAR, Directors.

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