Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 160, 18 April 1919 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1919.:

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE IN RICHMOND CHURCHES REACHES CLIMAX SUNDAY

The climax of the men's Bible class and go-to-church campaigns will be reached Sunday, when it is confidently expected that the number of church goers will far. exceed previous Sundays. Each church is planning special Easter services. The details of the services to be held in different churches are at present being worked out and announced. Although the campaign technically ends Sunday it is thought that each church will work out plans to conserve Interest in attendance as a result of the campaigns. The Church federation evangelistic committee recommended to the Ministerial association that a series of union cervices be held in five churches In different parts of the city. The Ministerial association approved of the recommendation and set the week of April 28 as the date for the series of meetings through the week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. A special committee was appointed to make plans for these meetings, composed of the Rev. F. A. Dressel, chairman, who is also chairman of the Evangelistic committee of the Church federation; the Rev. E. E. Davis, chairman of the church program committee of the Ministerial association and the Rev. Shelby C. Iee, chairman of the evangelistic committee of the Ministerial association. The committee will meet Saturday evening to arrange the details for the feries of evangelistic union meetings. Hops to Exceed Goat. Easter Sunday, the high water mark of the men's bible class attendance, is expected to be reached. Leaders of the bible classes in the Richmond churches expect the number to far exceed the goal of 1,000 men by Easter Sunday. Since the start of the men's bible class campaign, attendance in bible schools of Richmond churches haa been steadily increasing as shown by figures published the first of the week. The total number of men present laBt Sunday was 991 men, three more than was first reported. Next Sunday each men's bible class leader will report the number in attendance at the men's bible class to the Y. M. C. A. and a complete report will be returned during the Sunday school hour. Letters will be sent out this week notifying the leaders of the INCREASE IN PARCEL REPORTED BY A careful count of letters and parrels delivered during the past seven days has shown Postmaster C. B. Beck and superintendent of malls Frank Wilson the fact that the Richmond postofflce is undergoing a very rapid and disturbing growth in the parcel post department. The increase is marked, they say, but need not be particularly disturbing if sufficient means of delivery is provided. Heavy business, even for this time of year, is also reported at the express and freight offices of the city. This unusual heaviness is not accounted for but it is considered a sign of general prosperity. An express man said this morning that the general public seems to be buying more things which must be shipped, than have ever been bought before. "If home shoppers are buying a3 much there certainly must be a prosperity rainbow somewhere," he said, "and I believe financial conditions must be a good deal better than some of our pessimists would have us believe." FRIENDS TOLD GF WORK IN CUBA The sugar mill workers, one of the three social classes in Cuba, and the class most interesting to American business men, are the people whom American Friends' missionaries are spending most of their time, according to Sylvester Jones, head of the Friends' Mission work in Cuba, who spoke before the Foreign Misisonary board yesterday at South Eighth Street Friends' church. "The town people consisting of the more cultured, the professional and progreslve people, with a certain working class form one of the social classes in Cuba; the country class is another, and the sugar mill workers, who live in little autocracies run by the American capitalists and managed 1 y a richer class of Cubans, form the other and most vital class. These people are not permitted to buy land, and although they are paid good salaries, consumers prices are high enough to eat up financial gains. There are no savings banks and with the natural Inclinations the people have to spend al lthey make, they becomo thriftless. Mr. Jones explained that at present about 2,000 young people and children ore Interested in Sunday schools and Sunday school work, and the religious work of the missionaries, of whom there are now eighteen on the field, is very satisfactory. Emory J. Reece, Friends' Mlsionary to Africa, also spoke before the Foreign Mlsionary board yesterday and explained the work being done in that field. For Corn Flakes the yellow and red package for mineNothing quite like POST TOASTIES

bible classes of this. Other letters have been mailed out this week from the Y. M. C. A. headquarters calling the attention of the leaders to final Sunday. Thus far West Richmond Friends lead in the men's bible class campaign for the silk American flag to be awarded by the Wayne county Sundayschool association, with the Mt. Morlah Baptist a close second. The West Richmond Friends bible class has grown from a class of 16 to a total membership of 60. Steady Increase Noted. A steady increase has been noted in theattendance in the Richmond churches since the opening of the "go to church" campaign seven Sundays ago, March 2. This number reporting to the Ministerial association does not include all the churches in Richmond, but the majority of them.- Seventeen to eighteen churches report each Sunday's attendance at all services. The report Rhows a steady increase almost every Sunday except on March 16, when inclement weather reduced the number of church goers. The report for the entire campaign follows : CHURCH ATTENDANCE March 2 Sunday school 3067 Morning service 2362 Evening service 1453 March 9 Sunday school 2260 Morning service 1695 Evening service 1392 March 16 Sunday school 1S23 Morning service 142S Evening service SO!) March 23 Sunday school 3392 Morning service 2324 Evening Service 1391 March 30 Sunday school 2965 Morning service ...2289 Evening service 1629 April 6 Sunday school 3408 Morning service 1936 Evening service 1295 April 13 Sunday school 3535 Morning service 2786 Evening service '.: 2135

SHIPMENTS BY LOCAL POSTOFFIGE Other shippers agreed that this seems evident. The most noticeable increase in parcels seems to be at the postofflce where the government recently requested that a count be made of parcels delivered during seven days. While the count was being made, strict attention was paid to the distribution of parcels. Smaller packages up to the size of ordinary shoe boxes, and weighing not more than three pounds were given foot carriers, as usual. All larger packages were, of course thrown to the parcel post man, and to the mounted carriers. This way the parcel postman, John D. Maag worked his full time, eight hours a day during the week; on two days he worked one. hour over time, and on one day he put in three hours over time. With all this extra and persistent work the postofflce this noon was piled with mail as if no deliveries had been made for days. Postmaster Beck said that conjestion like this in the face of Saturday, always a big day, is a serious matter. The report to be sent to Washington includes the information that parcels delivered during the last seven days totaled 2,559. On an average day at this rate thirty-seven packages an hour were delivered. This also included C. O. D. packages which necessarily take longer to deliver as a receipt must be signed by the addressee and the money must be collected. The largest number of parcels delivered on any day of the past seven was 418 making an average of 52 packages an hour in an eight-hour day. The local office is working hard with the Washington department to secure relief tor the local situation by giving extra allowance to the two mounted carriers so that they may each be able to use an automobile instead of horse end wagon. Architect Consults With Board on School Sites Dwight Perkins of the firm Perkins, Fellows and Hamilton. Chicago architects, was in Richmond today to consult with the Board of Education concerning sites for the two new Junior high schools which the firm has been selected to design. The board has options on ground in the east and west part of the city but desired that a member of the firm help in tho selection of the ground. It is probable that the ground will be bought immediately, but this had not been determined upon late Friday afternoon. Petitions for Four Roads Will Be Heard Saturday Hearings of four road petitions will come before the county commissioners Saturday morning, those for the Hagerstown pike, the Boston pike, the New Paris road, and the Commons road. Contracts will be let for the Meyers and Morganzi culverts, the bonds of assistant road superintendents will be approved, and the buying of two road graders is expected. Prague Wants To Be Air Route's Junction (By Associated Press) PRAGUE. Bohemia, April IS. Prague aspires to becoming the great junction of air routes of central Europe. From the flying grounds of Prosek, near here, a regular service of "air busses" will be started soon to Padua, Italy, via Vienna, a distance of 225 miles. Trial flights already have taken place, the duration of the trip being 4 hours and 15 minutes. The machines used will be Italian triplanes with motors developing 2,000 horsepower, and carrying 47 passengers.

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SERVICES IN U. S. Maurice Casenave. Maurice Casenave will be one of the chief speakers at the annual meeting of the United States chamber of commerce in St. Loui3 this month. ' M. Casenave was formerly minister to Brazil from France, but he is now chief of all the French services in the United States. In performing his new duties in this country he will take ever all the work .previously handled by the French high commission. HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH CONTEST ON MAY 9 The annual extemporaneous speech contest of the high school will be held in chapel Friday, May 9. In 1917, the late George K. Knollenberg presented to the high school a silver cup. Each year an extempore speech contest is held in chapel and the name of the winner is engraved upon the cup. In 1917, Julius Tietz won the contest and in 1918 Richard Taylor was winner. The contest is open to the school. The Forum, the debating society of the high school, is managing the contest this year. This is a chapel program that is always looked forward to with pleasure by the student body. Miss Fletcher Goes Abroad With Motion Picture Bureau NEW YORK, April 18. Miss Emily M. Fletcher, daughter of Mrs. Edward B. Fletcher of Richmond, Ind., is sailing Friday, April 18. with five other young women for service with the Community Motion Picture Bureau, which has charge of the instruction by motion pictures of the American soldiers in France under the auspices of the Army Educational Commission. Miss Fletcher was recently with the Breckenridge School of Civics and Philanthropy in Chicago and was for five months stenographer in the Chicago office of the Community Motion Picture Bureau. For" two years she studied music at Cincinnati. Exempt Four Classes From Amusement Tax (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 18 Regulations governing collection of the tax on admissions, soon to be issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, define the four classes which are exempt from the tax. They are children under 12 years old, bonafide employes of the place of amusement, municipal officers on official business, and soldiers or sailors in uniform. All other persons are subject to the- tax which is one cent for each ten cents or fraction thereof, of the price of admission. If a theatre sells to soldier or sailor a J2 ticket for $1 the tax is ten cents on $1, not twenty cents on the regular price. Admissions by passes are subject to the tax. If the pass entitles the holder to a $1 seat, he must pay ten cents. The dramatic critic who occupies a $2 orchestra chair must pay 20 cents. The law provides the tax shall be paid by the person paying for the admission, and that places of amusement shall keep a record of the amount of tax collected. Monthly returns and remittances must be made to collectors of internal revenue on or before the last day of the month following that for which the return 13 made. WILL BRING PRICE QUESTION UP AGAIN WASHINGTON, April 18 President Wilson has directed the industrial board of the department of commerce and the railroad administration to re open discussion of price stabilization and endeavor to find a common ground on which they can agree. Chairman Peek announced today that the board would take up the ques tion with the railroad administration immediately but any action probably will have to wait the return of Director General Hines next week, from aa inspection trip in the west. VISIT HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Dale Owen3, former concert master of the high school orchestra and Howard Swisher, former 'celloist of the orchestra, were in Richmond last week and visited the high school orchestra. Both have been in the army and said that they did not realize how they missed an orchestra until they got where there was none. Both were members of the class of '17. C. E, EASTER SERVICE. The annual Easter meeting of 'the Christian Endeavor society of First Christian church will be held Sunday morning at 6 o'clock at the church. Following the meeting an Easter breakfast will be 6erved. All members are requested to be present. JUNIOR-SENIOR SKATE TONIGHT The Juniors end Seniors of the High school are giving a skate this evening at the Coliseum. Several skates lor the various classes of the school have ben given during the year.

Friends' Delegates Discuss 1920 Conference in London

Four pamphlets prepared by London Yearly Meeting since 1915 were the basis of discussion of local and visiting Friends called together last evening in the South Eighth Street Friends' church to consider the work which will be taken up by the World's Friend3 conference in London in August, 1920. At the time of the postponment of the London conference from this August to August, 1920, it was suggested that numerous preliminary conferences, as will as a United States preliminary conference, be held during the coming year. With the meeting last night this plan has been immediately taken up, and by a group of people who represented practically all divisions of the Five Years' Meeting of Friends, and other Yearly Meetings not actively connected with the Five Years Meeting. The conference was said to be highly satisfactory. S. Edgar Nicholson, a member of the Indiana delegation to the World conference, was appointed permanent chairman of the Hoosier state envoys, and Dr. Harlow Lindley, another Indiana representative, was made permanent secretary. Mr. Nicholson, Dr. Lindley, Dr. Walter C. Woodward and Joseph Elkinton of Philadelphia and others spoke at the meeting. Although general action was taken on the Southland Institute proposition at the last Yearly Meeting, definite action by the Five Years Meeting had not yet been taken until yesterday when it formally accepted control of the institution. Southland Institute which is at Helena, Ark., Is an industrial school for negroes among whom tho Friends have worked for years, negro education being one of the first definite home mission fields undertaken by Indiana Yearly Meeting in the early days of its existence. MISSION BUDGET IS INCREASED BY FRIENDS The most inclusive and significent action of the weeks' sessions of the Friends' Foreign mission boards was the adoption yesterday afternoon of a $155,000 budget for the coming twelve months. This amount shows a considerable increase over the $150,000 budget for the last eighteen months. Provisions for future work were very extensive and include sending two missionaries to Mexico, and building additions there; for sending Miss Ruthanna Cowgill and Lewis Moon, who are to be married in June, into the African Mission field; for increasing the salaries of all missionary workers, and the office staff; recommending the appointment of two Friends' representatives on the proposed inter-allied missionary council; for sending a deputation to Africa and Palestine and providing for routine necessities. Other action taken was the agreement that a text book to be used in mission study classes, Christian Endeavors, and bible school dealing with work on mission fields be prepared. Work on such a text book will be begun shortly. Plans for the coming year In which larger and more comprehensive work will be attempted were made by Missionary board members called together at the conferences and of the members as a body. A wide and deep field lies open, they agreed, and this field must be entered and worked. 245 COUNTY PUPILS TO TAKE FINAL EXAM Two hundred and forty members of the eighth grade of county schools outside Richmond and Cambridge City will take the examination for graduation from the grades Saturday. This is a smaller class than usual, as about 300 is the usual number to take the examination for diplomas. War work breaking in on the routine last year caused an unusual number of failures to pass from the seventh grade into 'the eighth, said Superintendent C. O. Williams, and this explains the small class. Williams said, however, he expected the usual high average of graduates, despite the reports from other counties that children were not passing the examination as well as usual. Despite the influenza, he said, much drill work had been given to the essentials, and he believed the average would be maintained. Wayne county's average graduation class is about 90 per cent of those that take the examination, he said. Lend Mc Five Shillings, if Pleasing High School Play "Lend Me Five Shillings," a clever one-act comedy by John Madison Morton, was given in the chapel at the high school Friday morning by the Dramatic society. Two performances were given in order that the student body might see it. The setting was in a room adjoining a ballroom at a hotel in England. As the scene opened "regular jazz" music, could be heard , rolling in from the ballroom. This was furnished by Mary Luring, piano; Clem Meyer, banjo-mandolin, and Henry Vore, trorn bone. Claude Miller and Glen Weist starred as Captain Phobbs and Mr. Golightly, respectively. Miller presented a very military appearance in a blue uniform with numerous silver buttons, lots of insignia and a white cap. Oran Park played Captain Spruce, a fellow officer of Captain Phobbs. Parker was dressed in the uniform of the British soldier. Robert Hodgin was all fitted to the part ol Mr. Moreland, the British artist. Sam, the waiter, was humorously played by Floyd Nusbaum. Mrs. Major Phobbs was played by Mildred Whitely, and "Mrs. Captain Phobbs was played by Jane Carpenter, both of whom presented attractive appearances in 'evening gowns. Miss Carpenter wore a beautiful evening gown of American Beauty charmeuse and chiffsn, with slippers to match, and Miss Whitely wore a black satin evening gown lined with material similar to the shade of Miss Carpenter's, which made a harmonious color scheme. The play was coached by Miss Anna Finfrock of the English department, and sponsor cf the Dramatic society.

ALLEGED AUTO THIEF CAUGHT BY POLICE

Forest Davis, 23 years old, living at the Armer house on North Seventh street, alleged to have stolen a Dodge touring car belonging to Frank Huffman, who lives on the New Faris pike, was arrested by police Thursday when he returned to Richmond after endeavoring to dispose of the car in Dayton.. He was turned over to circuit court on a charge of grand larceny. - Davis admits, say the police, that he drove the car to Dayton after taking it from its parking place on Seventh street, having first put on a license plate he is alleged to have stolen from Clem Roberts on April 12. He threw out some shoes, blankets and other articles near New Paris, where they were found later by police. Arriving in Dayton, Davis tried to sell the car to a garage man, but fled when the garage owner telephoned the police, leaving the car in his hands. He came back to Richmond on the interurtan and was arrested here about 6 o'clock Thursday evening. Davis confessed the theft of tho automobile, said Chief Gormon Friday morning. He spent. two years in the Indiana state reformatory for the same offense, the police say. Violin Demonstration To Be Feature of Festival The May Festival programs are rapidly being completed. The evening of May 9 will be devoted to Garfield school. One of the features of this program wil be violin demonstrations. Frederick K. Hicks, violin instructor, has 140 pupils in the grades and Garfield school. The best of these have been picked to perform on May 9. Exercises from their exercise books and duet pieces will be played. Ralph C. Sloane, music director, said Friday that the children rehearsed for the first time together Thursday and that their work was equal to that of children whom he had heard who had been working together for a year. The girls' chorus of Gerfield will sing "The Gypsy Queen," by Aiken on this night. Aiken, the composer, is supervisor of music in Cincinnati. DEATHS Connell Jerry Connel, of Lafayette, died at his home Friday morning. Mr. Connell was a former resident of Richmond and was well known here. He is survived by the widow and two daughters, Marie and Erma, his mother, Anna Connell, sisters, Mrs. John McCarthy and Emma Connell of this city, and Mrs. Edwin Greene of Muncie, and two brothers, John Connell of Hamilton, O., and William Connell of this city. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Cook Esther Cook, five years old, died at the home of her parents, seven miles north of the city at 5 o'clock Thursday evening. The surviving relatives are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cook, two sisters and three brothers. Funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock . Saturday morning at Doddridge Chapel. Burial will be at Doddridge Chapel. Friends may call anytime. H REED'S 12 Piece

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April 25 Set for High School Seniors' Day A senior luncheon has been announced for Friday noon, April 25 in the high school lunch room. It has been the custom of the last three years to set aside one day in the school year for seniors only. April 25 will be the day this year. The seniors will have complete charge of the chapel exercises. The luncheon will be held at noon. In the evening the juniors and seniors will have a dance in the art gallery of the high school. The affair will begin at 7:3' o'clock and continue until 10:30 o'clock. The dance will be chaperoned

i by four members of the faculty. The j parents of the participants will be in vited also. This is tne nrst mgn school dance to be given and promises to be a success. The girls are asked to wear informal frocks. Court Records Testimony of the witnesses against Alfred Underhill, out on bail on a statutory charge, was given before the grand jury Friday. Real Estate Transfers Genevieve Conkey to Charles E. Hazen, part lot 474, official may of Richmond, $1. Working and Keagy, to the Hagerstown Lumber Co., part S. W. sectiou 23, township 17, range 12, $3,000. Grace E. Groce to James E. and Eliza Johns, lot 27, C. Fetta'a addition to Richmond, $1. Lola Miller to Sarah V. Crawford, lots 17, 175, 186. Benton Heights, $1. Alfred C. Underhill to Paul H. Underhill, lot 5, J. Morris' subdivision, Richmond, $1,500. Walter W. Kehlenbring to Henry Korves and Alice E. Korves, lot 23, Schwegman's addition to Richmond, $1. Harry II. Tubesing to Edgar W. Hawekotte and Effie Hawekotte, lot 114, Mendenhall and Price's addition to Richmond, $1. Roscoe E. Kirkman to William M. Sherrow, lots 24 and 25, Kirkman'a addition to Richmond, $700. Charles M. Mohler to Frank and Bessie E. McKinnon, lots 19 and 20, block 24, Hagerstown, $3,000. Adeline Igleman to Mary E. Nusbaum, et al, lot 84 and 87, J. Smith's addition to Richmond, $1. John Burns to Elizabeth M. Burns, lot 10, B. Fulghum's addition to Richmond, $1. DIRECTORS POSTPONE MEETING A meeting of the board of directors of the Commercial club was called Friday noon but because there were so few members present the meeting adjourned until Saturday. SAVE the LIQUIDS ewef PASTES Ox-Blood tdark

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