Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 248, 31 July 1919 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM.

THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1919.

WIRES CONTROL BY U. S. TO BE ENDED TONIGHT

Orders for Return to Private Owners Given by Burleson Takes Parting Shot. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. July 31 Government control of telegraph and telephone properties will end at midnight tonight. Orders for their return to private owners were issued Wednes

day by Postmaster General Burleson

as required under a resolution adopted by Conprees and signed by President Wilson ten days ago. Mr. Burleson in a statement accom

panying his order, said sound public opinion ultimately would determine "how this trust has been met" and that he was content to abide by the result. Besides this reply to criticisms of his management of the wire companies, the postmaster general albo took a parting shot at the Postal Telegraph Company, most of the officers of which were removed several months ago because of what he termed Interference With government management. -" The postmaster general did not mention the company by name, but said that "with one notable exception, the roason for which is thoroughly underPtood by those who have kept informed," every wire company had given him loyal co-operation. Rate War May Follow. Under the resolution of Congress directing the return of the companies, government-fixed intrastate telephone rates ere to remain In force for a period of four months, unless soon

er changed by state commissions, but

no provision was made as to telegraph rates. Clarence H. Mackay, president of the Postal Company, in urging Congress to provide for speedy return

of the properties, said his company

could reduce rates 20 per cent and Btlll earn a profit.

This statement was recalled in connection with the return of the prop

erties and a rate war between the telegraph companies was viewed in some quarters as a possibility. Tele graph rates were increased approxl roately 20 per cent last March to In crease salaries of operators and oth

er employes and meet rising costs of

materials.

Yankee Soldiers Led

In Marriages Overseas

PARIS, July 31. Just who won the

war Is still a live question of debate, but there Is no argument as to which nation's warriors come off best in matrimonial contests in France. The

Yanks won.

A typical example of how completely

the American doughboys in France out-classed their British, Belgian and

other rivals is furnished by the mar

riage bureau of La Rochelle, a small

seaport down on the coast between

Bordeaux and St. Nazaire.

The Americans started wltn a se

vere handicap. The other allies had

had three years and more to entice

away the girls of La Rochelle before the doughboys had even learned to

say "Bon jour."

But the figures tell best the story

of ultimate triumph. A total of sixty three girls of the seaport town married foreign Boldlers during the war

Twenty-three of them were won by Americans. Belgium came in second with nineteen brides. Other armies were represented In the following proportions: Italians 5; English. 3; Swiss, 3; Russians, 3; Spanish, 2; Danes, Poland, Greece, Cuba and Turkey each scored 1. Throughout France the story of La Rochelle was repeated.

VICTORY ARCH IS USED AGAIN BY FRENCH ON BASTILLE DAY - - - m 1 I,,, '

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MISERY MOTHERED "JAZZ," RYTHMIC ENEMY OF BLUES

There is a story that as far back as

twenty years ago a blind newsboy, known to hi particular gang in New Orleans as "Stale Bread." felt the creep of the "blues" coming on him. Misery and melancholy overwhelmed him, for he had a little of the soul of an artist, which Is generally supposed to be sad. He translated the "blues" on a fiddle acquired from a passing minstrel show and trebled his daily sale of newspapers by the crowd he atracted. One day he hit upon a new kind of music, a music to wild and swinging and nerve twisting that it was able to drive away his sadness. To that music the name "Jazz" was ultimately applied. Anyone who doesn't care for "jazz" is privileged to remember that "Stale Bread" was suffering a great deal when he invented it.

However, "jazz" has drifted out of

the tango belt of New Orleans in a triumphant, blaring, screeching ascent

into the ball room and restaurants of the cultured. Joseph K. Gorman, said to be the "Daddy of Jazz," who directs

the Gorham Revue at the Silhouette Gardens, Electric Park, is unable to

give a precise definition of the word

jazz." The nearest he comes to the

verb "to Jazz" is "to mess it up and slap it on thick."

Spread Like Wildfire. Gorham took "jazz" to Chicago five

years ago after he had discovered it in New Orleans, where he had gone to direct the Granewald winter amuse

ment features. Not long after his arr'val in New Orleans he was halted on the street by the amazing efforts of a group of performers operating instru

ments identified by their appearance more than their melodies as a trombone, clarinet, cornet and drum.

These players were known as "Brown's Orchestra." "Stale Bread" also had a band operating then known as "Stale Bread's Spasm Band." Gorham took the Brown players to Chicago. "Jazz" spread like wildfire. In less than a month some forty outfits were Introducing that synchronizing supersyncopation that has aggravated the feet and fingers of Amer

ica into a shimmying, tickle-toeing.

snapping delirium and is threatening to upset the swaying equilibrium of the European dance.

Theatrical performances are seiaon

given nowadays without some "jazz." The crowds that dance between acts of the revue are as competent at interpreting "Jazz" as the performers, stirred on by five descendants of "Stale Bread" who play In the orchestra there.

Field Marshals Foch (left) and Joffre riding at head of French soldiers in Bastille day parade in Paris. colors being carried under Arch de Triomph, used for fir st time in ICO years.

American

MRS. LIEUT. SMITH TIRES OF CAVE MAN

Church League To Hold Conference In Richmond A regional conference, under the direction of the Indiana Church Federation, will be held in this city, September 24. Dr. Goodell, secretary of the evangelistic committee of the

holding the five regional conferences

in Indiana, will be in charge. It is

now planned that a luncheon will be held after which the meeting will be open to the public.

Trinity Lutheran Sunday, School Elects Officers Officers were elected as follows at the annual business meeting of the teachers and officers of the Trinity Lutheran Sunday School, Tuesday

evening: superintendent. Rev. O. F.

Tressell; assistant superintendent. Warren Beck; financial secretary, Paul Sudhof; recording secretary. Al

ma Turner; treasurer. Roland Cut

ter; pianist, Ruth Wickemeyer; bu

perintendent primary department, Ed

na Deuker; and organist primary de partment, Ada Minneman.

Reports from the treasurer showed

that over $500 has been raised for benevolences, missions, current expen ses and Armenian relief. The birth

day bank of the intermediate and sen-

i ior department contains $22.20 and

I that of the primary department, $12. i Money obtained from the banks will

be used to purchase new desks for

the intermediate and senior depart

ments.

SILLY NOTES, OLD BOOKS, ARE FOUND IN H. S. LOCKERS

Silly notes, oh very silly, worn out sweaters, old gym middy blouses and bloomers, and unloved school books were what the housecleaning janitors of the Richmond high school found when they did their annual summer

once over the school lockers.

Soothing bits of molly coddle, high

school youths and maidens exchange

and then leave for the eyes of elders who head 'em with amusement. The high school lockers are a vertiable hidden garden of spring fever and it's a wonder the lockers don't burst with all the high explosive promises they contain according to the janitors. One of the moBt favorite final uses of a book which was a faithful but unloved friend during the proceeding semester is the unlocked locker at the end of the term. In times past, some commercially minded youths used to make a habit of going about gathering up discarded books for sale, at the end of the semester, says head janitor Dingly of the high school. Dingly says, they guard against this kind of business as much as possible, so that the rightful owner of the book at least has an opportunity to 6ell it. "But," he said, "bow geometries, histories, and Latin books certainly are wretchedly treated when final exams are over. One fears for the popularity of the subjects." Worn out and unsanitary appearing garments are found discarded in the lockers at the end of the spring, say the Janitors. All this "Junk" Is bailed up and sold for the school treasury, it is said.

Iowa leads the states In hogs, the government estimate placing the number at nearly 11,000.000.

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So that It will be of convenient size until consumed, a cake of soap has been invented that has a hollow waxed

Churches of Christ in America, who is paper core.

MATTRI

Rail Men Ask Wilson To Force Down Living Cost (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 31. The alternative of governmental action to force

down the cost of living or of demand by the railroad engineers of the country for another increase in wages was presented to President Wilson today by Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and members of the brotherhood's advesory board. Detailing conclusions reached by the advisory board at its recent meeting in Cleveland. Mr. Stone in a prepared statement road to the President, declared that while the railroad engineers tound themselves "obliged again to request an increase to meet the mounting cost of living," they were of the opinion that "the true remedy for the situation and one that will result in lifting the burden under which the whole people are struggling is for the government to take some adequate measures to reduce the cost of the necessaries of life to a figure that the present wages and income of the people will meet." The brotherhood board outlined no

plan of action for the government to j

take beyond saying it was believed that "this situation is brought about mainly by conscienceless profiteering by the great Interests who have secured control of all the necessaries of life."

Mrs. Margaret Smith. Lieut. Frank Hutches ("Harabciled") Smith, now serving a sentence in an eastern military prison for cruelties' to doughboy prisoners in France, was as "hardboiled" at home as he was in the army, according to charges in a bill for divorce

tiled by Margaret Michel Smith, the j , . , - . . i l r r I

lieutenant s nineieenyear-oia wue. Mrs. Smith lives in San Diego, Cal.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY

Pouring Night Rain Helps Cool Off Temperature Many people who had gone outside and got next to Mother Earth for the night In order to cool off, made a sudden rush Indoors shortly before 2 o'clock Thursday morning when rumbling thunder promised a downpour. A downfall of rain from 2 o'clock to 6 o'clock laid an average of .62 Inches of rain over the city and surrounding country, giving the crops a boost, layilng the dust In Richmond and cooling things off generally. The thermometer stood at 70 dei greea at midnight, and by daybreak It

(tad sunk to 61, a considerable lower

j temperature than the sweltering hours of Wednesday.

DIPTHERIA MAY BE FORERUNNER OF INFLUENZA KINSEY

That .the present prevalence In the city of diphtheria, sore throat, and

tonsilitis. while not serious in itself, f

may be an indication of the near return of the influenza, is the opinion of Dr. J. H. Kinsey, city health officer. There Is nothing to be alarmed about in the situation, yet, however, Dr. KinBey said. Only one death has resulted from diphtheria, and as fast as cases are discovered they are being quarantined. Although It Is supposed to be more of a children's disease, adults have made most of the cases so far, he said.

People are warned, however, to take

the best possible care of themselves.

so that if the present situation 13 real

ly Lilt- lure-ruuncr ui 1111 luuuruia try - demlc, the city may be in the best ! possible condition to meet it, the j

health officer said. Doctors hav reported cases of sore throat as diphtheria, says Dr. Kinsey.

Landsdown Mattress guaranteed 45 lbs. A big special at

so

See our window display of these Mattresses. We suggest that you buy now as it will be impossible for us to make this offer again due to price advances.

Its French Inventor plans to have a new phonograph closely Imitate the Human voloe by passing compressed air through photographically produced holes In a rapidly moving film.

Funeral Arrangements

Miller Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Miller ill be held at the residence, 37 South Tenth street, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. John R. Webb, pastor of the East Main Street Friends church, will officiate. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery. Friends may call Thursday evening.

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ARMENIANS THREATENED

(Br Associated Press) PARIS, July 31. Turks and Tartars are moving In on the Armenians from three sides, and threaten all the remaining Armenians with extermination unless military protection Is afforded, according to dispatches received here.

Here is an assortment of fine rugs which cannot, we believe, be equalled anywhere else in town. All well known makes are represented in limitless patterns and color combinations. There are all the regular sizes as well as an unusually good lot of odd sizes. Now is a good time to buy rugs, and this is the store in which to buy them Rug Specials Friday and Saturday

Seamless Brussel Rugs, sizes 9x12. A very good bargain at

$15.85

Brussel Rug, sizes 27x54, extra special Q8

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FURNITURE STORE

505-513 Main St. Richmonds' Underselling Furniture Store

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CUT-RATE DRUGS

Quality Service Cut Prices

CIGAR SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY

All the popular brands of 7c and 8c cigars, 4 for 25c; box of 50 .- $3.00 How's Yoor Elimination? i r Jin 2i

pains, it is probaoje that your kidneys

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cial $1.98 All Nurse Brand rubber goods, guaranteed for two years. Non-beverage Alcohol, medicated for external use in pneumonia, influenza and typhoid fever, 75c and $1.50.

STONE ROOT COMPOUND

STONE ROOT COMPOUND

is an effective aid to proper kidney acti 3n. It is an old-fashioned medicine. It contains no saltpeter. It do not over-stimulate the kidneys, to produce later weakness. We have it in lugi bottle at $1.00. Smaller Size at SO cent.

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Cigarettes

15

Aspirin 10,'

tablets

8 DOZ. for 25o

SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Mulsified Cocoanut Oil, regular 60c Special 43 Woodbury's Facial Soap, regular 30c Special 10c Pompeian Night Cream, regular 30c Special .v 23 Pompeian Night Cream, regular 40c Special 33 Pompeian Beauty Powder, regular 50c Special 43 Pompeian Massage Cream, regular 50c Special 43 Pompeian Day Cream, regular 50c Special 43 Cutex Traveling Sets, regular 50c Special 39 Mavis Talcum, regular 25c Special 17$ Pond's Vanishing Cream, regular 30c Special 23 Pond's Vanishing Cream, regular 60c Special 43

Nuxated Iron Regular $1.59 Special 79c SAN-TONIG For run-down conditions we always recommend San-Tonic. The benefits which many of our customer-users have derived convince us of the superior merit of this splendid prescription. It's good for anaemic children, ailing women and run-down men. It tones up the entire system. A thirty-day treatment for $150. j.-a.

Brownies $1.75 to $4.50

Kodaks $5.00 to $65

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ti cents for a largo tube.

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