Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 290, 19 September 1919 — Page 15

PAGE FIFTEEN HAAS RESIGNS AS linn nr aaiiiitu M'CAULEY BELIEVED U. S. WOULD CRASH; DOUBTED DEMOCRACY TRANSPORT AIRPEANE" liATEST "ACQUISITION OF THE U. S. ARMY 900 HOMES SWEPT Men Who Wffl Bring Evangelistic Message COMPLETELY AWAY AT CORPUS CHRISTI 5 ntAU W UUUHIT HISTORICAL BODY

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, SEPT. 19, 1919.

E. M. Haas, who was recently ap

pointed by the Indiana Historical association to gather the historical data of Wayne county during the recent war, has announced bis resignation, and with it has made a public state-1 ffient of lack of Interest on the part j or county officials toward any move to perpetuate the memory of the deeds done by Wayne county's soldiers during times of war. Mr. Haas' statement follows: "I will be glad If you will Inform the citizens of Wayne county that I have this day sent in my resignation I to the Indiana Historical Commission as chairman of Wayne county to col-j lect data of all war activities in connection with the late world war, and also to assemble all the names of the : men from Wayne county In the service and each Individual military service record. "I had accepted this appointment with the understanding that funds would be provided for printing, postage and office help. My own services were to be entirely free. This step was made necessary by me because the county commissioners and the county council refused to appropriate the $500 asked to cover the expense. Only "Slacker" County "I regret exceedingly that Wayne county should be the only county in the state that refuses to co-operate with the historical commission in gathering these statistics while they are available. "Unless some other means are taken to collect the data the record of Wayne county boys In the service will be omitted, which would be an everlasting disgrace to the county. The small expenditure made now for this service would be small indeed compared with 1 the satisfaction it would afford to the soldiers and their posterity in the years to come. "It may not be inopportune to say that Wayne county has always been generous and patriotic when called upon for actual service and sacrifice In times of war, but its record is not very bright in setting up any permanent memorial for the men who offered thein lives in the service. Almost every obscure rural county has some sort of memorial to their honor. Wayne county has none save a tablet, In the court house. Wayne county had the greatest war governor in Oliver P. Morton, but there is nothing, to comemorate him, nor any intent the old homestead. It declined to accept cannon from Moro Castle in Cuba as trophies of the Spanish-American war, and now it even declines to assemble the date of the records made by Its men in the World war. I hope something may yet be done to have these records made up. The Historical comrnision wil lno doubt be glad to encourage any voluntary movement to take care of this work. E. M. HAAS. Community Councils Offer to Eliminate Middle Man (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept. 19. Resolutions offering to President Wilson the services of community councils throughout the United States in a campaign for national adoption by industry of the principles of collective bargaining, profit sharing and the right of workers to a voice in industrial management, were ready for submission to the council today. The program drafted by Mrs. C. C. Rumsey, daughter of the late E. H. Harriman, was approved unanimously by the community industrial relations committee at a meeting here last night and ordered submitted. The program also includes suggestions for social insurance, embracing unemployment, sickness, old age, accident, maternity and widowhood Insurance; government employment exchanges and co-operative buying and selling, tending toward the elimination of the middleman. League Don't Protect Little Nations Irish (By Associated Press) DUBLIN", Sept. 19. The Freeman's Journal commenting upon the statement of President Wilson regarding Ireland and the league of nations, welcomes the staement as evidence that the Irish question is not purely domestic. It adds, however: "Where we differ from the president, is in the contention that the league as it stands provides an instrument to protect small peoples." This attitude represents the views of the leaders of the Irish League of Nations society, who point out that they long ago registered objection to article 11 of the league's covenant as inoperative except by making the Irish situation a danger to the peace i of the world. White Terrorists Bury Woman Alive, is Charge (By Associated Press) VIENNA, Sept. 19 Hungarian White terrorists" in the trans-Danu-bian region, according to the Neue Freie Presse and Arbeiter Zeitung, Conservative newspapers, to protect Premier Friedrich. are hanging and whipping Jews and persons suspected as former "reds." It is alleged that a Russian, thought to have been in the employ of the French as a spy against the communists, was murdered through a mistake In identity. A well known Hungarian woman artist, Kukovicz, is said to have been buried alive on suspicion of being in sympathy with the communists. House Favors $50 as G. A. R. Pension (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The house pension committee reported favorably today a bill granting a minimum monthly pension of $50 to the veterans of the war between the states. Their widows would receive $30 a month and their children 16 years old $6 a month, while nurses would receive $30 a month. The measure would add $65,000,000 to the pension roll in Its first year.

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Dr. Edgar L. Williams Dr. Williams is executive secretary of the state federation of churches, and will speak in the Reid church next Wednesday as a feature of the Richmond meeting for the evangelical campaign planned for Indiana. Rev. L. E. Murray The Rev. L. E. Murray, president of the Richmond Ministerial association, will preside at the meetings here next Wednesday. Horse Comes Back to Old Home; Garage Now COLUMBUS, Ind., Sept. 19 The night man at a local garage was astonished Tuesday night to see a large gray horse saunter in about midnight, make straight for a watering trough in the garage, drink and then select a secluded corner and prepare to settle down for the rest of the night. After a second glance at the visitor, the garage employe saw it was Fox, a driving horse that had for manyyears been the property of the garage owner when the building was a livery stable. The animal had been sold several years ago, but wandered back to its old home and tried to find the place where its stall stood. No Chance of War Tax Repeals for This Year WASHINGTON, .September 19. According to members of the ways and means committee here is small chance of a repeal of any of the war taxes during the fiscal year. The announcement by Representative Good, of Iowa, chairman of the committee on appropriations of the house or representatives, that the federal treasury would face a deficit of at least $3,000,000,000 on June 30, 1920, has served to make firm the decision, informally reached, ot to do away with any of the taxes during this year. Representative Fordney, of Michigan, formerly in favor of repealing some of the sections of the revenue law, now believes that they should stand until some idea of the government expenditures for the ensuing year can be obtained from executive departments. Elkhart Without Local Car Service; Strike ELKHART, Ind., Sept. 19 Elkhart was without local street car service today, although interurban cars were operating out of the city. Thirty-five employes of the local system went on strike because the superintendent discharged two men yesterday, who, it is said, were circulating a petition for signatures. The petition protested against certain features of the daily work schedule, which affected eight men. Hundreds of factory workers were delayed in getting to their places of employment as a result of the walkout. The street car men are not formally organized into a union. Abandon Plan for Court Action in Police Strike BOSTON. Sept. 19 Abandonment of plans for court action in behalf of the striking policemen and the calling of a special meeting tonight of the committee of the central labor union delegates to receive reports of strike votes taken by the individual locals during the last week, revived discussion today of a possible general strike to support the strikers in their demand for union recognition. The central committee was expected to consider recommendations to be made at the meeting of the central labor union Sunday. Police Commissioner Curtis began a statewide campaign today to fill the places of the strikers which the attorney general has ruled are vacant. A special appeal to former service men was made through newspaper advertisements. Recruits are offered a minimum salary of $1,400 and their furst uniform free.

(Kansas City Star) With the English king a figurehead, the house of lord3 shorn of its onetime autocratic power and the labor element in the saddle as witness the recent vote for the nationalization of the coal mines England may be said to have a government which broadly approximates a pure democracy. Great states are being broken up after centuries of historic Identity in

order that workingmen may buy small tracts and join the hitherto limited army of land owners. There has been a revolution, none the less remarkable because It has been wrought through an evolution. There have been strikes and labor troubles, generally settled by granting the workingman's demands. There has even been some rioting, although resort to violence has been the exception and not the rule. But In effect John Bull, while heavily taxing the owners of great fortunes on one hand, has been stuffing labor's pay envelope on the other hand. Class still exists in England, but the once clearly defined line between the classes Is wavering. Would Be Shocked. So if Lord Macaulay could return to his native land today, sixty years after his death in his sixtieth year, it would be to receive a shock that would upsef his nineteenth century system of eco Domics. For Macaulay believed that govern ment should be by and for the minor ity without consent of the majority The rule of democracy meant the rule of ruin, for under it you could not have liberty without civilization per ithing, he held, and while he may have confused liberty with license he was very positive that civilization meant "God bless the rich; the poor can beg." Naturally Macaulay "viewed with alarm" the extension of the principles of democracy in the United States. He placed the blame, almost in so many words, on Jefferson, writing of the situation early in 1857: "There can, I apprehend, be no doubt that your (American) institutions have during the whole of the nineteenth century been constantly becoming more Jeffersonian and less Washingtonian." Didn't Like Jefferson "You are surprised to learn that I have not a high opinion of Mr. Jefferson," he wrote Mr. Randall from his home, Holly Lodge, Kensington, May 23, 1857. Then he proceeded to explain why he doubted democracy and to picture the future as follows: "I am certain that I never wrote a line, and that I never, in parliament, in conversation, or even on the hustings a place where it is the fashion to court the populace uttered a word indicating an opinion that the supreme authority in a state ought to be intrusted to the majority of citizens told by the head; In other words, to the poorest and most Ignorant part of society. "I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization or both. "I have not the smallest doubt that if we had a purely democratic government here the effect would be the same. Either the poor would plunder the rich, and civilization would perish; or order and prosperity would be saved by strong military government, and liberty would perish. "You may think that your country enjoys an exemption from these evils. I will frankly own to you that I am of a very different opinion. Your fate I believe to be certain, though it is de-1 ferred by a physical cause. As long as , you have a boundless extent of fertile I and unoccupied land, your laboring; population will be far more at ease! than the laboring population of thej lod world, and while that is the case, i the Jefferson politics may continue! to exist without causing any fatal cal-1 amity. j uui me ume win come, wnen iew England will be as thickly peopled as old England. Wages will be as low, and will fluctuate as much with you, as with us. You will ha ve your Manchesters and Birminghams. and in those Manchesters and Birminghams hundreds of thousands of artisans will asuredly be sometimes out of work. "Then your institutions will be fairly brought to the test. Distress everywhere makes the laborer mutinous and discontented, and inclines him to listen with eagerness to the agitators who tell him that it is a monstrous iniquity that one man should have $1,000,000 while another can not get a full meal. "In bad years there is plenty of grumbling here, and sometimes a little rioting. But it matters little. For here the sufferers are not the rulers. The supreme power is in the hands of a class, unmerous indeed, but select; of an educated class: of a class which is and knows itself to be deeply interested in the security of property and th maintenance of order." Artificial Gas Advised Here by State Board "The state board of tax commissioners advised us that we ought to make arrangements for artificial gas, if possible, when we appeared before them Thursday," said Mayor W. W. Zimmerman, Friday. When asked about the city budget for 1920, Zimmerman said: "To me everything appeared satisfactory." Byram Robbins, city attorney, and the mayor, made a trip to Indianapolis Thursday, to see what the state board intended to do with the city budgat and other matters concerning Richmond. Anti-Saloon League Will Enter Politics (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Sept. 19. The Anti-Saloon League of America claiming at least the balance of power of the popular vote and confident it has a mapority of public sentiment with It will enter national politics immediately. The executive body of the league at its final session here Thursday reached the determination to demand that the political parties next year nominate candidates for president who are openly pledged to unreserved enforcement of the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution

The new "Martin army transport plane," just completed at the Martin plant in Cleveland, O., is called by experts a new triumph in

RICHMOND CHOSEN FOR PERMANENT REUNION PLACE BY 84TH VETERANS

The annual reunion of the 84th Indiana Infantry opened in the G. A. R. rooms at the Wayne County Court House, at nine o'clock Friday morning. All of the members present registered their names on the books of the County Superintendent of Schools. Thirtycne of the veterans were present. After registration a program was given consisting of a 6olo by Mrs. F. W. Krueger; prayer, Chaplain Pierce; solo, Mrs. F. W. Krueger; reading, Miss Thelma Thomas; address of welcome, Major Paul Comstock; response, I. P. Watt; solo, Miss Thelma Thomas; short talks by comrades; song, Woman's Relief Corps of Anderson. After the program, dinner was served by the Women's Relief Corps in the G. A. R. rooms. At one o'clock a business meeting .was held and it was decided that Richmond would be made the permanent reunion place. At two o'clock the meeting was adjourned and a camp fire and social hour followed. After the social hour, the veterans were taken in automobiles to their old camping place on South E street, between Fifth and Ninth streets. Were Trained in City. The 84th regiment was recruited from the sixth district, and received its preliminary training in Richmond. On September 8, 1862, the regiment left Richmond and encamped at Covington, Ky. The first important engagement was the battle of Mill Springs, and thence to the end of the war the regiment was continuously engaged, taking part in the battles of Tulahoma, Chickamauga and with Sherman on his march to the sea. On the 14th of June, 1S65, the regiment was mustered out, having lost 617 out of a force of 944 men. Following are those present at the reunion : W. H. Pierre, of Selma. Ind.; Raymond Cecil and wife, of Muncie; Hen-

ry Hawkins, of Lvnn; Valentine i " lllr Juy .ou u l.u. . iu -Sturm, of Kmgh'stown: Mrs. W. H. ; day afternoon are Ray Newman. PhilPierce, Selma: Mn. W. C. SwanderJ'P Robbins. Charles Miller. Ernest Splma: Lawsnn F.ovd. Richmond; Sar-; Calvert. Luther recger and Harry ah Dunn. Pheobe McCann. Mary L.iHolmfiS- fiends are asked to call

Ogborn, and Rulie Smith, all of lin; E. H. Horrs. Indianapolis; Mrs Jacob, of Hagerstown; Samuel L. Mars, of Eaton, Ind.; William Crow, Eaton, Ind.; Oliver Gilbert, Long Camden, 0. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eikenberry and Mr. and Mrs. S. McFall went to Columbus, O., Thursday for several days. They will visit John McFall and family.... Miss Marjorie Duvall, who has been teaching at Jacksonburg, O.. i7 at home owing to ill health. MisJ Bessie Morris is substituting for her this week Mrs. T. E. Davis is spending a few days in Hamilton with her daughter, Mrs. Walter Graham and children. .. .Mrs. Anr.a Applegate, of Dayton, attended the funeral of her uncle, A. C Neff. Monday. Leonard Seo. and sister. Miss Sarah, returned from a week's visit in Detroit Mich., with their uncle, Clifford Scott Edward Slover is on sick list at presort Mr. Moss, of Richmond, is taking care of the Western Ohio Cream staiion during the illness of Miss llattie Brower The Hustler's class of '.he Methodist Sunday school will hold a market on Mrs. Jesse Robert's porch Saturday morning at 10.30 o'clock The Philomathean club held a called meeting with Mrs. O. W. Taylor Tuesday evening. Quite a number of young people from Camden will attend school at Oxford, this year Benjamin Sizlove, Ted Girton. Kenneth White. Lucile Rumley, Dorothy Pryor, E'.sie Shoemaker, left this week Rev. Stafford, the new M. E. minister moved into the pasonage, Wednesday A new furnace is being insured in the M. E. church Bert Talbert of West Elkton was in town Wednesday, on business Miss Hampton wSl spend the week-end with her parents in Richmond, Ind. The Chenoweth Airplane will be in Camden again next Wednesday, Sept. 24, and will take all passengers that wish to try the air E. C. Eikenberry, George Loop, F. G. Shuey, Scott Fowler, Charles Marlatt, J. E. McCord. Fred Pottenger attended the funeral of Ed Dye at Eaton, Tuesday Mrs. Gertrude Garrot is clerking at Whi.e's Department Store, taking the place of Miss Bessie Fcgree, who is to enter a Cincinnati Hospital for nurse's training. UNDERGOES OPERATION Mrs. Charles E. Marlatt underwent an operation on an eye in Reid Memorial hospital today. Her condition was reported satisfactory late this afternoon.

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aviation. It is built to carry ten passengers besides a crew of two men. The passenjjer quarters are enclosed so that the occupants can Beach, Cal. J. Gilbert, St. Louis; B. Crampton, Covington; John Jessup, Winchester; William Foreman and wife, Dunkirk; T. B. Vandyke, Lewisville, Ind; Thomas Klugh, Dunkirk; Samuel Fraze, Winchester; John Wall, Ridgeville; I. P. Watt, Winchester; Amos Huddleston, Cambridge City; James Parsley, Winchester; Jesse Gray, Dunkirk; J. H. B. McMus, Muncie; William P. Shaw, Dade City, Fla.; George Cain, Newcastle; H. H. Hoover, Richmond; John Davenport, Richmond; C. R. Unthank, and wife, Richmond; Mary Diggs, Winchester; Andrew Reigel, Pershing; S. H. Morris, Pershing. JESSUP HONORED; ELKS WILL HOLD FUNERAL SERVICE A testimonial to the character of the late Willard Jessup, who died Thursday afternoon, as the highest type of journalist and citizen, was given Friday by B. B. Johnson. Many expressions of sorrow were heard in the city during the day. A large bouquet of flowers was sent by members of the Associated Press at Indianapolis, with whom Jessup had been associated. Members of the Richmond lodge of Elks will meet at the lodge rooms at 7:30 Friday evening to go in a body to the home of Wilfred Jessup, 50 South Nineteenth street, where funeral services will be held for Willard Jessup, late member of the lodge. A lodge of sorrow was held Thursday evening at the lodge rooms. Pallbearers for the funeral services. I whih will be held from the home of I ll'Mt J T - . ft O r n'AAAl Cniii Dub-irnaay anernoon anu ev11? "Hiqh Character, Worth." The testimonial by Johnson follows: "I wish to bear testimony to the high character and personal worth of Willard Jessup, having frequently come in contact with him while he was connected with the Richmond papers. "I was increasingly impressed by his fairness and conscientiousness as well as his ability. He wanted to be fair to all persons on all sides. He had no selfish end to serve, and no ulterior purpose to promote. "Ho was not a sensationalist, nor a seeker after filth. His sole desire was to learn and express the truth as far as lay in his power. "If all newspaper men were as true as Willard Jessup, much friction would be prevented in society, much suffering would be saved to individuals and the community would be better served. "B. B. JOHNSON" Service to Shipyards Resumed by Street Car Corporation at Camden (Bv Associated Press) CAMDEN. N. J.. Sept. 19 With the assurance from Mayor Ellis that ample protection would be furnished, the New Jersey public service corporation planned to resume the operation of trolley cars on its shipyard lines today. It was upon these lines that most of the disorder growing out of the establishment of a zone system of farms has occurred. The service was suspended on Wednesday after a number of disturbances in which street cars were stoned and other property of the Public Service Corporation had been oamaged. Fearing mob violence, the conductors and motormen refused to take their cars from the barns. Few persons patronized the cars yesterday,' the boycott against the new system being quite general. The state board of public utilities announced last night that the zone system was a t- vncii men t arm TllflV HO 1 1 Bfnn T 1 n 11 f! BISHOP BELIEVED KILLED IN BIG TEXAS STORM. (By Associated Press) : HOUSTON, Texas. Sept. 19. The clergy here believe that the listing of Bishop Nusbaum of Corpus Christl as among the dead in the storm is an error. Bishop Nusbaum was In Houston late Friday on his way east and is believed to have left that night.

A locomotive burning pulverized coal as an experiment, has been in use daily in Pennsylvania.

Close-up of new Martin array aerial transport, showing passenger ar rangements. ride in ordinary clothing. The planes are designed tor transporting machine gunners, officers, etc., to the front daring wartime. It is rumored that several of the planes may be used on the Mexican border.

Cardinal Mercier is Attended by Scouts (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept 19. Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium who re turned from Albanv last nieht. sDent a ouiet day todav at the residence of Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes. Tonight the Cardinal will visit the Belgian bureau and later attend a citzens reception in conjunction with the right Rev. J. G. Stillman, of St. Albert's Belgian church. One thousand boy scouts and a boys band will act as a guard of honor at the Belgian bureau. No Opposition Expected to Gas Rate Increases Although no agreement has been reached, it is understood that both the city administration and officials of the Richmond Natural Gas company will agree in the petition to be presented to the city council tonight for an increase of 15 cents in the natural gas rate for Richmond. "As far as I know, no agreement on the amount of increase has been made," Byram Robbins, city attorney, said today. "The company intends to make a demand for an increase of 15 cents ovr the present rate, and no one seems to object." Drys to Seek Candidate to Enforce Prohibition (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Sept. 19. The Anti-Saloon League of America, will enter national politics immediately, it was announced today, to enforce the demand that the political parties next year nominate candidates for president who are openly pledged to unreserved enforcement of the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution. This course was decided upon by the executive body of the leaegue at its final session of the confrence with state presidents of the league. BARN DESTROYED BY FIRE CAMPBELLSTOWN, O., Sept. 20. Fire completely destroyed the large born on the Will Gaar farm four miles southwest of this place about 9:30 o'clock Thursday evening. The exact cause of the fire is unknown. All farming implements excepting the tractor were burned, also a small calf There was $2,000 insurance on the building. Noncombustible linoleum includes a chemical which gives off a flamequenching gas, should it be ignited. The old oaken backet, . The limy brown backet. ' The term covered backet That hung in the well. National Crop Improvement Service.! DR. RUPERT BLUE, surgeon general. United States public health service, Investigated 51,544 farm homes In 15 counties, selected In 13 different states, all the way from Washington to Texas; Ohio to Mississippi and from Indiana to South Carolina, and found that 68 rer cent of all those homes had polluted water supplies and at the same time, in practically every case, the owner of each well claimed that his water supply was the very best in the county. "A common finding was a dng well with no casing, no lining simply a hole In the ground reaching down to water. Over that hole was a loose board platform with a windlass, and the old oaken bucket sitting on the . , .,. t. tor Blue. "Persons, adults and chll dren, came from all parts of the farm and stood on the cracks In that plat form. Chickens came after scratching in the manure heap or where the human waste lay. Dogs came. Live stock came, and all deposited about the well the matter they had on their feet, " also their droppings, which seeped down Into the water.' It Is well known that there are more sick people in the country than there are in towns, owing to unsanitary con dltlons. Of course every person who drinks from a contaminated well does

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(By Associated Press) CORPUS CHRISTJ. Tex.. Sept. 19. Through the storm swept area of

Corpus Christl are wide stretches of sand and Bhell where last Saturday stood homes that had made this city of 18,000 a resort of national repute. Fifteen hundred homes stretching along the beach for twenty-three blocks were crushed and hurled away or wrecked by the tidal wave, which reached a depth of 15 feet in some places. Over much of the beach section not an indication of former home now remains, except here and there a bathtub, or part of a brick chimney. From Star street, where the business section of the beach terminated, to Dan Reid street, every one of the 900 beach homes had been destroyed, most of them beyond trace, while here and there, a palm tree, hanging low with its oil begrimed leaves, maiis the spot of some former show place. In this section, the bay lines ha3 changed, tlid water having established a new line varying from 50 to 200 feet in depth. That dozens of persons who lo3t their lives probably never will be identified was the belief expressed, as reports came in that burial parties were Interring bodies as rapidly as found, for sanitary reasons. Today 284 bodies had been reported buried and of that number only 82 identified. Fifty seven bodies had been burled here. Relief measures for relieving the distress of the 3,000 or 4,000 persons made homeless by the storm werereporte dt be progressing satisfactorily. Rescue Parties at Work A rescue party started today to Mustang island, where eleven persons who were on board the wrecked launch Waldo are marooned. The Waldo left here Saturday afternoon for a trip into the outer bay and no word was received from her until last night, when L. M. Woodward of Houston, a member of the party arrived here with news of fris companions plight. Later aviators brought word that they had sighted the refugees and dropped some food to them. The launch party was given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Hershall Anderson, of Houston, who recently were married. Reasons for Noblesville Traction Horror Given NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Sept. 19. The complete decision of the Indiana public service commission concerning a wreck on the Union Traction Company line in this city last May, when a child was killed and twenty-three people injured, was received in this city last night by City Attorney Neal. 1. Reckless and dangerous speed at which the car was operated. 2. Failure to observe the speed ordinance of the city of Noblesville. 3. Failure of employes to report track conditions. 4. Probable defects in power or brake mechanism of the car or the inability of the motorman to control the same. CENSORSHIP IS ORDERED. (By Associated Press) CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Sept. 19 Censorship of news and private telegraphic dispatches from Corpus Christl went into effect at noon today when the city and county went under martial law through proclamation by Governor Hobby. The censors are a civilian and an army officer. AMERICANS PURCHASE GERMAN STEEL PLANTS (By Associated Press) BERLIN. Thursday. Sept. IS The Boehler steel syndicate plants at Kapsenburg, Wurttemberg have been bought by Americans, according to the Tages Zeitung. Coupled with this announcement the newspaper prints a report of the plans of the new management. In some cantons of Switzerland all the dead, rich as well as poor, are buried at public expense. not get typhoid fever, but he Is likely to get something else which makes him half sick and unfit for work. Into every unprotected well surface water will find its way. In building a well It Is best to bore It and. line it with a casing of vitrified pipe. If the well is already dug It should be lined with a vitrified pipe about 24 Inches in diameter and the space around the tile should be filled in with clean sand. The top of this casing should extend several Inches above the ground and a concrete slab provided so shaped that it will drain quickly off In every direction from the well and prevent leaking around the pump. Even a cased well is not safe with an ordinary board platform, although it Is protected more or less from surface water. The old pump Is a menace second only to the old oaken bucket. On many farms the hired man washes his hands in a basin on a bench placed entirely too close to the well. The old drip tub which was put under the spout should be eliminated and the drippings carried away by concrete drain. That old tub was an abomination. It was used for everything; from washing Willie's feet to scaling fish. Vitrified pipe 4s everlasting. It is impervious to moisture and will not carry mold or dry rot. A great majority of wells are so placed that they catch the drainage from barnyard and outhouse. The placing of wells Is always a, subject for prayerful consideration. ' " '-'