Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 36, 21 December 1920 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY, DEC. 21,'lKSU.

PREBLE COUNTY JAIL BUSINESS IS SLACK, SAYS BOARD'S REPORT EATON. O., Dec. 21 Municipal Jails and "lock-ups" In Preble county, of which there are almost a dozen, do not draw much "trade", as shown by the annual report of the Preble county visiting board just filed here in probate court. Only two of these Jails in the county had occupants in two years, the report states. The visiting board visits and Inspects annually the charitable and penal Institutions of the

county. The board, the report sets forth, found the county infirmary clean and in a sanitary condition, but called attention to the fact that the buildings are old and not up to the standard of other counties. The buildings are so separated that in bad weather it is unfit to go from one place to another, as thore Is no connecting shelter, the report continues. Several old, steep and dark stairways were found and in the opinion of the board are difficult for aged persons to climb. Plenty of food stuffs for the winter were found in store. Fifty-two inmates were in the institution. "Clean and sanitary, with plenty of food supplies on hand for the winter," was the condition at the children's home, the report states Eight boys and eight girls constituted the home population. Four children had been returned to their own homes; five had been placed in homes In (he county; one girl was sent to the state home for feebleminded and one to the girls' industrial school at Delaware. The new county Jail was reported "up-to-date and one of the best in the state." Along with the board's report, Mrs. Lola Young Conover and Mrs. Josephine Bucke filed a report detailing sessions of the American Prison Congress, Charities and Corrections, which they attended in Columbus as delegates. Officers of the visiting board are: President, Harry NIswander; secre

tary, Mrs. Josephine Bucke, Charles Webb, D. V. Acton, Mrs. Ida Mussel-j man and Mrs. Lola Young Conover. j The report states the board's ex-1

pense for the year was $21.40. Splendid Xmas Tree. Standing fully 20 feet in height and

splendidly proportioned, a cedar tree;

that will serve as Eaton's first com-l munity tree was placed Monday in the ' west belvidere of the courthouse es-' planade, where.it will ho'd forth until after New Years. Work of decorating the tree and wiring it for electric illumination was expected to start to-; day. The tree will be lighted for the first time Thursday evening, according ; to present plans. j To the local Council of Mothers goes the honor of providing the first local : community Christmas tree. An appropriate program of exercises, including pinging of Christmas carols, is to be rendered Christmas eve. ' Davis Passes Examination. J Probate Judge A. D. Davis returned Monday night from" Columbus a full-j fledged lawyer, he having received the! oath to practice. He recently took a, ttate board examination and came , through O. K. It is understood he will devote his practice to probate court, of which he has been judge the last 12years. He will retire from office, Feb. 9, next. , Issue Auto Licenses. . j Automobile licenses for Preble county for the year 1921 are being issued by the Eaton National bank, registrar of auto licenses for the county. Rec

ords for registering werevopened Monday by the bank. Want New Trial. Motion for a new trial for Le Roy Lyons, convicted recently of assault and battery, was argued Monday before Judge A. C. Risinger in common pleas court bj. Attorneys H. R. Gilmore and H. G. King, while County Prosecutor Phil Saylor argued against a new trial. Decision was reserved by the court. Sues For Divorce. Married 29 years ago, Charles Mendenhali, farmer, of Lanier township, filed suit Monday in common pleas court for divorce from Laura Mendenhall and for custody of their three

I minor children, Cecil, 11; Jessie. 13,

and Ralph, 18. Mendenhall complains that his wife left their home upon numerous occasions and remained away a considerable length of time, thereby neglecting the family and home. License to Wed.

Arthur Hewitt, 18, farmer, Lanier

township, and Zelma Ruth Straw, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Straw, living near Eaton, procured a marriage license here Monday in probate court It was expected the Rev. George Sixt, of the local Lutheran church, would perform the marriage

I ceremony.

sue to Recover. Suit to recover on a $300 note, with interest, has been filed in common 1-leas court by Sherman Mills, of West Alexandria, against Pird and Edith Birkhead. Sues For Removal. Mrs. Virgie Fleisch Dunlap has made application in probate coutt for removal of her husband. Samuel J.

Dunlap, as trustee of certain property j belonging to her. Mrs. Dunlap recenti ly filed suit in common pleas court. ! for divorce from her husband and for i custody of their two minor daughters.

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TO PROTECT CO-EDS (Br Associated Press! CHICAGO, Dec 21. University of Chicago students have organized a vigilance committee to protect co-eds and others in the neighborhood from criminals who have been active in the district about the campus.- it became known today. Repeated holdups along the midway have made the university campus an armed camp by night. Special guards retained by the university patrol the neighborhood and act as escorts for young women whose studies necessitate journeys from one building to another after sunset. Squads from the volunteer committee likewise maintain vigil about dormitaries, sorority and fraternity houses, and in sequestered streets. Many co-eds have reported that they were attacked on the campus after dark and one girl was thrown from a taxicab by three

men who jumped in at the time she hired it to return home, and robbed her. She was not injured, however. Major H. H. Carr, director of military training at the university, said he believed many of the guns used in the holdups came from the barracks and armory of the university.

Hold Inquest Into Killing of Henry T. Peirce (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21. An inquest into the killing of Henry T.

Peirce, manufacturers agent, who was found beaten to death in his apartment here on Nov. 22, was held today by Coroner Knight. Thirteen witnesses had been summoned by the commonwealth. Peter D. Treadway, Joseph A. Moss and Marie Phillips alias "Boots"

Rogers are in prison here in connection with the killing "Al" Smith, who Treadway in a confession given out by the police, claimed beat beat Peirce over the head with a black jack, revolver butt and a wrench, has not been apprehended, although a nationwide search has been made for him.

Mrs. C. E. Marlatt Buried Here Tuesday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. C. E. Marlatt, 70 years old, who died Sunday morning, were conducted from the home of her daughter. Mrs. Luther Feeger, 36 South Eighth street, at 2 : 30

p. m. Tuesday. The Rev. J. J. Rae !

officiated. Burial was in Earlham.

the horizon's level line not those who did not do It, even if they thought about it, alone deserve honor, reverence and commemoration. . Fabric of Prosperity. "Can we then, justly place what happened here at Plymouth, and the men and women to whom we owe the great act, in the small, high class of decisive' events due to the actual doers of great deeds? Clearly, I think we can. Jamestown and Plymouth were the cornerstones of the foundations upon which the great fabric of the United States has . been built up." The senator quoted from modern lhilosophers of Europe words which

he said were "a flat negation of what the nineteenth century devoutly believed." "In our own country." he said, "there is a stronger hope in the popular conception of progress; and better apparent grounds for It, per-r-aps, than in any olher; but as the months have slipped by since the war

no observant man can deny that there is a growing doubt, a rising tide of pessimism, among those who think and who are first to see and weigh the chances of the future. This situation, showing so strongly this tendency, of thought in western civilization, is a very solemn one, not to be disregarded or lightly brushed aside.

FORMAL RITES

fCInntlniied from Paare One!

Boston, chairman of the Massachus-;

etts Pilgrim Ter-centenary Commission-Entertain at Luncheon. After the formal exercises the guests of the day were entertained at luncheon. The remainder of the day they gave over to a pilgrimage to Plymouth Rock, the Cole's Hill Bury

ing Ground and other parts of the j town intimately connected with the j Pilgrim's history. Senator Lodge touched upon "the j peevish, meaningless objection "that if I the great men of history had not ac-1 complished the specific deeds attach

ed to their names "somebody else would have done all these things" and continued: "The 'might have beens' have no claim to celebration. That which Klone is entitled to this honor is 'what was. The actual deed and the men who did the deed which ' breaks

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