Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 265, 17 September 1921 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TKLEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 1921.

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CHAIN OF WIRELESS ,

STATIONS Will LINK BRITISH EMPIRE SOON

By Associated Press) LONDON. Sept. 17. - Postmaster General Kellaway has Just opened at Leafleid, Oxfordshire, the first station in the Imperial wireless chain which, when completed, "will link up almost

every part of the British Empire. The Leafleid station, which has been designed entirely by the post office, will communicate with the corresponding station at Abu Zabal, near Cairo. This station is expected ta be completed In three months. It will also be used for cummunication with Mesopotamia and probably for broadcasting news to India. - Leafleid and Abu Zabal will form the llrst pair of a series of four stations, the third being In East Africa and the fourth in South Africa. Gets Quick Response. The first message sent from the

Mation, as part ef the opening ceremony, was a message of greeting to all British and to all European and other foreign wireless stations within range. That to British stations expressed the wish that the station would "help to knit still closer the bonds which bind together the differtnt parts of the Empire." "That to the other stations concluded with the wish that the development of wireless communication will help to knit 6till closer the bonds of unity which bind the British Empire to all other states." Within half an hour replies were received from Malta, Paris, Christiania,

Poscn. Prague, Denmark, Budapest,

Rome and Berlin.

Mr. Kellaway said in an address

that at the imperial conference great

interest was tagen ny rnme aunisier Lloyd George ia the possibilities ot

wireless telephony. If those possihili

ties could be realized they might yet

have Premier Hughes in Melbourne talking to Mr. Lloyd George in Downing street.

"It sounds like fairyland," said Mr.

Kellaway enthusiastically. "It will make the world a great family in a sense that they have never been

before."

STATE CHARITIES

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the result would be the making of Richmond the best place in th8 world

for a child to grow up. .Mr. Butler urged co-operation, the inlfying of all agencies, to combat the growing problem the insane, prison

ers, poor, delinquent boys and girls which he said existed. He paid high tribute to the local social service bureau and Miss Clark as director. Nicholson Speaks. Timothy Nicholson in a short talk urged those present at the dinner to take hold of the social service work and lift. Judge W. A. Bond stated that there is no more beneficial work tha that which has for its purpose the uplift of the home.' Rome measure to cut off the rapid multiplication of mental defectives and feeble-minded people was advocated by the judge. H. Ray Robinson called upon all citizens to take up the idea of service. He sighted the Rotary club motto, "He profits most serves best." Dr. S. E. Smith, superintendent of

Easthaven. presided over the business

I, f V. 1 1 r.-n-.1 r-A riill

acted as toastmaster during the dinner, during which musical numbers were given by Miss Mildred Schalk, Miss. Mary Jones, Mrs. Fred Bartel. Miss Clark's Report. The report of Mias Ethel Clark follows in part: "Fundamentally the problems of the bureau are the problems of Richmond. Nothing that vitally affects the life of the city, no change in industrial conditions, no crisis in housing, no wave of sickness ever occurs but that the bureau stands chiefly as a service to the family as a unit of society. "The family is the foundation of our social fabric, the nucleus of the neigh

borhood and the community. The! family group in the home is the great j vital factor in sotfety. The welfare of the family reflects in no small measure the character of the community and it is this idea that the bureau makes effort to strengthen and intensify family life. Thus are health, moral, physical, and education subjects of vital concern. "In reviewing the work of the year just closed, we tind that in addition to several hundred families with which the public health and other departments of the bureau had contact, 350 different families came in person or were referred for some form of material assistance. While the bureau is not organized for the purpose of giving material relief, it makes investigation and sees that relief is given through the proper source. The township trustee very kindly gives relief

un uui icLuiimiriiuatiuu. Many Are Idle.

"Dunns the latter part of Decem

ber we lound ourselves facing an epidemic of unemployment and the past mopths have been most difficult. Whole families have been and are still out of employment. "Perhaps you will say they had been making good wages "and where are their savings? Small savings do not last indefinitely. One. two, three, or four months exhausts them. Meanwhile, too, during the period of good wases, some have been making character investments in improved .standards of living. We admit many-have been improvident and spent money for luxuries, we have reproved them lor it, but did you ever step to think that those people are human beings with desires for pleasures like you and I have. "Many ne'r-do-wells take advantage of the unemployment situation and try to work on the sympathies of the people. "In cases of non-residents we are

often a complication of diseases. In addition one must, really know the family. ; But the family ia not a simple uqit easily comprehended. A thousand factors extending . far Into the past have gone into making the family what it is. . What we must deal with in each case is a complicated and complex growth the whole of the past of each individual of the group combined and interwoven, and so to speak, telescoped into the present. Mental Defect. The most serious and baffling problems and those which cause the greatest anxiety are those resulting from mental defect. Mental defect is essentially a community problem. It is the inability of the defective to hold his own in school, in industry, and in

his contacts with fellow-men that

makes his condition of social as well

as individual concern. Society must

make special provision for those incapable of meeting their responaibili' ties or it must suffer the consequences. "The presence cf the feeble-minded

child in the regular school grade not only results in comparatively little benefit to him but retards the whole

class by requiring an undue portion of the teacher's time, and attention. The untrained defective is an industrial

inefficient, capable at the best of doing

only very simple routine In character,

The delinquent or uncontrollable de

fective is a menace to his associates

and a source ef corruption t the

neighborhood.

Health.

"Next to life comes health. Without

these no man can be industrially, ment

ally and morally as capable as the

normal man should be. The develop ment of physique and vigor is there

fore of the greatest essentials of

wholesome life and every man should

have the opportunity to acquire his

highest physical possibility. The

sacredness of human life is no longer reckoned, a matter of private concern

to the Individual.

"The 6tate now recognizes that the preservation of health is one oj its most important functions, and more

and more attention ia being given by

sucn organizations as the bureau to

the study and recognition of disease

symptoms. Among the activities of the bureau coming under the head of

public health during the year were,

anti-tuberculosis work, visiting nurs

ing, school nursing, well-baby clinics

prenatal work, and venereal disease

clinic. Tuberculosis.

fcarly In the year a county wide tuberculosis committee which has

worked in conjunction with the State

and National Tuberculosis organize

Hons was appointed. The work of this committee was supported chiefly by the proceeds of the sale of Christmas

seals. The committee is indebted to

the members of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority, who conducted the seal sale in Richmond, clubs, schools and individuals who carried on the sale in each township out-side of Richmond. Wayne county's share was $S26.97. Won't you help make it many ties this amount this coming year? "The tuberculosis patient presents a problem not merely individual but distinctly social for tuberculosis affects the patient in alj his social relations. He Js often a 'member of a family group where infection of others is threatened. He may live in a poor house, where darkness and dirt foster the life of the bacilli. He may be a workman in a dusty factory, or handling food which is sold to an unsuspecting public. It is almost futile to treat the physical symptoms of the

tuberculosis patient without consider

ing and treating his social conditions. Public, Health, Nursing. During the greater Dart of the war

the Bureau through its public health

nursing committee has had in its em

ployment two nurses. A part of the

time or tne nurses was spent in assist

ing me meaical examiners of the

Pudiic schools and in following-up cases of physical defects found hv the

school examiners in view of having the defects corrected if possible. In connection with this follow-up work the nurses made 752 visits. Beside nurs-l ing visits numbered 835; child welfare, 6S6; prenatal, 112; school nursing, 11(1; miscellaneous, 338; making a I total of 2,181 visits by the nurses during the year. The child has a right to be healthy! and society must recognize this claim !

oj extending the opportunity. The i right depends on two considerations, i first, the child is too young to realize the permanent consequences of hpaith !

and will therefore not guard against them; second, ignorant parents often fail to care properly for their children and leave them handicapped for life. The ignorance regarding child-care among many well-meaning mothers is shocking. Baby Clinics "In June, through the child welfare

committee, two baby clinics were es-l

laonsnea, one at Whitewater school building, the other at Finley school. To these clinics may be taken child

ren under two years of age for exam-' ination. No treatment is given. If a! child is found in need of medical at-' tention. the mother is advised to take! it to the family phvsician. "Through the child welfare commit-! tee 39 children whose parents could not afford to pay for surgical care, re-1

ceivea attention. For this care the! committee Is indebted to physicians ' surgeons and the Reid Memorial hos-! pital. Glasses were procured for 39! children through the generosity of a local optician. i Milk Lunches j "An activity coming under the di-i rectiop of both the tuberculosis and'

cnna welfare committees was the serving of milk lunches to undernourished children at Whitewater school. "The toUl cost of milk from December 10 to the close of the school year was $369 86. The expense was paid from the proceds of the sale of Christmas seals. On the whole the results

were such as to make this undertak

ing seem worth while.

"One girl, who at the beginning was

recorded as being decidedly under

nourished gained 18 pounds. Others

gained from 10 to 12 pounds. Ten

pupils gained three pounds each. In

addition to the gain in health of these

children, their mothers learned he

value of milk in the diet.

Venereal Disease Clinic Venereal diseases undermine the

health, mentality and earning power of a vast number of persons and pass on to the future generations a weaken

ed condition. It is most gratifying

that there has been a general awaken

ing concerning tne prevalence or these diseases, which has resulted in the finding and early treatments ot cases which otherwise would have

been unknown until general paralysis,

locomotor ataxia, apoplexy, insanity

and other ailments had developed

"At the request of the Rotary club

which more than a year ago was re

sponsible for the raising of funds with which to establish a venereal disease clinic, in co-operation with the state

and federal departments, at Eastha

ven hospital, the bureau in December

took over the general management of

the clinic.

"Dr, S. E. Smith continued to serve

as the able medical director. One of the bureau's nurses has been done By

members ef the bureau's staff with the

assistance of Dr. George B. Hunt, seo

retary of the city board of health, the city sanitary officer and members of the police department. At the close of the year there w ere 168 active patients. "In the promotion of better homes much of the bureau's work is rendered

null and void by bad housing conditions. Because of their influence on health, home life, and the social life of the community, the housing of a town's inhabitants is of primary Importance and a matter of concern to all engaged in social work. "A home worthy of the name cannot be maintained in the houses so many poor people are compelled to occupy. In addition to unsanitary and dilapidated conditions there is found undue crowding through which there is absence of privacy which often causes immorality. - "There are many cases upon our records that can be cited to shew the benefits of hours of service in behalf of families, many of which are too confidential to be shown in a public report. Marriage Laws "A considerable amount of the work

of the bureau during the past year had to da with broken homes as a re

sult of disease, desertion or divorce. In this connection we have realized

the close relationship between these evils and our ill-devised marriage

laws. Family Desertion

"It has frequently been said that

desertion is the poor man's divorce,

but a social worker of experience says

that in her judgment it comes nearer to being a poor man's vacation. Some

deserters whose families we have been

into close contact within the year

have taken only a few days' vacation while others are-still on vacation.

"Last year the bureau continued to

claims, application for vocational

training, hospital care, etc. "This work has involved a oluminous amount of correspondence with various government departments. The total amount paid for material assistance was J4.206.46. While most of this amount was granted as loans to disabled men and their families until disability claims could be adjusted by the government, a very email per cent has been refunded as yet. The entire expense of this branch of work was met by the Wayne county chapter American Red Cross. ' New Problems Arise

"New problems are constantly aris

ing wibch makes it -seem that Red

Cross Home Service will be needed indefinitely. Many cases of tuberculosis have developed recently as the result of exposure of gas while in service. These men and their families must be cared for until government compensation is received. In some

be succeeded by Miss Esther Barker,! a trained and experienced social worker, of Indianapolis. "To these, my fellow workers, I ex-1 tend hearty appreciation of their untiring services. No group has made a greater contribution to this service of helpfulness. The difficult problems have cost them much overtime and over-strength. While they received financial compensation, though small, the spirit and interest in which they have labored cannot be bought for price. Expresses Appreciation "To the officers and members of the board of directors and members of the bureau I take this opportunity

to express my appreciation of the splendid support and co-operation given me throughout the year. The work has been strenuous and I have made many mistakes, but through it all your patience and kind considera

tion in so many ways .have been an

cases this has taken a year. Since the J inspiration, and it has been a p'easclose of the war the local Red Cross Jure to serve vou

friends, we have a long way to go yet, even in normal industrial times,

oeior Kicnmond which is dear to the hearts of so many of us is all that we

Service work has been made possible

by the money that was carried over from the war fund and the Red Cress memberships. At the close of this

year, this fund will be practically ex-1 want it to be.

hausted. Unless the citizens of Wayne

county respond to the roll call this fall, there will be no Red Cross funds, i These ex-service men will have to be cared for as paupers. School Attendance. 'Tour general secretary directed the school attendance work for Richmond school board during the school year 1920-21. The report which has filed with the superintendent of schools at the close ef school year showed that 793 different children

were dealt with dufing the school year and that the number of visits to the homes of these children totaled 2,234.

School Enumeration. "In April your general secretary di

rected in taking of the school census, the enumerators, nine in number being supplied by the school board.

"An act of the legislature requires

that any person being of full age and

financially able shall support his par

ents. If they are not able to work, and have not sufficient means to support

themselves. In our opinion this ia an important measure, as it not only will

make children meet the obligation to

their parents, but will relieve the tax

payers as well. Since the law has

been enforced we have taken up sev

eral long standing cases coming un

der this head, and have obtained the

desired results.

"A large number of requests have

been received from out of town or

ganizations for visits to local families in the interest of dependent relatives, etc. Inquires have come from various organizations throughout the United

States regarding the methods of con

ducting the bureau. All of this work

has required a considerable amount of correspondence. "Many invitations to speak on various social subjects before clubs and other organizations were accepted within the year. Meet Various Problems "We are called on for various forms of service. Heart problems are brought to us. The secretary has

been asked to write obituaries, to file

Many wage workers are out of iobs

today. It is not necessary to dwell upon the effects of this condition in

lowering the standards of health and

of living conditions and last, but not by any: means least, many families face a lack of actual necessities for food, rainment, and fuel.

Urges Visits. You would afford us much satisfac

tion and encouragement by frequent visitation to the office of the bureau.

If you only knew us more intimately you would understand the work better. It is your organization. ', there

fore, it is not only your privilege but' your duty to know how it is being conducted.

We need more friends, more interest in these needs, mere of the best thought and consideration of those who can look beyond the problems of relieving the ever present distress of today to the ways and means of preventing it's continuation. The need was never so' great for standing solidly together for the saving of life and improving conditions to the utmost. Directors Named The following directors at large were named by the nominating committee, of which Horace M. Kramer was chairman, and the secretary was instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for them: Mrs. J. F. Hornaday, Mrs. John H. Johnson, Mrs. Samuel Fred, Mr. W. V. Reller, Dr. A. J. Whallon, Mrs. M. F. Warfel, Mrs. Fred J. Bartel, Mrs. Joseph H. Mills. The following are the organizations

which are to be affiliated during the coing year, and their directors.1 elected by each organization: Rotary, club Rev. J. J. Rae. David W. Edwards. : Wayne County Chapter American Red Cross Howard A. Dill, Margaret Starr. Wayne County Medical Society Dr. L. F. Ross, Dr. M. P. Johnston. Woman's club Mrs. Paul Cornstock. Miss Clara Comstock. Richmond Day Nursery association Mrs. R. G. Leeds, Mrs. Harrie Dilks. Penny club Miss Emma Reid, Mrs. L. L. Carrington.

Ministerial association Rev. A. H. Backus, Rev. George G. Burbanck. Kiwanis club John F. Hasemeier, Dr. George B. Hunt. North Fourteenth Street Mission Miss Lilia W. Drifmeyer. Rev. L. H. Bunyan. Richmond Teachers' Federation Prof. N. C. Heironimus. Miss Bertha E. Larsh. Central Labor Council Louis Salzarulo, Allison Steintorf. Salvation Army Everett J. Ackerman, Ernest B. Calvert. Home for the Friendless Mrs.

Charles Y. Miller, Mrs. Elizabeth Cand

ler. Women's Auxiliary of Harry Ray

Post, American Legion Mrs. Ella

Engelbert, Mrs. Charles N. Cook.

American Legion. Harry Ray Post

Benjamin A. Ball, Horatio A. Land. Dental Association Dr. H. E. Hin shaw, Dr. Frank Harding.

Chamber of Commerce Thomas

Tiarkleson, W. B. Fulghum. , . 'Community Service Robert; E. Hiiun, A. J. Harwood. Y. M. C. A. Lloyd E. Harter. Horace M. Kramer. .Ex-officio W. G. Bate, superintendent of schools; William A. Bond, judge Wayne county circuit court; W. H."

Brooks, auditor Wayne county; J. O.

Hdgerton, trustee or Wayne township. KAY FEVER SUFFERERS ATTEND CONVENTION (By Associated Press) tDULUTH. Minn., Sept 17. Men. wc men and children, eufferers from haty fever, from Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebrsiska. Kansas, Oklahoma and Minnesota, attended the annual meeting of th National Hay Fever association, just closed here. Resolutions were adtopted to fight objectionable weeds.

MONSTER WIRELESS PLANT. NOW WORKING AT LIMA (By Associated Press) LIMA, Sept. 17. What is said to be oma of the largest wireless plants in the country has been completed at the plaint of the Illinois Pin company here. Mttssages have been received from a racBus of 2,000 miles.

Haynes. 5-Passenger Touring $1850 Delivered Steve Worley Garage 211-213 N. W. 7th St

Regular Seat Sale Saturday

MURRAY 3: Wed.

BIG MINSTREL DY, Sept.

Oscar F. Hodge Presents THE SEASON'S FIRST AND EVER POPULAR EVENT

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THE FOREMOST ORGANIZATION OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD

PRICES THAT SUIT THE TIMES

BARGAIN MAT. 50c and $1 EVENINGS, 50c to $2.00 NO HIGHER Mail Orders Now. Seats Now Selling

PRICES THAT SUIT THE TIMES

WATCH FOR STREET PARADE AND BAND CONCERT AT" NOON

carry on the Red Cross Home Service for guardians for the incapable, to

for the Wayne county chapter, Ameri

can Red Cross, during . which time service was rendered to 421 different men and women or members of their families. The services rendered these men was of a varied sort, ranging from information to material assistance. "In this connection men were assisted in filing claims for compensation for disability and adjustment of other

file applications for insanity inquests, to protect animals, etc. "Miss Goldie Van Tress, stenographer and bookkeeper, and Miss Virginia A. Jones, visiting nurse, were

members of the working force throughout the year. Miss Katherine Daub, visiting nurse, came to us in January. Miss Mabel C. Atwood, visitor, was with us 10 months of the year. She left us Aug. 15 and is to

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BATTERY REPAIRING All Makes Six Months Guarantee Free Test Free Water Paragon Battery Service Station 1029 Main St. Phone 1014

endeavoring to ascertain the place of -

their legal settlement, either by tele-

gram or letter, and return them thereto. It is important that we have the co-operation of every citizen in this matter. Causes are Complex. "To help families back to normal life is not eay as jt may seem. To give just the right help one must have some knowledge of what has led to the present unfortunate situation. But the cau?c3 of poverty are extremely complex. There arc a thousand and one a-i;;lcs to the situation personal, mental, moral, physical, economic, social, education, heredity, environment, nil "play their part. A broken li indicates not only disease but

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Lloyd in his biggest laugh-producer 'Now or Never"

A sure cure for the blues and the grouch. Come in and have a laugh.

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Featuring Sylvia Breamer and Robert Gordon The Blood Barrier how was it overcome? How did it arise? A thrilling drama of a jealous husband, of a loving wife and her boyhood friend. You'll like it.

LAST TIMES TODAYS Virginia Rappe in "THE TWILIGHT BABY" And With it "THE VALLEY OF DOUBT"

f JT Presents 'S e i ,jmrms ir 1 1 n V AxfX ' A in. If. rJ w - JP '4 TTH tin1 MM 11A Bdl. ralffifi iilBllS -' " Rtemember what Ray did as GLWi $& , ' ' 4 the director of "Scrap Iron?" iTSW MzttWL y-!"' Well, he directed this one, IMtt rom the famous Charles Ti x?itl a3 Came ghost-hunting and ;

RST NATIONAL ATTRACTION

A dive into mystery with a rubbor-heel salesman who slarts bargain sales in a hick town and nearly gets more than he bargains for. Bank bandits try to trap him; ghosts can't scare him and the fun and thrills are too good to raiss. ON TOP OF THAT, LOOK WHATJ ELSE

One of Those Snappy Christie Two Reels of Hilarity. It's

'IN FOR LIFE'

Changed Again Sundav FOX NEWS and NEWSETTES The Doin'si Everywhere in Pictures

LAST TIMES TODAY

TOM MIX ' "A Ridm' Romeo

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Don't Miss Tony," Tom's Educated Pony

COMING

Wednesday anu Thursday Conway Tearlo in 'BUCKING THEJ TIGER"

Friday and Saturday A Cell an Story Screened "THE GREAT LOVER"