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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM! AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY, AUG. 19, 1922.
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TESTS,
MULE RACE, TOWNSHIP TUG-OF-WAR AT FAIR Horseshoe pitching contests decid
ing the championship for this terri
tory will be one ot the features of the Wayne county fair, which will be hld in Glen Miller park on the 13th. 14th and loth of September. Phil Slocum, head of the Richmond Community service, is arranging for a horseshoe pitcher of national reputation to be one of the attractions of the fair. He also plans to arrange a "Tug of War"
between two townships and a mule race arranged at the foot of Roosevelt field. The plan of the committee at this time is to hold the horse show, cattle show and other large events at the lower part of Roosevelt field on a sawdust track, and leave the side of the hill for spectators. A bandstand will be erected near the center, and from this platform most of the musical program and speaking will be held. It Is expected to hold the horse
chow during the day and then again after night to allow every one an opportunity "to see the show. At night
tne field will be illuminated with elec
tric lights and the show proper will be given under spotlights used in
theatricals. Musical Numberc
A number of musical numbers by
artists in connection with the special
oana for the occasion will add entertainment for all.
In arrnne-ing' frr pntirfnlrmoTi tn Thp Fnur Hirmnnv Rovs. a ouartet. rii
addition to the exhibits, the committee! rect from the Keith big time circuit is anxious not to detract from the ! will be prominent features of the neT
NEXT WEEK AT THE
MURRETTE THEATRE Wedgwood Nowell, who plays the important role of Richard Henderson in Louis B. Mayer's "The Song of Life," the First National attraction showing at the Murrette theatre, is a celebrated screen actor, with, over fifteen years of experience on the speaking stage prior to his entry into the
films. Although he unintentionally! assumes the role of a villain in his ac-1 tivities in this John M. Stahl production, Mr. Nowell is usually a villain
by deliberate intent in hi3 portrayals.
As a suave, sleek Romeo and wrecK-
er of homes, he holds an enviable professional record. . In private life he is a perfectly quiet, likable person, a lover of art and an inveterate bookworm. During his career on the stage he appeared with many of the greatest stars of the past decade, including Blanche Bates, Henriette Crossman, William Faversham and Amelia Bingham.
In addition to his ability as an actor he has won fame as a musical director and composer and as a producing staee-director of both dramatic and
musical plays.
Directed by John M. Stahl, his
work as the wealthy publisher in "The Song of Life" is one of the features of the picture. Richard Barthelmess in his greatest screen success "Sonny," adapted from George V. Hobart's stage success, and
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SATURDAY Murrette "The Song of Life," vaudeville. Palace J. P. McGowan In "Hills of Missing Men' a Baby Peggy comedy. Richmond Herbert Rawlinson In "The Scrapper." SUNDAY Murrette Richard Barthelmess in "Sonny" and The Four Harmony Boys. Palace Jack London's story "Son of the Wolf and Harold Lloyd comedy. j Richmond "Night Rose" with Loa Chaney and a Sunshine comedy.
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the Murrette for the first four days. During the recent showing at the Strand, New York City, the critic3 accredited this feature as the strongest work of the star's career, and this statement must be reckoned as an honor when hi3 past successes are considered. Also on the program will
tion of a function essential to the com-i mon welfare. When the present law governing the operations of the railroads was passed the theory that railroad workers must be denied the right to strike was put forward. The question was debated in congress earnestly on both sides. In the end the senate adopted the principle that for railroad men to strike is a crime. The house, however, refused to accept that principle an after a two
months' dead-lock between the two
houses the senate was compelled to re- ; cede.
One reason why the senate lost that
fight lies in the unfortunate phrase which happened to be attached to the principle the senate fought for. It was called the "Anti-Strike" provision. As a matter of fact, this particular statute
applied not only to railroad workers, jbut to railroad managers as well.
in me actual listing ot mose wuo were forbidden to enter into any agreement likely to interrupt transportation the railroad managers came ahead of the railroad workers. But because of the phrase "Anti-Strike" the bill got a bad name and was beaten. To Come Up Again.
Sooner or later the question must come up again and the question must be settled whether or not railroad workers are in the same class with
the soldiers, ' policemen, firemen and
who abandoned their trains in the middle of the Arizona desert and another class of workers also engaged in transportation.
Would Be in Jail If those men, instead of being locomotive engineers had been engineers on an ocean steamship and if they had abandoned their work in the middle of the ocean, they would now be either in Jail or else fugutives on the eeas with every man's hand against them. There is not after all a great deai of difference in the discomfort and the danger involved, between abandoning a train in the middle of the
Arizona desert and abandoning the
engines of a ship in the middle of the
Atlantic ocean.
On this matter of the right of railroad workers to strike and to a less degree on the right of coal miners o
strike, we are just in process of evo
lution.
i tie tnoughts that have been set down here it is believed will afford
some suggestion as to what the next
step is likely to be. So far as the present writers' personal feelings are of any moment, it is perhaps at least
admissible to add that he views wu 1 Btrong distaste the conditions which evolution plainly points to as the next step.
All, prohibitions of any sort, whicli interfere with complete freedom of personal action are repugnant to the fundamental American principle of the maximum of personal liberty. But people who hold contrary opinions are as certain to. be over-ridden as aro workers themeselves. -,-. In the present state of the world we
are pretty clearly in the midst of an j
evolution, tne tinai siaie 01 wmvu tend to make us all like bees in, a ( hive, each going along in his, deter-j mined groove from hour to hour.-un-; der the compulsion of the minutely j organized mass. To most persons with old-fashioned , notions of political economy and the.
function of the human spirit, this prospect is most unpalatable. But this Is clearly the direction in which the western world is going with Increasing momentum. About the only person who Is attempting to make headway with a different philosophy is that Indian leader, Gandhi, and he Is mw in jail for his attempt to make the tide go back.
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main show, but to provide entertainment for the people who will not b3 ,able to get near the exhibits on account of the crowd.
On each of the three davs 23.000 is I
the estimate the committee now places j m the crowd from the reports received I
from over the county and the counties j adjoining Wayne. N. H. Johnson, chairman of the finance committee, announced today that the 50 members of his committee would be made public within the next 24 hours. He said, "What we want to do is to have everyone in Richmond so familiar with what we are going to do on the 13th, 14th and 15th of September that the check or money will be ready for the soliciting committee when they call." He said further that he expects contributions to be as liberal as the size of the business institution will permit. Committee Appointed The following entertainment and hospitality committee was appointed yesterday to have charge of the entertainment, comfort and welfare of the visitors. Robert Heun, Ray Weisbrod, William M. Eailey, Roland Nusbaum. Guild Copeland, Herbert Keck, Frank Holland, Ray Mather. Phil Slocum, W. G. Bate, Horace Kramer, E. H. Harris and Gaar Jackson and Charles Williams of Center township. The committee will meet next Monday and lay out a definite program. Rest tents and tents for the care of email children will be provided. Parking places and general care of the crowd will be handled through a number of separate committees.
show opening tomorrow matinee at
has arranged a befitting musical program in connection with Charles Pascoe at the organ, and with "The Four Harmony Boys" as a vaudeville feature, an exceptionally strong program 13 assured. The Murray under the guidance of carpenters and decorators is rapidly undergoing a transition which will put it in the metropolitan
class, and you won't know the old
home when you pay your visit about September first.
SOL MEREDITH POST, ORGANIZED IN 1882,
STILL HAS 96 OF ITS 600 MEMBERS ACTIVE
Draver's Swimming Pool Open All Day Sunday For Swimmers With Own Suits Jtj! Draver's new swimming pool, located between Fifteenth and Sixteenth on East Main street, will be open Sunday all day for persons who have their own suits, it was announced by the management of the pool Saturday. A locker room will be available Sunday for the women, but the men will have to come in swimming suits If they wish to enter the pool.
Work has been rushed this week in an effort to get the pool in condition for the opening. Accommodations are expected to be completed by next week in order to run the pool in full sway. The men's lockers will be in readiness within the next few davs. Every precaution will be used to make things as sanitary as possible for the benefit of the swimmers. A large area is of such a depth that children can wade tor quite a distance. The water is extremely deep at only one end.
With only 96 members still left of the 600 or more that have at one time or another belonged to Sol Meredith Post No. 55, the local G. A. R. poet is still one "of the largest in the state, with a real history behind it. Organized in 1882, after Richmond had been without a post for several years, the organization had a precarious life for a time, and then as It obtained the confidence of the other "vets" began to grow with vim.
The post was organized on MarcV 29, 1882, but the first member recorded Joseph Iliff, a local merchant, who had been a private in Co. F of the 69th Indiana became a member according to the books on the 27th, two days
before. Add 74 Member. During the rest of the year 74 men signed up, and by the end of the next year the membership had only reached 100 in all, but by 1892, ten years after the organization the total had reached nearly 300 in good standing. During that time 430 different persons had become members, of which 126 had either died, been transferred, or dropped from the rolls. Twenty years later in 1910, as the old soldiers had begun to drop away, the total of active membership had fallen to 123, and now in another ten years to the present 93. Of the twenty charter members of Sol Meredith post, (No. 61 it was referred to in the first few meetings before the charter actually arrived) only three are now known to be living, Lafe Larsh, Frank Davenport and Jos. L. Smith. There is a fourth, Cal Campbell, of whom nothing is known, and who may still be living. Major Joseph Iliff, the first member,
who died May 22, 1917, was the first
commander of Sol Meredith pot. At
the same time Frank Davenport was
elected senior vice commander, and
Lafe Larsh, Quartermaster. The post
was installed by the George H. Thomas post of Indianapolis. Honored by State. Three department commanders have been members of the local post, Thom as W. Bennett, Ben Starr and D. W. Comstock. Other members of ths post have held etate offices in addition. John Deitz, the present adjutant, was the youngest of the present group in age at the time of enlistment, lor ne was but 15 or 16 years old when he enlisted in 1863. Several of
the other members are younger in years, as they enlisted when they were older during the latter part of tha war. John Connoly and John L. Rupe are the youngest, while John Lancaster is given as the oldest living member.
Of the original members of the first 1 post, which was recorded in the book of minutes, as G. A. R. Post No. I, only two are now known to be living, Oran Perry and M. M. Lacey. That
post was organized on Aug. 31, 1866, when the following notice was recorded on the first page of the record
book: "A meting was called together
this evening consisting of the soldiers of the late "war" for the purpose of organizing a camp of the "Grand Army of the Republic." Officers. At that time the following officers were elected: Post commander, Col. Oran Perry; post adjutant, Major M. M. Lacey; post quartermaster, Major John H. Popp. The book in which the "record is kept runs up to July 3, 1868, but the post was not supposed to have been abandoned until nearly 1870, if not later. That would make a stretch of ten years that Richmond did not have a G. A. R. post. The old members are gradually getting fewer and fewer. At the na
tional encampment at Des Moines this fall, there will be very few from Richmond in attendance, because the journey is too difficult. : Before manv more years the post itself will be a matter of history, and the books that carry its history will be locked up, in the vaults that contain the historical records f the city and county. But while it is alive it grows in one way, the list of people who have belonged isadded to each year by the addition of new members who have never belonged before, or who have been
transferred to it from other posts.
er they aie in the same class with men in other industries whose right to strike is undeniable. A shade further removed from those who are by the general consensus of sentiment prohibited from striking is the mine worker. The theory that coal belongs in the same classification with transportation, police work and military operations in its indispensibility to the public welfare is
just beginning to gain ground. ' The principle of the prohibition against striking is in all cases related not to the nature of the work but also to the manner in which the pay of the worker is determined, wherever the work is purely private and the wages
are determined by a private employer (
it is generally conceaea mat me employee has complete freedom to strike. Wages Fixed by Public Cases where the worker is prohibited from striking go hand in hand with the cases where the wages are fixed by the public. The wages of military and naval men are fixed by act of the nationa' congress. So also
are tne wages or mail men. The wages of policemen and firemen are fixed by the local common council in each municipality. At present under the operations of the law, which now governs the railroads, the wages of railroad workers are fixed by a labor board which is set up by congress. This fact alone carries with it a strong implication that the railroad worker shall not be permitted to strike.
It will be interesting the analogy '
between those locomotive engineers
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URRETT
Theatre Beautiful "Where the Stars Twinkle First" Sunday, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday MOVIES MUSIC VAUDEVILLE
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A drama made for all. Richard Barthelmess has made another drama that equals "Tol'able David" In poignancy.
Here's Sonny, the poolroom boy, who 'tried to steal mother-love' and who found himself worshipping the girl who thought she was just his sister.
'SONNY," a Sweet, Strong, Splendid Drama of Humanity
SUNDAY
Jack London's- thrilling story of the Canadian Northwest In seven acts
"The Son
of heWolf
Thrills! Sensation! . A Wonderful Story! The frozen North! Rin-Tin, the famous dog actor! A big scrap! A splendid romance of the Alaskan mining camps staged among the snow-capped peaks of Alas-
ka. With it
HAROLD LLOYD In another of his famous
laugh-makers
CONGRESS
(Continued from Page One.) clearly about to crystallize on the principle that railroad workers must be added to those who because of the nature of their employment and its relai rr 4r Va nn Vvl i will f Qra milcr frtr-foit
11UU l Ulj p U U 1 1 V ntllOlO Jl Utfb luii.Vi j the privilege of striking because of its inevitable consequence in the interrup-J
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Each express brings to us daily many charming garments for Autumn wear. "You are invited to view them."
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IP&A mmm I nearty 1 5 l i x3mjCX-, J - " s J WtVP2 v5 I ! double feature program at the , 1 llTTJ, rl H MrM Ii price of one.- ,
! H iVXf- Vv1 - W f ntr-MM m uuu music ifH-TI'M' SJ'mMw Admission 10c and 20c K'W' ' itE I TODAY ONLY . : MmM I JACKH0XIE f Xtf$&.A mWMf-J Ii in the five-act western a I W"F1FFERSOi
ii KJl?' drama of motherles-manhood. v p I SONNY I ""
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The story of a boy who took a dead buddy's place in a blind mother's heart, and hated to live a lie.
VAUDEVILLE ALL WEEK A Quartette from Keith's
"The Four Harmony Boys" Added Features , Murrav Orchestra Campbell's Animals in in a New, Big "CIRCUS DAY" Program A Big 2-Reel Comedy
Admission Sunday Adults, 40 cents; Children, 15 cents
An All-Star Cast In "THE SONG OF LIFE"
LAST TIMES TODAY
No Greater Program Has Ever Been Assembled than the One that is Offered in this Year's
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Numbers
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40c
SUNDAY
LON CHANEY
in the sensational romance of the San Francisco underworld and Chinatown
rumia
which Opens Tomorrow at Beautiful Glen Miller Park
DOUBLE PROGRAMS
T x Dr. Herbert L. Willett, Lorado Taft, Mr. Arthur D.
j&Cttli ? o Rees, Hon. Simeon D. Fess, Rev. Charles Whitman
XT x mr Jessie Rae Taylor, Ward-Waters Trio,
&niVrLUltlVi S K. O. McCoy, Children's Pageant
TlEni Ci n Grossman's Orchestra, Apollo MaIfl Holly gicai Club, Van Grove Opera Co.,
Plantation Troubadours, DeSel-lem-Folsom Co., Vissocchi Trio, Richmond High School Orches-
Ada Ward
Gay MacLaren
Dr. James M. Taylor
Mallory Plavers Lorado Taft Senator James E. Watson
Catherine Oliver McCoy Ver Haar Concert Company
Hadley Concert Co. Arthur D. Rees- Lieut.Col. Raymond Robbins
Smith-Spring-Holmes Company Mrs. Mabel Quam Stevens
Da vies Light Opera Company
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Lieut-Col. Robbins
Single Admission
EVERY ONE a $2.00 ATTRACTION Each of these attractions, if offered separately, would cost you $2.00 per single admission. Pick out the one you want to hear, add 50c to that amount and get the benefit of a season ticket and all of these fine attractions. SUNDAY'S BIG PROGRAM -Grossman's Orchestra Rev. Chas. V. Whitman
Buy Your Season Tickets Today
Lon Chaney'B Greatest Picture ACTION! SMILES! THRILLS! A play that grips and holds yon from start to finish. Big, stirring scenes along the San Francisco water front and Barbary coast With it -- SNUB POLLARD In a new smile-maker . Good Music Open at 1 p. m. . Admission. ....10c and 20c
TODAY ONLY t J. P. McGowan In the western romance 'Hills of Missing Men" and a new comedy.
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