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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
THE DIVERS DRESS.
Evolution OF The Devices Used For
Submarine Work,

Among pioneer Inventors to whom
the diving dress in its present perfect
ed form owes so much was William
Hannis Taylor. The previous hit or
miss attempts were superseded by the
Taylor potent Of June 20, 1888. In
which tho essential feature was the
valve allowing tho emission Of con-
sumed air without IN Influx Of water
Previous to this time there had been
the diving chests and the diving bell
Of which the latter. introduced by
emeaton In ITS. was the safest and
most practical device for submarine
exploration. The diving bell has been
Developed alongside Of the diving dress
and Is still In use.
Tho general appearance Of Taylor's
diving armor was like that Of q
knights suit Of mail. except for a
prominent bulge Iii the body piece. A
large pipe coming down from the sur.
face and penetrating the body piece at
the bulge supplied the fresh air. while
q short pipe entered the body piece on
the other side and was provided with
. velve which carried on the exhaust.
Although diving armor has now reach
Cd It's perfected state. this valve has
never been materially improved upon
scientific American.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08

works by fire or other unavoidable &C
cident, said city shall give written no
tee thereof to said water works and
unless said water works shall by an
other and similar test satisfactorily
meet the requirements specified with
in ten days after such written notice,
the hydrant rentals shall thereupon
cease until such time as said water
works shall by another and similar
test satisfactorily meet the require
ments which test shall be made upon
request of said water works"
Will Change Section.
IL is probable that this section will
be materially changed. Another clause
contained in previous section which
drew forth considerable argument was
that pertaining 70 the matter of draw
ing eight streams of water from one
main. Mr.. Dill said that this is an en-
cheering impossibility. He said that
$50 gallons of water could be sent
through one stream in a minute and
that eight streams would mean 1000
gallons which could not be obtained
from six-inch main.
Mr.. Won Pein raised question
about the last clause of section 9,
which states that the city agrees to
enforce the ordinance prohibiting
sprinkling during the time of fires and
tests. Mr.. Won Pein said that it would
be impossible to enforce this ordi-
nance to the letter and that this might
prove 'loop-hole" for the company to
violate some part of its contract in
case the city did not enforce the ordi-
nance. Mr.. Shiveley answered the
question by saying that the city was to
agree to enforce the ordinance but
that the proposal did not read that il
the city did not do so that the com.
pany would violate a part Of its con
tract
That it would be very unwise for the
city to enter into a twenty-five-yeal
contract is the belief Of B. A. Kenne
pohl. He urged the members of coun
to sign a contract for that length oil
time.
! Strike out the purchase clause" he
urged, but if you must have some
clause in the franchise, make it sc
you can buy the plant outright and
create a sinking fund for that pur
pose. A twenty-five years franchise
may be all right but am of the opip
ion it is too long. Do you think YOU
children are incapable of making &
contract? Another think the wate1
works should be compelled to put il
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
"A TEXAS BACHELOR
IS A HUNTED man
To Escape Matrimony He
Has to Be as Fleet of
Foot as Jack Rabbit.
tNa,ional News association

(National News Association)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Aug. s.
The Texas bachelor who escapes mat
rimony has 10 be as handy on foot
as a Jack rabbit His comfortable
manner Of living and affable ways
make him the target for the darts OF
Cupid fired at him from all directions.
Only short time ago Governor Col
quit received a letter from young
woman in the north who declared that
she and half dozen other girls were
anxious to become the wives OF Tex
ans. This letter was handed to the
press OF the state--for the governor
OF Texas believes in making people
happy--and II those girls do not now
have flattering prospects of coming to
Texas with a new kink in their names
they have failed to play the game at
top speed. The latest bid, however,
for e Texan for husband comes from
Mrs. Lula Ransier. 391 Forest Avenue,
Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Ransier
writes the editor of leading newspa-
per that she has been a widow for six
years. She does not say that she is
really lonesome, but that is taken for
a fact from the general tenor of her
letter. After stating that she is only
35 years old, that she has had de-
sire all her life to go west, and that
she has been supporting herself by
dressmaking. she says: Now what
! want to ask you is this: Through
your many friends you must have
some manageable ones. l am not
looking for any one rich, but OF course
want some one able to take care Of
me right, as have always had a
comfortable home. can give the best
of reference" Then getting down tn
business like one who is desperately
in earnest, she says: please do not
consider this in Joking way. Kind
ly consider 1t in the right way-the
way I am sending it--and kindly let
mo hear from you or some one to
whom You think it will be wise to give
my address"
II is Just such determination as that
expressed in the foregoing that is con-
stantly keeping Texas bachelors on
the Jump to prevent themselves from
being captured by some OF the fair
daughters of the north who have
learned that Texas has some of the
best husband material on the face of
the earth.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
WATER RATE BURDEN
WOULD FALL ON
SMALL CONSUMERS
Frank Statement Made by
Water Works Company's
Representative at Meet
ing Monday Evening.
Continued from Page One.)

Dill. "as we want the city to derive
profits and want the city to receive a
good round sum as the result of the
first years business. Again, the big
consumer demands lower rates. Mr.. B.
B. Johnson registered a complaint at
a previous meeting about the rate to
the big consumer. A man who buys
large quantity of any commodity ex-
poets a lower rate than if he would
buy small quantity. So, if we expect
to get the revenue from the large con-
sumers, it is obligatory that we give
them lower rate In order to do this
we have employed the sliding or grad
uating scale and the small consumer
will pay more in order that the large
consumer can be given a smaller rate.
This we contend will equalize the
burden on all consumers.
Because some company may have
shown a minimum rate you cannot say
that the company is giving better
rates than this company, inasmuch as
you must consider all other rates.
Everything must be taken into consid-
Grafton. For instance, we could give
the city an offer of a $50 hydrant rem
tai but we would have to make the
other rates higher" He said that their
plans had been considered in making
the proposal
The question as to whether the city
could hold the company responsible in
case of large fire when the depart
ment called for direct pressure and
the company did not give it was asked
by Fire Chief Miller
Could Provide Penalty.
\ At Mr.. Miller's suggestion Attorney
Charles Shiveley said that some kind
of a penalty would be inserted in case
the company did not give direct pres
sure when a call was made for it.
IF the city has to give notice when
it wants to make test of the pressure
it could not prove that there is always
a seventy pound PRESSURE" was the
statement made by John Reid, which
remained unanswered by the company
representatives 1t was the opinion Of
the majority of those present at the
meeting that this section of the pro
posal is very weak. The section re
ferred to, in part, reads as follows:
THE city shall have the right tt
make a test at any fire hydrant upol
first giving to said water works a rea
sonable notice Of the time and place
where and when such test shall b.
made If the said water works fail
at any time to meet the requirement.
of such test. excepting by reason o
damage to the plant of said waite
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
Late George z. Dilks Honored
By Local Commercial Club

Directors of the Commercial club at
the Monday evening meeting drew up
resolutions in memory of the late
George r. Dilks, director in the club
and one of Richmond's best known
business men. expressing the clubs
deep regret over his death, it's high
regard for him as member and a
leader in civic enterprises and extend
ing it's sympathy to the members of
his family. &c.,
George Russell Dilks, son of George
and Hannah III. Dilks, was born in
Philadelphia, Pa, October Twentieth,
Eighteen hundred and fifty-four. and
died in Richmond Indiana, July Sew
enth, Nineteen Hundred and Eleven.
At the age of seven he moved with
his parents to Wayne county, Indiana
and lived with them on a farm for five
years. When he was twelve years old
they moved to Richmond and with the
exception of few years spent in Chi
cago and Indianapolis he resided here
the remainder of his life.
No more loyal citizen did Richmond
have than George r. Dilks. In season
and out of season, at home and abroad
he proclaimed in no uncertain Ian
guage the many advantages of his
home town.
Early in it's history he associated
himself with the Richmond CONNER.
cial club and took an active interest in
the work Of the club from the very be-
ginning. In Nineteen Hundred and
Nine he was elected member of the
Board of Directors for two years, and
in Nineteen Hundred and eleven was
lre-elected for another two years. Dur
ing these years he has been one OF
the most active members of the board
and his sound Judgment, good advice
and wise counsel has had much to dc
with shaping the policy of the Club
The Commercial club work was about
1.-THE only interest he had outside of his
home and his business. One OF the las
lacts of his life was to request that the
monthly meeting of the Board of Di
lrectors to be held on July the Third
be postponed for one week, and in
INltSu W iuCS1 az hiS iolAC IL
lSpring Grove so that he might be abb,
to meet with them. AS is too Otter
the case in human affairs, Man pro
lposes. but God disposes," so when tn,
appointed day came George R. Dix
had departed from this life. The Com
mercial club has lost one of its mos
Iactive members and each member o
the Board felt that he has sustaine,
a personal loss in the death of a yer,
dear friend, whose creed had been:
ITO be earnest: to be strong;
To make light the way with song:
Slow to anger: quick to praise;
Walking steadfast through the days
Firm of purpose, sure of soul,
Pressing onward to the goal,
Upright, even. undismayed,
Sure, serene, and unafraid.
To be patient; to be kind;
To be purposeful. and to find
Sweetness all along the way:
Loath to judge. but firm to say =
Truth with unrelenting tongue;
BY no cavil veered or swung
From the right: and to endure
Hopeful. helpful. clean and pure.
To be gentle; to forgive:
True to life. and glad to live:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
Thought Well Of Themselves.

Thought Well Of Themselves.
Gibbon wrote In his dairy: Il am
the greatest historian that ever lived,
No one can equal me in this direction. "
Victor Hugo wrote to Bismarck:
the foe. the friend the friend. l hate
thee furiously because thou hast hum
bled France. love thee because I am
greater than thou art"
And Wordsworth said OF the swan
Of Avon" There is an immensely OF
trick in all he wrote. II had a mind
/ could write exactly like Shake
speare."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08

To be watchful and to be
Rich with boundless charity;
To be humble in success,
Strong of heart in bitterness,
Tender, gracious, thoughtful, good,
In our Neutrality-suspicious..
To be smiling; to be glad
For the yesterdays we've had;
To be grateful all the way
For the beauties of today;
To be hopeful and to see
In the days that are to be,
Bigger, better, broader things
Robes of purple; crowns of Kings"
Therefore be it Resolved, BY the Com
mercial Club in regular session that
in the death of Geo. X. Dilks, the club
has sustained very great loss. His
presence will be greatly missed from
both our business and social sessions
but his counsel and advice on many
important subjects will not be forgot
ten.
Resolved, That we extend to The
bereaved family and friends our heart
felt sympathy and assure them tina
were it possible for them to hav,
heard the many kind things said abou
the deceased, it would certainly hell
them bear up under their great sor
row.
Resolved, That copy of these res
olutions be spread upon the minute
of the club and copy furnished to tn
press of the city.
Resolved, That copy signed b,
the officers and directors of the clul
be presented to the family of our de
ceased brother.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
Money No Object.

81 don't care anything about it my
self. for I'm no judge of such things"
said Mr.. Gaswell, but my wife wants
me to buy a rare old violin. and she
says they come high. Got any,"
I'VE certainly have" responded the
dealer. Here's one in this showcase.
genuine Stradivarius. that you can
have for $4,000"
she said she thought they came
higher than that. Haven't you some
that are a little-er-straddyva
than this one ?"-Chicago Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
A YELLOW STREAK.

Have you got yellow streak
Look at your lace curtains the next
time the sun shines. Rosin from poor.
cheap, laundry soap made those
.streaks. To restore their snowy white.
ness. wash the curtains thoroughly
using Hewitt's Easy Task soap. 1t
makes clean, white suds that re-
moves the dirt and leaves no deposits
Hewitt's Easy Task is the original
white laundry soap and contains NO
authorizations. Try a cake-costs a
nickel.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
Faith In the pAosH1n-

It would surely have been highly
dangerous to confide the destinies OF
the species to Plato or Aristotle. Mar.
Gus Aurelius. Shakespeare or Montes-
quieu. At the very worst moments
Of the French revolution the fate Of
the people was In the hands OF phi
losophers Of no mean order.-Maurice
Maeterlinck in THE Mystery Of jus
tice."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08

Until Chinese ideas came to be as
.cendant the Japanese never thought
OF keeping women In subsection. says
the Oriental Review. Feminine chief
tnins are frequently mentioned in the
old histories. and there have been In
NOUS Japanese expresses.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
REST AND HEALTH TO MuTHtR AND cNIlD.

MRS. MISSIONS SOOTHING SyRrP has been
used tor over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS Of
MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE
IEETHING. with PERFECT SUCCESS II
SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUNS
ALLAlS all PAIN. CURES WIND collie. and
IS the best remedy for DIARRHGA II IS Al.
sclutely harmless. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Wins:cw's Soothing Syrup and take no otheT
kind Twenty-Five cents bottle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
Another SimiIe.

"What did the sun look like to you
when you were in the arctic regions?"
well" answered the explorer
thoughtfully. lit resembled an elusive
gold dollar much magnifed."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08
Il Depends.

Teacher-Johnny. which Is right-"a
man lies easy" or "a man lies easily -
Pupil Who's the man? Cleveland
Leader.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-08

Prosperity tries the fortunate, adver-
sity the great.-Pliny.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-02-24
Illusions.

1t is true we labor under many H.
lusions. but II these were to be done
away with We should hardly deem 1t
worth our while to labor at all.
Almost none Of the things which
man so ardently pursues in the belief
that they will make him happier Is
really capable OF doing so. and yet it
is needful that he keep up the pursuit
for the sake Of what he incidentally
achieves in behalf Of destiny.
The illusions we labor under par
take, in fine. of the nature of sanitary
conditions. though they chiefly affect
the health of the spirit, and by that
have no municipal functionary ap-
pointed to look vigilantly after them.
Nor. in fact, do they need any such,
since providence has been so kind as
to see to it that illusions we shall al.
ways have.-Puck.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-02-24
Being Natural.

Can you. II you be the CENTER sex.
walk down the street behind an ele-
gantly gowned woman and restrain
the impulse to initiate her poise OF
head, her carriage and the fascinating
ways she possesses? Have you ever
been In a crowded room where one
woman was the center OF attraction
and seen someone trying to initiate
her? A woman Is most charming
when she is natural. A woman who is
natural. eve in her erratic moods.
does not give offense. One cannot imi.
tate the ways. manners and style OF
another without appearing ridiculous.
The incest women we meet are those
who do not pose Of seek to initiate
some one else.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-02-24

open arms. With a youth of his pro-
clivities and inherent weakness the
outcome was inevitable. At no time
overload of study. he regarded resi-
dence in college as a most desirable
emancipation from the restraint of
home life. The love of books he con-
sidered a pose and he scoffed at the
men who took their reading seriously.
The university attracted him mostly
by its most undesirable features, it's
sports, its secret societies, it's petty
cliques, and its rowdyism. The broad
spirit and the dignity of the alma
mater he ignored completely. Directly
he went to Yale he started in to en-
JOY himself and with the sophisticated
Underwood as guide, vent to the
devil faster than any man before him
in the entire history Of the university.
Reading, attendance at lectures, be-
came only a convenient cloak to con-
ceal his turpitudes. Poker playing,
automobile JOY rides, hard drinking
became the daily curriculum. In
town rows and orgies of every deserip-
ton he IA soon a recognized leader.
Scandal followed scandal until he was
threatened with expulsion. Then his
father heard Of it and there was a
terrible scene. Jeffries, Sr., went i'm
mediately to New Haven and there
followed a stormy interview in which
Howard promised to reform, but once
the parents back was turned things
went On pretty much as before. There
we're fresh scandals, the smoke of
which reached as far as New York.
This time Mr.. Jeffries tried the plan
of cutting down the money supply and
Howard found himself financially EN-.
barrassed. But this had not quite
the effect desired by the father, for,
rendered desperate by his inability
to secure funds with which to carry
on his sprees, the young man started
in to gamble heavily, giving notes for
his losses and pocketing the ready
money when he won.
Then came the supreme scandal
which turned his fathers heart to
! steel. Jeffries, ST., could forgive much
in a young man. He had been young
himself once. None knew better than
he how difficult it is when the blood
is rich and red to keep oneself in
control. But there was one offence
which a man proud of his descent
could not condone. He would never
forgive the staining of the family
name by a degrading marriage. The
news came to the unhappy father like
a thunder-clap. Howard, probably in
a drunken spree, had married secretly
a waitress employed in one of the
sporty restaurants in New Haven
and to make the mesalliance worse
the girl was not eve of respectable
parents. Her father, Billy Delmore,
the poolroom king, was a notorious
gambler and had died in convict
stripes. Fine sensation that for the
yellow press. Bankers Son WEEDS
Convict's Daughter" So ran the
scare heads" in tie wspaper
That was the last straw for Mr.. jeff
ries, Sr. He sternly told his son that
he never wanted to look upon his face
again. Howard bowed his head tC
the decree and he had never seen his
father since.
All this the young man was review
ing in his mind when suddenly his re.
fiections were disturbed by a friendly
hail.
Hello, Jeffries, old sport! DOM
you know a fellow frat when you see
him."
He looked up. A young man Of
athletic build. with a pleasant, frank
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-02-24

tue vas nothing to brag about. 1t
was easy to be good when not ex-
posed to temptation. But for those
born with the devil in them it came
hard. 1t was all a matter Of heredity
and influence. Ones vices as well as
ones virtues are handed down to us
ready made. He had no doubt that
in the Jeffries family somewhere in the
unsavory past there had been a weak.
vicious ancestor from whom he had
inherited all the traits which barred
his way to success.
The crowds of hungry workers grew
bigger every minute. Every n was
elbowing his way into neighboring
restaurants, crowding the tables and
Bullets, all eating v~oraciously as they
talked and laughed. Howard was
rudely reminded by inward pangs that
he, too, was famished. Not a thing
had passed his lips since he had left
home in Harlem at eight o'clock that
morning and he had told Annie that
he would be home for lunch. There
was no use staying downtown any
longer. For three weary hours he had
trudged from office to Office seeking
employment. answering advertise
ments, asking for work of any kind,
ready to do no matter what, but all to
no purpose. Nobody wanted him at
any price. What was the good of a
man being willing to work if there
was no II to employ him? A nice
I'LL 500 -ok31y rIlry Io11np
left and nc prospect Of getting any
more. He hardly had the courage to
return home and face Annie. With a
muttered exclamation Of impatience
he spat from his mouth the half-con-
sumed cigarette which vas hanging
walked listlessly in the direction OF
Park place.
He had certainly made a mess of
things, yet at one time, not so long
ago, what a brilliant future life
seemed to have in store for him! No
boy had ever been given a better
start. He remembered the day he
left home to &C to Yale; he recalled
his fathers kind words of encour
agement, his mothers tears. All, II
his mother had only lived. Then,
maybe, everything would have been
different. But she died during his
freshman year, carried off suddenly
by heart failure. His father married
again, a young woman 20 years his
junior, and that had started every
thing off wrong. The old home life
had gone forever. He had felt like
an intruder the first time he went
home and from that day his fathers
roof had been distasteful to him. Yes,
that was the beginning of his hard
luck. He could trace all his misfor-
tunes back to that. He couldn't stand
for stepmother, a naughty, selfish,
~supercilious, ambitious creature who
had little sympathy for her predeces-
sor's child, and nc scruple in show
ing it.
Then, at college, he had met Robert
Underwood, the popular upper class
man, who had professed to take a
great fancy to him. He, a timid young
freshman, was naturally f1attered by
the friendship of the dashing, fascinat-
ing sophomore and thus commenced
that unfortunate intimacy which had
brought about the climax to his trou-
bles. The suave. amiable Underwood,
whom he soon discovered to be a gen.
tlemanly %scoundrel, borrowed his
money and introduced him into the
sporty set, an exclusive circle into
which, thanks to his liberal allowance
from home, he was welcomed with