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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
KILL SHARKS FOR FUN.
kanaI<as Can Whip tho Man Eaters In
Fair Fight.


In the Pacific ocean lives race Of
men who outswim fish and who can
kill man eating sharks in fair fight.
They are Kanakas, the seamen who
are natives Of the Hawaiian Islands.
"a native can whip a shark because
he can outswim him." states an Amer
lean who has been living In the islands
many years. II never heard of a ma
tive being injured by a shark, and
there is a superstition among them
that shark is afraid of Kanaka and
will refuse to fight. This is not true,
however, and grew out Of the fact that
a native always whips a shark. A
Kanaka will spy shark and, taking
knife between his teeth, dive in after
, him. 1t is a fair fight, because the
shark has teeth that are as deadly as
the knife. The shark will make for
the swimmer, and when 1t is in range
will flop suddenly on its side, which
position is necessary before it can use
its powerful jaws to crush an enemy.
As the shark turns the native will sink
rapidly and come up and rip the crea-
ture open with a quick slash of the
knife. Sometimes they with avoid the
shark time after time. cutting it on
the nose and pricking 1t to arouse its
anger.
"For excitement 1t outthrills a bull
fght."-Detroit Free Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
ITALIAN ROMANCE
TOOK PLACE HERE
Fiomena Sena Spurns Man
Who Slew Cousin and
Weds Another.

When it comes to the marriage
game. Fflomena Sena, a native of the
sunny land of Italy, draws the line on
gun fighters.
Miss Sena was brought to this coun-
try by Michael Lapenna. whom she in
tended to marry. But when Michael
Lappenna shot his cousin. Tony Lap
emma, at the Elliott-Reid fence factory
several months ago she absolutely re-
fused to marry him. Mike was acquit-
ted of the charge of murder. by a jul
~ in the Wayne circuit court on the
Flea of self defense. However. that did
not swerve Filomena from her firm re-
solve not to marry Mike. Neither did
the argument made by Mike that he
had spent hard earned money to pay
her passage to this country and trans
portation from New York city to Rich.
mond alter her determination.
Yesterday afternoon Fflomena, with
one slender arm gracefully entwined
around the arm of Salvador De Gianni
mounted the stairway to the second
floor of the court house, where they
blushingly informed the marriage Il
cense clerk that they desired a license
to wed.
De Gianni had little trouble in WOO
ing and winning Philomena. Salvador
had never killed anyone, although be
had been in trouble before, having
been sentenced to the state peniten
tiary on the charge Of assault and bat
terry with intent to kill. Salvador spent
one year in prison and was then par
doned. He was arrested following g
cutting scrape on North Thirteenth
street about two years ago and was
caught only after long chase through
the east railroad yards. The Italian or
whom he used his stilleto recovered
from the effects of the gaping wound:
made by De Gianni's knife.
| De Gianni and his bride were botf
born in Italy. De Gianni is twenty-foul
years old and his young bride is eigh
| teen years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28

matter Of charity. but as a measure OF
social and Industrial justice
1T proposes that the crying evils of
unemployment, child labor, unnecas-
sary dangers and Diseases incurred in
special industries, overworked and
other similar evils shall be remedied
not by mere private benevolent or
charitable associations, but by the
states that compose our Federal I'm
ion.
and what shall be said of its lead,
er, who from the time when he first
entered the White House was the in.
spiration of a great movement for the
moral regeneration of America.
Men say. it is unfortunate If our
people come to believe that our ma,
tional welfare depends upon one man
Alone. There are hundreds of others
if we knew them, just as good and
brave and honest and efficient.
AYE, but we do not know them. We
have not tried them. doubt not that
Mr.. Wilson would endeavor, If elected
to give America the best administra
ton he knows how to give. l do not
even doubt that Mr.. Taft started with
that determination But an untried
man has failed us once and a still
more untried man may fail us again
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
Pr, R, SHOPS
IN RICHMOND
IS PROBABLE

Richmond may secure the general
shops which the Pennsylvania rail-
road will establish at some point be-
tween Columbus and Indianapolis. An
energetic campaign of local civic or
CARNATIONS and of the municipal au-
thorities, it is said, may influence the
shops here, give employment to 1000
men, and cause the erection of hun
f1ux of workers.
1t is generally accepted that the
Pennsylvania acquired possession of
the tract lying north of it's right OF
way from North Nineteenth to TWEEN
ty-fourth streets for shop purposes.
Richmond is considered the logical
point for the construction of the shops
by railroad men. 1t is said that the
double tracking of the system between
Columbus and Indianapolis will re-
suit in the handling of an increased
traffic and that shops to repair en-
gines and cars will have to be built
somewhere between these cities.
Columbus and Indianapolis are elm
mated as locations because they are
terminals of divisions. 1t is also the
policy of railroads to establish their
shops somewhere between terminals.
The western terminus of the Penn
sylvania lines proper is Indianapolis
The Vandalia system operates from
Indianapolis through Terre Haute to
st. Louis. The tremendous cost OF
securing real estate at Indianapolis fol
the shops will also work against the
selection of that city. The present
holdings of the company there are
used exclusively for yards and switch
ing purposes.
The shops at Indianapolis, Logans
port, Bradford junction and Richmond
are interchange shops. Should Rich
mond secure the shops they would dc
the work now done at these yards. II
is expected that the other Interchange
, shops would be dismantled or theil
working force considerably reduced.
1t is not believed that Logansport
or Bradford Junction are geographi
cally situated for the proposed shops
Only one division of the road passes
through either of them. Richmond il
preferred, it is said. because the In
dianapolis and Columbus division, the
Chicago and Cincinnati division, the
j. M. & I. division. and the G.. r.
l. pass through this city. With the
establishment of the shops here, the
company would be able to look aftel
the repairs to the running stock of al
these divisions. ALI the general re
pair work west of Columbus woulf
then be concentrated here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
TUBES FOR LUNGS.
Complex System by Which insects Are
Enabled to Breathe.

Complex System by Which insects Arc
Enabled to Breathe.
While mammals have lungs and
fishes gills, insects have neither one
nor the other. Instead they present a
complex system Of tubes running
throughout the length of their bodies,
whereby the air is conveyed to every
part Of the system.
To guard insects against collapse
from pressure OF air, nature has fur
nished the little creatures with a fine
thread running spirally within the
walls of the tube, just as a garden
hose is protected with wire.
Many flies live first in the water as
larvae, Arranged along each side OF
their bodies is series OF exceedingly
thin plates, into each OF which runs a
series of blood vessels. These plates
are placed to absorb the oxygan con-
tanned In the water. The tail ends in
three featherlike projections, and by
means Of these the larvae cause cur
rents of water to flow over the gills
and thus their efficiency is increased.
Gnars also exist in the water as
larvae. But they have no gils. Their
breathing is accomplished by means OF
tube stfusted at the tip OF the tail
The larvae floats along head downward
In the water, with this tube just above
the surface. so that the creatures may
breathe.-Earper's Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
A FASCINATING SPORT.
The Hold Aviation Takes on Those
Who Have Ever Tried u.

The Hold Aviation Takes on Those
Who Have Ever Tried u.
Flying is a sport that truly exem.
plifies one Of the greatest Darwinian
theories. Only the fittest survive. 1t
taxes ones physical resources. II
makes tremendous demands upon
ones nervous assets. 1t sharpens
ones intellect. 1t develops ones fac
ulty of Judgment 1t demands the
very best a man of the best type can
bring to 1t. The better the man, the
better the aviation sportsman. For
ed men of the finest type that have
ever INDUCED In sport 1t is for this
very reason that the world has been
amazed at the high intellectual type
Of human that has embarked in this
activity. For this reason 1 call It the
ktngliest of sports
No one who has ever flown an aero
plane can be induced to abandon II
utterly. The craving to fly will sur.
vfve with the man who has thrilled In
response to the sensation Of driving
his own craft. The strange. wild. al.
most uncanny, exhilaration Of rushing
through the air like a bird cannot be
put into words by a clumsy architect
OF sentences like the present writer.
1t takes a poet like D'Annunzio to tell
the story properly.-Clifford B. Har.
mon in Country Life In America.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
MORNING SESSION.


The arguments against the ballot
for women which held good forty
years ago" said Dr. Edward A. Ross
In his lecture before a chautauqua
audience this morning, do not hold
good now. Conditions have changed"
This apropos of his subject, "The
Remoulding of the Family" which was
FL analysis of the psychology of the
family in its relation to society and an
illuminating commentary on the evo-
luton of those social and industrial
phases which have brought about GER
tain re-adjustments.
That DR.. Ross is an optimist of the
slightest type was deduced from the
substance of his lecture.
For he declared his belief in the in
tegrity of the social body and his dis,
belief in that pessimism which saw in
shifting social bases nothing but retro
gression.
II do not believe in the hypothesis
OF moral decay" said DR.. Ross.
Divorce Not Degenerate.
Applying this to the question of di.
vorce Dr. Ross stated. in effect. that
tES lnCTcdSc ol uifoiCC was noe ASSSS'
sarily an indication of national degen.
e-acy but of the courage Of women
in daring to assert their emotional and
Industrial independence which as nat
rrally followed the change of social
base now under way as light followed
the dawn.
That as women became more en-
fashioned as their educational oppor-
txng:!es enlarged and their whole so
clal outlook broadened. they pulled
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
REID IS To ATTEND
ELWOOOCtLEBRAT|ON'
Concentrating Opening of
First American Tin
Plate Plant.
CNational News Association,

ELWOOD, Ind. Aug. eS.-Governcr
Thomas E. Marshall. former Vice
President Charles W. Fairbanks and
Daniel G. Reid, the New York multi
millionaire and one of the pioneers OF
the tin-plate industry in America are
TO be the central figures of gather
ing to be held here early next month
in celebration of the twentieth ami
versary OF the inauguration OF the first
American tin-plste plant All three OF
the notables named were present in
1892 when the first tin-plate plant was
formally opened in this city with an
Grafton by William Mckinley. at that
time Governor OF Ohio and later Pres
ident of the United States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
Will Be Acted on by the
Board of Works.

Final assessment rolls on q number
of street improvements will be up for
consideration at the meeting of the
board of works tomorrow.
The following improvements and as
sessments will be up for consideration
by the board, and if no protests are
made, will be adopted.
South Sixteenth street from Main TO
E street. cement sidewalks, curbs and
cutters. Cost to property owners,
$4,977.36; to the city, S744.S6.
North Eleventh street. from G to ]
streets, cos. 10 the property owners,
s990.61; to the city s1sS.54.
South c street, from Fifteenth TO
Sixteenth streets, cement sidewalks,
curbs and cutters and gravel graded
roadway. cost to property owners,
s1.04S.96: to city $l0491.
The first alley north of Main street
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets. cost TO property owners,
s643.SS: to the city. s69.1s.
The south side of East Main street
from Twenty-second TO Twenty-third
street, curbs and cutters, cost to the
property owners, s227.55; to the city
s23.SS
FIT. Wayne avenue. from the railroad
north to F street. cement sidewalks
cost to the property owners s735.s5; tc
the city. s22l.2S.
North street from Fl. Wayne ave
nue. to North Sixteenth street, cement
| sidewalks, cost to the property own
ers. s2.459.S4; to the city, s465.53.
Not a single complaint against the
assessment filed against property ha:
been entered this year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
VEDRINES TO TRY
FOR NEW RECORDS
CNational News Assoeiation)

PARIS. Aug. 2S.-Pierre Jules We'd
rines, the famous French aviator. said
today in an interview that he would
ord for speed while in the United
States. which country he intends to
visit soon.
Il shall try to accomplish a speed of
122 miles an hour in my aeroplane. !"
said Vedrines. Il shall make num-
Der OF flights IN the United States and
hope to make some new records above
American soil"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
Sjndino Wires,

Sometimes when a tempest IL raging
telegraph wires are silent while in
time of calm they are sonorous. Evil
IDENTITY the vibration Of the wires is not
due to atmospherical agitation alone.
A scientist Of Berlin who studied the
cause of the singing of wires in time
Of calm concludes that the vibration
of the wires always presages the ap-
proach Of bad weather. When the
sounds are deep the change of weather
may be looked for within two days.
When they are shrill or sharp the
storm will come within a very few
hours. 1t is difficult to determine the
cause Of the singing. An Italian scien-
list calls it Seismic agitation produced
by barometric depression and trans
mitted to the wires by the telegraph
poles. Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28

away from the thralldom of sex and
thought for themselves.
That all this attended that change
which was created through the devel-
opment of certain civilization and la
bor-saving agencies which reduced the
family, once small community of va
ried industrial interests, to set of in
dividuals united for companionship.
Women were no happier then" said
the speaker, referring to the time in
which divorce was not so usual, than
they are now: But they did not dare
assert themselves
Dr. Ross going on to say that wo-
men, profiting by the example of their
unfettered sisters who had entered
nearly every department of industrial
and professional life, rebelled because
they found they could take care of
themselves.
Divorce does not necessarily
mean an increasing number of unhap-
Ply women as it is significant OF wo-
mans confidence in her ability to
maintain herself" said the speaker.
And she chafes if the emotional re-
lation is not satisfactory"
For the number of cases of divorce
in which alimony was not provided
for was constantly on the increase,
stated DR.. Ross.
Nor are men less FESTIVE under pres
ent conditions, which do not make of
wife a sort of industrial necessity
and under whose operations he for
merly regarded her as profitable
investment.
Wants Soul-Mate.
He has more time now to look for
soul-mate and resents the forced sup
port of woman who no longer pos
sesses an emotional appeal and does
not exist in that era which made her
domestic necessity.
While, therefore, divorce was more
prevalent it was indicative of sane
and healthy social conditions rather
than of degeneracy.
DR.. Ross's animadversions upon the
servant girl problem were interesting
and Illuminating.
He stated, in brief, that the sucking
of the girl into the factory, store and
office" was consequent upon these
same shifting bases and of the stigma
that was cast upon household labor.
This stigma the fault of the mistress
who alone could remove it. For when
the latter permitted the work of the
household to be upon a plane which
ranked it with other self respecting
occupations, then would the day OF
domestic emancipation be at hand.
That it was silly of women to
scold this class of girls for refus.
ing to go into domestic service when
they were the very ones who cast
odium upon it.
I'VE do not find that the family is
dissolving," said DR.. Ross, in conclu
sion, nor that it is being made over
The family whose stability as a so
cial unit was formerly more the re
suit of externals is now maintained
by inward and spiritual forces"
Adrian Eloquent.
'The Passing of the Hickory" a
lecture by A. H. Adrian, of California
which followed, was convincing and
entertaining exposition of the right OF
the child to be we'll born and vel
! trained, and of the crying necessity
| for the teaching of sex hygiene In
| the public schools. 1t was an eloquent
diatribe for the casting of WORKOUT
| traditions into the discard and the
recognition of the necessity of Great
| ing new ones.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
That Was Different.

Repeatedly he had heard the young
woman boast Of eluding the vigilance
Of the conductor and riding home free,
so when he got a chance to sneak a
ride for both Of them he slipped the
dime back into hts pocket and smiled
upon her in triumph
Didn't you pay your fare?' she
asked
mo" said he. THE conductor new.
er even looked our way.
She said nothing. but her look OF
disdain was unmistakable.
I've heard you tell many a time OF
doing the same thing" he said def
antly.
ooh, WELL" she said, that's differ.
ent. For a man
And the young man understood then
that there certainly is double stand
ard for the sexes.-New York Sun.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
A Caution.

Reginald love you. Madeline. For
you 1 would give up family, position,
wealth. Madeline - Hold. Reginald!
Giving up family is all right I fain
would be spared a mother-in-law.
Give up your position IL you can get
r. better one. but please hold on to
YOUR wealth. We may need II.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
A Scientific Question.

'1Nothing is ever totally lost OF de-
stroyed." said the professor OF physics.
I'm that case" said the simple and
frank person, chow do you explain the
fact that everybody loses umbrellas
and you never meet anybody who has
found one ?'-washington Star.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
Lots Of Hunting.

The talk had turned upon hunting
and by and by one Of the adult visitors,
noting JAMES rapt and eager look,
remarked cheerily:
"wen. sonny, don't suppose you've
had chance to do much hunting yet %
mot many kinds. but lots Of It," ex-
planned Jamie. I've never hunted
bears or lions. but I've hunted gran
ny's spectacles most all over the
worldw-Chicago Record Herald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
A STICKING RusinAa

A Sticking Business.
'Well, Mrs Smith, and how's your
husbandF'
"Oh, he's doing we'll. thank You,
mum. He's got Job at the glue fac-
tory now"
"Ah, well. hope he'll stick there!"
London Mail.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
Hard Water,

Aunt Jane-Is the water where you
live now hard or soft? Niece-I guess
It's pretty hard The girl spattered
some on the lamp chimney the other
night. and it broke all to pieces
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28

Contentment Is natural wealth. Luz
try is artificial poverty.-Socrates.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
Hair SfAala1

It was unsafe for English children
to walk out alone In 1896, lest they
should be robbed Of their hair for wig
makers
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28

In this world one must be little
200 kind to be kind epough.-Mari-
faux.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-28
Cheap Sheen

Cheap Sheep.
Sheep could be purchased in England
for fourpence apiece in the twelfth cen
fury. -
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-01-12
PROF. SHEATS RESIGNS PRINCE
PALSHIP OF LAKELAND
SCHOOL

Nothing much but routine matters
were before the school board. An item
of statewide interest, politically, was
the resignation of Prof. w. N. Sheats
from the principalship of the Lakeland
school. Prof. Sheats resigns from his
present position to make the race for
the office of state superintendent Of
public instruction, and the resignation
is effective January 18th, after which
we understand that Prof. Sheats will
make an active canvass of the state.
The school board appointed Prof. C..
NJ Jones, now first assistant to Prof.
Sheats, to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation, and Prof. o. J. Moore
to take the vacancy caused by the ad-
vancement of Prof. Jones.-Lakeland
Telegram.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-01-12
PROOF, Mr.. BRYAN

Ask the big railroad attorneys
those who call themselves democrats
but vote the republican ticket, what
democrat should be nominated for the
presidency, and they will almost with
out exception tell you that Gov. Har.
mon looks good to them, unless they
have decided that Mr.. Underwood has
a better chance for the nomination.
Ask those democrats who are con
nected with the trusts and you will
find that they are as rule for Gov
Harmon or Mr.. Underwood.-Mr Bry.
an, in the Commoner
Very we'll, let us ask them.
Will Mr.. Bryan prepare list OF
the big railroad attorneys" who are
supporting Gov Harmon or Mr.. I'm
derwood? Will he prepare a list OF
the democrats connected with the
trusts" who are supporting Gov. Har
mon or Mr.. Underwood?
Let us have names and dates and
facts 1t is easy enough to say that
this candidate is Wall Streets man or
that candidate is Wall Streets man;
but what proof can be offered that
either Judson Harmon or Oscar w
Underwood is anything but an honor
able, faithful, patriotic statesman and
democrat?
The World has always had very
high opinion of both Gov. Harmon
and Mr.. Underwood. If it has been
deceived, it will help Mr.. Bryan read
them out of the democratic party
Will he furnish the evidence of theil
unfitness World.
Gov. Harmon has made good as
governor of Ohio. He has trod the
path of democracy as blazed out by
the founders, and he should be meas
ured by his public performances.
If he secures the nomination this
paper hopes that the big and little
railroad attorneys, the good and bad
democrats, and people generally viii
vote for him so unanimously that his
election will be overwhelming.