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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
GIRL UNCONSCIOUS
NEARLY TWO DAYS
Blew on CheekbOne Causes
New Paris School Girl to
Lapse Into Sleep.

NEW PARIS, Feb. 24.-While skat-
ing at school at Dry Run district,
Friday, Miss Lorena Miller tripped and
fell, striking her cheek bone She
lapsed into Inconsistencies and with
the exception of slight rousing "A
couple OF times, lay until Saturday in
a state of coma. DR.. c. s. Marvel, of
Richmond, who was called in to see
her succeeded in rousing her, stating
that the shock of the fall had thrown
her into a sleep which might have
lasted indefinitely had she not been
aroused. The young lady seems 20
suffer no i'll effects from her eXper,
fence with the exception of slight
nervousness. 1t is thought that a
heavy knitted cap which she wore,
saved her from more serious injury
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
ECONOMY

Mr. and Mrs. J. l. Peterson were IN
Richmond Wednesday.
Miss Minnie Chamberlain OF Gen.
terville was the guest of the Edwards
family, east of town. Thursday and
Friday.
Miss Edna Carolyn Garrison has
gon to Montpelier to visit her parents,
Mr.. and RMS Reed Garrison.
Rev. and Mrs. Martin are at New
Castle.
Lon Edwards and Misses Chamber
lain and Garrison attended the meet
inf at West River Thursday night.
Mrs. Propst and son Paul. of Cen
terville were guests of Mr.. and Mira.
Thomas Hadley Thursday.
Revival services continue at Sugar
Grove
Mrs L. Fennimore has returned
from Muncie.
Mrs. Rebecca Edwards is is very
sick from the effects of a recent case
of la grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. L. Hiatt and Bfr.
meeting at West River Wednesday
night.
daughter Ruth were at Hagerstown
Saturday.
DR. Frank Mckinnon OF Lostants-
vile was here Friday.
Miss Virgie Stanley is visiting IN
Anderson.
Ashberry Wood attended the revival
meeting at West River Thursday ev-
ening.
| Mrs. Lucinda Marshall. 50, was bur.
led Friday afternoon. The funeral
was conducted by Rev Oliver Fra
| ger at the Friends church.
| Mrs Emma Clark has been visiting
/ Mr.. and Mrs Howard Anderson and
| Mr.. and Mrs Albert Jessup.
| Steve Piatt is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
! Sam Piatt.
Mrs. Carrie jackson visited Glennie
: Lamb Wednesday,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
BUSINESS SUSPENDS
AS BLIZZARD RACES

NEW PARIS, Feb. 24-Business.
schools and work in general has been
abandoned because Of the impossible
roads resulting from the blizzard
The traction connection via Westville
was crippled, the car not getting out
OF New Paris on the early morning
run The telephone connections were
crippled early Monday morning. A
lineman attempted to get through to
Richmond to meet a crew from that
Mace thirteen miles from here, but
the liveryman refused to rent him a
horse and rig. Nevertheless he
started the trip afoot but after a mile
and half journey he struck a thir-
teen foot snow drift and being unable
TO cut through the solidly packed
snow returned here. The older citi-
zens say this is the worst storm that
has struck this section of the country
for many years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
ONLY 20 PER CENT
IN RURAL SCHOOLS
Some Township Schools Are
Closed Because of Deep
Snow on Roads.

Rural school attendance over the
county is estimated today by County
superintendent Williams at less than
twenty per cent of normal Some of
the schools in every township have
closed. Road supervisors have hired
men and teams and are breaking the
roads for the school hack which will
run tomorrow
: Greene township schools may no.
open until Thursday, although the road
superintendent there has a force OF
men breaking school hack and mai
route roads. The drifts of snow
stretch for miles along the roads. from
the tops Of fences along one side to
those opposite. Williamsburg schools
are also closed. All but one or twt
schools in Franklin township arc
closed and no schools are open ir
Whitewater
washington township schools were
not opened today when it was founC
that snow had drifted to a depth o.
ten feet across some of the roads
Schools in Milton were in session to
day.
1t is estimated that of the sixty,
eight school rooms, only thirty or thir
ty-fve are holding school, according to
superintendent Williams. The Bethel
school, whit an enrolment of thirty
six. opened this morning and held ses
sion with eigh pupils present
Several of the townships were not
heard from as wires carried down by
the sleet three weeks ago have not
been restored and it is impossible tc
get into communication over the tele
phone with them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
GREAT BRITAIN DOUBT
VILLAS EXPLANATION

LONDON, Feb. 24.-Great Britain
has refused to accept General Villas
unsupported word as to the fate of
William S. Benton. the Englishman
killed at Juarez. and has sent its own
representatives to Mexico to make a
full investigation, and the American
government has instructed its con
sular representative to enforce the eX-
huming of the body. Formal announce
ment to this effect was made in the
house of commons by Sir Edward
Gray, secretary of foreign affairs. in
reply to inquiries of the opposition as
to the Mexican situation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
EXPLOSION INJURIES
z CITY EMPLOYEES
Warren Henson and Walter
Pleasant Badly Burned At
Old Gas Well.

Warren Henson, white, and Walter
J. Pleasant, colored two employees Of
the city at work cleaning the snow
from the Main street hill were pain
fully burned about the head and hands
by an explosion of gas in an old fire
well this afternoon. The accident oc-
Cured about 2. o'clock. The two men
were taken to the city building where
their. injuries were dressed.
1t is said that Henson conceived the
idea that a large part of the snow in
the neigh borhood Of the fire we'll
could be chucked into the hole, there
by saving shoveling it on the wagon.
near him, removed the iron lid from
off the well. but not being able to hold
it the lid fell into the well.
Procuring a ladder. Pleasant started
down in the pit to get the lid, telling
Henson to hold the ladder. Not be-
ing able to find the lid readily, Pleas
ant struck a match and the explosion
followed. Peasant CROPPED his way
out of the hole.
Henson's face and hands were
burned. Henson pulled the colored man
from the ladder and summoned help
from the workers nearby. The two
men were then taken to the. CITY hall.
Henson has been employed py the
city for thirteen years and resides a
121 South Twelfth street. Pleasant
also lives on South Twelfth street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
CHILD IS THROWN
IN RED HOT STOVE
Young Father and Mother
Accuse Each Other of the
Dastardly Act.

JOLIET. ILL.,. Feb. 24.-Dr II. S.
Stockdale, of Coal City, Ill, reported to
the coroner today that baby had
been thrown into a red hot stove a few
minutes after birth in a home near
that city. An inquest has been order
ed for late this afternoon at Morris,
III.
According to the physician he was
called to the home of Mr.. Fred Wild
now early today. Arriving there he
found Mrs. Wildnow aged II. had just
given birth to a child After caring
for the young mother DR.. StOckdale in
quiLed for the child.
1t is not here. answered the girl
mother.
DR.. Stockdale persisted in knowing
what had become of the new born
child and finally found its charred
bones in the red hot Goals of a stove
Members of the family then accused
each other.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
ISSUES WARNING

Care should be exercised in the fir
ing of heating stoves and furnaces
said Fire Chief Miller, so that the
danger OF over-heated flues may be
minimized. AT this time with the
sweeping winds it would be only a
matter OF few minutes before resi-
dence would be destroyed il a fire
should start. The cold weather neces-
states warmer fires, which in turn
means that stoves and furnaces will be
filled with fuel and to avoid overhead
ing. which often results in the starting
of roof fires. the residents must ex,
ercise caution.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
Guest House Meeting,
Commercial Club Rooms
Wednesday evening, 1880.
Everybody invited. 241t
DORMITORY BURNS:
INMATES LOSE ALL

EVANSTON. ILL.,. Feb. "A - Heck
Hall a dOTmtory of Northwestern
University was in ruins today and
nearly a hundred students were minus
their wearing apparel except the gar
ments they We're wearing when the
building burned last night The loss
to the university and the students was
estimated at 100000 by President
Harris today The blaze could have
been stopped and the big dormitory
saved, but for the heavy drifts of snow
that stalled every piece of fire appa-
ratus that started toward the uniyer-
sity campus. The dormitory was built
in 1866
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
GRANTS 3 DEGREES

Lynthus Perkins was granted a di-
vorce in circuit court from Bertha
Perkins. the defendant failing to ap-
pear, The decree was granted on the
grounds of abandonment
Divorce was granted Anna G.
Coombs from John Coombs, the
grounds being abandonment. Mrs
Coombs was given the right to use
her maiden name Of Stricken CoOmbs
did not appear at the hearing.
Caria Reason was granted a di
vorce from William II. Reason in cir
cult court because Reason abandoned
her shortly after their marriage. She
was given the custody of one child
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
INSURANCE AGENTS
OFFER THEIR AID

Aid Of agents of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company in carrying
out a program for improving the SAM
tary conditions of the city. has been
offered Health Officer S. G. Smelser.
The company offers to have it's agents
distribute literature among it's indus
trial policy holders to stimulate in
terest in better health conditions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24

isiana congressman who succeeded
ArSene Pujo. famous as the head of
the money trust investigation, has the
longest name of any member OF Con-
gress, but doesn't use it. His name is
really Lazaro Bielandonitch His
grandfather was a Russian who emf
grated to Louisiana years ago. Mr.
Lazaro is a Democrat and held several
state offices before he came to Con-
gress He is forty-two years old and q
physician by profession.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
FIRE IN CHIMNEY
CALLS DEPARTMENT

The burning of an overheated Chin
ney in North Nineteenth street caused
to fire department TO make run
shortly before 10 o'clock last evening
The blaze was cXtinguished before the
department arrived 1t was reported
by neighbor who saw the blaze No
damage resulted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
COULTER MISSES
SPEAKING DATE

Prof. Stanley Coulter. dean of Pur-
due university, did not arrive in Rich
mond to make his speech before the
Mems Brotherhood meeting last night
at the First Presbyterian church and
informal toasts were responded to by
the forty present A number of manu-
facturers gave their views on the To-
cal option situation and the coming
election was topic for general discus
sion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
THIRTY HOURS TO
MAKE DESTINATION

DANNILLE, ILL.,. Feb. 24.-Big Four
passenger train no. 43. due here Mon
day morning from indianapolis, arriv-
ed this morning after having been tied
up in the snowdrift for thirty hours.
This is the first train from the east
since Sunday afternoon
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
ASSERTS COMPANY
HAS NO TROUBLE

Manager j. B. Wharton, Of the
Light. Heat and Power company today
stated that his company had exper-
fenced no trouble whatever from the
severe weather. The gas pressure of
the mains has been satisfactory and
no damage has been done to the wires
Of the corporation
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
SAYS FAIR RETURN
IS DENIED COMPANY
Engineer Mead Says R. C. w.
Makes Less Than An 8
Per Cent Dividend.
WAS WITNESS TO-DAY
Engineer Alvord Says Cheap
Rate to City Makes Citi-
zens Pay Higher.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 24.-Taking
the basis of physical valuation of the
Richmond Water Works company as
compiled by his company, Daniel w.
Mead, an engineer employed by the
company, attempted to show the pub
lie service commission today that the
company had not had fair return on
it's investment The figures dated back
to 1897. and since that time, in any
one year, according to the figures pro-
duced by Mead, the company has not
earned eight per cent, the sum which
is coutended such an investor should
earn.
In his explanation Mead showed how
1t was possible to lower the net return
TO the investor by increasing salaries,
and said such was the case in many
companies, but not in this one. At the
close of the morning session the mem
bers of the commission and Mead en-
gagged in a discussion as to the meth
Cd yaluing the investment, -
Alvords View.
John T. Alvord, another engineer
employed by the company attempted
to show how citizens and small users
we're compelled sometimes to pay the
cost Of water furnished to a city on a
cheap basis. Alvord was also on the
stand for the company yesterday aft
ernoon.
Much of the testimony he gave was
based on hypothetical questions. AL
word based his opinions on the situa-
lion In city OF $4,000 population,
which he accepted as being that of
Richmond, where the company had
$500 users of its water. The aggre-
gate value of the plant about which he
testified yesterday was $924,305. con-
sidering everything which goes to
make up the valuation. Chairman
Duncan asked him to tell just how
the commission could take his figures
and determine what the rates should
be.
Many Angles Considered.
Alvord explained that many things
had to be considered among them the
present income, and what a fair in
come for such a class of business and
investment should be. after which
there should be div iSiOn of the public
and private service rates Then he eX-
planned that many water companies
provide water TO municipalities for
less than the City's share Of the serv-
ice is worth and the private consum-
erS have to make that up. He also
said that theoretically the private con
sumner Of 4 large amount of water. i'll
residences. such n the householder in
a tWelTe-room house " larger. could
afford to pay more than the poorer cit
izen.
SPEAKING Of tho large consumers,
he said q low rate has to be given to
them fer they havp he power TO. and
often do. obtain par If their supply
from bpt' than tho
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
after SUFFERING
TW0L0NC YEARS
Mrs. Aselin Was Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Minneapolis. MINI. AFTER my little
one was born | was sick with pains in

my SIDES which the
doctors said w ere
caused by in1anma-
ton. / suffered a
great d cal every
and grew very
thin. | was under the
doctors care for two
long years without
any benefit. Finally
after repeated sug-
gestions to try it we
got Lydia E. Pink
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
PRAYER MEETING

Prayer meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Bell PA North Ninth
street Wednesday evening, at 100
O'Clock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24

To Cure Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QIININE
Eablets. Druggists refund money if it
Fails to cure. f. W. GROVES sigma
lure is on each box. 25c.
advertisement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24


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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-09-03

But it isn't the figure he offers me
that gets me: it's that visible $500 in
real money. Say. do you know what
I've got on now for the first time in a
century or so? Silk socks!'
I'm sorry you closed with him.
Dam" commented Wallingford. too
much interested in the business end of
the sordid necessities of life. "All
youth get out of this place will be the
$4,000 difference between the cash
you get and the amount Of your mort
cages" And Wallingford stalked away.
steadfastly refusing Sickels' hospitabIe
and forget it.
Instead. Wallingford. as was his
habit when he had been baked in any
of his plans. hunted a quiet corner
where nobody could find him. An hour
later he hurried down from the lonely
balcony box just above the jangling
rehearsal and hunted Sickels, whom he
found huddled up in the old watch
mans comfortable chair at the stage
entrance with foot across his knee
gently stroking silk sock.
you might as well have some more
haberdashery, Dam Wallingford OBJ
served. laying a hundred dollar bill
across the glistening ankle.
Dan promptly clutched the gaudy
trife in his fingers. whats it for?'
| he asked quite naturally
"a second option on this theater and
the ground it occupies. Thirty days,
dating from today
Same price," inquired Dan. folding
the bill lengthwise and then endwise.
Better" replied WalIingfo"d 1.-Two
hundred thousand cash.
Dan stuffed the money into his peck
ct. LET me get this straight" he said
rising vigorously from his chair
"You're paying me this 500 for what
you call second option. If Dillon
don't buy my property in thirty days
from last Tuesday ut the price he Of
fered HE you have the right to buy it
at any time in the following two days
for 100000 cash"
That's it," acknowledged Walling
ford.
"Let's go and see my lawyer" greed
lily invited Dan. II hope Dillon chokce
before his thirty days are up
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-09-03
CHAPTER XIV.
Puttinu One Over.

~ n the morning of the mOmentOuS
opening date of THE Lama's
~ Goat" Melissa Trip was
stricken with her first attack
Of stage fright, which took the form
of nervous chills. Dicky Dolger, his
occupation more or less gone, arose at
rosy dawn, emptied his own cellaret
and those in the Sheraton and Art
Nouveau rooms and fell downstairs.
and ricketts, johnson lost the conduc-
tors score Of the music. At the final
rehearsal that day two of the most inn
portant chorus girls left a yawning gap
in the ranks by their failure to appear.
Miss Devoe utterly refused to go on
that night unless they settled in her
favor the allotment of the star dress
ing room now in dispute between her.
self and Melissa Trip. The electrician
who had rehearsed all the light effects
burned his hand. A new grip man
| poked one of the heroic sized papier
mache goats through the rear wall of
the temple. and the stage manager had
a fight with Willis Lawrence, the big
! bassO
Through all these triding incidents
Violet Bonnie. though working like a
stone crusher and meeting each death
blow as it came up with fierce energy
that should have belonged only to de
spair, retained an amazing cheerful
ness, which was explained when. ovel
the hasty sandwich that formed hel
dinner, she observed to the only com
panion who was unruftled enough OF
disposition to remain with her through
it all:
"Blackie, it's a pipe! Never in tho
history of the Big Lane was there +;
production that started off with 81
many signs of being winner. j
we'd had smooth rehearsal this
morning and everything else had gone
off as gay as an election bet wine fest
I'd have been out right now ordering
a. Gala lily Rock of Ages and bein.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-09-03
BY GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER
Copyright. 1918. by the Bobbs-
Merrill Co.

+ + + + / ! + r. + II +
Well. order the hearse.' and chuckled
and went away.
After all this criticism upon the part
of the experts in the game the piece
was bound to be stupendous success.
and Business Manager Wallingford
was SO certain of it that during the last
week of the rehearsals he went back
into the lonely corner where Dan
Sickels always sat in gloomy apathy.
"Well. Dan. what do you think of
the piece:" he inquired.
Dan tried to force smile. you
never can tell. It's all a gamble. No
body knows" he said.
you're entitled to a guess" Wal
ingford insisted. Come on, Dan. tell
me honestly, what do you think
about it:''
"Well. I don't like to hurt your feel
ings,' Sickels hesitated.
81 haven't any," Wallingford prompt
" informed him.
well, if you leave it to me, | don't
think it's any kind of a musical come
| ly, anyhow. None of the boys thinks
SO. You see. Wallingford, you got i'll
| wrong from the start You got Dicky
! Dolgers and Ricketts, Johnson's names
! tackled on the program. and you're I'M
| lucky in your cast. Delaney and Law
renee and Devoe are all right. but they
haven't had decent parts for three sea-
1 -1,.,+ nf
Bonnie hasn't been in touch with the
game for a long time. Then again,
this is the hoodooed Avon. 1t looks
like you're up against it, Wallingford.
ut isn't my funeral returned j
Rufus. I'm not engaging in any bust
ness this year, anyhow. but l still
have bet left in me. If The Lama's
Goat makes a hit it'll break the hoo
doc, and this house will be worth more
than it is today. At what price will
you sell the property. and how muct
will you take for thirty day option
on it?'
Dan sank back in his chair like :
collapsed puffbal. ITS too late" h
huskiy whispered; then he cleared
his throat. Its too late he repeated
in a louder huskiness. II gave Dillon
thirty day option day before yester
day"
'The devil you say!' exclaimed Wal
lingford, deeply disappointed. why
the mans as crooked as Tammany ant
sure bankrupt if he goes through
with this thing. thought you had dc
cided not to fuss up with him."
II couldn't help myself" half whine'
Sickels, in the pitiable weakness of
once strong man. "Wallingford, Nv
been broke SO long that when l see an
of my old friends OH the street hun
an alley l used to be one of the bes
dressers on Broadway, and now l don
like to go out there in the sunlight;
feel as if everybody that's walkin
behind me has his eyes focused o
the fringe Of my pants. l own thi
property and it's $4,000 worth Of NOR
} cages, but there's many time Nv
felt like trading it for the price of
! new suit Of clothes, a dinner with
pretty girl, skin full Of champaign
and a bottle Of prussic acid. Wei
when I'm feeling about like that tn
\ quivering Dillon comes along an
!. shows me twenty-five greenbacks, eac
7 one of them good for 500 at any rel
ulal1y licensed bar, and fall. He o
fers me 100000 cash and the san
( amount in stock Of the Dillon Store
Z company for this place, if he choose
on or before the day his option expire
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-09-22

is young gentleman who knows what
the latest styles in dress are and wears
them, who knows the latest steps in
the dance and dances them, and VINO
is in every respect an all-round, up
to-date sport. If such nut owns
a racing motorcar, or perhaps his own
aeroplane, he is automatically pro-
noted to be a "supernut.''
"Nut" in Britain has completely
taken the place one finds in old Eng
Iish books represented by such words
as dandy buck" and beau" a
word that we Americans formerly rem
dered dude"