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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
Keeping Flies Out,
is Easier Than Put
ting Them Out.

Use fly-proof screens for
doors and windows.
Good screen doors, stained
and vanished frames, with
best wire, all sizes, S9c up to
$2.49.
Adjustable window screens,
all sizes, at 39c, 35c, 25c and
Ice.
Best spring screen door
hinges, &c.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04
Thirty Three Church Fires in
- Indiana During Last g Months

according to The IRE marshal, HAYS
occurred throughout the state since
January L In many instances the nro
marshal believes that such defective
furnace fires result from the fAct
that churches are not heated except
on Sunday and then extra demands
are made on tho heating plant In or
der that the building may be warm In
time for the early morning service.
Each church janitor,' says tho fdrs
marshal. should carefully examine
the furnace room in the church Tho
furnace should not be too close to
unprotected floors above. SO that the
heat may become a cause Of fire. II
possible all furnaces should be enclos-
ed in a fireproof compartment, con-
structed of brick. terra Gotta or con-
crete, with a self-closfng fireproof
door. Asbestos and other protective
material should be placed between
stoves and floors or wooden para-
tons"
In connection with church fires in
Indiana. the fire marshal is again call
ing attention to the habit of placing
chairs in aisles when auditoriums ara
unusually crowded. They are often the
means of blocking exits in case OF
fire, the fire marshal believes, and
help to aggravate panics.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04
OLLIE COMES BACK
+ BUT MOVES AGAIN
Umbrella Member Loves City,
But Mayor Robbins Loves
His Absence.

At last q man has been found who
can't stay away from Richmond. He
was unearthed at the mornings Sos
sion Of police court when Mayor Rob
bins accepted Ollie Kings plea that
he would again try to leave the city.
Ollie is an umbrella mender of the
Apple-seed John type, whose feet new
er graced a street car and thinks the
steam cars a horror, but a firm be-
lever in good roads.
Despite the fact that less than five
months ago he told former mayor
Zimmerman that never again would
he set his feet in this city, even under
a penalty of 500 fine and thirty days
in jail, he was back again yesterday
King renewed his vow that no more
would he darken the streets of Rich
mond and upon the promise was re-
leased by Mayor Robbins, ''If you
come back again, you'll get that 40
days." said the cfty's executive.
He was picked up on North F street
yesterday morning shortly before din
ner time.
Swinging his pack of old umbrellas
on his shoulder, and picking up two
badly dilapidated hand satchels, Ollie
hit the National road west and was
soon out of the city's limits.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04
DID CHILD WAKE UP
CROSS OR FEVER|SH}
Look, Mother! If Tongue is
Coated Give "California'
Syrup of Figs.

Mother! Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See if tongue is
coated: this is a sure sign it's little
stomach, liver and bowels need a
cleansing at once.
When listless, pale, feverish full of
cold, breath bad. throat sore, doesn't
eat, sleep or act naturally, a gentle
liver and bowel cleansing should al.
ways be the first treatment given.
Nothing equals "California Syrun of
Figs" for children's ills: give a tea
spoonful, and in a few hours all the
foul waste, sour bile and fermentinp
food which is clogged in the bowels
passes out of the system, and you have
well and playful child again. All
children love this harmless. delicious
fruit laxative" and it never fails to
effect a good inside" cleansing. d.
rections for babies, children of all
ages and grown-ups are plainly on the
bottle.
Keep it handy in your home. A lit
tie given today saves sick child to-
morrow. but get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for a 50-cent bottle Of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" then look and
see that 1t is made by the California
Fig Syrup Company" Counterfeits
are being sold hero. Don't be fooled!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04
SHOP MEETING HELD

Shop meetings were held in the vari
GUS factories today Two noon meet
ings. one at the F. & n. Lawn Mower
company and the second at the Rob
inson company The third meeting
will be held tonight at the Elliott and
Reid Fence company in the time in
tervening the day and night shifts.
The Rev. B. Earl Parker addressed
the meeting at the F.. & n. Lawn Now
err company, speaking to about a hun
dred employees. A quartet of women
sang. Father Cronin spoke at the
Robinson company. The shop meet
ings are being conducted in connec-
ton with the Y. NJ. c. A. religious
work program.
Later meetings will be held some
time this week
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04

Editor Palladium-In reading the ar
ticle in The Palladium on the carload
of cigarettes for China, I was remind
ed Of a carload hauled in train on
which I was a brakeman.
June l, 1907, we left Cincinnati with
a mixed train of high-class freight
One car was billed from Durham, N.
c. 1t was delivered to the Pennsyl-
vania at Cincinnati, and was routed
by way of Richmond, the G. R. & |.
and Canadian Pacific to Vancouver,
B. c.. due to load on a certain steamer
sailing the 18th, destination Shanghai,
China. 1t contained four million Gig
arettes, according to the manuscript
wayb1l attached to the conductors
card
l remember the dates, because of
a little incident in which the car
played the star role.
The conductor who had the car out
OF here on the G., r. & |. received a
message to set out slow freight at
Rfdgev1]le and fill out with coke. Coke
Is received there from the east via
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04
DO 1T NOW
Richmond People Should Not Wal

Richmond People Should Not Wait
Until 1t Is Too Late.
The appalling death-rate from kid
ney disease is due largely to the fact
that the little kidney troubles are
usually neglected until they become
serious. The slight symptoms often
give place to chronic disorders and the
sufferer may slip gradually into some
serious form of kidney complaint.
If you suffer from backache, head
aches. dizzy spells; if the kidney Sc
cretions are irregular of passage and
unnatural in appearance, do not de-
lay Help the kidneys at once.
for kidney disorders-they act where
others fail. Over one hundred thou
sand people have recommended them
Here's case at home:
Mrs. J. G. Gem, 522 n. 18th ST.,
Richmond, Indiana, says: "Doans
Kidney Pills are all right. When
ever any of us have backache or any
other symptoms of kidney trouble,
Doan's Kidney Pills give relief"
Mrs. Gem is only one of many Rich
mond people who have gratefully en-
dorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. If your
back aches-f your kidneys bother
you, don't simply ask for kidney rem
edy-ask distinctly for Doan's XII dney
Pills, the same that Mrs. Gem had
the remedy backed by home testi-
mony. SOC all stores. F'oster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, n. y. When
Your Back is Lame-Remember the
Name
ADVERTISEMENT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04
STEWART To SPEAK
Prohibition Leader Appears
Here March 9.

Oliver Wayne Stewart, orator and
lecturer. is scheduled to speak at the
North A Street Friends church on the
evening of March 9Th. He will speak
on the topic of prohibition. Press no
tees speak highly of his ability
He has done evangelistic work and
served as pastor Of Church of Christ
congregation. Prominently identified
with the Christian Endeavor move
ment of Illinois, he early gained an in
sight into the practical working of
church extension. He was chairman
of the Prohibition National Committee
in 1900, serving four years. In 1902
he was elected to the Illinois legisla-
ture in the Hyde Park district Of Chi
cago.
Since serving in the Illinois house
and with the Prohibition party, he has
been in demand as a lecturer upon the
chautauqua platforms.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04
Mabel Herbert Urner Tells Whv
Helen and Warren Appeal to You

Mabel Herbert Urner, the woman
who has made thousands Of women
think with her married Life" stories,
published daily in The Palladium, in
remarkable interview opens the Sc
crets of her success to her readers
She does not say that it is genius
that created the characters OF Helen
and Warren, whose intimate family
life has become a subject of daily
conversation IN Richmond homes
She does not claim a God-sent in
spiration has given to her the uncanny
power of putting on paper the inmost
thoughts of the average woman.
She does not declare that what
she has done no other can do.
Hard work. the use of every me-
chanical device possible to aid in
writing, unceasing observation and
absolute simpleness and sincerity
these are the things that Mrs. Urner
says makes the successful writer.
Stripping the romance from her own
work, Mrs. Urner today discIoses the
art that puts the romance into her
stories of the little things of every
day.
Human lives, not the stories about
them, should be the sources for
strong fiction, Mrs. Urner thinks.
1t is the intimate touch, the relation
OF an incident that parallels one that
you or l have known in our lives, that
makes the highest art, in the work of
Mrs. Urner Helen is most ordi-
nary woman and Warren an ordinary
man, and in that quality Of being like
the majority Of their fellows lies the
enhancing nature of the recital of
their daily life
Perseverance is the cardinal vir-
tue of a writer, Mrs. Urner says. The
satisfaction of work we'll done pays
for the squeezing from the mind of
each idea that applies to the task
in hand. And, like a fertile field. the
mind Of the writer is refreshed by
use.
Don't be too saving Of your IDEAS ~
Mrs. Urner said. Don't be afraid to
put into each story the best that is
in you. lest you may need it more
for some other story. This l used to
do when the dread of no more plots
and no more ideas hung over me.
Now l know that more and better
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04
JUDGE LIVE STOCK

Demonstrations of live stock juds
ing were given yesterday at Milton
before members Of the high school ag.
ricultural class. Similar demonstra.
lions have been arranged for this af-
ternoon at Fountain City and tomor-
row afternoon at Whitewater.
A COW and horse were used to dem
onstrate to the boys what points con-
stitute good cattle and horses. The
talk followed which included cattle,
horses hogs. sheep and poultry.
Ears OF corn will be exhibited at
the demonstration Friday afternoon at
Economy high school. Students in all
agricultural classes Of the county have
taken up the study of testing seed
corn and eventually will test part of
the seed corn for all farmers in the
communities reached by the schools.
The seed corn lecture and demonstra-
tons will be the agricultural depart
ment's educational feature for the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04

OF his vocabulary and his dexterous
use of words. instinctively we resent
1t. 1t is necessary to have a large
vocabulary; but never use it to i'm
press your reader. Your story will re-
fleet the mood in which you write it.
II you are absolutely sincere, if you
honestly portray as simply and direct
~ as you can the thought you have
in mind, then the story will not be
artificial. 1t will carry with it the
ring OF truth that makes for realism.
Il wish to forestall a criticism that
undoubtedly will be made-that many
OF my methods are too mechanical
My defense is that they make for the
conservation of energy and the econ
omy Of time. All other work is now
so vigorously SYSTEMATICALLY not
writing?
"You may like to think of the story
you read as the result only Of inspir-
alton and not of careful detailed
work. But the author who makes his
living by writing can not afford to
depend upon inspiration. He must be
able to turn out one story after an
other. And to do this he must have
a system by which he can manufac-
ture creditable story with little or
no inspiration to help him.
ut seems that beginners are willing
to serve an apprenticeship to every
profession except that of writing But
the value of the technical training of
authorship is becoming apparent The
many new schools of journalism at
test this.
mo amount Of training can give you
imagination. humor or emotion 1t
would be absurd to claim that technic
alone can make a great writer But
technic, industry and painsta king
attention to detail will enable the
mediocre writer to turn out his fairly
good stuff in much better shape.
."And after all, it is the mediocre
stories that fill the magazines-iust
as the mediocre people fill the world"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04

out the compressed air. the pressure
Is greater, hence the ears begin ring
ing and q queer soothing sensation is
felt about the nose. or course as the
boat gets under way and one becomes
accustomed to the increased pressure,
the ringing gradually disappears and
the sensations wear off.
There seems to be q lack of &C.
curate knowledge Of the submarine
boat. Most people think because 1t Is
heavier than water and carries extra
ballast, 1t goes directly to the bottom
of the ocean like lead shot The
boat gradually sinks away into the
sea with no more jar than a slowly
moving elevator. The decent is not
rapid. nor is it perpendicular. Be-
cause Of the fact that the entire bot
tom Of the boat is Allied with electri-
cal storage batteries, which supply
current to to an electric motor, which
propels the boat. q descent at an an
gle greater than nine degrees Is i'm
possible without splitting the contents
OF the batteries and Gripping the pro-
gress of the boat
Propelled by Batteries.
Although the boat carries a power
full gasoline engine, 1t is not used
oAiy VII IAc Dull IdCc, UCCduSc Tie ali
supply in the boat while under water
is not sufficient for the men and at
the same time feed the 100 horse
power gasoline engine. The real pro-
polling force while under the surface
is 200 horse power electric motor,
to which current is fed from scores Of
storage batteries.
Despite the fact that the submarine
is constructed of the highest quality
of steel, it is frail. When in one of
the boats one can feel the rolling and
pitching. The space between the floor
and ceiling is just barely high enough
to permit man to stand upright 1t
is amazing the amount of machinery
that is contained in the hull sixty-five
feet in length and twelve feet in di-
ameter. The bow is taken up by the
torpedo tube. The end of the tube is
protected by a metal cap which is
made water tight by fitting on a thick
rubber gasket that lines the inner part
of the tube.
Parascope Necessary.
Protruding from the top Of the con-
ming tower to height OF eighteen
feet is a long brass tube containing
the parascope-the brains of the sub
mersible. The parascope is a contri-
vance of lenses and mirrors which
permits one to scan the surface even
while the boat is submerged to a
depth Of eighteen feet. An arrange
ment of the lenses and mirrors makes
1T possible to see along the surface of
the sea for many thousand yards The
captain or lieutenant has charge of
the parascope and various other in
struments which indicate the depth
of the boat, air pressure, and air hui
nudity. Every precaution for the safe
ty of both crew and boat is taken by
the officers in charge
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04

ideas will come; SO I use the best
l have prolifically and find myself no
poorer for it,
Were it not for my rigid rule to
begin my work at half-past nine, |
should put it off on every excuse
Strengthening my desk. writing letters,
anything to postpone the dreaded
getting at it.
so the days that have to plan
out a new story or article are the
hardest days. Even if l know what
l am going to write about, even If I
have made several pages of detached
notes, still the effort of whipping
these into some kind Of shape and of
getting out the first draft is unspeak-
ably hard
And the longer let my mind shud-
der away from it, the harder 1t be-
comes. Sometimes, in spite Of all my
resolutions, I am weak enough to put
it off, to say that I simply can not
begin today. that l shall feel more in
the mood for it tomorrow.
And then I try to ease my con-
science by doing other work-easier
finished story.
buC "hCu IOuI COHc6, anu
stop for the day. it is with the
wretched sense of having shirked In
variably I am full Of regret, and
wish I could live the day over that 1
might have the satisfaction of my
work we'll done. And this discomfort
with myself haunts me the rest Of the
afternoon and evening, and spoils any
diversion I may have planned.
THE next morning I am in no bet
ter mood for work than I was the
day before. I approach it with even
more dread; for the horror of a vast
ed day is still with me. And the work
seems even harder for having been
put off
CAS- I believe the hrst demand of
story should be interest, SO the sec
ond should be sincerity.
There is nothing the reader de-
tests so quickly or resents so much as
lack of sincerity. Much can be for
given if we feel the writer is sincere.
But when he 'poses,' when he makes
conscious efforts to be clever, to scin-
tilate, to impress us with the range
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04
BY. T. NJ, MILLER.

The man who turned this trick was
a small fellow with plenty of nerve
Many times he left the ships torpedo
tube at depth of ninety feet but one
day he declared that he was going to
enter the boat from the outside
through the torpedo tube.
During the absence Of the captain
who was occupied with o6ftcial bust
ness on the shores of Manila Bay, the
little fellow backed by the cnew final
ly gained the consent of the lieuten-
ant in charge to try the stunt. Accord
Ing to his suggestion a small boat was
put out from the collier equipped with
the necessary air apparatus. The re-
cruit donned the usual diving helmet.
The first trial was cut short for he
did not get enough weights on his feet
and before he had gone down many
feet he came bobbing up again. Addi-
tiOnal weights were placed on his feet
and he made the second attempt.
Diver Enters Tube.
This time he sank to the level Of the
boat. The most difficult part of the
trick was to get the helmet from his
head while under water and enter the
submarine tube without strangling. BY
some hook or crook he managed to
get loose from the helmet and within
three seconds raped on the inside of
the tube. The operation Of closing the
outer cap and discharging the water
in the tube consume about half min
ute, but the plucky fellow stood the
strain and when he was dragged out
of the tube he was pretty we'll tucker
ed out. This feat has never again
been tackled to this day and he holds
the record for trick diving.
The natives of the Philippine Is
lands, where 1 made most of my dives
were very superstitious regarding the
steel monsters, and when they were
on the bay and saw the boats coming
they would jump overheard and swim
ashore. I remember one incident
when a crowd of the natives saw their
first submarine dive. l happened to
be detailed on shore duty and had
an excellent chance to see how the
watchers greeted the action of the
boat.
The SHARK" was run out at full
speed for about two miles and then
suddenly disappeared and did not
come to the surface for about an hour.
When the boat disappeared the ma
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-04
Richmond Boy Tells Experiences
As Member OF Submarine Creu

lives became excited. When the boat
came up near the dock they became
frightened and ran a few yards back
from the dock. Seeing that nothing
pursued them they returned to exam
Inc the wonder. When the crew
marched out on the rock they gather
ed around them in wonderment as
they could not figure out how it was
that the men were dry when they had
been under water for an hour.
After two years diving in the for
eign waters the Shark returned to
the United States Naval station at
Newport. r. l.. where I spent the re-
naming time of my enlistment on the
shore. While my experiences in this
unique type OF service were of thrill
Ing. hair raising nature, I would say
that not all the boats in the service
are followed by the strange "hoodoo"
that seemed to follow our boat from
shore to shore
Down vantllators." was the order
of the Shark when the crew was des-
tined for another dive We have been
running at slow speed along the shores
of Manila bay preparatory to the US
ual days practice dive. In other
captain of the submarine told us that
we were to have another romp with
the sea sharks that inhabit the waters
of Manila bay In large schools.
Men File to Station.
While three men stayed on the
bridge to make all shipshape for the
journey under the sea, the other nine
men filed through the coming tower to
their various stations in the interior
of the boat. Some went to the engine
room, some to the electrical switch
boards, which are numerous in the
boat, and some to stations to handle
the intricate systems of valves which
control the ballast of the craft
The captain. after seeing that every
thing is in shape on the bridge and
forward deck. scrambles through the
coming tower into a small circular
room, about seven feet high and two
feet in diameter, and there he takes
his watch for the dive
With a deathlike silence the men
assemble at their posts. Not until the
captain has questioned every man as
to the condition of the machinery and
devices at his post, is the final order
'Submerge' given. The unwritten law
of submarine service is silence-and
from the time a dive is ordered until
the surface is reached again, which
may be for hours, not a word is whis-
pered except by the captain or COM
mander of the crew.
Air Pressure EquaIixed.
What is the sensation of the first
trip" is a question often asked a sub
marine recruit To tell the truth there
is not much of a sensation now days,
as the boats have been fitted with the
latest in equipment to equalize the air
pressure in all parts of the boat Still
The first trip has its queer sensations
When the boat starts under the sur
ace with all entrances for air closed
and the air tanks lin the craft sending