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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-19
MARINE BRANCH OLD
IN NAVY SERVICE
Members Fighting Men
Aboard Take Place of Cut
lass Crew of Old Frigates.
By A VETERAN.

It was the campaign Of the Allies
against the Boxers in 1900. They had
captured Tientsin by hard three day
battle. A conference had been called
of all the commanders to discuss the
question of advancing or waiting for
General Robert
Meade, in command of the United
States marines, was i'll and Colonel
Littleton T. Waller, then a major, was
the junior officer of the representa-
tives of many nations in the confer
ence.
One by one the elder men gave
their opinions that there was no
pressing need of an advance and that
the troops must have several more
days of recuperating. Finally, Major
Walters opinion was asked and he
stood up and said:
Gentlemen, l don't know just what
the rest Of you mean to do, but the
marines start for Pekin at o'clock in
the morning"
Marines March Away.
The marines did start at o'clock
in the morning, taking the allies along.
This incident was recalled to mind
on seeing that Colonel Waller had
been ordered east from the Coast and
is likely to get mixed up in the doings
III MEXICO. walter reply was tyPlSdi
of the gallant little corps which is old
er than the republic itself. An act OF
the Continental Congress in ITS, a
year before the Declaration of indie,
pendence, organized the corps along
the lines of similar British body.
Just one hundred years before the
marines battered at.athe gates of the
Forbidden City they did heroic feat
in Tripoli In 1903 detachment OF
these soldiers of the sea marched
$50 miles across the African desert
to subjugate the insolent tyrants Of
the Mediterranean. They pulled down
the malodorous flag Of the Tripoli
tans and hoisted the Star Spangled
Banner over an ancient fortress be
fore horde which had in large mum
Der never seen it before.
Old In Service.
The marine as lighting MAI
aboard ship is said by one historian
to date back to the Persian Empire
Marines are mentioned in connection
with the battle Of Lade, in the time
of Darius l. King of Persia, abou
| 1875 B.
In the old days of engagements a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-19
The Hop Toad,

Two puffy hop toads. hipty-hop,
Got to hopping they could not stop
Till they found a pool and waded in
Into the water up to their chin.
The place delightfully."- cool,
This pleasant limpid, sparkling pool.
They wtnked and they blnked and sat
them down
In bathing suit tights OF natty brown.
Twas their resort on a summer day,
And they intended awhile to stay.
When long came a pig and drank it up
All the water. without bowl or cup
The hop toads were left quite high and
dry
And hoped away with little sigh,
Put they found another. yes, indeed
That answered as we'll for every need.
When pleasures are taken way from US
It's better to leave without fuss
And see IL better cannot do.
What's right for toads Is right for us too.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-19
grown enormously. The percentage Of

grown enormously. The percentage OF
marriages has grown also and this
would seem to prove that suffrage
does not tend to celibacy. Wyoming
where women have had a full ballot
for As years has the smallest propoI-
ton of unmarried women to its popu-
lation of any state in the union.
Indiana women feel the humilia-
ton and shame of their political inc
quality. We do not even have school
suffrage" said DIR. Amelia Keller OF
indianapolis.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-19
improve Your COMPLEXION.


Madam, your complexion as we'll as
your temper is rendered miserable by
biliousness and constipation. Take
Chamberlain's Tablets and you will
improve them both. For sale by all
dealers.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-19
In the Fashion.

Wife-John. | haven't skirt At to
wear Husband-Well. that's the style.
isn't ii ?-Exchange.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-02

O1S CdIu W IuS dlulSuOuS0 "nSIS OlC
man might get one days work for
the large wage of Is cents and meal
thrown in. This is charity labelled
''U. c."
The story is told by Benjamin
Cronk, $50 w. Adams street. Benja-
min is about &c, with frank blue eyes,
and rather trusting look which |
makes you feel you really ought to
do something, and may be the reason
he got the three cans of sour beans |
instead of the customary, eve will |
send visitor to investigate"
Benjamin may, eventually, when |
the U. G. investigates, come under |
any one of many captions under |
which they label people when they |
don't intend to help them, but just
at present he happens to be man
who told story of hard luck and I
privation to a very young, very we'll |
gowned, very healthy and well-fed |
young lady who was presiding over
the destinies of applicants at the time |
he roamed into the West Side branch |
of the United Charities.
81 told them l was back in my rent, |
and l told them l hadn't job, and
that my wife was working, but she |
wouldn't get her money for two |
weeks, as she's got job where they |
hold back one weeks pay, and that |
l didn't care about myself, cause I'm
a man and can get along somehow,
but my wife hadn't eaten for two |
days and was walking a couple of |
miles to work, and l got where l
couldn't stand watching her and 1
wanted job if it only paid a few
dollars week so l could do some
thing.
'The girl asked me lot of ques-
tons about my life from the day 1
was born nearly and told her hon
est, and when l got through she said:
"'You are young, strong, heal
thy man. You ought to scour Chi
cagO from one end to the~Other look
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-02
IN RANKNESS THIS STUNT CAN'T BE BEATEN
PLENTY OF BEANS-BUT CAN'T BE EATEN

to the Almshouse at 800 S. Halsted
street. and if they give you work they
will pay you Is cents day and your
dinner
Then Benjamin continued, "she
brought out three tin cans and she
said: Here's some nice kidney beans.
Take them home for your wife to-
night She will enjoy them, 1 am
sure
'Well, l took them home, and 1
opened up a can and turned them in
a dish and they were fermenting. l
thought that was just one can, so l
opened another, and l brought it to
you so you can smell it to see if Pm
lying"
No, Benjamin wasn't lying. The
lunch, smelled those beans-and
then
The reporter decided to talk to
Emil Steger of the West Side branch
about three cans of sour kidney
beans being considered an enjoyable
meal for a woman who hadn't eaten
for two days.
Steger opened his eyes in mild sur
prise.
'Those beans should not have been
given out" he said solemnly. "They
were donated to US, really forced up
on u.s."
But the persistent reporter, re-
membering a painful experience in
smelling those beans, insisted upon
Steger also enjoying the aroma.
He whitfield. ''As l say, they should
not have been given out. That was
a mistake"
do you think beans, kidney beans,
sour or otherwise, are delectable
meal for a person who hasn't eaten in
two days." the reporter queried.
Steger hesitated. The whole elab-
crate system of statistical charity
skinned and iced'' might be shaken
by his reply.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-17
OurTicketa and Why

! For Governor-Hiram w. Johnson OF
San Francisco, who has revolutionized
| and purified state politics.
For Lieutenant Governor ohm M.
Eshleman of El Centre; proved great
administrator and legislator.
For Secretary of State-F. j. o'Brien
of Chico; tested in office and proven
true.
For state ohm S. Cham
bors of Sacramento; a faithful official.
For state Treasurer-Friend VIM.
Richardson of Berkeley, who has prov
en- his great ability and worth as state
printer.
For Attorney General-U. S. Webb
of San Francisco, whose ability has
been proven.
For Surveyor General---wiiliam S.
Kingsbury of Los Angeles; OF proven
ability.
For State Board of Equalization-H.
G.. Catten who is in harmony with
the Progressive administration.
For United States Senator-Chestc
H. Howell, editor of the Fresno Re
publican; known throughout the state
for his sterling character and great
ability.
For Congressman-Wil Kettper
of San Diego, who is in line with the
Progressive wing of the Democratic
party.
For Chief Justice Supreme Court
Walter Bordwell of Los Angeles.
For Associate Justice of the Supreme
ICourt-Lucian Shaw of Los Angeles.
For Presiding Justice of the District
Court of Appeal-Nathaniel p. Conrey
OF Los Angeles.
For Superintendent of Public In
observation-disclosures Hyatt of Riverside,
because of his years of faithful and
able service.
For Member of the eAssembly-Frank
Reading of I'll Centre, business man
of ability and wide acquaintance with
the valley.
franklin j. Cole, whose ability is prov
! For Sheriff-Mobley Meadows, who
was made for just that place.
/ For County Clerk-Major S. Cook, an
i able official without competitor.
For District Attorney-Phii d. Swing,
/ one of the most faithful and able of
icials the county has had in its his
tory.
For Auditor-waIter d. Carey, an
4 efficient official without compeu-
| able and painstaking ~saclal,
For Assessor-Clasffr 6oogee, oeeasor WnOse o.
work as irrigatifEs'' excellent ouaIifics.
1 lions for thea lpsltlon.
L-JStJr Tax CoI1sctoT-Nont J. Tefd,
Use excellent work entities him to
y, ontinue in office.
For Recorder-Either of the two con
testaDts. both highly equipped for the
work: Louis o. Harvuot and Frank
/ Erzinger.
! For Public Administrator. V.
! Wachtel; ST., an efficient but poorly
+ paid official.
For Superintendent of Schools. f..
cooley whose credentials are his
guardianship of public funds and tes-
/ timonials to the high character of his
methods by educators of wide re-
I noWn.
/ For Coroner-Dr. f. w. Peterson,
/ who now ably fills the office.
H For County Surveyor-C. n. Perry,
\ able incumbent, and man thorough
7 lv acquainted with the county and it's
needs.
Il For Justice of the Peace. Ell Cent 20
l township. Mayfield. who now fins
the office with ability and discretion.
/ For Constable-C. C. Toney, incu1n-
Elhent. faithful and careful official.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-17
A MERlCA AND GERM MANY.

1 n Germans in New York have be-
gun tie publication of a newspaper
to combat what they construe to be
prejudice on the part of Americans
against the Germans in the great
world war.
As a matter of fact there is no
prejudice in America against the Ger
man people. Iii all but language
Americans are more German than
English, and full credit is given to
the Germans for the great part they
have had in making of America all
that it is.
But Americans have no sympathy
and many Germans have none-with
the autocracy and insufferable ego
tism of the Kaiser His theory of his
divine right to rule is at war with
every ideal of America, and as he has
translated that claim into determi-
nation to become a great war chief
he has alienated the sympathy in
America that might otherwise be ex-
tended to him.
But even in spite of that, the Amer
lean people were we'll divided in their
sympathizes until Germany violated
the neutrality of Belgium, and when
it did that the Kaiser-not the Ger
man people-lost all he had of the
sympathy of the civilized world, for
it WIS an act of wanton disregard OF
the rights of an independent and
friendly people.
When the contrast is drawn be-
tween Germany and Russia, in hopes
of creating sympathy for the former
as against the latter, the facts are
rot clearly stated The reason we
are asked not to trust the Russians is
because OF the autocracy of the Gar,
but the Kaiser represents that same
autocracy to the full degree that his
peopl; permit.
The people of Germany are more
highly civilized, which is to say that
autocracy is nearer it's overthrow, and
we may hope that this war will bring
the destruction OF empire in Germany,
setting up a republic instead
The German people are among the
best equipped for popular govern
ment, and Americans, now syppathiz-
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-17
| HOPEFUL OUTLOOK.

L \ When the editor of the Press
at mass meeting in Ell Centric IN
June urged the necessity of taking
quick action to get an appropriation
from congress for river control the
comment was made that that was the
only speech made that received no
applause.
And though the Press stood alone,
and vas told on every hand that it
was useless to make the effort to get
the appropriation until December,
which meant that the work could not
be done this year, this journal per-
sisted in its unpopular theory that II
is always worth while to try to ac-
complish the thing that is desirable.
The Press was especially told that
Party Leader Underwood would not
listen for a minute to any proposal
to bring this matter before congress,
Tut news dispatch from Washington
now says the delegation has called
upon Mr.. Underwood and he told them
''thcre was Just one chance for the
visitors to succeed, and that was to
get favorable recommendation from
the secretary of the interior, and Sc
cure an amendment to the rivers and
harbors bill. A conference with Sec
rotary Lane was at once arranged for
tomorrow morning.
The Press has never claimed that
an appropriation was certain, but it
did ight all alone to have IN effort
made to get the appropriation, and
it now rejoices over the fact that Mr..
Underwood has pointed way by
which the appropriation can be made,
and i looks upon that as a most en-
couraging step in the rpl'k of the
delegation now in Y Washington.
+ 1t has been krown that Secretary
Lane is most friendly to the valley
pp.' - dispatch says:
Representative Kettner accompa-
ried the delegation sent here from
Imperial Valley to sec Secretary #
the Interior Lane this morning to Sc
- ellre- his -snpr2rt for the plan to get
an appropriation of $1,000,000 from
congress to prevent ravages of the
Colorado river.
Secretary Lane assured his callers
that he was entirely i'll sympathy with
their mission1 and that when asked
by congress he would cheerfully sub
nit his opinion on the merits of the
plan. The visitors will look up the
report submitted to the secretary on
the Colorado river by General Mar
shall and on Monday or Tuesday they
will ask Senator Perkins to introduce
an amendment to the rivers and har-
bors bill. The regular course will be
for the senate committee on COM
merce to ask Secretary Lane for a
report on the amendment. Represen-
tative Stephens said today that he
was personally in sympathy with the
desires of the people of the Imperial
Valley and that he stood ready to
give them any assistance in his pow
cr."
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-17

ing with the German people, but noS
with their domineering Kaiser, VIII
welcome them into the family OF re-
publics.
And at the same time 1T can be
hoped that the Poles, the Austrians,
the iiungarians, the Slavs and the
Serbs will each find way in which
they will fit into series of govern
ments through which all Europe will
respond to the direct will of the peo-
pie.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-17
CONTRABAND AS
DEFINED BY POWERS

1t gratifying to note that the list
of contraband articles as recognized
by England and Germany does not in
clude cotton, which will give it free
movement on the seas. Following is
the list of contraband commodities:
81. Arms of all kinds, including
arms For sporting purposes and their
distinctive component parts.
"2. Protectiles, charges and cart
ridges Of all kinds and their distinc-
tive component parts.
''3. Powder and explosives specially
prepared for use in war.
81. Gun mcuntings, timber boxes,
limbars, military wagons, field forges
and vheir distinctive component parts.
"5. Clothing and equipment of dis
tinctively military character.
"6. All kinds of harness of dis
tinctively military character.
"7. Saddles, draught and pack ami
mails, suitable for use in war.
So. Articles of camp equipment and
their distinctive component parts.
SO. Armor plates.
40. Warships, including boats and
their distinctive component parts of
such nature that they can only be
used on vessel of war.
al. Aeroplanes, arships, balloons,
and air craft of all kinds, and their
component parts, together with acccs-
sorie5 and articles recognizable as in,
tended for use in connection with bal
looms and air craft.
"12. Implements and apparatus de-
signed exclusively for the manufacture
of munitions of war, for the manufac-
ture or repair of arms or war mate
rial for use on land and sea-"
The following articles will be treat
ed as conditional contraband:
81. Foodstuffs.
SO. Forage and grain suitable fol-
feeding animals.
"3. Clothing, fabrics for clothing
and boots and shoes suitable for use
in war.
81. Gold and silver in coin OF bul-
/ lion, paper money.
5 "5: Vessels of all kinds available
for uce in w:sr- and their component
parts.
'6. Vessels, craft and boats of al
kinds, floating docks, parts of docks
and their component parts
81. Railway material, both fxe5
and rolling stock, and materials fol
telegraph, wireless telegraph and telc-
phones.
| SO. Fuel lubricants.
SO. Powder and explosives not spc
cially prepared for use in war
40. BaTbcd wire and implement
for fixing and cutting the same.
81. Horeshocs and shoeing mater.
ials.
'12. Harness and saddlery.
"13. Field glasses, telescopes, chro.
nometers and all kinds of nautica
instruments"
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-17
Wanted: Hay or Grain

in exchange for Ell Centre vacant
lots. J. b. Whitaker at the Feed ant
Fuel Yard.--Adv. q
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-17
Modern

Modern two-room housekeeping
apartment. 658 Commercial.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-17

Wanted-To buy alfalfa ready tt
cut fer hay. Ed Royce, Ell Centro.--
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-17

Best equipped and most caref,
piano mover. Ed Royce Transfer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-03
THE SMITH-LEVER ACT.

Many letters are being received by
the L. S. department of agriculture
which indicate that farm women in
various sections of the country have
come to believe that the government
is about TO assist them with grants OF
money to individuals. This unfor-
tunate mistake which, IL is feared,
will be the cause of considerable dis
appointment, appears to have arisen
through a misunderstanding of the
Smith-Lever act recently passed by
congress. Under this act funds con-
tributed both by the federal and state
governments are made available for
practical demonstration work in agri-
culture and home economics. Experts
from the agricultural colleges and
county agents, both men and women,
are TO show farmers and farm women
the value OF modern methods in agri-
culture and housekeeping, and demon
strate the use OF labor-saving devices.
The purposes of the act are thus en-
tirely educational; and there are no
provisions whatever for direct finan-
cial assistance.
The demonstration work which the
Smith-Lever act is designed TO pro-
mote has already met with consider
able success in the states where IL has
been started, but the additional funds
now available will greatly increase its
efficiency To avail themselves to the
full of its possibilities the department
officials recommend that farm women
form local clubs and then communicate
with the county agent or the state agri-
cultural college. In this way II will Of
ten be possible 10 secure a visit from
the county agent or from the home
expert.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-03
FIGHTING THE TAYLOR
0xv1n-nr

The favorable report by the commit
tee on labor of the house of representa-
tives means that Congressman Clyde
II. Tavenner has won his fight in that
body to secure the limiting of the use
of the Taylor system in government
manufacturing concerns. The commit
tee reported in favor of the Dietrich
bill, which makes It an offense punish
able with Imprisonment to employ the
stop watch or to use other objection
able features OF the Taylor system.
on any government work. These are
the provisions Tavenner demanded.
This appearsSthe only way to head off
the chief of ordnance of the war depart
nlent, who seems bent upon making
full use OF the Taylor plan as rapidly
as he can install it.
AS II has been pointed out, It seems
strange that So much zeal in employing
this Ubiquitous system should be shown
when the arsenals are now manufactur-
ing goods used by the army at about
One-third less cost than the figures
paid to private manufacturers for the
same things.
Why is it so necessary to crowd the
men any harder. if they are doing
their work more cheaply than en-
pIoyes of private firms which are at
liberty TO employ any speeding up
methods that they may see fite
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-03
ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR

cross section have once been secured.
This drag can also be used to adVant-
age on a gravel road as well as on an
earth road. The principle involved In
dragging is that clays and most heavy
soils will puddle when wet and set
very hard when dry. The little atten-
ton that the earth road needs must
be given promptly and at the proper
time of the best results are to be OBJ
tanned.
In dragging roads only small
amount of earth is moved, just enough
to fill the ruts and depressions with a
thin layer of plastic clay or earth
which packs very hard so that the next
rain instead of finding ruts, depres-
sions. and clods in which to collect
runs off. leaving the surface but little
affected.
The drag should be light and should
be drawn over the road at an angle
of about 40 degrees. The driver should
ride on the drag and should not drive
faster than a walk. One round trip,
each trip straddling a wheel track, Is
usually sufficient to fill the ruts and
smooth the surface. If necessary, the
road should be dragged after every
bad spell of weather, when the soil is
in proper condition to puddle well and
still not adhere to the drag. If the
road is very bad, it may be dragged
when very wet and again when it be-
gins to dry out. A few trips over the
road will give the operator an idea
as to the best time to drag. Drag 1T
all seasons, but do not drag a dry road.
The slope or crown of an earth road
should be about 1 inch to the foot. If
the crown becomes too high. it may be
reduced by dragging toward the ditch
instead of from it. If the drag cuts
too much, shorten the hitch and
change your position on the drag. If
it is necessary to protect the face of
the drag with strip of iron, it should
be placed flush with the edge of the
drag and not projecting: A cutting
edge should be avoided, as the main
object in dragging is to smear the
damp soil into position.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-03
PEACE SUNDAY

Tomorrow is peace Sunday. when
tho people OF the United States have
been asked by the chief executive of
tife nation 20 unite. in prayers for
a cessation of war and the adjustment
Of the differences OF nations without
further resort TO blOOdshed and de-
struction OF property. The presidents
proclamation is an appeal for a united
plea TO the Almighty to end the dread
fui strife, without regard TO the set
Element OF the issues involved. In
such prayer all the people in the
borders Of this land may unite with.
oaf regard TO their Individual opinions
OF the relative merits of the causes
Ton which the contending powers are