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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-24
FRIENDS ASSEMBLE
IN BUSINESS SESSIRN

WILLIAMSBURG. Ind, Nov. a.
Quarterly meeting will be held here
Wednesday at the Friends church,
with the consent Of the Friends OF
Webster.
Rev Mr.. Ulmer filled his regular
appointment at tho M. e. church Sun
day evening.
Don't forget the big Thanksgiving
dinner given by the ladies OF the Gem
etary Association next Thursday.
Ed Forkner, who has been spending
several months here with Fred Pearce
left Saturday for California. He will
spend a few days with his sister. Mrs
Lash, in Chicago.
Miss Leila Chamness has returned
home after a brief visit with friends
in Economy.
Fred Palmer OF Lafayette university
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
parents, here.
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State of Indiana. County of Wayne

State Of Indiana. County of Wayne, SIS:
Before Board of Commissioners Of
Wayne County, State of Indiana.
Notice is hereby given that petit
ion will be presented to the Board Of
Commissioners Of Wayne County,
State OF Indiana, at their regular De-
cember Term, 1915, for the vacation of
certain highways in Wayne Township
of said County
The petition in matter of such va
cation of highways being in words and
figures, following:
Petition for Road Vacations.
To the Board of Commissioners of
Wayne County, State of Indiana:
The undersigned petitioners to your
Honorable Body, respectfully repre-
sent as follows:
That they are each resident free
holders of Wayne County, State of
Indiana; and that at least six of the
petitioners herein are resident of and
reside In the immediate neighborhood
of, and are interested in the proposed
and herewith petitioned for vacation
OF parts Of highways as are herein
petitioned for and are are herein de.
scribed.
That the undersigned herewith Pc
tition for:
First-The vacation of that part of
Oakland Place, within the Beallview
Addition in Wayne Township. Wayne
County, Indiana, as extends from
South N street to South o street in
the said Beallview addition; and also
Second-The vacation of that part
Of South Seventh Street" within the
Beallview Addition in Wayne Town
ship, Wayne County, Indiana, as ex'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-24
Great Demand for New
Constipation Remedy

They say that the advent Of the 'ssnta-
ael tablet" a. . vegetable substitute Tor
ealomel has resulted In an extraordinary
demand for this remarkable product II
seems to Save made Q att particularly
with those sdiicted with chronic eonsti-
patton, who were quick to recognise it,
advantagss over calonel and the usual
bAxativo6.
Sentansl tablets. aside from their en-
csscy. doubtless owe their success largely
natural nctonipg-tnstead Of sncour-
aging the "cathartto habit" Also, instead
Ot tnJurinG the membraneouS lining OF
the organs involved. they exert = healing
influence. Instead OF Weakening. they
work - e:sily and gently. they are Of
oourse prefe!red ON this account 70 the
violently acting purgatives. Their mex.
psnstveness 10 another reason for tie
Popularity q :sntsnsl tablets. one need
Sns tablet upon retiring, to s. ooSv,nced
kast ,n the M.. ids:i rsmssdy for eon.upation.
usncss. has nnally been foual-OsoS.
(flstS Review.
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FINDS OLD BEAR TRAP.

.OLUMBUs. Ind, Nov. 24.-A big
hear trap, beaten into shape from a
piece OF iron by a pioneer blacksmith
and later found in a hollow tree. will
be presented to james Whitcomb
Riley by John 8. Crump, curio col
lector. The trap Is believed to have
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FOR RENT-Modern Z room house,
choice location. Phone 2737 24-7t
| light, gas, 500 S. 5th st. H. G. Bull
| lerdick. Phones 1925 or 1419. 26.tf
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S. 18th st. :, 24.tf
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WANTED

SWEDISH MASSAGE will help
remove those PAINS and Aches"
and make you feel like new per.
son. If you are sick and have tried
everything with. no. results, try
Massage" and get we'll Treat.
ments given at your residence. l
teach Chiropody. IS: Massage. $26.
PROFESSOR YHNELL, Is S. 9Th
st.
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WANTED-To explain a new plan Of
Saving Money. Ask the First Ma.
tional Bank 7th and Main SITS.
FOR sALE-New drop.head sewing
machine, SIS H. D. Lacey,9 S. 7th.
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FOR RENT
FOR RENT-Nicely furnish
ed room. Call III S. 18th
st. -. 11'tf

FOR Rents room modern house,
bath. furnace. electric lights, hard.
wood floors; 131 South 9th. Phone
1921. 22.Tt
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FOR SALE

D. c. SCHWING. Campbeilstown. o.,
general auctioneering: farm sales a
speciality. ec.1Z1o
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A. M. ROBERTS. REAL ESTATE,
CITY AND FARM PROPERTIES.
LIBERTY AVE. r. NO. 1. PHONE
4171. OFFICE IS S. STH.
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FOR SALE-Hodgin weather strips.
by E. F. Jones, shop No. IL S. 18th
st. Phone 1918. 20-7t
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WANTED-TeacherS wanted for
schools good positions. Address D.
T. Baldwin, Supt. San Elizario. Tex.
12.l4t
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-125 S. Twelfth street, 6
rooms, bath, electric lights. Inquire
lis S. Eleventh. S-tf
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WANTED = Chambermaid Apply
Housekeeper at Westcott hotel 20-7t
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FURNISHED ROOMS-Rex
Hotel, newly equipped. 427
Main street. 2s-tf
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WANTED-Atkinson pays highest
cash prices for second hand goods
and sells at lowest prices. See him
at once. 416 Main. Phone 1945. Att
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Insurance, Loans, Real Es-
tate, Rent Collections. o. B..
Fulghum, over 7lO Main ST.
Phone 1888.
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WANTED-To rent farm, consisting
from $50 to 300 acres. stock or grain
rent. with two sets Of buildings. Ad-
dress F. A., Hagerstown, Ind 23.7t
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WANTED-Position as stenographer
by young lady of several years ex-
perience. Address Stenographer, Pal
! ladium. 23-2t
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class platers, ones
that can produce the goods. Indiana
Lamp Co., Connersville, Ind. 23-3t
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WANTED--MaChln1 good all
around machinists and bench hands
Richmond Adding and Listing Ma
chine. 23-4t
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WANTED = Palladium Of
August 7, 1915, Leave at
Palladium office. l5-tt
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WANTED-White girl to assist with
homework. Call 5O3 S. 18th st. 23.2t
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WANTED-To explain new plan OF
Saving Money. Ask the First Ma
/ tiotfat BANle$ Sth and Main SITS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
THE BIG BUSINESS OF POLICING NEW YORK

police station by a direct police tele-
phone wire and is also connected with
the local telephone exchange.
The patrol service in these precincts
IL entirely on bicycles and motorcy-
Giles, the patrolmen being provided
with bicycles and the s%ergeants and
other superior officers with motor
cycles.
During the year " officers were
killed in the performance of duty.
In his report To the Mayor Com
missioner Woods says:
There has long been felt in the
which immediate temporary relief
could he given to the families and de-
pendents of those who have been
called upon to sacrifice their lives in
the performance of duty. The deaths
Of three officers during a period of
two months again emphasize this
need. The fund was established i'm
mediately after the death Of Detective
Sergeant Guarnieri. through the gen.
crosby and the suggestion Of "a citi-
zen who provided an initial fund of
81 900. Contributions were also re-
ceived from other citizens. In order
that the fund might be put Upon a
more substantial basis plans were ar
ranged and successfully carried out
for an exhibition of athletic events.
drills. &c. given 10y the members of
lice field days. The results were
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OLD TINE INDIAN M

81 SEE that the adven, Of the
Indian summer has already
been hailed 10y at least one
cNuherant poet said the gray haired
young looking man. "and II is not yet
the middle of October. There seems TO
be something about the pretty name
the old Pur!tans ave to the beautiful
season they enjoyed so much that
sticks In the fancy Of poets and young
people, even although the season itself
never comes around any more, At
least 1t does mt in New York city.
Il have lived here now for a good
many years, and not in more than a
quarter II a century have | seen an
Indian summer. but in my early boy
hood in New England | knew and en-
joyed them as well as my elders did.
THE real Indian summer was a sea
son Of a week or ten days usually, but
not always quite a week in duration.
II never came until after the winter
had set in, That used to be In Novcm-
Der. ! always counted on skating as
a part Of the fun of THANKSGIVING day,
hut sometimes the Indian summer
would begin early enough to spoil the
ice for Thanksgiving. Not usually. for
the Indian summer was not due TIL
the very end of November.
Then, or perhaps at the beginning
of December, would begin the most de-
lightful season Of the year. We boys
would lay aside the overcoats and
woollen tippets that We had put on for
the winter and 20 outdoors without
them.
Nowadays ! hear people say the
Indian summe has come on the first
warm day that happens after the first
cold snap of the autumn.
Yes, | know that the Weather Blu
a denies vehemently that the eli
mate has changed any in the last fifty
years, Perhaps 1t hasn't. l am not
strenuous as to the use Of words and
] do not insist that ii has changed.
But ! do know positively that II IL
very different from what 1t used To he,
and enc Of the differences is that we
do not have Indian summers any
more"
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Commissioner Woods in Annual Re.
port Tells of Progress Made---Cite
Many Changes in Methods

respectively. The number of sum-
monses issued during the year de-
creased by 1918. while the number of
convictions increased 10y l2o.
Notable increases In the number of
arrests FOR other offences are indicated
IN h following comparison Of stats
tics for the years 1913 and 1914:
For the sale and possession Of mar
cotics 800 arrests were made as
compared with 81 arrests for the
same offences in 1913. in 1914. gI7
were convicted. with 39i cases still
pending; and 80 were convicted in
1918. with 1903 cases pending.
For the Illegal possession or carry
ing of dangerous weapons i,723 ar
rests were made. AN increase Of al
over the yea 1918.
In 1914. 3.l51 arrests were mad. for
burglary as compared with 1854 in
1918. an increase of 33 per rent. In
The same years there were 1860 and
1.23i convictions respectively. an in
GREASE of - per cent.
For grand larceny and ATTEMPTED
grand larceny 5,O56 arrests were made
In 1914. against l2ig in 1918. an in
crease of 20 per cent. Convictions
increased from l?76 to l.ciL. or -
per cent.
For fclonious assault and at
tempted fclonious assault. arrests in-
creased from ties To- iJt2. an III
crease of I per cent. Convictions,
however, decreased ? per cent. from
l,209 to l,1ui.
Arrests 10y the detective hurcau
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for recruits. has been greatly ex-
tended. Formerly the course for pa
trolmen covered a period OF thirty
days. This was extended to six weeks
and was again extended to twelve
weeks.
In the congested sections OF the
city. where there are many and fire.
quent calls for the services OF a
patrolman. one OF the problems I'm
police management has been the diff
Guilty of reaching n patrolman quickly
after he has left the station house for
patrol duty.
connected with one another n with
Headquarters by means Of a special
telephone system. This system. how
ever. has lot in the past provided n
means by which the men on post
could be reached. nor was 1t possible
for "A citizen to find a policeman i'm
mediately in an emergency.
In this connection Commissioner
Woods say that an attempt had been
made to solve the problem by adopt
ing the fixed post system. an excellent
plan In many respects. but waste
ful OF men. In a further attempt to
solve this problem the system Of flash
light signals was put in operation
by the Commissioned in the Twenty
third precinct during the year. BY
his system 1t is possible to keep in
constant touch with patrolmen on post
without requiring them to remain
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Training school for police recruits, the course of which has
been extended to twelve weeks.

most gratifying. The members of the
force participating in tie events gave
IA splendid exhibition and through the
liberal response Of the public and OF
the force $4,000 was added to the
honor roll relief fund
S~eventy-Cight members of the force
were retired during the year ~ ac-
count of disability and forty were re-
tired ON their own applications, hay
ing completed the period Of required
service and being - years of age or
over During the previous year 3o2
We're retired for disability and SIS for
service.
Pensions were also granted TO 100
widows of police officers and TO
eighteen children, and pensions pre-
viouslv granted to four children were
increased.
The annual liability Of the Pension
Fund was increased during the year
81 ,o5+.7s. as compared with s27o.-
?63 80 for the previous year. This is
"A decrease of %? per cent. and is
more significant when il is considered
that the liability added during any
year means not only an increased
charge FOR that year but for many
years.
Commissioner Woods concludes his
report with the following statement
on the subject OF imperative depart
ment needs
"ror a number Of years adequate
provision has not been made for the
erection of police stations TO replace
reutpI prop,rfN and TO replacp those
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pleasure he said. The irst sur
prise is brief. but the utility Of the
article lasts as long as the article it,
self or until it il superseded by
something which serves the same
purpose to a better degree. So
il would he with my old COM
panions. and 1t is time to destroy the
Illusion that they would he paralyzed
by seeing what progressiveness has
wrought for the convenience OF the
warehouse. the factory and the home"
Two years ago when he returned
from York Harbor, where he enjoyed
a vacation. he was asked about his
daily routine. His reply was:
II eat three meals and enjoy them.
I am % restricted In my diet, but
take my meals with the family and
eat all they do. and at times, ! think.
with more relish. ! am FOND OF coffee
in the morning, and always drink it,
and as much of II a ! a n
I'm the evening | drink tea, and also
enjoy that. am very fond of a glass
of buttermilk in the middle of the day.
but do not always take It,, though
usually ! do when IT Is warm. sweet
milk | do not care for and rarely
touch. II Is not because II has any
had effects simply do not like It,
mo, I have never had 1t prescribed
for me by a physician; in fact. they
do not prescribe anything, for don't
consult them.
81 smoke four cigars n day and en-
joy them too. In fact, ! would not like
to he deprived of my smoke after each
meal and AT night before retiring, Do
they interfere with my rest? Not AT
all. Haven't / just told you that |
sleep s%oundly? ! mean that, for it Is
"A fact.
For exercise I walk in my garden In
the mornings when the weather per-
mits. and occasionally stroll up and
down the sidewalk outside. Every
afternoon l ride behind my horses In
the park. or visit some suburban
places around the city. / keep three
horses and try to keep them going"
Mr.. Spence never acquired tho auto
mobile habit. He has w ridden In
II and has never expressed a desire
to do so.
Mr.. Spence Is n Presbyterian and
helped to form the congregation OF
the First Presbyterian Church. now
one of the largest and wealthiest in
Baltimore. lie always was an enthu-
siast In regard to municipal artl and,
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William Wallace Spence, Born in Waterloo Year, Gives
His Recipe for Success

yourself for greater things % as TO be
ready when your opportunity comes.
Aim high and put all of the Energy YOU
possess into the accomplishment OF
your object. he honest, work hard
and you will win
In ls'7. the year OF the Irish famine,
Mr.. Spence made $4,000 when corn
jumped from 40 cents TO 81 a bushel,
and thus laid the foundation on which
he accumulated a fortune. Later he
became associated with Johns Hopkins
in many ventures. In 1875 Mr.. Spence
practically retired from active BUSH
ness, He has interested himself In
many charitable enterprises and his
public spirit is shown in the statue OF
William Wallace, the Scotch hero,
which he erected in Druid Hi Park.
Until his ninety-seventh year Mr..
Spence was as hale and hearty as a
nan Of so and not infrequently took
long walks by himself, In speaking of
the many changes in methods and the
improvements made since he embarked
N business, Mr.. Spence once remarked
that he had often heard the express
sion. IF our fathers could come back
and see the changes time, intelligence
and industry have wrought they would
open their eyes in astonishment,"
This may probably be true" he
went on, hut the astoniShmcnt would
soon disappear in a desire to use
modern appliances for business pur-
poses, My old associates. If they came
back, would look at "A telephone. have
il explained to them and in ten minutes
would he calling up to make COM
mercia. transactions with some interest
at the other end.
so with the elevators. They would
use them with equal promptness as
any present day citizen. and it would
he more with delight than surprise
that the electric cars, the steam EARS
and the ocean steamers would be
utilized for quick transit OF them
selves and their merchandise"
Mr.. Spence dropped into a meta
physical strain as his mind wandered
back To the old days of stage coaches.
sailing vessels and bolster wagons.
After all it Is only the Ease of a
child with Q new toy or something
which adds 70 Its comfort and
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IN T OF so long after New York's
v great blizzard" said IA one
time Brooklyn physician.
that people had forgotten its terrors,
| had a call one evening to Ga to Man
haitian on an argent case. Urgency
alone tool me out. for tie weather
was simply awful. with snow and
sleet and wind and all the blizzard
concomitants. 50 bad was II that
there was only one other passenger IN
the car.
1T was about : o'clock and the
other passenger looked He
finally spoke 10 me and said with con-
siderable pride that he was on his
way to dine with Col. lngersoll at his
home In seventeenth street. He said
he was n Boston born %Scotchman. and
a master mechanic with the Scotch
taste for theology and ne had studied
the Bible to the best Of his ability,
and his studies had not increased his
faith.
when Col. InGersoll came to Bos-
ton TO lecture he went - hear him.
When the time came for asking Ques-
tions. as 1t always did in these theo-
logical lectures, he stood up and asked
the Colonel il he knew there were
two chapters IN the Bible exactly
alike. written at different times by
different men, the only difference
being that OF them had n verse
less than the other, and would he or
could he explain il,
"The Colonel replied that he
thought he knew the Bible pretty we'll,
hut he didn't know Of anything like
surprised that one writer had cribhca
II verse a. that he hadn't cribhcd
more. The audience laughed and Col.
Ingersoll asked him To Come up on the
platform. Col. lngersoll had him
name the two similar chapers, nine
teenth chapter ~ II. Kings and the
thirty-seventh chapter Of Isaiah, and
read verse after verse for purposes Of
comparison. max ing such comments
as only Col. Ingersoll could make. and
the audience was in great glec.
After the lecture was over Col.
Ingersoll asked him to go To his hotel
with him, where they had suppcr. and
when they parted tho Colonel told him
hc VAS so much pleased with his sue
cess at the lecture and also their sub
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going repairs.
During the year l01. 3is sick and in
jured persons were aided by the police
and 1903 rescued from drowning. Miss
ing persons reported from outside the
city numbered .S3l of these 7S6 were
located or returned home. During the
year 1895 persons living in the city
were reported missing. Of whom 3.2i0
We're located or returned home. The
bureau of identified dead was cstab-
lished in October, 1918. During the
past year sol cases were reported 10
the bureau and identification was made
in 367 cases.
The work of the training school.
which was formerly called the school
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principal street intersections.
In the ~caugcstcd sections of the city
tWcnty-u.nr blocks Were set of as
playground blocks. ON these blocks.
between tho hours Of 3 and d +. NJ.
daily. except on sundays. vehiCular
traffic H. prohibited. ON other streets
yrl "ular traffic is restricted to a
speed not exceeding eight miles an
hour.
The work Of the harbor police dur
ing the year WAS very effective. The
operations Of thieves along the water
front and IN the hay have been almost
entirely stopped Seven boats are on
patrol IN the harbor continuously:
three Of the boats are held in reserve
Tor special duty and To be used while
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fixed at n definite location. The pre-
cinct is divided into "A number of flash
light zones; the patrol posts on which
the signal lamps are located are ar
ranged so that patrolmen are always
in direct view of h signal lamp.
The desk officer in the precinct 10y
pressing the button turns or the cur
rent which flashes the liz hit. attract
ing the attention of the officer.
A citizens push button is also pro-
vided in the box on the lamps to which
the signal lamp is attached. BY pres
sing this button the citizen can also
call the patrolman without commune
eating with the station house.
The lamp in use has a specially
designed lens. which throws a light Of
sufficient brillianCy to attract atten-
ton even on a bright day at a distance
o: about 700 feet TO 600 feet. The ex-
periments with the flash light system
have proved so satisfactory that II is
the intention during this year to eN-
tend II TO a number of other precincts.
In a number OF precincts in which
the fixed post was formerly in effect
the post known as "A signal o post
has been established. In this system
the patrolman is assigned to a post on
a block on which a police signal box
is located. BY Val OF n bell attached
TO the box II is possible to call a patrol
man and to give instructions concern
ing AM police service to be rendered
at locations close to his post,
In some OF the suburban precincts a