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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20
Incendiary Fired
Home of Oil King

CLEVELAND. O.. Dec. 20.-start-
ling Developments that unfolded rapid
~ under the searching scrutiny Of the
Ohio Fire Marshsl's department today
caused Tom Doreen, Chief Inspector
for the state, to announce tonight
that:
The finding Of two empty ffve-gallon
oil cans near the ruins Of Forest Hill,
once palatial summer home Of John D.
Rockefeller, establishes that the fire
which destroyed the structure early
this morning was Of incendiary orr
gin.
The arrest Of two discharged en-
ployes on the estate Of the oil mag
nate will be made tomorrow il they
can be found
A gray-haired old man, tears stream
ing down his age-furTowed cheeks, to
day gazed on the smoulderfng ruins of
the "homelfke" home Of John D. Rock
efeller and said:
Il believe John would rather have
lost his oil holdings that his home"
The old man, John Hottois, Sc years
old, for 80 years gardener for the
oilmaster, recounted bits OF sentimen-
talism often expressed by Rockefeller
In connection with his real home"
The loss in money was estimated at
100000. but, according to friends of
the worlds richest man, the real loss
sustained can never be repaired.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20
Heart and Home Problems

viii save him from being drafted.
What do 70 think he should do?
We haven't any children. Do you
think he viii be drafted! lam a WON
an In good health AID I can earn
money enough to make q good living
for myself
1t seems as II / can never sign pa
pers Tor him to 80. What do you
think ! should do? MRS. W. H. NJ.
/ think you should be a brave little
woman and make the great sacrifice.
Your husband win probably be called
into service in spite Of the fact that he
is married. because you have no chill
dren and you are capable OF making
your own living.
In public opinion. after the war is
over, the men who have not donned
uniforms will not be excused. People
will simply ask, Were you at the
front?" You certainly want your hus-
band to be among the brave boys who
will give their lives II necessary.
There is really no great danger in
the capacity your husband expects to
fill. Let him go.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20
LOOK YOURSELF
OVER CAREFULLY

And see it your condition is not
such as to make your best investment
the purchase OF Hoods Sarsaparilla,
Peptiron and Hoods Pills.
This course of medicine will be
worth many times the cost when it
removes that tired feeling, that pale
ness and anemic tendency, that warn
ing of waning strength, that weakness
of body that opens the way for
disease, that backache and other
symptoms of kidney trouble, constipa-
ton, and that grouchy touch OF rheu-
matism.
Many people need this splendid COM
bination to make perfect health.
Others may not need all three, but
almost everybody needs and will find
relief in at least one of them.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20

ways. Anyone who really makes an
effort can learn. and SO don't Let any
thing discourage you. Believe in your
self. study and profit by your mistakes
and you will get along all right.
There is really no excuse for poor
writing, because anyone who takes
pains can write legible if not beau
dful hand.
You would find it well worth your
while to attend night school. A girl
who has not special business training
finds 1t difficult to get along these
days.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: "a l met
young man last summer and l have
been out with him few times. The
last time was out he wanted to make
date with me- / told him I would
phone, but / did not l called him up
later and told him to meet me, and I
went past him on the street I met
him later and he simply spoke to me.
Do you think should apologize? I
have date with him for another
night
(2) A girl friend told me he was
crazy over another girl and she has
not good reputation. Should I ask
him If he knows her? BETTY.
"a You have been rude to the young
man. An apology will not count for
half as much as more courteous treat
ment in the future. You cannt afford
to treat anyone as you did this boy,
or you will lose all your friends.
(2) No. do not ask him. Judge the
boys character II you think he
would be likely to go with girl Of
questionable reputation then you
should not go with him at all. But If
he seems to be high type Of young
man you should trust him until you
have more proof than gossip that he
is going with an undesirable girl.
Don't be harsh in your judgment Of
other girls. So much harm can be
done by gossip. A girl who is popular
is very often condemned by other girls
when she has really a fine character.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am married.
My husband and I do not own our
home, but we have beautiful furni-
ture. My husband is a railroad man
and wants to join railroad corps to
go abroad for the government, which
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20

cover them; boil ten minutes. then
drain; add more water, cook until
tender. Add butter size Of walnut.
one-third cup sugar, salt and pepper
to taste: add one pint strained toma-
toes Cook up well and serve Can
also be baked.
Rice Pie for MeatIess oay-Bcil one
cup rice twenty minutes, then drain
Take the water drained from the rice
and add one tablespoon rice. two
tablespoons milk, one tablespoon corn
starch. one teaspoon butter. one egg.
Bake fifteen minutes. Make crust for
bottom Of pie only.
coIesiaw-Chop cabbage fine; chop
two sweet green peppers; mix; add
one tablespoon celery seed, salt, pep
per and three tablespoons brown or
white sugar and one-half cup vinegar.
This is a cheap salad.
Cocoanut Pie furnishing dessert for
meatless menu)-Mix well the yolks
OF two eggs, one cup sugar, butter size
OF walnut and one cup sweet milk.
with tablespoon of cornstarch. Cook
until thick, then stir In one cup
shredded cocoanut; pour into pie crust
and bake. Use whites of the two
eggs for meringue.
Hubbard Squash or Pumpkin Pie
Crust: One heaping cup -four, one-half
cup lard or lard substitute, pinch OF
making podwer and salt, one-half cup
cold water. Mix in the usual way
Filling: Two cups cooked squash or
pumpkin, one cup sugar, two cups
sweet milk, two tablespoons corn
starch, one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon
ginger, two teaspoons cinnamon, one
teaspoon a1lspice. This makes two
pies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20
Household Hintc..

Try this potato potpie. with drop
dumplings, as a meat substitute.
Peal and quarter six medium-sized
potatoes. two medium-sized onions
(minced). Put on to boil IN about
three pints waited (use deep kettle).
Boil fifteen minutes. add salt and
pepper to suit taste and butter size
OF walnut.
Mix one tablespoon cornstarch with
one pint milk, add this to potatoes.
Now mix dumplings in this way.
Silt two cups -four with two teaspoons
baking powder and one-half teaspoon
salt. Make into batter with one cup
cold water. Drop this with table
spoon, which has been dipped in the
hot gravy, into the hot mixture; cover
tight and boil slowly fifteen minutes.
Do not lift cover until fifteen min
utes are up, then take of cover and
leave off until served.
This will serve five or six people.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20
SCALLOPED APPLES

Melt one and one-half tablespoonfuls
butter and add one cup bread crumbs
Put one-quarter of the crumbs in bot.
tom Of buttered pudding dish. Then
put in three-Quarters cup sliced apples.
Sprinkle with two tablespoonfuls sug-
ar mixed with little cinnamon and
nutmeg. A little lemon and a pinch
Of salt also improves the flavor. Re-
peat with another layer of crumbs,
apples and lemon. Add one-half cup
of boiling water Sprinkle with crumbs
cover and bake about thirty or forty
minutes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20
$3.50 Chiffon Velvet S4.89

40 inches wide; all silk; the wanted
shades for suits, dresses and coats;
our $3.50 quality ...... $3.50
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20

in the army medical school at Wash
ington.. Rev. s. K. Scott Of Dayton
spent Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs. E. H.
Young. .. Walter Clark of Rochester,
N. Y. is the guest Of his mother, Mrs.
Martha A. Clark. Peter NJ. Pence
returned Tuesday from five weeks
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rich
ards, near Eaton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20

words. or when
they can't read my
writing. l never
knew what office
work was like be-
fore. Do you think
! should stay q
while longer to see
II they will act diff
ferently and help
me. These men are
intelligent and
I would like to
please them.
ALICE P.
You ought to
be thankful that
20 ur e m p ! o yer
keeps you since
you are unSauSrac-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20
INCOME OFFICERS
HERE ON FEB. |

According to an announcement re-
ceived from Collector Of National Rev.
enue, Peter ]. Kruger. federal income
tax officer will arrive In Richmond
February 1 and remain here until,
February 16.
He win have an office In the Rich
mond post Office.
Assistance Will Be given persons
subject to the income tax He Will
make out their returns without any
cost to them for his services.
The collector estimates there will
be ! 1853 taxpayers IN Wayne county.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20

Dear Mrs. Thompson: graduated
from high school last June and have
been working In an office as tele'
phone girl. The men who work here
are always bawling me out-saying !
don't know anything when mtsspeu
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20
BREADS

Nut Bread (Which never fails)-Sift
together three times four cups -four
mot heaping after sifting). one-half
cup sugar, one teaspoon salt. then four
teaspoons baking powder. Mix through
-four one-quarter pound English wal
nut meats through coarse knife Of
grinder.
Beat two eggs very light, add two
small cups milk; all this to flour and
mix well. Put in two creased pans
and let raise one-half hour. Bake in
moderate oven forty-five minutes.
A delicious cake, which will delight
the children and please the grown-ups.
is made by adding one-half pound
dates or raisins (put through coarse
knife of grinder) and thin coating
of confectionery sugar icing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20
THE TABLE

Wartime Soup (meatIess) - Take
about twenty-four potatoes and twelve
onions, slice and cook In water to
cover; salt, pepper to taste. When
done stir up all together, add piece
Of butter size Of walnut This will
serve five people and is very good for
a cold day
(meat substitute one pint
marrowfat BEANS put on water to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20

makers Of automobiles Scattered
over all the states there are S25 manu-
facturers Of automobile parts and ac-
cessories.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-20
THOUGHTS TO THINK
ABOUT

Sin loves the frauds perpe-
uated by pious people; frauds
are the friends of sin.
Persecution perpetrates the
good which it seeks to smother;
it binds together what it would
tear asunder.
Mercy comes to the merciful
and love holds him who loves;
cruelty and hatred will not sup
with him who invites mercy and
love to his feast.
Confidence makes 70 look up
and face your trials-makes you
supreme; your happiness is then
complete-not misty dream.
When you advertise in the
Palladium you reach $3.50 of the
homes in Richmond.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
Assessor Wants Light
On Land Taxes
Continued from page -

property, and that Sanford Ross said
he wanted $350,000 for it.
1t will be remembered that in it's
endeavors to equalize assessments
the Borough Club had been able to
raise the Sanford Ross property to
$4,000 assessed valuation, following
the borough's assessment of $4,000.
Then the $4,000 assessment was
carried to the County Board where it
was reduced to $4,000 at which it
now stands. At the hearing on the
assessment before the County Board
the borough had no legal representa-
tive to uphold the $4,000, so the as
sessment was lowered on the appeal
of counsel fol. the property.
This is, of course, already we'll
known, but it is another evidence of
how the present administration under
Mayor White has strangely trifled
with public welfare matters. AS q
matter Of fact the Sanford Ross prop
erty assessment smartly smells of
scandal.
Anyhow, the secretary was duly au-
thorized to give the information the
assessor seeks and now that he has
it it is hoped the value will be fixed
on some sort of equitable and intel
ligent basis.
A committee consisting of James
L. Abbott, Samuel Corker and Will
lam J. Mahoney was appointed to
work with Attorney William J. Nor
rison on the Leonia Heights Sewer
Commission that is looking into the
matter of proper assessments on
property along the sewer line.
In a further discussion of the
Cavanaugh letter, the matter of other
property in the borough on which the
assessor seeks information was taken
up, and the Palisade equalization
figures were borough out President
Burdett said the club should insist
upon these equalization figures being
used, because they were more nearly
right than any that had ever beer
formulated.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
Can You Beat 1t !?
What J? Hamilton, Tex.

With county having 10000 popu-
lation and $10,000,000 tax values, the
county site, Hamilton, has 1000 popu-
lation and all of the following:
Six big department or general
stores.
Four drug stores.
Three jewelry stores.
Two banks.
Three lumber yards.
-Four exclusive grocery stores and
racket stores, etc.
One big furniture store.
Two saddle and harness stores.
Four hardware and implement
houses.
Two plumbing and tin shops.
Cotton seed oil mill.
Huge Touring mill and elevator
plant.
Electric light and power plant.
Steam laundry.
Water works and sewer system.
Two wholesale produce houses.
Three garages.
Four oil distributing agencies.
Twenty-Five thousand ($25,000)
dollar passenger station.
Two wholesale grocery houses.
Three tailor shops.
One cotton compress.
Three cotton gins.
Four machine shops.
Ten hotels and boarding houses.
Twelve rural and star carrier mail
routes.
Four restaurants.
Four barber shops.
Eleven automobile agencies.
Six passenger trains daily.
Ten secret orders.
Two modern school buildings.
Six church buildings.
Numerous social clubs, parks,
movies, auditorium, etc., and first
class weekly newspaper.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
Luke McLuke Says

Some men certainly would be smart
if they were only half as bright as
their noses.
If -four keeps on going up it will
soon be as expensive as the other
face powders.
The fellow who gets you into
trouble is seldom the same one who
shows up to help you out.
A young widow can act so inno-
cent that she can wonder how bride
can be rash enough to take a honey
moon trip with a man that she knows
little or nothing about.
A woman can't tell what the neigh
bors will do next, but she loses no
time in telling what they did last.
There are all sorts of people in the
world, including the man who is SO
dense that 1T is dangerous to joke
with him.
1t takes stretch of rainy weather
to make man resolve to make hay
while the sun shines.
1t takes a real philosopher to adj
NIT that he is getting his moneys
worth when he is paying alimony
We may be wrong. But the bet
ting is that the man who spends all
his time being proud of his ancestors
is going to have descendants who are
not going to have much time being
proud of him.
1t isn't going to do the man who
worships his pocketbook six days a
week any good to carry the Good
Book on Sunday.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
Our Feathered
Aviation Corps

That the country is not without an
aviation corps, trained, equipped and
of great efficiency and value, in war
as In peace, is pointed out by the
New Jersey Audubon Society from its
headquarters at 164 Market street,
Newark.
The birds, the study of whose prin-
ciples of flight made aeroplanes prac-
ticable, are, in this time of vital
emergency, carrying on the same
ceaseless battle against the enemy
forces of insects and rodents that
they were so efficiently doing prior
to the outbreak of the world war.
Although the work of this aviation
corps is of such quiet and unostsnA
tatlous character that it ,5sescapes
notice and credit on the part Of the
at majority OF pei J, It's value 10
sspparents to every thoughtful in
vestigator.
With the retarded bursting Of buds
in the late spring, there came to
many sections an unusually severe
attack from countless swarms Of tent
caterpillars. No sooner was this
extra abundance of noxious insects
apparent than cuckoos and orioles
trouped to the defense of the coun-
try's vegetation, with the result that
he invading hordes have largely dis
appeared, while he evidences of their
depredations are scarcely noticeable.
Whether wisdom or circumstance
has spared the bobwhite, he is vail
antly attacking the potato bug army,
single bird making away with as
many as seventy-five beetles in one
battle. Even the chickadees, tiny
members of the pigmy battalion as
they are, wage successful warfare on
cankerworm moths and their eggs,
four of these birds having been found
to have accounted for 3,8O8, and it
is estimated that single chickadee
will destroy, in the mature and egg
stages, 1887 of these insects dur
ing the twenty-five day period when
the moths are out.
These are just few examples of
the effectiveness of our feathered
"airmen." If we will but give them
a fair chance, we need no selective
draft to enlist their services, nor any
Liberty Loan" to equip and main
tain them.
AS distinctly important phase of
conserving the nations resources, the
Audubon Society urges cooperation
on the part of everyone in its bird
protection work, and welcomes in
quiry in regard thereto.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
Grantwood Youth
Saped From Drowning

On last Tuesday evening William
McGrath, of Washington avenue,
Grantwood, and Arthur Scullion, OF
the same place went swimming in
the Palisades Amusement Park pool.
The former could swim little, but
the latter is known to be a good
one. After swimming a while the
former tried to swim around the pool,
Arthur and one-armed man were
on each side of him. When going
past the shower umbrella, which is
IN the center of the pool, Arthur
asked William if he was all right,
and he replied that he was. The lat
ter then started towards the side of
the pool, Arthur was in back Of him,
suddenly he began calling for Arthur
and he swan quickly towards him
and began taking HIM toward the
shore when suddenly William took
the death grip around Arthur's neck
and they went down once. When they
came up Arthur cried for help, but
nobody came to their aid. They
went down the second time and wne..
they come up '.Arthur again called
for help, then Larry, the life saver
at the pool, came to their aid and re-
leased the grip that William had on
his companions neck and took him to
shore. Arthur then swan to shore.
They worked on William for twelve
minutes before he began to come to.
The boys, after they were feeling
stronger, returned home.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
GOING TO FIND OUT

The shocking and grisly story of
the utilization by the Germans of the
bodies of theid dead in the manufac-
ture of fats is to be definitely tested
for its truth through the chemical
analysis of certain samples of soap
brought to New York by DR.. George
Fourchet, who has just returned from
long period of service on the west
ern front. DR.. Fourchet personally
took the pieces of soap from German
prisoners who called it "kadaver"
soap, and said that it had been made
from human fats. DR.. Fourchet has
given samples to chemists here and
has sent other samples to Washing
ton
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-07-21
Some New Devices
In Electric Lighting
Push Button Beacons

One of the greatest advantages of
electric lighting has been control from
distance, the placing of a switch or
button at the entrance to room, a
hall, or building thus permitting
the space to be illuminated before it
is entered. Such control switches are
not visible in the darkness and it
often requires a search to locate the
button and obtain light. A new at
tachment of insignificant size called
the Radieye containing a quantity OF
glowing radium may be attached to
a pull chain or push button plate, al
lowing the light control switch to be
easily located in the darkness, and
obviating the usual search for the
lamp or push button. The new at
tachment has the advantage over its
phosphorescent contemporaries in
that exposure to sunlight during the
day is unnecessary to insure last
ing glow at night.
Four Push Buttons in One
1t is often desirable from the
standpoint of convenience to have the
control buttons for several rooms or
halls all installed in one place in the
wall, allowing the turning on or off
of all lights or of a certain group of
lights from one control point. This
scheme has the disadvantage of TAX
ing up considerable wall space and
requiring an expenditure out of all
proportion to the object attained.
There has recently been placed on the
electrical market a wall switch which
may be used to take the place of fom
wall switches, it being possible with
the new type of wall switch to turn
on or off four different groups Of
lamps simply by rotating the lower
button. This button instead of be-
ing round is moulded into the shape
of pointer, and it is the turning of
this pointer to the right or left to up
or down and alternately pushing the
upper or lower buttons that causes
the different groups groups of lights
to be turned on or off.