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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
MISSION BUDGET IS
INCREASED BY FRIENDS

The most inclusive and significant
action of the weeks sessions of the
Friends Foreign mission boards was
the adoption yesterday afternoon OF a
$155, 900 budget for the coming twelve
months This amount shows a con-
siderable increase over the $150,O0O
budget for the last eighteen months.
Provisions for future work were very
extensive and include sending two
missionaries to Mexico. and building
additions there; for sending Miss
Ruthanna Cowgirl and Lewis Moon,
who are to be married in June, into
the African Mission field; for increas-
ing the salaries of all missionary
workers, and the office staff; recon-
mending the appointment of two
Friends representatives on the pro-
posed inter-allied missionary council;
for sending a deputation to Africa and
Palestine and providing for routine
necessities.
Other action taken was the agree
ment that a text book to be used in
mission study classes, Christian En-
deavors, and bible school dealing with
work on mission fields be prepared.
Work on such text book will be be-
gun shortly.
Plans for the coming year in which
larger and more comprehensive work
will be attempted were made by Mis-
sionary board members called togeth-
er at the conferences and of the mem
bers as body. A wide and deep field
lies open, they agreed, and this field
must be entered and worked.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
Exempt Four Classes
From Amusement Tax
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, April 18-Regula-
tons governing collection of the tax
on admissions, soon to be issued by
the Bureau of Internal Revenue, de-
fine the four classes which are exempt
from the tax. They are children under
IL years old, bonafide employees of the
place of amusement, municipal Off
GERS on official business, and soldiers
or sailors in uniform. All other per-
sons are subject to the tax which is
one cent for each ten cents or fraction
thereof, of the price of admission.
If theatre sells to soldier or sailor
a So ticket for 81 the tax is ten cents
on 81, not twenty cents on the regular
price. Admissions by passes are sub
tect to the tax. If the pass entities
the holder to 81 seat, he must pay
ten cents. The dramatic critic who
occupies a So orchestra chair must
pay 20 cents.
The law provides the tax shall be
paid by the person paying for the adj
mission, and that places of amuse.
ment shall keep a record of the
amount of tax collected. Monthly re-
turns and remittances must be made
to collectors of internal revenue on or
before the last day Of the month fol-
lowing that for which the return is
made
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
MEMBERSHIP drive IN RICHMOND
CHURCHES REACHES CLIMAX SUNDAY

The climax of the mems Bible
class and go-to-church campaigns will
be reached Sunday, when II Is conf
IDENTIFY expected that the number of
church goers will far exceed previous
Sundays.
Each church is planning special
Easter services. The details of the
services to be held in different
churches are at present being worked
out and announced. Although the
campaign technically ends Sunday it
Is thought that each church will work
out plans to conserve interest In at
tendance as a result Of the campaigns.
The Church federation evangelistic
committee recommended to the Min
lsterial association that a series OF
union services be held in FIVE churches
In different parts of the city. The
Ministerial association approved Of
the recommendation and set the week
Of April % as the date for the series
Of meetings through the week, Mon
day. Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday nights. A special commit
tee was appointed to make plans for
these meetings, composed Of the Rev.
+. A. Dressed, chairman. who is also
chairman Of the Evangelistic commit
tee of the Church federation; the Rev.
z. Z. Davis, chairman of the church
program committee of the Ministerial
association and the Rev. Shelby c..
Lee, chairman OF the evangelistic COM
mittee Of the Ministerial association.
The committee will meet Saturday ev.
ening to arrange the details for the
series OF evangelistic union meetings.
Hope to Exceed Goal.
Easter Sunday, the high water mark
Of the mems bible class attendance, Is
expected to be reached. Leaders OF
the bible classes in the Richmond
churches expect the number to far ex-
coed the goal Of 1000 men by Easter
Sunday.
Since the start of the mems bible
class campaign, attendance in bible
schools of Richmond churches has
been steadily increasing as shown by
figures published the first OF the week.
The total number of men present last
Sunday was 991 men, three more than
was first reported.
Next Sunday each mems bible class
leader will report the number in at
tendance at the mems bible class to
the Y. M. c. A. and complete report
will be returned during the Sunday
school hour. Letters will be sent out
this week notifying the leaders of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
ALLEGED AUTO THIEF
CAUGHT BY POLICE

Forest Davis, % years old, living ut
the Armer house on North Seventh
street, alleged to have stolen a Dodge
touring car belonging to Frank Huff
man, who lives on the New Paris pike.
was arrested by police Thursday
when he returned to Richmond after
endeavoring to dispose o; the car in
Dayton, He was turned over to cir
cult court on charge of grand
larceny.
Davis admits, say the police, tina
he drove the car to Dayton after
taking 1t from its parking place on
Seventh street, having first put on a
license plate he is alleged to have
stolen from Glenn Roberts on April II.
He threw out some shoes, blankets
and other articles near New Paris.
where they were found later by police.
Arriving in Dayton, Davis tried to
sell the car to garage man, but fled
when the garage owner telephoned
the police. leaving the car in his
hands. He came back to Richmond
on the interurban and was arrested
here about s o'clock Thursday evening.
Davis confessed the theft of the
automobile, said Chief Gormon Fri
day morning. He spent two years in
the Indiana state reformatory for the
same offense. the police say.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
INCREASE IN PARCEL SHIPMENTS
REPORTED BY By LOCAL P0ST0FFlCE

Other shippers agreed that this
seems evident
The most noticeable increase in par
cells seems to be at the postoftice
where the government recently re-
quested that a count be made of par
cells delivered during seven days.
While the count was being made,
strict attention was paid to the distri-
button Of parcels. Smaller packages
up to the size of ordinary shoe boxes,
and weighing not more than three
pounds were given foot carriers, as
usual. All larger packages were, of
course thrown to the parcel post man,
and to the mounted carriers. This
way the parcel postman, John d. Mag
worked his full time, eight hours a
day during the week; on two days he
worked one hour over time, and on
one day he put in three hours over
time. With all this extra and persist
ent work the postoffice this noon was
piled with mail as if no deliveries had
been made for days. Postmaster
Beck said that CONGESTION like this in
the face Of Saturday. always a big
day, is a serious matter.
The report to be sent to Washing
ton includes the information that par
cells delivered during the last seven
days totaled 1853. On an average
day at this rate thirty-seven packages
an hour were delivered. This also in
Guided C. o. D. packages which neces-
sarily take longer to deliver as a re-
ceipt must be signed by the addressee
and the money must be collected.
The largest number of parcels de-
livered on any day of the past seven
was AIS making an average of so pack
ages an hour in an eight-hour day.
The local office is working hard with
the Washington department to secure
relief for the local situation by giving
extra allowance to the two mounted
carriers so that they may each be able
10 use an automobile instead of horse
and wagon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
24c COUNTY PUPILS
TO TAKE FINAL EXAM

Two hundred and forty members of
the eighth grade of county schools
outside Richmond and Cambridge
City will take the examination for
graduation from the grades Saturday.
This is smaller class than usual.
as about 800 is the usual number to
take the examination for diplomas
War work breaking in on the routine
last year caused an unusual number of
failures to pass from the seventh
grade into the eighth, said Superin-
tendent G. O. Williams, and this eX-
plains the small class.
Williams said, however, he expect
ed the usual high average of gradu-
ates, despite the reports from other
counties that children were not pas
sing the examination IS well as usual.
Despite the influenza, he said, much
drill work had been given to the es-
sentials. and he believed the average
would be maintained.
Wayne county's average gradua ting
class is about 80 per cent of those that
take the examination, he said.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
Friends Delegates Discuss
1920 Conference in London

Four pamphlets prepared by Lon
don Yearly Meeting since 1915 were
the basis of discussion of local and
visiting Friends called together last
evening in the South Eighth Street
Friends church to consider the work
which will be taken up by the Worlds
Friends conference in London in Au-
gust, 1920. At the time of the post
ponment of the London conference
from this August to August, 1920, it
was suggested that numerous prelinl-
mary conferences, as will as United
States preliminary conference, be
held during the coming year. With
the meeting last night this plan has
been Immediately taken up, and by
group of people who represented prac-
tically all divisions of the Five Years
Meeting of Friends, and other Yearly
Meetings not actively connected with
the Five Years Meeting. The confer
ence was said to be highly satisfac-
tory.
S. Edgar Nicholson, a member of
the Indiana delegation to the World
conference, was appointed permanent
vi I1oOSiCl StdtC envy D
and Dr. Harlow Lindley, another In
diana representative, was made per-
manent secretary. Mr. Nicholson, DR..
Lindley, DR.. Walter c. Woodward and
Joseph Elkinton of Philadelphia and
others spoke at the meeting.
Although general action was taken
on the Southland Institute PROPOSE
ton at the last Yearly Meeting, def
mite action by the Five Years Meeting
had not yet been taken until yester-
day when it formally accepted con-
troll of the institution. Southland In
stitute which is at Helena Ark, is an
industrial school for negroes among
whom the Friends have worked for
years, negro education being one OF
the first definite home mission fields
undertaken by Indiana Yearly Meeting
in the early days of its existence.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
FRIENDS TOLD OF
WORK IN CUBA

The sugar mill workers, one of the
three social classes in Cuba, and the
class most interesting to American
business men, are the people whom
American Friends missionaries are
spending most OF their time, accord
ing to Sylvester Jones, head of the
Friends Mission work in Cuba, who
spoke before the Foreign Missionary
board yesterday at South Eighth Street
Friends church.
"The town people consisting Of the
more cultured, the professional and
progressive people, with a certain
working class form one of the social
classes in Cuba: the country class is
another, and the sugar mill workers.
who live in little autocracies run by
the American capitalists and managed
Ly richer class of Cubans, form the
other and most vital class.
These people are not permitted to
buy land, and although they are paid
good salaries, consumers prices are
high enough to eat up financial gains.
There are no savings banks and with
the natural inclinations the people
have TO spend al lthey make. they be-
come thriftless.
Mr.. Jones explained that at present
about 1000 young people and children
are interested in Sunday schools and
Sunday school work, and the religious
work of the missionaries, of whom
there are now eighteen on the field,
is very satisfactory.
Emory j. Reece. Friends Missionary
to Africa. also spoke before the For
eign Missionary board yesterday and
explained the work being done in that
field.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
Court Records

Testimony of the witnesses against
Alfred Underhill. out on bail on a
statutory charge, was given before the
grand jury Friday.
Real Estate Transfers
Genevieve Conkey to Charles E.
Hazen, part lot Ala, official may of
Richmond, 81.
Working and Keagy, to the Hagers-
town Lumber Co., part S. w. section
%, township II, range II, $4,000.
Grace E. Groce to James E. and
Eliza Johns, lot q, c. Fettas addi-
ton to Richmond, 81.
Lola Miller to Sarah V. Crawford,
lots II. IT'S, 1856, Benton Heights, 81.
Alfred c.. Underhill to Paul H. I'm
derhill lot 5. j. Morris subdivision,
Richmond, $1,000.
Walter w. Kehlenbring to Henry
Korves and Alice E. Korves, lot rs,
Schwegman's addition to Richmond,
ST.
Harry H. Tubesing to Edgar w.
Hawekotte and Ef1ie Hawekotte, lot
ia, Mendenhall and Prices addition
to Richmond, 81.
Roscoe E. Kirkman to William NJ.
Sherrow, lots "a and %. Kirkman's
addition to Richmond, $500.
Charles M. Mohler to Frank and
Bessie E. McKinnon, lots 10 and 90,
block "a, Hagerstown, $4,000.
Adeline Igleman to Mary E. Nus
baum, ct al, lot "a and 81, J. Smiths
addition to Richmond, 81.
John Burns to Elizabeth M. Burns.
lot 10, B. Fulghum's addition to Rich
mond, 81.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
DEATHS

ConnelI-Jerry Connel, of Lafayette,
died at his home Friday morning. Mr..
Connell was a former resident of
Richmond and was well known here.
He is survived by the widow and two
daughters, Marie and Erma, his moth
er, Anna Connell, sisters, Mrs. John
Mccarthy and Emma Cornell of this
city, and Mrs. Edwin Greene of Mum
Gle, and two brothers, John Connell of
Hamilton, O., and William Connell of
this city. Funeral arrangements
will be announced later.
Cook-Esther Cook, five years old,
died at the home of her parents, seven
miles north of the city at 5 o'clock
Thursday evening. The surviving rel
atives are the parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd Cook, two sisters and three
brothers. Funeral services will be
held at II o'clock Saturday morning
at Doddridge Chapel. Burial will be
at Doddridge Chapel. Friends may
call anytime.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
Combing Won't Rid
Hair OF Dandruff

The only sure way to get rid OF
dandruff is to dissolve it, then you
destroy it entirely. To do this, get
about four ounces of ordinary liquid
arvon; apply it at night when retir-
ing; use enough to moisten the scalp
and rub it in gently with the finger
tips.
Do this tonight, and by morning,
most if not all, of your dandruff will
be gone, and three or four more ap-
plications will completely dissolve and
entirely destroy every single sign and
trace of it, no matter how much dan
druff you may have.
You will find, too. that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop at
once, and your hair will be fluffy,
lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and
look and feel hundred times better
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. 1t is inexpensive and
never fails to do the work.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18

A careful count Of letters and par
cells delivered during the past seven
days has shown Postmaster c. b. Beck
and superintendent Of mails Frank
Wilson the fact that the Richmond
postoffice is undergoing very rapid
and disturbing growth in the parcel
post department. The increase Is
marked. they say, but need not be par
ticularly disturbing il sufficient means
of delivery is provided.
Heavy business. even for this time
OF year, is also reported at the ex-
press and freight offices of the city.
This unusual heaviness is not ac-
counted for but 1t is considered a sign
of general prosperity.
An express man said this morning
that the general public seems to be
buying more things which must be
shipped, than have ever been bought
before.
"If home shoppers are buying as
much there certainly must be a pros
perity rainbow somewhere" he said,
land | believe financial conditions
must be a good deal better than some
of our pessimists would have us be-
lieve."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
LEND Nc Five Shillings,"
Pleasing High School Play

Lend Me Five Shillings," a clever
one-act comedy by John Madison Nor
ton, was given in the chapel at the
high school Friday morning by the
Dramatic society. Two performances
were given in order that the student
body might see it.
The setting was in room adjoining
ballroom at a hotel in England. AS
the scene opened regular jazz" music
could be heard rolling in from the
ballroom. This was furnished by
Mary Luring. piano: Glenn Meyer
banjo-mandolin, and Henry Wore, from
bone.
Claude Miller and Glen Weist star
red as Captain Phobbs and Mr.. Co.
lightly, respectively. Miller presented
very military appearance in a blue
uniform with numerous silver buttons.
lots of insignia and a white cap. Or
an Park played Captain Spruce, a fell
low officer Of Captain Phobbs. Park
er was dressed in the uniform of the
British soldier. Robert Hodgin was
all fitted to the part OF Mr.. Moreland,
the British artist. Sam, the waiter,
was humorously played by Floyd Nus
baum. Mrs. Major Phobbs was play
ed by Mildred Whitley, and Mrs. Cap
tain Phobbs was played by Jane Car
penter, both of whom presented at
tractive appearances in evening
gowns. Miss Carpenter wore beauti-
full evening gown of American Beauty
charmeuse and chiffon. with slippers
to match, and Miss Whitley wore
black satin evening gown lined with
material similar to the shade of Miss
Carpenters, which made a harmon
ious color scheme
The play was coached by Miss Anna
Finfrock of the English department,
and sponsor CT the Dramatic society.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
Violin Demonstration To
Be Feature of Festival

The May Festival programs are rap
idly being completed. The evening Of
May 9 will be devoted to Garfield
school. One of the features of this
program will be violin demonstrations
Frederick K. Hicks, violin instructor,
has 40 pupils in the grades and Gar
field school. The best of these have
been picked to perform on May 8.
Exercises from their exercise books
and duet pieces will be played. Ralph
c. Sloane, music director, said Friday
that the children rehearsed for the
first time together Thursday and that
their work was equal to that of chill
dren whom he had heard who had
been working together for a year.
The girls chorus of Gerfeld will
sing "The Gypsy Queen" by Aiken on
this night. Aiken, the composer, is
supervisor of music in Cincinnati.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
Miss Fletcher Goes Abroad
With Motion Picture Bureau

NEW YORK. April 18.-Miss Emily
M. Fletcher, daughter of Mrs. Edward
B. Fletcher of Richmond, Ind, is sail
ing Friday, April IS. with five other
young women for service with the
Community Motion Picture Bureau,
which has charge of the instruction
by motion pictures of the American
soldiers in France under the auspices
of the Army Educational Commission.
Miss Fletcher was recently with the
Breckenridge School of Civics and
Philanthropy in Chicago and was for
five months stenographer in the Chi
cago office of the Community Motion
Picture Bureau. For two years she
studied music at Cincinnati.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
Architect Consults With
Board on School Sites

Dwight Perkins of the firm Perkins,
Fellows and Hamilton. Chicago archi-
tects, was in Richmond today to con-
suit with the Board of Education con-
corning sites for the two new Junior
high schools which the firm has been
selected to design. The board has
options on ground in the east and
west part of the city but desired that
member of the firm help in the Sc
lection Of the ground.
1t is probable that the ground will
be bought Immediately. but this had
not been determined upon late Friday
afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH :
CONTEST ON MAY 8

The annual extemporaneous speech
contest of the high school will be held
in chapel Friday, May 8. In 1917, the
late George X. Knollenberg presented
to the high school silver cup. Each
year an extempore speech contest is
held in chapel and the name of the
winner is engraved upon the cup. In
1917, julius Tietz won the contest and
in 1918 Richard Taylor was winner.
The contest Is open to the school.
The Forum, the debating society of
the high school, is managing the con-
test this year. This is a chapel pro-
gram that is always looked forward to
with pleasure by the student body.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
Prague Wants To Be
Air Routes Junction
(By Associated Press

PRAGUE, Bohemia, April 1S.-
Prague aspires to becoming the great
junction of air routes of central Eu-
rope. From the flying grounds of
Prosek, near here, a regular service
of "air buses will be started soon to
Padua, Italy, via Vienna. distance Of
225 miles.
Trial flights already have taken
place, the duration Of the trip being
4 hours and Is minutes. The ma
chimes used will be Italian triplanes
with motors developing 1000 horse
power, and carrying AZ passengers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
April rs Set for High
School Seniors Day

A senior luncheon has been an
nounced for Friday noon, April % in
the high school lunch room.
1t has been the custom OF the last
three years to set aside one day in
the school year for seniors only.
April 25 will be the day this year.
The seniors will have complete charge
of the chapel exercises. The luncheon
will be held at noon. In the evening
the juniors and seniors will have a
dance in the art gallery of the high
school The affair will begin at 1880
o'clock and continue until 1890
o'clock The dance will be chaperoned
by four members of the faculty. The
parents of the participants will be in
vited also. This is the first high
school dance to be given and promises
to be a success. The girls are asked
to wear informal frocks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
WILL BRING PRICE
QUESTION UP AGAIN

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-President
Wilson has directed the industrial
board of the department of commerce
and the railroad administration to re-
open discussion of price sterilization
and endeavor to find a common ground
on which they can agree.
Chairman Peek announced today
that the board would take up the ques-
ton with the railroad administration
Immediately but any action probably
will have to wait the return of Direc-
tor General Hines next week, from all
inspection trip in the west.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
Petitions for Four Roads
Will Be Heard Saturday

Hearings of four road petitions will
come before the county commission
ers Saturday morning, those for the
Hagerstown pike. the Boston pike, the
New Paris road, and the Commons
read.
Contracts will be let for the Meyers
and Morgan2i culverts, the bonds of
assistant road superintendents will be
approved. and the buying OF two road
graders is expected
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
c. E. EASTER SERVICE.

The annual Easter meeting of the
Christian Endeavor society of First
Christian church will be held Sunday
morning at 6 o'clock at the church.
Following the meeting an Easter
breakfast will be served. All mem
bers are requested to be present