The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-02
Short News Of CITY
WEsTcoTT MAKES CHANGES

WESTCOTT MAKES CHANGES
Changes in the lobby of the West
colt hotel are being made. A stair
way is being cut in the front entrance
and the mems toilet will be installed
in the basement. The new arrange
three weeks.
PETITION is FILED
A copy of the petition of the T. II.
I. and E. traction company, filed with
the public service commission, asking
for authority to increase street car
fares to five cents straight in Rich
mond and to discontinue the sale of
six tickets for 25 cents, received by
the board of works Thursday, was
placed on file. City Attorney Byram
Robbins also received a copy of the
petition.
IN; COULDN'T GET OUT
John Zwissler Main street restau-
ranteur, suddenly found himself over
whelmed by guests who wanted out
and beSieged by a group OF people
to get into his restaurant, Friday
| morning when the front door lock
stuck and refused to give way. While
hungry ones outside waited the re-
Gently fed inside worked with the
! lock and untangled it.
RICHARDSON is SPEAKER
! Cornelius Richardson. Richmond at
| torney, was one of the principal speak
ers at a large meeting of colored Re-
| publicans of the eleventh district held
at Peru Thursday evening.
ROOMS FOR MUSIC TEACHERS
| The need for rooms for the State
Music Teachers convention here April
| 20, 81 and % is still great. People
| who have desirable rooms for dele
/ gates, who will pay their way, are
urged to call members of the hous.
ing committee, including r. G. Allen
at the Starr Piano Company, G. Cope.
land at the Item, or Miss Emma L.
Fetta, at the Palladium
JOHNSON IN INDIANAPOLIS
| Henry U. Johnson, Richmond attor
ney, went to the home of one of his
| daughters in Indianapolis Thursday
Mr.. Johnson will remain in Indianapo
| lis for some time to rest
BECK CAUGHT IN MISSOURI
Walter Beck, of Boston, wanted in
the Wayne county court, on a charge
of rape, has been arrested at Charles
ton, Mo-, by authorities there, Sheriff
Glenn Carr was advised Thursday
Carr has gone to the Missouri town
to take Beck into custody.
ST. PAUL'S CONTRIBUTES
All ladies of st. Paul's Lutheran
church are asked to remember to senG
their donations for the church market
consisting of anything in homemade
bread, cakes, pies or cookies, to the
market house at 1870 p. m. Saturday
USE BENZOATE, WARNING.
vinegar makers, who otherwise
would violate prohibition laws, are
warned by dry agents to use benZoate
of soda TO arrest fermentation Wher
the juice reaches the hard cider stage
After the vinegar sours it has nc
| temptation.
ASKED TO EXHIBIT.
Wayne county manufacturers with
those of Indiana in general, will be in
vited to exhibit at monster exhibit tC
be held at the state fair grounds in
,, November, according to an announce
ment by the state board of agriculture
ROAD LAW UPHELD.
The county road law, under which
many Wayne county roads have beer
built, was upheld in the Madison coun
ty supreme court of Indiana, Thursday
The action was brought to the state
court on appeal
APPLE SEEDLINGS UP
The high price of good seeding ap
pie tree stock is retarding the plant
ing of orchards and isolated apple
trees, the state conservation commits
sion observes Formerly the little
apple trees sold for $40 thousand, but
now they sell for $50 a thousand.
TO APPOINT HOOVER HEADS.
Although no headquarters in the
state will be opened for the Hoover
| nv Dor ri ho9 n
said he would appoint district man
ayers and county managers at once
Wayne county persons are taking {
keen interest in HoOver's announce
ment.
BULLETIN is ISSUED.
The thirtieth anniversary bulletin o
the board of state charities, contain
ing a full account of the anniversar!
in June, 1919, at which Timothy Nichol
son was an honor guest, has beer
Issued Mr.. Nicholson's portrait is the
frontispiece.
MISSIONARY TO CUBA HERE
Raymond S. Holding, Friends mis-
sionary to Cuba, who is on year,
leave of absence to attend the Indian
apolis College of Missions, conferred
with Ross A. Hadley, general secre
tary Of the American Friends Boart
of Foreign Missions, at the Friends
Central offices here Friday morning.
BRIDGE WASHED OUT
Concrete abutments supporting th'
Ratliff bridge. on the White school
house road, between Richmond AM
Centerville, were washed out by TIL
recent storm, Howard Horton, count,
surveyor, said Friday. Road men hav'
propped up the bridge and traffic ha
been resumed, said Horton.
ORDNANCE is OPEN
Enlistments and re-enlistments TO
one year in the ordinance department