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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
Suburban News

BETHEL, Ind.-Brother Gullidge, Of
Richmond, will fill his regular appoint
ment here Sunday. :. Mr. and Mrs,
Arson Brumfield, Mr.. and Mrs Willie
Brumfield and son Wayne, spent Mon
day with relatives in Centerville..
Mr.. and Mrs. Everette White, spent
Wednesday night with Bert White and
family, of southeast of Richmond
Miss Crystal Gibbs, of Arba, spent
from Saturday until Monday with Miss
Wyvona Hyde. Gordon Anderson is
very i'll with pneumonia, and James
and Elizabeth Anderson have the flu.
....Dan Horn has pneumonia
Mrs. Glenn Moore spent Wednesday
night with Mrs. Stella White. Mrs
Jehu Boren spent Tuesday with Eli
Hyde and family. .Everette Wolfal
who is working at Richmond, is
spending a few days at home here
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Reason
Wolfal.. Miss Florence Boren spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Miss
Belva Newsom, OF Whitewater.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Anderson spent Sun
day with William Curtis at White
water. :. Mrs. Oliver Spencer spent
from Tuesday of last week until Satur
DAY with her mother, Mrs. Mary Young
of New Paris. o.
NEW GARDEN, Ind.-Mr. and Mrs
James Burg and family spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. I. r
Williams and family. 80. Miss Esther
Arnett spent Sunday night with Mis-.
Constance Hoover. A surprise part,
was given on Mr.. Herbert Burg at hi
home Saturday evening. There wer,
several presnt and a good time wa!
enjoyed by ALL. Miss Louise Martin
spent Saturday night and Sunday witt
Miss Ruth Williams. :. Miss Blanch
Williams visited with Mr. and Mrs. G
D. Williams the last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. Martin and famil
called on Mr. and Mrs. Will Burgess
Sunday afternoon. :. Sunday schoo
$50; preaching, 1916. Pastor, Esthe
Cook. Evening services, ZOO. Every
one welcomed. Mr. and Mrs. Arthu
Collins are the proud parents of
baby boy born at Reid Memorial Ho.
pital in Richmond, Thursday. .....
farewell social was held at Ne,
Garden school house Thursday ever
ing for the following families, VIII
are leaving this community: Mr.. an
Mrs. James Burg and family, Mr.. an
Mrs. Paul Edgerton, Mr. and Mr.:
Elijah Thomas. Mr.. and Mrs. M. F
Fraze and family, Mr.. and Mrs Forres
Thomas and Mr., and Mrs J. C. Hodso
and family. There were about 20
present. A short program was give
and an oyster supper was served.
sood time was enjoyed by all.
surprise was given on Forrest Harte
by few of his friends at his hon
Tuesday evening.
ECONOMY, IND - Charles Hum
cutt is ill with pneumonia. Mr.. ar
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07

Mrs. Frank Pierce entertained at din
ner Thursday w. L. Morrison and
wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Newman.
Everett Clark and family. Joseph
Morrison and family. ...P. o. Beck
man is Ill. o. G. Weyl is caring for
the store during his absence. -.
Among those from out OF town attend
ing the funeral of Rufus Williams
Tuesday were Mrs. Pearl Walter.
Zalia, Ind; Charles Williams of Mar
ion. Ind; Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Roberts.
Richmond: Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Daugh-
erty. Hagerstown, Mr.. and Mrs. A. C.
Arlington. Winchester; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Heisten, Winchester; Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Tucker and mother Of Winches-
ter; Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Green.
street, Washington state. Mr.. and
street, Washington state; Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Macy and son Burr. of Pitts
burg, Pa. Mrs. Lon Edwards OF
Montpelier, Ind, was here Monday on
business. William Mccain cut of
the end Of finger while at work al
his saw mill at Losantville Tuesday
-. Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Hiatt OF
Fountain City attended the funeral
OF Rufus Williams Tuesday and re
manned over night with their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hiatt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Elvin Thornburg and son Walter
are all i'll. Mrs. Effie Brooks o.
Greensboro Is caring for them. :. Mrs
Lester Williams Is quite Ill with diph
iberia at the Rufus Williams home
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Macy and sol
Of Pittsburg are also guaranteed witt
the family. Mr.. and Mrs. Macy have
gone to Lester Williams home will
the children. Miss Hazel Menden
hall has returned to her old position
as clerk in the Davis and Randall
store. :. The M. E. Foreign Mission
airy society met with Mrs. Cranol
Thursday,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
Starvation and Won't IN
!. Germany are Described By
Friends Worker in Letter ,

Conditions of starvation In Germany
laboring under the direction Of Her
bert Hoover, are described In q letter
from one of the Friends workers IN
Germany. and inclosed in letter
of the Friends headquarters here.
Berlin, Dec. n.
The misery some of these poor
people are in Is disheartening. In
some cases the husband and father
prisoner in France. was the sole sup
port Of the family, who are usually
in want Of clothing and fuel. and al
ways chronically half-starved. They
are half-starved! Ask the little tots
what they would like for Christmas
(Which used to be such a Joyous time)
and they will say: "a little more
bread to eat!" The help we give some
of them may mean the difference be-
tween life and death. II It were only
in the form Of abundant milk, bread,
chocolate! It's downright wicked to
have anything more than the actual
necessities to eat, when those rtf1e
broken caricautres Of humanity have
been and are so starvedi
"There is naturally very great feel
ing here against the French for keep
ing the prisoners so long. especially
as those held by English and Anerf
cans have been home long ago. There
is also a very natural tendency to e1-
aggerate the account Of mtreatnent
Of prisoners, as so little read news
is known Of them. Prisoners nnaA b
censored, The families know thts md
fear that the letters they get arc boz
part Of the truth and that their men
do not dare write Of their su1eR1u9s~
"In general, SO far as we h1ve Eu0e,
we find that the weakness and &Daf1
here due to starvation Is % great
that the people here look IN munn.
poorer physical condition thGn tbs
prisoners in France. The priSouezss
while often cold, uncared for. and
sometimes iIl-fed, maintain on tbs
average a far higher standard OF
health than the mass Of the poUuA-
ton in Berlin.
1--WE went to see q school the other
day, on the invitation Of one Of The
women teachers. It was ghastfyi And
| the worst of it is, to the visitor. that
these Door little wrecks OF humanfJ
don't know anything else than the
present conditions. The war broke
out in 1914. with "rationing" or slow
starvation shortly after, and 1t Is nov
almost 1920! The young ones can't
remember the time when there was
milk or a sufficient amount Of any
thing excepting turnips."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
Funeral Arrangements

Schneider 49, Funeral services for
Frank Schneider were held at his home
at p. m. Saturday. Burial was in
Riverside cemetery at Cambridge
City. The Rev. NJ. L. Schneider, of
Indianapolis, officiated.
Murrette-Funeral services for
Edith Lucille Murrette were held In
Edinburg, Ind, Saturday afternoon.
Burial was in the Edinburg cemetery.
WaIker-Funeral services for Hattie
NJ. Walker were held at the home at
p p. m. Saturday. The Rev. J. J. Rae
officiated. Following the services the
body was shipped to Bloomsbury, Pa,
where final services and burial will be
held.
Hanna-The body Of Mrs. Callie
Hanna was shipped to Dixon, Tenn,
early Saturday afternoon, where fu
neral services and burial will be held
Burke-The body Of Mary H. Burke
was shipped to Urbana, O., early Sat
urday morning. Funeral services and
burial will be held at that city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
profession is to maintain. its present

profession is to maintain its present
standards.
A prominent Indiana city school SUI
per1ntendent called at the state depart
ment of public instruction recently
and said that in his town a railroad
crossing atchman, a foreigner barely
able to speak English, receives a
monthly salary of $131. The superin-
tendent pointed out that not single
teacher in his school system receives
more than 500 month, with the ex-
ception of one ward building principal.
School officials of the state are be-
coming aroused over the situation. 1t
Is pointed out that every year the
shortage of trained teachers becomes
more acute, and that as a result the
schools, and with them the training
of the future citizens of the state, are
hurrtedly turned over to persons with
out adequate training to do satisfac-
tory work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
Railroad Men Haze Most
Dangerous Jobs, Figures
of Insurance Men ShoU

According to popular opinion. po
licemen have the most dangerous Jobs
in Richmond while actual figures show
that yard switchmen, brakemen, con,
ductors and car inspectors have the
most hazardous occupations.
Proof of this can be gained from
the number Of deaths and accidents
reported each year, and the fact that
only two policemen have been killed
while on active duty in Richmond.
Accident insurance agents are per
haps the most reliable hazardous oc
cupation barometers in Richmond
Any man who. in the course Of his
duties has to do with working beneath
railroad cars or with couplings, Is
classed in the most dangerous list Of
occupations that accident insurance
companies will handle.
Men engaged in some occupations
cannot obtain insurance. Men tina
handle high tension wires, aviators
crews of submarines, racing driver!
and war correspondents are included
in this list.
Information by the Richmond fir,
department says no fireman has los
his life from injuries received whil'
on duty, within the last 80 years. Sew
eral have been injured, however, blu
not seriously.
Martin Little and Elmer Stephenson
are the only policemen that have beel
killed while on duty in the history o
the police department. These wer
killed by a semi-insane man in tn
Pennsylvania freight house in 1915
John Gully, another patrolman, wa
shot in the thigh in 1917. William
Remmert, while engaged as privat
policeman at the Standard Oil con
pany, was shot three times on Jul
20, 1917. while on active duty. Se'
eral police have been badly beater
but other than the above, none hav
lost their lives.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
WAYNE AND INDIANA TEACHERS LEAVE
PROFESSION BECAUSE OF Low SALARIES

Revelation of the fact that IS out
of 148. more than third of the teach
ers employed in Wayne county. out
side Of the city Of Richmond. dropped
out Of the profession during 1919, be-
cause Of low pay, and that the county
was eight teachers short, was made
by County Superintendent Williams
Saturday.
Teachers of all ranks and years of
experience are among those compel
led to leave the profession. Almost
half the SIS were teachers of five years
or more experience. Thirty-four of
them went other lines of work. while
IL married and eight are in college.
Four teachers below accepted STAN
dards are teaching in county schools,
to fill out, while 20 new ones were
taken in during the year. 1t has been
necessary generally to accept lower
standards to get teachers, says the re-
port.
Teachers generally bettered them
selves considerably by going into other
lines of work, their salaries in other
lines averaging from 500 to $165.
against $72 to 500 in the teaching
profession. The figures follow:
Length of term, months.
Total numbers of teachers employed
| in Wayne County outside city Of Rich
mond. 148.
Total number of teachers dropped
out during the past year, 55.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07

A survey of conditions in Cleveland,
Ohio, secured by Mr.. Burris indicates
a similar condition, the teachers re-
ceiving the lowest pay in the city.
The minimum wage for Indiana
teachers for six-month school term
Is $356.5S, according to the state
school officials. Many teachers in
counties of southern Indiana receive
this annual wage, it is said. For a
seven-month term the salary is $416.5S
and for eight months of work $476.5S.
These figures approximate very closely
the wages received by hundreds OF
teachers of the state, it is said.
Much to Be Done.
State school officials point out that
on this "munificient" salary the teach
ers are expected to live during the
winter months while teaching and
| then attend a normal training school
during the summer in order to in
crease their professional attainments
1t is pointed out that some steps
have been taken to remedy conditions
in this state recently, but that much
remains to be done if the teaching
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07

Has it been necessar- to accept low
err qualifications in order to supply
teachers? Yes.
Have teachers salaries increased in
proportion to cost of living? No.
Have teachers salaries increa sed
as salaries have in other vocations
No
Figures on state and national re-
port of the same nature follow.
Startling conditions concerning the
wages, qualifications and prospects
of the teaching profession in Indiana
are revealed in a report on teachers
secured through questionable sent
to county and district school superin-
tendents of the state by Hugh S. Ma
gill. field secretary Of the National
Education Association.
A similar survey of national condi-
tons was made by Mr.. Magill and the
results of both Investigations have
been received by l.. N. Hines, state
superintendent of public instruction.
The report indicates that Indiana
teachers are leaving the profession in
large numbers and that on account OF
the unprecedented shortage of teach
ers that school authorities generally
nave DSSu lOISCu " io"Cl oIdhudl os
and qualifications in order to keep the
schools running.
Practically the unanimous opinion
Of Indiana school officials reporting tt
Mr.. Magill is that promising young
men and women are no longer attract
ed to the profession as in the past
1t is also declared by large majority
of the state officials, that teachers
saIarieS have neither kent mace will
the wages paid in other lines of worl
nor with the increased cost of living.
The Indiana conditions are matched
in almost every particular in othel
states, according to the national sur
vey made up Of reports from ever.
state of the Union. In many instance.
the nationwide percentages are pract
ically the same as in this state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
Freeman Mopes to Dismiss
Injunction for Burial

Prosecutor Freeman moved at the
cost of the plaintiff to dismiss the in
junction suit filed by Edward Cause.
pohl to keep the public health authori-
ties from preventing Gausepohl from
holding a public funeral for his son.
who died recently, and was sustained
in circuit Saturday.
Freeman recommended the dismis-
sal because the body has been buried
and there was no contagion, making
it unnecessary to proceed with the
case.
Gausepoh1 filed the Injunction to
keep health authorities from quaran-
timing the family and compelling pri
vate funeral for their son, alleged to
have died from diphtheria,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
TRANS-AFRICAN PLANE
LANDS AT ASSOUAN

CAIRO, Feb. THE airplane owned
by the London Times. which left here
yesterday morning on the first stage
Of it's trip to Capetown. landed safely
at Assuan, 425 miles up the Nile, after
flying for seven hours, including a
stop of 90 minutes to repair a leak.
1t will start from Assuan for Khartum
today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07

School officials throughout the coun-
try are aroused as result of the
survey and the date secured will be
made the basis for active campaigns
for remedial measures by state and
national educational organizations.
Answers Tabuiated.
The tabulated results of the answers
received to the QUESTIONABLE for both
Indiana and the United States follow:
Superintendents reporting, Indiana,
81: United States. 1872.
l.. Total number of teaching posi-
lions included in reports. Indiana,
9,576; United States, 262,537.
2. Total number of teachers who
dropped out during past year, Indiana.
1905 or 20 per cent; United States,
81 1876 or Fl per cent.
3. Total number of new teachers
entering, September, 1919. Indiana,
1.772 or IS per cent; United States,
81 ,249 or % per cent.
4. Total shortage Of teachers re-
ported. Indiana. 1877 or 2 per cent
United States 1914 or ST per cent.
5. Total number of teachers below
standard. Indiana. EAT or per cent !;
United States. 25,775 or 10 per cent
6. Total shortage, including teach.
ers below standard. Indiana 744, or
8 per cent United States 4O,6S9 or 15.5
| per cent.
Z. Has it become necessary to &C.
cept lower qualifications in order to
supply teachers? Indiana yes 46 no
IL. United States. yes 1869; no 291
8. Have teachers salaries increas-
ed in proportion to the cost of living
Indiana, yes /: no Sc. United States
yes 80: no 1851.
9. Have teachers salaries increas
ed as salaries have in other voca
tons? Indiana. yes 4 no So. United
| States, yes 225 no 1850.
10. Is the number of teachers below
p years of age increasing? Indiana
yes 43; no IA. United States, yes
1,165; no 546
II. Are promising young men anG
women attracted to teaching as ii
the past? Indiana, YES 2; no "a
United States. yes. 1872; no 1929.
II is estimated that there are abou
$4,000 school positions in the United
States
Benjamin J. Burris. assistant state
superintendent Of public instruction
is making a special study of the
problem of teachers salaries. In dis
cussing the Indiana situation, he said
81 think you would be safe in say
ing the teaching profession is thu
poorest paid in the country"
Comparison Made.
Mr.. Burris has collected many in
teresting statistics showing the com
parative wages of teachers with othe
professions. The following table in
dictates the annual average salary o
teachers in the United States, as com
pared with the wages paid for indus
trial work in Washington, D. G.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
CUSTODIAN RESIGNS

Milton Kinder, court house engineer
rendered his resignation to take effect
Feb. Is to the board of county com
missioners Saturday afternoon. The
commissioners appointed Fay Culbert
son to succeed him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
DR.. GEORGE BOND ILL

DR.. George Bond Of Indianapolis.
son of DR.. and Mrs. Charles Bond OF
Richmond, is critically i'll Of influenza
at the Robert Long hospital in Indian
apolis. His condition was reported
not improved Saturday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07

ECONOMY. IND - Charles Hunni
cutt is ill with pneumonia. &. . Mr.. and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
MENDELSS0HN CLUB
IN FIRST CONCERT
Organization Shows Finely Bal
anced Chorus of Remarkably
Good Tonal Quality

The Mendelssohn Club, under the d
rection Of N. Lindsay Norden, gave lts
first subscription concert OF the season
In the ballroom of the Bellevue STRAIT
ford last evening.
Mr.. Norden has made an especial
study OF cappella singing, which, after
all, is the finest of all vocal effects ana
most of the numbers on the program
we're sung without accompaniment thus
giving the ensemble as well as the tonal
effects ample chance TO be heard clearly
and appreciated. OF the nine choral
numbers four were of exceptional merit
either of composition or OF rendition
land some of both). although all the
numbers were finely given.
These numbers were: "Oh, Gladstone
Light of Gretchaninoff, "The Brook,
by Arkangelsky 1.-The Jabberwock, an
exceedingly clever setting of Lewis Car
rolls nonsense verse, by Henry JACOB :
sen, and Mr.. Norden own setting OF
the Twenty third Psalm. The hrst o'
these is fine example OF modern ren :.
gious music and was sung with great
reverence ana WlIn huc lVhC N"''''N' ,
The Arkangelsky song was arranged
for the club by Mr.. Norden, and was
difficult but beautiful number, and
effectively rendered. The Jacobsen
chorus is a finely written work in eight
parts and very difficult to sing, but IN
spite of this was one of the best per :
formed songs on the program Nlr'
Norden's setting of the psalm begins
with a four part chorus for womenL. I,
voices, followed by a tenor solo with
vocal background, after which thf
original theme appears with the full
chorus. Two other high points of. the
program were an "Adoramus te OF
Palestrina, and the late DR.. W. W; Gil
christ's setting of Kipling's "Reces
sional." The chorus deserves all pos
sible praise for its splendid work, ant
Mr.. Norden for having brought it to it'
present high state of efficiency.
The soloist was Miss Mary Cavan, o
New York, who appeared in arias from
Debussy's "Prodigal Son. ant
Tschaikowsky' opera "Pique Dame,
as well as in group of songs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15

AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad Company, lessee of the
Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Com.
a turnout or siding Bleigh street at
and near Keystone street. in tho Forty
Section J. The Select and Common Coun.
ellis of the City of Philadelphia do ordain !;
That permission be. and is hereby. gra@pteo @
see Of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad
Company, TO construct operate and maintain
a turnout or siding from it's tracks at and
near the intersection of Blelgh street and
Keystone street, thence extending on Bleigh
street to Hegerynan street, as shown on plan
on file in the Department of Public works
bureau of surveys). Provided, That the
said turnout or siding shall be laid under
the supervision and direction of the Depart
ment of Public Works Board of Highway
Supervisory. and shall be removed upon the
passage OF an ordinance to that effect. with
out any recourse against thu city for dam.
ages, either property. personal or otherWisse ns,,
t6O) dollars shall first be paid into the City
Treasury by the said The PENNSYLVANIA Rail
road Company for the publication OF this
ordinance
Approved this 9th day OF January A. D
| 1920. - -
tNo. 110I) MaSor OF Philadelphia.