The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-02
Short News Of City
MORGAN TO LECTURE.

be"lllc MORGAN, OF lnOldndDOllS,
will deliver the second lecture of the
spring on government and industry
Tuesday night in the old part of the
high school building. The lecture will
begin at 1880. All interested persons
and especially those who care to take
the full course which will constitute
10 credit hours at Indiana University,
are urged to attend. The other lee
ture of the week will be given each
Thursday evening.
SAILS FOR SOUTH AMERICA
Fred c.. Brown son-in-law of John
W. Hansel, of the Crown Fuel COM
pany, will arrive in Richmond Tues
day for a short visit with Mr.. Hansel
and his sister, Mrs. l.. E. Harter, of
314 North Twelfth street, before sail
ing for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where
he will take charge Of the national
athletics of the Y. NJ. c. A. and train
ing of young Bra zilians for the Olymp-
ic at Antwerp.
Brown has been actively connect
ed with athletic training for over
nine years. and during the war was
associate director of athletics in the
American Expeditionary Forces. He
recently returned from overseas.
DR., PARKS RETURNS.
DR. and Mrs. w. A. Parks, of this
city, returned Monday from a three
weeks visit in Florida.
VICTORY BUTTONS HERE.
Bronze and silver Victory buttons,
for eX-service men, can be secured
upon application at the local recruit
ing office, Sixth and Main streets.
An honorable discharge is all the
credential needed for a Victory but
ton. Bronze buttons are for discharS-
ed men, while the silver ones go to
those who We're wounded
JUNIOR LUTHER LEAGUE
The Junior Luther League Of the
Trinity Lutheran church will meet
with the Rev. o. T. Tressel and Mrs.
Tressel at % South Eleventh street
| Tuesday night.
HAWORTH BACK FROM N. Y.
Samuel l.. Haworth, head of the
spiritual resources department of the
Friends Forward Movement, was to
arrive in the city Tuesday, following
! several days in New York, where he
| attended a national conference of the
! similar directors Of other denomina-
! tions allied in the Inter-church World
! Movement.
SERGEANT CALLED HOME
Sergeant R. H. Furnish, of the army
recruiting party now here. was called
) home Tuesday because of sickness in
his family. He will be gone indefini-
tely.
r. n. L. & PETITION UP
i The public service commission OF
Indiana held hearing Monday on the
petition of the Terre Haute, Indiana
polls and Eastern Traction company
and others, for modification Of the
former order of the commission in re
gard to the rates on freight carried
on passenger cars. The traction com.
ranies wish to be permitted to charge
$50 per cent of the freight rates, for
all freight carried on passenger cars
with the first-clasS rate as a minimum
The present orders permit the com
panies to charge $50 per cent of the
first class rate for freight handled on
passenger cars.
r. r. PASSES EXTENDED
According to instructions received
at the Pennsylvania office, the time
limit upon season passes for railroad
employees has been extended until
March 81. The passes were to have
become void on Jan. 1 but were t,
hold good until March 1, when new
ones were to be issued. The latest eX
tension of 80 days was made because
of the great amount of work to be dis
posed of before the pass question
could be taken up.