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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
Ohio News Flashes

ST. MARY'S.-Every effort is being
made by local police to find traces of
lola Howe. eight years old, and her
brother, Dana Howe, ~ years old, who
were kidnapped here last week. Police
say they believe the children were
stolen by a relative. whose home is in
Kankakee, Ill. Mrs. Howe, the mo-
Their of the children, has been separat-
ed from her husband, whose home is
in Langdon, Kan.
DAYTON.-F'inal plans for collect
ing the $63,872 needed to reach the
goal of $447,999 set by community
workers here, for the support of 80
Dayton institutions, have been made.
MIDDLETOWN. - Ebert Pore. of
Middletown, was seriously injured,
and Henry Meyers and Miss Carrie
Rogers badly shaken up, when the au-
tomobile driven by Pore left the road
near the corporation line when on the
Dixie Highway, north of the city, and
crashed into a telegraph pole. The
car was demolished
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
Good Evening
BY Roy x. Moulton

The boys have their mechanical toys
-airplanes, locomotives, fire trucks
and trolley cars. And what are the
real articles after all but the toys of
us grown ups?
Il was born in a Roumanian CITY,"
says Jack, and educated in New
York. l have seen all the wonders
that the great afford. But the big
thrill of my life came when l was with
the army in France. l was roaming on
leave in the district of Haute-Marne
and in a wood about the size of Bowl
ing Green l poked stick into a hole.
And believe me or believe me not, a
fox jumped out in my face. OF course,
l didn't know what it was at the time,
l had to consult a dictionary"
American visitors are tnronging
Mexico City. While these propaganda
drives are on, a lot of people prefer to
to the arena, and experts hired to
fight it.
This issue of the paper will be news
to the editors wife. She usually cen
sors every item and keeps us out of a
peck Of trouble. But she's guaranteed
with the kids at home and the old
AhoA oaShiho Ill INC 0hop' A>o' uiiIAl
we throw this paper over the transom
to her will she know whether or not
we have spilled the beans.-(Filley
Neb) Spotlight.
This seems to be n land of red fic
ton" and blue nose" fact.
The common man is without liquor
III America" says an English report
but the upper classes have their
private stock Another proof of the
CID saying: There is always rum al
the top.
italian deputies send committee tt
reason with poet chief" He is not
without rhyme" why be without
reason?
What kind of berry is this bishop
who denounces dances and theaters
Glass in pumping, please answer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13

dents of Richmond. The appeal for members
should be answered at once with a response net
ting more than the number set by the officers
who are handling this important part of the or
CARNATIONS work
An opportunity will be given to the residents
to test their love for the city and their desire to
make it one of the best communities in the state
in which to claim citizenship. The committee has
wisely decided to refrain from hiring men to do
the soliciting. Neither will it appoint commit
tees to ask citizens to ally themselves with the
movement.
The voluntary enlistment of men and women
is asked Can any well wisher of Richmond turn
down the opportunity to become identified with
the Chamber of Commerce? Can he refuse to
pay the $25 annually that is asked to promote
the city? Is not the man inconsistent who con-
stantly asks for civic improvements and better
ments but declines to enlist his name and his
service in organization which is designed
fundamentally to attain that very end?
The desired number of members could easily
be gained by hiring an organization to put on a
campaign, but why waste this money when an in
terested citizenship may accomplish the same
purpose by filling in a coupon and mailing a
check to the Chamber of Commerce? Why spend
money for an object that can be obtained by the
voluntary effort of the men and women who are
happy to reside here and eager to see Richmond
expand in every direction?
A group of men have spent many hours and
given freely of their own time toward the forma-
ton of the Chamber of Commerce. They asked
no pay for their effort. They did it because
they loved the city and have faith in it's future.
At this stage they are only asking for the en-
istment of their fellow citizens in a movement
in which every man and woman has vital inter-
est and which is intended to benefit all of us.
The idea of Chamber of Commerce is well
rooted in the public consciousness. 1t should ex-
pand now into membership that is comprehen-
sive and includes the many phases of our COM
munty life, so that the Chamber may be a rep
resentative body and fully equipped to execute
it's mission.
| Back of a large membership is the advantage
which general participation of many citizens
gives to any movement. This benefit is not in
tangible but real. 1t is a vitazing factor of
tremendous Importance, and gives impetus and
energy for the accomplishment of things
| The time for action in this particular is now
A steady stream of responses should follow the
announcement of the officers that they are ask
ing for the voluntary enrolment of hundreds of
men and women.
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Cabinet Appointments

1t is easy to indulge in speculation about the
appointments which President-elect Harding will
make in his cabinet, but most of this is idle
chatter. Senator Harding is advising with i'm
portant members Of the Republican party and in
good time will announce his decisions
His determination to consult with others re-
garding the filling of these important posts is IN
line with his announced policy of abandoning the
lone man. theory of government and of substi-
tutng regime in which he will listen to the
advice of others.
Therein lies considerable portion of the
strength of the newly-eected president. 1t
augurs well for the administration which he Will
soon assume. His willingness to recognize the
opinion of others and to conform his policies
along lines which others believe are advantageous
to the welfare of the country will restore that
amicable relation which should exist between the
chief executive and other departments OF govern
ment, as we'll as with the country as a whole.
The country may rest assured that he will
surround himself with able advisers and that his
cabinet will be composed of men whose judgment
on matters of national and international policy
will be positive contribution toward the res
toration of normally and the development of our
national destiny.
Senator Harding will assume his executive
duties with the full support of the vast majority
of the voters of this country, who elected him
because their ideas of the conduct of our govern
ment coincide with those which he had announced
in his campaign addresses
To worry about his cabinet or to engage in
speculation which leads nowhere is folly at this
time. 1t is safe to predict that announcement of
the men who will comprise his official family
will meet the approval of the people and will
Justify the confidence which the voters have put
in their chief executive.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
Memories of Old DAYS
In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today

Superintendent T. A. Mott, Of the
local public schools, announced the Of
fetal program for the dedication serv-
ices for the Richmond high school.
Stephen S. Strattan, Jr., was to pre-
side and make an address in behalf of
the school city. Dr. F. J. Mcconnell,
president of DePauw university, was
to deliver the dedicatory address.
THE commission form of govern
ment filters the politics of Cities" de-
clared Charles R. Lane, of Fl. Wayne,
Ind, before a large number of local
business men at the Commercial club
rooms here. When good men can be
won away from private business to
manage public affairs there will be a
minimum of graft"
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Three Chinese Planes
Wrecked bv Bridpe

PEKING, Dec. 13-The question as
to what use shall be made OF several
airplanes recently bought by the Chi
nese government, whether for war or
FOR establishment of mail service as
stipulated in the contract for their
purchase from a British firm, has been
settled so far as three of them is
concerned.
Chang Tso-lin, who at present DOM
mates north China militarily, ordered
three of the six machines shipped to
him at Mukden. The others were to
he sent to Paotingfu for military
purposes.
Those destined for Mukden were
loaded on fiat cars and started north
ward. Some distance beyond Tient-
sin they collided with the superstruc-
ture of a railway bridge which, along
with the machines, was put out of
commission The wreck tied up traffic
for long time. lA0N
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
Today S Talk
BY George Matthew Adams
SOCIETY

1t is impossible TOT a human being
be happy alone. The throbbing
+ cart Graves and demands-society.
But there are worlds of associations
that keep one far from being alone.
| am quite alone, in one sense,
when my library holds no other human
being than myself. But scattered all
about neon my long table, in my
book cases, on stands, and everywhere
are to be found what I glory in as
my society. My books! My pictures.
| am far from ever being alone, you
see.
l picked up a green leather book
the other evening with the writings
of Thoreau in it. l came across this
lovely passage: "The most innocent
and encouraging society may be found
in any natural object-there can be
no very black melancholy to him who
lives in the midst of Nature and has
has his senses still
Who does not love the society of
birds and trees and field? And who
is it that cannot get hundred thrills
from every touch of divine coloring
which the great Creator has placed in
millions Of objects for our pleasure
and delight?
, You can select your own society!
Human beings are very critical.
| Sometimes they don's like our ideas
at all.
! But the very leaves, the kingly
rocks, the falling rain, the twinkling
stars, are not only our neighbors, but
of us and in us-an eternal society
bound to the heart of the Maker of All
Himself:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
Dinner Stories

While ma was out one evening,
rather undertook to cut little Freddie's
| air. BARRIERS are so expensive in
these days.
Though he was making quite a good
Job of it. he was rather slow, and
Freddie, who was only five, found the
operation a bit wearisome.
Are you nearly done, daddy?" he
asked at length
Are you nearly done, daddy?" he
asked at length
Very nearly. sonny" replied his
father. I've only got the front to do
now"
I'm afraid" sighed the small boy
sadly. that the back will grow again
while you're finishing the front"
Mrs. Alice Avery Anderson, the
president of the new California League
for Abolishing Fairy Tales from Chill
Gren's Libraries, said in an address at
Coronado:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
White Cross Sunday
Observed December 10
(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-Sunday, Dec.
10, has been set apart by the Board of
Hospitals and Homes of the Method
list Episcopal church, to be observed
in various states, including Wiscon-
sin, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Okla
homa, South Dakota, Ohio, part of the
state of Michigan, and some confer
ences in New York, Pennsylvania and
the New England States as White
Cross Sunday.
DR.. Newton E. Davis, of this city,
corresponding secretary of the Boards
of Hospitals and Homes of the Meth
odist Episcopal church said today that
the American White Cross has come
into existence at a strategic time in
the development of the philanthropic
program of the church. The society
has for its objective:
'The promotion of the work of the
hospitals and homes operating within
the church.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
Indiana Brevities

KOKOMO. - Masked with white
handkerchiefs, two youths entered the
hardware store of Bohn Bros, at Wal
ton, held up the two proprietors and
two customers and escaped with 1888.
Thep fired at the feet of one customer
who was slow to raise his hands. They
have not been found.
DECATUR.-A gusher has been de-
veloped by the Maumee Oil company
of Fort Wayne, while drilling for oil
at Geneva. Representatives of the
company are leasing every available
acre of land and more wells will be
drilled at once.
MUNCIE-More than 100 subpoenas
have been served by federal agents
On Muncie persons. 1t is understood
that most of the persons will have to
appear before the federal grand jury
in Indianapolis, as witnesses to testify
concerning the alleged whisky traffic.
Members of the police department,
city officials and several lawyers are
known to have been summoned.
GOSHEN.-Police interfered when
the stock of an army store recently
opened here was being removed at l
a. m. Court proceedings were started
by Samuel F. Spohn, owner of the
building, who recovered 1925 due in
rent. Owners of the store were also
compelled to pay claim held by the
city light plant.
ANDERSON. - Edward Adams, II
years old. is the second victim of a
typhoid fever epidemic which began
here two weeks ago. DR.. Mark Zeig
Ter, of the state board of health is to
come here for an investigation. The
city chemist is now examining samples
! of water and milk
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
Answers to Questions

Student-Could you tell me what
the taxes assessed per capita in some
of the leading countries of the world
are?-The Nations Business recently
quoted the figures given at the financ-
ial conference held in Brussels as the
tax burden in important countries. Ex-
pressed in dollars at the rate of ex-
change current this summer. The Ma
tons Business gave the following:
United Kingdom. $3.50; United States
s56.60; France, $34.6O; Germany,
$3.50; Italy, $3.50; Norway. $3.50.
'The tax per capita is not a very sat
isfactory measure" says the Nation
Business. "In poor country low
rate per capita may be a much heav-
Ter burden than a high rate in a
wealthy country"
Subscriber-Are there any figures
to show what the losses from dust ex-
plosions of various kinds have been ?
The department of agriculture com
putes that 80 persons were killed and
S7,000,000 worth of food and property
in the United States was destroyed by
explosions caused by dust.
Readers may obtain answer to
QuestiOns and Answers department.
All quesiions should be written plainly
and briefly. Answers will be given
briefly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13

THE child mind is very timid. We
have no means of approaching the
timidity of the child's mind. | do not
hesitate to declare that fairy tales
such as Cinderella Aladdin and Jack
the Giant Killer have injured, if not
wrecked, millions of child minds.
ITO illustrate my point-children'
timidity-I said to my little girl the
other night as l tucked her in her
crib:
You know, dear. you need never be
frightened in the dark. There are al
ways angels lowering round your bed,
guarding you with their wings.
"'Oh, muvver!' said my little girl,
I hope none won't settle on mel"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
MY RHEUMATISM
WAS ALWAYSBAD
IN RAINY WEATHER
Resident Declares Sore Muscles and
Aching Joints Foretoid When Bad
Weather Was Coming. Limbs
Got Stiff and Back Ached

Since Taking oreco. the rheumatism
Has Been Entirely Relieved.
Il could always tell when we were
going to have a bad spell of weather
by the way my rheumatic joints and
muscles acted" said Mr. E. NJ. Miller,
living at 222 S. 18th ST., Richmond,
Ind.
Il have been a patient sufferer from
this dread disease for years My
muscles would become sore and drawn,
especially the muscles in my shout
ders and limbs; my joints seemed
stiff and dry; you could hear them
pop and crack at times and my back
was so stiff l couldn't bend over to
the floor nor turn around quick;
looked like l was full of rheumatism
all over. l took lot of medicine for
this trouble, which must have been
hard on my stomach, for it got weak
so that it did not diges. my food, but
lay heavy and formed sour gas that
bloated me terribly. My bowels were
constipated and my kidneys often had
me up several times during the night
"Dreco sure has knocked the rheu-
matism out of me. My muscles no
longer feel drawn or tight; my joints
are free from pain and / stoop over.
bend about and climb steps without
any difficulty at all. no longer have
gas to bloat me; my bowels act regu-
lar and | haven't had to get up one
time with my kidneys since l started
taking Dreco. This sure is one grand
medicine"
Dreco is sold by all good druggists
and is highly recommended in Rich
mond by Glenn Thistlethwaites seven
drug stores.-Advertise
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
URGE RHINE FEDERATION
(By Associated Press)

MAINZ Germany, Dec. Is. The
Echo Du Rhin, which is published un-
der the direction of the French mill
tary authorities, in an editorial rec
ommends the support of a new Rhine
confederation under the leadership of
Bavaria and Catholic Germany with a
prospect of the inclusion of Austria
later.
The editorial concludes: "An i'm
poverished and subdued Prussia and
a rich free south Germany would as
sure peace and prosperity for France.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
Correct English
Don't Say 1t This Way.
The plank is ten FOOT long.

The plank is ten FOOT long.
They measured it with a ten FEET
line
EITHER of these four boys can be
trusted
How BEAUTIFUL she paints
/ selected the LATTER of these
three.
Say 1t This Way:
The plank is ten FEET long.
They measured it with a ten FOOT
line
ANY of these four boys can be
trusted.
She paints BEAUTIFULLY.
l selected the LAST of the three.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
AUSTRIA PRESSES BUSY DAY
AND NIGHT POINTING MONEY
(By Associated P.ess.)

tBy ASSOCIATED PIesS.)
VIENNA, Dec. 13.-The printing
presses of the Austro-Hungarian Bank
are said to be turning out 100000
crowns an hour, working day and
night. The bank prints the paper
money of all the succession states.
In Austria the note circulation is
now estimated at about 24000,000, 900
crowns for a population of 100000
people.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13

The United States treasury depart
ment has urged that new text books
in arithmetic civics and other sub
jects contain problems in thrift, saving
and investment, and practical instruc-
ton in all financial transactions
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13

Membership in the Chamber of Commerce is
an opportunity to be sought eagerly by the resi-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-13
Labor Calendar

Monday, Dec. 13-Carpenters an
Toiners, Red Mems hall
Evening journal., 1920-02-18
McADOO NOTAVOWED
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

by them worthy OF such high station. l
feel, however that ! should cand.dly
state my position. am not seeking
the nomination anc am reluctant to do
anything that would create the ap-
pearance Of candidacy. cannot
help feeling that this is peculiarly a
time when we should flght for prin-
ciples and not for individuals.
'No greater honor than a nomination
for the Presidency can come to any
man short OF election TO the Presidency
itself. In a d mocracy like ours the
obligations OF good citizenship are su-
preme and / should therefore regard IL
as the Imperative duty OF any man TO
accept a nomination II II should come
10 him unsolicited. ! say this at the
risk OF being charged with harboring a
candidacy Notwithstanding the explicit
statements OF this letter, but ] am sure
that on the whole I shall not be mis-
understood. Please accept my warm
thanks for your generous support and
be good enough to assure my friends
OF my sincere gratitude for The honor
they have done me-
Evening journal., 1920-02-18
WI. fisher IS
found DEAD
INHISHOME
indigestion Ends Busy Life
of Business, Fraternity
and Church Man
LAST NIGHT
WITH LODGE FRIENDS

William ]. Fisher. until recently
real estate broker and one OF Whining
TONS best known residents, died sud
denly al his home, No. 22O2 Boulevard
this morning.
About o'clock this morning, when
Mrs. Fisher came down stairs she
found Mr.. Fisher sitting upright in a
chair In the Kitchen he was dead.
Or. J. paul Lukens said Mr.. Fisher
had been dead for more than an hour.
His death is attributed to acute indiges-
lion.
Mfr. Fisher, VINO was 6i years Old
came 20 Wilmington 80 years ago from
ireland. where he was born. lie was
prominent IN the real estate business
i'm this city for more than forty years.
lie disposed OF his business TO Charles
Hayward Company last April.
Mr.. Fisher was member OF the
Masonic fraternity. being a MEMBER
and present worshlpful master OF rem
Die hodge. No. g.; Past High Priest
Of Delta Chapter. Of Royal Arch MasoIs
and a member OF 81. Johns Command
ery. Knights Templar. lie was also
prominent In Episcopal church circles
being a lay reader in ST. Johns p. Z
Church: member Of the Vestry, and al
the present time was taking the plac,
OF the rector at Claymont Protestant
Episcopal Church. In 1882 he organized
in St. Johns p. E. Church the hrst boys
Continued on Page Twelve.
Evening journal., 1920-02-18
Hold WOMAN ON
Charge OF FRAUD
Mrs. w. B. Robinson Alleged
to Have Forged dupont
Name to Contract
S175.OOo PROPERTY
SALE INVOLVED

Mrs. Walla B. Robinson, or Roblnton,
which Is believed to be her real name,
who has been held in New York City
under $4,000 bail on charge OF fraud
in connection with a forged contract
with the dupont company Of this city.
has been indicted by a. grand jury in
New York. Three counts, all alleging
false pretense, are charged in the in
dlctment.
Mrs. Robinton Is alleged 10 have
forged a contract with the duPonts, as
was FIRST told in The Evening Journal
last Friday, for sale OF a tract Of land
owned by the company at Buffalo 10
her for $4,000. She then Is alleged to
have sold rights in this contract 10
residents Of Buffalo, Troy, New York
City and Long Island.
Mrs. Robinton declared. IN New York
last night that she Is engaged 10 marry
a prominent Buffalo man. She said she
doubted now whether the wedding
would ever take place, owing 10 heI
present predlcament Detectives from
Buffalo have warrants for her arres
there and, according 10 Detective:
Charles J. Newman and Edward Cooper
who arrested Mrs. Robnton. at 203
Grand Concourse, the Bronx, she Il
wanted in a half dozen cities In IN,
west.
Evening journal., 1920-02-18
TESS WOULD IA VE y Il.
SUCCEED PRESIDENT Nv
CASE OF DISABILITY

proposed amendment would give the
court power TO summon all witnesses
necessary for an inquiry into the dis
ability OF the chief executive.
Fess, who is an authority on United
states history, said he framed the
amendment after a careful scrutiny OF
the constitution and the debates during
The constitutional convention.
Fess' amendment would be an addl-
ton 10 Article 3, Section 4, which reads
In part;
In case OF the removal Of The Presi-
dent from Office or Of his death' res
ignallon. or In bilily 10 discharge me
powers and duties OF the said otlce'
the same shall deyolye upon The wee
President. and the Congress may by
law provide for the case OF removal.
death. resignation. or inability both OF
the President and Vice President de-
clarlng what officer shall then act as
President. and such officer SHAH o.
yordlngly until ihc disability be re-
moved or a President shall be elected. "
The amendment would add:
"Such inability shall be determined
bv a concurrent resolution Of Congress
after a finding Of r Ct by The Sunreme
Court. and the Vice-Prcsldent shall have
power 10 call Congress into special ses-
sion for such purpose II II Is not then
I'm session"