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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
MILLIONS PAID ROADS
IN PAST SIX MONTHS
AS INCREASED FARES

WASHINGTON, Sept 15-The
travelling public paid 16S railroads
s573,234,211 in passenger fares under
the increased rates for the first six
months of this year, as against 1884,
586,242 for the first six months of
1920, before the increase went into eff
feet, the interstate commerce commits
sion announced
The fares were paid by 2,195 900
persons, as compared with 595,771,N0
for the same period in 1920. The
average journey in the 1921 period
was 1904 as against 36.41 miles for
the 1920 period Each traveller paid
an average of 3.133 cents mile for
his railroad transportation this year,
as against 2,603 for the first six
months of 1920.
Freight revenues for the first six
months of 1921 totaled S1.863 1856, sos,
compared with s1,860948,323 for the
1920 period. The tonnage, however,
dropped from 1920, 11S,000 in the 1920
period to 779,360,000 for the first six
months of 1921. The revenue per ton
mile increased from 0,976 cent for the
! first six months of 1920 to 1878 cents
| for the 1921 period, and the average
! haul for the 1921 period was 1870S
miles per ton, as against 1868 fol
/ the same period in 1920.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
.EARLHAM DORMITORIES
EXPECTED TO Be FULL

When Earlham college opens next
Monday, both Bundy hall, the mems
dormitory, and Earlham hall, the wo-
mems dormitory, will be full, and
some students who come from dis
lance will be forced to seek rooms
elsewhere. The college authorities,
have made arrangements, however, to
help students find rooms if they have
not made reserva lions in the dormi-
tories.
Monday and Tuesday will be occu-
pied with registration, and regular
classes will begin on Wednesday. The
first regular chapel exercises will be
held Wednesday,
Walter F. Dexter, professor of edu-
cation; John r. Webb, Richmond, in.
structor in Greek; Philip w. Furnas
India napolis, assistant professor OF
English, and Mrs. Lilly M Hiss, Plain.
field, matron of the college, represent
changes in the list of faculty and of,
ficers of last year.
Students arriving at the college for
the first time will be met at the
trains by members of the Young
Mems and Young Women's Christian
associa tions. Receptions for new stu
dents will be held by these two or
CARNATIONS for men and women sepa
rately on Thursday evening and joint
ly on the following Saturday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
HOLD BRILLIANT RITES
IN HONOR OF DANTE

RAVENNA, Italy. Sept. 15.-Thou-
sands of visitors VINO yesterday par
ticipated in the observance of the
6o0th anniversary of the death of
Dante Alighieri continued today TO
visit scenes frequented by the immor-
tai Italian poet.
Yesterdays ceremonies were most
brilliant, including a pontifical high
mass at the church of San francesca.
where Dante once attended. Cardinal
LaFontaine, patriarch of Venice, was
celebrant of the mass as a special
legate of Pope Benedict, and gave the
papal benediction to the congregation
before proceeding from the church to
the tomb of Dante nearby.
During the afternoon representa-
tives of the Italian government and
civic organizations, as well as visit
ors from foreign lands. went to La
! Pineta, little village southeast Of
| this city, where Dante found refuge
following his flight from Florence. A
banquet was served there and later
the distinguished visitors went to Ri
mini to visit buildings which were
the haunts of Dante during his dark
days of exile.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
PEORIA INSTITUTE
RECIPIENT OF HAND
ON NAMELESS MUMMY
(By Associated Press

CHICAGO, Sept 15.-Mummies may
not be what they seem. For instance,
the supposed mummies right hand of
the Pharohs daughter who rescued
Moses from the bulrushes has recently
been willed to an Illinois college. Now
comes word from the Oriental Insti-
tute at the University of Chicago that
the name of this particular daughter
of the Pharohs is unknown to history
The Egyptians did not consider her
act important enough to record" says
DR.. T. George Allen, secretary of the
institute, ''and the Hebrew records are
rot sufficient to identify her. There is
no unanimity even as to which
Pharoah was the Pharaoh of the op
preston"
Believed Gift Genuine
The donor of the mummy hand wa:
a woman 80 years old, who gave hel
prize to Bradley Polytechnic Institute
at Peoria, Ill, in the firm conviction
that it was indeed one that hac
fondled the great Hebrew lawgiver
This incident recalls here 'tCleopat
ra's mummy" which was extensivel,
shown in Europe and the Unitet
States a few years ago
when the exhibitors got to Chi
cago they went broke" related DR. F
c. Cole, assistant curator of the de
partment of anthropology at the Fielt
Museum of Natural History. "Th'
mummy consequently went into stor
! age. With an associate | went to tn,
warehouse anr unwrapped it. Cleo
| patra's mummy turned out to be III
wrapped skeleton, not the mummy, O
| a man"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
FIRE FIGHTERS ASK
DRY LAW MODIFIED

COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 15.-Modii-
cation of the Volstead law to permit
manufacture and sale of beer and light
wines is asked in a resolution adopted
today by the International Association
of Fire Fighters in convention here.
The resolution which caused much de-
bate was presented by w. E. Brown
of Milwaukee.
Another resolution addressed to
President Harding and Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty asks for the release OF
all political prisoners, the quashing OF
all cases still pending under the es,
pionage act and full restoration OF
free speech, free press and peaceable
assemblies. The convention also is
considering proposal to remove the
national headquarters from Washing
ton to Chicago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
Short News of CITY

Fem Fem Picnic-Richmond Fem
Fem members and Shriners of Con.
nersville are to combine for a big pic.
mic at Jackson's park, Friday. The
occasion is the first anniversary of the
local club. Outdoor events will be held
in the afternoon and the evening will
be spent in dancing.
Teachers Stage Picnic-The Rich
mond federation Of teachers will meet
at o'clock Thursday afternoon on the
ground east of the pavilion in Glen
Miller park, from which point the
group will hold a picnic
Enjoy Weiner Roast-Miss Thelma
Haymer, Middleboro pike, entertained
with weiner roast at Haas woods
Wednesday evening Those present
We're: Misses Florence Kirlin. Bertha
Miles. Mabel Gilmore. Mamie Gilmore
Thelma Haymer, Shirla Neff, Grace
Miles; Robert Kenworthy, Harold
Haymer, Clyde Blanchett, Oran VIII
son, Edward Firth, Howard Roberts
of Cambridge City, and Earl Butler.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
WILDER AND WALKER
BELIEVED INNOCENT
OF CHICAGO MURDER
6By Associated Press)

CHICAGO, Sept 15-Harvey w.
Church, confessed slayer of Bernard
Daugherty and Carl Ausmus, automo-
bile statesmen, early today was brought
face to face with his mother for the
first time since his arrest and in her
presence in the state attorneys Of
flee he repeated the details of the two
crimes
He reverted largely to the first of
his many confessions and indicated.
officials declared, that he planned and
executed the murders without assist
ance.
Neither Clarence Wilder nor Milton
Walker, named by Church as accom-
plices, officials said they had been
convinced, had any part whatever in
| the crimes and they also expressed
doubt whether Leon Parks assisted
| Church, despite his detailed confes
sion.
| Church Convicts Parks
| Officials. pointed out that Parks
| stoutly maintained his innocence un
| til confronted by Church, who theI
supplied most of the answers to ques
lions put to Parks by the investigators
| MIS-. 1HuICl Sdl dppdI cully uHluOF
ed today throughout her sons recita
of the details of the murders. At tn
close of his story she remarked:
cannot understand why Harvey burie
the man (Carl Ausmus) in the garag,
There is vacant lot next door wher
all the dead cats and dogs in tn
neighborhood are buried Why didn
he bury him there? Then they neve
would have found him."
Church in his first confession sal
he alone lured Daugherty and Ausml
to his home, killed them and dispose
of the bodies to obtain possession
an auto. Later he said he had an a
complete and still later asserted /
had two accompffces.
Gives Details of Crime.
Parks confession repeated in deta
ihow he and Church killed the tv
auto statesmen threw Daugherty
body in the river and buried Ausmu
body in Church's garage. Church al
Parks both named Wilder, an assoc
ate as the third man Church yeste
y day is said to have asserted he nam,
e, Wilder because he knew said Wild
If could easily prove his innocense, al
! said that the real third man W
- Walker
y Walker, like Wilder was able to {
W tablish an alibi.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
over 200 PERSONS
TO FACE ANDERSON
IN FEDERAL COURT

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 15.-Eighty-
six cases, involving more than 200 de-
PENDANTS, are ready for trial in fed
eral court when Judge A. B. Anderson
resumes the bench. probably at the
beginning of the fall term in Novem-
Der, Frederick VanNuys, district at
toney, said Wednesday.
A continuous session of six weeks
will be necessary to dispose of cases
on the criminal docket, Mr.. VanNuys
predicted
Mr.. VanNuys said that he will ask
that the grand jury be impaneled for
the purpose of indicting defendants
who are now confined in the Marion
county jail awaiting action of the
grand jury, when Judge Anderson re-
turns from Burt Lake, Mich, the first
of October.
vanBriegIe Case Slated
Two cases which it is expected will
require at least one week each for
trial are the cases against L. H. Van.
Briggle, Henry S. Rominger and
Charles A. Taylor, of indianapolis
charged with conspiracy to use the
mails in a scheme to defraud; and the
case against Benjamin F. Deahl
| Charles E. Morice and Willis D. Wild
ener, of Goshen, cha rged with con.
! spiracy to file fraudulent income
| tax returns for the years 1918 and
| 1919 in connection with the business
of the /. X. l.. Furniture company OF
Goshen.
| The district attorney has adopted
| a rule that only such liquor cases as
| can not more conveniently be handled
| in the state courts will be tried in the
federal courts, and as a result fewer
| liquor cases than in former term!
will be tried at the November term
A charge of conspiracy to violat,
the Volstead act is pending agains
Peter Duma, cx-councilman of Gary
and Julia and George Duma. A sim
liar charge is pending against Agne
Szabo, soft drink dealers, and % &C
defendants for illegal liquor opera
lions in Gary. Agnes Szabo is ais
one of the defendants in a case in
volving liquor conspiracy agains
Charles Hovarth and % co-defendant
charged with liquor law violations i
and about South Bend DR.. Ken
Smith of Muncie, who is held in la
III W uHSIS DIV dillHS lTldl III the SIaJ
! courts for murder, is one of As de
PENDANTS to be tried in federal cour
on a charge of conspiracy to violat
the Volstead act
Pinnell Trial Up
Another case of local interest wi
be that against J. Victor Pinnell of Kc
komo, charged with conspiracy to viz
late the liquor law. Pinnell was tn
host at the so-ealled Feast of Be
shazzar' at the Kokomo Country clu
in celebration of his marriage, and j
! now serving sentence on the stat
farm on liquor law violation charg
brought in the state courts James 4
West, ex-city judge of Logansport, an
Othello o. Smith, ex-deputy prosecu
: ing attorney of Cass county, are tw
of fourteen defendants to be tried O
: a charge of conspiracy to violate til
I Volstead act
Terre Haute will be represented &
the Novembersterm in federal court b
William (Jitney Bib Wallace an
Helen Miller, charged with selling il
=. toxicating liquor illegally. Charlie
big Shiner( Middaugh a local polio
character, will be one of the defent
ants in the liquor cases.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
REPORT OPERATIONS
ARE Being INCREASED

HAMMOND, Ind. Sept. 15.-Condi-
lions at industrial plants in the Calu-
met district are improved. Operations
at the Inland Steel company plant
here have been increased and structur-
al mills and blowing mills will resume
Monday.
Interstate plant operations will start
Sept. Is. The Hubbard Steel Company
will resume Sept 10. The Universal
Portland Cement Company is working
at capacity and the Cudahy Packing
company is back at normal. The
United States lead refinery is working
rs per cent. capacity.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Sept. 15.-Pro-
duction of coal in this part of the state
has been increasing steadily since the
middle of August, and many of the
mines are running on better time,
Harry Little, secretary of the South
ern Indiana coal bureau, has an
nounced. Mr.. Little says that the
demand is increasing for both domestic
and commercial coal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Sept. 15.-An'
other call for additional men at the
Pennsylvania railroad shops here was
made Tuesday. This is the second call
for workers made at the local shops
in the last ten days. Only fifty of the
eighty men called for last week have
been obtained, according to officials.
HUNTINGTON, Ind, Sept. 15.-The
Huntington shoe and leather factory
which has been idle for several weeks
will start again Monday, and it is ex
pected it will be working capacity
with $50 persons employed before the
end of next week. E. R. Lowey, su
perintendent, has issued a call fol
employees to make arrangements tC
come back to work.
MARION, Ind, Sept. 15.-The Up
land Flint Bottle company will re
sumo operations next Monday witt
two complete shifts. About 225 mer
will be employed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
Kiwanis Style Show
To Be Held Oct. as

October 4 and were announced
Thursday as the dates for the Kiwan-
is club style show, to be held in the
Coliseum, under supervision of Bert
Kolp. The club held its noon lunch
con in the Chester church. A chicken
dinner was served.
Speeches were made by Edward
Humpe, of Kokomo, and Ralph Mich
olson, of this city, who recently re-
turned after spending 16 months III
journalistic work in England, France
and Germany. Mr.. Humpe encour-
aged the club to send a large delega-
ton to the state convention of kiwali
is clubs to be held in Kokomo. Sept
20 and 30. 1t is probable many will
attend.
Mr.. Nicholson described condition;
as they exist in Germany. He gavt
| an interesting and educational talk.
| Bill Friede and his famous quartz
made their first public appearance. S,
well received were they that Mr.
| Humpe invited Bill to bring hi
quartet to Kokomo and appear on til
state convention program.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
SERVICE STAR BODY
TO CHOOSE OFFICERS
fBy Associated Pressl

CLEVELAND, Sept. 15.-Unfinish.
ed business and nominations for of
ficers and directors for the ensuing
year were before the Service Star
Legion in fourth annual convention
here today. A lively discussion was
expected over several constitutional
amendments which were scheduled to
be offered.
The annual banquet was on to
nights program. Among the speakers
will be Judge Florence E. Allen oil
Cleveland common pleas court; Mrs
Robert c. Morris of Toledo, past ma
tional president, and Brigadier Gen
eral ]. R. McQuigg, state commander
of the American Legion
The election will be held tomorrow
at the closing session.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
FARM LOAN BODY FOR
DISTRICT ANNOUNCED

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 15.-The per-
sonnet of the committee for the In
dianapolis district to handle applica-
tons for loans under the act of
congress making one billion dollars
available for agricultural and live
stock advances. was announced today
by Evans Noollen, chairman. Members
of the committee in addition to Mr..
Woollen are Andrew Smith and James
NJ Mcintosh, of Indianapolis; James
s. Royse. Terre Haute, and X. A. Oster-
lie, of Muncie. The committee will
meet soon TO make plans for handling
the applications Mr. Wooden said.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
FLOYD IS COMMITTED
TO STATE SCHOOL

Louis Floyd, the 15-year-old boy.
who was arrested in Eaton last week
after thrilling chase by Harold P.
Mueller whose automobile he stole on
North Ninth street, was sentenced to
the Indiana Boys school by Judge
Bond Thursday
The youths father, from Indianap.
oils, and mother, from Piqua, O., came
to Richmond Thursday They stated
that the boy would not obey either OF
them They said that he was only IL
years old. The father and mother are
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
STUDY STREAM POLLUTION

United States Public health service
doctors are studying how to pre-
scribe for streams that are suffering
from over contributions of sewage.
When once a quantitative relation be-
tween the pollution on the one hand
and the population industrial wastes,
stream flow, and temperature on the
other has been established, the stream
doctors will be better able to prescribe
the sort of tonic that will restore the
stream to health and make it avail
able for drinking or industry or both
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
PRESIDENT REVIEWS
WEST POINT CADETS
fRv Associated Pressl

WEST POINT. Sept. 15.-The Unit
ed States military academy was visit
ed today by President Harding on his
vacation trip. Arriving here on the
yacht Mayflower shortly before noon
he reviewed the cadet corps, had
luncheon with Brig.-Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, superintendent OF the acad
envy and prepared TO enjoy another
golf game on the academy course this
afternoon. 1t was the presidents first
visit to West Point. Last June he Wis
tied the Annapolis naval academy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
Bishop Hughes Conducts
Devotional Exercises
(By Associated Press)

CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Sept. 10
Devotional exercises conducted by
Bishop Edwin Hughes in observation
of the anniversary of the Women
Foreign Missionary society. rural
church hour and a period for the dis
cussion of the work of pastors were
features today of the nineteenth an
nual conference of the Indiana Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
BABE RUTH GETS S.,
BREAKS OWN RECORD
tBv Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Sept 15-Babe Ruth
made his 55th home run today. break
ing his last years record of "a for the
season 1t was in the fifth inning of
the first game of today's double
header between New York and St.
Louis One man was on base at the
time and Bayne was pitching
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
STAGE DARING HoLpuP

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. ia daring
hold-up in Blacker's Chilli parlor in
the downtown district here today net
ted the bandit only Sill. The man
entered the building with revolver
drawn but was frightened away be-
fore completing the holdup. Three
men are being held for investigation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Taken to N. Y. Hospital

NEW YORK, Sept 15.-Franklin D.
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
navy, who has been i'll at his summer
home in Campobello, New Brunswick,
arrived today on a private car and was
taken to hospital He was accom-
panied by his physicians.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
Troops Swarm IN Belfast;
Residents Resume Riotine

BELFAST, Sept. 15.-Rioting was
renewed in the north Queen Street
area here this afternoon Two women
were wounded. Troops were called
out and soon the whole district were,
swarming with them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15

There is no case on record of an
automobile having been struck by
lightning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15

Red, white and blue is the color
combination for license plates in Cal
ifornia in 1922.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-15
Address Pattern Department
Palladium
Patterns will be mailed to your ad.
dress within one week

While the United States is the best
country in the world for motorists
car for every eleven-Liberia is the
safest for pedestrians, or a registry
of eight cars for a population of two
million inhabitants.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-10-03

County commissioners have nt
statutory authority 10 include Si-1
or any sum for a county nurse. "a
the budget expenses OF the county
government. according TO an opinion
from the attorney generals office e
r ". Hurst. county attorney q TILL
man county. Letter from the county
attorney asked Il $500 year could
be included in the county budget 20,
county nurse. The answer IS that
there is no statute providing for a
county nurse. consequently there Us
no authorization for the expenditure
OF such money II is expected the
the statute. properly construed, gives
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-10-03
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YOUR health ACCOUNT .
By a. r. Lewis. Health
Commissioner

y = x yz zyx2g HxxS
We are ail more or Joss famnia.
with the strict rules OF hanks with
respect TO individual credit Ne Go
not expect 10 be- permitted 10 over
draw our accounts But jalgins
from our actions. the majority Of a.
expect more liberal treatment win
drafts drawn on the hank OF health
Oyerirafts and promises 10 pay are
given with proa.gal hand. and 81.
growl nightly it our checks are
turned down in the form OF 90 health
OF Mother Nature calls us 10 account
for extravaganza.
Every individual begins lfe Will
certain amount OF capital in the
Way Of health and resistance To dis.
ease. This capital varies in differ
ent persons according to qhysiqus
inherited from parents. and the ca
yironments in which we are reared
and live. Our own acts and habits
increase or decrease cur capital in
tie bank Of health.
Every dissipation and illness which
means the expenditure Of physical
energy Is just so much withdraw
from your health account Every
Serious illness OF debauch leaves a.
imprint upon the system, and though
no decided change Is felt by the in
dislaual at the time. there is some
decrease or rornal resistance
This is also true from exhaustion
from exoesses or from physical anc
mental strain. II YOU subject your
self 10 these you may reeaperatc ~
ter period Of rest: but under each
repeated strain this recuperaron Will
be slower. and eventually the over
burdened machinery viii break down
Nature seldom presents her bin on
the day her laws are violated. 81;
Il you overiraw. be sure in time She
will foreolose She rarely brings d.
her cancer bill before the victim j.
forty She does not often annoy "a
man with her drink bill nntn he IS
past his prime: and then il is pres
ented in the form OF Brghts disease
disease fatty degeneration OF tac
heart or some other disease
For these reasons il behooye.
every one TO exercise caution and -
straint in eating and the expenditure
of physical and mental energy Re
member that which is already los,
cannot be repaired
ExTend your energies with d!sere-
tion and keep the balance Of yolr
health account as large as possib,o