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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01

Peberer refused to pay for some Equt-
table Loan certificates that he had
instructed broker to buy for him.
The broker, Josephs, brought an &C
ton for the recovery of the money.
In defence Peberer alleged that the
company's objects were usurious, and
therefore, illegal. The Chief Justice
agreed, and asserted moreover, that
its objects seemed to him highly
mischievous - being mainly to force
up the price of its certificates on the
Stock Exchange. He pointed out that
as the company was not yet register
ed, it had no right to permit the trans
fer of the certificates and ordered
that the broker should go without his
money.
Immediately people began to think
that the pawnbrokers knew their OWE
business better than outsiders, after all.
At any rate, there was no demand for
Equitable Loan scrip next morning.
And it was not because Mr.. Atwood
and his friends had sold their last
some days ago. People rushed about
in despair imploring any price for
share certificates of the Equitable
Loan But dealing in them now was
profitless as we'll as illegal.
Others went to the offices in Catea-
ton street and found them closed. The
money the promoters had received
had gone mostly in pamphlets and
transactions on the Stock Exchange
Hundreds turned away, members OF
that great body, whom they were go
ing to relieVp-Or exploit
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Get-Rich-Quick Bubbles That Have Burst
BY HARLEY MATTHEWS
THE GREATER CHANCE

the business. Incidents like these
were pointed to as proof of Divine
Sanction:
"By lot it was determined which
of the goats should be offered to
Aaron. BY lot the land of Canaan
was divided" by lot Saul was
marked out for the Kingdom
One lady who had been presented
with ticket got a clergyman to offer
a prayer for the success ''of a person
in a new understanding
Servants We're known to steal their
masters money to buy Lottery tick
cts. 1t was estimated that SO, 000, 900
subscribed to Lotteries came from
servants in London. Yet few people
seemed to get prizes. In London, at
one time, there were 400 fraudulent
Lottery offices.
The craze had spread to the coun-
try, too. In one village society
for the support of the aged and in
firm had existed for many years. One
member won prize and the society
Immediately turned itself into Lot
terry Club, the poor whom it had cared
for before being left to take care of
themselves.
Everywhere the day OF a Lottery
drawing was apparent The pawn
brokers' shops overflowed with the
jewels of the wealthy and the house
hold goods of the poor. Workmen did
little work for days before, building
on the hopes of prize.
Still the promoters of the Lotteries
were not satisfied They inserted adj
vertisements in the, newspapers call
| ing attention to the prizes they gave.
| In the city and country they had
agent stalking subscriptions. These
were known as Morocco Men, from
! the red pocket books they always car
ried. They we're men in most cases
who themselves had lost all their
money in Lotteries Whatever class
/ they came from they were now sent
| by the Lottery they had been known
to charge 5000 per cent for the loan
| of % cents on a blanket.
| The Equitable Loan company, the
Lord Mayor said would lend the man
I the % cents without taking the
blanket, and charge him little inter
! est
But the reinsurance was not want
ed. The company's stock certificates
we're soaring on the Stock Market
The original directors it was after
wards found, sold out and made
from $4,000 to $4,000 each on the
deal and then re-allotted themselve;
certificates from the new issue.
The company had now a large stat
of clerks and an office in Cateator
street But still poor people were
seen in the streets of London, though
the clerks worked hard enough. Per
haps they were engaged mostly, il
putting through transfers of stock
Somehow. the poor and INDECENT die
not seem to know of the Equitable
Loan office.
If there was no rush of poor people
for loans from the Equitable Loan
/, dealings in its stock kept the Stool
Exchange in a continual furry of eX
: element Hundreds of thousand
passed hands daily on transfers of it
! certificates. Yes, as Mr.. NJ. AtwooC
and other had predicted, the benefit
!, of the company were many.
About this time, a man nance
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
MORAY GOES AHEAD
WITH MINING PLANS

INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. Goal will
be mined for Indiana's public institu-
lions and essential industries as soon
as machinery can be put into condi-
ton, Governor McCray stated today
The governors statement promising
opening of mines in this state was is
sued after miners repres entatives had
requested him to defer action until
after the confernc calld by John L.
Lewis to meet at Cleveland next Mon
day. The governor was told today by
Harold Henderson, counsel for the
miners, that the district executive
board had decided not to comply with
his request that enough union miners
be permitted to return to work to
produce coal for state institutions and
necessary industries.
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S, 900 Railway Clerks
FAVOR Immediate Strike

BOSTON, Aug. 1.-The strike bal
lot taken by the Brotherhood of Rail
way Clerks on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford road, completed
at midnight, was overwhelmingly in
favor Of strike according to union
officials here. They said that 5000
clerks on the system might quit work
before the end of the week
Loss of the Saturday half holiday, of
time and one half for overtime work,
and OF vacations with pay are among
the grievances involved
In anticipation of a strike the New
Haven management already has hired
100 clerks here, it was said. and is
opening schools of instruction.
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RICHMOND HISTORY
RECALLED BY REUNION
OF PIONEER FAMILIES

Old Richmond history is recalled by
the sixteenth reunion of members of
the HaroldHawkins families to be
held in Indianapolis Wednesday.
The family reunion includes the de-
eendants of Nathan and Betsy Harold
who were married in Richmond in
1880 and of their eight children, of
whom only three are now living.
DR.. and Mrs. l. S. Harold and their
children, DR. F. S. Harold, Miss Halsy
Harold, of Richmond, and Rev Earle
Harold. of Wilmington, Ohio, and his
children, Mary Elizabeth and Marga-
ret, will attend.
Nathan Harold came to Richmond
from North Carolina about 1928 Two
years later he married Betty Haw-
kins They had eight children, seven
boys and one girl, all of whom lived
until the youngest was 60 years old.
Born In Cabin
Betsy Hawkins was born in 1913 in
the log cabin which shortly after be-
came the first school house in Rich
mond 1t now is standing on a loca-
ton in Glen Miller park
The log house was built in 1912 by
Betsy's father near the corner OF
Thirteenth and South A streets. After
its school house days were over it was
moved to the back OF the lot and
used as a stable. A photograph of It
at that time hangs in the office Of
the county superintendent of schools
Jonathan Roberts, relative of the
Harolds, was the first schoolmaster
in the new school when it was estab-
lished
The three surviving sons of Nathan
Harold are l. S. Harold, II years old,
indianapolis; Lemuel Harold, 81 years
old Knightstown,, and John Harold,
80 years old, Noblesville, Ind.
More than 100 persons are expected
to attend the reunion.
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Even after 81 years, the British
public did not see who had the greater
chance-such magic had the bubble.
1t swelled and floated before the eyes
of rich and poor alike, and the Legis-
lature Mad to prick it for them.
Lotteries were invented by the Ro-
mans in their degenerate days as
new excitement The prizes were
palaces, estates, slaves and jewels,
and the drawings were scenes of rev
elry and debauch.
In the year 1859, the Lottery was
first tried in England to raise money
to repair the harbors. The prizes
were partly IN money and partly in sill
yer plate. Though the drawings went
on night and day, it was four months
before it was over, and during that
time. the whole kingdom was thrown
into wild excitement.
When Charles II wanted 10 reward
friend he permitted him to hold 4
Lottery. People rushed to subscribe
to them. There were Lotteries for
people who could only afford two
cents. and Lotteries at $1,000 a ticket
Soon there was scarcely a business
that did not dispose of its goods by
Lottery. We hear of Lottery tailor5,
Lottery stay makers, Lottery gloves,
Lottery BARRIERS even.
At a Lottery restaurant one could
get for twelve cents a plate of meat
and chance of $3.50. In a short
time no tradesmen could do business
at all. unless he offered the chance Of
a price with his goods. People saved
their money. to purchase not neces-
saries, but Lottery tickets. In this
way large profits were secured on
worthless articles, and goods of quail
ity remained unsold.
In the year 1909, so great was the
crowd to subscribe to one Lottery
that sufficient clerks could not be got
to issue tickets.
/ Bishops. editors, writer's, members
of the legislature, all spoke against
1 the evils of the Lottery. Yet they
/ themselves bought the tickets and
eagerly waited on the result. Lottery
tickets were bought and sold on the
/ Stock Exchange, and money was lent
on them as on the scrip of compa-
ny.
At the beginning of 1851 London
/ bankers held 10000 Lottery tickets
! And none of them had less than SO
! chances against a prize of $3.50.
At this time there were 34,999
! chances against a prize of $4,000
Yet everyone, from the highest tc
the low, invested all they could lay
their hands on in the Lotteries. The
great ladies pawned their jewels, the
/ lahorer's wife pawned the family bed
ding. the proceeds in both cases go
ing to buy Lottery tickets-many OF
one. Everywhere was despair when
the results were known, and suicides
We're common. The streets swarmeG
with hopeless wretches who had seer
visions of splendor, and now found
/ themselves homeless
Yet there was another side to Tho
picture. Those who ran the Lotterie:
made fortunes and lived in fine
style than their wealthiest patrons
Whenever the evil of the system wa'
talked of they had all sorts of argu
ments in support of it. Even tbs
Scriptures were cited on behalf D
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
DENIES K. OF C. WAR
/. FUNDS GO To HISTORY :
OR ITALIAN WELFARE
(By Associated Press)

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. supreme
Knight James A Flaherty, in his open
ing address at the fortieth interna-
tional convention of the Knights OF
Columbus today, denied that single
cent of the war fund of the K OF G.
was being used in the American his
tory movement of the order or IN its
Italian welfare work
Il condemn most emphatically,7 he
said, the vicious and insidious propa-
ganda which alleges that the war fund
of the knights of Columbus is being
put to use in the historical and Italian
welfare work of the organization Not
one penny of the K of G. war fund
has been devoted to these or any other
movements not directly related to the
welfare Of the American service man.
He reported that the K of c. pro
gram to expend s7000,0 900, balance OF
its war fund on educational and hos
pitalization work had progressed TO
such an extent that the Knights dur
ing the past twelve months rendered
service in 362 hospitals TO more than
% 900 men; that they had graduated
10000 from their evening schools, pro
vided $4,000 free courses in their new
national correspondence school at
New Haven and paid the way of 500
veterans in forty colleges for another
year. The colleges included such in
situations as Yale, Georgetown and No
ire Dame, he said.
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Suburban

CAMDEN, Ohio-PauI Phares and
family of Middletown, Ohio, spent
Sunday with Mr.. Phares's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Phares.. =. Mrs.
Jessie Roberts is in Cincinnati this
week in the interest of her millinery
business. Rev Harley Moore and
family leave Wednesday for a three
weeks vacation. They will motor to
New York City and visit friends. 800.
Rev. and Mrs. Dowy of Morning Sun
and Mr. and Mrs. Thorne of Fairhaven
will take an auto trip to visit rela-
tives in Philadelphia. They leave the
first of the week in company with Rev.
Moore and Mrs. Moore. Wv. F.
Pheanis and Miss Hattie Reed have
returned from a six weeks term at
Miami university. Edward Slower
and daughter Dorothy and Miss Mary
Kenworthy were in Cincinnati Sun
day. -. Charles Talbert and S. n.
Stubs and Miss Ellen Stubs of West
Elkton were in Camden Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Orien zimmerman spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.. Am
merman's sister in New Hope
w III OAOhCS vi DiOOhIS ~. NlSllSu
his parents Mr.. and Mrs Monroe
Stokes the past week. Joe McGriff
of Texas is spending a short time
with Mrs. o. D. Pocock Mr.. and
Mrs. E c. Eikenberry called at the
home of Will Francis Sunday after
noon. . . Howard Scott, Mrs. T. E
Davis, Mrs. Mary Robinson and
daughter Mary of Camden, Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Jones and son Charles OF
West Elkton were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs j. w Kenworthy and daughter
Miss Melva Sunday. E. L. Huffman
and son were in indianapolis Monday
-. Clayton Proyer of Dayton, speni
Sunday with his wife and baby who
are staying with his. parents DR.. and
Mrs. W. E. Pryor during the heated
months.
HUNTSVILLE, Ind.-Mr. and Mrs
/ Herbert Ray and Mrs BurI Boyce Of
Richmond spent Wednesday with Mr.
and Mrs. Cleo Norman . . Mrs. Eliza
/ beth Clevenger of near Modoc spenf
the week end with relatives here.
\ Mr.. and Mrs. o. o. Bly, and daughter
Mary Catharine, and Mrs. Carl Pinel
and daughter, Gretchen, spent Satur
I day afternoon in Muncie. E. Mr.. anc
Mrs. Fred Kabel, Mrs Ellie Town
send and sons and Ella Wilson were
/ the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Mil
] Ter near Winchester Friday. Mr.. anC
! Mrs. Oliver Harvey and family anC
! Mrs. and Mrs. Dorwin Howell and sor
! William of Newcastle spent the week
end with relatives here. Rev. and
Mrs. Section called on Ray Sheppard
and Aria Sheppard Thursday after
noon. Mr. and Mrs. Denver Grubbi
and children of Winchester we're thu
guests of his mother, Mrs Mary Jan,
| Grubbs, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Vol
ney Wilson spent Sunday Afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lucian Hunt nea
| Lynn Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Wrigh
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.. ant
Mrs. Roe Wright near Modoc. . :. Mis-
i Mary Gwin attended meeting at Win
chester. Friday evening. of the post
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
MOTORISTS SPIN YARNS
OF RAVENOUS WOLF PACK

EASTON, Pa. Aug. Automobiles
returning to their homes here from
weekend trips through New Jersey
and New York today reported that
they encountered a pack of wolves
between Belvidere and Hackettstown
last night One motorist exhibited a
broken window in the side of his
coupe which he said was caused by
one of the animals leaping against it
So far as could be learned no one was
attacked by the animals, but several
motorists said they were followed a
considerable distance by them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
Police Court News
FINED FOR ASSAULT

James Carpenter, arrested on an as
sault and battery charge filed by AL
bert Bryant. was fined SIS and costs.
FINED S. AND COSTS
Willis Redd. brought in late Monday
evening on an assault and battery
charge preferred by Eastin Steel was
fined s. and COSTS
FINED FOR SPEEDING
Robert Watt was fined 81 and costs
for speeding.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
DECREE OF AUTONOMY
CHEERED BY SMYRNA
lRv Associated Prassl

SMYRNA, Aug. Issuance of the
proclamation decreeing autonomy for
Smyrna was greeted by an enthusiast
tic demonstration in the government
square. where several thousand per-
sons cheered the Greek officials.
A committee including Greeks,
Turks, Armenians. Jews and Circas-
slams called upon the Greek high CON-
missioner with a formal expression
of thanks In responding, he assured
the Turks that their religious privi-
leges would be respected under the
new regime.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
STRIKE DELAYS VESSELS

MANILA, P. l., Aug. 1.-Inter-island
vessels as we'll as governmental coast
guard vessels and ships operated by
the government railroad are tied up
and inter-island traffic is paralyzed as
the result of a shipping strike, de-
clared at midnight last night
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
FACTOR
IN OIL PRODUCTION
tBy Associated Pre-

WASHINGTON, Aug. European
nations are recognizing the Importance
of Venezuela as a factor in world Pc
troleum production and the number of
oil concessions and locations in that
country is increasing rapidly, c. E.
Mcguire, secretary of the United
States section of the Inter-American
high commission, declared today
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
RAIL FOREMAN ATTACKED

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. l.
Charles E. Harris. 81. foreman of the
machine shop of the Seaboard Airline
railroad here, was attacked by nine
men as he came from his work yes
terday and severely beaten. He said
he could identify four of his assailants
whom he alleges were strikers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
PAYS s1.o11.5ea BONUS

SCHENECTADY, n. Y. Aug. l.
The General Electric company an
nounced today it had paid s1,011 .56S
to employees of its plant who have
been in the company's service five
years or more. The sum represents
5 per cent of the earnings of employees
for the six months ending June 80
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
BANK FUNps SHORT $40. Goo

OAKLAND. Cali, Aug. IA short
age of $4,000 in its accounts was re-
ported by the Oakland branch of the
Bank of Italy today, to the state super
intendent of banks and the Oakland
police. The bank said it was endeavor-
ing to trace the shortage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
. FAVOR BANK BUILDING
(By associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug. l. Consent
Of congress for construction of
building for the Detroit Federal Re-
serve branch bank is given in a bill
passed by the senate. The bill now
goes to the house.
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and Mrs. Mamie Finch and daughters,
Bessie and Helen, Of Brownsville were
guests Sunday of home folks here. -.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nichels and son
Quinton from their farm home near
Alquina, were guests Sunday of home
folks, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Booth, below
Quakertown. Old. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Pot
ter purchased and automobile last
week. Messrs. Mac Hubben and Viii
bur Cunningham were in Liberty Sat
urday. -. Mr. and Mrs George Stanley
gave a lawn party for their son and
three daughters, Misses Hilda, Laura
and Janet, and Master Lewis at their
pretty farm west of town Thursday
afternoon. Games were the main fea-
ture of the afternoon Refreshments
were served Charles y. McMahan
and sister, Miss Frances, had Miss Gail
Jewel of Alquina and Robert Talbot
OF Rose Corner here for their guests at
the pretty farm home of their father.
Joe McMahan, near Bath Springs, Sun
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Clarke of
Connersville were guests Frida yof Mr.
and Mrs. George Holder. JEFF Rigor
spent the weekend with Herbert
| Fields and family at their farm home
west of Quakertown
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01

Upper left-Miss Regina Will
lett of Paterson, the youngest
of the 100 winners in popularity
contests conducted by the
American Committee for Devas-
tated France, all of whom are
about to go on a tour of battle
regions. Several gold star
mothers are in the delegation
Right-Miss Marion Berry of
Cleveland. To have been Sc
lected in the contest required a
minimum OF $4,000 votes. Miss
Berry is connected with the
Union Trust Company of Cleve-
land Right-Miss Agnes Doheny
of San Francisco, who was
adopted" by the National Demo
cratic Convention and the
Knights of Columbus.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-01
Say France Will Impose
Penalties on Germany

PARIS, Aug. France will impose
penalty of an economic and financial
nature on Germany because of her re
fusal TO continue TO make payments on
the debts contracted by the nation
with allied nations before the war.
it was said in official circles here to-
day.
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4 Constantinople is built in the form
= I. 4riar gle
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DISTRICT
SWEPT BY STORM
nv United PressN

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug Toll of
one dead and two injured was taken
by a severe wind and rain storm
which swept the vicinity of here late
Tuesday.
Honoria Gabel, IA. was killed by a
falling tree at a Catholic Women's
league camp. She was in tent with
two other girls when the tree crash
ed upon them. Honoria's two COM
panions were severely injured but
Will recover.
More than 40 girls were at the
camp. All but the three had gain
ed shelter in a permanent structure.
Two and thirty two hundredths in
ches of rain fell in thirty two minutes
at Delaware.
At Newark lightning destroyed a
barn, hundreds of tons of hay and a
silo and killed four calves on the Fart
man farm.
Heavy hail was reported to have
caused heavy damage to crops in the
district south of Bucyrus.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-18
HOW no SAVE WHEN SHOPPING
by Ruth Leigh.
Author OF '"rEe Human Side of
Retail Selling" Tho a B G.
Of Retailing" etc.

Have you ever bought any table
linen that seemed fine and crisp that
had all the carmarks OF pure linen
when you looked at ~ in the store
Then. after using IT, have YOU found
on laundering that IL was a limp.
c"ars", loosely woven fabric. quite the
opposite 10 the material that seemed
so hne when new? This Is due to
III" removal OF the sizing
JHst ~ You starch your cotton fab
rics Ia improN. their appearance
when YOU wash them. 90 the manu-
fac'urer Htarches materials for mar
Ret although other thinEa than
starch ar" sometimes used for this
purpose This is legitimate process
unless. In an endeavor to make cotton
go ~ far as possible the manufac-
turer may abuse IL
You should know how 10 detect the
presence and tn" amount OF sizing
In buying. Here are some tests:
For thin material. hold the goods
between yourself and tn. light. The
4izing can he seen in the Spaces he
tween the loosely woven threads. 4
littl" sizing may be desirable. hut
20" much indicates that the material
looks better ihan Il really is
For thick material. rub "a piece
ARMY between the hands Much Of
The sizing YIN he removed and VIII
show on the hands or ny into the air
Ike dust. II Tho material still APP
pears firm. the sizing was not cy
cessire. II the material seems limp
and loose. IL was diversified Scrap
Ing with your finger nail will re-
NOV" some Of the sizing although
this is not so efficient as rubbing.
For thick or thin material. boil n
sample thoroughly and rub brisl;Iy in
hot water. This VIII rcrnov. the
greater part Of The sizing. II IT is
present Dry III. sample and com.
par" with the INFESTED goods with re-
'p-ri I" Grmn-sS. nnen-ss ~ weave
anu good appearance,
mes" are simple. We; extremely i'm
r"rtaut. i"StS that viii save y.,,
much money in buyinr linens or any
materials about which appearance
may be dccclvius
DO YOU realize that buying gro
ceres cconomically is really a
science? Some hints on this ,omor
row.
&C.. 1922. 10y Public Ledger Coz