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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22
POSTMASTER'S EXAM
TO Be HELD JUNE 20,
BLANKS HAVE ARRIVED

June 20 is the date set for examine
tons for the office of postmaster in
Richmond. Newcastle and Shelbyville,
according to United States Civil
Service commission announcement
Postmaster Beck's commission as
head of the local office expires Sept
5, as also do the commissions of the
postmasters in the other cities named.
Mr.. Beck stated Monday he was yet
uncertain about making application
for re-appointment Application blanks
are now at the local office. Candi-
dates will not be required to report
at any place for examination, but will
be rated on the following subjects.
which will have the relative weights
indicated:
Education and training, 20; bust
ness experience and fitness, So
Manner of Selection
The executive order under which
postmaster examinations are held
reads: When vacancy exists or
hereafter occurs in the position of
postmaster at any Office of the first,
second or third class, if such vacancy
is not filled by nomination of some
person within the competitive classi-
fed civil service who has the required
qualifications, then the postmaster gen.
eral shall certify the fact to the civil
service commission, which shall forth
with hold an open competitive exam
ination to test the fitness of applicants
to fill such vacancy, and when such ex.
animation has ben held and the papers
in connection Herewith have been
rated, the said commission shall Ger
tify the results thereof to the post
master general, who shall submit tC
the president the name of one of the
highest three qualified eligibles fol
appointment to fill such vacancy unless
it is established that the character OIL
residence of any such applicant dis
qualities him for appointment.
No person who has passed his sixty
fifth birthday, or who has not actually
resided within the delivery of such
Office for two years next preceding the
date of examination shall be given the
examination herein provided for"
The position at the Richmond Office
pays $500.
Postmaster Beck, whose term ex
pires Sept, 5, has served for eigh
years. Edward Smith is now serving
as postmaster at Newcastle and Allel
P. Green is the postmaster at Shelby
vile. The postmastership at Rich
mond is the highest salaried fedora
office in the Sixth district The New
castle postmaster gets $4,000 and tht
Shelbyville postmaster receives $4,000
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22
The First Five
Minutes Of a Fire

Do you know what to do? It is
often said that the first five minutes
are worse than the next five hours.
II you have ever seen real fire start
you will know what this means. A
pail of water or hand extinguisher
may be sufficient to quence fire just
beginning After it gains Roadway,
the entire fire department may be
helpless while the building is con-
sumed.
A fire breaks out. You must act
quickly. You must keep your head.
You would be far better off if you
knew definitely what to do, because
there is no time for bordering and
wondering. Action springing from
knowledge may save many lives and
many dollars.
You can learn tremendous lot
about this vital thing from a 94-page
booklet prepared by the National
Board of Fire Underwriters.
Our Washington Information Blu
reau will secure copy for any of our
readers who fills out and mails the
coupon below, enclosing two cents in
stamps for return postage. Be sure
to write name and address clearly on
the lines of the coupon.
(Do not send the coupon to The Pal.
ladium. Mall 1t direct to Washington
ID, CD
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22

White zinc is produced by asprocess
of heating zinc ores with OIL
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22
MRS. DoTTIE M. WEBSTER

GREENVILLE, Ohio, May 22.-Mrs.
Dottie Martin Webster, wife of the
late Nate Webster, died at the home
of her daughter Mrs. Walter McKeon
at Columbus, Friday evening, after suf-
fering several days from pneumonia.
The deceased is survived by two
sons, Charles and Rodney Webster OF
Dayton, and two daughters, Mrs. Wal
ter McKeon, Of Columbus. and Mrs.
Hazel Weaver of Dayton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22

non. Washington, Winamac, Wolcott
and Spencer. With but few excep-
lions they are maintained by the city.
An especially prepared map of In
diana, indicating the state parks and
the roads leading to them, will be
another feature of the pamphlet. All
the information desired about any par
ticular camp will be contained in the
issue, ranging from the number of
acres to the names of those In charge
and brief history Of the location
There are five state parks-McCor-
mick's Creek Canyon, about three
miles west of Spencer in Owen
county; Turkey Run, three miles
north of Marshall in Parke county
Clifty Falls, one mile from Madison
in jefferson county; Vinegar Mill, be-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22
STRAYER TO SPEAK
AT GOSHEN EXERCISES

GOSHEN, Ind, MAY 22-Goshen's
Decoration Day exercises will be held
Sunday afternoon, May %, instead OF
May 80, as first planned. Frank Stray
er. of Richmond. is to be the speaker.
Old soldiers will also give short talks.
The Sons of Veterans Bugle corps and
Flying squad in their new uniforms
are to be present Congregational
singing and music are planned. Graves
will be decorated after the exercises
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22

(Do not send the coupon to The PAL.
ladium. Mail It direct to Washington
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22
Called by Death
MRS. RACHEL sWATHWoop

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GREENVILLE, Ohio, May 22.-Mrs.
Rachel Swathwood, 81 years old, who
lived at 321 Laurel street in this city,,
was found dead sitting in a chair at
her home Friday. Mrs. Swathwood
lived alone.
The deceased was native of Darke
county, having been born in Neave
township. She is survived by one
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22
EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
TO BE INSPIRING EVENT

TERRE HAUTE, May 22.-Plans are
being made here for making the in
terstate conference on education one
of the largest events of it's kind ever
held in Indiana. The meeting will take
place at the Indiana State Normal
school the week of June 10.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
sHELBYVILLE. Ind, Nav en-

SHELBYVILLE, Ind, May 22.-Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph B. Dandall. promin-
ent residents of this city, celebrated
the fifty-fourth anniversary of their
wedding Saturday and in honor of the
event entertained the members of
their family at the Randall home here.
Mr.. Randall is 80 years old and Mrs
Randall is " years old.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22

tween Vernon and North Vernon in
Jennings county, and Clark county state
forest, one mile north of Henryville,
in Clark county.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
The Outlook at Genoa.

THE statesmen gathered at Genoa have easy
i task in dcvising means to readmit Russia
to the family of nations.
They must discover OF build an unbroken path
OF firm ground through miles of reacherous swamp
which separate uncompromisng economic systems.
The Soviet delegation did not to Genoa
in the roles OF prodigal sons. NJ. Tchtcherin and
his colleagues came to drive sharp bargains. They
have few concessions to make They know none
of their neighbors can achieve much prosperity
without a working agreement, at least, with the
redical government they hate and fear.
There is promising feature which makes
the whole issue not quite so hopeless. The gentle
men whom the Communist republic has sent to
Genoa are. in limited sense. business men. They
probably have the clearest economic judgment to
be found in the ranks of the party with which
they have allied themselves
Had Russia planned to make the conference
a breeding ground for Bo.shevst propaganda other
would have been sent-men utterly incapable
of dealing in terms of the old economic order.
Tchitchern, Krassin and the others at least can
talk shoulder to shoulder with the business men Of
England, France Italy.
Tchitcherin, it is reported has rather shocked
some of the old-fashioned diplomats at the confer
by his boldness and rankness. He appears
have copied the American way of getting some
thing accomplished. If the delegates opposed to
his policies follow the example there is much
better prospect of seeing something done at Genoa
OF course, whatever agreements reached
will be unstable until the world has an opportunity
to observe the good faith OF the Soviet government
itself. There is to hope, however, that the
present powers in Russia have fallen on such dis
astrous days that they will realize the futility OF
palming cards. They may not win a great deal in
the game at Genoa. But they stand no chance OF
loss if they can better their reputation among the
other players
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
His Last Word.
q Washington HernlS

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
/. the undersigned, being of
sound mind and body. and expect
ing to die in the Open Court as far
as using my name in the letters is
concerned. do solemnly declare this
to be my last will and testament:
First. to all the readers OF the
Open Court I leave share and share
alike Of my estate. consisting of
good will and with malice toward
none.
To Cactus Bill I leave my regrets
that an innocent discussion should
have developed into open chal-
lenge. don't have to meet Bill.
We've met before. know you and
I like you because you are a man
who is willing to back up any
thing you say. even as you and I.
I am very. sorry that Nan" was so
hasty to denounce you for your
last letter to the open Court.
had hoped that a romance might
have resulted from your first let
ters.
To Nan" ! leave my regrets that
she didn't hesitate before rapping
Cactus Bill just before he expressed
his heartfelt Joy at an opportunity
to meet the girl Of his dreams.
To "B. b. D." will say that
two wrongs do not make one right.
but she expressed n truth when she
said that men wasted just as much
time as the girls In offices. Lighting
a pipe that continually goes out takes
as much time as powdering ones
let me say as my voice slowly fall
only.
To Adam Kabibble." whose broth
er Abe's stun read and enjoy.
let me say as my voice slowly far
ters that IL he says immortality ex-
lists only in the male mind" that
may be permitted to add "and Il
thrives in the female mind" with
apologies, Of course. to our good
mothers. wives and sisters and
daughters.
And to the fappers. who have suf-
fered all kinds OF criticisms. much
of which they do not deserve. let
me say that considering the fact
that they don't enjoy 90 one-hun-
dredth the restrictions their older
sisters were subjected to in days
gone by. they are all good girls.
innocent but not ignorant, as the
old fashioned girls. To them I iesve
the privilege OF bobbing their hair
because II is sanitary. They may
wear short skirts. but must be care
ful not to let their knees catch cold.
And now / must pass away. And
my spirit win visit the Open Court
In the form of a nom de plume.
Farewell! F-a-r-e-w-e--l! Ugh!
Ugh! Oh! lights outD
HARRY KABAT.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

can be used on other vessels Ad-
miral Taylor explained. "Furni-
ture. for instance. will be taken off
Furniture does not last long at sea,
and the navy is buying or building
furniture all the time. All the
navigation instruments will be re-
moved. as will be other instruments
of use only aboard battleships. As
for stripping the ships much beyond
this point. except for the guns. I
cannot see how this is advisable.
The suggestion that the United
States go into the junk business we
do not regard as feasible. 1t would
not. in any way. solve the problem
at the navy yards for keeping the
workers employed, for the simple
reason that the wrecking of a ship
is work for common labor, while
the employees of the navy yards are
highly skilled You might as we'll
say it would be a good thing to en-
ploy skilled labor in digging bitches.
THE junk that will come off the
vessels will be copper, brass, certain
machinery. such as small engines
and motors; plumbing, which Is Of
high grade, and a small amount Of
wood. But more than so per cent
of every battleship is steel.
This steel is to be found in the
hull armor, the protective, deck and
elsewhere. To the junkmap It will
be known as heavy melting scrap
and the large pieces will have to be
broken up for shipment to mills
that can handle 1t by melting.
Heavy melting scrap Is distin-
guished from 'shoveling scrap
which is composed of small pieces
which can be shoveled much the
same as coal. and which constitutes
most of the scrap in the country.
''The ship wrecking industry in
the United States is very small. We
have never had many ships to scrap.
However. the Navy Department Is
trying to interest some of the ship
building companies in the business
SO that there may be the greatest
possible number of bidders when
the ships are put up for SALE"
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
Those College Boys.

To the Editor The Washington Herald:
Sometimes ii seems to me as IL
college boys run Washington. 1t
seems as II they were not restrained
by the laws that govern the rest of
our citizens. For instance the 9TH
er night 1 was in a downtown res
taurant and watched a crowd OF
young men behaving like rowdies
in such a fashion that they would
have landed in the police station
had they been ordinary individuals.
But because they were college men,
the proprietor or his manager.
seemed to think they should be
treated gently and he continued to
reason, or try to reason with them
while matters went from bad to
worse. At last policeman was
called in but even he did not seem
inclined to take rigorous measures.
He kept up the hopeless task of ar
guing with the boys. At last the
party broke up. but / suppose they
went somewhere else to repeat the
same performance.
I am forced to the conclusion that
a certain class of college men of
today constitute the most impudent.
senseless, degenerate, flabby spect-
mems of our twentieth century civil
lization. They have no ambition. no
intention Of working IL they can
avoid II. AS for learning anything
at college-it Is the farthest thing
from their minds. They seem only
to pass examinations by hook or
crook and have a good time. What
sort of business and political lead
ers will these men make in years
to come. r. L. c.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

devices in manufacturing plants
were all denounced as an unwar-
ranted interference with the rights
OF others. Anything which tends
or may tend TO be of injury to peo-
pie. no matter how few they are.
must be abolished even though TO
do so means the removing of n go
called pleasure from others.
The idea that one must have
some sort OF a stimulant to throw
uff fatigue and make life enjoyable
afte- a hard days work Is mans
Justification for the creation OF all
the nefarious things that exist
Neither God nor nature ever In
tended that man should make a
swill barrel out of his body by
drinking alcoholic liquors. a smoked
ham of himself by using cigarettes
nor a tanning factory by the aid of
tea and coffee. The combination
of cigarettes, tea and coffee Is
turning thousands of people into
nervous wrecks and filing our
sanitariums with new victims daily
Today Americans have the inen-
viable reputation OF being the most
neurasthenic people on earth.
The cigarette is a deadly evil
which Only the law Dy dDNiSnulens
can cure. Parents can do little
because IL a kid wants to smoke
he will find a means somehow in
spite of personal objections. More
kids have lost their interest Ia
cigarettes because they make them
sick than because of their parents
stand upon the matter.
II cigarettes are SO nice why dc
so many users OF pipes and cigars
object to them Thomas A. Edison
will not employ a man in his plants
who uses a cofin rail. Rntwten a
man using a cigarette and one " ho
does not, Herr Fo d will always
select the abstainer. The time lo>l
by workers smoking a cigarette
after the 1890 whistle blow,
reaches a tremendous total The
property destroyed each year due
to fires with the cigarette as the
cause is appalling. without an ex-
ception the thugs who wander the
streets, the burglar. the pickpocket
and all other criminals of the low.
est sort are inveterate users OF
cigarettes.
HERBERT E. HOWELL
5727 Colorado ave, y. W.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

wANAMAKERs Address.
To the rnesd People:
q 10Y JOHN slnsy .a;s me Of =
HENRI A
Mr. wanamakers Philadelphia address 10 aosi
Walnut street.
To the Friend Of the People:
,. WIN ySS y,sao tell me what day in the week Sep
September 2. 1900. was Sunday
THE DAY WAS FRIDAY.
People,
,.o.w wha. day of the week was ssptsms.r @ 3 rs Is'
ourLAwED IN TEN YEARS.
To the Frisac Of People:
Please tell me when M note & y outiswed IN
appeared in the role of Gilda in Verdfs "Rigolstto"
at the Convention Hall in Kansas City. r. s. R.
A. In ten years.
B; Communicate with the adjutant general of
c. In 1907.
BUSTER KEAToN.
Friend People:
frozen-faced comedian" r. J.
The reason for this nickname {. that he
abe to bis sme He When In ana the pews
WEIGHT OF JOHNSON.
Friend Of the People:
l., To settle % an p argument will you kindly state
the fighter. was born? What does he weigh.
FIGHTER.
Jack johnson was born at Galveston. Tex.
March 81 1878. He weighs about 22o pounds
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
A Maze of Laws.

THE American business man, it often seems, has
i become SO entangled in web of laws that
he requres.the learning of the professor escape
Whichever way he turns he is in constant fear of
violating statute.
The wealthy afford to employ high-saaried
lawyers to guide them. To the rank and file, how
ever, this brings costly and purposeess burden
1t increases the expense of doing business. Its ef-
feet is not unnoticeabe upon the cost OF living.
For the best interests of healthy, constructive
progress it is essential that the business man know
exactly what his rights are. The majority are not
interested in scaling close possible to the
law without violating it. They desire to govern
their business conduct exactly by its dictates To
such the trade associations have extended a
helping hand in the past
But these organizations themselves it appears
sometimes are innocent transgressors Working for
the best interests OF all their members and usually
for the best interests of the public as well, they
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

come; nor as q preacher. but as a
scientist. Poets and philosophers
have dreamed and reasoned. Sir
Arthur will demonstrate. That is
different. We are weary Of dormas:
we want the proofs. Some years
ago the late Cardinal Gibbons and
the scientist. Thomas A. Edison,
feasted US with a discussion as to
life. The proofs offered by the car
dinal were not the proofs Sir Ar
thur will offer us. Yet both these
eminent thinkers assure us that we
live after the change called death.
EnCland's great poet. Lord Ten
nyson, declared:
That dear voice that have known
Will speak to me. of me. and mine
Yet. less of sorrow lives in me
For days of happy commune dead.
Less yearnings for the friendships
fed.
Than some strong bond that is
to be-
The American. Whittier, sang:
Yet love will dream and faith will
trust -.-
tsince He who knows our cause Is
just)
That somehow, somewhere, meet We
must"
Another American poet has sung:
Il cannot say. and ! will not say.
That he Is dead: he is just away.
So think of him as farins on. as
dear
In that life there, as in this life
here
Ny opinion, therefore. In q word.
is: That Sir Arthur is scholar
well informed: a thinker. without
prejudice. and that he feels deeply
the theme he chooses to champion.
think a sense OF duty dominates
his coming to speak TO the Ameri-
can people at this time. I also be-
lieve that a cordial greeting by the
American nation to such a man.
with such a theme. will help greatly
to make us all feel. what We need
to feel more deeply. namely: The
common brotherhood of all races of
men who live upon the face OF the
whole earth.
JAMES HUGH KELLEY.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
PATENT GREW OUT OF
LAW AGAINST MONoPoLIEs.

strangely enough a patent for an
invention. which is a leEalized
monopoly. had its real birth in the
attempts 10 abolish nonopolies in
England" A. NJ. Houghton told the
Chemical Society at it's meeting
The liberal patent laws OF the
United States are responsible for the
wonderful industrial and CONNER
cial strides made particularly in tn.
last century" he said. exrlaining
tllat the Constitution OF the Ch!tsu
States empowers Congress TO pro-
mote the progress Of science and,
useful erts by securing fo- Al
limited time TO inventors. the eI-'
elusive right 70 their discoveries.
He showed how the laws OF the
United States passed by Congress
are in some important particulars
based upon the law Of England
which grew up as resul. OF the
Interpretation Of the grants which
were made by the sovereigns OF
England and which were permitted
as exceptions TO the statute against
monopolies.
That the Stanley patent bill. in
troduced into the Senate on April
/ S. strikes at the heart of tho patent
system was Mr.. Houghton's decla-a-
tion.
This bill provides that L 6
patents shall be worked or put into
operation SO as to result in actual
production ia the United states of
the article disclosed in the patent.
in reasonable quantities within a
reasonable time from the date OF
the issuance Of the patent. and that
I IL this is not done. the United
States reserves the right to license
any person for the purpose OF manu-
I featuring. using and selling in the
United States the article OF the
| patent. The bill further provides
that the license granted shall BE-
subject 10 the payment Of a reason1
: a BILE royalty.
The bill, II enacted. would result
in endless litigation and endless
controversies in an endeavor to de-
termine what Is the reasonable time
within the meaning Of the proposed
act and what is a reasons bic
royalty" he said.
Women farm workers In Belgium
receive on an average OF from l.
to 10 francs q day and work SIDE
and side with the men.
" n.