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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
Memories OF Old Days
In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today

An Improvement to the Richmond
postal service was made in the form
of an additional dispatch of mail to
eastern points. The number OF dis
patches, following this addition were
the same as those now.
An innovation to the Y. M. c. A.
was an order which provided that
instructors should be required to de-
vote all their time to their work IN
connection with the Y. NJ. c. A. Hlth-
erto, instructors had been able to hold
other offices as well.
Preparations were made for the
building of the Morton dam.
Umbrellas were advertised Tor sc
cents. ladies' shoes at $1.2O, and boys
shoes at SO cents
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
After Dinner Stories

Johnson had been prosecuted lot
a rather doubtful offense.
Jim Johnson" said the judge IN
his severest tone, ''the jury has taken
a very lenient view of the case. You
have very narrow escape and u
should be a lifelong warning to you.
After this you ought to keep away
from bad habits and company.
Eyes. yer honor" replied Johnson
we won't find me here again IN
hurry."-San Francisco Chronicle.
The leading lady of an incoming
theatrical company met the leading
man of an outgoing troupe at a rail
way station. Did you have gooc
house here?" she asked eagerly.
mo, pretty SMALL he admitted.
TOO bad; but perahps you got lo1
of applause?"
We'll" he hesitated, there was
dog that managed somehow 20 &c
into the place, and once / thought
noticed him wag his tail"
Parsons Weekly (London)
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ty of opium, he enlisted the support of
the native police and raided the es-
Establishment, discovering a secret room
in which was stored nearly ton of
the drug, worth at retail sale fan
tastic amount of money.
The consul seized this and stored
it at the consulate. 1t was then his
duty to turn it over to the Chinese
government; but civil war was in
progress, and he could not determine
which faction should be regarded as
the government. He soon received
anonymous threats of death, and ap-
peaIed to the commander of the Amer
Iican gunboat in the harbor, who sent
! a guard of bluejackets to the consulate
to protect the opium and Consul
+, Adams too. Several months late-
/ order was restored at Changsa, and
/ the consul turned over the precious
contraband to the government in
! power The opium was then publicly
burned
While Americans usually associate
= opium with China, that is not the
place where the drug originated no.
the place whence comes the create
: part of the present supply in thii
country The Caesars of Rome knew
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
Answers to Questions

\ tAny reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The PaIladium
in, director. Washing ton. d. c. This Of 4
fer applies strictly TO information; me
bureau, does not give advice on le a1as
not attempt to settle domestic trouoIes,
nor to undertake exhaustive research
pIaiaIy and 1Di hriefly. eve full name and
address and enclose two cents IN sIa 1aps
for return postage: All replies are sent
direct to the inquirer
o How long may motorist drive |
his machine in another state without
fee? D. r. z.
a. States differ in this respect. |
Many of them reciprocate Rhode Isl !
and allows but 10 days without fee,
while Arizona and Illinois are the
most generous, giving a period OF SIX
months.
O How many engineers are there
on the Twentieth Century Limited?
NJ. F.
The New York Central says the
services of eight engineers are USED
an this train between New York and
Chicago, one way.
O. Do mosquitoes breed anywhere
except in swamps and marshes! H.
F. T.
A. Mosquitoes will breed even in
little rain water in an old tin can OF
in an undrained roof gutter.
O. Where were public employment
bureaus first opened? L. D.
4 Ohio was the pioneer in the
movement for free public employment
offices in the United States, lnstltut-
ing them in 1890. Such agencies orig
mated in France, where in 1886 one
was established in each OF the malrles
of Paris. The first bureau IN England
was opened in 1885.
O. How can horns be kept from
growing on a COW? X. D. 5.
4 The department of agriculture
saws that to prevent the development
of horns. the hair should be removed
from the horn buttons; a stick OF caus
tic potash or soda, wrapped in pape
10 protect the hands of the operator
ig then moistened with water and rut
he'd on each horn button two or tire
times. allowing the caustlc to dry afte
each application. Care should be tai
en- to apply the Caustlc, which shoul
not be too moist, to the buttons Only
for if it touches the surrounding ski
II will cause unnecessary pam. III
mediately after the applcauon IN
calf should be protected from rain,
order to prevent the caustic trol
spreading.
O. Does city smoke affect trees an
plants? F. +. E.
A. The study of the smoke pro
lem in one city led the investigator
the conclusion that the smoke al
gases emitted by power and heatlr
1Iant chimneys had a harmful effe
mon trees, shrubs, and other veget
ton. #.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
By FREDERICK ]. HAsK1N

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Aug. p
Whether, as some claim there has
been a recent marked increase in the
Illicit consumption of opium and
other habit-forming drugs, the TACT re-
mains that not since the middle SUS
has there been so much agitation
against the contraband traffic in mar
cotics as there is at present. The
American newspapers are continually
printing stories dealing with the evil
in the country.
The opponents of prohibition aver
that the alarming growth in the num-
Der of drug fiends is but the 1neV1ta-
BILE results of the dry amendment and
the Volstead law. But the commouon
is by no means confined TO the United
States. The league of nations has I'M
dertaken a worldwide crusade against
the drug traffic; and it is said that
the recent note of the league, which
the state department felt it polite
| not to answer asked for the statistics
of drug consumption in this country
In the work of suppression the United
States nevertheless is doing its share
and this share consists principally II
making it difficult to bring narcotic
into the United States except for thei
legitimate uses. The customs servlc
at the ports and along the borders l
only the final battlement which tn
dope smuggler has to scale. Man
and devious are his methods of escaI
ing the vigilance of the customs o
ficers.
| Not long ago a high official of tn
government, returning from the or1en
| was the innocent accomplice OF a
| opium runner. The officials baggae
was by courtesy exempt from custom
! inspection. His trusted servant VIZ
: aware of this fact and loaded the II
mune baggage with opium. Not uni
this man began to peddle the dol
was he caught and his clever schen
a discovered.
s Yet long before the opium rum
, reaches the edge of the United State
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22

opium as a medicine. The white pop
DIV. from whose seeds it comes, was
first grown in Asia Minor, and that
district today is the principal source
Of the opium used in the United
States. During the Dark Ages the use
of the drug spread across Asia reach
ing China about the year 1000.
All during those centuries, however,
opium was eaten, and the effect OF
the morphia was conveyed to the
nerve centers of the addict through
the digestive organs. AS long as It
was taken in this form, the drug never
became a menace to civilization, for
its victims were few. Even in China
it was used principally as medicine.
Then came the discovery by the
Chinese that the drug was much moro
effective when inhaled as smoke. That
came after the discovery of America
and, incidentally, of tobacco smoking
spread from America to Europe, and
from there the English, Spanish, and
Dutch sailors took the habit and the
weed itself to China. BY the year
100 the Chinese had become tobacco
smokers.
f; The Chinese thereupon began mix
ing opium with their tobacco, and the
opium habit spread rapidly being
firmly established in China by 1900
In the early part of the last century
| American and British sailing ships
found it as profitable to smuggle OPT
UNI into the poorly guarded Chinese
ports as it was to take slaves away
from the African coast. In 1900 the
United States and China agreed by
treaty TO abolish the traffic both into
China and into the United States; and
! since then the American consuls IN
China have been kept busy upholdine
our part of the agreement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
Traffic in Narcotics Forbidden
Nations try to stamp out sale of narcotics in world
wide crusade.

he has had to run another gauntlet
and one which often entrapS him.
! This barrier is that laid by the Amer
! lean consuls in those parts of the
earth where opium and other drugs
are produced The consul is Uncle
! Sans man of all work in foreign
lands
He is not so decorative as an am
bassador or minister; but, taking him
! 365 days in the year, he is much more
! useful He visas the passports OF
| aliens seeking to enter the United
States, keeps his eyes open for oppor-
tunities for American trade, looks
J after American shipping and every
! now and then digs down into his peck
ct for the relief of some stranded
L American tourist.
Feats of Consul Adams
In Far Off China.
Besides these, one of the chief du-
! ties of our consuls in China is to aid
/ in the prevention of the contra band
: drug traffic across the Pacific. Since
) 1887 it has been crime to smuggle
+. opium either into China or into the
/ United States; and since 1887, but
; never more so than at present, the
. topuim runner has been cross for eV.
S cry American CONSUL along. the Chin
+! ese coast to bear. Recently the atten
g ton of the consular service has been oil
5 rected to the success of Vice Consu
e Walter A. Adams in China in break
Y ing I'D two wholesale attempts TO trat
D fic in opium on a large scale.
f. Consul Adams attention was frs
directed to the fact that in the Chimes
e section of Changsa, where he wa
{, stationed there was a native hotel dis
n playing a sign in Chinese that it wa
re an American Institution and under tn
IS protection of the American flag.
IS China is peculiar in that by treat
n with that country all American-owne
til or American-occupied property Their
De in. no matter where located, is sui
ne ! iect not to the jurisdiction of the go
eminent of China, but to that of til
er United States. Our government NAL
IS, Itains a. federal court in Shangh
= which has jurisdiction over all Anne
u leans and their property in Chm
Consequently, any eStablishmel
which the Chinese authorities had re
son to think was owned by American
would not be molested by them.
It was news to Consul Adams, ho'
- ever. that any hotel in Changsa VI
nd Iowned by Americans. He made 81
I'm prise visit to the place and bore aw;
to the sign, together with evidence tn
lis opium was being sold on the premls
ere under the alleged protection OF u
American flag. Then, in co-operatl'
A. with the native police, he broke
nat several similar establishments, all
de- them claiming American ownersh
in One of the raided places was an oplu
TIL den in which the drug was bel
old smoked by addicts. This place ac1
ally flew the American flag on
the flagstaff.
Adams followed this with anotf
SO coup which just about broke up I
'ys' opium traffic in Changsa. Learn
that a certain American agency the
then in charge of Chinese super
- Itendent had received large quar-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
Musings for the Evening
CUPS FROM A FLAPPER

IL
We nominate for boiling in oil the
hozo who never tires of saying You
Youngsters ought to receive good,
oId-fashioned spanking" In the first
Mace. whoever heard of good spank
ing?
Not forgetting the old bimbo who de-
1iahts in saving "If you were my
daughter I'd give you poison" Let
ne arise to remark that If we were
his daughter we'd take it.
No flapper is as bad as she's paint
ed We're not old enuf to apply IL
scientifically. that's all
Preserve us in the street car Jam
from the obnoxious geezer VINO. so IN
consciously finds a sweet young nap
ner much more comfortable than
cold, hard iron post. :.
Perhaps because this is the land OF
The free (and easy), otherwise sane
members of the flatheaded sex nave
tho impression that the word 1lappei
: SYNONYMOUS for liberty. An, men.
All men. | say unto you, All is moi
film that flappers. Grace v james
II ss difficult to see why they al
rvavs refer to it as the rum trade
nd to bootIeggers as rum runners.
Nobody sells rum or drinks II.
Georgia legislature has passed lay
o,na1Iing all men to tell their wlVe
the truth. 1t will now be necessar
10 mass another law compelling al
wives to believe 1t.
safety week was Rot gotten up o
.,,a "a T,r concerns, but they WI
profit by it.
They are now-trying to cure In
= ~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
Lessons in Correct English
Don't Say

Don't Say:
He DEPLORED her loss greatly.
He REGRETTED the destruction OF
art.
LAMENT that we missed him.
She often SORROWS because OF her
failures.
The child BEMOANED the loss of
her doll.
Say:
He MOURNED her loss greatly.
He DEPLORES the destruction OF
art.
| REGRET that we missed him.
She often REPINES because of her
failures.
The child BEWAILS the loss Of her
doll.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22

States ambassador
to Great Britain,
was admitted to
the bar in 1892,
three years after
he graduated from
Wa S h n gton and
Lee university. His
first work after be-
coming a lawyer
was an assistant
prof e 5 S or OF
law at w. and L.
He filled that posi-
ton for a year and
then opened law
offices in ClarkS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
THEY ARE MILD BUT EFFECTIVE

A person with inactive or slowed up
digestive organs suffers doubly from
hot weather. Biliousness, headaches,
blurred vision, bad breath, coated ton
que are almost certain to be present
with a mass of heat-producing undi-
gested food in the stomach Foley
Cathartic Tablets keep the digestive or
gans active and the system fit and fine
purged of poisons. w. d. Kenn edy, Al
bany, N Y, says: Foley Cathartic
Tablets are mild but effective" Not
habit forming. A G. Luken Drug Co,
626-62S Main St.-Advertisement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
After Dinner Trick S

A card is set on the mouth of de-
canter or large necked bottle. On the
card is placed a dime. The trick is te
remove the card SO rapidly and neatly
that the coin will fall into the bottle.
The spectators win generally try in
vain, as they VIII attempt to pull the
card from under the coin.
The drawing shows the correct meth
cd. Give the card quick snap with
the tip of the second finger by first
pressing it against the tip of the thumb,
and then releasing the finger with full
force. The card will be rapidly pro-
PEELED, and the coin will drop neatly
Into the bottle.
Copyright, 1898. by Public Ledger CompGnS
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
Who's Who In the
Day S News
JOHN w. DAVIS

The legal training of John W. Davis,
newly elected president of the Amer
lean Bar association, has served him
in many ways. Davis, former United
New-York tribune., 1922-06-22
Hustled Retires
For Wainwright
In Westchester
Assistant Secretary Of War
Gets Republican Desig'
nation for Congre" as
Incumbent Steps Aside
Endorsement Given Weeks
Committee Backs District
Attorney Despite Feeling
Aroused by Ward Case

J. Mayhew Wainwright, Of Rye As-
sistnnt Secretary Of War. was ds'ls-
mated a. the Republican candidate TOT
Congress from the westehester distrie'
10 succeed James w. Hustled, the In
tumbent, at the regular meeting OF the
county committee in White Plains yes
terday afternoon. Representative hus'
ted decided that he did not desire an
other term. william l.. Ward presided
ut the meeting.
In n brief address, In which Mr.
Ward indorsed Mr. Wainwright and
other designees. he said;
"we come before the people Of West
chester this election without apology
District Attorney Frederick f.
Weeks. who also is Mayor Of White
Plains, was Endorsed by the eonven-
tion.
Rumor had il that public opinion In
the Ward killing mystery and the
length Of time taken by Mr. Weeks "a
bring forth nm indictment for murder
in the case might hurt his chances for
the denomination rs District Attorney
In indorsing Mr.. Weeks, County
Committeeman Earl p. Hite cited Mr
Weeks "as an absolutely fearless OF
fetal, who will not be swayed by feai
nor favor nor personal public opinion
while serving in Office"
Walter ". Westall. Of White Plains
New-York tribune., 1922-06-22
Olympic, 65l Aboard,
Docks After Long Delay
Judge Rosenblatt Says Palestine
Shows Marked Improvement
i'm Last Two Years

The Olympic, Of the White Star Line.
docked az Pier 80, North River, yester-
day, after being delayed by fog fifteen
hours. She carried G5i passengers from
Southampton and Cherbourg.
Judge Bernard A. Rosenblatt, Ameri-
can representative Of the World Zionist
executive committee, with headquarters
in Jerusalem, was among those on
board. lie told Of marked improve
ment that has taken place In Palestine
during the last two years.
Cravath Wells. +. r. G.. s., English
explorer and lecturer, who sailed in the
steerage Of the Majestic recently 20
study conditions among third-class
passengers, returned In the same class
on the Olympic, and was compelled TO
20 20 Ellis Island. II is expected he
will be released to-day.
Colonel c. b. Blethen, owner Of the
Seattle Times and president Of the
National Newspapers. Inc. returned
with Mrs. Blethen from trip TO France
and Belgium. He found Belgium pros
porous. but France seemed TO him 10
be lowering on the brink Of a volcano
"Taxes in France are enormous and
unequally collected" said Mr.. Blethen.
"The people appeared much dis
satisfied" Mr.. Blethen said he got
the impression that France never ex-
poets to pay in money any part Of
It's debt 70 the United States. He said
he thought she might offer bonds which
would not mature in the present gen
Grafton.
The Olympic brought fifty boxes Of
gold consigned TO Kuhn. Loeb & Co.
The value OF the consignment is
1910 900.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-22

,,,ui,v interest. will. no doubt. put
millions in the campaign in this s.sis
AT the fall election. They Will 90 'n,s
IA the end that they may continue 70
central At Albany and continue 70 et'
nioi, ,he people and the municipnn-
H.. ~ this state. These vicious inter-
ss,s are now organizing 10 send OUT
r,t,guided women 20 vioiously attack
those whose names have been piomi-
,.r,ly mentioned for this high ONCE
"Thsre interests know very we'll
that IL william Randolph Hearst or
snv other man who stands Tor INC
rieht. Of the people md against the
calculations Of these special Interests
/. elected Governor u sounds the
d.a,h knell OF government by interna-
t,onnl bankers, by injunction and by
pubIie utility corporations. The great
naiority Of the women Of this state,
ho,b democratic and Republican, want
men In the ONCE OF Governor ana Az
torney General. ~ well as IN otner
stat. Offices, who stand for humanity
and believe that the people have
right 10 live and who are against er-
ploitation OF the public by special PRIV,
ilege- seeking interests now IN control
~ the state government At Albany.
"The women who stand for principle
and the rights Of the masses should
organize so that the people viii not
be misled by those misguided women
who are being used by the very IN
terests that are robbing the public
New-York tribune., 1922-06-22
Clown Beats Films
In Teaching Health
Hints to Children
Chew-Chcw and His Make
Believe Dog Show Crowds
at School How to Fight
Spread of tuberculosis

The propaganda OF the New York
Tuberculosis Association had a prcten-
tation yesterday that stripped u OF Us
orimness when Chew Chew. the health
clown, performed mis- antics before
thousand delighted children At Public
school No. Ga. At COS East Ninth Street.
Chew-Chew has innumerable odd. d.
vertinc WAYS Of proving the superior
~ ~ GOOD habits over bad ones. The
loan. aneamic little boy who confessed
10 having drunk coffee that morning wa
as,onished 10 sec IL running out Of his
sleeve. leaving u hanging Imply. while
the biceps of the virtuous little boy
,welled In ploin sight while he drank
his glass Of milk.
Such prestidigitorial tricks with
apples and oranges and potatoes as
Chew-Chew performed will impress
these foodstufs lovingly on the mem
ory Of his youthful audience. When
he drew doughnuts out Of tho sleeve
and a whole egg out of the mouth OF O
small. freckled boy who was sure he
hadn't had IL there, the delight OF his
audience knew no bounds. lie was as
sisted by Creamo, small dog with
black patch over one eye. whose opin-
ions on questions OF HfdlNN Wfl' ~
lively that was hard to realize that
he had no existence save as a glove on
the clowns hand.
The tuberculosis Association has ex-
pcrimcntcd for years 70 find some cf-
feetive method for imprcssing its odu-
cational propaganda on children.
Pamphlets. which arc indifIerently sue
ccssful even with adults. are Of no use
in dealing with children: even the
motion pictures, so effective in rousing
the imagination OF children in other in
stances, have failed In this one. But
the clown, with his flaming thatch OF
hair. his funny face and his astonish-
ing tricks, makes vivid impression
that the authorities say does not
quickly fade. Every time Chew Chew
craftily gathered up his effects and
said: "Well, ! guess it's time 70 be
going" a vociferous MOI from his
audience proved how painless was his
pedagogy. and out would come another
trick that impressed on the spectators
the value OF fresh air or Of brushing
their teeth or washing behind the ears.