Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 106, 5 May 1906 — Page 1

HMOND PA1LLABIUM H A VOL. XXXI. NO, 106. Richmond, Indiana, Saturday, May 5, 1906. Single Copies, Two Cents. BIG STICK USED THE MESSAGE WAS FOUND PEACE DELEGATES GAIiinTRENGTH It Is Now Thought Hard Coal Miners Will Continue Work for Three Years. Oil BIG TRUSTS WANT STILL WAS VOICE FROM DEAD Lines Written on Piece of Board in 1883 Found in House Being Remodeled at Fountain City The Writer Was Lin Parker Now Dead. Standard Oil and Sugar Mo nopoly Roughly Handled in President's Message. In Order to Get Their Factory City Must Make Additionx af Concessions.

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CONDEMNS SPECIAL RATES

ROOSEVELT SAYS THE INTER STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION MUST HAVE POWER TO REGU LATE RATES. 'Publishers' Pretta! Washington .May 4. President Roosevelt's special message to Con grcss concerning the Oil Industry, was communicated to both branches today and In part was as follows: The Senate and House of Representa tives! I transmit herewith a report by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Corpor atlons in the Department of Commerce and Labor on the subject of transpor tatlon and freight rates in connection with the oil industry. The facts set forth In this report 'are for the most part not disputed. It Is only the inferences from them that are disputed, and even in this respect the dispute is practically limilted to the question as to whether the transactions are or are not technically 'legal. The report shows that the ; Standard OH Company has benefited enormously up almost to the present moment by secret rates, many of these secret rates being clearly unlawful This benefit amounts to at least threequarters of a million a year. This t three-quarter of a million represents the profit that the Standard Oil Com pany obtains at the expense of the railroads; but of course the ultimate result that it obtains a much larger profit at the expense of the public. A verv striking result of the investiga tion has 'been that shortly after the discovery of these secret rates by the Commissioner of Corporations, tho major portion of them were promptly corrected by the railroads, so that most of them have not been done away with .This immediate correction, partial or complete, of the evil of the secret rates Is of course on the one hand an acknowledgment" that they were wrong, and yet were, preserved In until exposed; and on the other hand a proof of the dUclency of the work that has been done by the Bureau of Corporations. . Government Strengthened. The hands of the Government have been greatly strengthened in securing an effective remedy by the recent de- . clsion of the Supreme Courc in the case Ii-tituted by the Government 7 against he tobacco trust, which decision limits the Government to examine the books and records of any corporation engaged in Interstate commerce; and by the recent conviction and punishment of the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy Railroad and certain of Its officers. But in addition to these secret rates the Standard Oil profits immensely by open rates, which are so arranged as to give It an overwhelming advantage over Its independent competitors. The refusal of railroads In certain cases to prorate products has analogous effects. Thus in New England the refusal of certain railway systems to prorate has resulted in keeping the j Standard Oil In absolute monopolistic control of the field .enabling it to charge from three to four hundred thousand dollars a year more to the consumers of oil In New England than they would have had to pay had the price paid been that obtalnlns in the competitive fields. This is a char acteristic example of the numercus evils which are inevitable under a system In which the big shipper and the railroad are left free to crush out all individual initiative and all power of Independent action beca ise of the absence of adequate and thorough-going govermental control. Standard Not Only One. ; It is unfortunately not truo that the Standard Oil Company Is the only great corporation which In the immediate past has benefited, and is at this moment benefiting, in wholly improper fashion by an elaborate series of rate discriminations, which permit it ito profit both at the expense of lu rivals and of the general public. Tho Attorney-General reports to me that the Investigation now going on a3 to the shipments by the sugar trust over ,tho trunk lines running out of New York City tends to show that the sugar trust rarely if ever pays the lawful rate for transportation, and Is thus improperly, and probably unlawfully, fa vored at the expense of its competitors and of the general public. In the effort to prevent the railroads from uniting for improper purposes we have very unwisely prohibited them from uniting for proper purposes; that Is for purposes of protection to themselves and to iho general public as against the powr of the great corporations. They should certainly be given power thus to unite on conditions laid down by Congr3. such conditions to Include the suociile approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission of any agreement to wmcn me rauroaus may come. ,:n addition to this tho GDornmeut must Interfere through its agents to ".eorlve the railroad of the ability to make to the big corporations the concessions which otherwise It Is powerless to refuse. i - Is for Alcohol Bill. - y Though not bearing upon ; the aestlon of railroad rates, there are two (Continued on Pago Tlree.)

Palladium Special. Fountain City, May 4. The Fountain City Times this week printed the following: In remodeling the house recently purchased by Robert Benton in the north end of town, a wide board forming a part of the Inner casing of one of the rooms was removed bv the carpenters and on me reverse side was written the following, plainly leg-ible:

"This board was put on by Lin Parker, April 23, 18S3. It has been a cold, rainy day. I do not feel well. Perhaps some one may read this when I am dead; If so, remember As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. I feel assured today that my prt.ee Is made with God. All praise to Him, no honor to me." Lin Parker is remembered bv everybody who lived in Fountain City prior to 1883. He wr.s a carpenter by trade. He and Robert Huff built the house, now the Benton homestead, for Samuel Dwlgglns. Mr. Parker died in 1890 at Howard Lake. Minn., where he had moved with his family a few years previous. His widow and six children, one son of whom is now marrlied, are still living in this city. The above will prove interesting for the many of our readers who will remember the Parkers and will doubtless awaken numerous time-worn recollections. SHOULD TRY AND RECAPTURE LOCKE History Class at High School Takes Up and Settles City's Live Question. CENSURE SHERIFF SMITH JUNIOR GIRLS DISPLAY FINE SCHOOL SPIRIT AND GIVE CANDY SALE TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL LABORATORY. The History Classes of High School debated Friday afternoon on the question ."Should the Wayne County Authorities Make an Effort to Recapture John Locke." .The question was very warmly discussed, some taking sides with Locke, while others, who severely censured Sheriff Smith, claimed that Locke should be recaptured at any cost. The final vote was In favor of trying to catch Locke. This afternoon at the Public School Play grounds the first term Juniors and the Seniors, will go against the rest of the school in an athletic field meet. This will give the boys on the regular track team a chance to see what they can do In the meet against Anderson, Marlon and Kokomo, a week from today. The Junior girls of the high school gave a candy sale Thursday afternoon in the chapel hall and took in $13.93 in a very short time. The sale was given for the benefit of the Physical Laboratory. REFUSE TO LISTER TO NEGRO LEADER Students at Kansas City Left Room in Which Booker T. Washington Spoke. OBJECTED TO REMARKS PRESIDENT OF TUSKEGEE FAVORED SOCIAL EQUALITY FOR BLACKS AND WHITES IN HIS ADDRESS. ' Tubllshers' Pressl Kansas City, Mo., May 4. When in the course of his address to the pupils at Central High School today, Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee Institute, made statements which were taken as favoring social equality between whites and negroes, twenty-five pupils of both sexes got up and left the room. The action created great excitement for a time, but the Instructors quieted the others and Washington finished his address although he cut short his remarks and did not again refer to anything which could be taken as indicating his belief in social equality.

INFLUENCE FROM OUTSIDE

FROM POLITICAL, CIVIC AND RELIGIOUS QUARTERS URGENT APPEALS CAME FOR PEACEFUL AGREEMENT. Publishers' Press Scranton, Pa., May 4. The peace forces in the anthracite convention today made great headway against the army of delegates, who are advocating a strike rather than continue under conditions named by the operators. Where last night there was nothing but the warmest kind of strike talk, tonight there is an element of doubt as to what action the convention will take. In fact, at 8 o'clock tonight, when the sub-scale committee went into session, two o'f the members told the Publishers' Press correspondent that they could not forecast the outcome, but thought peace likely. Pressure from political, civic and religious quarters have been brought to bsar upon the leaders within the last few hours and tonight the opinion is expressed by the peace advocates that the proposition to go back for three years under the old award of the Anthracite Strike Commission will be accepted. Steam Roller Repaired. The steam roller owned by the City of Richmond and used in the construction and repair of streets, was received from the repair shop this week and is now In good condition. Ollie Staub will have charge of the mahine as engineer, again this year, The Board of Public Works voted against buying new wheels for it, but it is in good repair and will last an other year without the wheels. Clifford Case Monday. The Clifford tax case, which was venued from the Wayne to the Hancock County Court, will come up for trial on Monday. Lightning Struck Barn. Lightning struck a barn on a farm belonging to a man named Gruelich, near Elliott's Mills last evening at about eight o'clock and damaged the building considerably. There was a small blaze, but it was extinguished before it had done much damage. RATE BILL WILL PASS THE SENATE Compromise Effected Which Is Satisfactory to All Concerned About It. TO ACCEPT AN AMENDMENT CIRCUIT COURTS TO HAVE JURISDICTION TO DETERMINE SUITS BROUGHT AGAINST COMMERCE COMMISSION. Publishers' Fress Washington, April 4. What amounts practically to an agreement on the existing differences concerning the court features of the railroad rate bill has been reached by Senate conferences extending over the last week, and Snator Allison will offer an amendment conferring jurisdiction on the Circuit Courts to hear and determine suits brought against the Interstate Commerce Commission. The amendment will not suggest to the courts, whether their judicial review shall be confined to constitutionla questions or whether It shall be an inquiry Into the justness or reasonableness of the rates fixed by the commission. Senator Long, who made the principal legal argument for the House bill, and Senators Aldrich and Crane, the leaders in the movement seeking an amendment providing for a broad court review, expressed themselves today as favoring the amendment, and both factions are agreed that the compromise is satisfactory to President Roosevelt . Undoubtedly this means that obstacles to the speedy passage of the measure have been removed. Small Fire Last Night. A small fire in the rear of a stable near the county jail called out the fire department at about eleven o'clock last evening. The blaze was extinguished before the wagons -- arrived. Ho damage was done.

Seaside Resort Proprietorhere's your truthful press agent LOCAL LEADERS IT AGREE Democratic Opinions on Tom Taggart are at Great Variance. PARTY BADLY SHATTERED. SUN TELEGRAM BADLY SETS FOOT ON TAGGART THOMAS J. STUDY COMES TO HIS DEFENSE. Had a barrel of dynamite been set off beneath the Democratic party in Richmond and the Sixth district the chaos could hardly be worse than which already exists. There is a striking example of the variance of views of the leaders in Richmond just at this time. The SunTelegram, the Democratic organ of Richmond and Wayne county, published an editorial on Wednesday evening which showed its standing on the reorganization proposition. The Sun-Telegram proceeded with with great candor to declare that under the leadership of Tom Taggart there could be no hope for success. In the Indianapolis Star of yesterday the views of the leaders from all parts of the State were given. Thomas J. Study who is the actual leader of the Democratic forces in Richmond and Wayne county and under whose guidance all things with a Jeffersoniarl tinge are done, declared the time to be most inopportune to split the party by reorganization. Mr. Study let it be known that he is for Tom Taggart and Chairman O'Brien. It is said that the other leaders throughout the Sixth district have arranged to make a strong fight to save the politicalscalp of Sylvester Meek, of Connersville, the district chairman. They will stand' by him and announce that the reorganizers will have no say in the manner in which the Sixth district campaign shall be carried on. John dinger Arrested. John Clinger, a well known brick mason, was arrested last night by Officer Winters and charged with drunk. He created a disturbance in the saloon of John Sullivan, on South 9th street and was thrown out. This resulted in some trouble and he was locked up. Local Shriners Notified. Richmond Shriners have been notified that the national convention of the Shriners, which was to have been held in Los Angeles, Ca., next week, has been changed, and will be held in Chicago on June 11. The citizens of Los Angeles have raised $200,000 for the entertainment of the Shriners and all of that money has been turned over to the fund for the relief of the San Francisco sufferers. WEATHER INDICATIONS. Indiana Showers and cooler Saturday; Sunday fair; fresh winds. Ohio Showers and cooler Saturday; "Sunday fair; fresh west winds.

Look lively there now, Mr. Sea Serpent, the season will soon be on, and to report your appearances.

CHILD BREAKS HIS LEG Little Son of J. F. Hornaday Suffers Serious Accident by Falling on Slippery Floor. The three year old son of J. F. Hornaday, South 13th street, fell on a freshly varnished floor last evening at about seven o'clock, in his home and fcactured the bone in his right leg, just below the hip joint. The break is a bad one and may leave the small boy a cripple. The accident happened immediately after supper when the little fellow started to walk across a part of the floor that had just been varnished and was very slippery. Wiggs Given $100 Fine. The jury in the case of the State vs. Thomas Wiggs, for assault and battery, brought in a verdict of guilty yesterday morning, and fixed his punishment at a fine of $100 and three months in jail. Wiggs brutally struck and kicked Mrs. Josephine Kendall, a well known resident of Fountain City. FIFTH WARD AT LAST IS ' Richard Hassard Closed Door of His Saloon Last Night After Bitter Fight. REMONSTRANCE IS FILED CITIZENS OF THE WARD TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GRANTING MORE LICENSES.

At eleven o'clock last night, Richard Hassard closed the doors of his saloon and probably never again, or for at least two years, will any intoxicating liquors.be sold in that part of the city which has formerly been called "Goosetown" ,and which has given the police more trouble than has. any other section of Richmond. Hassard was literally ' forced out of business by the strong opposition to saloons in the Fifth ward but Peter Lennard, whose license expired Thurs day night, has another application to be acted on Monday by the Commissioners, and if it is refuesd, as expected, the Fifth ward will be dry, without council making it a residence ward. A remonstrance was filed yesterday by prominent citizens of the ward, which contained over half the names of the voters in the ward. According to law, the Commissioners cannot but refuse the license,, and for two years, "Goosetown" will be as dry as a Sahara. There will be left only one saloon north of the , Pennsylvania Railroad and that is Sf hell's place, across the street from Innard's. on North 12th. This is in V i Third ward and cannot be toucher unless all hte saloons in the ware are made to cease operation. f - ' .. . 'I '

WORK OF CLEANING NEARLY COMPLETED

D: C. Genn Will Start His Men To Repairing South C Street Next Week. TO IMPROVE N. 11 STREET AT PRESENT TIME THAT THOROUGHFARE IS IN POOR CONDITION AND MUCH MONEY WILL BE SPENT ON IT. The work of cleaning the streets of the city has about been completed and next week Street Commissioner Genn will put a gang of 'men on South C street, between Fifth and Seventh .repairing and making over that thoroughfare. On account of a shortage in the number of teams available, this work has not been completed before. When South C is again In good condition, the force of men will commence on North Eleventh street, between Main and E. At the present time, this street is in the worst condition of any of the principal streets of the city, and thousands of dollars will be expended on its Improvement. Last fall, cement sidewalks and gutters were constructed and the arrangement of the surface drainage was such that instead. of having the water in the gutters flow the full distance from Main, to E, it goes into the sewer at each corner. There Is a considerable grade on Eleventh street and in order to have the streets drained properly, the " grade in many places will have to be changed. Between E.and D streets, 19 inches will have - to ' be ' removed from fihe street in some places, and between Main and B between two and six inches will have to be removed. This work will require considerable time and a large expenditure of money. When the street has been properly graded, it will be macadamized and made into one of the best streets in the city. J LOW FARE IS GRANTED Grand Army Encampment of Lafayette Will be Attended by Man ' i Richmond People. , The Grand Army encampment of the Department of Indiana, will meet in Lafayette on May 22. 23 and 24. Th efare from Richmond for the round trip will be $2.75, the round trip, good going Monday, May 21, Tuesday 22, and Wednesday 23, good returning until Saturday, May 26. Many Richmond people will attend. No Games Yesterday. No games were scheduled In the American Association yesterday, he cause all the teams were changing about from city to city. Games will be played today as usual.

PROPOSITION UNPOPULAR

ORIGINAL OFFER OF COMPANY WAS MET BUT NEW CONCES 1 SIONS ASKED-FOR WILL NOT LIKELY BE GRANTED. Remy Brothers, of Anderson, who own an electrical company which they want to locate in this city have a remarkable faculty of changing their minds. The original proposition o the company was agreed to by the Commercial Club and the South Side Improvement Association but no soon-! er had this been done, than the An-j derson men increased the concessional they wanted about three fold. In order to get the factory here, the! city will have to glvet$5,000'ln cash! two large city blocks in the Beallviewj addition to the South side, and will; also have to subscribe to $15,000 ofthe capital stock of the company, orj one third the actual capital of the, company. . j The original proposition met with a" good reception and was adopted at! once. Then, the company -claimed that the site was too small. and asked to have it doubled.' This was agreed upon, practically, if the plant would come at once. Then, the managers stated that before the factory would locate in Richmond, three factories! here would each have to subscribe to a block of stock valued at $5,000. This last proposition does not look good to' Richmond and to the members of the Commercial Club, and in all probab-l ility, the matter will be dropped and' the Remy Brothers be at liberty to lo-' cate where they please. j It is said that the demands of the( company were far In excess of the' good that the plant will ever do Rich-; mond. The business methods of the' managers are also criticised by the Commercial Club and unless the company agrees to the first arrangement,! that of receiving $3000 in cash and a' factory site of ample size, all rforts' to secure the factory will be dropped. Resumes His Business. I. V -.Cause, who was seriously Injured almost a year ago by a fall from' a ladder, has entirely recovered and. has again gone into the house palnt-j ing business. Made an Address. Mrs. Ii II. Bunyan went to Middl town, Ohio, yesterday to attend ' a) joint meeting of the Women's Home and Foreign Missionary! societies. She: made an address on the 'subject Vol Missionary .Work. t 4 i TO KILL THE BILLS -v ' 1 Laughs - In . His; Sleeve ? and' Says Alcohol M easure Will V Be Caref ullyCohsidered:. ; INDIANAlSENATORSFORjlTj 1 THEY ARE USING THElRINFLU- ' ENCE TO HAVE;THeT BILL RE' ," PORTED FAVORABLY " TO ' THE UPPER HOUSE. Uf 'u . V ) . Publishers Press Washington, May 4. Both Indiana Senators are exerting - their influence! to obtain -a favorable report from the. committee on finance on the free alcohol bill. For several days they, have been answering letters from constituents by saying that they will continue to do all they can to bring about the passage of the bill at this session. Neither senator is a member of the finance committee, but each has influence with senators who are on that committee. All the members of the Indiana delegation in the House, with the exception of the two or three absent from the city, have signed a written request to the two Senators that they use every endeavor to obtain favorable action on the bill at this session. Senator Aldrich .chairman of the finance comittee, continues to smile and says that the measure will be "carefully considered." The friends of the proposed legislation art con-, vinced that the decision to hold hearings on the bill is a movement for delay. The hearings before the House committee 'were exhaustive and have been printed. The same persons who were called before the House com-( mittee will be asked to testify before' Mr. Africa's committee . v.:::

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