Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 119, 19 May 1907 — Page 1
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VELLOW JOURNALS THRIVE BECAUSE
THE PUBLIC BUYS
The Fault for Such Publications Is Primarily With the
People, Says Wm. E. Cur tis.
NOTED CORRESPONDENT
TALKS OF NEWSPAPERS.
A Paper Can Be Made Profita
b!e Without Being Sensational Would Suppress
Crime Details.
Desiring to find out something about the trend of modem journalism, from one in a position to know, a resident of Richmond, wrote to William E. Curtis, of the Chicago Record Herald. Mr. Curtis is traveling correspondent for
the Herald, and his contributions to that paper are of such value that they
get the initial column on the front page each day. For this reason Mr. t Curtis' views are of more than ordif nary moment. In his letter here Mr. Curtis dis- , cusses yellow journalism, why it exjists and what could be done to supj press it. The letter follows: "Dear Sir: In reply to your recent Inquiry I do not think there is the ; slightest doubt that the character of a ? newspaper might be changed by publ lie sentiment, if that sentiment would ! express itself by refusing to advertise
or buy a sensational, Irresponsible or worthless sheej. As a rule, today newspapers are edited In the counting
room. The pocKet nerve controls its conduct and If it were made clear that the people of a community would
I not support a yellow journal, no yei-
flow journal would be published. often hear people deprecating the dis
renutable articles they nave read m
; Town Topics or the New York Journal or some other similar paper, and am
.always tempted to say that if they and
(others like them did not read such articles, they would not be published. The fault, therefore, is primarily with ;the public, because the proprietor of a t newspaper will regulate. the character
iof his articles and the general tone of
jhis paper so that it will command the ? largest support and make the most money. "That a paper may be profitable without being sensational, is illustrated by the history of the-Chicago DaiV News, jWhichVis one of the. most profitable newspapers in the world, and yet one of the most conservative. It ia published in the most sensational city In the .world and yet has the largest -circulation in that.'city. "I have never known of any active .movement for the regulation or abolition of yellow journals. Tie New lYork, Journal has been excluded from !club3 and public libraries and reading rooms, but that was to its advantage. When people heard the fact they : wanted to know why It had been excluded, and bought it to find out, for the same reason that Indecent play3 .are so well attended at the theatres and indecent books nave such a large circulation. If you denounce a book
ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE FAILS.
las unfit for decent people to read, it jwill have a very large sale, but such things do not last long. They soon lose public Interest. It is the good sand the useful that wear best and stay fthe longest. "If I were omnipotent I would suppress all details about crime, accidents and other horrors except so far
as an announcement is necessary to icover the history of the day. I would print none but "true . and
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Baroness Von EcKnardstein.
Another International marriage has failed, and the Baroness Von Eckhardstein, whose picture is here given, is the victim. She has entered suit for separation, declaring that her hus
band, who is a favorite of the German Kaiser, has received nearly $2,000,000 from herself and her father, tne late Sir Blundell Maple, with which to pay
his gambling debts.
GRAND
JURY HINT COSL MUTTER
Committee of Council Finds That It Has No Power to Act in the Case.
NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL NAMED BY
THE MAYOR HAVE NOT AS YET HELD A MEETING TO DISCUSS SITUATION.
.useful information and give as great
a variety as possible so as to Interest txnen, women and children alike. I .hrould require all articles to be signed jty the writers., which, would make a personal responsibility, and encourage the ambitious. But I think, as a whole, there is an encouraging sign in the constant improvement of the newspapers of this country and in the character of the men who write for them. "The reporters in our cities, the correspondents at Washington and the editors of country newspapers, generally epeaking, are much better educated, have a higher sense of responsibility, end are more conscientious than they .used to be. I speak from personal observation, j "I wish every club In every town'
vould discuss this subject and arrange
At council meeting Monday night,
the special, committee appointed at
the last council meeting to investigate the charge that the coal dealers of this city have formed a combine to kerp
the price of fuel at an excessive figure, will not be able to make a report for
-the reason that the committee of which Councilman II. II. Englebert is chairman, has as yet held no meeting. " Mr. Englebert was ' asked Saturday evening what plan of campaign for the search of the alleged octopus would be. He replied that no definite plan had yet been formulated and that he did not know when the committee would hold a meeting. Mr. Englebert also stated that the public seemed to be taking but little interest in a movement that is. lie says, of the utmost importance to everyone. He is inclined to Delieve that1 the people regard council's effort to:
ferret out the alleged coal combine and
exterminate it as a joke.
Mr. Englebert and his associates re
alize that the committee and te city council have no authority to act in case it is discovered that a combination ex
its. It is intimated that the case may
be placed in the bands of the prosecuL-
A RIDDLED TEAM TO FACE MUNC1E AT ATHLETIC PARK
In Addition to the Loss of "Bull" Durham, Cameron and Meredith Will Not Be Able to Play.
"JELLY" BURNS WILL BEAT FIRST BASE.
Batting Averages for the Five Games Played Show the Team Is Going at a ,337 Clip. ""
for a co-operation to support goodior so tnat ne can DrinS it before the
newspapers and refuse to support poor
ones. With, best wishes I am, yours Very truly, "WILLIAM E. CURTIS."
A GAME AT
ECONOMY
Hagerstown High School Team to Play There.
Hagerstown, Ind., May IS The Hagerstown high school baseball team find Economy's team will meet at Economy Sunday afternoon, May 19, on the grounds of Nathan Edwards. A good game of base ball is promised fis Economy has a "cracking" good team.
grand jury for - investigation. It is
stated that if the coal dealers in this
city have formed a combine, they are acting in direct violation of the state anti-trust law. At Springfield, Ohio, the grand jury returned an indictment against the coal dealers recently and the result of this drastic action was a drop of ?1 a ton in the' price of coal. Mr. Englebert would not state that the investigation of the alleged coal combine would be turned over to the grand jury, but he would not deny that this action had been considered by members of tho committee.
. Big Crowd; Big Sales. There was an unusually large crowd on Main street Saturday night and merchants report heavy sales.
How the Teams Line Up For Today's Game. RICHMOND. Ritter Center field. Burns First base. Plummer Right fie 16, Rodenbach -Left field.Bam brough Shortstop. Justice Second base. CunninghamThird base. Jessup Catcher. Horn Pitcher. MUNCIE. Millei' First base. Edwards Second base. Kenedy Third base. " Hart Center field. Richmond Shortstop. Wauburn Right field. Neal Left field. McGuire Catcher. Burgess Pitcher. Brown Pitcher.
RHODES SCHOLAR IS COMING HOME AND WILL MARRY George Hamilton Has Not Forgotten His Indiana Sweetheart, Although He Was Abroad Three Years.
MAKES GOOD RECORD AT PEMBROKE COLLEGE
Hamilton Finds That His Training Has Opened Up Many Places to Him Extract From His Letters.
BY ANOTHER RECORD VOTING Dfly CONTESTANTS FORGE ON
Our prediction that the contestants had recovered from their desire to pour in enormous amounts of votes was entirely wrong in view of the great vote cast today. Contestant after contestant received big boosts to their total vote and already another contestant Miss Sands, is within less than 500 votes of passing the 100.000 mark. Miss Daner also by the enormous increase due to the great dum
ber of votes cast for her is within striking distance of the 100,000 mark. It is less than two weeks now until the close of the contest and contestants are working as they never worked before to land the coverted prize. The loyal support they are receiving from their friends both in help and subscriptions shows the keen interest the contest has aroused.
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Liza Stevenson, Economy school Joseph M. Richter, St. Andrews' school ... J. F. Hur.tziker, St. John's Lutheran school VV. O. Wisr.ter, Garfield school Orville Brunson, Garfield ... Walter S. Davis.- High school A. T. Elliott, Boston school Joe Burgess, Whitewater L. B. Campbell, Business College..... ... B. W. Kelly, Fountain City school Jos. H. Blose, Jacksonburg... Lawrence Smelser, Abington school... ...
George Hamilton,' the first student!
from Indiana to win a Khodes scholarship, will finish his course atj
Oxford in June and return to this cityj by way of the Pacific ocean in Au-j gust. There has been much discussion i pro and con as to whether the provis-j ions Cecil Rhodes made in 'his famous j
will were wise. From a pecuniary
standpoint, Indiana's first Rhodes' man
can certainly thank the' late English;
benefactor, for in a letter to his broth-j er, Edward Hamilton,' in this city, Mr. ; Hamilton says that he has so many j propositions to decide between that h?. is at a loss what position to accept.
He is wanted as school principal, school superintendent and college professor, to say nothing of several of-' fers outside of educational work. 1 Hamilton will very likely become a member of one of the American college
faculties. I
According to his friends here, th2
first 'thing that. Mr. Hamilton will do, on arriving Aojne,. . wili be to marry. ; Miss Daisy Cox, of West Newton, Ind.,
a graduate of Earlham college, is said.
to be the girl who has secured such a hold on Hamilton's heart that he re-j fused to forget her in spite of all the! beauties he .saw in. foreign lands. And the social feature, . too, of his life ;
abroad, took much of Hamilton's time, j
In letters to relatives in Richmond he-
often commented on the large number
of social functions connected with the j life at Oxford. To study in his own j rooom, where almost always there was J
a crowd of good felloKS. Hamilton de
clared was almost impossible.
Not All Life .of . Ease. By no means, however,, .has Hamil
ton sent home the. impression, that the Oxford student leads nothing but a life of ease. The exams, he-says, are hard yet most thorough and of the kind that covers fully the ground over
which the student goes. There are two kinds of students the . pass and honor students,-the first who give to Oxford its air of ease and good fellow
ship and the second who combine with these qualities the intellectual standing. Hamilton, in spite of the fact that he has had a splendid social time,
earned a recognized-place in-the honor class. The vacations -at -Oxford are
often and long and it is at these times that most of the real digging on lessons is done. On his vacations Hamilton saw much of the countries whose
people are neighbors to England. His winning the scholarship has not only been a means of giving -him a college education which he might otherwise
not have secured, but he lias been able
to see other lands and their people OFFICIALS OF THE COMPANY ARE
How the Vote Stands
WOMAN TEACHER. Miss Elizabeth Sands, Starr school Miss Elizabeth Lashley, Centerville school. .... . Miss Fannie Silver, Centerville school Miss Luc'le Mayr, Hibberd school Miss Daisy Petty, East Germantown school Miss Mary Lemon, Whitewater school
99,580 90,680 27,977 10,213 2,619 1,799
MAN TEACHER.
40,056 28,155 23,151 26,506 .. ... 16,182 ... 15,694 5,778 .. ... 5,093 3,250 3,244 .... 3,038 .. ... 1,544
WOMAN CLERK.
Miss Elizabeth Hershey, Mary Brothers 65,347 Miss Nellie Williams, Singer Sewing machine office 27,344 Miss Emma Johnson, Milliner at Nolder's 12,351 Miss Hszel Hoffman, Model Dept. Store 1,208 MAN CLERK. Harry Buntin, Fox, clothier. 67'212 Howard Smith, Model Dept. Store 10,842 Howard Thomas, Emmons Tailoring Company 3,314 Joe Wessel. Lahrman's - 2,798 Ulam Lamm, Hassenbusch's 1,210
WOMAN SHOP EMPLOYE.
Miss Marie Hodskin, Barters Overall factory, Cambridge 110,603 Miss Goldie Danner, Seidel Buggy Co... ... 90,590 MAM
Miss Essie Ellis, Adam Bartel factory oo
Miss Bessie Shute, Watt and Keelor Casket factory
817
MAN SHOP EMPLOYE. llEF' "
William. Russell Hoosier , Drill.... 30,451 George Matthews. , Gaar Scott .." ,7.T , 24,596 Geo. Knight, Starr Piano 20,628 Edmund Stidham, Safety Gate Co ... 8,886 Fred Reynolds, Starr Piano ... .. 6,763 Abraham Schissler, Wayne Works . .. 614
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BAGGED HONORS AT HIGH SCHOOL MEET Husky Indianapolis Lads Ran Up a Total of 35 Points, With Monticello Second With 28.
THREE RECORDS WERE BROKEN IN CONTESTS
Richmond Did Not - Make a Point, Only Two Athletes Participating Credit Due! Earlham. i
CAR STRIKE IS STILL OH AT JVAHSVILLE A Few Cars Were Operated Saturday But No One Would Ride in Them.
PUBLIC PREFERS WALKING.
much sooner than he ever would have done. It was most fortunate that Indiana's initial scholar at the great English university should have been a person of Hamilton's type. Being ia circumstances that has always made it necessary for him to work his way
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
The Richmond team will take the field today in a sort of a riddled condition owing to the fact that Durham has jumped his job and Cameron and Meredith are on the hospital list. Manager Jessup was busy all day Saturday rounding up players who can fill in the vacancies in the infield and outfield. "Jelly' Burns, who played the outfield for the Dayton Central league team and the Marion Interstate league team last season, will be on hand and will bo placed at first Iniso to sub for Cameron. Burns has accepted terms with the fast Dunkirk team but Man
ager Jessup states he has hopes of . LARGEST RURAL landing hi T- for the locals. Manager LATION.
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WILL ENDORSE KNOX
Pennsylvania Republicans Decide Upon This.
Washington, May , 19 Keen interest was shown here today in an announcement by the Philadelphia Press that the Pennsylvania republican state convention on June 6 will indorse
Senator .Fniianaer tjnase Knox as a
candidate for the presidency.
THE WEATHER PROPHET.
INDIANA Sunday partly cloudy; var iable winds.
OHIO Occasional showers, probably
Sunday; light to fresh winds.
SATURDAY. (May 18)
Total -Circulation
v
Net Circulation ,
7,061 6,850
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LARGEST COUNTY CIRCULATION.
ROUTE CIRCU-
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LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION.
DETERMINED AND ARE NOT WILLING TO YIELD A POINTTROOPS MAY BE CALLED OUT.
Evansville, Ind., May IS. People continue to walk. Twelve cars operated by strike breakers were running until noon. Saturday afternoon five more were put on but nobody would ride in them. There was no serious trouble today. Some obstructions were placed on tracks and several cars were stoned this afternoon but no one was hurt. About 2 o'clock a car left the rails at Eighth and Main streets and almost instantly it was surrounded by a menacing mob. Car men calle'd the workers scabs but the police made no arrests. Mayor Boehne nnri ttiA citv officials held a meeting
this afternoon and decided not to try to run any cars at night, consequently there were no cars after 6 o'clock tonight. A rumor says that the real cause of uneasiness is that the police can not be depended upon. First manifestations of this came today. Officers of the company emphaticallv refused the demand of the city of
ficials that no cars be run on Sunday. The company says it will run cars Monday night and a test will be made. If troops should be needed the company will then ask for them. Eggs and stones caused a crew to leave a car late this afternoon on Main street Fred Johnson a non-union conductor threw a piece of iron at a man who
called Mm a scab. The missle struck Anna Seager. Johnson was arrested. EDWARD HAMPTON DIES AT SEATTLE.
VISITORS PLEASED WITH LOCAL PLANT
Hamilton, 0., Board of Public Service Inspects Municipal Light Plant.
LIKED TURBINE ENGINE.
PROBABLE THAT TWO WILL BE BOUGHT FOR USE AT HAMILTONSENTIMENT THERE IS DIVIDED.
A telegram which was received Sat
urday afternoon by Mrs. Hannah Williams, from Seattle, Wash., announced the death of her son, Edward Hamp
ton, who was formerly of this city. It
Members of the Hamilton, O., board of public service arrived in this city, Saturday evening about 7:30 o'clock, and went at once under the escort of Superintendent Rogers, of the Municipal plant and the members of the board of public works, to the plant.
which they gave a most thorough investigation. The Hamilton officials stated that it is proposed to add to the Hamilton municipal plant two SCO k. w. turbins engines, and after learning that a similar engine had just been placed in operation in the Richmond plant and that they decided to see it work before
placing orders for the two turbines at
the Hamilton plant.
The local officials were informed by
the Hamilton men that, they were de
lighted with the way the turbine op
erated and intimated that two facsimiles of the turbine at the -Richmond
plant would be ordered. They also
paid the city officials a high compli
ment on the splendid condition of the
plant -and stated that the citizens of
Richmond should be proud of it. The Hamilton officials stated that as soon as the municipal plant In their city had been re-equipped and enlarged so that It could handle enough business to make it a paying proposition the citizens of Hamilton would never consent to abandon it. They state that at the present time a" good many Hamilton people are against municipal ownership.
THE POINT WINNERS. Manual Training H. S. Indianapolis 35 Monticello ..28, Crown Point ......M1V Darlington -.. U0 Salem v....s6 Shortridge H. S., Indianapolis.. 5 Hammond ....... 5 Fairmount. . ......... ........ 4 Goshen..... ........ 4 La Porte 4 Veedersburg 4 Anderson 1
Athletes from Manual Training high school at Indianapolis, took nicely to the mud and rain on Reid Fieldj
Earlham, Saturday afternoon and
cleaned up the platter In the fourth an nual field and track meet of the Indiana high, school athletic association.
When the Manualites left for the capJ f ital city last night they not only carried the silver trophy, but the relayy banner as well. The only othet school that can derive much satisfaction out of the meet is Monticello, which had a good chance of winninguntil near the close. Richmond high, ' school's athletes did nothing more than reflect discredit on themselves. Aside from Marine and Chapman, the Quaker lads sat in the grancstand busyingthemselves with, excuses of why they did not emter. Three Records Broken. Despite the unsatisfactory weather, three state high, school records were broken. In the broad jump Conrad, of Darlington, set a mark that is likely to stand for a time. He jumped 21 feet, 4 1-5 inches, which is nearly a foot better than the former record. Kern, of Salem, put Ihe shot over two feet farther, than it had ever beea done before, his mark being 43 feet, 11 2-5 inches. The time of Manual. Training's relay team, 3:47 3-T, clipped just two-fifths of a second off the reoord in that evenL The very heavy track prevented goo time being made in the running events. It is surprising that the re-4 lay record was lowered and when tha! bad track is taken into consideration, the feat becomes quite a remark&blv one. , Credit Due Earlham. Great credit is due Earlham coIIpr
for the manner in which the meet was.
conducted.- Never was an event of th kind handled so well at the college.j Full preparations had been made for it and had it not have been for th3'
heavy rain, some records would H3'
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ROYAL BABY IS BAPTIZED.
Ceremony Takes Place in Chapel at Madrid.
Palace
MadrM, May 18 The baptism of the heir to the Spanish throne. Prince
is supposed that his death was caused Alfonso of ihe Asturias, who was born
by blood poisoning. He will be bur- May 10, took place in the private
led there. -- - I chapel of the place here today.
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AHSWEBSLAST CALL American Diplomatist Died Saturday Afternoon at Pasadena, Cal. HE HELD MANY OFFICES.
MOST NOTABLE SERVICE WAS A3 MINISTER TO CHINA AT THE TIME OF THE BOXER UPRISING IN 1900.
Pasadena, Cal May 18. Edwin H. Corjrer. American diplomatist, died here this afternoon. He was a native of Illinois, born in 1843. He was elected to congress in 1884, and twice reelected. In 1830 he was appointed minister to Brazil, serving four years. In 1897 he was re-appointed and the following year was transferred to China. He was at his post throughout the Chinese crisis of 1900, In Pekin, and narrowly escaped slaughter at the
hands of the Boxers.
Gath Freeman to Return, Cath Freeman, who has ben at
tending the Capital University law school at Washington. D. C. will return to Richmond within the next two weeks and will study in the office of his father during the summer. j a '