Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 85, 10 May 1908 — Page 4
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, MAY 10, 10O8. ABOUT ADVERTISING NO. 1.
STORIES FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL From The Palladium's Special Correspondent, Ralph M. Whiteside
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. Palladium Printing Co., Publishers. Office North 9th and A Streets. RICHMOND, INDIANA. PRICE Per Copy, Dally 2c Per Copy, Sunday 3c Per Week, Daily and Sunday 10c IN ADVANCE One Year $500 Entered at Richmond. Ind.. Postofflce As Second Class Mail Matter. REPUBLICAN TICKET. STATE. Governor JAMES E. WATSON. Lieutenant Governor FREMONT C. GOODWINE. Secretary of State FRED A. SIMS. Auditor of State JOHN C. B1LLHEIMER. Treasurer of State OSCAR HAD LEY. Attorney General JAMES UINGHAM. State Superintendent LAWRENCE McTURNAN. State Statistician J. L. PEETZ. Judge of Supreme Court QUINCY A. MYERS. Judge of Appellate Court DAVID MYERS. -Reporter of Supreme Court GEORGE V. SELF.
DISTRICT. Congress WILLIAM O. BARNARD.
COUNTY. Joint Representative ALONZO M. GARDNER. Representative WALTER S. RATLIFF. Circuit Judge HENRY C. FOX. Prosecuting Attorney CHAS Li. LADD. Treasurer ALBERT ALBERTSON. Sheriff LINUS P. MEREDITH.
Washington. May 9. Henry Watterson had one little indignant spot in his usually even temper while here hobnobbing with statesmen, and the reason for it was not apparent until Mr. Watterson was about to depart. Then he told of a practical joke that some of his old cronies played on him recently. The eoloniel was awakened from his slumbers by loud cries. When he enveloped himself in a dressing gown and threw open a window, he saw three men standing below. "What's wrong?'' he asked. "Burglars are about and we thought you might want to know that one of your windows is open." "Thanks," said the Colonel. "Which one?" "The one you have your head stuck out of," was the response. It's not often Colonel Watterson is caught napping in this manner and there is little wonder at his keen remembrance of the joke.
bonnet, which he placed upon his head and then struck the attitude of Osceola or Black Hawk. Then he begun to circle about, going through the proper movements of a chief leading his tribe into a war dance. He moved faster and faster, and finally, after a grand whirl, he hurled the imaginary tomohawk. Then he sat down. The reputation of the committee in the estimation of the Indians was saved and the pride of Chief Plenty Coos was preserved. Senator Owen is one-quarter Cherokee.
Congressman Smith, of Iowa, has a hard problem to solve. A farmer friend back home, who has been a loyal supporter, sent this telegram to him: "Am advised Agricultural Department has developed a seedless tomato. Please send me a package of seeds." Smith is fond of his friend. He would like to oblige him if he possibly can. Still, Smith is worried.
DR.
Coroner A. L. BRAMKAMP.
Surveyor ROBERT A. HOWARD. Recorder WILL J. ROBBINS. -Commissioner Eastern Dist. HOMER FARLOW. Commissioner Middle Dist. BARNEY 11. LINDERMAN. Commissioner Western Dist. ROBERT N. BEESON.
WAYNE TOWNSHIP. Trustee JAMES H. HOWARTH. Assessor CHARLES E. POTTER.
Reasons Why Plant Should be Kept
Senator Owen, the junior member of the senate committee on Indian affairs, did a war dance before his fellow committeemen the other day. He wore a magnificent "war bonnet," which for many years adorned the head of Chief Plenty Coos, of the Crow tribe. Plenty Coos came to Washington to make a few complaints to the committee. He had several bouts witli Senator Clapp, which ended by the chief tendering his beautiful war bonnet, composed of feathers from eagles' wings, to the senator. It was declined by the dignified chairman and there was a tense minute. Senator Owen, seeing embarrassment was likely to result, quickly stepped forward, accepted the war-
the L., H. iV P. Co. whipped, and whipped to a standstill, for business, and no wit is grabbing at the last straw. It couldn't run us out of business so it will try to buy us out. It realizes that the city plant is making money and that the time of the expiration of Its (the L. H. & P. Co.) franchise is gradually growing nearer and the nearer that time approaches the harder it will be for it to buy the plant. This is the reason the company is making its last and desperate struggle. There Is another thing that should be considered and that is, that the L.. H. & P. Co. would rather sell gas than electricity, and even if the city should give it a franchise that it couldn't beat In the price of current, it could give poor service and thereby force the people to burn gas. The "Citizen' don't seem to have nerve enough to sig i his irMlals, so that one might get the impression that he might be connected with the Light, Heat and Power Company. W. H.B.
In connection with Chief Plenty Coos' war bonnet, a story is related that he is the only man who ever plucked the eagle's tail, and he wears the feather in a prominent place in the bonnet. Plenty Coos went into the mountains, dug a hole big enough to hide his body, then placing the carcass of a lamb on some sticks and brush which covered the hole, he waited. For two days he remained in this cramped position and was rewarded by seeing an eagle circling about the carcass. The wary bird did not alight for some hours, but the temptation proved too much and he finally descended for his meal. While he was eating. Chief Plenty Coos reached through the sticks and caught the surprised eagle by the tail. The bird fought furiously, but Plenty Coos hung on until he had plucked the tall feathers. The surprised eagle quickly made off. Plenty Coos busied himself with preparing something to eat.
Then, again, the senator has had considerable annoying experience with "macers", who seem to think him a rnild and soft-hearted man rather than tho fiery statesman he is. Wherever he travels, he is sure to be "maced"' by some pretending wit-liver and, upon refusing to recognize ajpeaJs which he well judged were pretense, he has been subjected to abuse. Many people in Washington have been annoyed in tho same manner. There is entirely too much presumption on the part of a certain class, and the bill will go a long ways toward providing a remedy.
Editor Palladium: In reply to a communication In Friday's issue of the Palladium, signed by
"A Citizen." the writer wishes to state
a few facts. The "Citizen" in trying to answer the article of W. W. S., which appeared in Tuesday's issue of the Palladium, dodges the issue entirely and simply attacks the honesty and Integrity of W. W. S. The "Citizen" don't see how, uor never heard of a corporation raising a maximum rate as set forth in their original franchise. We have an example right here in our city, when the maximum rate as set forth in the original franchise of the Home Telephone Co. was raised by the city council. If the Light, Heat and Power company purchased the city plant and accepted a franchise specifying rates, as the city now charges, at any time
in the future, if they could get in a dis
honest council, the rate could be raised to whatever figure desired. In regard to the legal talent. Any one with mere horse sense, knows that a corporation of the great strength of the L, H. & P. Co., has at its command the best legal talent In the country, attorneys whom the attorneys cf this city could not compete with at all. In regard to the question of cheap prices to manufacturers, the "Citizen" shows again that he has not investigated into the matter, or else he is misrepresenting the facts. It is a well known fact that there is not much light burned in the daytime, yet the plant must be run so that those who do want light, may, have it. Therefore what power they may get to furnish In daytime is practically thai much money made. This is the business that the city plant at first needed and strived for, and which they have succeeded In obtaining. The writer is very much amused over Mr. Witherby's great interest in the welfare of our dear city. The absurdity of his claims that the city plant is losing
money Is easily proven, plant was losing money
deeper In the hole every year, the L. II. & P. Co.. would not want to buy it now and pay the price it offers. It would rather wait until the plant got into such a financial condition that it had to be sold, then they could buy it at any old price and get almost any kind of a franchise that they wanted. This alone is sufficient proof that Witherby's statements are false. The fecial ib ffiattftc is Una dt lia 04
J. SHARP WILLIAMS SCORED BY HOBSDN
Tells Westerners That Action On Four Ship Proposition Was Unpatriotic.
HE IS VERY OPTIMISTIC.
SAYS THAT ALTHOUGH FIGHT FOR LARGER NAVY WAS LOST THIS YEAR, THIS WILL NOT BE THE CAE NEXT SESSION.
Washington will be much benefited by Senator Tillman's bill for the definition and suppression of vagrancy in the District, of Columbia. The list of those who will be declared vagrant under the new measure is a long one, and the penalty is severe enough. A person convicted must give bond in the sum of $,00 or go to the workhouse for a period not exceeding one year. Senator Tillman was prompted 10 introduce the bill by the large number of cases of purse-snatching and like outrages, the perpetrators of which the police seemed powerless to cope with. , f . f j J
DEMOCRATS HOPE TO BEAT BRYAN
Followers of Johnson and Gray Are Very Much Encouraged.
WORK IN THE SOUTH
STATES THERE CONSIDERED A GOOD WORKING FIELD FOR THE OPPOSITION FRIENDS OF GRAY ARE ENCOURAGED.
Spokane. Wash.. May f.-Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson. hero of the Merrimac and congressman from Alabama, scored John Sharp Williams and other prominent men in the democratic party in an interview here because of what he termed their unwarranted and unpatriotic, action in defeating the appropriation for four battleships. He said in part: "We have given up hope of getting four battleships this year. We made a hard fight, but lost, and have to be contented with two ships. Next year, however, the fight will be renewed and we will win. There was strong opposition from the element that is antagonistic to the president, which I think wa radically wrong. It was mainly on account of the inertia in congress that we failed; congress could not. realize the need of four ships, but the people of the state of Washington did and its three representatives voted for the bill. "There is grave danger that the Pacific coast will some day need a fleet that can be there all the time, and not
If the city be shifting from the Atlantic to the and going Pacific and back again, leaving one
coast unprotected most of the time. It is not right to give the Japanese a temptation such as an unprotected coast. War with Japan is as sure as day. America is far more defenseless than China. With an inferior force in the Pacific ocean, we give Japan a btanding invitation to seize the Philippines and Hawaii. raid the Pacific coast and ultimately to invade the en-
Washington, D. C. May 0. Democrats who are taking a leading part in the movement to secure the nomination of Judge Gray of Delaware, or Gov. Johnson of Minnesota, by the national convention to be held in Denver in July claim to be greatly encouraged over the outlook for the defeat of Bryan. Apparently the Gray and Johnson boomers are much in earnest. The advocates of Judge Gray are not. daunted by the declaration of their man in a newspaper interview in Pittsburg that he is not. a candidate. They say the statement has been made by Judge Gray several times and is not to be taken literally, but that he would accept if nominated and his friends intend to keep up the fight. Most, of the work of the Gray, Bryan and Johnson forces will be done in the south from now on to convention time. The Gray people profess to be well satisfied with results in the east and other parts of the country. They assert that New Jersey would have instructed for Gray but the policy of the Gray leaders was against such action. They claim also that sentiment for Gray was pronounced in the Connecticut convention and that the sentiment of the New York democracy is decidedly friendly to Gray.
Representative and Mrs. John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania are becoming two prominent social figures in Washington. Whether the representative and hia wife have aspirations to outdo the fashionable entertainers in con
gress is something which has never been voiced, but they have more than kept their end up timing the season just drawing to a close. In private life Mr. Dalzell is a corporation lawyer. He has the greatest head for figures it is quite impossible to find adequate adjectives to describe Mr. Dalzell in this direction. At a banquet in Pittsburg, where they are continually waging war for a ninefoot stage in the Ohio River. Mr. Dalzell delivered a speech. He quoted figures for an hour. At times he was up in billions; at other times he was down in the thousands. He held his audience enthralled in a maze of arithmetical calculations which convinced them because they could not. com
prehend enough of it to gainsay him. When he had finished the burst of applause which followed was long and deafening. Guests cheered and stood upon their feet to wave their napkins. Representative Landis was the next speaker. He arose and stood for a moment looking down into his glass of mineral water, for the dinner was dry. Finally he looked around at the expectant faces and said: "If you Pittsburgers can get this enthusiastic on water, I should like to know what you would do on champagne."
learning that prevails," he added, explanatorily. "To your business heads you pay large salaries, $50,000 a year. To your professors, you pay $2,000. or perhaps $1,000. It is because you have no knowledge, no thinkers that you have among you thousands of false teachers." He modestly advised the United States to treat her foreign element as guests, not as citizens. "It is not this country's destiny to assimilate all the nations of the world." he said. "You should strive to keep pure the blood of the founders of America. It is the blood of 'Washington and Lincoln that is the true strain of America. Would you have it become a mongrel? And this from an advocate of democracy. As to the faults of this country, he said: "What America needs is a thrashing. You are all too proud, too full of conceit. You worship the material, you scorn the things that are higher than the material. Business is everything; learning is nothing. Why, even China of its kind, has a higher type of civilization than you have."
IS AMERICA REALLY VERY ILLITERATE?
Russia Claims So and Says Learning Is Disregarded Here.
SALARIES ARE COMPARED.
THE COLLEGE PROFESSOR GETS A PITTANCE WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SALARIES GIVEN HEADS OF BUSINESS FIRMS.
Chicago, 111.. May 9. "America is illiterate.'" quote W. Ijutosiawski, professor of sociology and logic in the University of Cracow. Russian Poland, when he reached Chicago on his year's leave of absence to study conditions in the United States. "In my stay in this country I have been most
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WILL NAME THE CHAIRMAN
Eyes of Politicians Are Now Centered on National Committeeman.
BEVERIDGE IN RUNNING.
STORY HAS IT, THAT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS WRITTEN NEW SPEAKING A KIND WORD FOR INDIANA SENIOR SENATOR.
Washington. D. C. May f. The eyes of the politicians are now on Harry S. New, chairman of the republican national committee. There are republican leaders in Washington who would give a great deal to know whom Captain New favors for temporary
The Man Who Retreats Before His Defeat
By Herbert Kaufman Advertising ISN'T magic. There is no element of the black art about it. In its best and highest form it is PLAIN talk, SANE talk SELLING talk. It's results are in proportion to the merit of the subject advertised and the ABILITY with which the advertising is done. There are two great enemies to advertising profit, and both of them are caused by ignorance of the REAL functions and workings of publicity. The one is to advertise PROMISES which will not be FULFILLED, because all that advertising can do when it ACCOMPLISHES MOST, is to influence the reader of your copy to INVESTIGATE your claims. IF YOU PROMISE THE EARTH AND DELIVER THE MOON, ADVERTISING WILL NOT PAY YOU. If you draw men and women to your store on PRETENSE and fail to MAKE GOOD, advertising will have HARMED you because it has only drawn attention to the fact that you are to be AVOIDED. It is as UNJUST to charge advertising with FAILURE under these conditions as it would be for your NEIGHBOR to rob a bank and find yourself indicted for HIS misdeed. In brief. ADVERTISED dishonesty is EVEN MORE PROFITLESS than UNEXPLOITED deception. The other great error in advertising is to expect more OUT of advertising than there is IN it. ADVERTISING IS SEED WHICH A MERCHANT PLANTS IN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE COMMUNITY. He must allow time for it to GROW. Every successful advertiser has to be PATIENT. The time that it takes to arrive at results rests entirely with the ability and determination you display in the effort. But you cannot turn back when you have traveled half way and declare that the PATH is wrong. You can't advertise for a WEEK and because your store isn't crowded, say it hasn't PAID you. It takes a certain period to attract the attention of readers. Everybody doesn't see what you print the FIRST time it appears. More will notice your copy the SECOND DAY, A GREAT MANY MORE at the end of a month. You cannot expect to win the confidence of the community to the same degree that other men have obtained it without taking pretty much the same length of time that THEY did. But you CAN cut short the period between your introduction to your reader and his introduction to your COUNTERS by spending MORE effort in preparing your COPY and displaying a greater amount of convincingness. You musn't act like the little girl who planted a garden and came out the NEXT DAY expecting to find it in FULL BLOOM. Her father had to explain to her that plants require ROOTS and that, although she could not SEE what was going on. THE SEEDS WERE DOING THEIR MOST IMPORTANT WORK JUST BEFORE THE FLOWERS SHOWED ABOVE GROUND. So ADVERTISING IS doing its most IMPORTANT work before the big results eventuate, and to abandon the money which has been invested just before results arrive is not only foolish but childish. IT WOULD BE JUST AS LOGICAL FOR A FARMER TO ABANDON HIS FIELDS BECAUSE HE COULD NOT HARVEST HIS CORN A WEEK AFTER HE PLANTED IT. Advertising does not require FAITH merely COMMON SENSE. If it is begun in doubt and deserted before normal results can be REASONABLY looked for, the fault does not lie with the newspaper or with publicity it rests entirely upon the head of the coward who RETREATED BEFORE HE WAS DEFEATED. ICopvrieht, 1308.)
ary chairman seems to lie between Senator Beve ridge and Senator Dolliver. Secretary Taft's followers, as a rule, do not favor Senator Beveridge. The senators who play political politics are generally lined tip in favor of Senator Dolliver. Their preference is Dolliver for temporary chairman and Senator Ixdge for permanent chairman. A word from Chairman New on the subject would be received with intense interest.
Couldn't Fill the Overcoat
BATTLESHIPS ARE VERY COSTLY THINGS
Both Connecticut and Louisiana Cost Over Six Millions.
Two years ago James E. Watson, re
publican nominee for governor, made a
Washington. May !. A detailed statement showing the relative total cost of inspection and construction of the battleship Connecticut, built at the New York yard, and the bank-ship
I Louisiana, built by the Newport News I Shipbuilding and Drydock Company I submitted to Congress shows that the
Connecticut cost f .:;s7.L'.0.f5. and the Louisiana cost $6, 07.647. '.
. . ' ,, J , speech m the interests of law and orconvention. It is pretty well conced-j ' . ,. ... , ., ... ' , i der at SheibyviHe. where the republie r 1 that no wi I am man f nr hi i
.. . , leans, with Burton f-wain. the present 1 hign honor. 1 1 ,, , , mayor, at the head of their ticket, were Regarding the manner of selecting ,. ... .. . I
the temporary chairman hlmer Dover, j . . , , . . . , " . . The two men lack much of being the secretary of the national committee, I . . , . ' ;. , 1 same size. Watson being the larger of, said today; I .
tne two. 1 ne two men met at me op- m c o r-YneriPriPP nt iPrman
-w v v w f w V I I W W W V f 111 t I
SLEEPS FOUR YEARS
"There is a mistaken impression j
tnat the national committee names the temporary chairman and keynote orator. Another mistaken idea is that this very important convention functionary is selected by the sub-committee that has charge of the convention arrangements. It is Up To New.
era house before the meeting, shook !
i hands and removed their overcoats. : ' placing them side by side on a chest j in the wings of the stage. ! ! After the speaking both donned their ; j overcoats and left the hall. Watson, i j with others, hurrying to the interur- . ban station to catch a car for Rush- ! vilie. All the way to the station he
Who Cannot Be Awakened.
D'ep needle pricks produce not th slightest effect upon him; deafening noises made close to his ears fail tj arouse him, and a dazzling light turned on his eyes is lik-wisf ineffert. ual. He is feci regularly and food placed in his mouth he chews slowly and swallow instinctively. "During the whole forty-six months Arnheim lias n ver onc opened his eyej. has never spoken a syllable, and i)r-vT betrayed th- least sign of conSi'ioilMl'.'Ss."
HAS MANY BAD DREAMS.
"As a matter of fact and of nrac
tice the temporary chairman -will be complained that his overcoat seemed
named by Harry S. New, the national
chairman. I am secretary of the convention sub-committee on arrangements and I think I can say in entire good taste that the sub-committee, following precedent, will accept the
recommendation of Captain New
tighter than usual. Yet. when he dived
into his pockets he found, apparently, his gloves and handkerchief. A car stopped in front of the t-tat!on and Watson went to toard it. As he did so he heard a commotion up the I street. A man came running toward
: Berlin, May f. Tho specialists who i are watching fhe case of Franz Arn1 heim. who has been asleep since June : 10, 19i.4. believe he is troubled with dreams, bad dreams at that, for his ; forehead is wrinkled and his face has j a pinched, worried look, j Arnheim was a government employe j and was injured by a fall in hich he ; struck the back of his head against a tone. Ten day iater he fell asleep. Professor Kulenburg , who has j watched the cae closely, says: "If I Arnheim suffers it is mentally. I think he is troubled with bad dream3.
propriety of designating Senator Bev-; changing coats, with Watson. "I might ! He rests eouallv well on Lis tide or
eridge as the temporary chairman and run for mayor of Shelbyville, but I'm . back, or sitting up. The limbs can
he shouted, "wait a mo-
It is known "that a good many let- the station.
ters nave sone from Washington to! "HI there,"
Chairman New on this subject. If a rnent." story current here is correct Captain Under the light of the street lamp New is at this moment in possession Watson saw it was Swain. Swain was of a letter from President Roosevelt ; pulling off his overcoat. In which the president suggests the ; "Here,"" he shouted, hurriedly ex-
Keynote spokesman of the party. j aarr.ed if I can fill M jtrtwu ikftoDteafc tot lamaaf- -GiisrcdaV-
a congressman e be moved freely.
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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE. " r Calcutta. May 9. After preparations extending over several years, the Indian Institute of Science j about to come intci existence. Ixrd Minto, the viceroy lias apjKiinted a provisional committee to conduct it affairs uDtil the endowments can be vested in the proper authorities. The const ruction of the buildings i.-? to begin at once. It will encourage the purffiilt of f-ci-ence anions young Indians. Trxxth and Quality appeal to the Well-Informed in every walk of life and arc essential to permanent suceeM and creditable standing. Accordingly, it is not claimed that yrup of Fig an 1 Elixir of .Senna is the only rrnedy of known valu4, but one of many reasons hy it id the best of personal and family laxatives ii the fct thjt it cleanse, sweetens and relieves the internal organ on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase, the qntity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component part are known to and approved by physicians, as it is free from all objectionable substances. To jrt its beneficial effects always purchase the genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, aad for sale by all leading drug-