Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 34, 12 December 1908 — Page 8

THE PICHMOND PALLAD1 LJ Ai AM at 1 lLtuU kiAM, SATU1CUA1, JJi.Uli3ilwi i, lC. NEWS DEMANDS Prepares Agricultural School Bill T LIMELIGHT Cocaine Dreamer Makes Pinch 9 9 Takes Into Custody Badly Frightened Negro Lad Who Is Afterward Released By Unfortunate Young Man. Measure Is Now Being Prepared By Lewis Bowman aud Will I FOR PULLMAN CO. ISSUE DESIRED Get Support of all County Trustees it Is Declared.

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Congress Should Investigate Panama Canal Deal, Says Indianapolis Paper.

REPLIES TO CROMWELL. "WAS THIS GOVERNMENT THE VICTIM OF A HOLD-UP?" IS THE VITAL QUESTION INVOLVES MANY THINGS. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 12. Replying to William Nelson Cromwell's e planation of the Panama Canal deal, the Indianapolis News, whose owner, Delavan Smith, was added to the An anias Club by President Roosevelt, Roosevelt, sajs: "It seems to us that a congressional Investigation into the Panama Canal negotiations is necessary. The state ment of Mr. Cromwell, which is given to the public, makes it more necessary than it was before. "VVe believe that a properly chosen committee acting under It would get at all the fact. We are glad to believe that Mr. Cromwell is right when he says that no man in public life, either in or out of congress ever had any pecuniary interest in the canal, and that neither Mr. Robinson nor Charles P. Taft had the remotest connection with the enterprise. But thereal question is whether or not this government was the victim of a holdup at the hands of any American citizens who may have been interested in the new Panama canal company. "Many other thlngsare involved, but after all that is the question that must beanswered." Miss Fenimore Should Win High Place in State Oratorical. CONTEST FEBRUARY 12TH. At the state Intercollegiate oratorical contest, Friday evening, February 12, Earlham will be ably represented by Miss J a net t Fenimore. Entered in this contest will be the best orators of Butler, DePaiuw, Franklin, Notre Dame, Wabash and Hanover. ' Last year the contest was won by the Earlham representative, W. R. Miles, one of the best orators in the history of the college. Since these contests have been held, Earlham has made an enviable reputation, winning four first places and four second places. A large Earlham delegation has always attended these contests and it is planned to send to the next contest the largest delegation in the school's history. Miss Fenimore, on whom the Quakers place their hopes of victory, confidently and enthusiastically, is a graduate of the Anderson High school of the class of 1905. She has been working untiringly with her oration and should Earlham not win first place at the contest it will not be through her neglect. LOCAL POST GIVES TO ORPHANS' HOME Annual Custom to Make Xmas Offering. At the meeting of Sol Meredith Post O. A. R. this week, $5 was con tributed as a Christmas donation to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home at Knlgbtstown. It has been the custom of the post to contribute something to the Home annually for a number of years. RED MEN FEAST. Dance Fellows Special Occasion at Hagerstown. Hagerstown, Ind., Dec. 12. Nearly two hundred people attended the Red Men's feast Friday evening. A bountiful supper was served from eight un til ten,, after which dancing was in dulged in until an early hour iu the morning. The I. U. R. M. band entertained the company early in the evening. Sever al members and their families from Greensfork were present. CITY IN BRIEF Roast Pig at William Torbeck's, 21 N. 8th, tonight. Electric Lamps, Nicholson's Leather Goods in great va riety at Nicholson s. Pictures framed for Christmas until the 17th Inst, at Nicholson's. Roast Pig at William Torbeck's, 21 N. 8th, tonight. Framina Pictures a special ty at Nicholson's, 729 Main. Judith: Million use Gold Medal Flour.

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The rough draft of a bill, which it is proposed to introduce into the next legislature In the attempt to secure the establishment of an agricultural school in" Wayne county, has been prepared by Lewis Bowman, trustee of Jefferson township. The bill will have the support of both the retiring and incoming trustees in this county and will be lobbied for by them at Indianapolis.

CERTAIN TO CARRY E Anti-Saloon Doom of Leaders See the Saloons Here They Now Claim. MOVEMENT OVER STATE. EXPECTED THAT 379 SALOONS WILL BE FORCED TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS BY SPECIAL COUNTY OPTION ELECTIONS. Indianapolis, Dec. 12. that it as the plan of the liauor interests in In diana to fight county local option elec tions by means of the injunction has developed in the counties where the new law is to have its first tests. In Whitley county the liquor men have secured a temporary restraining order against the commissioners preventing them from calling a local option elec tion before February 4, when the final hearing for permanent injunction will come up. According to E. S. Shumaker, super intendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon league, county local option elections have been called In Lawrence and Wabash counties for December 29 and in Pike county for Dec. 31. The Anti-Saloon league is counting on putting out of business within the next month 379 saloons in the counties where election agitation has been started. The' number of saloons in each of these counties as given out by Superintendent Shumaker, is as follows: Delaware, 107; Fayette, 29; Gibson, 23; Hamilton, 22; Hendricks, 3; Jay, 15; Lawrence, 14; Marshall, 11; Mar tin, 11; Ohio, 4; Pike, 1; Porter, 7; Putnam, 10; Randolph, 4; Switzer land, 4; Wabash, 20; Wayne,. 57; Whitley 11 and Huntington, 26. Petitions for county local option elections are being circulated, according to Mr. Shumaker, in Hendricks, Marshall, Huntington, Wayne, Porter, and Switzerland counties and movements looking toward option elections have been inaugurated in Putnam, Randolph, Jay, Whitley and Hamilton counties. There is also some agita tion in Fayette, Marshall, Delaware and Ohio counties. January, Mr. Shu-j maker says, will see a large number of local option elections. Trick is Alleged. The Anti-Saloon league," said Charles C. Pettijohn, secretary of the Liberal league of Indiana, "is organizing to carry counties that are already practically dry. Out of the ninety-two counties In Indiana, we be lieve there are at least seventy-five that cannot be made absolutely dry. The Anti-Saloon league Is practi cally certain of carrying counties where local option elections are being called now, for the reason that there are not enough liberal business inter ests involved to put up a stiff fight." Fighting Floating Islands. There Is a clear waterway between Cairo and Uganda, the equatorial lake counu-y of Africa. At times, however, the entire stream becomes blocked with masses of "sudd." great masses of papyrus and other floating vegetation, says Dr. Milne, British medical officer of the upper Nile district, in Harper's Weekly. To undo these blocks the men jump down into the grass with the ship's anchor and fix it firmly in the roots, the order "Full speed astern" is given, and the steamer backs out. After a varying number of Jerks the Island is forcibly torn away and goes floating down the stream. Now the Nile Is open from lake to sea, and a constant patrol of steamships prevents the "sudd" from Impeding navigation. Pollt: Gold Medal Flour makes bakinir easy. Thiresa.. Impure Water H. E. Barnard, Secretary of Travelers on T. H. I. & E., Indianapolis, Dec. 12. Need of improvement in the quality of water furnished on interurban trains is declared by State Food and Druff Commissioner II. E. Barnard in a report made public yesterday after an examination of the water furnished by the interurban lines running into Indianapolis. Complaints as to the character of water had been made frequently to the state board of health and an investlgation was started. In order to make the work thorough the cars were vis-175-180 Ft.

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shall act as a board of directors. The county superintendent will be president j ex-offieio and the other officers are to be vice-president, secretary and treasurer. The officers will constitute the board of control. The amount of taxation for the support of the school shall not exceed 5 cents on each $100 worth or taxame property, rroius from the farm will go into the permanent improvement fund. SECOND SUPPLY IS EXHAUSTED Doubt Expressed as to Whether Richmond Will Get More Red Cross Stamps. THE DEMAND IS HEAVY. BEING GREATER THAN EXPECTED, NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON CANNOT GET ENOUGH MADE. The Aftermath, Athenaea and Domestic Science clubs of .this city, which have been actively identified locally with the Red Cross Christmas stamp movement, have completely exhausted their second supply of stamps and it is doubtful if any more of the stamps will be placed on sale here Up to the present time four thousand i stamps have been sold in this city 1 and there has been a demand for five times this number. The first consignment of stamps sent here numbered fifteen hundred. These were promptly disposed of and an order was sent into the Red Cross headquarters at Indianapolis for 15,000 more and after a delay of several days 2.500 were sent here. These were j placed on sale at six public places two dayvs ago and today the supply is exhausted. Mrs. N. C. Heironimus, president of the Aftermath society and at the head of the local movement, has sent in an order for more stamps but she doubts if any more will be obtained. She states that at the Indianapolis headquarters announcement has been made that there is such a heavy demand for the stamps all over the United States that the Washington headquarters of the society has found it impossible to secure enough of the little stickers. However, Mrs. Heironimus has been assured that if any more stamps are secured by the Indianapolis headquarters, Richmond will get its share of the number. Christmas packages are already being dropped in the local postofflce and the office employes state that nearly all of these packages bear the Re d Cross stamps, which are being sold to raise a fund to fight the great white plague consumption. Congressmen Would Redistrict State So They May Keep Their Seats. THEIR FEARS DISCLOSED. Washington, Dec. 12. It has developed here that an effort will be made at the coming session of the legislature to redistrict Indiana for congressional purposes. A congressional reapportionment is earnestly sought by a number of the democratic congressmenelect, who were wept into power by the democratic landslide this year. They fear that unless the legislature gives them reinforcements by changing the boundaries of their districts and including Democratic territory, they will be wiped off of the political board in 1910. Several of the democratic members-! elect are in Washington and at informal conferences with the democratic congressmen from Indiana the question of a congressional apportionment has been discussed in all its phases. on Interurbans the State Board of Health Shows Westward, Drank Bad Water. ited daily for a period of one month and the water tanks inspected. Samples of water were taken for analysis. The water furnished by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern on the line running between Indianapolis and Martinsville was found excellent,, the report stating the tanks were in good condition and the water of good Quality. On tbA line running between Indianapolis and Richmond water was found of poor quality at the beginning of the test, but as there were repeated examinations it improved. BUY YOUR

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Commission Said To Contemplate Inquiry. GENERAL PROBE IS HINTED COMPLETE INVESTIGATION DISCLOSE METHODS OF CORPORATION WHICH TROLS SLEEPING CARS. MAY THE CONChicago, 111., Dec. 12. Important evidence bearing on the operations and earnings of the Pullman company is expected to be made public on Monday when the interstate commerce commission begins its long postponed investi gation. This will be in connection with complaints which have been filed I with the commission charging that the . company is demanding excessive rates for berths on its cars. Commissioner Franklin K. Lane will arrive in Chicago on Monday to take evidence in three cases against the company, which are on the commission's docket. One of them is the famous Loftus case, Involving the question of the comparative merits of upper and lower berths, which has been several times postponed. Officials of the Pullman company say they have no knowledge of any other cases against them - than the Loftus action, which was originally started in St. Paul, but was adjourned to Chicago to permit of an inspection of. the ccAnpany's books and records. The adjourned hearing was set for Oct. 14, but was postponed indeflniteiy at the request of the complainant's attorneys until after election. Sweeping Inquiry Is Hinted. It has been persistently rumored from Washington that the interstate commerce commission intended to institute at an early date a complete investigation of the operations of the Pullman company in connection with Its taking of evidence in the Loftus case which only concerns Individual rates. Also that this investigation would be a sweeping one, going into details of the company's vast earnings and dividend payments with the object of ascertaining whether the present scale of charges for berths is unreasonably high. That such an inquiry is Imminent is not, however, admitted by the Pullman officials. The case started in St. Paul was on complaint of George S. Loftus of that city, that the rates charged for sleeping car berths between St. Paul and Chicago and St. Paul and Seattle, and other northwestern cities to which he was accustomed to travel, were excessive and unreasonable and ought to be reduced by half. Particular attention was attracted to the case at the time by his contention that the rate for an upper berth from St. Paul to Chicago ought not to be more than half that for a lower berth, instead of being $U in both instances. Fight Expected on New Rates. The advance in freight rates included in the new transcontinental tariffs which were filed with the interstate commerce commission about two weeks ago and which take effect under the required thirty days' notice on Jan. 1, are likely to provoke a storm among the shippers. This may result in an attempt to prevent the roads from charging the new rates by injunction proceedings. IS OFFERED PLACE Cortelyou May Become Head Of Union Trust Company . Of New York. HE IS INVITED TO ACCEPT New York, Dec. 12. Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou has been invited to become president of the Union Trust company, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Ed ward King. Mr. Cortelyou has taken j the offer under consideration, but has i given the trustees no other indication I tha he 13 inclined to accept. One of j them today thought their negotiations with the secretary rather pointed to the opposite termination, but expressed a wish that the offer might meet the secretary's approval. The office is one of the most digni-

fied and important in local financial She is suffering from a stroke of pacircles, for the Union Trust is one of j ralysis. Mrs. Townsend is well known the oldest and most conservative trust ! in this city and throughout New Gar-

companies in the city. It ranks fourth in resources, being surpassed in this latter respect only by the Central Trust, the Farmers Loan and Trust and the United States Trust.. It was organized in 1S64, has, a capital of $1,000,000 and surplus and undivided profits of $8,180,000, and, according to the last report of the state banking department, has $53,387,000 , deposits and $36,700,000 loans.V It pays dividends at an ahnuaj rate-of 50 per cent. w - - JC or? ol ?or Indfeestion. , . Relieves sour stomach, palpitation of the heart. Digests what you eat. XKIAS TREES

Recently ?.n odd incident occurred on ' ged for mercy from the dope fiend. F1Main street, which, with its comic fea- &ally the young man asked him where tures, has a touch of pathos. he was emPloyed; He to1? him- Dd

A young negro employed at the City Bowling alleys, as a pin boy, was standing in front of one of the leading dry goods stores, gazing into a show window. As he greedily eyed the display, a well known young man, a member of a prominent family, who is, it is said, addicted to the cocaine habit, came along, tapped the colored boy on the shoulder, and told him he was under arrest. "What for? I never done nothing," quavered the lad, his knees shaking. "Never mind, you come along with me," replied the "officer. Loud and long the colored boy begCARNIVAL SUCCESS nig n OUIUUI dlUUemS bleared More Than $170 on Event. MANY PEOPLE ATTEND. The high school festival given last evening by the students of the school was a great event in the school life. Notwithstanding the numerous other attractions in the city, between SCO and 1,000 people attended the carnival. From every standpoint the event was

a success. It is very probable that reached regarding the tariff on Philipwhen a full report is made it will be vine SUerar and tobacco as a result of

found that tne school fund has grown to over $200, as last night ?lTO was secured. All the 6hows charged from one to three cents admission with the exception of the "Manager's Troubles," admission to which was ten cents. Probably the feature of the evening was the "Manager's Troubles." Stonehill Keats took the role of manager, while Ray Rodgers took three parts with exceptional success, and received much praise. He portrayed the parts of a bowery tough, a sissy boy, and a broken down tragedian in excellent style. The play was given three times. The German band was also a success. "The "midget" and the "lean man" proved to be large drawing cards. The "Cave of the Winds," which was fitted up in the cold air draft of the furnace in the basement, was also well patronized. The fortune teller "Zaza," was perhaps the busiest of all. For one cent the beautiful Queen "Zaza" told fortunes until her voice finally became inaudible. The city court was also well patronized. Castle Hobson acted as judge of the court and I any one making too much noise or not I making enough were taken before the judge and given a small fine. This money will be used to repay a loan made to the school at the first of the season to pay for the football outfit. When this is paid, the fund will still be about $100, the largest In the history of the school. THENINTH TIME Mrs. Wright Head of Cemetery Association. Centerville, Ind., Dec. 12. The Centerville Woman's Cemetery association met on Friday afternoon in the rooms of the Civic club. The reports show that this has been the most prosperous year for the association since its organization, there being a balance of over $300 in the treasury. The annual election of officers was held and the board of this year was re-elected to serve for the ensuing year. Mrs. Minnie Wright was elected president for the ninth consecutive term. The officers ' are as follows : President Mrs. Minnie M. Wright. Vice President Mrs. Bethany Lashley. Recording Secretary Mrs. Edna Pike. Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Lizzie Hatfield. Treasurer Mrs. Emma Beitzell. , CRITICALLY ILL. Mrs. Lynn Townsend, mother of Bert Townsend, of this city, is critii cally ill at her home at Fountain City. den township. MILTON DEFEATED. Milton, Ind., Dec, . 12. The MiltonWilliamsburg game of basket ball Thursday night resulted in a victory for the latter team by a score of 58 to 8. Thtodobia: Gold Medal Flour makes lightest bread. Sum. tui eoBs:t- r on. read crM!r. 1? well's Syrup Pepsin W cotiti.ety fcuari o core indigestion, coasttpatlon. ak k be offensive breath, malaria ana all mu.

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bowling alleys. Shoving the boy in

the door the young man gravely enquired of George Hites. "does this boy work here? He was told he did. "Is he alright?" asked the dreamer. "Sure he is," replied the astonished Hites. Giving the trembling lad a shove, the dopester grumbled out something about "letting him go this time," and then walked out the aoor. "Gee, I dunno what dat detective man wanted me fer," gasped the badly frightened colored lad. Hites then "got wise." and -with a laugh, told the pin boy he bad been the victim of a cocaine dreamer. REVISION OF TARIFF House Will Take Proper Action Along This Line, But the Senate May Not. TAFT MAY VETO THE BILL. Washington, D. C, Dec 12. The tariff hearings before the ways aud means committee will be continued throughout the short session of congress, and President Elect Taft will have further conferences with the committee. A compromise has been i tne conference between Mr. Taft and ! the majority members of the com mittee. That the house of representatives will pass a bill which will thoroughly revise the present schedules is generally admitted. Senate to Oppose Taft? With President Elect Taft and the house in favor of a tariff law which will meet present conditions and materialy revise present duties, mainly downward, the discussion of the tariff situation centers in the possible ac tion of the senate. While some claim the upper house will not attempt to make any radical changes in the bill which the house will pass, provided that measure does not include many reductions, others express the opinion that certain interests in the senate will desire to amend the bill to such

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Waterways Congress Passes Bond Resolution at the Closing Session.

PRESENTED, TO LAWMAKERS VICE-PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS IMPRESSED BY THE PROPOSITION BUT CANNON DOES NOT COMMIT HIMSELF. Washington, D. C, Dec. 12: With enthusiasm teldoni witnessed in a similar organization the National Itivers and Harbors congress, at Its concluding session here Friday, by a unanlmou vote, placed itself on record In favor of the issuance of government bonds for the improvement of the great waterway projcctaof the coun try. By resolution, which ws one of a series, adopted, the congress declared for an authorized issue by congress at its present session of ?,"iOO.OOO,000 worth of bonds, the proceeds to be t'sed in the payment exclusively for such river and harbor work as may be authorized by congress, provision for the issue to be similar to the Panama Canal bonds. Later in the day . a committee presented to Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon the bond resolution. Mr. Fairbanks expressed a favorable opinion of the proposition, but Mr, Cannon merely assured the committee that the resolution would be referred to the proper committee for consideration. an extent that Mr. Taft would be likely to veto It. This latter possibility. It Is believed by some, may have the effect of getting through the senate the bill which the house accepts. It is considered likely that the extra session of congress will last late into the summer. MARRIED FRIDAY, Hagerstown Boy Weds Losantvilfe Miss. Hagerstown, Ind.. Dec. 12. Earl Daugherty and Miss Flossie Snodgrass of Losantville, Ind., were united in marriage Friday. The young couple will reside in a part of Mrs. Knode's property on W. Main street. Hackman, Klehfoth a Co Urea, KINDS OF 2 Automatic Pbones 1198-1190

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