Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 97, 13 February 1909 — Page 8

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AS U SU J LEGKAJl, 8ATUHDA1', FEUKUARV ltf, UMW. AMERICA PRAISED Bf TAKAIIII1A IT Is a Historic Landmark JOHIISOI! Ill ARMS FOB. THE DEFEAT Af7oi Pa7e Vowrf 0 Ae Oi Church, Now a Handsome Edifice But Formerly a Rude Log Cabin.

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Japanese Envoy at, Peoria Celebration Says Friendship Not Injured by the Western Jingoes. COLDEN RULE LAUDED BY, THE AMBASSADOR Gallant Jap RiSeS From a . SlCK Bed at the Request 01 President to Deliver Good Will Message. eoria. III., Feb. 13. Baron Takahira, Japanese ambassador to the United j States yesterday in this city gave Japan's tribute of praise to the menv ? ory of Lincoln and brought a pledge of j friendship which his nation bears to ward America. He was speaking at the banquet of the Creve Coeur club The ambassador had arisen from a sick bed to deliver his speech. He had come from Washington as the result of the personal appeal of President Roosevelt. At the time the ambas sador became ill a week or so ago, Pe oria renewed its messages, asking him to come for the Lincoln celebration. These messages were taken by Congressman Graff to the White House, and. President Roosevelt himself turn ed them over to Baron Takahira with his own plea that the - ambassador should accept. The president's purpose in urging the acceptance of the invitation was to demonstrate to the people of the middle west that Japan has not abated its friendship with America because of the attacks of the rabid anti-Japanese shouters of the far west. The president feared that if the ambassador al lowed his illness to keep him in Washington it might be misunderstood as the protest of official Japan to the Jingoes of California and other westera states. Japan Owes America Debt. The mesage brought by the ambas sador was a full denial of these fears. This, he said had solved all of Am erican diplomacy, which he said waa pest represented in Lincoln. He reviewed the progress of Japan, first opened to the world by America, and declared his nation always would be a debtor to America. American diplomacy, be said, was best represented by the saying of John Hay that the "briefest expression of our rule of conduct is perhaps the Monroe doctrine and the golden rule. This, he said, has solved aul of Am erica's problems in the past and will solve all In the future if carried out. Referring directly to the cloud on the friendship of America and Japan, the ambassador said it would disappear with the application of the "gold en rule" diplomacy, answered in kind by. Japan. Already Japan has restrictd the Immigration of the coolie class, and that the number of Japanese in America Js decreasing. All other problems will disappear in the same manner without motion 11 Dotn na tions stand by their accepted policy. Envoy's Tribute to Lincoln. In paying tribute to Lincoln's mem ory Baron Takahira said there was no need for him to speak of the life of the martyred president. "If, however," he added, "I should be required to say what has Impressed me most strongly la his life and character, I would mention the nobleness of his heart and the generosity of his mind, which leave no trace of personal motives in his man-

agement of public affairs, but abound I it. They say such a bill is undemoin every proof of the sincerity of de- cratlc because it aims to put the peo-

lre for the benefit of his country and fellow beings. These are fully illustratlve of the life and character of J 1. 1 V... 11 9l mis Bu&ieKLutiUt luetiiiicu uj aii uiru u&i "Another feature of his life was his wha f fnroi fraP nt v-.-o v-O- " I this country I is trim X(r T Inmln had a great, able man for his secretary of state tn the person of William H. Beward. but if his biography is to be depended upon Mr. Lincoln had often to examine himself some important diplomatic documents drawn by Secretary Seward with great skill and care and to amend them in many particu lars In order to communicate to the powers Interested the exact motives and Intentions of the American government with these straightforward and forceful expressions, coupled with the sense of moderation and dignity which has made the American diplomacy so famous." . FOOD FOR A YEAR 300 Bm. 240 dtl. 100 Bm. 27 doa. 500 lis, Thb represents a fair ration for, a issa for one year. D&t tone people eat and eat and yet crow thinner. This means a dt ecthre dfestkm and unsuitable food. A one-doUar bottle of npntt'o Pmnloinn twJJll U C-l.-UIUlUII tzll ta iMcrish&3 properties ten pounds of meat. Your ggi&a csi tea you how it

Milton, ind., 'et. 13. In 1814 a

party of pioneers, including Philip Doddridge, his sons-in-law, David Jenkins and John Spahr, came to In diana and entered land, Philip buying what was termed the twelve mile purchase. One of his first acts was to set aside two acres of his land for a church and cemetery, thus virtually establishing the church in this locality.: Philip Doddridge performed the greater portion of the work on the old log cabin which served as the first house of worship. It was completed in 1816, and was called Doddridge chTl' !rIlf hewn from the primeval forest In which It was erected, gave place to a brIck building that reared its modest 1 neignt, ana in iao me present ounuIng took the place of the old one. John Doddridge, son of Philip, was active in the work of building two of these churches, and his estimable wife was no less interested and zealous. During the quarterly meetings they entertained as many as fifty guests, and their home, a commodious brick structure just south of the church, was always ready to receive ministers and visiting brethren. David J. Doddridge, the only sur viving member of this once large family, is still living in the old homestead, which descended from father to TOMLINSQN BILL WENT TO SENATE IN GREAT HASTE (Continued From Page One.) sion would have power to grant any such company the right to raise its rates to any point. Commission's Power. Under this Garrard bill if a com pany had a franchise that it aid not like it could go to the commission and surrender the franchise without even the consent of the city and receive from the commission an indetermin ate permit to go ahead and do bustness and sell its gas, water, electricity or whatever It made at any price that the commission might fix. Thus, all control of public utilities would be taken away from the cities themselves I and the cities would lose whatever income It may be receiving from such corporations If a competing company wished to establish a plant in a city where one of the same kind already was in existence it would have to ask the commission and the commission could let it in or keep it out. Thus would competition be effectually strangled. Where Bill Originated. This bill was prepared by attorneys for the Indianapolis Gas company, whose franchise in this city expires within the next year and which can not get a new franchise unless it takes it under the law that requires it to sell gas at 60 cents a thousand, the same as the Citizens Gas company charges. But it is a general law and if the bill passes it will apply to the entire state, and every city and town that has a public utility company WOuld be affected by it, for the people would then be at the absolute mercy Df those corporations. Marshall Against It. Surprise has been expressed that Garrard would take hold of a bill of this kind. He is the democratic floor leader. The democratic platform did not declare for such a public utilities law and Governor Marshall does not believe that a public utilities commisBion is needed now. Garrard is put ting in a lot of his time pushing this bin and in this course he is embarrassing the democrats of the house. some of them are complaining about pie absolutely in the power of corpor ations. A red hot fight Is being made against the bill. Was Road Bill Day I Yesterday seemed to be road bill dav in the house. Among the road Will - J J J J .. it u"3 luuuuureu jeoiciuoj "ere luesc The county surveyor shall do the work now done by the county engineer. Against building a gravel road with in a mile of a county line road unless the line road is graveled. To permit farmers to build a road a half mile in length without cost to the county. ; To make the road supervisor the road superintendent and providing for the election of road superintendent In townships that have forty miles of road. To prevent the scraping of roads in the winter months. Two Towns Wage War. Yesterday was court day, also, In the house. The red hot fight between Linton j and Bloomfield took a new turn yesterday, when the bill to create a superior court at Linton and Sullivan advanced to third reading and the bill to make separate circuits of Greene and Sullivan counties for circuit court purposes was killed. The bill, for an additional superior court judge at Hammond was advanced to engrossment and the bill for a superior court at Gary was sent to third reading. A favorable report was made on a bill to make Howard, county a separate - circuit. The Linton and Gary bills are ready for passage. Will Please Farmers. The senate, yesterday, passed a road bill that will be hailed with delight by the fanners of the state. The bill changed the three-mile road law so that when titty property owners of a township petition for the building of a road not more than three, miles in length, the cost to be charged to the &tte township, it nali bet discretion-

son, and is as zealous in the work of

the church as were his father and grandfather. The church Is located in this town ship, about eight miles east of Milton, and is one of the two preaching plac es of the Milton M. E. church. It stands in a lovely spot, sheltered and shadowed by a beautiful forest on one side and on the other side lies the cemetery in which lie the early set tlers of the eastern part of Washing ton township, and where many of the stones are lichened and gray with age. The building was recently re modeled and has an acetylene plant for lighting purposes. The member ship Is about 245. The church is one of the historic landmarks of the township and its converts are scattered throughout many states. Among the ministers of the gospel as preached by MethodisJ Episcopal faith that have been sent out from Doddridge chapel are the Rev. George Nethercut, whose field of labor is near the old Tippecanoe bat tie grounds; the Rev. A. N. Marlatt, retired from the Indiana M. E. confer ence and now living at Connersville; Uie Rev. John McMuellen, whose last charge was at Lafayette; the Rev. John Doddridge, presiding elder of the Vincennes M. E. district; the Rev. Alfred Wagner, now in Port land. Oregon; the Rev. Howard Wright, who is located in Iowa. ary with the commissioners whether they grant the petition or not. And they shall not grant it if fifty proper ty owners petition against it. Under the present law when fifty property owners petition for such a road the commissioners are obliged to order it built. This three mile road law has caused more trouble and more indig nation than any other road law ever placed on the books in Indiana, and at this session there has been a wild demand for its repeal. JENKINSON SHEDS NEW LIGHT UPON THE NOMINATION (Continued From Page One.) state. He was then a resident of Ft Wayne and came to Richmond to meet the funeral train. Was Downpour of Rain. The night they joined the funeral party at Richmond it was so dark and rainy tha't to get to the station was almost impossible. They arrived in Indianapolis in the early morning and mardied in the same hard rain to the state house. There the next day they stood guard while a throng of thous ands filed slowly by the casket of the dead president. Mr. Jenkinson re members very well seeing a throng of two thousand colored people waiting in the square outside the state house to do honor to their liberator. Mr. Jenkinson saw Lincoln on the day before the Baltimore convention. With Judge Kilgore of Indiana he spent an hour talking to Lincoln. There were many delegations coming and going and Lincoln talked to the two men between visits. Mr. Jenkinson noted on that day the thorough business methods of the great presi dent. He seemed to understand at once the purpose of each delegation's visit; told them what he believed in, or wanted done in the convention and sent them on their way. No delega tion had need to linger while Lincoln made up his mind. Mr. Jenkinson also noted the fea tures of Lincoln carefully. When his features were in repose he had the sad countenance of which we hear so much. But no sooner had he begun to talk than his face became really beau tiful in its animation. At all times Lincoln had the kind liest light in his eyes which the Rich mond man has ever beheldDROP FIRST THEN Will THEUST TWO Exciting Contest Put Up by Carman Team. After losing the first game by 37 pins the Carmans defeated the Rich. monds, in the next two games easily, in the City Bowling league contest last evening. The Carmans won the second game by more than 100 pins but the third game was close and ex citing, The Carmans winning by 9 pins. The Carmans still maintain their lead in the standing. Last evening's contest was radically different from those usually pulled off on the alleys, there being no high score rolled and 'an exceptional number of small scores. The team scores made last evening were: . Carmans. .. .. .. .. ..732 848 741 Richmonds .... .. . . .769 727 732 Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derang-e the whole system when entering; it throus-h the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do la ten fold to the grood you can possibly derive from them. - Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney ft Co, Toledo. 0., contains no mercury, and Is taken internally, actingdirectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buy In Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you aret the lrenulne. It Is taken Internally and made In Toledo. Ofilo. by K. J. Cheney A Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Drug-gists. Price 75c per bottle. Take Hall s FsjaUjr FUULXereeaatl-

UTILITIES BILL

Local Board of Works Mem her Appears Before Ses sion of the Joint Corpora tions Committees. COULD CUT CITY RATES TO A RUINOUS DEGREE He States That Light, Heat & Power Company Would Be Able to Undermine the Mu nicipal Plant. Indianapolis, Feb. 13. The public utilities bill concocted by the public utilities people of , Indianapolis and introduced in the house by Garrard, of Knox county, was i.. considered at joint meeting of the house and senate committees on corporations. Other bills introduced on the subject were to have been considered, but. the "utilit ies' own" provided such fair game that nobody remembered the other bills until time to adjourn. Present to defend the measure were J. V. Zartman, secretary of the Indiana Manu facturers and Shippers' association, nominal sponsor for the bill and at torney D. P. Williams, nominal drafts man of the bill. When the attack on the measure had become earnest, bowever, neither of these had anything to say. B. B. Johnson, of Richmond, - mem ber of the executive committee of the Manufacturers and Shippers' associa tion, and member of the board of pub lie works of Richmond, appeared, so he said, to set the association right before the legislature. The bill was not a real product of the association, he said, and the executive committee had not been unanimous in its indor sement. "There was a feeling. he said, "that it came from gentlement who are in public utilities themsel ves." Not Work of a Night. Mr. Johnson explained that as a member of the board of public works of Richmond, he had charge of the municipal lighting plant. -He was a manufacturer and shipper, he said. but when he joined the association he had "no idea that we'd be engaged in this sort of business. Nothing in this bill has anything to do with man ufacturing and shipping." He believed, he said, that inasmuch as New York and Wisconsin had each had men abroad for a long period studying the subject, Indiana ought not try to do the same work in a night Taking up the bill in detail, he said there should be a provision whereby no franchise should be grant ed to a utility until the town or city in which it was to be located had granted the same. Referring to Section 6, he said:. "They told us on their holy oaths that there was nothing in the bill to abrogate any existing contracts, yet under this section they provide that every corporation that has an . unsatisfactory contract may slide under the sheltering wing of this measure, while any that is satisfied may stay out." It was like the story of the turkey and the turkey-buzzard, he said. Who is the co-contractor?" attor ney Williams asked. "The city," Johnson answered. "No, the state," said Williams. Lawyers Disagree. The lawyer members of the com mittee expressed disagreement with Williams' theory. Johnson pointed out what could happen under the bill in case of the merger of three or four kinds of utilities. The permission granted for considering "all going and intangible" values, in making rates that would be a fair return on the investment, he said, would mean that the merging companies would claim fairly a right to combined valuation of three or four times the actual value of the plant- On this they could legally charge exorbitant rates. A reasonable provision, he said, would , be . that there should be a fair valuation of the merged properties, considered In the light of the purpose for which they were used. A New York syndicate, he said, had been seeking in every legitimate and Illegitimate way to get control of the municipal plant at Richmond, but had not succeeded because the plant had been a success, and the people were for it. Under this bilL he said, the syndicate's plant could cut rates to a ruinous degree and break, down the municipal plant. Will you state, please," said Gar rard, "a provision that would prevent this?" WelI. youll never prevent it through a provision for control of maximum rates only," answered Johnson. "Actual rates should be controlled, as they are in New York and Wisconsin." Amendment for Control. He suggested an amendment, in line with thA "Wim-nnafn law wSomhs If sa utility does not come under the provisions of the act. the ) commission shall have the power after a petition from consumers and after a - public bearing, to fix rates and control the service. ARTI8T RECITAL SERIES. Hugo Meennann. tho wnrid'i mit. est living classical violinist at the Gennett Theater. Monday night, Feb. IS. Asftnlitlf $1.00. ' " lMt

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CHARLES POTTEB NAMES DEPUTIES Township Assessor Makes Ar rangements for Annual Assessment. HE HAS EXPERIENCED MEN POTTER HAS ISSUED HIS IN STRUCTIONS AND HAS OPENED OFFICE ON THIRD FLOOR OF COURT HOUSE. Arrangements have been (Mnpteted by Charles Potter, township trustee, to begin the annual work of assessing the property owners of Wayne town ship March 1, the date fixed by law. The assessors will have seventyfive days in which to complete the work. The selection of deputies has been completed and was announced today. The list of deputies includes the names of some men who have had several years experience in the work. Mr. Potter believed it advisable to retain some oft he old assessors to help instruct the new ones. Before beginning their work all the deputies will be provided with written instructions. While the work is in progress, Miss Addie Potter and Miss Jennie Meek will assist Mr. Potter in the office. The township assessor has been permitted to open an office on the third floor of the court house. He will be found there beginning Monday until the work is completed. The Plum Snatehers. The deputies selected to assist are: Frank Goodrich, Albert Bonsall, Ben jamin Duke, David A. Dennis, Abra ham Jefferis, Albert Brown, Henry Hiatt, Charles Minor, Frank Demaree, Albert R. Hutton, Thomas F. Swain, David L. Reid, John F. Davenport, Homer Rati iff. Joseph Reid. CHURCH SPECIALIST Expert in the Management of Churches Will. Speak Here Tomorrow. IS MAKING AN INSPECTION The Rev. Mr. McGarrah, a specialist in church management, under direction of the Presbyterian church, is now spending ten days in the Presbytery of Whitewater visiting local churches. He is to be in Richmond over Sunday, speaking in the First Presbyterian church in the morning and addressing the Second church in the evening. Conferences with laymen for the purpose of considering im proved methods are being arranged and will be announced in the public services, Sunday. Mr. McGarrah is said to be a very attractive as well as practical preacher, and all would do well to hear him while in our city. He goes from here to Indianapolis for ten days' work and then on to Illinois. SCARLET FEVER AT THE BAXTER SCHOOL No Danger, However, of Contagion Resulting. Scarlet fever has again broken out in the Baxter school. West Richmond, but the health and school authorities believe that no danger need be felt jiy the parents of children attending the school. A little girl by the name of Reese in Miss Trueblood's room has the disease. Her family has been quarantined and the school room thoroughly fumigated. School will open Monday as osuaL Fireman Jump Sat, lsdyf the' is on lire. Lady Impossible. The doctor toht me not to leave my bad

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Marietta, O., Feb. 13. Because he was asked to make a few slight changes in a beautiful piece of statuary typifying .the Ascension. Oscar Muridhenk, a noted Cincinnati sculptor, entered St. Mary's Catholic church and destroyed the work of art his genius and months of toil had created. Father Woesman. pastor of the church, says that Muadhenk had ressssssssssassssssss FIRE CAUSEO BY OVERHEATED STOVE Fire Department' Promptly Extinguishes the Blaze. A small fire at the residence of Charles Ward, North Twenty-first stret, resulting from an overheated stove, did little damage as the fire department did effective work. City bowling alley. 22 N. 9th 22-tf Polo, Elwood vs. Richmond, Coliseum Monday evening. 13-2t Just Deceived. Several Ccrs f $3.59 COAL "Try IV n.CliC& & Sea Ptcse IMSIP

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