Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 100, 16 February 1909 — Page 4

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1IE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND STJN-TE1VEG RAM, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1909.

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The Riciimond Palladfcin and Son-Telegram Published anfl owned' bjrT th PALLA DIUM - PRIXTINQ CO. Issued 7 days aca week, evenings and Sunday' morning.' OfficeCorner JS'orth' 3 th aad-A street. , Horns Than 1121. RICHMOND, INDIANA.

Kadolpb" G. leb Manag-lnff Editor. Chart SI. Sf0raraa Bnatneaa Manager. O. Owen Knha- Xtwi Editor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. Ia ' Richmond S5.00 per year. (In afl-vanee-or 10O per 'vreelt;" MAIZ. SUBSCRrPTIONSU One year',' Iii 'advance . .......... .5 00 8ix rrontiis, In advanco 2.60 One month, in advance ......;. .45 Oie year. In advance ........$2 02 fix nionttis, in advtance .......... 1.25 Cne month. In adreinco1. ....... . . . , .26 Address cisang-wdftas"-often, aspdeatred; toot nuw and old' addresses must be given. Subaorfbera will pleane .renin i with order, which ehouldi -fcw.Vsrlven for a pecif led term; ne.mefw 111 nrt oe entered until payment la6 received. Kntered,W'R!chinonei.InHiana,' postoff toe aa second cites mat matter. THE GARRARD BILL AND RICHMOND. "TneGarrarabill on public utilities which' is before thelegislaturex means much, to4the city KfRichmond in rela-' tiorf to themunicipal; light -jplant. The fact is thethatVtHe4blll in itspresent .form i81atgelyficoncocted bythe rep !resentativesofthe private corporations which'Weidirectly'interested-in the public utilities. The 'biirWfIt! newsstands "provides i among other'things that corporations nowopera(irigunder franchise, (limited j to 25 years) shall henceforward operate 'under an "indeterminate franchise," which by the preceding terms of the bill is a perpetual , franchise. The ' public Is given no ' strSng to the franchise ,f nor - the corporation as in the case of the Wisconsin aw. First 'joker for the private corporations against the people? Sec. 6 is designed to- allow the private1 corporations ou terminate any contract with any city4or town without granting the 'clty'anysay in ' the Tmafterl This is plainly unconstitutional and illegal under the law of contracts inasmuch as a contract is an agree-' meni between two parties each having equal rights In the matter. But this even were it legal, would be unfair to the ' cities and towns, because it would not' grant the city the same' right td terminated contract ' which Is iiotr advantageous : , ,"" . But the really important part of the Garrard 1)111 is Sec. 20,'which toncerris the' maximum and minfmum rates of the '' prices of utilities. A commission is given " the power - to fix maximum rates and shall take into consideration "the necessary cost to( the owner or operatpr of the product or the service furnished, the cost of maintenance, the amount of depreciation in value," (so far 'so good) -but including in such depreciation thereof, an amount that will be required for replacement of the de- j predated parts WITH NEW PARTS niter ordinary repairs shall be ineffective to keep the parts in a state of efficiency corresponding to' the propress' of the industry." V ' Another joker. . T6 lake an enlargement of a plant and charge" it to depreciation, at the same time ' evading a higher ' assessment for taxation, while placing the ' corporatibh In the'wayHof producing greater net profits for dividends! Not'oniy-that' but the matter of max-' linumrates does not apply to towns "where there is competition, especially with municipal ownership. What good Bs a maximum "rate to a town In which (there are no cut rates? The, maximum rate, is goodlfor towns which have no competition! to keep them from being jovercharged, butp'waai about a" town ha bwnsfa plant 'with private" competition? In that case a minimum Tate is " just as necessary as a maximum. Nor is this without Its parallel in existing legislation in this state. Take the criminal code (designed : against ' the Standard Oil company) which prevents a disastrous minimum rate when it is part of a conspiracy of rate cutting. The "point is that by an Incorporation 'of the: existing1 criminal law just mentioned it would save individual litigation along these lines to any city or taxpayer who. wanted relief agalnst-ruinous minimum rates. Thesminimum rate should be estab lished by the commission upon appli cation by suitable authorities from the t city or its citizens. Not the least dangerous contingency Vhich may arise should- the Garrard law come into being is the fact that several corporations in a town might combine and cut. prices on the one commodity which the town had a plant for. This would not only wreck the ptantrbaC enable' the' corporation nnder the first part of Sec. 26, to raise the maximum rate In cities where there Is no competition fcy affirming that their valuation was increased. They souftl base their evidence on dead wood and fictitious value of duplication. - . That this would be so, consider lines . IC to 1J: , f v , - - J "In arriving at the sum representInglthe Investment the commission Ihaft take into' consideration the value ft the physical property, all going- and kttahglbte valued and' all other in

vestments'' ac'ruany and" nedessarfly made." - An "intangible value" In other -words is hot air and 'water or other" liquid nourishment of ' corporations. ; And finally the bill provides under See. 51 that ' the ' private 1 corporation need not come under this law unless It wants to. ' ; "The provisions of this act are not intended to apply to or to effect, and shall not apply to, nor effect in any manner the rights of any. owner or operator of any - public utility - as- secured to any such owner by any charter, etc.," until the operator of any public utility shall accept the provisions of this act." Ia brief this act provides for perpetual franchises without any strings to "them; for almost 'any rates that the private companies may desire; for permission to evade taxation; to wreck municipal ownership to form ' legal conspiracies and trusts under no limitations, and, finally to give them power to use the law or not as it may- be to their convenience after having given them the right to break? franchise and contracts at their own sweet will. Some of the provisions will indeed not be constitutional before the court, but such an obvious steal is a little starting. It is greatly to the credit of Mr. B. B. Johnson of this city that entirely

from public spirit ' he should haf'afc" tacked this measure. He stands alone and unsupported in ther matter Will Richmond come to his rescue or shall this ""bill go 'through and wreck '"what we have fought for. Even the people who were not in favor of our light plant ought to be able to say, "Now that wehave the thing why shaii 'we let ourselves be robbed of it for the benefit of the corporations owned by private capital?" VALEHTIijOR CITY Fountain City Cut-up Sends One Representing Richmond as a Toper. VERY MUCH LOW COMEDY i A comic valentine depicting a toper in a rum joint was received by City Clerk Merrill yesterday. The envelope was " postmarked Fountain City. About the margin of the picture were written comments on the result of the recent local option election and the way in which Richmond supported the saloons. The Secret of Long Life. A French scientist,, has discovered one secret of long life. Histmethod deals with the blood. But long ago millions of Americans had proved Electric'' Bitters prolongs" life and makes it worth living.- It purifies, enriches and vitalizes the blood, rebuilds wasted nerve cells, imparts5 life and tone tothe ' entire system. Its a godsend to weak, sick and debilitated people, '"Kidney trouble had bjigbted my life'W months, writes W. M. Sherman, of Cushihg, Me.; ."hut Electric Bitters cured me entirely." Only 50c. at A. Q. Lukeu & Co. w , Worked Hard Tod 1 A persistent lawyer who had been trying to establish a witness ; suspicious" connection with an offending railroad was at last elated by the witness, Admission that he "had worked on the railroad," . . , "Ah!" said the. attorney, with a "satisfied smile, "You say you have worked pa the T, T. ami X ? ; "Yes..:.' r (, . f "For how, long a period r , . "Off hud on' for seven "years,5 or "since ,I've 'iyed. at,.Peacedale,pn their, line.," "Ah! lou say you were in the employ of lthe P. T; and X. for seven years off ami. on?' .. . "No.5 l!did not. say that I was employed by' the P. T. and X. J. said that I had worked on the road off aSd on for that length of time." "Do you wish to convey the impres'.siori that you have worked' for, the P. T. and 'X. for seven .years 'without reward?' asked the attorney. . , "Absolutely without reward," the witness answered calmly. "For seven years off and on I've trjed to open the Windows in the P, T. and X. qars,"and ncvei; once, have I succeeded." Youth's Companion. . Bacon Do .you.- believe Wall "street should be probed? Egbert Probed? I believe it should be baled out! Yonkers Statesman. There are so many of these di able symptoms "heartburn", belchii" of foul gases, bloating-, pain in pit of the stomach, headache, etc all meaning indigestion. . And indigestion always means, dyspepsiasooner or later il the indigest ion is not rectified. Kodol can't help but relieve indigestion. lb stops all the aggravating symptoms, at once, by fully digest tug all food, just as fast as you eat it. Kodol thus helps Nature to effect a complete cure. , Olir Guarantor Get a doUarbotvuaraniee. tie of Koooi. it S ou . are not benefited the drusnrist. wiU at onee return your moaet. Don't hesitate: any druggist wttt salt yon Kodol on these terms. The dollar bottle contains 254 times as tuuen a, tho 40o bottle. Kodol is. repare4 ia f the laboratories of . c. Ite WiU & Co., CLicao.

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nil GARRARDi BILll IS TO PASS ASSEMBLY Measure Provides Repeal - of Uniform Text Book Law And Throws Open Floodgates of Corruption. STRONG LOBBY BACKS MEASURE IN ASSEMBLY School Book Trust Agents Have" the ! Brewers' ' Lobby Backed Clear Off the Map Bill's Provisions. Palladium Bureau, Indianapolis, Feb. 16. There is grave danger that the Garrard bill to repeal tht "uniform system of school books may pass the legislature, and throw open the floodgates of graft and corruption that existed in forriier 'years when each county made Its own selection of school books. There "is ' the strongest -lobby v behind this bill that has ever been seen in this- state during a "session of the legislature. The brewers lobby is as nothing compared to it. The" school book lobby is 'made Jup of a ' score or more of the most trusted agents of the school books combine and the most able of the combine's manipulators. They are men -'who have heen-trained to do the work that they are now doirig'f'here and they know how to do anything that is 'necessary to" be done to pass the bill; They have; all the money that can be used, as the school book lobby always has. None of these men ever go about the . state house. They stay at the hotels "and the men who wish to do business with them go to the hotels to dp it. McCaslin Heads Lobby. T. A. McCaslirr of Cleveland, a lawyer, is the head of the lobby, the man who directs the fight for the school book combine, by which it hopes to rape the people's pocketbook. . He has room 732 at the Claypool hotel, and close to his room is that of Charle3 T. Brown, also of Cleveland, who is in the Cleveland city ; directory as the agent of the American School Book company. - Under the able direction of these men trie school book lobby is working.; The work'is "being done o.uietly and under cover, and.it is the most dangerous kind of Twork,- for it is ' asl a foe that strikes in the dark. ; Garrard Its Sponsor. This lobby 'proposes' .by the bill which, strange to say, has "been! introduced by Representative Garrard . of Vincennes,' the democratic floor leader, to takerbut of the hands of the state board of education the authority to select text books for the schools of the state and place that power in the hands of a commission in each county. This' county commission would consist of a county superintendehtr appointed by the! township rusteees," and two members of different political parties appointed" by ,f the county ' superintend-; enti This commission would then select and adopt the books for the schools of that county, and 'the people who have children attending , school would he obliged to pay for the books whatever price the school book companies might see fit to ask for them. Eczema Cured iri'SImple Way No More Dcsing the Stomach Cure the Skin Through I "the Skin. When' you have "a scratch" on your hand yoii was"h it out and cleanse it and then the skfncures itself. The best skin specialists ' today are agreed that the only way to cure th-i skiri is through the skin. For statistics show "that nearly all eczema sufferers are perfectly healthy in all btheV ways except as to their skin. And if the eczema patients were really suffering from an internal malady, the entire body and not only the skin would be diseased. You can prove immediately the relief of a true skin cure by using ''oil of wintergf een as compounded in' D. D. D. Prescription. This liquid kill3 the disease germs., while toning uplhe healthy part of the skin. For sale by all druggists. Duchess ' Versus Lord Chancellor., The English house of lords has never been particularly kind to "its ; fall visitors Long ago. iu the tjays, when duchesses' sold their kisses for votes, ' thehduse of lords forbade them to enter, and a battle royal ensued between the. ladles and tne peers. ' The lord chancellor had sworn thahe would not; let .them." in. ' and the Duchess of Qaeensberry; had swprn that ladles should come in. "This being, reported,' we read In' an old diary, "the peers resolved to starve them out. An' order was '.made that the doors should " not be opened ' till they had raised 'their siege.", . . . ....,' .... . These amazons ; now, shbwed themselves qualified for the duty, even of foot soldiers. They stood there " till 5 in the afternoon"" wUhoulTelther sustenance ' or rintermlsskri, every" now and then playing' volleys of thumps; kicks and raps against the door "with so much violence that the speakers In the house, were, scarcely heard,, At last, by strategy worthy qf a genera" the ladies; ali rushed in and placed themselves in. the, front row of the gallery." where they ; remained tflTan hour before midnight, applaadinjf or biasing to their heaxta coatoUET

A Dimple Maker Find a hJmW with dimples arid chubby arms and legs and you find a Wealthy chfld. Find ate with drawn face and poor, thin body arid you see one that needs" Scott's Emulsion Your doctor will tell you so. Nothing helps these thin, pale children like Seott's Emulsion. It contains the very element -of ; fat they need." It supplies Ihem with a perfect and quickly' digested nourishment, . It brings dimples and rounded limbs.

Send this advertisement, together with name of paper in which ft appears, your addness and . four : cents to cover postage, and we will send you a "Complete Handy Alias of the World.- :: SCOTT & BOWNE. 409 Pearl Street. New York Heart to Heart lalks. Y By EDWIN A. NYE. Copy.ight, 1908,-by Edwin A. Nye WHAT LOV lYti. Toor Owen Kildare of New York, f'the Bowery Kipling," as his friends call h!m,"has beeti sent to a sanitarium a nervous W'Vek Kiidare's career reads like fiction. At thirty years of age he could not read ' the simplest sentences. Eight years later he Vas h 'successful :news!pape? lrian-ahd author The immediate cause 'of -KHdare's breakdown was the failure of his play, "The Regeneration." This play was dramatized from Kildare's book, "My Mamie Rose,' which told the story" of his life and regeneration." Arnold ' Daly, the' managri made L many changes in adapting the play to the stage ' against the,' serious protests of Kildare, who predicted the raimre. ! And' now the author and playwright Is on the 'Verge of insanity.' Born in a typical east1 side ienetnen't of an Irish fatttef laiid a French "mother, the -boy was1 orphaned at "his birth." His mother died when be war born, and his father had died three months previously. . The child -fell" into bad' bands and was abused "and nearly : killed by a drunkard: guardian. Driven to the streets, he abandoned his home, at the age qf "five years, living the life of a waif. At fourteen years, ; being f ja heavy -build physically, he; became the champion of the Park row "newsies. Kildare jdeveloped Into a boxer and finally into, a prizefighter ; and ' i saloon "bouncer. kAs previously stated, he could neither read nor write "when he was thirty, gear's old".' He.'was about the'last man in the jvorld one 'tnfgnt have selected .for reformation. r , Rut ' ofiP " dflv he "met his fate hls f Mamie" Rose.'' , , . . ... r , , sne was a setuemenc wreer ui gieui charm and tact and. a wonjan of superior' character.' Kildare fell deeply in' loye wlth; her.' ShetatfgBt bJm't the rudiments of education. . Dying shortly after 'his conversion," the membryof her kindrieW kejt him in the right way. ; Thousaiidsof admirers at Owen Klt-S dae will pi;ay that hetaay recover his" health. ' Hl3 fight' for 'manhood was a gallant one. Two things' appea'rV' No man's estate, ? however low If may- appear, is entirely 'hopeless: ,If Owen Kildare could 'make himself "a man, who shall despair of hls life? ; Dru'umond was right when: he; der clared.love ia the greatest thing 4n the world. Political Announcements FOR MAYOR. HENRY W. dWke'r fcTa" candidate for mayor, subject to the' Republican ' nomination'. Left Handed Honesty. A , certain "young 'man who 'lives In the 'east end' of town ''and sports an enormous T "dlamohd In connection with ' a ten rdollar sult of clothes'" was in a local' clothing" store several" days ago when one of the clerks, a practical joker, nabbed the stone out of its 1 owner's tie. . , '- The owner.' did not. miss the' "diamond" until' he returned home, and then ensued a frajattc search for the missing stone, which included' advertising in the newspapers and reporting the matter to the police. ' Yesterday afternoon the joker returned the pin to its owner. "Gad, I am glad it was you who had it," gasped the dejfighted youth. "Some dishonest person would have kept It" "So, wpiild. I,, returned the clerk, "but a jeweler to whom 1 took it said it wasn't worth more than 30 cents." St. Joseph Gazette. Mrs. Austin's famous pancafies make a hearty," wholesome breakfast. Fresh supply now at your grocer's' MASONIC CALENDAR. Tuesday,' Feb. 16 Richmond lodge 'o. J96, F. &vm; called meeting. Fellow Craft degree. Wednesday, Feb 17 Webb lodge! No. 24 F. & A. M. stated meeting.- ; Saturday," Feb. 20-Lqal Chapter No. 49 O. 17.' S. 'stated meeting." Washington Once Gave Up to three doctors; was kept in led for five weeks. Blood poison from a spider's bite" caused large, deep sores to coyer his leg. The doctors failed! then "Buckleh's Arnica "SaKe ' completely cured, me, w rites; Johnl Washington, of Bosquevfile, Tex." t For eczema, hoiIsJ"burns and piles "its sdprenie. 25c at "A- G.Luken & Co. PALOi UPii WANT AOS. FM

Council '- Was Burdened : With A nnual Reports . City Fathers Receive the Reports of the Heads of the Fire, Streets, Markets; Controller and Crematory Departments of the City, Also Report of the Reid Memorial Hospital. .

Had it hot been for the number of reports submitted to council last -evening by the heads -of the- various departments of-city government, there would hare been' little business done by that body.' It required consider--ahle tima In rend thMA ronnrto ! rif which were concurred in and will be! printed In the year book of the city. The reports contained ' Invoices of all the property owned by-tbe departments. The various lists were exceedingly long 'in ' some" instances -and enumerated everything from a furnace poker to incandescent - electric light bulbs. Each report indicated that the respective department is in good condition. . ; A congested review of the reports follows : HOSPITAL BOARD. Report of committee o examine books of treasurer1' of Reid Memorial hospital for calendaf 'year 190S:' Receipts.' Jan. 1, 19081 cash i ..$ &.240.81 Nursing and boarrf . 6.334.S9 Contributions 6.076.25 Interest and rent f. ......... 1,609.00 Dispensary 11.00 Sundries' 10.00 t Total $lt,2S1.95 Disbursements. Salaries and wages $ 4.594.69 Food 2,663.77 Fuel and light 1,359.61 Drugs and supplies 895.94 Improvements repairs 836.32 Sundries laundry, etci . . . . 3,801.30 Total 514.151.63 ; Excess receipts over expenditures, $3,130.32. Endowment Fund.Mortgage loan .$15,600.00 ; 10,000.00 500.00 . 1.032:21 LWater works and bond : Zeller fund . . Cash' on :hand- ;. . . Balance .$27,132.21 FIRE DEPARTMENT. ' The most extensive of "all the reports submitted was that of Ed Miller;" chief of the fire department His invoice included every thing from ' a bent brass-headed carpet tack on the third shelf above the bench in the basement, to the latest' improved chemical wagon. ' The same recommendations ' were made by the chief that have counted in his reports for three years; He I wants a new steam engine to be used when the fire pressure Is low and for fighting fires out of reach of the city mains. He wants' a hew ladder truck. Although it looks quite new in its

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bright red paint, -the truck now In service has been In use by the department for 'twenty-five years. It is hot large enough. -The chief wants a sev

enty-five foot truck. He also would like to have a flatter noxsle and a "v,ns n.tV ? Iattw'18 bll.ev ! ed to be' needed badly as a precaution against possible injury by -Jumping from an upper story in ease some of the larger buildings of the city were! on fire. The condition of the hos is! pot the- best and the cilef would like to have 1.000 feot of new tubing. During the past year, the salaries of the employes of ' the department amounted to $17,303.50: the miscellaneous expenses to $3,147.83; the horse feed ' cost $1,292.96. making the total j expenses $21,743.29. -The credits were' $342.60: 1 The -department is divided into five companies and is composed of a chief. -assistant chief snd nineteen men. It is equipped with one book and ladder truck -in fair condition, one steam fire engine in fair-condition, five two horse hose wagons, three of which are combination hose and chemical, all in good condition. One hose wagon is kept In reserve. There are sixty street boxes for telegraphic alarms and twenty-fonr miles of copper wire used in the connections. During the past year 148 alarms of fire were answered. Tlie water supply has been eatisfactory. , STREET COMMISSIONER. - The report of the street commissioner' shows that' the most valuable asset 'of the department is thesteara road roller, which-is valued at $1,000. An unusual stone crusher, which In reality is a pile of iron resting to the river-valley is listed at a value of $25. The-invoice shows' the total value-of the property of the department to be $2,328.50. A summary of the report follows: Street Commissioner. For labor appropriated ...$25,700.00 Transferred 2.000.00 Balance 122.34 Total.... $27,822.34 Exoended for Labor on Streets." Repairing $ 6,166:07 Cleaning and scraping'.' 3,637.01 Sweeping 1,572.58 Flushing 133.82 Removing snow , 2.65 Macadamfzing i . . . . 3,046.54 $14,558.67 Sunday work, sewers, dump ing, grounds, etc. Alleys Total expenditures"1 12,062.87 1.074.47 .$27,696.01 Our- $

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126.33 S27.S22.34 MARKET MASTER. , To thw maiwr-board-of pubUo- work and common council. Gentlemen fl herewith AulRolt th annual report of the market master, and" iealer'-ef Weights -and. measure," for the year 1908: ending December 31. Receipts. Rent of market stalls SOS. to Rent. East End market place.-. 8&ti Awning 75.00 Miscellaneous expenses . ... . 17S.00 Total expenses $1.02S0 Receipts S03.23 Net cost to the city of Rich. mond for year-190 f 125.05 UnderinspectIon of foods the following" was condemned: SO gallons' of oysters; 65 pounds of markeral;- 10 pounds of fresh pork: 2 dressed chickens. Respectfully submitted. JOSEPH WALTERtfAJO Markef master -and scaler or weights and measures. CITY CONTROLLER. General Fund Jan. 1, 09. Cash on hand last report $13,081.79 RecelDts 14.719.37 Disbursements 15.57S.74 Balance- ........ Sinking fund Special fund ' Cash Imp. fund K..

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...$12,227.42 ...$14,024.35" ...$ 8.511.87 " ...$ S.1S9.1.'

CITY CREMATORY. ' Wet garbage consumed," 4.005'ya.rd. ' Dry garbage consumed. "845 yards." : Animals cremated. 207. Exosrwjitu res. - Coal t Sundries Fire "brick 481.31

53.50 82.23 ; 9.00 8.90 . 5.25 3.781.23 - 720.00

Mason worK j. Carpentry ... . Water rent ... Hauling ..... Salary, superintendent Total- $5,141.43- - Inveice Wagon tanks, wheel barrows, coal, pokers and miscellaneous - 82 46.30. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS PAZO - OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching; Blind. Bleed-: ing 6r Protruding Files In to 14 days or monef; refunded. 50c EPTHBAStA. . - You can' fair with Gold Medal Flour.

Our new shipment of Man's Furnishings for ths Spring Wtr'U now oil display. We want you to'se them."'-

we' self you are full value in full sized shYrtsi" There can be no straining of the parta-across ths back, around ths ' body arm' holts all ars comfortaoly full. " with'7 bodies of liberal ' length. Negligees," with and without -cuffSand with' and without collars in .all ths gcotf soft "clothes, in fancy and "plaih n white, and a splendid showing" of plaited "bosoms. Come in, fl find you your size In sometWng -you 4ik, " We have the different brand "

!" l .oo tb' $2;oo BranO 50C fO $1.00