Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 146, 4 April 1909 — Page 1

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RICHMOND. IND.t SUNDAY HORNING, APRIL 4, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS. v SOURCE REVENUE UNDERESTIMATED III TARIFF BILL A BENEFICIAL RAIN Farmers Report That the Downpour Friday Came In Handy. WHAT IS THE USE OF All ELECTION; FIIIISH IS TOLD Nixon Gun Invented for Destruction of Airships CONFEDERATE MOIIEY CITY FT. WORTH IS NEARLY RAZED BY A GREAT FIRE

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fcsoovery of a Seeming Error

In Measure Made Yester day Makes It Apparently In adequate. PUNNING EXPENSES CANNOT BE KEPT UP TThe Error Is Alleged to Foot Up to a Total of $45,000,000 No Change in Hosiery Duties. 'Washington, April 3. Discovery to iday of a seeming error in estimating the revenues to be derived under the rates of the Payne bill make that measure apparently utterly inadequate to meet the running expenses of the government.. The error is alleged to foot top to a total of S 45,000,000. The error is thus explained: In laying his bill before the house, Chairman Payne explained that each year there is an average of from two to eight per cent of appropriations that are not' expended. In other words, that from $20,000,000 to $48,000,000 of the total sums portioned out by congress each year is never expended, and therefore can not be accounted as additional revenue for 41 a ' sniAtAAillniv itAap Ts oriilra. a fait f lie: DUVVvvUlllg J tcx I J u oviinv in average, JChairman Payne estimated the annual unexpended appropriation at five per cent, on $90,000,000 furnished him with the $445,000,000 reserve or a "velvet." Banked on Tea Tax. Estimating further that he would secure $7,000,000 from a tax. on tea, the chairman of the ways and means committee presented an array of figures that just about seemed to 'show that his bill would furnish plenty of revenue to carry the , government through. . ' But now it was discovered that instead pf unexpended appropriations being 'turned back into the treasury at the close of each year all appropriations are available for three years after the close of the fiscal year lor which they are made, in order that payments on continuing contracts may be met. In some cases . such as .for fortifications, rivers and harbors, etc., the appropriations are ,k available Indefinitely, in fact, it is asserted, by treasury authorities this afternoon, that by the time the accounts for a given year are finally closed, two or three years after the appropriations have been made not only is the appropriation fully expended but frequently there is deficit. In view of this condition of affairs, it will be seen that the $45,000,000 "velvet," on which Mr. Payne banked, .goes glimmering. List of Figures. An explanation of the treasury account for a series of years showed these figures: For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1004, there was expended 99.86 per cent of all appropriations; for the fiscal year of 1005, 102 per cent, plus; for the fiscal year 1906, per cent. This gives an average for the three years of 99.9S per cent, now expended, and . there was still enough matter under the continuing appropriations to go up to and above 100 per cent for those three years. , Record for 1907. For the fiscal year 1907 there has already been spent over 96 per cent fcad the- accounts still , to be paid for that year are estimated to absorb the balance remaining. Likewise for 1908 and although only 87 per cent bas been spent, it is expected that the .mHm mAiint will mi drawn nut This -discovery has started the experts at work on the figures. If the facts turn out to be as they appear on the surface it means again the swamping f the whole tariff bill, with the inheritance tax, and an income tax as well, as absolutely necessary to meet the expenses of the government. . Duty Is Removed. The Ways and Means committee today decided to remove the duty from coffee and tea. It also decided that the present countervaling duties on oil, Standard should remain where they were. There will be no change la the drawback provision under which the Standard Oil makes its , money. There are to be no changes in the glove and hosiery schedules. If the present bill makes gloves and stockings dearer to the wearer it is to stand in the Payne bill. Mr. Payne refused to discuss the report that he had underestimated receipts under his bill by $49,000,000, but he said that the revenue laws and the collections spoke for themselves. Payne Is Confident. He is certain that bis bill will produce $300,000,000 or more yearly. Harrison of New York, tried to have stockings and gloves put on the free list This was defeated by the committee. The beer interests win. The oa barley from 15 to 25 cents per bushel as demanded by the farmers. ppices and cloves are put. on. the free falst. The steel schedule 4s affected in mall particulars. The duty on flour

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iSf&fPWE&i Military experts are uehatlng the question, Which would prove superior in battle, the army airship, or the gun made for use against airships. It has been said that it is almost impos sible to hit an airship, owing to the speed at which it moves, the somewhat erratic nature of its progress, AGED LQCH1UVAR LEFT AT His Charmer Whispered Sweet Nothings, He Went for The Minister. "BABY" SKIPS WITH ROLL WHEN HER RURAL ADMIRER RE TURNED, HIS BRIDE-TO-BE WAS MISSING, ALSO HIS $4,000 BUNCH OF GREEN. Chicago, April S.--Search for Anna Thoda of Austin, handsome and 21 years of age, was begun by detectives of Captain P. D. O'Brien's office to day. W, J. Lacey, a retired merchant of Harvey, 111., had complained that the young woman had stolen $4,000 from him while he was with her in St. Joseph, Mich., hunting for a minister to marry them. Lacy was at detective headquarters early, sitting on the doorstep to make the complaint. He had not slept during the night. He said he had known the young woman more than a year. He met her at a social. After that they were almost constantly companions, he said, and he lavished hundreds of dollars on hen entertainment. The two departed Friday to be married and traveled to the Michigan gretna green, where they registered at the Whitcomb house! "Does 'oo love 'oos baby?" asked the young bride-to-be . of the aged Lochinvar. Lacey said be did, and to prove his affection placed in her lap $4,000 to hold while he went for a minister, A short time later Lacey returned with the Rev. A. H. Stoneman, but Anna was . gone. TAFT PLAYS GOLF. Washington, April 3---Tresident Taft Vice-President Sherman, Gen. Edwards and Capt. Butt, played a foursome golf match on the Chevy Chase golf links today. The president and vice president played against Gen. Edwards and Capt Butt. LAND RESTORED. Washington, April 3. The secret arv of the interior today ordered restored to the public domain approximately 200,000 acres of land withdrawn February 17, 1909, for power purposes in the Salmon River country, Idaho.

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and the difficulty of gauging the distance it is from the gun. In reply it is argued that' such an airship as the Zeppelin offers almost as large a target as the Dreadnaught, and, further, that the new guns have already proved themselves of value, although they have only been used against captive balloons.

AIRSHIP

COMPANY

NOW ORGANIZED One Million Dollars Capital For Aerial Transporta tion Concern. MAKE A MONSTER MACHINE WILL OPERATE , BETWEEN CHICAGO AND SPOKANE AND WILL ACCOMMODATE OVER TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE. ' Spokane, Wash., April 3. One million dollars is the stated capitalization of the Spokane-Chicago Aerial Transportation company, in process of organizing here, to manufacture a machine with a carrying capacity of 200 passengers from designs by L. A. Whyte, inventor of a 10-passenger" airship, with which he will give a public demonstration here early in April. He claims to have traveled 93 miles in 73 minutes with this model, adding: "My new machine will be of the heavier-than-air type and is to be 75 feet in length and 16 feet wide. The car and the frame-work will be mostly of aluminum not weighing more than 4,600 pounds, and it will have a lifting capacity of 8,600 pounds. The car will be controlled and operated with three 50-horsepower engines and will have long, stationary wings, which are designed to give equilibrium and buoyancy at all times. "The balloon is to be ; 500 feet in length and 75 feet in diameter. The bag is composed of 15 cells controlled by separate tubes, the inlets and outlets being operated by inflation and deflation waves. In addition, there is a percolator inside of the bag and this is filled with air by automatic means.. Machine Practical. "I have demonstrated that my machine is practicable for commercial purposes and the capitalists in eastern Washington and northern Idaho backing this . enterprise of making nights to Chicago and return believe it will be a great success. I expect to attain a speed of 90 miles an hour under favorable conditions." Mr. JWhyte announced also that he will make a demonstration for the United -States government in a short time - with a high explosive to be hurled from airships in war, adding that the experiments will take place near an eastern navy yard.

WATER WAS BADLY NEEDED

Farmers report that the rain of Fri day will do a great deal of good. The fields had been dried out by the frosts and long drought, so that water was needed. The rain was not overly abundant, but it was sufficient to be effective. The grass was in need of a heavy rain. It is quite probable that pasturage will be short this spring. Last fall there was a long dry sea son and fire burned over so many pastures, damaging the roots of the grass, that it is probable at least two years will be required for complete recovery. No place was the rain more appreci ated than in the city. The dust was so great that whenever a vehicle passed great clouds of it filled the air. The poor housewives could not keep their porches clean, try as hard as they could. Neither could thev keen the dust off their pianos and parlor fur niture. The wind blew the fine particles of dirt about in every direction and the eyes and nostrils of the pedes trians suffered as a consequence WILL BE DEARTH OF EASIER LILIES In Consequence the Price on These Flowers Will Be Advanced Some. SWEET PEAS PLENTIFUL AND THERE WILL BE MANY OTH ER SPRING FLOWERS ON THE MARKET DEALERS LOOK FOR BIG SEASON. There will be a dearth of Easter lilies this season, and the prices of those on the market will accordingly advance. This news comes to the retail florist from growers, who have fewer lily plants to put on the market this year than ever before. One grower who produced 10,000 plants last year has given up their culture entirely, and others have cut short the supply. The scarcity of lilies is due to the fact that the market was overstocked last Easter, and growers lost money on their speculation. Other Spring Flowers. But, to compensate for the scarcity, there will be an abundance of other spring flowers. Sweet peas have never been so plentiful and perfect in color and shape, and the florists expect a great influx of hyacinths, tulips, cineraria, agelice, white and yellow daisies, roses, forget-me-nots, daffodils and pansies. The violet season is on the wane, and fragrant arbutus is seldom seen now on the street ven der's tray, but the day of pansie has come and will last till after Easter. Everyone a Purchaser. No matter how thin the purse, or how many esential things must .be bought out of meager earnings, everyone feels that they can afford flowers at Easter time, and the extravagance - seems justifiable. Florists know this, and are preparing for the Holy Week rush. Plants that have been held back and subjected to vigorous disbudding during the winter are now being forced into bloom, and in a few days the annual outdoor flower show will open and the streets will be a blaze of color and a wilderness of sweet scents. It was stated by a local florist yesterday, "that this will be a record breaking season for the sale of plants and flowers. There is more money in circulation than last year, and the general feelfng is that Easter will be shorn of its beauty and spirit if flowers do not bloom in every house." CORNELL COLLEGE MAKES CHANGES Switch Made in Heads of Departments. Ithaca. N. Y., April 3. The Cornell board of trustees named today Profes sor W. Comfort of Haverford to be head of the Roman Language Department He succeeds Dean T. F. Oani who has been head of the department lor ; years. Martin Wright was an. pointed head of the department of English, which has been vacant since the resignation of James Morgan Hart. The requirements of the college law were readjusted so that after 1911 two years of college work will be required tor all xuea ;afca entec IhaJaacaool

Billie Blodgett, Political Scout Of the Indianapolis News, Looks Us Over, Then Tells The Result. GORDON PRESS AGENT GETS IN DEADLY WORK

Captures Meandering Capital Scribe Billie Listens, Swallows the Hook, Then He Prognosticates. Writing in the Indianapolis News. William E. Blodgett, the political scout of that paper, yesterday afternoon discoursed upon the mayoralty situation in Richmond. Blodgett's reputation, one way and the other, truth and veracity, and the lack of it, is well known throughout the state. He picks Dr. W. W. Zimmerman and J. Bennett Gordon as the leading candidates just now, and suggests that thirty days hence there may be a change. William, after successfully reporting a farmer's institute in Posey county, descended upon Richmond and, after learning the mayoralty situation here through the medium of a Gordon press agent, now informs his spellbound audience of the result of his "thorough investigation." In his article, Blodgett relates that Mr. Harris is a patron of the Light, Heat ft Power company, but carelessly overlooked the fact that Mr. Gordon's newspaper plant uses power furnished by the same concern. No doubt it was also an oversight on the part of thia self-appointed political expert, when be forgot to mention the heroic services the editor of-the. Item has,--in the past, rendered the republican party: With the exception ef Gordon's platform, which has been published previously, Blodgett writes: - ; What Blodgett Says. There are several things that the people of the state at large are interested in as far as this city is concerned. They would like to know why Wayne county, the home of the Quakers, went "wet" In the county local option fight. And they would like to know who will be the next mayor of Richmond. The two questions are close to each other the same answer would not do for both, but both questions are figuring extensively in the civic life of this city. In the first place the saloon keepers of Richmond helped along a great deal because they obeyed the laws and conducted their saloons along legitimate lines. Again, the temperance people were divided on the question. Some of them believed that the election should not have been held during the session of the legislature when the matter of repeal was in the balance, and many temperance people remained away from the polls. Others who became angry because the election was called, voted the "wet" ticket to spite the ones who Insisted on the election. But, last of all, the "wets" had a perfect organization, as complete as any political organization could be made, and the temperance people had no organization that rendered material aid in making the county of Wayne go "wet" that will cut a large figure in the coming municipal campaign. Republicans Who Would Be Mayer. There are five candidates for the republican nomination for mayor. The nomination will be by primary in about thirty days. The candidates are Ed Harris, employed in the Second National bank, but now taking a vacation in order to make his race for mayor. Mr. Harris, who is about thirty years old. Is secretary- of the Young Men's Business club, of which Rudolph Leeds is president Mr. Leeds Is the editor of the Richmond Palladium, and that paper is making a vigorous fight for Mr. Harris. Mr. Leeds, however, is cruising on the Pacific ocean, and the fight is being made by his "hired hands," and they are putting up a good one. even if the boss is away. John L. Rupe, attorney for the Pennsylvania railroad, and Johnny Robbins, attorney for the Richmond Water Works company, are also supporting . Mr. Harris, and the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company Is lending him what aid it can. I mention these interests because they will cut considerable figure in the campaign. Bennett and Feulke. ' J. Bennett Gordon, editor of the Richmond Item, is also a candidate and behind him is nearly the entire organization that assisted in making Wayne county "wet." , The Item is owned by Mr. Gordon and William Dudley Foulke, whose friends declare him to be the only real aristocrat Richmond has. Gordon is a bard fighter and able to take a lot of punishment. He has the support, as I said, of most of the "wet" organisation and some of the temperance people, particularly those temperance people-' who did not favor holding the county option election at the time it was held. A

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Two drunks fell into the clutches of the police last evening. Charles Deem had a $50 bill in his possession but this won't be enough to pay his fine. It is not probable this will amount to more than 111 or so, but Deem's bill is confederate that's alL William McKeehan, who claims his home is at Hamilton, blew into town and immediately wanted to spend his money. He found the wrong kind of associates, horn-ever, and they refused to accept his treats. McKeehan was too badly gone to maintain his equilibrium and after sprawling all over the sidewalk at Ninth and North A streets, the police were notified aad he was loaded into the wagon.

A TROLLEY WRECK INJURES PEOPLE Cars Collide in New York Yesterday. New York, April 3. Six persons, three of them women, were hurt in a trolley collision this afternoon. In a collision between two southbound Broadway cars at Spring street, two women and a man were badly bruised. Almost at the same time an eastbound 42nd street car crashed into a Madison avenue trolley, Injuring three persons. Both cars were crowded at the time of the accident and there was considerable excitement. None of the injured were seriously hurt. APRIL SESSION OPENS TOMORROW Court Will Look Over Docket And Call a Number of : - Civil Cases. NO SANCTION IS PROMISED ARE NO CRIMINAL CASES OF MUCH IMPORTANCE GAY "BLIND TIGER" CASE MAY BE GIVEN A TRIAL. The first session of the April term of the Wayne circuit court will be held tomorrow. The court will look over the docket and probably call a number of the civil cases. The civil and probate cases are so numerous that at least two mornings will be devoted to reading them. The court Is desirous of getting as many cases fixed for trial early in the term as is 'possible. A number of cases was left over from the January term and these will be given precedence over those that have been on the docket longer. Is No' Sensation. Nothing in the least bit sensational is promised for the new term. There is no criminal case of any vast importance. The celebrated Gay. and Jones "blind tiger" cases will be on the docet and the prosecutor has declared they will be called for trial. That remains to be seen. Dr. Jones, of Whitewater, has been tried twice for his alleged offense and each time the jury was unable to agree.. Gay has passed through the fire once and the jury did the same way as in the other case. Ray K. Shiveley is assisting the prosecutor In the collection of new evidence in the Gay case. When last the case was set for .trial a number of young men of the city who are supposed to be acquainted with the conduct of affairs about the city's chief hostelry were subpoenaed as witnesses. They now are wondering if whea the case is set for trial again, they will be visited by the sheriff with a summons. They are not counting on such a visit with any degree of pleasure. The other criminal cases on the docket are of very minor Importance. Some of the civil cases that are docketed are not at all likely to be called for trial.. A number of reasons will be given so that continuances will be made possible. ' " LAnCEIlY CHARGE AGAIIIST C. DEAD Charles Dean, white, was arrested last evening by officer Roberts for petit larceny. It . is. charged .that Dean stole : some articles from' .the Holder livery' barn. North 8eventh street, aad although no warrant was made for bis arrest, it . is probable that Mr. Holder will file ' " charges; against him. He was found by the officer at the barn, apparently not ex-f

More Than Twenty Blocks of The Prosperous Texas City Were Burned to the Ground Yesterday.

LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT THREE MILLIONS Business Heart of the City Saved After Fierce Fight With Flames Two Are Reported Dead. Dallas. Texas, April 3. More than twenty blocks were swept away this afternoon by a So.000.000 fire which was barely got under control after threatening the business heart of the south side of Fort Worth. Two persons are renorted dead. The Walker Sanitarium was destroyed and ' patients removed from danger. Ono fireman is dead. He fell from a building. H. O. Cowan, assistant pastor of the Broadway Presbyterian church is missing. He was last seen going Into the church to rescue books and valuables, i Was High Wln.d. A high wind added to the difficulties of the firemen. . Water presura was weak and little headway could be made against the flames. The Texas and Pacific railroad's individual loss ' is over a auarted of a million dollars. ' Twenty-five engines and 130 box cars ': were burned. It was the biggest fire in the history of Fort Worth. , The -flames jumped the railroad tracks and ' entered the business section but was got under control before doing much damage there. Dallas. Weatherford and Waco were called for assistance. AH car service to the south side and the telephone service were out of commission. The million and a half dollar union depot, the finest west of St. Louis, was , abandoned, and was saved only by' uenuinia worn ui ine iiremeu. ine fire jumped the track east of the de-. pot. Hundreds of homes were vacated and one thousand persons were . huddled in the Texas Pacific reserve- -tion, which separates the burned sec-: tlon from the business portion of the ' city. The Texas and Pacific round . house burned with many freight cars. Churches Were Burned. The Broadway Presbyterian. Broad- -way Baptist and Swedish churches were burned and about twenty bouses In the best residence section of the town. Two companies of the state militia were ordered out to guard the burned section. The loss is pat at S3.140.00O. A fund Is being raised for the sufferers. At Mineoia, east of Dallas, 'in at $100,000 fire this afternoon one thousand bales of cotton burned and a S49. ' 000 compress. Three residences were burned. Origin of Fire. Different stories are offered as to the origin of . the . fire. The , most . plausible is that several small boys were smoking cigarettes in the barn of Fred L. Hackett. corner of Petersmith street and Jennings avenue. Here the first fire alarm was called and the wind blowing at forty miles an hour fanned the flames to the 'res- 1 ldence and then along Peterantith. ' street east for ten blocks.' STAUBACH UNDECIDED Don't Know What Action Ho Would Hake on Kiting Pictures. ;w 2: 0 ARE TABOOED ELSEWHERE Moving picture films, depicting kidnaping- scenes are not tor be per- -mitted at , Logansport.' South - Bead. Fort Wayne and a number of other cities of the stAe. 8uptEtaabah was asked .IP be would take aay action against sueh pictures, if an: attempt were made to show them here. He will have to be shown.": lie -said be could, not 'tell what he-nftt do in a -case of that kind natfli W knew whether or not the pictnre oosst to be suppressed. -In toe! titles where action was taken, the police aathori-. ties declared the pictures ssiisd to Incense the mlada of the vlsttori and; also, by the example orge other attempts at child stealing. , The board of director oT the Coaemerclal hib will , bplj its monthly meeting tosoorroV (eTaiaav' erxraf " matters of Jmnortaiea wd tnUHT oe consinerea, inctamnx arsctasment of the sYaadlnk; eaoMBftteea, by PrerideBt Jooji. F. ' McCarthy aad the uiuiiiiETsiuuB. mums asca ami mi r i -