Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 152, 9 April 1909 — Page 1

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S VOL. XXXIV. SO. 152. BICH310ND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, APRJJfj 9, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS, FATE OF TARIFF WILL BE DECIDED 111 HOUSE TODAY BREWERIES WILL REDUCE SALOONS III CAPITAL CITY DELEGATES FROM VETERANS ARE TO AGED RESIDENT Start to Count the Wealth Of Your Old Uncle Samuel ATTEND SERVICES RICHMOND TO THE PEACE CONGRESS ANSWERS CALL OF THE GRIM REAPER Accept Invitation to First M. E. Church.

'It Is Expected That the Measure Will Be Put Upon Its

Passage at Afternoon. 3 O'clock This4 FINAL VOTE WILL BE TAKEN THIS EVENING 'Sugar Trust Is Exerting All Its Wiles to Retain the Present Duty on the Refined Product. Washington, April 9. The House -ways and means committee today directed Representative Payne to prepare an amendment in the tariff, increasing the duty on barley from 15 to 24 cents a bushel, and on barley malt from 25 to 40 cents a bushel. Representative Payne offered to the committee an amendment to the tariff bill, taking from the maximum schedule petroleum and its products. ' It was adopted without objection. 'This places these articles on the free lint - Do Fast Work. Progress was made yesterday with tariff revision by congress. The house .made considerable headway with the 'schedules of the Payne bill, and will get through at 3 o'clock this afternoon when the measure Is put on Its passage.. ' There then will be from six to ten roll calls, each one of which will conBume three quarters of . an , hour, so that it will d 9 or 10 o'clock before the final vote is taken. In the meantime 'the senate committee on Finance Is hustling with the preparation of its bill, which will be reported to the senate next Tuesday, and, as previously Indicated, it will differ la many material respects rrora the house bill.. - As anticipated, a tremendous con test over the sugar schedule is brewing in the senate. The sugar trust is exerting all its ' wiles to retain the present duty of 1.95 cents a pound on refined sugar, or at least 1.90 cents a pound, as provided in the Payne bill -Raw sugar now comes In .95 cent a pound, and it is from this that the bulk of the sugar duties are derived, the impost on refined being almost .prohibitive The beet sugar people of the West and the cane sugar planters of Louisiana and other Southern states are clamoring for the present duties on ' the raw product, while the American iflugar company is exerting its power ful Influence to maintain the present rates on refined. Analogous to OH Fight. . This situation is analogous to that with respect to crude and refined petroleum, upon which a clear light was . 'thrown in the house Wednesday when both the producers and the Standard Oil company were swatted hard. It Is significant that Senator Al drich appointed as a subcommittee on the sugar schedule Senators Smoot, of Utah; Burrows of Michigan and Flint of California.' These senators represent states which are largely Interest ed in the beet sugar industry, which Is Insisting on at least the rates of protection provided In the Payne bilL The democrats on the finance com mittee have started an agitation for free refined sugar as a blow to the trust, and an amendment will be of fered on the floor of the senate tq , place ft on the free list. The contest over this schedule, which always takes place when a tariff law is be ing framed, is inevitable, and, since sugar la one of the most speculative of stocks, the uatomary crop of insin- . - X I i J 11 1 A. J. ftj UHiug suspicions win of) at me dis posal of the public. The Finance committee has decldski, among otaer wings, to place a duty of 30 cents a ton on, iron ore. This is one half the present duty, which waa entirely wiped out in the Payne bin. 8teel rails, which in the Dtnglay act paid a duty of $7.48 a ton and wbicb are down in the Payne bill at $S.tt, may be restored; at least the duty will be raised above the house . tate. Aid for Tobacco Growers. , The ways and means committee pre pared an amendment to the revenue seetlon of the Payne bill which should be a long-sought relief to the tobacco growers of Kentucky. Ohio, Tennessee and other states and cause a disconsolate feeling to permeate through the personnel of the so-called ' Tobacco Trust. This amendment, which the house unquestionably win agree to, removes the present Internal revenue tax of cents a pound on unstetnmed tobacco In the natural leaf and not manufac tured or altered In any manner. It permits any person to boy and ell such tobacco in the leaf without the payment of any tax, and also al lows the farmers and growers of to bacco to sell leaf of their own growth and raising to manufacturers of tobac-ra-snuff and cigars without being Considered leaf dealers of tobacco or

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The counting of Uncle Sam's millions in the New York sub-treasury began this week under the direction of Assistant Treasurer Terry. Fully two months will be required to count the $253,000,000.

ATTENDANCE IS IIOW PICKING UP Children Returning to the Warner School. Supt. Mott, . of the ; public schools said today pupils sremretorning to the Warner building after the' smallpox epidemic, and within another fortnight It is expected the average attendance will reach the normal. It was in one of the rooms at this building that the epidemic among the children started. Those children who did not become afflicted were vaccinated and were compelled to lose time from their studies as the result. WILL IE RENOVATED Every School in Township to Be Cleaned and Much Improved. TO BE BRIGHT AND CHEERY All schools in Wayne township are - V to undergo a complete renovation dur ing t the vacation. Trustee Howarth said today he expects to begin the work soon, so that it will be complet ed by the time the schools reopen in the fall. v The premises .will be . improved In a number of ways. . Out buildings are to be painted. , Roofs are to be repaired and ail broken window panes replaced with new. The schools usually complete the - winter season showing the effects of the wear and it is the intention to make them . as bright and cheery as possible when next the pupils are greeted. ADVISORY BOARD WILL MEET TODAY To Consider Middleboro School Project. The . Wayne township advisory board held a meeting. this afternoon to consider the Middleboro school project. The board will consult architects and advertise for bids as soon as possible. The board is very anxious to get the work started as soon as possible so there will be no doubt about it being ready for occupancy next fall, even if delays should ensue. PRUDENT MOTHERS are already beginning to make plans for the summer. "Why," said one to her neighbor yesterday, "I like to have it decided where we are going to spend our vacation. I always., take the children to the country - for the summer. : Do you know I have found some of the most delightful places, and so cheap! "Of course she ; used the small want ad. Call

MAHLOII BELL ON ROAD TO RECOVERY

Has a Fractured Skull An Accident. From Mahlon Bell, who suffered a fractureof the skull by a fill, from ad, C, ft L. i train early in 1 the week is improving at Reid Memorial hospital. His chances for recovery now are re garded as good. Ford Curry, colored, who was re moved to the hospital following the fracture of his jaw by a billard cue, wielded by Garrison Roe is improved, also. It is probable he will be able tor testify against Roe next week. PERVERTED BRUTE DAViDSOH CALLED Washington, In'd., Divine, Fake Marriage Hero, Scorch ed by Editor. OLD SCORES EVENED UP CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON , ARE QUITE WRATHY AND MINISTER HAS BEEN THREATENED WITH TAR AND FEATHERS. Washington, Ind., April 9. The latest developments in the DavidsonClark scandal has turned the tide of opinion against the minister. Much inflammatory gossip is heard on streets, even tar and feathers being talked of, but authorities are taking every precaution to prevent an outbreak among the hotheads. The Washington Herald today scorches Davidson . in an editorial entitled. "Brute and Pervert." Editor Sefrit had been denounced in recent sermons by Davidson for his attitude on the option question. , Turns Over Letters. Miss Laura Bunn Clark, daughter of former Mayor Hale Clark.' who filed suit. Wednesday asking that the alleged fake marriage ceremony performed in St. Louis last December with, the Rev. Elmer E. . Davidson be declared valid, yesterday turned over to her at torney the letters she says were written by Davidson last January- while she was stopping'at a hotel in CIncin natl. All the. letters were special de livery and were addressed to "Mrs. . E. Davis, and were ' signed "El mer." In one this .statement is made: "Don't mention the St. Louis exper ience. I have yourmothers promise upon her honor in writing, and that is sacred between us three.' . In another he speaks of her "col lapse" while there. In ' several be men tlons the 'lnelosure of smalf sums and deplores his poverty; .Another .letter speaks of the possibility of her mo&er telling their secret and says, ''When my ruin ia an ? accomplished fact I have but little to live .for. and if it haa to go it will go at a price." ' There are many endearing epithets, and .in one instance she is addressed

According to Statement Given Out by Victor Jose, 200 In

dianapolis Saloons Are to Be Cut Out. ARE MAKING THE MOVE TO APPEASE PUBLIC Ail Booze Joints in Residence Districts Will Be Eliminated As Will Also the Tough Places. (Special Correspondent.) Indianapolis, Ind., April 9. The brewers of this city have decided to re duce the number of saloons in Indian apolis. They will cut cut 200 of them according to a statement given out yesterday evening by Victor Jose, secretary and manager of the Capital City Brewing company. The brewers have at last recognized the fact that there are too many saloons and that there are also too large a number of disreputable and undesirable places, and it is this kind of saloons that they propose to wipe out. Mr. Jose said the members of the Indianapolis Brewers Exchange held a meeting a few days ago and discussed thoroughly the matter of reducing the number of saloons in the city. The result was the decision to cut out 204) of them. At first it was proposed to eliminate 250 saloons, but this number was changed to 200. There are now in Indianapolis about 740 saloons, and it was the original purpose to reduce the number to 500, which would be about one saloon to each 500 popula tlon of the city. Will Make a List. In order to get at the undesirable sa loons and root them out, the brewers decided that each brewery that is a member Tot the Indianapolis Brewers' Exchange should make up a list of the saloons In the city that it believed should be wiped out. These lists-are now being prepared, each brewery working independently of the others. As soon as these lists are completed the brewers will have another meeting fand compare notes. From all of the lists turned in there will be a list of 200 selected for the ax. Then as rap idly as the present licenses for these 200 places expire, they will be closed and put out of business. No new li censes will be asked for them. Thus, the brewers say that within one year the entire list of 200 will be got rid of. In making up the final list the brewers win .call on the police department and the city authorities to assist them. It is pointed out that the police and the police court records will be of valuable assistance in this matter, for they will be able to show the ones that should be closed. The police will know what saloons are al ways having trouble and the ones that continually violate the law, and these will be among the number to be closed. Out of Residence Sections. In addition to the law violating sa loons the brewers will close a lot of saloons that now exist in the residence section of the city, where they are not wanted. In this way the brewers hope to stem the tide of public senti ment that has been formed against them by their past action In opening saloons in neighborhoods where they were not wanted and where the people opposed them. Whether the county commissioners will fall in with this plan of the brewers to eliminate 200 saloons remains to be seen, for it is pointed out that to do this would be to discriminate against 200 men in favor of the 540 that would still be left in the business. And another feature that may enter into the plan is whether or not the brewers will select for closing a large majority of independent saloons, or whether they will also pick out a lot of their own saloons for elimination. It is feared by many that when their list of 200 saloons is made up it will be found to contain mostly the names of those saloon men who do not buy their beer of the local breweries, and who, therefore, are independent of brewery control. Most Are Brewery Saloons. There are about 250 such saloons in this city, the rest all being owned or controlled by the breweries. "As a general proposition the Independeo saloon keeper is a man of independent means, who runs his own business, owns his saloon and all that it contains, obeys the law and conducts his place along decent lines much more law-abiding. In fact than the average brewery saloon. Some of them buy beer of Chicago breweries, some of Milwaukee breweries and some from breweries of other cities, and it is the belief of some that the names of such places will be numerous on the list of tho&a regarded as "undesirable"' by the local brewers. , Not only will the brewers , close 200 saloons In the city within next year, according to Jose, but they will also oppose the granting of licenses to any more new saloons, and the first step in that direction was taken yesterday, when Jose and J. E. Bell, attorney for

President McCarthy of the

Commercial Club Has Appointed the Local Delegation to Meeting.; CONFERENCE WILL BE OF MUCH IMPORTANCE Prominent Speakers From All Over the Country and Foreign Ambassadors for on The Program. $r President McCarthy, of the Commer cial club, has named the following del egates to the National Peace congress that will be in session at Chicago. Muy : Timothy Nicholson, Pres. R. L. Kelly of Earlham College, Hon. Win. Dudley Foulke, Benjamin Johnson, Dr. S. E. Smith, W. K. Bradbury, Nettletoa Neff and Mayor Richard Schillinger. The congress is one of international in fluence. The Hon. J. M. Dickinson, secretary of war, Is the president. Eni inent speakers of national and interna tional reputation, have consented to participate, and it is expected that the note which will be sounded by the con gress, will be far reaching and potent. One day will be given to commerce and industry, and one evening devoted to a banquet. Among the speakers will be J. M. Dickinson, secretary of war, Governor Deneen, David Starr Jordan, Gov! Glllett, of California, Miss Jane Adams, Hon. John W. Fos ter, W. J. Bryan, ex-President Chas. Eliot of Harvard College, Elihu Root, Theodore Burton and many other prominent Americans. Also addresses will be made by the ambassadors to the United States from Japan, Germany; Sweden, China, Turkey and France. To Awake the Public The great object of this congress will be the strengthening of public sentiment for international arbitration and the consideration of the next step t) be taken toward the realisation of universal peace. In the circular letter issued by the Peace Committee, is this very significant paragraph: "The coming congress will be similar to the New York congress. Its great object will be the strengthening of public sentiment for international arbitration and the consideration of ths next steps to be taken toward the realization of universal peace. Speakers of world-wide reputation have been invited, including government officials in our own land, as well as prominent officials of Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan. China, South America and other countries. Special legal, educational, religious, industrial ; and commercial sessions have been arranged, and it is expected that, as in New York, the attendance will be large. MOT! TO DISMISS Prosecutor Ladd Takes Action in Hunt Embezzlement Case. SOME OF WITNESSES GONE In making a motion to dismiss the case of the state vs. Alva Hunt, charged with embezzlement, yesterday. Prosecutor Ladd did not tell bis reason. The fact is the state's wit nesses have been residents of Kan sas for more than a year. About six months after the charge was made and Hunt was indicted, the prosecut ing witness, a woman residing in New Garden township, removed with her family to the grasshopper state. She told the prosecuting attorney she ex pected to return, but did not. The case gained the distinction of having more continuances taken and postponements granted than any criminal case on the docket. MISS SOLLERS IS STATE PRESIDENT Local Hospital Matron Of the Nurses. Head Miss Mary B. Sollers, superintendent of the Reid Memorial Hospital, is president of the . State Norses Association, which meets in annual convention at Marlon this month. - Miss Sollers' address is expected to be one of the principal features . of the program. . It will be given at the first

Sol Meredith Post G. A. R. at its

meeting last evening accepted the in vitation of the First M. E. church to attend services there May 30. The ser mon will ' be delivered bj the pastor, the Rev. R. J. Wade. The Rev. Mr. Wade is one of the best pulpit orators in the city and the veterans anticipate a real treat, when they listen to his sermon. The members of the Women's Relief Corps and other organizations affiliated with the Post will attend the same services. ' TAFT HURRYING TRUST HUNTERS 111 THEIR WORK President Using the Spur on All the Investigators of Business Corporations Rush Work. to INDUSTRIES UNDER FIRE OF EXECUTIVE Seven Alleged Combines Are Now Undergoing Governmental Scrutiny, Including The Steel Trust. . Washington, D. C, April 9. Govern mental investigations into the opera tions of business corporations are to be conducted with dispatch by the Taft administration. This Is the word the president has passed along the line to the heads of departments which are en gaged in such work. -, The attorney general will have ht agents get facts promptly and will Initiate proceedings in courts if they be justifiable and if conviction be certain. The secretary of the Interior has told the genera! land office to lose no time in closing up investigations which it has been makin gand has appointed additional agents to bring about this result. The bureau of corporations is losing no time in the completion of various in vestigations which it is making. Inquiry Into Seven Industries. Seven industries are under Investlga tion by the commissioner of corpora tions. They are: The International Harvester com pany. - The tobacco trust. , The steel trust. The lumber trust. , The cotton exchanges. Inland waterways. Developed water powers. Preliminary reports already- have (Continued on Page Two.) CINCINNATI GIRL IS NOW A DUCHESS i DUCHESS OP MANCHESTER. The Duchess of Manchester, who was Miss Zimmerman, dm ugh ter of the Cincinnati millionaire, recently entertained King Edward and King Alfonso of Spain at her Villa near San Sebastian. The Duchess is shown with

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Edward Shaw, One of the Old

est Citizens of Richmond, Peacefully Met His Death Last Night. ","" NAS LEADING MEMBER OF HICKSITE FRIENDS Was a Splendid Character And Had Wide Acquainte Mads Plans ial. Edward Shaw, who was. with the ex ception of Walter Carpenter and JamVan Dusen. the oldest citizen of Richmond, died at his home. 312 North Fifteenth "street, last-night at about II o'clock, at. the ago of 04 years. Mr. Shaw was .a well known Friend. Until within the last few years he had, been actively engaged in the manufacture of Shaw's Railroad Liniment. Mr. Shaw, has been In declining health for more than a year, but continued to devote some of his time to business until a few weeks ago., 11- - retained his mental faculties until tho last and realized that death was near. On Wednesday evening he spoke to hi son, John Shaw, of Vlncennes. about his death and foretold that It would occur that night. Yesterday daring tho day he often referred to the fact that the end was fast approaching and mad arrangements for - his funeral. Ilia wishes will be carried out in this re spect. Asks Sunday 4 Burial.' He desired to be buried on Sunday afternoon In order that his frlendb. many of whom are ahopmea'and labor ers, would b"able to attend be funeral without losing time from their work. A short funeral servlwwrH'be'hald at the residence at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, which will be private, and at l0 open services will be held at the Hicksite Friends Churchy-North A street. According to the custom of the churchno one will preside cfer the services.' Burial will be at. Ridge cemetery, eatt of the city. He will bp barfed by the side of his wife, Mrs. Penninah Hill Shaw, who died March 7. 1SB3. , The casket will be opened at the church. - Fend of History. Mr. Shaw took a great Interest ia preserving newspaper clippings and magazine articles which dealth with the history , of any community. His library is largely made up of Interest ing articles of this nature.' He was also careful to preserve the family his tory and had written several accounts of it. . He was possessed of a wonderful memory and often recalled Inci dents of the early history of the United States, which are not of historical rec ord. Some of these he has noted. Many pertain to occurrences in the war of 1812. which his father. John Shaw. served In, as a surgeon. ? : Mr. Shaw would have been 95 yeaia) old the 20th day of this month. Ha was the oldest son of Dr. and Mr. John Shaw of 'Cincinnati.' and was born In 1815. His panits were among, the earliest settlers in Cincinnati, lo cating there in 1803. when It was yet a small place,- His father took np tha practice of medicine and became ac quainted with William Henry Harrison. who afterwards became president or the United States. - and nany other men. prominent in Ohio, and National affairs of that time. Mr. Shaw often referred to the fact that bis parenU were the first Friends ever married ia Cincinnati, also that at the earnest solicitation of. William Henry Harrison, his father became a surgeon In tha army. " ; Educated in Cincinnati. Mr. Shaw was educated In Cincinnati and there learned the tanner's trade. He and a brother afterwards operated a tannery at Spring Valley. Ohio. In IKiv they located on the farm now known as the Mormon farm, east of the city. His father, as a physician, bad form ulated a liniment, which business, Mr. Shaw later took charge of. He called the liniment "Shaw's Railroad Lini ment a name which It has sine borne. " ' Until seven years ago Mr. Shaw managed the business exclusively, and traveled from town to town In Onio and Indiana. Mr. Shaw was the oldest member of the Hicksite Branch of the Friends church, and for many year bad bees overseer of this body. Ho retainei this, honorary position wntn his death, although be had not been able to prslde for more than a year. Ho was always of. a progressive nature and was Instrumental ia having the etrareh ' take up the matter of - healing tb breach between the Hickslts and th Orthodox branches. - This matter, is still under conslderatlosi by tho two bodies, but it Is probakto, that tbey . will snite again in tha near fntars. lit, Shaw also inaugurated the Carafay -school Ja this church and became its

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