Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 162, 19 April 1909 — Page 4

THE RICHMOND PAIXADIU3I AND SUN-TEliEGRAM, APRIL 19, 1909.

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Tts Rlctaond Palladium nd Sca-Teiesria Published and wm4 by the PALLADIUM FRIttTWO CO. Issued 7 days each waak. evenings and Sundajr mornta Office Cornr North tth U4 A streets. Heme Phone 11JL RICHMOND, INDIANA.

Rstfelph O. leto. . . . M 1 Editor. Charles M. MargU MaMSe W. H. FeoaesteM... Newe K4Ur. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. Ia Richmond 16.00 per rear (la advance) or 10c per week. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. One year, la advance ............$5 52 Six months, la advance 2.0 On month. In advance 46 RURAL ROUTES. One year. In advance 13.00 Sis months. In advance .......... 125 One month. In advance .25 'Address cbansjed as often as desired; both new and old addresses muat be fflven. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be given for a specified term: name will not be entered until payment Is received. Entered at Richmond, Indiana, postoffice as second class mall matter. S-WVVl.l.f.l Mil Tke Association of America rs (New York Citr) has j sad otrtUied to the eizcalatisa 1 of this pisltf flos. Oaly ths Usvxm ol 1 seatslaed la its rspart art l 13a 1ft WHAT BAD ROADS HAVE COST. ,' It cost a little over a billion dollars to haul the farm crops of America to market last year. With good roads, roads such as are to be found in some parts of America and in all parts of France, the marketing of the crops would have cost 400 million dollars. Six hundred million dollars per year then is the price we pay in this land of the free for having impassable roads. Did ever a nation spend bo much for so doubtful a luxury before? With American roads lying open and fathomless before 'the eyes of our foreign critics, what monstrous Injustice It Is to talk of American dollar worship! v . ;, . . . Most, men 'of middle age can recall the annual picnic known as mending the roads. Just why it got that name no one has ever explained, for in practically every case the picnic left the roads in worse condition than before. The law in many states prescribed that each resident of a rural district must pay a certain road tax in labor each year. The payment oT this tax was ; done under the supervision of a local officer known as the pathmaster. The customary time of payment was in the early summer, Just before haying time, when there ' wasn't much else for the men and teams to .do. The neighborhood turned out with horses and plows and harrows, ripped up diverse sections of highways which the year's travel had packed ' to a more or less navigable condition, rounded them up nicely in the middle, scratched them up smooth with the harrows. You were never expected to work very hard at this festive occasions, and 4he pathmaster who insisted on real work soon found himself ' unpopular.,- It was just ' as well, for since nobody had any knowledge of roadmaking the more work the worse results. What some of these results were and are we have vivid testimony Across Iowa last winter the "racing" autos had to take the railroad tracks, because the common roads were simply impassable. Last March some misguided creatures began an automobile race from New York to Savannah. Ja. It was just at the t opening of navigation on the country roads of the middle south, the time when the roads are too thin for wheels and too thick for boats. Across Virginia each racing automobile had an escort of six mules to pull . it out of extra deep ; mudholes. and to haul its emergency rations of gasoline. Usually this was enough; but when an auto was so thoughtless to stay in the mudhole all night, the , mule teams had to be doubled, and all the negroes of the neighborhood commandered to service before that particular contestant could proceed, i The racers averaged ' four miles per hour across - the Old Dominion a perfectly stunning rate of speed, all things considered. And yet the roads of America are vastly better than they once were, and , the improvement is going on apace. The United . States government is lending a hand by setting its spare scientists to work teaching the people of different regions how to make the best roads at the least cost.: The states are doing vastly more. New "iork in 1905 voted to spend 50 million - dollars on her highways, and while no other state is investing in roads at that rate. ; all are doing something. Cities are finding it good business to improve the roads leading out into the . farming region; the farmers are beginning to tax themselves in a national fashion for highway improvement, and many philanthropists have passed by the conventional college and library donation to spend their surplus funds on good roads. Historic mudholes are being slowly filled up, stone and concrete are replacing the crazy wooden bridges, and a hundred inventions have been made to help get the beat results for the lowest expense. PL Wayne Journal-Gazette. , Sign of Progress. From the Augusta Herald. A Turkish editor . has been shot for printing some criticisms of public men. The 'Turks are certainly fast becoming a progressive people. MAS0H1C CALENDAR. Tuesday evening. April - 2(V-RicU-mond Lodge, No. 196, F. & A. M. Called meeting Master Mason degree, Re3 fresbments. -y-r. - Wednesday, April 21 Webb lodge.

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;the old order changeth'' If you hired a man to work for you and paid him for it wouldn't you want all his time? " Of course you would, particularly, if the iob was important. ' Every man working in the shops; every man working for someone else, knows that he does his best work when he makes a specialty of one thing every man working for bimslf, knows the same thing. ; Would you call the overseeing of the expenditure : of a quarter of a million dollars a small thing to be looked over in spare time? Would you think that the looking into details of construction to see that things were not wrong a small job if thousands and thousands of dollars were expended that way? Four of the candidates think so! If that auaryer of a million dollars belonged to you and you were making all those improvements, you would want the man you paid to look " after your interests to be there doing his work at the proper time all the time.

And this does belong to you! The time of the mayor should be the exclusive property of the citizens of Richmond. You know it. You know that the administration furnished by the democrats has not been particularly bright and shining, with time actually expended by the mayor in looking after the great volume of business of your own interests.

The reason that men think they can make a side line of the city business i3 because they still think that Richmond is a jay town. Richmond will be a 'jay town just as long as people treat it in a 'jay fashion. We think that Richmond is out of that class. If Richmond is riot out of that class why keep it there? There is no easier way to keep Richmond at a standstill than in allowing the management of its business to remain a soft political job for someone to carry as a side line. There is no surer way of casting discredit on the republican party than treating the mayor's office as a political snap for the men who have other ways of making a livelihood at the same time.

Of all the candidates for the office there is only one man who does not evade the issue. Of all the candidates there is only one man who admits that the volume of the business of the city of Richmond is worth paying attention to. The rest are practically,, asking that the republicans of the town furnish them with a little more pocket money than they are making out of their own business they want that salary in addition.

When a man asks you for a job he should give proof that he will take care of the job. , Only one man has really proved to the citizens of Richmond that he thought them and their business of sufficient importance to devote his entire time to them and to their business. And you also know that man is honest. And you know that man is clean. And you know that man is capable. - Time, honesty and capability have not been seen any too frequently in the mayor's office.

"The old order changeth giving place to that which is new." The time has arrived when it is up to the republican party to furnish the citizens of Richmond with what they demand. . , The citizens of Richmond demand that their business be taken care of, and taken care of all the time. ; They demand that the mayor's office cease to be a fat job. They demand that Richmond be not considered of so little importance that men can make its business a side line. ' If the republican party does not choose to put up. a candidate who will furnish the' real thing the party can rest assured that the other party will. That will not help the republican party. Here is a chance a good chance, to prove that the party is really , progressive to prove that the party really does things to prove that the republican party really believes In taking care of the interests of -the people. ' The moment the-party ceases to look after the interests of the people, that instant it goes down hilt. That is what has made the republican party the force it is in national politics that should be its aim in local politics. And the way to look after the interests of the people is to put an honest and capable man in the place who can and will devote all his time to the interests of the men and women of Richmond.

Ed. Harris is the only candidate TWINKLES . . Providing Against Emergencies.. "Is you de insurance gemman?" asked Mr. Erastus Pinkley. "I am," answered the urbane agent. "Well, I wants to talk business. I ain' got nuffin' to say again my neighbors, but I'se had a lot of unexpected occurrences. I wants to see if I can't arrange to get some accident insurance on my chicken coop." A Wonder. The moth's a creature passing queer, He eats without a question Most everything that he comes near; And ne'er has indigestion! Bearing Present Ills. "Don't you wish they'd hurry up and get the tariff settled," said one statesman. ; " "I don't know," answered the other. "I'd just as soon hear my constituents giving advice about what we should do as to have them criticising what we have done." " "So your husband always stays in the house nights' said one woman. "Yes," answered the other. "Once Hiram gets settled down in front of his fireside you can't get him out o doors even to bring in an armful of wood." Intellectual Diversion. "That psychological-research man entertains some strange theories." ; VYou have it the other way around," answered Miss Cayenne. "Those theories serve to entertain him." Items Gathered in From Far and Near Parks Needed. From the Nashville Banner. Nashville is much in need of small parks in convenient locations that will serve as resting places and playgrounds for the children. If a wise and far-seeing policy in this regard had been adopted even as late as a decade or so ago, suitable plots of ground for small park purposes could have been secured at comparatively small cost. With the increase of property values, the establishment of such system will be more expensive, but the longer it Is deferred the more, expensive it will become. , . Good Signs. From the Birmingham News. During the last few days, a number of ad-

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ditional evidences of improvement in the industrial and commercial situation have been reported in this part of the country. Every few days bring further indications of better conditions, and the feeling all along the line Is much better than it has been for, more than a year. Gritty Weston. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Weston is walking over forty miles a day, sometimes in a rain, and lecturing In the evenings. This veteran of seventy shows that the greatest political campaigners are but tyros in standing up to a physical strain.' Not Real Peach Baskets. From the Detroit News. The truth is the hats only look like peach baskets; ifthey really were peach baskets they could be bought for 11 cents a dozen, instead of costing an average of $16.33 each. Down With Poles. From the Tacoma Ledger. In cleaning the city let us also get rid of all telephone and light poles that can possibly be spared. They are an eyesore at best. Aliens Are Learning It. From the Columbia State. The English language is still spoken in some parts of New York city. - The Ladies' Friend. From the Knox vi lie- Sentinel. There is a suspicion abroad that Sena tor Aldrich is thinking about embarkins ia the millinery business. . The Boy Told Them. "An odd incident happened in Albany a number of years ago, when X was a member of the legislature." said a judge. "One day for some reason a member wanted to verify a certain passage from the Ten Commandments, but when a Bible was banded him ho did not know where to look. Neither did any of his colleagues know. Nearly everybody was aware that the divine laws were somewhere hidden away in the Old Testament, but this was the end of the combined knowledge of the assembly. At this juncture a meek faced little page, a youngster of some twelve summers, piped op that if the gentleman would look In the twentieth chapter of Exodus he would find : tbe ; commandments. - It was a rather disconcerting thing that a chamber of grown men had to acknowledge the superior information of chlM." Baltimore American. - -

PRIMARY RULES FOR CANDIDATES AREJTRIIIGEIIT Office Seekers Will Not Even Be Allowed to Hire Conveyances to Take the Voters to The Polls. "

GIVING OF MONEY IS A SERIOUS OFFENSE Assessment of the Candidates Will Be High as Expenses of The Election Reach a Large Sum. The Republican committee rules, relative to the use of money or any other thing which might influence voters to support certain candidates, are very strict and prohibitive. Even the ue of carriages by candidates to haul voters to the polls is tabooed. The committee reserves the right to withdraw the name of any candidate from the nomination even though such candidate should receive the majority of the votes. Notices to such effect were sent the five candidates for mayor, six candidates-at-large, fifteen candidates for council from the different wards, and Baltz Bescher, candidate for clerk. From now on the candidates may pay their assessments to Chairman George Ferling, of the city committee. To Draw for Places, The last day for paying the assessment will be April 22. On the evening of that day the candidates will meet at the Pythian Temple, with the com-J miuee sua araw tor piavvB. The expenses of the primary will, be heavy, according to chairmanFerling. The assessment of each candidate will not be made wjblic by the committee. Unless coijncil takes action next Monday night to abolish the office of police Judge, after the expiration of Judge Converse's term, December 31, the Republican committee will place any one's name on the ticket who desires to be a candidate for the office. One of the committee members statedtoday that it was not probable that council would delay action on the matter. The rules of the committee which the candidates must . pledge them-; selves to abide by are: - Candidates' Pledge. I, the undersigned, do hereby agree to abide by the following rules adopted by the Republican City Committee of Richmond, Indiana: . I In presenting myself as a candidate to the Republicans of this city, I hereby pledge myself to support all nomi nees at the general election, November 2, 1909. The use of money or other thing of value, directly or Indirectly, in any manner, for the purpose of influencing or with intent to influence voters in this primary election, and all treating by candidates is prohibited. Any candidate who shall directly or indirectly, either by himself or through or by others, hire or employ any person to work for him at the polls on election day, or who shall, directly or indirectly, by the use of money or things of value, or by the promise of any reward, money or thing of value whatsoever to be afterwards paid or delivered to any person, whomsoever, any person . i attempt to influence or induce any one to vote for him, or who shall, during his canvass resort to the common practice of "treating" voters, is hereby declared ineligible as a nominee for any office at such primary. Any candidate who shall use any such methods or means as above set forth, shall thereby forfeit his right to become a nominee for any office, at such primary even though he shall receive a plurality or majority of the votes cast, and in such event the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes, and who has not violated any provision of this rule, shall be and become the nominee for such office. Each candidate to be voted for in this primary, in consideration of having his name printed on the , ballot', must give his assent . to this rule in writing, and agree to be bound by its provisions. The City Republican Committee reserves the right to determine the eligibility of any candidate or nominee at this primary. ' DISCOVER SYSTEM TO COMMUNICATE Harvard Scientist Announces Scheme to Talk With Planet Mars. CODE IS A MERE DETAIL IF THE INHABITANTS SEE FLASHES FROM COMMUNICATING MIRRORS HE SAYS A RESPONSE WILL FOLLOW. " - . Boston. Mass.; April 10. Mankind may be able to communicate with the inhabitants of Mars in July next declares Prof. William Henry Pickering of Harvard, This will be made possible by adopt

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ing his method of flashing messages, when that planet, approaches the earth to within 35.000,000 miles, or 5,000,000 miles nearer than ever before, he declares. Prof. Pickering's Method. Ten million dollars is the sum at which Prof. Pickering sets the putting of this method into practical use. He says of his system. "My plan of communication would necessitate the use of a series of mirrors so arranged as to present a single reflection surface toward the planet. Of course one mirror would do as well, but as the area necessary for reflecting the sunlight over 40.000.000 miles would have to be more than a quarter of a mile of glass, a single mirror wuld not be practicable We would havo to use a number of mirrors "These mirrors would all have to be attached to one great axis parallel to the axis of the earth, run by motors and so timed as to make a complete revolution every twenty-four hours, thus carrying tbe reflecting surface around with , the axis once a day and obviating the necessity of continually

Students Poisoned by Milk At a College Feast Sunday

Des Moines, Iowa, April 19. Following a merry dinner, attended by seven male students and an equal number of girls, . collegians of Des Moines college, every one of the participants in the affair was suddenly and mysteriously stricken With intense nausea and tbe gravest fears are entertained for the recovery of several, t ; Milk, which was the only beverage served at the dinner, is believed to be the cause of the mysterious sickness, and although no traces of ptomaine or other injurious bacteria has been discovered, the chemists are confident that there was poison of some kind in the lacteal fluid, while detectives are endeavoring to discover whether it was placed in the milk by human agency or was the result of natural causes. The students are members of the Kamaraderie and Altruria clubs. Yesterday they decided to have a co-operative Sunday dinner. At the table were the Misses Margaret Estel, Minnie Baker, Edith Anderson, Ruth Calvert, Dorothy Tinland. Edith Johnson and Emery Pease and Edward Hawkins, B. J. Powers, E. E. Clayton, Elmer

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MUST PUBLISH 111 A WEEKLY PAPER JuSge Fox Today Pads a Rulina in Regard to Divorce Notices.

THIS MAY MEAN TROUBLE VALIDITY OF CASES WHEREIN NOTICES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN DAILY PAPERS IS NOW QUESTIONED. Publication In divorce cases must be made in a weekly newspaper. Judge Ftox. of the Wayne circuit court ruled on the question this morning and declared such publication in any but a -weekly will not be accepted In the future. He questions the validity of proceedings In which other papers have been used to display the notices. Attorneys were instructed to observe the -rule in the future and govern themselves by It to avoid error. A paper printed seven days a week can not bo regarded as a weekly. The ruling of the court was promulgated following a discussion raised last week by Henry U. Johnson. - Mr. Johnson had had inserted a notice ot divorce proceeding in a dally newepv per. The court told him he believed it ought to have been put In a weekly. Mr. Johnson said be believed the clerk looked after such things and the clerk said publication Is made according to the request of the attorney. Tbe statutes were referred to and the queatloa was put before Judge Fox for settle menC The court holds it Is plain that the publication must be made In a weekly. Any other Is defective as the statute States plainly that in cases of divorce publication must be made in a weekly. Those for liquor licenses may be made in a daily or weekly newspaper, if it b of general circulation. Some of the lawyers were not disposed to accept the ruling of tbe court un- -til the law was looked up again- It was found to bear out the court in his stand. It Is probable there Is a large number of divorced persons wboae decrees were granted In this county, who might be found not to be divorced, it the law .were strictly Interpreted. Tbe court does not expect any case of that kind to be brought to his attention, but In the future only the new ru!s will prevail. . - Political Announcements Advertisements in This Column Cost ' Ten Dollars for alt Offices Except Councamen which Are Five Dollars BZNRT W. DEUKER is a candidate for mayor, subject to the Republican nomination, SAMUEL, K. MORGAN, candidate for Mayor, subject to the Republican nomination. EDWARD H. HARRIS is a candidate for Mayor, subject to tile RepublL , can nomination. . t , FOR CITY CLERK. BALTZ A. BESCHER ia a candidate for the office of city clerk of Richmond, subject to the Republican nomination. FOR JUDGE OF CITY COURT. LUTHER C ABBOTT Is a candidate for Judge of the City Ceurt of Richmond, InL, subject to the Republican nomination. COUNCILMAN AT-LAROE. MATT VON PEIN Is a candidate for the office of Councilman-at-large, subject to the Republican nomlnaUon. FOR COUNCILMAN. JESSE J. .EVANS, candidate for Councilman for Second Ward, subject to the Republican nomination. fa ths CLz 2ri - WmmJ