Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 219, 16 June 1909 — Page 1

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r BIGHMONB PAIXAMUM t: AND SUN-TELEGRAM. SINGLE COPY, CE3TTO. VOL. XXXIV. NO. 219. RICHMOND, IXD., WEDNESDAY EVENIXCi, JUNE 16, 1909.

GREAT AVIATORS PAID HONORS BY QUAKHl COLLEGE Former Richmond Young Men, Wright Brothers, Given Master of Science Degrees At Eariham Today.

INVENTORS LAUDED ' , BY THE PR This Morning Reco Breakir ) Class Graduate dress Delivered Wade Rogers. Fine f it Wilbur and Orville Wright, the renowned aeronauts, 'masters of the air, and former residents of Richmond, were awarded the degrees of master of science with all the privileges and prerogatives pertaining thereto, by President Robert L. Kelly of Eariham college this morning at the forty-seventh annual commencement exercises held In Lindley hall This is purely an honorary degree and la seldom given by Eariham, college. Although the two recipients were not present to receive their degrees, these will be forwarded by the college authorities immediately. Lindley hall chapel was packed with parents, relatives, friends and former Earihamites to witness" the largest class In the , history of the college receive their . Atr.'.nmaa us ArHflm that they had finished their required college work. Dr. Henry, Wade Rogers dean of the school of law of Yolo university delivered the commencement address. President Kelly- announced the financial standing of the college. The total indebtedness is $90,000. The changes-. In the faculty were also announced this morning. ',.: Was Great Crowd. The attendance at the commence- . meat ceremonies, this morning was the largest that has ever been recorded. -The class , being the largest, adds a Hew epoch in the history of Eariham college. There were thirty-one who received the degree of bachelor of arts, sixteen to receive the bachelor, of science degree, and two who graduated from the music department. The students who received the B. , A. degree majored in philosophy, English, history, literature or language. Those receiving the science degree majored either in some line of mathematics or science. : Til. a -lOTK) 4a. mrtt in1v- mn. plcuous among graduating classes of the college for' its unusual size but from the fact that the members during their four years training have incorporated the ideals of Eariham college, which have made It such a force ful Institution during the past fifty yean. Another feature of the class ia that it la above the average in schol arship. ; Awards to Wrights. In presenting the master, of science degree to Orville and Wilbur Wright, President Robert Kelly said: "It has been the policy and always will be the policy of Eariham college to use caution and conservatism before confer ring the master of Bcience degree. It has been decided that this degree shall ds awarded to two men who are broth ers, who formerly lived in Richmond, and were students in the public schools of the city. ? Some of their teachers are now present in' this audience. For many years they have been studying the problems of aerial navigation and they have now world-wide renown as having more successfully than any other men made conquest of the air, Their success Is not the result of acci dent nor of favoring circumstances, but of persistent experimentations, of dauntless courage, of remarkable judgment, and of irreproachable character. They have published many results of their researches in aeronautical mag azines and other scientific 'journals in th)s country and Europe. "Their absence from Eariham today for which they have expressed their sincere regret, is due to their prepara tion for their forthcoming exhibition. "Because of their achievements, be cause of their character and because of their association in this city, upon the recommendation of the faculty, and by virtue of the authority granted me by the board of trustees, I confer the degrees of master of science with all the privileges and prerogatives pertaining thereto upon Wilbur and Orville Wright." The annual announcements were made by the president this moaning as louows: Miss Shuts Honored. Award of Scholarships Miss Hilda Deborah Shute was awarded Bryn Mawr scholarship with Miss Donna Parke as alternate. The Haverford scholarship was awarded to Claude TJllum. with John W. Perkins alternate. There are a number of faculty changes to be made during the year. Prof. Murray S. Ken worthy of the department of Bibical literature, hac been granted a leave of absence for the next year. Prof. Kenworthy will

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Ben H. Grave, of the department of biology is granted a leave of absence for the next year. He will continue graduate work in the Johns Hopkins university, in which institution he has been awarded the fellowship in zoo logy. Prof. William C. McNown of the de partment of civil engineering; Prof. Anna C. Moore of the department of English and literature; Miss Florence Hanson, lady principal ; Mr. Clifton C. Vail, athletis coach and Miss Marcy Im Kirk, of the; department ' of- musiewho have rendered such efficient service to the college during the past year, have withdrawn because of various reasons. : New Instructors. The new appointments which have been made during the past , several months to fill ; the vacancies by the board of trustees are as - follows: Prof. Wm. O. Menddnhall and Prof. Lawrence Hadley wi have the work in the engineering courses. Roderick Scott of Bowdoin college has been appointed to the position of assistant instructor in English and literature, to fill the vacancy caused by Miss Moore resigning. Miss Catherine Snept, member of this years graduating class has been appointed to the position of Lady principal. As athletic director and instructor in surveying Mr. Glen Thistlethwaite of Illinois college has been appointed. Thistlethwaite is a graduate of Eari ham. A number of other announce ments will be made later. . Summer School Plans. Supplementary announcement for the summer term,' which will begin Monday, June 21, is as follows: Prof. William O. Beal, professor of mathematics, of Illinois college. .. Mr. Loren C. Petry will act as in structor in biology. Mr. Petry is from Urbana, O., high school and will have the two subjects of birds and trees. Instructor in normal school work, B. Heath, township supervisor of schools New Paris, O. -' Miss Mary Teas of the Wayne county schools will be in charge of the music, department. College Indebtedness. ' The total indebtedness of the college at present is $60,000. This has been incurred by the installation of the new efficient heating plant, the new library building and the new Edwin S. Bundy boys dormitory. President Kelly announced that no funds would be solicited during the day but that later a personal solicitation will be made of all the friends of the institution, in order that part of the debt at least can be eliminated. The commencement address by Dr. Henry Wade Rogers. Dean of Yale proved a very ; interesting speaker. His subject. "Some Thoughts on the Conduct of Life' proved to be a very interesting subject and was very much appreciated. Dean Rogers Address. In part Dean Rogers said: , . Emerson in one of his essays refers to the fact that certain noted men in London, New York and Boston were discoursing on the spirit of the times and adds; "To me, however, the question of the times resolved itself into a particular question of the conduct of life." This after all is the question of questions for us all. It is preeminently the question for you, young men and wo men, just completing one stage of the journey of life, and entering upon another that shall bring you into a less sheltered and broader path of life. The conduct of life of your own life Is to be the test and the touchstone of your career, and it is well to recognize It clearly now, and to ask yourself what Ideals are to dominate yon, what purposes ' of high endeavor be your

SOUTH EHO LINES IIP FORJOVEMEIIT Association Donates - $25 to Promate the Local In- " vasiorrof Dayton. 1 MEMBERS ENTHUSIASTIC

PRESIDENT BLICKWEDEL AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT ANNOUNCED PURCHASE OF MORE BEALLVIEW PROPERTY. At the meeting of the South Side Improvement Association last evening $25 was donated to a fund to be used by the promoters of the ; "Wright Brothers. Home-coming Expedition," to meet expenses incurred by the' lo cal delegation, in going to Dayton, Friday. Members of the association were also asked to participate in the affair and join the delegation. - It was also announced' by Presl dent Blickwedel that he.' actine as agent for the association, had purchased the Jester property, located between H and Q streets, and adjoining the Beallview addition. At the time of the purchase of the Beallview addition, the association was .able to secure all but this small piece of property. It amounts to but : a few acres." ' The land was needed in order to open up a street. It will be platted and sold with a number of 'other lots owned by the association.- The association unanimously endorsed Mr. Blickwedel's action. Had Large Crowd. ; The meeting last evening was largely attended and two hew members were reported. ; ' , - Reference was made regarding the disturbance south of the Beallview park - Saturday night. " It was found that no blame could be attached to any one except the young man who attempted the "vssault The : directors are very solicitous that the fair name of Beallview shall not be smearched by rough characters, and .will see that order Is kept or , arrests made. They are striving to ake the park an amusement center which, will warrant the attendance of the best citizens. - BROKE UP CEREMONY New York, June 1. Just as Miss Frances Farden, a pretty young Newark, N. J., woman, was about to be married to Frank Herring,' a cowpuncher connected with - a wild-west show at Hillside Park, on the outskirts of Belleville, her, father dashed into the arena and stopped the ceremony, saying that his daughter was already married and he would not see her commit bigamy. The spectators grew riotous because the marriage did not proceed. Mr. Eli Rider, the well known horseman, who has been at Lexington and Louisville, Ky., for the past two months, has just returned home. Mr. Rider states that he has seen some of the finest horses and stock farms In the country, ' and while there he purchased four, vera Ana w

TWO PORTRAITS WERE THE GIFTS College Receives Likenesses Of Prof; Hodgin and E. S. Bundy. PRESENTED BY CLASSES. BOTH CANVASSES ARE THE WORK OF THE FAMOUS "QUAK ER" ARTIST, ALDEN MOTE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED. Portrait paintings of the late Prof. Cyrus W. Hodgin of Eariham College, and Edwin S. Bundy, have bees presented to the college by the . senior and junior classes respectively. Both portraits were' painted by Alden Mote, the well known artist ' and portrait painter of this city. Both gifts were made yesterday and were in the na ture . of surprises. The senior . class gave the portrait of Prof. Hodgin as a memorial to one of the best known men ever connected with the faculty. The other portrait ' is a memorial to the young man for whom Bundy Hall Is named.' Hopes Not Realized. ; He was a young man whose parents wished to give a collef2s ducation. He died before their hopes could te realized and as a testimonial of their love for him, , they offered , Eariham College a certain sum of money for a boys dormitory, if an equal amount were donated by the college. The of fer was ' accepted and the present splendid structure ia the result. - Those who have seen the paintings and "'were acquainted with the subjects say the' artist has faithfully executed his wprk-.,He was engaged for several weeks in preparing each pic ture. The only person believed to have known the secret of the senior class with the exception of the mem bero and the artist, was Prof. Lindley. He counseled with the artist and of fered advice. ? . TAX BREAKS RECORD Chicago, June 16. The largest in heritance tax ever paid the state of Illinois was remitted to the state treas urer in settlement of the . oollgation against the estate of Nelson Morris. The ; Interest dates from the . date of the time of the death of Mr. Morris and with the amount of the tax. the total due the estate was nearly $184,000. The value of the Morris property In Illinois amounted to

PRESIDEIIT TAFT

IS C0USIDEHII1E HAWAII TROUBLE Gets His Cabinet Out of Bed Early Today and Calls Senator Root in for a Consultation. , ' SLAT.DS NOW FACE A GRAVE SITUATION gnorant Japanese ; Strikers Are Being Inflamed by Leaders They Expect Jap Warships Soon. Washington. June 16. -President Taft got his cabinet out of bed early today to attend a meeting, called, it is reported, to consider the Hawaiian situation. Senator Root, formerly sec retary of state and acquainted with conditions on the islands, was also in attendance. Advices from . Honolulu state eight hundred troops have been ordered into the field. FACING A CRISIS. Honolulu, June 16. Hawaii faces a crisis of the most serious possible nature in the threatened paralysis of the sugar industry. Fanatic Japanese leaders of the strike have inflamed ig norant plantation labor with promises of money protection from Japan, even asserting their belief in the declara tion of war. Seven thousand Japan' ese laborers are on this island and 4,000 have Joined - the strike. Three thousand are working intermittently. Twenty-thousand " laborers comprise the entire strength of the island Many of these - have disclaimed tHe leadership of the Honolulu society and have asked, without joining the strike for higher wages. It is predicted that all will strike in termittently if the advance is refused. . , What Situation Is. Here is the situation: Two thous and strikers are within the municipal limits divided In three camps. They are .holding mass meetings daily They march from the camp to the court where the four chief leaders are being tried on a charge of conspiring to kill Editor Shoba of the Conserva tive Japanese paper, Hawaii-Shlmpo, and also on a charge of inciting to riot. v Plantation managers are making In dividual charges of intimidating work men and assert that desperate char acters are moving among , the work men.' Negoro, the prime mover among the fanatics, has cabled Minister Takahira, at Washington, requesting that Japan demand an indemnity of three million dollars for the forced en trance of the authorities Into the of fice of Jdakino, another of the BritishJapanese who claims ' American citi zenship. He is also president of the Higher Wage association.. Editor So fa, of the insurrectionary paper, ad vises violence. He boasts that there is ammunition for the strikers to re sist the police, and condemns the Japanese consul as a cowardly dude, The eleven leaders arrested Thursday night were admitted to ball Monday. The same night the office of leader Makino was broken into by the police and a safe was lowered from the second story. Documents show ing plans of the strikers and threats against the : Japanese opposing the strike were discovered. The : plans show a project to make an internation al issue to defend the martyrs of the strike. The plans , also provide for compelling subscriptions, and .call up on all Japanese residents to attack the plantations, demand high wages and secure vengeance if the leaders suffer. , Big Demonstration. A great demonstration followed the liberation of the leaders on balL This resulted in a wholesale arrests on the charge of Inciting riots and at tacks on the plantation. The disorderly Japanese element is awaiting the report from the United States of the cruisers Aso and Soya. , A cable bulletin Informed them that these ships had sailed -from Seattle1 a few days ago. Led by the assertions of their leaders, the- rioting element expects the cruisers to land .-forces and compel the planters, to raise wages. TJp to date the ignorant coolies have been orderly in their rela tions with foreigners but alarm is felt at what the fanatical leaders may be able to bring about. Eight hun dred militia are ready for the signal to take the field. This signal ' has been agreed upon to he two cannon shots and three blasts of a whistle. The police are sleeping at the station sad a large force of special Is guard ing the plantations. Governor Frear is on a vacation. Reports from the other Islands are meager, as they are out of touch by wirel THE WEATHER KSPIIET.

PHOIIE COMPAIIY

. HOLDS ELECTION ountain City Concern One of . The Strongest. At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Lyon and Fountain City Telephonev company Monday the following officers were elected: F. C. BowenT president. W. R. Hallday. vice president ; J. S. Blair, secretary; Daniel Hecker. treasurer; M. M. Lacey, G. A. Dwtggins and J. B. Chenoweth. directors. This company is one of the strongest ' financial organisations in Eastern Indiana. It has 906 phones and 2000 miles of wire strung. FOR INCOME TAX TO GETJEH President Taft Today Submit ted a Message to Congress Advising That Such Action Be Taken. ALSO WANTS EXCISE TAX ON CORPORATIONS Chief Executive Points Out in Communication That . This Would Net Government 25 Million Annually. 1 Washington, June 16. President Taft in a message to congress .today asks that av constitutional amendment be submitted to permit an Income tag to be levied. He also recomm law imposing an excise tax of 2 cent on the net Income of corporations. He says It will raise an annual revenue of $25,000,000. The Income tax unquestionably will be deferred pending the decision from the states . on the proposed constitu tion amendment which may take sever al years. President Taft believes In the prin ciple of the Income tax to a certain ex tent, but does not want the statute book lumbered up with a law which can not be enforced unless the supreme court of the United States changes Its mind as to the constitutional princi ples Involved. Double Purpose in He believes In a tax on corporations not burdensome, but serving' the dou ble purpose of providing revenue and giving the federal government right to investigate their net Incomes, which Is the first step In a system of conserv ative legislation which,, he always has advocated. There ia no doubt that there has been a working majority of the senate for an income tax and there probably will be a majority .for the same thing In the house on the abstract question, although many senators and rep tatrres agree with the president that It would be foolish to enact a law of sus picious constitutionality which would have to be tested In the courts before any money could be collected under it, and with no possible assurance that It could be drawn In such a way as to re ceive the approval of the supreme court any more than the same feature which was incorporated Into the dem ocratic tariff bill of 1884. which the su preme court knocked Into a cocked hat. - Cant Muster Strength. With the open Influence of t he pres ident thown in favor of a proposition for a constitutional amendment It hardly possible the Income taxera can muster a majority in the senate on Friday. They will make a light of course, but a great many men who favor this system of raising revenue and some others who do not but know their constituents are friendly to the system will be olny too glad to get behind the broad shoulders of the president, and they will vote without hesitation the proposed amendment. SEARCH FOR BAUD New York, June 16. A widespread search was commenced by the poBee In this and other cities today for Paul Endermann.' paying teller of the Hous ton street branch of the J Bank. who. according to Dm esse! of the beak. Is short fa accounts from f9.CS to $2SjCt9. derBjtann came of a prominent family In Germany which bad suffered dal wtth Mr.

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JOin THE LOCAL BOOSTING CROUD WSSHSMSBB Coeur de Lion, K. of P. Or ganization, Wi:i Make Trip To Dayton, Paying All of Its Own Expenses. . TO MARCH WITH THE LOCAL DUGLE CORPS .lembcrs of Delegation Expected to Meet at the Interurban Station Friday Morning at 7:30. 7 Couer de Lion. Knights of Pythias degree team, at a meeting held last evening decided to attend the Wright - brothers celebration at Dayton on Friday, when the Richmond delegation invades the Gem City. This organ ixation. to show its public splrltedness has voted to pay its expenses out of Its own treasury. The Couer de Lion team is one of the finest organisations or its kind in the state and consists of twenty members. ' under the command of Captain Dick Whitman. With the Richmond Drum and Bugle corps consisting of . twenty-one ' members. and a crack organization, the Couer de Lion team will participate In the Richmond" parade at Dayton, Friday morning, and in the afternoon these two organisations will take part in the great spectacular parade. Both organisatkma have practically new nnl-. forms'' and 'win make a" splendid aa pearsfice. One ' of which . - Blchnvmel can be proud. ' '-; . , , ".. Meet 7:33 JL. IU-v Indications now point to the fact that there will be a big delegation from Richmond to the Wright cele-. bratlon. If embers of the committee in charge of the affair today requested that all who Intend to make the trip meet at the lntemrban station Friday morntag at 7:30 o'clock. Before the cars leave there will be a short parade about the business district of the city. Badges,' on which there will be the following inscription. "We Raised the Wrights Richmond Fan Festival." will be distributed to the members of the delegation. Everybody la Wayne Women are induded In this Invitation. . Tickets Are Cheap. . Round ' trip tickets win cost only one dollar. These tickets will he good only on the special cars running to Dayton and on the special cars re turning from Dayton at S o'clock and 10 o'clock Friday evening. Thee tickets can be purchased stow at the Westcott pharmacy, the Qulgley pharmacy. Fourth and Main streets and the Thistlethwaite pharmacy, North Eighth street. : It is expected that there win he a good sized automobile delegation In vade Dayton on Friday. Local autoists who Intend to make the run should notify the committee at once, so that, arrangements can be made to secure appropriate banners to ' be placed on the cars. . Several machine mere are now actively at work arousing enthusiasm among their fel low aotoista. Members of the committee who should be notified by the actoists are Wilfred Jessup, Ed Harris, C. W. Merrill and Charles VL Morgan. , . . . Local antomobfilato who plate going to Dayton requested to ae sure and meet the local delegation Friday morning at 9:11 o'clock at the Soldiers' Home. .It fa understood several machines will go from the city tomorrow, it la also important that sll autoiats who win go to Dayton In their car notify Will Haughton at the Auto Inn or members of the committee. Banners for the Richmond autoa may be secured at the Westcott Pharmacy tomorrow nlng. . DRYAD 111 CHICAGO Chicago. June 1. William J. is in Chicago to deliver a lecture this few democratic lussinarlea at a lunch eon arranged by former XSsyor Urey Woodson, secretary of the cratic national terday la the city oa private 'ewSBMBSBSBSS The executive eotssStSs Jefferson Club 4ecJ& hold the first annual L O. O. F. haS.

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