Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 252, 19 July 1909 — Page 1

BICHMOKH) F AIXABJUM 'A AND SUN-TETJCGRAM. I VOX 22LXXV. NO. 252. RICHMOND, IN1M MONDAY EVENING, JULY. 19, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 3 CSHTS.

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III FIELD AFTER VffiBJAIICHISE taj EasterrvCorporation, Represented Locally by E. M. Campf ield, Opposes the Local Corporation. Aboard public works given notification Has Been Informed That With1 In a Short Time Proposition . May Be ExpectedLook for Good Site. The Richmond City Waterworks Company will not bo alone in the field brhen It seeks a franchise from the city (permitting it to furnish water for all (purposes. An eastern company rcprejsented locally by E. M. Campfield will tseek to secure a franchise in opposition to the local company. This eastern concern is said by Mir. Campfield to be heavily financed' and at present operating about thirty waterworks I plants in various parts of the country. - The company has had representatives here making; an Inspection. A I copy of the franchise under which the present company operates was secured land according to the local agent, what'ever proposition the easteners may offer. is bound to be better for the city , than anything to be offered by tho local concern. The representatives when la the city, visited the surrounding territory and secured profiles of sites which might be selected for wells. It Is the intention to use wells as the source of water supply. . Prepare Proposition. The board of public works has been notified - of the eastern company's Intention to become a competitor. The board has been told simply that within a short time a proposition may be expected, which, will embody the points of a franchise such as the new compony would like to obtain. The board has Informed the company's representative of the points the city may be ex- . pected to insist upon. It Is contended by Mr. Campfield the capitalists he is representing have been : la the waterworks business for many years and are prepared to build a system in this city that will fit the de- - mand in every particular. He says he IS not connected with the easterners In any way except as local agent to look after the preliminary matters before the subject comes up for definite consideration by the city's representatives.. ;. , ' Campfield's Views. - Campfield : says he knows the men he represents will be willing to give the city greater inducements than the .local company can afford to. He says his concern feels the local company 'has a big advantage that will have to be respected. He does not regard the ' Installation of another main as of j great benefit to the city. The R. C. W. company has agreed to lay a second main from the source of supply to the , city and put in an additional pump. They admit this will not increase the ' pressure for fire purposes ,Any, but simply provide protection in case of 'emergency such as might follow the I bursting of the main. 't is averred by the agent of the 1 SU . ; M A. ! . m unknown mere is noimng wormy oi undue gratitude on the part of the i city because the present company 'furnishes good water. Campfield says lit would be next to Impossible to seicure any but excellent water from - wells driven any place in this section i of the country. He points to the quality ot the water In the hundreds of large springs near the city and that secured any place In the city by driven wells. Hints at Low Rates. ' .Campfield says the eastern concern knows it any favors are to be bestowed by the city, they will be directed toward the home company. He says that Is the right way the city should act, and it the men behind him do not prove to the satisfaction of all that they will give the city additional Inducements in exchange for a franchise, they should not receive consideration. He hinted that lower rates would be charged for water and higher pressure guaranteed. These are the two points on which the public is the most insistent. It Is regarded that other companies I may Investigate the local proposition. Franchises for waterworks companies tin cities of this site are awarded but seldom and nearly always are of fifty years duration. They are regarded as money making Investments and usually there is keen rivalry. WAS PRIZE WINIIER Harry Klemann Is In Indianapolis attending the Cement Workers' Convention. He won third honors in the , contest for treating cements Saturday. The prise was a fine set of cement

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TWO GREAT TEAMS CLASH TOMORROW Newspaper Demons Will Take Fall Out of the Presumptuous Lawyers. ONE UNKIND PHYSICIAN HE 8NEERINGLY REMARKS THAT IT WILL ONLY BE A "LIAR'S COMPETITION" NO ADMISSION CHARGED. - O, Mr. Weatherman, please be good tomorrow. It will be the first big day of the year to the newspaper men of the city who are contemplating great things in connection with the ball game against Sheriff Meredith's team at athletic park. Meredith will spring a bunch of lawyers, court house officials and other professionals on the press team and expects to make the biggest cleanup of his lifetime. This great game is scheduled for 4 o'clock and in order that the wives of some of the attorneys may be induced to at tend, no admission will be charged. It Is a charity game with the players buying the balls they will soil. A doc tor remarked today that the game would be a "liars competition." Kind of harsh, eh? .The lawyers have been holding sec ret practice for the last two weeks in preparation for this game. Meredith has had them, down in the jail yard part of the time. There is plenty of room down there and a high brick fence all around. Purposes of the Fence. This fence serves two purposes. It keeps spectators from seeing the numerous errors made by the team in practice and then it is a dandy thing for the pitchers to try out their arms on. The chesty sheriff was boasting today he had seen Charley Ladd flatten one guaranteed, 10 inch, nine ounce ball with a single throw against the wall. He had the nerve to claim that Saturday afternoon Ladd threw three times at the same brick and today new bricks had to be put in to avoid the wall's collapse. - Ladd is going to pitch for 'em, you know. Wilfred Jessup has been trying out on Centerville commons. He says he knocked his young son out of the box. Rob Study and Capt. Comstock have been tearing up the Reeves lots, back of Study's .home and were only stopped when neighbors called the police. Other members of the team are claiming to be In fine fettle. My, wont there be an awful" splash when these fellows hit bottom tomorrow? Please, Mr. Weatherman, try to be good tomorrow. NEARLY WIPLETED Work on the New Murray Theater Is Progressing Very Rapidly. START ON INTERIOR SOON Work on the new Murray theatre, which is being erected at the corner of Tenth and Main streets, is progressing rapidly. The cornice is being placed on the outer walls and the building is now assuming the appearance of completion. Work on the interior decorations will be started next month. It Is thought that no difficulty will be experienced In completing the structure by the time specified, next fall. A grand opening week, has been arranged by Mr. Murray, when the doors of the theatre will be thrown open to. the public Several high class vaudeville acts have already, been secured for the occasion and some splendid attractions will be seen here during that week. It Is said. '

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Proceeds Wlil Be Turned Over ToG. A. R. All orders affiliated with the G. A. R. are promoting a musical which will be given at the Pythian Temple, Wednesday evening, July 28, for the benefit of the post room. The post was recently provided rooms at the courthouse, and It is to secure a fund to decorate the rooms that the musical is to be given. The program will consist mainly of vocal and instrumental music, interspersed with recitations. HERBERT K. SMITH SUBMITS A REPORT Commissioner Gives President Part Two on Water ' Transportation. IT DEALS WITH TRAFFIC IT OUTLINES THE PRACTICAL RESULT OF THE WATERWAY SYSTEM AND COMPARES TRANSPORTATION METHODS. Washington, July 19. Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations today submitted to the president part II of a " report on transportation by water, being the part which deals with traffic. The report points out the predominance of bulk traffic in water transportation and the reasons therefor. It outlines the practical result from the waterway system, and makes an interesting comparison by dividing the entire transportation system of the country into three great classes: 1st, rail; 2nd, deep water, coastwise and the great lakes; 3rd, rivers and canals. Increases Shown. There has been an enormous increase in rail traffic. There has also been a great increase in coastwise and lake traffic. On the other hand, there has been a marked decrease in the river and canal traffic. The great mass of the coast and Great Lakes traffic Is bulk. The enormous development of the Great Lakes business is largely due to the vast ore and grain trade moving eastward, and the coal trade moving westward. About 45,000,000 tons of, ore were transported in 1907 eastward, and about 17,000,000 tons of coal were moved eastward in 1906. ' THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair and warmer. m

:sGsSsnt of doors! Wlyiietaeep shorn and some sort of veUcls? Kaybeyon have a horse and are tired of the same kind of barrr or carrUp. Many people have Just what yon wast sad wffl be glad to SsUift a bargain. Put our littls Want Ads to woxk. If yoo have what ywTdosK want, these same tttUe worker win go to the very people who are IsoUscte what you have to Sell. Maybe one has a sMssage right now for yoi!xosfc--Rcad and Answer Today's Want Ads.

ADAMS MET WIFE

WHILE AT DAYTOli Informs Reporters That His Domestic Relations Are Not Broken. DECLINES AN INTERVIEW STATES HE HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY MISREPRESENTED AND HAS NOTHING TO SAY RE TURNS TO RICHMOND. Dayton, O., July 19.- Francis R. Ad ams and his wife, who reside at Dela ware, Ohio, met here Sunday, and, ac cording to the former's story; their domestic relations have not been seriously disturbed by the disclosures' of the last few days. "Much that is false and misleading has already been published," said Ad' ams, "and I don't care to discuss the matter any further. I came here' to attend to some matters of business for the company I represent, and I don't want my mind diverted by a discus sion of things that are of no . concern to the general public. My wife came here from Delaware yesterday. She left today, but will be back again." Refused Answer. When queried as to whether or not he had the jewelry that was left in the apartments of Mrs. Elizabeth Adams, who. committed suicide at Indianapo lis July 9, he refused to answer, declaring he had been misrepresented so often that he didn't care to put him self on record any further. He also refused to disclose the name or location of the company with which he is identified. He says he has been in Dayton on severul occasions, but is not widely acquainted here. "My wife is almost distracted now by the false reports that have been published in the various papers," said Adams, "and I intend to say nothing further about the affair with which my name has been associated." Adams left last night, taking a Day ton and Western limited traction car. While he refused to state his destination it is presumed he went to Rich mond, Ind. : . MARRIED IN BOSTON. " Delaware, Ohio, July 19. Chief of Police Spaulding has received a tele gram from Boston saying the court house records of November 26, 1885 record the marriage of Frank R. Ad ams, residence Boston, to Anna .,, F, Rice, aged twenty-five years, by Jus tice of the; Peace Atkins. It was the second marriage of Anna F. Rice,' her name before her first marriage being Anna r Magrath. it is understood here that Mrs. Frank R. Adams, who lives here, had the maiden name of Magrath. , Baying and Selling a Buggy, Carriage or Run-about

FORCE CONGRESS YIELD TO WOMEN III TARIFF FIGHT

Conferees Will Continue the Existing Rates of Duty on The Cheaper Grades of Hosiery and Gloves. FAIR SEX IS SHOWN A POWERFUL FACTOR President Taft Continues His Efforts to Transfer Hides, Iron Ore, Oil and Coal to Free List. Chicago, July 19. John Callan O'Laughlin says in the Tribune today, in a Washington dispatch: The women of the country have dem onstrated that, they possess political power. Responding to the universal demand of the opposite sex, the tariff conferees will continue the existing rates on the cheaper grades of hosiery and gloves. Their decision will be registered in connection with the former during consideration of the cotton schedule tomorrow and with the latter when what is known as the sundries schedule is under discussion. It has been evident for some days that Representative Payne and his as sociates would not stand out for the excessive rates they had placed upon these articles of common use among women and children. They have been moved to agree to recede first by the outcry raised by women throughout the land and secondly by the uncompromising and hostile attitude adopted by President Taft. In view of the pres sure brought to bear upon Individual representatives there is no doubt the house - promptly will approve of the retreat of its agents. -; The result of the tinkering of congress with the rates on hosiery and gloves ought to mean no Increase of price on cheaper grades, nor, on the other hand, can there be any decrease of the- price duo to a tariff reduction which has not been made." j- ' : Pew Schedules in Dispute. The question of hosiery and gloves has been touched1 upon several times, but has been passed over because of the fear of Senator Aldrich that it would precipitate a fight and it has been his policy to exclude controversial articles until the last possible mo ment. This policy has been productive (Continued on Page Two.) HEW YORK SUBWAY COMPLETED TODAY Regular Traffic Was Started This Afternoon. New York, July 19 The first train through the Hudson and Manhattan company's subway, bringing Jersey City within three minutes of Broadway, by under-river route, was run today. The regular traffic began this afternoon. The cost was seventy millions. SPANISH TROOPS HGHU10R0CCAIIS Rebel Tribesmen Are Report ed to Be Routed. Madrid, July 19. Dispatches from Morocco today indicate a severe en gagement has been fought between the Spanish troops dispatched there last week, and - the revolting tribesmen. Three Spanish officers are reported killed and the losses of the Moroccans are heavy. SEPARATOR V7RECKEI One of Gaar, Scott it Co's threshing machines was put out of commission yesterday morning. The separator was being switched on a siding on a cut of cars when the car on which It was placed hit the bumpers with, such force as to throw the machine to the ground, demolishing it. The wreck crew was called to remove the debris from the light of way. - ELLIOT GIVEN DOOM Boston. July 19. A strong move ment is on foot to make ex-president Charles W. Elliot of Harvard ; nonpartisan candidate for governor. A

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Many Terrified Today When Ferry Smashed SightSeeing Ship. FERRYBOAT NOT DAMAGED New York, July 19. A crash be tween a sight-seeing steamer and the Erie ferryboat Suffern today In the rush hour threw more than 200 pas sengers into a panic. The steamer, the Commodore, crashed Into the Suffern in the North river, off the 23rd street ferry ship, Manhattan. The commodore's bow was stove in and she ap peared to be badly damaged, but the ferryboat escaped serious damage. A second collision was narrowly averted. Behind the Suffern was a Pennsylvania railroad ferryboat, maneuvering for her slip. When it was seen by the captain of the Suffern that a crash was imminent, he had the en gines reversed. The Pennsylvania boat was going ahead at a good speed and only by . a sharp turn was a sec ond smash averted. 1 The Commodore was running down stream, and her captain, according to the crew and passengers of the Suffern. attempted to cross in front of the oncoming ferryboat. He misjudged the distance and tho crash followed. . ; ' CHARLES WOLF UP TO HIS OLD GAME Tries to Commit Suicide at Hamilton, 6. Another attempt at his bluff suicide game has been played at Hamilton, O. by Charles Wolf, known locally as the "suicide king." Wolf went to the office of a physician, made a pretense of drinking from a( bottle labeled carbolic acid and was hurriedly removed to a hospital. Later It was found It was all a game of bluff. Wolf has lost his calling by not using his abil ity as a suicide artist as a money-mak ing proposition. ,. ,-v LUTZ CASE IS 11017 ' GETTING HEARING Plaintiffs Are Suing to Collect 7 . Claims. The salt of Laura B. Boyd and Edna M. Hangley vs. the estate of Nancy Lutz, was on trial in tho Wayne circuit court today. Tho plaintiffs or suing to collect claims they allege they hold against the estate for services rendered the deceased previous to her death and during her last Illness. IS A FAIR VICTIM OF LOEB'S CRUSADE This Is pJetare of Bfme. Detvtna oolanger, one of die vfettass of Collector Loeb's crusade asatnst satesKilns. Ehe Is charged with MazSss a number of Parisian cosma ta tfcta country wlthoat aotel formality of paying Undo

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111 STRIKE CELT Not a Wheel Was Turned This Morning . In the McCCees Rocks Ptent, But Uo Rioting Is Reported Yet BUTLER CAR PLANT WAS NOT OPERATED Only One Hundred Men Report ed for Work So It W&3 Closed Tempcrarily Thirty-one Arrests Mads. Pittsburg. July 19. Up to el o'clock this morning no start hod mode to resume operation at McKeea Rocks' plant ot the Pressed 8 tool Car MIWMW wiuysHi Butler. Pa, July 19. One bandied out of 2,400 men employed at the Standard SaaI MmnMw'a ' reported for duty this morning bat soon aesertea me place oecanse it was impossible to start the works with. HUh It mMAmm B ... m bahbhkh' Altman says that no attempt win be made to operate the, car wheal plant until more men are secured. A total ot thirty-one arrests have been made. : Eighteen were made this morning, being strike leaders, arrested at their homes. They submitted Quietly. Placards appeared throughout town this morning reading. "Smoky Hand, strike on, keep cmW - - Less Very Heavy. - Pittsburg, July 19. While exatft flgures of course, are not obtainable, it la conservatively estimated that a loss of S60.000 Is Incurred each day the car strike continues. Nearly six thousand men are Idle. The plant has a capacity of about 100 cars a day. wnicn seu at an average price of SI,000 eachJThe Cr??a. show that the company Is endnrlnjc a' tremendose loss while no product is being tnrned ; The strike also censes loos sad Taconvenlenee at ether ; parts of . the country, t Railroads who have ordered cars in s hurry mast wait until the trouble Is ended. " Street car companies must wait for new rolling stock. The Hudson River Railroad T-"r has. it Is stated, complained that it cannot have its subway train system satisfactorily working until the strike Is adjusted. EftM. IIUDTIOGTOa ACSlESTEDAC.il eBSBanssnuBaV) Is Behsid ths Dors fcr Ur stecnth Ttaw. Earl Huntington is under once again the police do not what to do with him. This Is believed to be guilty of the theft of s pair of shoes. Earl says he 2at steal them, but Jack Don! In sail he did. After the two were brouskt together. Donlin tried to evade the seconation. Huntington stands a to be released until the stats more evidence sgalnst him. GLEO LLED17AS A PflPflLCO PLf.E Bend - Concert Attracted a Lxrc3 Crcvvd. The band concert at the den sfe traeted hundreds of people sfternooa. - It was a hsesllfn the favorite park was s sseeea for those who aouzht ' mm. - mnrnwrntttm recreation." AatouxtCa parties were numerous also. The rain cf the early morning settled the dust and made motoring delightful. TO UQOAVEt THE CASE IH COUITFS Wcrk ca SLUzrfs Cfcirtfi to Work to sua delayed la the of the new St. Mary's Catholic cSurc st the corner of ESktb sad HarTa A streets. Contractor rTartT xc 11a smieniiisel Ms owing to the fact ttat fcr tie rise ad Haw. tie st'.- at cf stsae raKfrs aot CrstrcUas. The nutter wd asvw to go throve a raessa cf ad It wCI be souse nam txse)