Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 282, 18 August 1909 — Page 1

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Question Is Now Being Asked by Local Coal Consumers Since They Havctearned How Strenuously the "poor, down-trodden" Little Railroad opposed the proposed Reduction of the Local Interchange Switching Rates, Which Would Mean Cheaper Coal for This City.

HEIIBY C. STARR EI1TERS A PLEA WITH COMMISSION Hnforms Officials That Reduction Would Permit Manufacturers to Use Coal from Indiana Fields. PENNSYLVANIA WAS ALSO IN OPPOSITION Made Kick Although the Reduction Would Probably Give Them Control of the Local Coal Business. Is there a working agreement between the C. C & is. and ther Pennsylvania? Is the C. C. & It. a. poor downtrodden Innocent little railroad which should mothered and coddled by the people of Richmond? Alas fpr the golden dreams which were shattered at the hearing of the freight Interchange before the Indiana state railroad commission. It was then that Harry Starr, chief counsel for the C. C. & arose and put forth the plea of the poor, halfi starved little railroad which must not 'have freight interchange in Richmond 'because it needed the money which it made from the factories In Richmond which are dependent on the CL C. & I for coal. It appeared that the C. C & L. was more against freight interchange than was the Pennsylvania itself. . . Public Pays Freight. It appeared that the coal could be hauled cheaper from the coal fields of West Virginia and Ohio than it could be hauled by the Pennsylvania. But . the C. C. & L. needs the money. So - Instead of the Richmond public reap-

lng the benefit the public which paid. E. M. Haas, Esq., the subsidy when the railroad was first ! S8' Richmond Commercial Club, Sin projected-the public pays the freight.! ymr q gth with , Although it was admitted that j companying enclosures was duly refreight interchange will not be a hard-1 ceived. ship on the Pennsylvania, neverthc-! The invitation they convey is highless Superintendent Neff told the com-j flattering to me. and it would be mission It actually cost the Pennsy $2 ver' agreeable to me to comply with per car for any interchange of freight 'our request I knew Richmond and and regarded the remaining $3 as ai of lta citizens many years ago, "fair profit" ' a would be pleasant for me to reAt the present time sixty per eentl8it under such favorable auspices, of the coal used annually in this city B,ut " wiU b impossible for me to

In hauled hv the C. CV & L.. from the ttiln U'ai Virginia anil cnilOlorn i .lolHa Rimtia of th tare-pst fnotorlps. ulso two heating and power plants, j the ".ity crematory, the traction com!pany power plant and two big coal j yards are situated along the line -of the C, C. & L. Indian pnnl la much cheaner than I

the grades handled by the C. C. & L., , en ret"ra to ashinSt and but consumers along the. line of thelknow be"er the s,tae of ? engageC. C. & I cannot use it because of me"?f an my health, say in October,

the prohibitive interchange switching rates. This Indiana coal can be brought from the fields straight to fthe city by the Pennsylvania, but the 'witching charge demanded would (make it- higher than the Ohio, West Virginia and southern product. Has Good Thing. Consequently the C. C. & L. has a "good thing" in Its local coal business and the thought of transferring this plum to the Pennsylvania, which would come to pass in the event the Interchange switching tariff was ordered reduced by the railroad commis sion from $5 to $2. i The thought of securing this good) business, strange as it may appear, ; does not cause the Pennsylvania to! rise. up and shout with joy. In fact,! Ma. A. At A. V . '. u is suueu, uiai at me neanng yes-1 terdsy afternoon before the coramislon. Superintendent Neff opposed the proposed reduction. This is the foundation for the question which' is being r asked j as to whether there is a working agreement

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er or not tne c u. & u. is such a downtrodden and Innocent railroad, to be coddled by the citizens of Rich mond. It Is even being speculated in some quarters as to whether or not the recent purchase of the C, C. & It. by the C. AO. has anything to ,dto with the friendly feeling between the two jpompenles.

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JOHN W. FOSTER NOTED DIPLOMAT MAY SPEAK HERE Distinguished Man Replies to Commercial Club's Invitation Giving a Tentative Acceptance. WAS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE FOR YEARS At One Time Was Secretary Of State and Represented This County at Numerous Foreign Posts. Hon. John W. Foster, former secretary of state, and ex-minister to different capitols in Europe, in a reply .to E. M. Haas, secretary of the Com'mercial club's invitation to visit this city and deliver an address on peace some time this fall or winter, says that he cannot state just when it will be convenient for him to appear here, but, however, he will be able to let the club know later. Mr. Foster is probably the most noted of all the men who were ever engaged in the diplomatic service of the United' States. , He represented China. recently in a dispute with Japan, and, it is reported, he received $500,000 for this service. He has been employed a number of times as attorney in diplomatic services for different European nations. Mr. Foster is a native of Indiana, and still claims Evansville as his voting place, although his home is in Washington, D. C. He became connected with the government service after serving a number of years as congressman. He was minister to Spain, and a number of other countries and then he was appointed secretary of state by the late President McKinlev. His letter to Mr. Haas is as follows: Letter From Foster. Underbluff, Henderson Harbor. N. Y., August 15, 1909. gno yvu a uecisive answer ax preseQt My health has not been good for some time past, and I can not with ?rtillnty ma.kf engagements far in f the future. I take a deep interest in e cause of peace and international I"1 ! dress your societies on the subject, Possible I will write you again on the subject. Be kind enough to make this letter a reply to the other communications. Very truly, JOHN W. FOSTER. FOOT IS AFFECTED. Milton, Ind., Aug. IS. Miss Laura Rothermel has a bad foot She scratched a place In the foot and infection has set In causing the member to become very badly swollen. A physician is attending her.

Eaton Dog Dies of a Broken Heart: Funeral Service Held

Eaton. O., Aug. IS. Death from a broken heart was the fate suffered by "Trixie, 'a fox terrier dog, owned by Dr. A. N. Drury. "Trixie" grieved In cessantly during "the last " ten davs his master had been absent from Eaton, and finally because he refused to eat his condition became so weakened that he died. Dr. Drury and wife left Eaton about (ten days ago for a visit with relatives at Qouvernor, N. Y., and had left the dog In care of Abner Johnson. As evidence of the great Intelligence of the dog Is related the manner In which he anxiously longed and waited

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PAVING DISPUTE GETS AN A! A LIVELY SCENE Friends of Both Brick and As phalt Were There, the Former Making Very Bitter Denouncements. STATUTE AN OUTRAGE CITY ATTORNEY SAYS Entire City Will Suffer as a Result, Buflhe T. H., I. & E. Tractiotf Company Is Hit Hardest. 4 The pavingf of Eighth street came up this morning in the room of the board of puBtic works amid much controversy. fie friends of both brick and asphalt! were there. The remonstrators forj brick were loud, in their denunciation of a law In regard to paving business streets which as Mr. John J. Harrington said "tajkes away the right to ' nave any 'say!ias to the paving of the. street in ffont of his place of business, because he does not happen to sleepy in his store." Injustice.' 6ayr Study. This City Attorney Study followed up by saying, "I will agree with you Mr. Harrington, that as a matter of justice the statute governing this is an Infernal outrage, but the statute Is the statute, and the law explicitly states that the board shall do so and so." What the Law Is. The law in question is the portion quoted in yesterday's exclusive - story in the Palladium concerning the operations of the Asphalt Trust in Richmond. Briefly the Su S. Saxton company obtained resident freeholders, who have very little frontage to declare for asphalt. The company took advantage of the state law which reads as follows "That the board of public works, after new bids have been received and said preliminary order designating the kind of paving to be used, shall name the kind designated by any majority petition filed within the ten day limit" From this it will be seen that the remonstrance of the resident freeholders overrules the majority of those property owners on the street who do business there but who " do not sleep in their stores." City and T. H., I. & E. Suffer. The Street Railway company is the greatest sufferer and with it the whole city, for this morning a legal tangle arose by which the company will be forced to asphalt its right of way. This arose because the company had been led to believe that the street was to be remade with brick the little joker of a remonstrance came along 8th out the knowledge of the company, therefore, because it did not file papers as required by law it will be forced to use asphalt unless matters take another turn. Even the men who signed the remonstrance for asphalt agree that it will work a hardship on the traction company and the town to put asphalt between the tracks as the jar of the tracks by the passing cars plays havoc with the asphalt and makes a source of constant repair. Other repairs to tracks also cuts up the asphalt which cannot be put into complete repair like a brick streeft May be 'Withdrawn. As the" asphalt remonstrators, not even the S. S. Saxton company, did not contemplate this feature of the remonstrance and did not desire to put asphalt between the tracks, it is possible, as Dr. Bramkamp intimated to the board of works this morning, the remonstrance might be withdrawn so as to put the streets in proper shaps as far as the asphalting, of tracks is concerned. It is pointed out that everywhere ' as In Indianapolis. (Continued on Page Seven.)

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for the return of his master. Dr. and Mrs. Drury made a part of the trip to Goubernor In an automobile. The dog remembering this ran out to each machine he saw, expecting his master's return. After he had died the canine was embalmed by an undertaker and placed in a solid oak casket, beautifully trimmed and lined In an expensive manner. A short funeral service was held over his body Tuesday afternoon and It was later laid to rest in the yard at the home of R. A. Iflestand, West Main street where a monument of Italian marble will be erected to his memory. . -. ' f . . ;

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rurpotors of the National IWrse to right: Henry Fairfax, Adie. Vi! James T. Hyde. Arthur C. Leonard, J. FUTURE OF. SHINTO DEPENDS Oil WAR III MOROCCO General Marina Has Left Melilla With 40,000 and Is Now Advancing Against the Rebel Stronghold. ADVANCE PROTECTED BY FIRE OF WARSHIPS Burden of Sustaining a Nation Rests on the Commander and He So Admits To Men in His Command. (American News Service) Lisbon, Aug. 18. The future of of Spain depends upon the campaign which was started in Morocca today, according to dispatches received here. General Marina, with a large part of his army of nearly 40,000 men moved from Melilla against he Moors. With the gunboats and cruisers in the harbor belching forth a continuous fire upon' Mount Gurugu, the Moorish stronghold, the soldiers marched to the attack; Two columns of 4.000 men each started from Punta Negra and Restinga, two cities respectively east and west of Melilla. Gen. Marina, dispatches say, was at the head of a column of 1,200 men. Cruiser Bombards. A Spanish cruiser moved from the harbor and is bombarding several Riff villages along the coast. Six thousand troops are being held at Melilla awaiting word from Gen. Marina as to where they shall be transported. This Is the first offensive operation of the Moroccan army. The others have all been defensive. The burden of sustaining a nation rests upon the shoulders of Gen. Marina. and he keenly felt that burden judging from the proclamation which he issued to the troops while they were being, concentrated for the attack. He bade them remember the glory of Spain and uphold it; to die the glorious death of a brave soldier and fear not the enemy. He called upon them to display anew the valor which made the armies of Spain famous in previous wars and to aid new laurels to their country by their courage and daring. v Crown of Alfonso. The crown of King Alfonso figuratively was carried upon the bayonets of the muskets which swept forward today from the city walls. With the fall of the campaign falls the power of Alfonso, his ministers and his loyal followers throughout Spain. - Provisions and munitions had been dealt out to the troops in sufficient quantities for a long campaign. In the harbor lay the armed transport Panzon, the battleship Emperado Carlos V, the torpedo boat destroyer Osado and the armored protected cruiser Princesca de Asturias their guns thundering, almost completely hidden in the cloud of white which poured from the conning towers. The roar of the cannonade shook the town and faraway on the lyights of Mount Curugu the projectiles could be seen striking the mountain side and casting up dirt by the ton. Under the cover of . this furious cannonade the troops moved to the assault. The usual brilliancy of Spanish troops on parade was banished; the soldiers were marching in grim war. . Was Alive Early. The enemy's camps on the heights facing the hippodrome camp at the gates of Melilla was alive early Aa

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soon as the approach of the Spanish was heralded, the tribesmen broke Into detachments seeking shelter in the valleys and defiles. A large number took refuge in the Alfor Ravine where 400 soldiers were killed on July 22. Through the night the Spaniards loaded railroad cars with provisions and field guns and ammunition. These will be carried over the North African railroad, keeping time with the march and constantly guarded by heavy convoys. To have these cut off and captured by Moors would be equivalent to disaster. The Spanish force is approximately 38,000. The entire strength of the Moorish force is not known although it has been reinforced from the tribesmen who were beleaguering Alhucemas and Benon de La Gomera. Spain has pitted her entire strength in the present campaign and Gen. Marina asserts that he will be able to put down the war before the end of September. The campaign will be a sharp one and .will . be. marked by a heavy slaughter for the Spaniards will give no quarter and the troops will die fighting rather than be captured and tortured to death by the natives. RAS A NOVEL PLAN (American News Service) Harwich, Conn., Aug. 18. A. C. Dickinson of Harwich has devised a novel plan for decoying ducks and geese. He files a bird in front of his phonograph and records the sounds the creature makes In its efforts to escape. He made a record with a duck and then took the talking machine into the swamp near his home, hid it among the reeds and set it going. The sounds the phonograph made attracted large numbers of wild fowl which he shot ENRQUTE HOME HOW (American News Service) Cherbourg, France, Aug. 18. E. H. Harriman sailed for America today on teh Kaiser Wilhelm II, of the North German Lloyd line. Mr. Harriman motored into Paris yesterday morning and spent the day at the home James Stillman. His .health has been greatly im proved by the baths in the Semmering Alps. Goes to Nevada II 111 I

Mrs. Elsie B. Frost, wife of the President of the Holland Submarine Company, who has taken, np her residence at Reno, Nev presumably that she can sue for diYorce in that state after a six months' residence.

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Secretary CATES III FAVOR OF SELLING OUT THE WATER WORKS Prominent Member off Corpor ation States He as Individ ual Would Agree to Any Fair Proposition. TO TAKE NO ACTION UNTIL DILL RETURNS Banker" Stales That as Business Man He Is Willing to Sell Out, Providing Offer Is A Fair One. It begins to look as if the water works may sometime become the property of the city of Richmond. Yesterday a representative of the Palladium called on Mr. Cates of the Union National bank, who is Interested In the water works and has taken some part in the negotiation of the proposed contract. "In view of the Increasing sentiment which is becoming more general every day will not your company entertain some plan or originate one by which your company can sell to the city by incorporating in your contract some provision such as was suggested recently by Mr. Leeds in the Palladium? By this the valuation of the company Is not taken into consideration but only a fair plan to both parties the val-, uation to be fixed after careful Investigation?" Such was the question asked Mr. Cates. Reply by Cates. "Understand, I do not wish to be quoted as representing the Water Works company." he replied. "I am only one stock holder in the company. There are .many other stockholders and I should be doing them an injustice of I voiced their Interests. But speaking as an individual stockholder (Continued on Page Seven.) For a Divorce fPW- T Li? -

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UI1IQUE FEATURES I

ARE PLAIK1ED FOB THE CELEBRAtiOn At Methodist Centennial Cir cuit Riders, Dressed in Old Costumes, Will Parade tha Grounds. CENTURY OLD MEMBER WILL BE A VISITOR Daniel Medearis of Greensfork Will Relate Experiences of Church in Early Part of Its History. - Circuit Riders, who will e dressed In old time costume will be a novel feature in connection with the Methodist Centennial, which will be celebrated at the Chautauqua grounds to morrow afternoon. They will appear on horseback and will ride through the grounds to make the thins appear as realistic as possible. In the pioneer days certain districts were assigned to "circuit riders," as they were then called, who rode around the country stopping at various places along their route to preach the gospel. They were heavily armed for the Indians which In those days were very hostile and there are many instances where these riders were captured by the red men and subjected to extreme torture and cruel treatment. Another Feature. Another feature of the celebration will be paper weights, made from one of the original logs of the First Methodist church ever built In Wayne county. In 1809. on the old Wilson farm, northwest of the city. This will be sold for a small sum to cover the cost of making. Pictures of several of the old churches will also be exhibited and a comparison drawn between the beautiful churches of the present time. Daniel Medearis. who will be 100 years of age next October, the oldest Methodist In the county and perhaps the oldest In the state or country, will attend the celebration of the centennial. He will possibly relate some of his early experiences and the difficulties of worship encountered In the pioneer days when It was neces sary to carry a gun to church for pro tection. Isaac Jenklnson, another old) Methodist, will also be on the grounds and will give a short talk that will be heard with a great deal of Interest. The complete .program Is as follows: Program for Event. Wayne County Methodist centennial celebration, August 19, 1909. Chautauqua tent. Afternoon. 1 :3(V-Open!ng Hymn. "All Hall the Power of Jesus Name." Invocation. Hymn. "Am I a Soldier of the Cross," to be lined by Rev. Harrison. Historical Address Rev. Orange 8. Harrison. 2:30 Hymn, "A Charge to Keep I Have." Announcements. Solo Mrs. Ray Longnecker. Address Bishop David H. Moore, D. D.. It. It. D., Cincinnati. O. . Roll call of churches. Remlnlsences of Early Methodism By older Methodists. Doxology and Benediction. Evening. 7:30 Hymn. "O. for a Thousand Tongues to Sing4T ! Invocation Rev. T. M. Guild, D. D. , Solo Leroy Lacey. Announcements. Quartet Mrs. Gormon, Mrs. Longnecker,.Mr. Wehriy. Mr. Lacey. : 8:00 Address, Bishop Joseph F. Berry. D. D, I I D, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Hallelujah Chorus Sixty voices under direction of Alton Hale. Mrs. Tur- ' ner Hadley. pianist. Benediction. 5 Mr. Fletcher Medaris of Centervflle. who will celebrate his 100th birthday in November, and who Is the oldest Methodist In the county. If not In the ' state, will be present In the afternoon and will make a few remarks. FIGURE 0(1 DOHLID American Kevi Service) New York, Aug: 18. Falling in the effort to secure t Johnny Kilns; for manager of the : Brooklyn National baseball team. President Ebbette has opened up negotiations to get Mike Donlin. Both Ebbett and Donlim think there is room for great improvement In the Brooklyn team. HE WILL RECOVER. Harry Haseltine who was on for appendicitis at the Rett orial hospital recently is considerably Improved and -hopes are entertaine4 for his complete recovery. 1 - - THE WEATHEn FHCr::3feg INDIANA CentiiNied dowdy and! bable