Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 8, 15 November 1909 — Page 8
THE RICH3IOXD PALLADIUM AXD SUX-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1909.
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FARMERS WEARING A PLEASED LOOK
Crop Conditions in This County Are Reported to Be Quite Good.
THE OUTLOOK IS PROMISING
CORN AND WHEAT CROP FOR NEXT YEAR 18 NOW IN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD 8 H APE MEETING HELD SATURDAY.
He Guarded the President From Danger During His Long Journey
At the meeting of the" Wayna Coun
ty Horticultural society Saturday, the
condition of the fruits, vegetables and grains was reported to be good in most Instances. The yields were good and the quality equal to the average.
The excellent corn crop more than made up for the poor wheat yield. Farmers have not entirely harvested their corn crop this year due in most Instances to the large acreage planted. The average yield in the county promises to be better than 50 bushels an acre and many farmers will average in the neighborhood of 75 and 80 bushels per acre. The quality In every instance has been No. 1, little corn being damaged either In the growth or In curing. Outlook Is Good. Wheat sowed this fall for next year's crop promises to be better than usual, at least good stands have been secured by the majority of those farmers who have a fairly large acreage planted. Pasturage Is short and farmers are turning thier cattle and hogs Into corn fields, which have been harvested. Clover has made excellent growth so far this year and the crop next season promises to be exceptional. While corn remains comparatively high, farmers figure that hogs and cattle will also remand good figures such as are now prevalent. Many farmers have a large number of hogs, which will be placed on the market in time for the holiday trade. Nearly every farmer has a few steers which he is fattening for the winter market. Vitality is Needed. New vitality is necessary for the fruit trees. Nathan Garwood, a horticulturist who is a careful student of the fruit conditions, says that he, as have also other fruit growers in this community, found the best way to accomplish the result was by top pruning. This causes the trees to produce heavy foliage, thus materially reducing the susceptibility of the trees to the scale. ; An interesting report as to the crop conditions in Central America was made by Isham Sedgwick, a resident of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. He reports that all fruits native to that country are very fine in flavor and good producers. Nearly all are seedlings. No systematic way of orchard planting or production has been established as yet.
It was reported that in the death of
Joseph Ratliff, the society had lost
its last charter member. The society
was organized in 1855.
Marooni Objected.
There was a little dinner once given
to William Marconi, of which one in
cident is still remembered by some of
the guests. An oratorical member of the company, growing enthusiastic over a toast to the inventor of wireless telegraphy, made this climax to his
peroration: "Gentleman. I give you
Marconi, the Franklin, the Faraday
and the Helmbolts of Italy." When
the toast had been drunk the distin
guished gveet thanked the party for
the honor and added, "But I most pro
test against the action of the .preceding speaker in making me triplets."
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Seattle, Nov. 15. The most trusted man in the service of the government, whose duty Is to see that the nation's chief executive, Mr. Taft, does not come to any harm, is a resident of Columbus. He is Joseph Murphy, son of the late John E. Murphy, former chief of police, who later engaged in the government service as a secret service operative. Mr. Murphy. Is twenty-nine years old, and since leaving the Fifth avenue high school has been engaged in secret service work for the government. Today he acts as personal bodyguard to the president, but his official position is chief of the New England headquarters of the secret service department. It means considerably more to be bodyguard to the president than one would think. Murphy's duty is to stand at the side" of the president at all times and to scrutinize the face of every one of
the thousands who pass in review be
fore the president.
Of course, all of the responsibility
does not rest on Mr. Murphy, because, as a rule, many detectives have gone
down the whole line and searched pockets and hands and warned every one that a move of any kind would
mean instant arrest.
High Training Necessary.
Nevertheless the work requires a
man who has an eagle eye and who is trained to the highest degree. A false move or one which would create suspicion to Murphy and the man is grabbed and thrown out before he has
opportunity to think.
Murphy sits at banquets, attends
church, guards the rooms of the
president, rides with him, and in fact is with him every one of his waking hours except when the train is safely
on its way or the president is in se
clusion. Wherever the public and president are, there Is Murphy. His duty is to protect the life of the man he is guarding, even at the risk of his own, and it requires a man of unusual
strength of character and nerve to
run into the face of death for, another man.
That Murphy has been trained suf
ficiently to test his courage is shown by the fact that he has been engaged
in some of the biggest cases in the
country.
Ability Unquestioned. His ability as a sleuth is unquestion
ed, and he Is considered one of the best detectives in the government service.
His work previous to becoming
bodyguard to the president was to hunt down counterfeiters and the big crooks of the country.
Murphy was put to work as a secret
service operative when he first went into the business. His father was en
gaged at the time, 1898, in ferreting
out a band of notorious counterfeiters
in Philadelphia, and the chief of the bureau gave permission for the son
to assist his father. He acted as
"shadower," that is. he watched the counterfeiters and reported their actions to his father.
Later he was employed in the office
of his father in St. Louis, ana ulti
mately became a secret service oper
ative.
About that time the famous John A. Skoog, a notorious crook, was thought to be engaged in making bad money. Murphy was assigned to the case, and before long had his man and confederates and landed them in the federal prison. Landed the Gang. In 1903 Murphy was assigned to look up a gangthat had been making Bank of England notes. He finally located the gang at Revere Beach, near Boston, where they had rented a magnificent country place and were turning out American and English
money by the thousands. The raid resulted in the arrest of Mose Novak, the most notorious criminal the government ever had to deal with. Novak and his pals were given long terms in the federal prison. Moses Rosengarten, leader of a gang in New York, also went the way of Novak through the efforts of Murphy. Chapters could be written about the experiences of Murphy. He has worked as a tinner on a roof, a sewer digger, porter, waiter and every other conceivable occupation in order to secure evidence against the men he was after. His record is a brilliant one and it is for this reason that he was detailed first as a personal body guard of
President Roosevelt. He was with the former president for four years, and made every trip with him. He has the distinction of being the only man who followed Roosevelt in his memorable rides and walks which created such attention all over the country.
He was with him when he made his famous trip to the Panama Canal. With the Duke. When the Duke of the Abruzzi, about whom there have been many rumors of his marriage with Miss
Katherine Elkins, was in America' Murphy was detailed to act as bodyguard for him. He performed his services so well that he was presented with a magnificent gold watch as a recognition of his work. Being a secret service man Is no easy matter. The work requires highly trained men, who must be gentlemen. Murphy talks little about himself, but is affable and courteous. He weighs about 160 pounds, is 5 feet 7 inches tall, and possesses a well knit frame. He has all the appearance of a most accomplished college man and is the last man to be suspected of being a secret service operative. He wears a beautiful pin which was presented to his father for acting as bodyguard to Prince Henry of Germany whenhe was here.
THREE ELECTIONS LAST THIS MONTH
Dekalb, Scott and Warren Counties Have Option Dates All Set.
oo $1419oo$2 MTEBSESToo 1 i u
RESULT IN LITTLE DOUBT
THESE COUNTIES ARE ALREADY DRY BY REMONSTRANCE, BUT IT IS SAID THE WETS OUTNUMBER TEMPERANCE HOSTS.
FRANCHISE GRANT
AT IOWA CAPITAL: HOW IT OPERATES (Continued From Page One.)
Indianapolis, Nov. 15. Three more j counties, Dekalb, Scott and Warren, j
all of which have been "dry" for some time by remonstrance, will vote under the county local option law this month. The dates set upon the presentation of election petitions are a3 follows: Scott, Nov. 23; Dekalb, Nov. 27; Warren, Nov. 30. It is probable that in the remaining counties that are now "dry" by remonstrance elections will be held some time this winter, or next spring at the latest. In many there is no need to hurry, as the remonstrances cover various periods into 1910 and until these expire no saloon license can be obtained. Elections in now '"dry" territory are confidently predicted to be "dry." The situation in the "wet" counties that have taken no action under the
county local option law remains about the same. From present indications they will remain "wet" for some time to come as the liberal element is such as to greatly out-vote the residents who favor either temperance or prohibition. Sixty-Three Counties Voted. Of the ninety-two counties in Indiana, sixty-three are now "dry" by option; seven "dry" by remonstrance, thirteen "wet" by option and nine "wet" with the option question yet to be decided. Of the counties where the territory is "dry" by remonstrance, Brown and
bteuoen are tne most apatnetic. so far as local option is concerned, as in Brown only one saloon was ousted and in Steuben ten, as compared to forty in Dekalb, seventeen in Johnson, flvo in Scott, ten in Warren and twentysix in Wells. "Wet" and still "wet best describes the condition in the counties that are "wet," but that are still open to option. In practically every instance the
"wets" have such an overpowering majority that it is not likely any effort will be made toward a county local
option election in the near future at least. The "wet" counties yet to vote
and the number of saloons they contain are as follows: Allen 252; Dearborn, 51; Dubois, 45; Lake, 565; Marion, 725; Perry, 37; St. Joseph, 37; Vanderburg, 304; Vigo, 318.
T H E H O M E F O R S A V I N G S
On November 1 st, our semi-annual interest period, we paid to the depositors of our Savings Department the above large sum in interest at 3 on their deposits. If you did not have a share in this great distribution of earnings, we invite you to open an account with us and share in it in the future. . Dickinson Trust Company is the SAFE and CONSERVATIVE bank for Savings Depositors. Let us serve you. Leading Trust Company in Eastern Indiana.
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was ab ut to make a negative and polite efvsal. But It's surprise turned out to L of another rort.
"Why, come ahead! All our iiirtings are open. Tlie business would not be valid If it were not transacted publicly, and beside that, ail our minutes have' to be published. Tou see tbore ian't the slightest use of our holding private meetings, particularly
in granting a franchise, because the
people will have to vote on it.
It was my turn to be surprised, because in my own knowledge the boards
of public works in Indiana often considered various franchises in private meeting and, for that matter, more in-
cccsecuential things tnaa franchises. Granting a Franchise.
At two o'clock, Mr. McKinley nntf
the five councilmen woo compose iho
cjmmjfslcn system in Des Moines, weie seated around a table. Eaet side, the city and the financier, h.d prepared two sets of typewritten prorosal3 In which th?? were varic-u? points in the franchi to be considered It will not matte- what were thf mooted jnJnts in tne case, but in a quiet, business-like manner, with, no sni ei-ltcs and little argument, the work prrgtessed. Point by i.oint, the pr:-
pos&ls of the city aud the company w- agreed upon, urtil by five ooock that evening, when they had adjourned, there were only two points still re
maining unsettled. On these the city and the company could not agree in entirety and it was left open for consideration.
Celerity Startling. I must confess that I was both surprised and shocked at the apparent hasty action of the council. I had been bred and born to consider that a
franchise which went through in such a hurry could not be anything but a direct robbery of the people. I $ ould scarcely understand the celerity with which the thing was handled. And then I realized that this was the Des Moines Plan in action. ..evertheless. I went out on the street in disheartenment. For I thought: "Here is a town, all the people are going about their business undisturbed. The people do not realize that important rights have been considered this afternoon in which they have had no part In spite of the boasted Des Moines Plan, it is the same old story the story we are all so familiar with afterward." Had New Viewpoint. But that night as I took a dilapidated car. jammed with all sorts of people. I had another viewpoint presented. I thought that the council had settled the street car business in the
afternoon. I was mistaken. It was
being settled before my eyes. The men, the women and even the children were ail talking about what had been going on in the council meeting in the afternoon. They knew more about it, far more than I did, I, who had been there. They knew what each man had said: And then I knew that the people of Des Moines had at last come Into their own in the settlement of corporation matters. They, and not the council, and least of all, the off! cials of the corporations were settling the matter. But it was a coal miner, who put th Des Moines Plan in the most concrete
form that I have yet h-eard it expressed. A little group on the back platform were discussing the work of the
afternoon at the City Hall. People Grant It.
"Well," said one of them, Tm going to do all I can to help the city out of what we've been going through for ths last ten years. I've got a vote on i.
next January."
So it is the people of Des Moines who
grant the franchises to the public ser vice corporations.
And yet I could think of some men
who were active in securing franchises
In Indiana cities who would not take
kindly to the thought of a mere coal
miner having a voice in the question of whether or not they were to get a franchise. So I sought out the one man in Des Moines that night who might be supposed to have some misgivings on the Des Moines Plan. That man
was Mr. McKinley the man who was
seeking the franchise.
He was staying at the same hotel
and, instead of being worried and hav
ing all sorts of political men to see,
found bim unoccupied and in a most
pleasant mood.
"Tne ues Moines Flan? From a
business point of view it the best
know. In my business one never knows when he is going to be held up or when some one is going to ask him up to a room in the hotel with the blinds pulled down and stick out his
hand for something. I'll trust the
people any day. The Des Moines Plan is a great relief. I can do business in
comfort this way."
A Laboring Man
A few days later the point in discus sion had reached a satisfactory con
elusion. Then I remembered the
words of Ash, the coal miner council
man, to the council and to Mr. McKin
ley, when he said: I hope that the council and that Mr. McKinley and the attorneys on both sides will take care to make this document so clear that any child in the public schools will
know exactly what is in it If this is
done, I am sure that the work which we have completed now will be passed
when it comes to a vote of the people.
The council and the company have agreed to the things which the people want All we have to do now is ta draw the franchise up in such shape that the people will know exactly what
is in it"
I wondered in how many towns in Indiana the people were given so much
consideration?
DELIGHTFUL WERE
PAST SEVEN DAYS
On Saturday of Last Week the
Mercury Hit the High Mark, 72 Degrees.
SUNDAY THE COLDEST DAY
IT IS VERY SELDOM THAT LOW-
EST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR ANY WEEK IN NOVEMBER IS ONLY FORTY DEGREES.
Delightful weather was experienced
by Richmond people all last week. The air was soft and exhilarating and the balmy days were greatly appreciated
and taken advantage of at every op
portunity, to be out of doors. The highest point reached by the mercury
during the week was on Saturday, t lie 13th, when the liquid soared to the 72
degree mark. Sunday, the 7th, was the
coldest day, the thermometer recording 40 degrees. It is not often that there
is a week in November when the mercury does not drop below 40 degrees on any day.
A Slight Rainfall. The rainfall for the week was very light there being .06 of an Inch of precipitation recorded on Monday, the 8th. There were traces of rain on three other days, but were scarcely noticeable. Saturday was the only perfectly clear day during the entire week. The daily temperature, as taken by Weather Observer Walter Vossler, at the water works pumping station, east of the city, was as follows: High. Low.
Sunday G8 Monday 63 Tuesday 53 Wednesday 66 Thursday TO Friday 65 Saturday 72
There has been a further toning down of unreasonable optimism in financial circles. For this the gradual hardening of money was partly responsible. Call loans advanced to over 5 per cent in this market and time money to the end of the year is also quoted at higher rates. There is no need for any uneasiness regarding the monetary situation; but with the surplus reserve of the New York banks verging on the point of exhaustion and the manifest desire of the Bank o? England and other great European banks to strengthen their reserves a feeling of caution is imparted that is wholesome, although not acceptable la every quarter. The New York banks have lost considerably through subtreasury operations, and gold exports to Brazil continue. After the middle of the new year, howevery ,the funds
withdrawn for crop-moving purposes will begin to return, and meanwhile
the situation should be further reliev
ed by liquidation in the stock market
This does not mean that we are to return to the former conditions of abnormal ease; on the contrary, for some time to come firm rates are in pros
pect. Appreciation or tne latter con
dition is having a distinctly depressing
effect upon the bond market. Demand for this class of securities is now very
limited, and it is noteworthy that in
the placing of new issues bankers pre
fer placing stocks to bonds, Of late the stock market has shown more or less weakness owing to the approaching session of congress and an undercurrent of uneasiness regarding President Taft's attitude towards corporations. The president has just finished a tour of 13.T0O miles throughout the country, traversing the populous districts of all sections. He has thus come in close touch with political sen timent, and has evidently found thf so-called "Roosevelt policies" popular Having been elected on promise to car ry out these policies, it is to be expect ed that he will more or less favor legislation unacceptable to corporation and that agitation on these lines wil1 be renewed when congress opens. Tt the disinterested observer this is no altogether surprising. A strong hop tile public opinion has unfortunate been created against our large corpo rations, chiefly because of abuses inc5. dental to the recent rapid growth. 1 will be conceded that these corpora
tions possess enormous power, and that by means of further combination thy
might be able to exercise aa influence that would by corrupt or other means threaten supremacy of the government itself. The placing of such vast interests in the hands of a few men. who absolutely control the destinies of
hundreds of thousands if not million of our population, cannot reasonably be expected to be permanent. The people will rule. They will insist upon the open field and a fair chanc. That is the foundation of our government, and no power that is able to seriously interfere with that object will be tolerated. The threatened control of our industries and our railroads b small groups of men, organized for purely selfish purposes and having lit tie or no regard for public welfare, has awakened a deep-seated feeling of uneasiness among the masses and is really the chief incentive for most of the socialistic propaganda which is spread broadcast today. Mr. Harriman was a
man or vast aoimy ana uuuuuuwui
achieved great results, but the system of excessive centralization In Industry for which he pre-eminently stood is la violent conflict with all the principles of this government, which alms at equality of opportunity to alL Roosevelt's tremendous popularity In thii country was based upon his clear recognition of the fact that public welfare was being frustrated by our great railroad and industrial combinations. His methods of cure may not always havw been the wisest, but his purpose was sound and his policy will prove a win ning one. although In the rough and
tumble of battle more or less injurious agitation and legislation may havq
to be endured. President Taft has ev-. idently sufficient political sagacity to recognize these conditions, and it I quite likely that he will vigorously carry out the Roosevelt reforms. Should he not do so, there is little doubt whatever that Mr. Roosevelt himself will be recalled to perform tha task,
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Prices of all living increased, the only exception Mrs. Austin's' pancake
flour. Same old price at all grocers.
MASONIC CALENDAR.
Tuesday, Nov. 16 Richmond Lodge
No. 196, F. & A. JL, work in Fellow craft degree.
Wednesday, Nov. 17 Webb lodge
No. 24, F. & A. M., stated meeting.
Saturday, Not. 20 Loyal Chapter,
No. 49, O E. S-, stated meeting.
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