Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 29, 6 December 1909 — Page 8
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGBASX, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1909 PUBLIC APPROVES THE ACTION TAKEIJ GIVEIi ,m ma ! .mm German Ambassador and Yankee Wife ft im iyj A y rcfl ' CROOKED AGENTS County Council Takes Right Step in Providing for The Insane. NO STATE RELIEF SOON Spokane Takes Drastic Action Sensible SugQestftms For Gilt Buyers To Protect Laboring Men of City. - AGENT FEES PROHIBITED IT 18 GENERALLY BELIEVED THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE TO CARE FOR MOST OF IN8ANE FOR SEVERAL YEAR8. MEN SECURING EMPLOYMENT FOR LABORERS MUST LOOK TO THE EMPLOYERS FOR RECOMPENSE, IT IS RULED.
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. The fact that the Wayne county council, at its meeting Saturday, took action with relation to the care of the county's insane, deciding to build a county hospital, has met with the general approval of the people, especially those who have kept in touch with conditions that for some years have exist' ed. ' No Relief Soon. It is no. longer questioned that the county will be compelled to care for many of its Insane for years to come, for the state will not be able, despite all arguments, to the contrary, to provide accommodations for a considerable per cent of the men and women in various counties, who should be in state hospitals. The visit of the governor, members of the board of state charities, the building commission, and the recently named board of trustees to the Southeastern hospital for the insane, now in the process of completion at Madison, has called special attention to an extract from the forthcoming report of the board of state charities which has to do with the insane of the state. The new hospital, which was expected to relieve the congested conditions of the other hospitals, the jails and the poor asylums of the state, will provide quarters for about one thousand patients, which Is not sufficient to give the relief contemplated, according to Amos W. Butler, secretary of the board. Are Not Adequate. While Mr. Butler sees in the appropriation for this building and in another for a separate apartment for the sick at the Southern hospital at Evansvllle, a long step in the right directionne says in his report, that these steps are not adequate and that the solution of the problem presented by the insane f the state can not . be successfully solved until the state appropriates stiU more money for additional quarters. Mr. Butler's report in part follows: "At the last report, August 31, for the poor asylums and September SO for the jails, there were 542 insane in the former class of institutions and 54 in the latter. In addition, the county clerks report a total of 108 insane in their homes or with friends awaiting admission to the state hospitals. Altogether there were reported 7G4 persons of this class not receiving hospital treatment. - It is plain, therefore, that in order to carry out the policy of state care, to which Indiana is committed by legislative action, additional provisions is imperative."
OH RAPTUROUS JOY
Our Old Friend La Grippe Has rrived and Is Extremely Active. GOOD TIMES FOR DOCTORS
La grippe, with its cold and icy fingers clutching at the throats of its victims, whose fame has been heralded and whose name has been cursed from one side of this broad land to the other, is in our midst. There are more cases of the genuine old fashioned "grip" in the city at present th.n have prevailed for several months. The equilibrium of many -a peaceful home has been rudely disturbed by the unwelcome presence of the nerve destroyer, the stomach disturber and the head unbalances Almost every home has a sufferer. Every nose has an owner and every owner has a pocket full of handkerchiefs. The change in the weather during the past few days is responsible for the many complaints. Grip is the most annoying of all diseases. It has Bpring fever "skinned" a whole block with a handicap of half a square. It has hay fever backed into the continuous, while asthma shouts for the seltzer bottle at the mere mention of Its deadly rival. The busy season for the doctors has commenced and the dope mixers will be rushed from now until next spring, building up shattered nervous systems and administering relief to the hundreds of sufferers of the disagreeable ailment.
i Ttuk PitUm. following letter received at thla Oc baa been referred to the Lancaster Literary society: I married a widower and went, to live In the home where he had lived with his first wife. I find a number of her clothes In a closet to wit. one brown dress skirt, two petticoats, three pairs of stockings.
ne pair of slippers and a black silk - waist. How shall I dispose of them la way that will be satisfactory to her relatives and the neighbors r Atchi-
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s Ethel I suppose I shall have to wear fibta veU. It's the only one I have. It's ss thick one can hardly see my face tamogh It Edith-Ob, wear It, by all means. Every body says yon never
bad on anything half so becoming.
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Count von Barnstoriff, the German ambassador to the United State3. It is reported in London has won, through his recent speeches in this country, promotion to the ambassadorship to the Court of St. James. What he has been saying reflected the opinions of Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollwogand, are approved by the German Emperor. It is said that when the outcome of the new chancellor's policy becomes known in Germany, it is not unlikely It will provoke a storm of opposition. This picture shows the count and his American wife.
ENGLAND FACING SERIOUS CRISIS IN BUDGET FIGHT (Continued From Page One.)
classes as the most socialistic measure ever introduced into parliament. Bore the Taxation. Wealth and "The Trade," as the
liquor business is popularly called, were made to bear the main burden of taxation. All the necessities of
life, such as flour, tea, sugar, etc., remained untaxed, but the duties on beer and whiskey were unusually heavy. An income tax of IS cents was imposed on every $5 for incomes of $10,000, which is equal to $360 tax ou every one receiving $10,000 a yeai It provided for a "super tax" of 2.4 percent on all incomes over $25,000, and an inheritance tax running from 4 percent on 25,000 estates to 15 percent on $5,000,000 estate. An estate like Mr. Harriman's, which is esti
mated at $149,000,000, under such a
law would pay $22,500,000 to the state. It provided for a revaluation of the land, which would vastly increase the
rate of taxation, and many of its op
ponents claimed, that land-owners would be taxed two and three times for the same pieces of property. A tax on automobiles, ranging from $10 for 6 H. P. car to $200 for 60 H. P. car, was also included. The bill was printed on May 28 and on June 7 underwent a second reading. On June 21 it reached the committee, and It was at this stage that the bitterest fight was waged. This resulted in several changes in the measure, but the main portions were left untouched. On October 19th it was reported back to the house of commons, and
then followed the debate. Mr. Balfour
led the fight against the bill, and despite his predictions that the passage
of the measure would cause a social
upheaval and stifle all trade, that body passed the third reading November 4 by a vote of 379 to 149. Lansdowne Amendment. On November 22 the second reading of the bill was moved in the house of lords. Lord Lansdowne, the leader of the opposition then offered his amendment which provided for a referendum vote, and this amendment was adopted by a large majority on Nov. 30, killing the budget by making any effective action upon it in this parliament impossible. The chief argument used by the peers in opposition to the budget was that the ministry had offered rnot simply a finance bill, but a bill embodying many measures that the house of lords had previously rejectedthat, in short, the peers could not pass the measure without practically resigning all legislative functions. " . On the other hand, advocates of the budget, and the great British public generally insist that the real reason for its rejection by the peers Is the fact that its provisions place the burden of taxation chiefly upon the very wealthy. Nine men in ten outside of parliament regard Lloyd-George as the greatest and most far-seeing statesman in England, and denounce the action, of the house of lords, as an arrogant defiance of the 'people by a purse-proud and headstrong aristocracy. In all quarters the present crisis is regarded as the gravest that the nation has faced in a century, and one that is likely to result in a radical change In the British constitution.
DRUIDS CELEBRATED
Anniversary of the Local Or
ganization Was Appropriately Observed.
A CLASS WAS INITIATED
The local lodge of Druids celebrat
ed its tenth anniversary yesterday afternoon and evening with appropriate anniversary services in the afternoon and a lodge session in the evening, at
which Louis Wrede, Edward Thomas, Frank Boswell, Oscar Mashmeyer,
Harry Lahrman, David Jordan, Frank Lamb, Harman Marting and Harry Griffls were the new members initiated into the order. In the afternoon, an address was made by A. M. Beasley, a prominent attorney of Linton, Ind., in which he discussed the subject "Outlook of Druidism." He predicted that this or
der, founded on such a sound basis as it is, was sure to make wonderful progress in the future. His address was
very interesting and appropriate to
the occasion.
Short talks were also made by local
and visiting members of the order.
The principal lodges of the state were
represented either by individual dele
gates or delegations.
Spokane, Wash., Dec. C Labor agencies are prohibited from exacting or receiving fees of any kind as compensation for services rendered to laborers in the procurement of employment by the terms of an ordinance submitted to the city council of Spokane by Mayor Nelson S. Pratt. They must look to employers or persons placing
orders for labor for remuneration. The
penalty provided as punishment for violations is fixed at not more than $2tK or six months In jail or both. The enactment of . the ordinance.
which has no opposition in the council,
will give Spokane the distinction of being the first city in the United States to legislate against dishonest agents in
this manner, the purpose being to
break up their fraudulent practices, against which the laborer had no legal recourse at present. Message of Mayor.
Mayor Pratt says In his message to the council, that the supreme court of the state of Washington has indicated that employment agencies are subject
to regulatory provisions, "and," h'i adds, "there is no doubt that the ordinance suggested will be sustained by the courts as a proper regulation of this business. The ordinance will give protection to those who need and deserve it most, without taking away the
profit of a business conducted on legit imate lines.
"Hundreds of individual cases have been before me during the last six months, and my observation has been
such that I know it is the daily practice of many employment agencies to
act fraudulently and dishonestly in their dealings with the laboring men
who go to them for employment."
The ordinance is based upon a fed
era! statute for the protection of sea
men, which declares that if any person
demands or receives directly or other
wise remuneration from a seaman or any person seeking employment as a
seaman for providing him with employ
ment, he shall for every such offense
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor.
WAS CONTRIBUTOR TO
A REPUBLICAN FUND
NOTICE. The members of the South Side Improvement Assoc'n are hereby notified that the regular annual meeting for the election of officers for the ensuing year will be held at 7:30, Tuesday evening, Dec. 7 at their hall, South 6th and E street. 6-2t Matt voa Fain Sac'jv
Mrs. Douglas Sloane who contributed $1,000 to the recent republican campaign, fund in New York. Mrs. Sloane has never been Identified with, the suffrage or anti-suffrage movement. She gave the money, she said, because she was interested in the success of the republican ticket although Mr. Bannard, the republican mayoralty candidate was not in sympathy with - "rotes for women."
The Young Oak. Once as I was botanizing under an oak I found among a number of other plants of similar height one that was dark In color with tightly closed
leaves and a stalk that was very straight and stiff. When I touched it, it said to me In firm tones: "Let me alone. I am not for your collection, like these plant to which nature has given only a single year of life. 1 am a little oak." So it is with a man whose Influence is to last for hundreds of years. As a child, as a youth, often even as a full grown man nay, his whole life long be goes about among his fellows, looking like them and seemingly as unimportant But let him alone. He will not die. Time will come and bring those who know how to value him. Schopenhauer.
An Impostor. "Have you any skeleton in your family closet?" the prospective father-in-law asked of the titled suitor at the family hearing. "None." "Then perhaps yon have a past?" "I have not." The parents whispered together a moment. "You, of course, have debts?" the millionaire resumed. "Not one." The mother fainted. The millionaire towered. "Sir." he thundered, "how dare you? This is no romance at all, but only a love match." St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Enterprising. An immigration official said recently of an immigrant: "He was a bad case. He was as Ignorant of government as the two Polish policemen were. Two new policemen were once put on the Warsaw force. They did good work. They arrested a lot of people; then suddenly they resigned. "'Why are you resigning? the superintendent asked. "The older of the two men answered respectfully: "We are going to start a police station of our own, sir. Boris here will make the arrests, and I will do the fining.' "Washington Star.
Two Kinds. The spectators In a county courtroom were waxing very demonstrative over the testimony of one of the witnesses. The judge sternly admonished them to keep quiet, but to no effect. The offense was soon repeated. "Clear the courtroom!" called out the Judge to the bailiff. The latter stepped forth pompously and. striking a forensic attitude, said: "Them blackguards that ain't lawyers will have to get out. Them that Is lawyers can stay." Lippincotf s.
Cant Loss Thorn. First Author Do you ever lose any of the manuscripts you send out? Second Author No. They all coma back. Judge.
The rotor belongs to him who knows how to wait. Russian Proverb.
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