Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 122, 9 March 1910 — Page 1

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EICHMONB PALLADIUM 7 AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXV. NO. 122. RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1910. SINGLE COPY. CENTS.

City Officials to Meet Tonight to Consider Proposed Modern Franchises

Satisfactory Adjustment of the Artificial Gas and Water Works Situation is now Regarded Possible, and it is Believed Provisions of Franchises Will be Fair to Corporations and Citizens. Work is now under way for modern franchises along the lines which the Palladium has been fighting for in the last year. Tonight the committee on franchises and contracts of the city council, together with the board of works and the city attorney, will go over the water and gas situation. Pos sibly the public service corporations will be representetd. Whether they are or not, the water company has made overtures tp the city authorities toward securing a settlement of the question. The Rich mond Natural Gas Company, repre sented by B. G. Hibberd, was told that the administration was willing to con sider proposals for an artificial gas franchise at any time, but as both the franchises will be of a general char-H acter they probably will be settled at the same time, as many of the men are Interested in both companies. Modern Franchises. The stand taken by the administra tion is that franchises should contain a real provision for buying in case municipal ownership is desired by the citizens. Not only that, but it believes a valuation should be put on the plants and business right now, so that the increase of the business will not make the price prohibitive. The administration is considering methods of obtaining the following modern provisions: Participation in profits, the right to buy stock, stopping the "unearned increment." . City Attorney Gardner has been working hard to devise an equitable arrangement by which these things may be accomplished, and the apparent present disposition of public service corporations is friendly toward the propositions which they at first considered undesirable. A Way Seems Clear. At present It seems likely that a fair and satisfactory way out of the tangled situation will be arrived at - -XhjBtJoes not mean thafr-the-public. service corporations will not seek to ob- . tain all that they can get for themselves, but It means that they apparently recognize that the people are determined to have the franchise along modern lines and will not sit back and see old conditions repeated. It also seems to indicate that there is a much better understanding general of the fairness to all parties, citizens and corporations like the famous Chicago street railway agreement. It Is just, along these lines that the administration has been working. All three of the fundamentals of the newer thought on aspects of public , service corporations are represented. What First Step Is. Briefly the first step is to agree on- a present valuation of the business. This will stop what is commonly called the "unearned increment" and give the city the right to purchase the franchise and the business at Its present value rather than af what It will be worth years hence. In furthnr exnlanation it needs to be said that all extensions of the busi ness will be considered by themsel ves and will go in at cost Therefore if the city should accumulate enough money to buy the water works in twenty years It would buy at the price set now, plus the actual cost of the extensions made during that time. Further than that, the city will have the right at any time to buy the stock which is to be issued to present the extensions. As this stock will pay dividends it will, it is now thought, be a better Investment than putting the money In a sinking fund. In the case of the water works, the fact there Is no way of forcing the individual holders of the old stock to sell, the fact that the state law only provides for the buying of a majority of stock, and the still better reason that the city has not enough money to purchase outright, will preclude any immediate control of the company. Power of Legislature. ' However, the legislature may easily give cities and towns the right to buy stock In corporations in lesser quantities, in which case, stock may be bought at private sale In sufficient quantities to give the city control eventually with that stock which it takes in on the extensions. So far the plan deals with purchase and unearned increment. The rest considers participation in the profits. The company is to be granted operating expenses, including interest on bonds. The salaries are to be equitably adjusted to both parties, city and corporation, the company to keep up the plant which leaves the net profits. The exact division of profits has not of course been settled, but after a certain per cent has been allowed to the corporation the remainder will be divided between the city and the company. This is the feature of the Chicago 6treet railway franchise. The safeguards, such as requiring reports, representation on board of . directors, limiting salaries, controlling extensions.' proper distinction between repairs and extensions, etc.. cannot be definitely formulated until the whole plan is put in its trial form. It Is this line of thinking, which

Baroness deVaughn

Baroness de.,Vaughn, the widow of the late King Leopold, of Belgium, who may have to fight hard to retain possession of the property worth millions, left her by the late monarch. Belgian legislators are already demanding an investigation to ascertain whether or not their late King cheated the country out of many millions and whether or not the Baroness did not participate in the loot. While it is known Leopold was very rich, nevtheless it is claimed in the Belgian, legislative assemblages, that he was richer by many millions than he should have been through proper bookkeeping.

seems likely to give Richmond a fair set of franchises which will make for better feeling between corporations and citizens. : f On the one hand it promises fundamental benefits to the citizens more valuable as time goes on, and relieves the company from the handicap of much of the haggling over rates which injures their asset of good will. Mr. Gardner states that although there will be no hurry in this matter the attitude of the city authorities will be that of trying to work it out to the interest of the town and the corporations." VESSEL CUT IN TWO Big Freight Steamer fevers Small Schooner and Five Persons Were Lost. ACCIDENT INADENSE FOG (American News Service) Hamburg, March 9. The HamburgAmerican freighter Pennsylvania, ar rived here today with the captain and seven of the crew of the schooner Gertrude which the liner cut in two outside of the harbor. She tried to save all, but five were lost. The collision occurred in a dense fog. The few passengers of the Pennsylvania were thrown into panic by the collision, which did not damage the steamer. The Gertrude was formerly the Duchess of Edinburg. She was built in 1S74, was 255 feet long, of 1,693 tons and hailed from Bremen. A SING SING ESCAPE (American News Service) Ossining, N. Y., March 9. Two prisoners escaped from Sing Sing this morning. One named Dillon, a short term convict, was captured by Sergeant Allen Delancy at Tarrytown, after a chase. The other convict Is still at large. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Unsettled weather; rain or snow in southern portion tonight and Thursday.

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WORK TO PREVENT RAILROAD STRIKE Strong Effort Will Be Made by Managers of All Western Roads. FIREMEN ARE THREATENING IT IS STATED TODAY THAT IT IS PROBABLE THE TROUBLE WILL BE AVERTED BY ARBITRATING MATTER. (American News Service) Chicago, March 9. A strong effort will be made by the general managers of Western railroads, to prevent a threatened strike of Locomotive Firemen. O. L. Dickenson of the Burlington road, speaking for the general manag ers of the forty-nine western roads affected by the vote of the firemen, which favored a strike unless an ami cable adjustment of the controversy can be made, declared today a belief that arbitration will avert the threatened strike. "Although a strike vote has been taken," said Mr. Dickinson, "no one need alarm, as the members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and their officers are intelligent men and undoubtedly the whole matter will be adjusted by arbitration if the conference fail, A meeting with a committee of gen eral managers will be held tomorrow. According to the railroad officials of one road, the Burlington, voted against striking. The Canadian roads did not vote because of the arbitration laws of that country. HIS FINAL REPORT Orla B. Fulghum, guardian of Inez Vorhees. a minor since 1893, has filed final report in the probate court. The ward has received settlements from t5ne to time and the last and final settlement, which has just been re ported, is for $47.70.

QUARANTINE LIFTED

And the Diphtheria Scare at Hagerstown Is Now a Thing of the Past. HEAR FROM STATE BOARD Hagerstown, Ind., March 9. The quarantine caused by a diphtheria scare has been lifted at Hagerstown. The mucus of all the suspicious patients was sent to the state board of health at Indianapolis and the reply was that there were no diphtheria germs discovered. School was taken up Monday and other public places will reopen this week. It is said by long residents here that Sunday was the first Sunday that they ever knew that there was not a church bell rung. CULL FOR MILITIA Rioting Paper Mill Workers in Corinth, N. Y., Are to Be Quieted. PITCHED BATTLE FOUGHT (American News Service) Corinth, N. Y., arch 9. Troops were called out this morning as the result of rioting by striking paper mill employes and their sympathizers. Following yesterday's fighting, crowds swarmed about the mills today and disorder was general. A pitched battle between the guards of the mills and rioters occurred when an attack on the mills was made. The local authorities, feeling the sit uation beyond their control, called for aid and one company of militia was called out. TOOK STRYCHNINE TO END TROUBLES BUT EFFORT FAILS Jesse D. Goodlin, as a Result of Domestic Troubles, Last Evening Attempted to Com mit Suicide. EFFORTS OF DOCTOR PROVED SUCCESSFUL And by Midnight the Man Was Out of Danger Police Say He Once Threatened to Slay His Wife. As a result of domestic trouble be tween himself and his wife. . Jesse D. Goodlin, a onearmed horse trader, tried to commit suicide last evening about 6:30 o'clock by taking a large dose of either arsenic or strychnine, but medical attention was promptly rendered and the man had recovered from the effects of the poison by midnight. When Goodlin took the drug is not known, but the seriousness of his con dition was realized at the home of his parents, 10G State street, where he went early in the evening. There after asking to see his wife he sank into a stupor. Earlier in the evening Mr. Goodlin had met his wife and had asked her to live with him again and upon her refusal, so it is alleged, he told her that he wished to die. The police were notified and Harry Fee, patrolman In West Richmond, investigated the case. He Desired to Die. The attending physician stated that Goodlin told him he wished to die because of family troubles. Goodlin said that he had taken morphine but this was discredited, the physician stating that the poison was either arsenic or strychnine. The physician stated that Goodlin might have secured the drug by taking a large dose of medicine which he used to cure heaves in horses. He suffered very severe cramps and for a while it appeared that his condition was hopeless. Goodlin and wife formerly lived on Chestnut street. About five or six weeks ago he was brought to headquarters for threatening to kill his wife. Goodlin and his wife separated and she went to work in a local laundry and took up her residence with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Rickner, Chestnut street, according to the physician. Goodlin is a one-armed man, having lost his arm in an accident on the Pennsylvania railroad while a brakeman. He became a flagman but more recently has been trading horses, He was able to be out today.

RICHMOND PEOPLE PLAN A CAMPAIGN

ON TUBERCULOSIS Red Cross Society, Dr. Bond States, Would Construct Shacks for Victims on Reid Hospital Site. THEIR MAINTENANCE BOTHERSOME PROBLEM Hospital Board Thinks It Could Not Afford Undertaking Money From Stamp Sales Could Be Used. There has been much agitation among the clubs of the city and the Anti-Tuberculosis society to have shacks located at the Reid Memorial hospital for tuberculosis patients. At present the matter is tied up with the hospital board, and it seems likely to stay there for the present as the board has not enough money in sight to maintain tuberculosis shacks, but there has been a committee appointed by the board and a report is expected soon. The Red Cross society has of fered to construct the buildings. Dr. Bond, secretary of the local anti tuberculosis society, pointed out this morning that the tuberculin test for cattle was a good thing, but that an infected cow was not one-tenth as dangerous in the spread of the disease as an infected human. He said the cattle are generally in fected in the hip or bones, tuberculosis being therefore not readily communicated to children through the milk. Many Families Affected. I might point out entire families that have been infected with consumption just from one member," said Dr. Bond, "and if we were able to remove this patient to a tuberculosis shack before the disease had been communicated to the other members of the family it would be a great thing for the community. "Nothing makes a pauper more quickly than disease," said Dr. Bond. "Therefore we feel the city should take up the matter and appropriate even more money for the maintenance of the tuberculosis hospital than for the maintenance of the Reid Memorial. "Where the disease is being cared for in the home the conditions are gener ally unhygienic and the members of the family will not, or can not, obey the orders of the doctor. The win dows are left closed as the family can not live in the cold air, and they are very careless in handling the sputum, which is the great source of contagion. Would Be No Danger. At a tuberculosis hospital all could be cared for very carefully under the most scientific principles. Dr. Bond says, and there would be absolutely no danger to the patients in the regular hospital. The tuberculosis hospital would be under the charge of the superintendent. Miss Sollers, who is very much in favor of the movementOnly the disease in the early and In termediate stages would be treated as the last stages are Incurable, accord ing- to Dr. Bond, who is a recognized authority on the subject. For several months two patients nave been treated in tents at Reid Memorial with very good results, and the lives of each have been prolonged very greatly, as a result of the work They seem to be on the road to recov ery, and there has been no evil ef fects from their presence at the hospi tal, it is believed. The Red Cross society of America has promised to build the shacks and several public spiritetd men In the city will furnish them when built It has been suggested the maintenance be provided by the local Red Cross society, the money that is obtained here each year by selling Red Cross stamps being used for the expenses connected with the hospital. According to Dr. Bond it will be a rather expensive proposition as the patients need the best quality of food, much attention and medicine of several kinds. Expect Women to Help. However, If the hospital board gives its consent, the matter will be pushed through immediately by the anti-tu berculosis league and probably the federation of women's clubs of the city which was at one time behind the movement, but dropped out because there seemed no likelihood of the hos pital being located here. "All that Is necessary is to show the people that it is needed." said Dr, Bond, "and to create a little public sentiment and the matter will no doubt go through and be a great sue cess, as it has been tried with good results so many places, including Indianapolis, Lafayette, Evansville and other cities." BRIIIGS GOOD PRICE Cornelia E. Bailey. Katherlne E. and Henry Jenrey, joint owners of a quar ter section of land southeast of the city have disposed of their holding to Har moh Kuhlman for $16,000, f MM an acre according to warranty deed filed with County Recorder Will Bobbins.

LATE SENATOR PUTT

CAUSED A SENSATION IS mi J m its ft 1 m 3j Former United States Senator Thomas Collier Piatt, who has just died at the advanced age of seventy-seven. after a bodily illness extending sever years. His mind, however, contin ued bright and sparkling to the last In his day he was considered one of the most astute state politicians that ever lived. He ruled the Republican party of New York undisputedly for eighteen years. He dictated the nomi nation of Theodore Roosevelt for Gov ernor of New York and later for Vicepresident of the United States. Gov ernor Odell. his political protege, later supplanted him. In a post mortem let ter Senator Piatt stated that he would have been secretary of the treasury uring the Harrison administration if President Harrison and Senator Elkins had not "thrown him down." That Piatt was a victim of ingratitude is strenuously denied by Elkins. MACON IS QUITE SKEPTICAL AS TO POLE DISCOVERY Alabama Congressman in a Statement Doubts Whether Peary Could Travel as Fast as Averred. STATEMENT IS A BLOW TO NAVAL EXPLORER Macon Insists That No Nation al Honors Be Given Peary Until He Proves the Claims Advanced. (American News Service) Washington, March 9. In a bitter fight before the subcommittee on na val affairs today Representative Ma con of Arkansas lead the opposition against the plan to honor Peary as the North Pole discoverer. The opposition is based on a claim that Peary should be compelled to furnish conclusive proofs before the commit tee, which Peary has refused to do. Macon charged directly that Peary never reached the Pole, in a long statement, which indicated that he had the assistance, in the preparation of the same, of some person remark ably well acquainted with travel and conditions in the arctic regions. The principal basis of contention is that Peary claims to have covered an In possible distance, after leaving Cap tain Bartlett, and making a dash for the pole and the return. The statement is considered the most severe blow Peary has received to his claims of the North Pole discovery. Is Very Skeptical. "I confess that I am exceedingly skeptical, about Mr. -Peary ever having discovered the North Pole." said Mr. Macon, "and I am going to pro test against any honor being confer red upon him by congress until he establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that he did discover it. Furthermore it must be established in the open and not in the dark. "There are a great many things about this whole matter that cause me to doubt his having discovered the pole, but I will not have time to submit all of them on this occasion, bat one of the points to which I desire to call your attention specifically, how ever, is the speed of travel claimed by Peary from the very day that CaptBartlett left him until he returned to the same campaign again and thence into Cape Columbia and especially to

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KHARTOUM

TO OE MECCA OF AFRICA SOON People Are Flocking to the Ancient Nile City to Help in the Demonstration for Colonel Roosevelt. TOURISTS PACK TOWN AT THIS EARLY DATE Ex-president Is Not Expected to Arrive in Place "Chinese". Gordon Made Famous Until March 17th. . FROM HUNTER TO HUNTED GALLANT ROUGH RIDER IS NOW BEING PURSUED OVER DARK CONTINENT BY ACTIVE ARMY OF REPORTERS. By a Staff Correspondent of the American News Association. Khartoum. Egypt, March 9. The noiseiest and most enthusiastic welcome ever accorded an American iu Africa is being planned for Teddy Roosevelt. The country of the Lower Nile has been drained for novelties. European 'and native musicians will raise an uproar that will be heard far over the desert, and the hundreds of tourists have come to Khartoum especially for this event will add their cheers. His reception here will be that of a hero and his journey to Cairo will be at every stage the advance of a conqueror. Although the former president Is not extected until March 17. the en tire settlement in both native and European quarters Is in excitement already. Tourists pack the town; sleeiing quarters are at a premium and more arrive daily. Go to Find Roosevelt. Roosevelt is already changed fromthe hunter to the hunted. A battalion of newspaper correspondents, charter ing any kind of river craft at almost unbelievable figures, has proceeded ui the river, each aiming to be the first to greet Colonel Roosevelt. The principal question they have to ash him is "Will he again run for the presidency of the United States?" Advices received today say that he Is at Dolieb Hill, where he visited the seven missionaries at this post maintained by American Presbyterians. This Is the most northern mission of the Presbyterians. A foretaste of the reception to be accorded Col. Roosevelt will be given the tourists and populace when Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter arrive Saturday. They will leave Cairo to morrow. Use Boats as Hotels. Boat loads of tourists have arriv ed, and more are coming. Many are compelled to sleep aboard their craft. which have been turned Into hotels. and the European section is crowded to capacity. Parties have chartered steamers to proceed up the river and escort Col. Roosevelt to this historic outpost of civilization. It Is expected that the Dal on which the Roosevelt party Is traveling will be accompanied down the river by one of the largest fleets ever seen in this part of Africa. One of the principal features of Col. Roosevelt's stay here will be his Inspection of the historic spot where Gen. "Chinese" Gordon made his last stand in 1S85. The battlefields here and at Omdurman will be gone over. Several dinners and other entertainments have also been planned. the speed he claims to have made from the time he left Captain Bartlett until he again returned to the same spot, when he was traveling over unknown seas with his negro valet and Eskimo companions. "In his travel from Cape Colombia to the point where Captain Bartelett left him and returned, he traveled 31 days and made 281 miles, or an average of 9.06 miles per day. "This was not as good an average, in miles of travel, as made by Dr. Cook (15.3 miles) In the same latitudes." "IT'S WORTH WHILE" "It's worth While" was the subject of an address by President Mills of Hanover College, who spoke at the high school chapel, yesterday. He said that an education was essentia. to the success of every one. While s man may have talent, the speaker de clared genius was ninety-eight per cent hard work and two per cent sweat.

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