Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 196, 22 May 1910 — Page 8
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, 3IAY 22, 1910.
SDNS OF VETERAIIS
Executive Committee Held an Important Meeting Last Evening. DISCUSS MEMORIAL DAY At a meeting of the executive committee of the Sons of Veterans last evening, several Important matters were considered, but the committee was unable to announce the program. However, at a meeting Monday evening, G. A. R. hall, court house, all committeemen will be present and final adjustment of all matters will be made. The executive committee was well pleased with the report of the chairmen, of the different sub-committees made, last evening. These reports indicated that the cleberatlon, this year, would be far superior to those of the past. Col. Harvey, of Danville, Ind., will deliver the principal address. County Clerk Harry E. Penny will preside at the meeting to be held at the coliseum, Monday afternoon. May 30. The parade, which Is to proceed the memorial exercises will be marshalled by Frank C. Klbbey, commander of the Spanish war veterans, of the state. The executive committee has a large number of flags which it will be glad to distribute to those In charge of decoration of the old soldiers' graves In neighboring cemeteries. Those who desire the flags should call at the court house. SELECTS JOMIUEES Republican Central Committee Arranges for Nomination of Minor Offices. TO TAKE SIX MONTHS POLL At the meeting of the Wayne county republican central committee yesterday afternoon at the court house busines was considered relative to the selection of nominees for the county council, township advisory boards, justices of the peace and constables of each of the townships. The meeting was well attended but the business was not completed and C. E. Wiley, the county chairman will call another meeting of the committee soon. The executive committee proceeded with the nomination of members for the county council. Those elected were Elias M. Hoover of Jefferson township, representative of district No. 2; John ML Judkins, Cambridge City, representative of district No. 3; Joseph) R. Helms, Abington township, representative of district No. 4. Four other members of the county council remain to be nominated. One la for district No. 1, embracing Wiayne township and three members at large. Relative to the selection of the nominee for county council at large, a committee, Including C. E. Wiley, CL E. Hiatt, of Dublin, Arthur Palmer- of Webster, William A. Bond of Richmond, and Nathan Graves of Whitewater, were appointed to select. The nominee for district No. 1 will be selected at a meeting of the executive committee to be held soon. Also at that time the nominations for advis ory boards of the various townships. Constables and justices of the peace will be considered. The committee determined to begin the taking of the six months poll Immediately. It is hoped that this important work will be settled by June 1. This poll helps in determining the eligibility of voters at the election in November. Take the Children and come to the Carnival, week of May 30, given by the Moose. 21-2t SWISS DIVORCE CASES. The Court Always Trios to 8ottlo Thorn by Reconciliation. In one important respect the Swiss surpass other nations in the management of their divorce cases, says an 1 English correspondent In every town there is a kind of official paper known as the Feuille d'Avls, In whiefa one may read daily the following announcement: , M. and Mme. X., who are in ini stance of divorce, are requested to appear privately before the Judge, alone or with their lawyers. In order to come to a reconciliation If possible. 'Before the beginning of every dirorce case la Switzerland this notice Is published and sent out to the interested parties, leaving the couple, of course, free to attend before the judge or not, as they wish. Often the couple meet. : Although there are no statistics pub lished on the subject. I am told by a leading lawyer in Geneva whose spe cialty is divorce cases that at least 30 per cent of divorce cases "much to my loss unfortunately," the lawyer ' added, with a smile are settled by the paternal advice of the judge at these meetings out of court. In fact. Swiss lawyers will not defl nltely take up a divorce case until it has passed through the reconciliation process. If one of the couple does not attend . the readeavoos this means that the af fair is to fee fonght out, but In any case gwksa divorces are not expensive. The average oost la a contested case Is 1200. often $100. and the lowest when both parties are agreed $10 or $15. San Praneisc Chronicle. , NOTICE. A patriotic entertainment will be given at the Second Presbyterian church on Friday night of May 27th. The program will be printed later. Ad mission 10 nd 15 cents. 22-lt
Count DeLesseps Is A Scrapper Has Not Only Reputation of Being a Daring Autoist and Aviator, But is Known as Fearless Duelist.
(American News Service) Paris, May 21. Count Ismaiel de Lesseps who today crossed the English channel in an aeroplane has long been known as one of the most . daring sportsmen of France, in spite of his youth. The news of his victory today was received in Paris with enthusiasm equalled only by the success of Paulhan in the London to Manchester flight. Count de Lesseps is a daring autoist and has made a name for himself besides as a duellist. He is one of the few men who have fought in France in recent years and has fought In earnest. But a few days ago on May 3 he and Count Just de Poligny, following a quarrel at the Circus, fought with pistols and swords. When the men met In the Pare des Princes, rapiers were used, but, as Count de Poligny is lame, after the first flash pistols were substituted by His Personality How the Pleasing Personality Secured Adoption of His By RODERICK CLIFFORD Washington, May 21. Personal popularity counts many points in the scale of equation when it comes to securing consent of the house for the consideration of a measure of national Importance. It is doubtful if any Republican In the house could have done what Rep resentative James R. Mann, of Illinois, did In securing the adoption of a resolution by the house, practically by unanimous consent, by which the railroad bill, was given the right of way. For years the custom has prevailed of requiring a special order from the committee on rules to bring up in the house any measure not of a privileged character, while special orders always required the crack of the party whip. But in this instance Representative Mann, who is termed the Treasury watchdog,' did not go to the rules com mittee for any special order; he simply appealed to the house, and to the usrprise of every one secured the adoption of a resolution making the railroad bill the special order without theslightest effort. It was a general tribute to the personality of the mem ber from Illinois. TAX ON OLEOMARGINE It Is Just twenty-four years since congress passed the Hatch bill levying a tax of two cents a pound on oleomargarine. The demand for this prac tically came from the farmers, and as the tillers of the soil were successful in their fight for a tax on the substitute for butter. Strange as it may seem, it was a Democrat house that passed the Hatch bill, but it was largely a Republican vote that carried the bill through the house. At that time the manufacture of oleomargarine was in its infancy and cotton seed oil was then almost un known as an ingredient; but as the sale of oleomargarine Increased with strides and bounds the farmers of the country appealed to congress again, with the result that they secured what Is now known as the Crout law. and Representative Hatch, of Missouri, the author of the original law. is almost forgotten. Indeed, there are but few members in the present house who know anything of the history of oleo legislation. There are but three members In the house today who voted for the Hatch bill. They are Cannon. Bingham and Payne. The present high price of food pro ducts has started an agitation for the repeal of the tax on oleomargarine. and as it Is the labor unions that are behind the movement, a lively fight is anticipated. These unions are sending in petitions from every section of the country asking for a repeal of the tax on oleo, while the diary interests are active working up petitions from the farmers urging stricter legisla tion to regulate the sale of oleomar garine, and protesting against the repeal of the tax. In view of the stand taken by the unions in this matter it is doubtful if the house committee on agriculture can afford to ignore the labor organizations, and refuse to report one of the bills to the house modifying the oleo tax. If the subject comes upat this session and an exceedingly lively debate may follow, as the farmers and the labor unions are factors in politics that cannot be ignored. Navy to Experiment. The navy department will soon begin valuable experiments with outside explosive shells, which, if successful, may cause a revolution in the construction of warships. These experiments are ordered by an amendment contained in the naval appropriation bill which was offered by Representative Hobson, of Alabama. The amendment merely privded that the appropriation for experiments in armor piedclng shells should include outside explosive sheels. This amendment, however, was not pleasing to certain officials in the navy department, who have constantly maintained the armor belt could be pierced and ships destroyed by projecting shells penetrating armor and exploding on' the inside, but strange to say there is no record of any such shells penetrating armor belt at battle ranges. . Representative Hobson, who takes a deep pride in the navy, and wishes Uncle Sam to lead the list, says there can be no posible excuse for the navy to longer postpone experiments with outside , explosive shells, and it was only because the department has delayed these important experiments that he had the amendment placed in the appropriation bill making it mandatory on the department to take action. The success of the outside sheel. it la said said, will save the government thousands of dollars, and perhaps do
the seconds. Six shots were exchanged but neither was hit- There was no reconciliation between the principals. De Lesseps hurried from Spain to Paris to take part, in the duel. The day before the flight he was badly jarred but not seriously hurt when his biplane fell and was wrecked at Barcelona. In that accident the Count sustained injuries about the face which necessitated the constant wearing of bandages for several days. The aviator is the son of Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, whose name became famous in connection with the Suez canal and the French Panama canal. The younger de Lesseps is an officer in one of the crack cavalry regiments, is familiar in the world of
clubs, and is one of the most popular of the younger Frenchmen in society. Wins Consent of Rep. J. R. Mann of Illinois Resolution by the House. away with the building of further dreadnaughts. Representative Hobson regards the experiments with the outside explosive shells as of the utmost importance in that If they are successful the government can have the benefit of them, while if they are a failure, then the navy can act accordingly. An effort is on foot to have the experiments made in public. Causes Much Comment. Much comment has been indulged in by the house insurgents who voted for the president's railroad bill on its final passage, because of the fact thai Speaker aCnnon did not avail himself of the opportunity to vote for the bill for the effect such vote woul have on the progressives in the senate. The insurgents say the failure of "Uncle Joe" to vote for the bill on its passage convinces them that the speaker is not in sympathy with the president's legislative program. There is no rule that requires the speaker to vote except when the vote is a tie, but it is a fact that last year Mr. Cannon had the clerk call his name when a vote was on the passage of the tariff bill. WEEK'S SAINTS DAYS May 28 Assigned to St. Augustine, Great Apostle of ' the English. SOME OTHER OBSERVANCES The following are the saints' days for the coming week: Sunday, May 22, Trinity Sunday; 23, St. John Baptist Rossi; 24, Our Lady, Help of Christians; 25, St. Gregory VII; 26, St. Philip Neri; 27, St. Bede; 28, St. Augustine. May 2S has been assigned to St. Augustine, the great apostle of the Eng-i lish, who died about 005, When Gregory sent Aupgustine to the conversion of the English the politic pope gave certain directions for the guidance of the missionary. One referred to the delicate question of how the pagan customs which still existed among the Anglo-Saxons, should be dealt with. Were they to be entirely abolished or were they to be tolerated as far as was not absolutely incompatible with the religion of the gospel? Gregory said he thought much on this important subject and finally had come to the conclusion that the heathen temples were not to be destroyed, but turned into Christian churches; that the oxen which used to be killed in sacrifice, should still be killed with rejoicing, and their bodies given to the poor; and that the refreshment booths round the heathen temples should be allowed to remain as places of jollity and amusement for the people on Christian festivals. "For," said Pope Gregory, "it is impossible to cut away abruptly from hard and rough minds all their old habits and cusoms. He who wishes to reach the highest place must rise by steps and not by jumps."
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It is through this judicious policy of Gregory that we still term the days of the week by their Saxon appellations derived in every instance from heathen deities. Christianity succeeded to paganism, Norman followed Saxon. Rome gave way to Canterbury; yet the names of Odin, Thor, Tulsco. Saeter and Friga yet remain in the English calendar. This deference to paganism may be seen in Augustine. The first Christian temple that he consecrated was dedicated to St. Pancras. According to the legend Pancras was a noble Roman youth who, being martyred under Diocletian at the early age of fourteen, was subsequently regarded as the patron saint of children. Ethelbert, the Saxon king, was baptized by Augustine, June 2, A, D. 597, and this, with the exception of that of Clovis. of France was the most important baptismthe world had seen since the conversion of Constantine. The lesser chiefs and common people soon followed the example of their king and it is said on the authority of Pope Gregory that on Christmas, A. D. 5'J7. ten thousand Saxons were baptized in the river Swale, near Sheerness,
7 THE LEGISLATIVE JOKER. Easy Way In Which the Intent of a Law May Be Changed. "A joker in its simplest form consists la a word or a clavse which, introduced into proposed legislation, filches away front the public its power to establish such laws as It desires, either by emasculating an enactment or by perverting the essence and purpose of it." So writes Samuel Hopkins Adams in American Magazine, and be cites these instances of bow the Joker game is werted: , "Sometimes it Is in one word, as where the sale of a piece of public property to the lowest bidder was once authorized. Sometimes it may inhere In that elusive character, the comma, as In the case of the tariff clause of an old schedule providing for the free entry of fruit plants, where somebody carelessly allowed a comma to creep in between 'fruit and 'plants,' thereby admitting millions of oranges and lemons into the country duty free and costing the treasury hundreds of thousands of dollars in loss of imports. Nobody ever found out whether this was a printer's slip or a carefully devised scheme. Cestsa it is that the framers of the schedule never intended it. "Again, the entire body of the previso may constitute the joker by purporting to carry one meaning when it in reality carries quite another. Con cress still poeserves the tradition of the Irish representative from Massachusetts who proposed that March IT be made a legal holiday in celebration of the 'Boston tea party.' Several New Englanders whose zeal exceeded their erudition warmly supported the measure until some one pointed out that March 17 was much more closely associated with the supposed birth of the proposer's patron saint than with the destruction of the obnoxious tea. which latter, indeed, was a midwinter festival." An Anomaly. The average young woman doesn't like to see her thirtieth birthday. Yet when she has seen it she would like to see it again. Smart Set. The Pets. Wlfey (at the hotel office) The clerk says they don't take pets, Algy, so 1 suppose Fldo and you will have to put np in the basement. Life. So Feminine. Lottie I wouldn't be In Klttle's shoes for anything In the world. Hattie Of course not. They hurt yon terribly. Harper's Bazar. Watch for Wilder's Carnival given by the Moose Degree team. Week of May 30th. 21-2t WAGE INCREASE BY RAILWAYS IS NOT A RARDSRIP (Continued From Page One.) roads to advise ways and means to meet the added running expenses of the respective roads. The tariff departments throughout the country do not furnish a very good medium for railroads to bolster up its income, although when dominating certain sections of the country exclusively, it is very often, one of the means employed. The only other way for the railroad to show a good, healthy balance on the right sida of the ledger at the end of the dividend Quarter is to apply a
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general increase along its passenger! tariff rate. This mode is generally accepted as be ins the one which will be most effective, and at the same time cause very little public agitation. To meet the general increase granted to workmen, railroads of the country are filing almost daily with the Interstate Commerce commission new tariff schedules both passenger and freight. Increases that have been filed come chiefly from Xew England. New York, the middle and far western states. They are anywhere from 13 per cent, to 45 per cent, higher than schedules that have formerly been in
operation aurmg the past three years. It Works Both Ways. "In every line of a railroad, depart ment increases in wages of employes are looked for by members of the Interstate Commerce commission," said an official of that body today. "When a railroad voluntarily increases its wage scale you can say that it contemplates an increase in either its freight or passenger departments to meet the added expenses. The freight rates are not juggled with as much one the passenger rates and for two reasons. One is. that it directly af fects large shipping industries. They are generally large patrons of a par ticular road and should rates be in creased a reduction of tariff might re sult. In any event, a complaint would be filed by the shipper with the Inter state Commerce commission. The mat ter would then be taken up and inves tigated. If the railroad is decided against, it is usually a source of ma terial benefit to competing lines, hence these rates are only increased as a last resort. But to meet the condi tion no hesitancy is left by the roads in increasing the passenger rates. The traveler pays the expenses and incidentally for the increase to the wage earner. "Very seldom in the history of the Interstate Commerce commission has a complaint of excessive passenger rates been filed by a private individual. The commissioner can only take cognizance of a complaint and as they are rarely filed, the railroads can do what they please with the passenger rates. It is the same old story: the ultimate consumer pays the freight." Wilder's Carnival, strictly up-to-date and shows that you can send your children to, will be here the week of May 30th. 21-2t Sporting Goods Full line of Base Ball and Tennis Goods. Tennis Balls, 15c up. Play Things Fop Boys Express Wagons, Hand Cars, Automobiles, Velocipedes. Indian Suits, 75c up. Croquet Sets, 60c up. English and Collapsible Doll Go-carts. We carry a complete line of tops. Bicycle tires $f.95 up. Line of Flower and Garden Seeds. The Geo. Brehm Co. 517 Main St.
jll We have a big line of Iml medium priced tll J W HAMOFJILD REFKBS i I ; - Just the thing for 1 COMMENCEMENT GIFTG 7 Y vL Prices Range from $10 to I Vxv $50 and they are all the II I rwS. Jenkins Quality which wh? means THE BEST. " J
WANT THE PUPILS TO MAKE A STUDY OF THEIR COUNTY (Continued From Page One.)
S. Social events Parties, singin schools, spelling schools, husking bees, quilting bees, apple bees. 9. Courtship, weddings, cradle songs, nursery rhimes, children's stories in pioneer times. 10. Signs and omens relating to the weather, to planting and building for good luck, health and the preservation of life. 11. Religious life Revivals, campmeetings, organization of churches and congregations, dissentions and divisions, noted church trials, noted church workers. 12. Stories of the "old schools," teachers and pupils. 13. Military life prior to the Civil War Indian wars, "militia musters, Mexican war. 14. Good stories and well told. Many such stories are told which are good as stories though not of any special historical value. FUNERAL
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- Sad Thought. He Why are you so sad. darling? She I was just thinking, dearest, that this hi the last evening we can be together till tomorrow. Chicago News.
NOTICE. - All members of each committee for Memorial Day celebration are urged to attend the meeting at the G. A. R. halt, courthouse, Monday evening at 7 o'clock. : -C. W. JORDAN, Chairman. Q21.55 Round Trip To Washington,!). C . Via C, C. A. L. R. R. on -account World's Sunday School Association. Selling dates, May 16, 17, 18 and 19th. Final return limit, June 15th. For particulars call C. A. Blair, p. A T. A Richmond. Home Tel. 2062. L-dUYJ
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