Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 254, 21 July 1910 — Page 1

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ROBERT A. HOWARD COUIIIY SURVEYOR, 81 YRS. IS DEAD Was One of the Best Known Men in Wayne County and Was an Office Holder Continuously for Years. NATIVE OF VIRGINIA: MOVED HERE IN 1855 For Four Years, Shortly After , Civil War, He Was City EngineerTo Be Buried on Monday, July 25.

Robert Anderson Howard, for tho paat 'i years county surveyor, died thU morning at S o'clock at the home, Sit North Ninth atreet Mr. How&ri who vu 81 years of age, contracted giippe in February from which be did not completely recover. During the last two months he has been confined to his home. Since 1880 Mr. Howard was surveyor without opposition at any time. When the Hocking Valley railroad wa3 banned Mr. Howard was put in charge of the engineering work. The line extended from Columbus to the Ohio river. At one time he was the owner of the Richmond Telegram. Was City Engineer. Mr. Howard was born In Wythe county. Virginia, August 13, 1829. In 1855 he moved to Richmond, taking up the work of engineering. In 1871 he was elected city engineer, serving until 1875. After this term he went to the Hocking Valley project, returning to this city In 1885. A year later he was elected county surveyor, continuing in office until death. Mr. Howard was a member of Woodard lodge. Odd Fellows for over 60 years and was a member of the Indiana Engineering Association. The body will be buried with private funeral services at Elkhart on Monday. Friday evening the Odd Fellows will hold services at the home. Mr. Howard Is survied by Miss Lillian A. Howard, Santa Cruz. Cal., and Mrs. Belle H. Horton, Richmond, daughters; H. H. Horton, Mrs. S. S. Cooke, Agnes V. Horton and Amy O. Horton, grandchildren; and Alfred H. Oooke, great grandson. GETS FEDERAL JOB John Edgerton, who was principal of the county school at Easthaven avenue and National road, baa been appointed a clerk in the census office of the government at Washington. D. C nd will take bold of bis duties at once. He left for Washington yesterday. COSTS HIM JUST $10 It cost Ik Welssgerber $10 for haul Ing a wagon load of diseased bogs through the city. Judge Abbott as sessed the fine. PARASITES

i want what I want, when I want it That Is the title of a song in a musical comedy of a vintage of a year or so ago. A popular song that makes a hit must have something in it. That might be called the song of the Advertising Business.

You know there are some people who feed off of other people's work. They are Parasites. They are Business Hoboes. The man who sells something "Just as good" is selling a Paraside. The man who buys something "Just as Rood" is assisting a Parasite. THE MAN WHO ASSISTS A PARASITE BY BUYING OR SELLING A PARASITE IS GETTING STUNG.

The reason is simple. The man who advertises depends on Creating Business to get his money back. Hence bis article must be Superior. He wants you to TRY IT. HE KNOWS THAT IP YOU USE IT ONCE YOU WILL USE NO OTHER. The Parasite Is content with one sale. Usually you will never buy again. YOU HAVE BEEN STUNG.

Simple when you think about . Then GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR There art many reasons why you ask for advertised articles, but absolutely none why you should let a substituting dealer palm off something which he claims to be "just as good, or "better, or the same thing", the article you request. The advertised article must of necessity be of the highest quality, otherwise It would net be successfully sold, and the advertising continued. Th buying public recognizee the superior quality of advertised articles. The aubstltuter realizes that fact, and tries to sell Inferior goods on the advertiser's reputation. When you ask for anything advertised In this paper Get It,

RESIGNATION ASKED

American Vice Consul at Bluefields Gave Norway Some Bad Advices. TROUBLE IN NICARAGUA (American News Service! Washington, July 21 Michael J. Clancy, American vice-consul at Bluefields. Nicaragua, has been requested to resign because of having furnished the government of Norway misleading reports calculated to stir up trouble. The navy department has ordered three American naval vessels to hold themselves in readiness for service at Nicaragua, where the situation is becoming tense. GEORGE TODAY IS PROCLAIMED KING 9 Ceremony Performed With Pomp, But Marred by Dull and Heavy Weather. MANY AMERICANS ATTEND TWO MILLION PEOPLE WITNESSED THE CEREMONIES AND IN THE CRUSHES MANY WOMEN WERE BADLY BRUISED. (American News Service) London. July 21. Medieval pomp and ceremony again held sway In thi3 city today when the coronation of George V was proclaimed to the millions that make up London population The brilliant ceremony was similar In detail to that of the proclamation of the accession, but was marred by dull and threatening weather. The streets were thronged, however, thousands of American tourists who missed the accession proclamation turning out and besieging the various points where the heralds proclaimed today. One feature that was missed today was the bright array of troops that marked the other ceremonies following the death of King Edward. The work of holding back the crowds was turned over to the police and the lined the streets through which the herald's passed. It is estimated that fully 2,000.000 persons watched the display today. Several women were bruised and fainted in the jam, but none was seriously injured as far as known. HIRAM WASSOtl DEAD (American News Service Indianapolis. July 20. Hiram P. Wasson, one of the leading dry goods merchants of the city, died early this morning of heart disease. SABBATH SCHOOL REUNION. There will be a Sabbath school reunion next Sunday, July 24th, at Bryant's Chapel, two and one-half miles south-west of Centerville, at 2:30 p. m. The Doddridge Chapel assistant super intendent will conduct the Sabbath Bchool. 5,852

GOOD WORDS FOR PILOT MOTOR CO. SPOKEN BY CLUBS

Y. M. B. C. and Commercial Club Committees Investigate Concern and Recommend It to Stock Buyers. MUST SELL STOCK IF IT REMAINS IN CITY Pilot Company Has Received Flattering Offers Frpm Washington, C. H., Ohio, and Marion, Indiana. Unless $80,000 of capital stock of the Pilot Motor Car Company of ; Richmond, Is purchased within the next few weeks Richmond may lose that company and the Seidel Carriage com pany. The motor car company has been made a proposition by commer cial organizations of Washington Court House, Ohio, that if it will remove its stock there $80,000 in stock will be taken up. Marlon, Ind., Commercial club has, sent committees to Richmond to investigate the plant and have made overtures to George Seidel who is heavily interested in the com pany. At the request of the Pilot Motor Car Company the Commercial Cluo and the Young Men's Business Club of Richmond, investigated the plant and business proposition and have approved It. At a meeting of the Y.M. B. C. board of directors held last night the committee which investigated the plant made the following report which was approved by the board of direct ors. Y. M. B. C. Makes Report "We consider the building which Is owned by the company, and was purchased for $14,000. to be worth th money and very suitable for the busines of assembling cars. It affords ample room and Is well located being situated on the P. C. C. & St. L. R. R. Co.'s lines, affording good shipping fa cilities. "All parts , of the machine were shown to us and carefully examined, and It was the unanimous opinion of our committee that the materials used in the construction of the car as well as the workmanship are entirely abova criticism. "The factory equipment and machinery is thoroughly modern, having been purchased and in use less than six months, consequently it has not deteriorated and Is a good asset of the company. "The management Is In the hands of capable and honorable business men whose successful past record should recommend the Pilot Motor Car Co. to Richmond Investors." Especially commended by the board was the manufacture of commercial and delivery cars, for which the com pany has plans. This form of car will be manufactured If the company Is capitalized. The company was organized with a capital stock of $100,000, $50,000 being preferred and $50,000 common stock, Only $30,000 has been disposed of and Inasmuch as the concern intends to Increase Its output and enlarge the factory the remainder of the stock must be sold. But for a heavy loss when a large lumber mill was destroyed in the south, Horace Kramer and Clar ence Kramer, who are also Interested In the firm, would have capitalized It and the concern would have been placed in operation immediately. Mr. Seidel is not asking the commercial organizations for a bonus or that they dispose of his stock. He organized the Seidel Cariage Company and made it a paying Investment. Members of both the Commercial Club and Y. M. B. C. speak of him as a progressive business man. Members of Committees. The Commercial Club committee which investigated the plant consisted A. D. Gayle, A. M. Bartel, S. E. Swayne and S. E. Jones, and the Y. M. B. C. committee was Fred Bartel, Albert Morel and Willard Rupe. Reports of both committees are being sent to members and permission given the motor car company to use the report as it pleases. Members of both or ganizations take the view it is much better to promote business already founded here with a good reputation than to offer a bonus to outside firms. The preferred stock pays 7 per cent accumulated dividends and after per cent has been paid to the common stock, 5 per cent of the remaining div idends are divided between the preferred and common stock. This is a much better proposition than is usually made and as it is very rare that an additional amount to the preferred stock dividends is paid. This proposition it Is believed will meet with approval and members of the company believe the stock will be sold. C W. Jordan, who is interested in the company, is soliciting stock a: the present time. ICE CREAM SOCIAL Saturday night an Ice cream social will be given by the women of the Webster Methodist-church congrega tion on the church lawn,

Four Little New York Chinese Graduates

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Four girl graduates of the Chinese Public School at No. 29 Mott St.. in

graduated, thirty-six boys and four girls. The graduating class exercises were probably unique in New York as everything was spoken, recited and sung in Chinese, the address of Principal Chu was in Chinese and even the

music wag Chinese. WOMAN IS DUNG SUII PROBABLE While Plan Is on Foot to Strip Her of Wealth, Mrs. Young Is Very Low. A CHICAGO TRAGEDY ECHO RELATIVES OF MAN WHO SHOT MRS. YOUNG AND THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE WANT TO SECURE HIS FORTUNE. (American News Service) Chicago, July 21. While lawyers for Mrs. Annie Rigdon, widow of Charles W. Rigdon, were preparing today to file suits to strip Mrs. Amy Young of whatever wealth she may possess through her association with the man who shot her and killed himself in J. C. Fetzers office last Friday, Mrs. Young was believed to be dying at St. Lukes hospital. It was reported that in her excitement over the revelations concerning her, the patient had torn some stitches in, the wound and that peritonitis had set in. No one was allowed to enter the woman's room, so low was her condition considered. If Mrs. Young recovers she will have to defend not only the suits brought by Anna Rigdon, but those of Jay Rigdon, son of the suicide, for there-is in sight a hot three-cornered fight for the Rigdon cash. Wholesale Litigation. The widow will also seek an accounting from Jay Rigdon and Miss Theresa Tronnem, Mrs. Young's sister, will be defendant In one or more suits as the holder of some of her sister's stocks. Incidentally John C. Fetter and Barney Scheftels & Co., will be brought Into the suits to tell what they may know of the Rigdon property. After examining privately several witnesses, and thoroughly going over the case. Coroner Hoffman and Police Inspector Levin decided to abandon all theories that Rigdon was murdered, or 6hot accidentally in a struggle over a revolver. It was said that suicide will undoubtedly be the verdict. ... Mrs. Young was greatly startled when she learned that her marriage to Alexander C. Young, the New Jersey lawyer and" politician who was disbarred for illegal practice while In partnership with Abe Hummel, New York's notorious divorce lawyer, had been discovered. - . Rigdon dropped a fortune of $200,000 in the two years he lived In Washington with Mrs. Young. When he was in Washington last November he shot a negro porter at Fourteenth and L streets. HE WAS UNFAITHFUL On grounds of unfaithfulness Maude Morrill Edgerton. Mrs. Edgerton was formerly Maude Brooks of Fountain City. ' THE WEATHER. STATE Generally fair tonight and .; ' Friday. LOCAL Fair tonight and Friday. Not - much change in temperature. t

SOLDIERS KILLED Bf EXPLOSION OF TWELVE INCH GUI)

Eight Enlisted Men Die, Two Fatally Injured and Three, Including an Officer, Slightly Wounded. FORTRESS MONROE IS SCENE OF ACCIDENT Gun Was Being Fired at Floating Target and Explosion Was Caused by Blow Out of Breech Block. (American News Service) Norfolk, Va., July 21. Eight artillerymen were instantly killed, two fatally wounded and three others, including one lieutenant Injured today by the prematura explosion of a 12inch gun at Fortress Monroe during target practice. The bodies of the men killed were badly mangled. Lieut. Van Dusen, who was directing the firing of a squad of student officers, suffered a broken leg. A man standing beside him was killed. A large aggregation of army officers were watching the gun practice when the accident occurred. An entirely new program had been mapped out to determine the efficiency of protection. Moving targets at the entrance to Chesapeake bay were shelled, by six, eight, ten and twelve inch guns simultaneously. The explosion occurred in the sixty-ninth company in the Deressey battery situated in the middle of the fort and comprised three 12rapid fire disappearing guns in charge of a crew of twenty men. The accident was technically termed a "blowing out of a breach block." TRAIN BATTERED UP C, C. & L Passenger Train This Morning Has Mixup with a Freight. ENGINE BADLY DAMAGED When O. R. & I. passenger train No. 4, due in this city at S a. m. pulled in this morning two hours late it looked much the worse for wear , and gave marked evidence of a close call. The sides of the two front coaches were caved in and practically every . window pane in the smoker was shattered From all that can be gleaned from local railroad officials who profess to know little or practically nothing concerning the affair, it appears that the passenger train struck a cat of freight cars, which were partially on the main track, at Portland. After bumping the bumps for seevral hundred feet the passenger train was finally brought to a stop but not until after the engine had been put out of commission and two of the coaches battered up. It is understood that several passengers in the smoker were slightly cut by particles of flying glass but no one was seriously injured. .

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S HUE BOOTH TO DE PROPOSED People Want Improvement of National Road Continued to Henry Line. MOVE ORIGINATED HERE WHEN IT WAS DECIDED TO MA CADAM THE HISTORIC ROAD FROM WEST FIFTH STREET TO CENTER TOWNSHIP. Improvement of the National road in the Jackson and Center townships under the three-mile gravel road law is now being agitated strongly in Centerville and Cambridge City. Men who were prominent In the recent li quor fight at Cambridge as "wets" have taken up the improvement of the road and will probably get out a petition in a few weeks. The agitators believe the petition will be popular. If the petition is successful and the improvement made the National road from Richmond to Henry county will be one of the finest in the country. The road will be improved from West Fifth street to the Center township line next spring. It will be a road sixty feet wide and of equal construction to that of any Richmond street. If the road is constructed in Center and Jackson townships it will mean eighteen miles of the finest macadam road in this part of the state.' Opposition is found in both townships on account of the cost, which would be about $100,000, meaning an increase in the tax. rates of the townships. PREBLE STATISTICS ' (Palladium Special) Eaton, O., July 21 According to returns made to County Auditor John F. Randall by Land Appraiser B. L. Kaylor there are in Washington township, exclusive of the city of Eaton, 27,033.37 acres of land which is valued at $1,5S2,890.00. The total taxable value minus. $23,440 road deduction, is $1,599,450.00 The value of houses Is $166,700; value of barns, 119,600; tobacco sheds, $37,900; other buildings, $12,900. The grand total of the taxable property is $1,807,690.00. Palladium's Daily Average Circulation Tor Week Ending July 16, 1910. (Except. Saturday) This includes all our Regular Com- . plimentary Lists AVERAGE CITY CIRCULATION 3,373 TOTAL DAILY AVERAGE For the Same Week Except Saturday Six Days J 5,052 Our books are always open tor inspection.We have the most complete and accurate circulation accounting: system in this part of the country. . We Invite Investigation.

RAWI1 IS BLAMED

BY RAILWAY MEI1 FOR BIG SCANDAL President of Monon, Now Be lieved a Suicide, Alleged to Be Mainly Responsible for a Big Graft. POLICE NOT ALLOWED TO PROBE THE CASE Dead Official's Son-in-law Predicted That an Arrest in the Case Would Be Made Deep Mystery. American Nw Service). . Chicago, July 21. The chief of po lice and president of the village board of Winnetka united today In the 4eclaration that President Rawa of the Mo-' non railway, committed suicide. . Some of Rawn's friends express the, belief that his mind had become affected under the' terrible strain of the past two years. An investigation of the $200,000 life Insurance policies, alleged to have been carried by Rawn, was begun today following the reports that Rawn had greatly increased his policies in the past few months. While Ralph G. Coburn, son-in-law of Ira G. Rawn, predicted an arrest, today, police are working on the the- ' ory of suicide. . i' The failure to" trace any wounded, man is the basis for the belief that Rawn killed himself. His connection with the Illinois Central graft scandal is said to have furnished the motive. Members of Rawn's family declare that two shots were fired in the hall--way of the Winnetka home. Neighbors hfard only one and traces or only one shot can be found. 4 ... Are Three Jhsorleaw. ' .-. Mystery shrouded the case today as evidence' In support of each : of tho three theories that he was killed byt a burglar, t!hat a secret enemy was ia aceaeciii : anil ttio ha lrillaif hfm.v self was found!. The suicide theory, however. re- -; ceives most credence, because of the' attitude of the family in refusing to permit either the police of Winnetka or Chicago to take active part in the investigations. Railway men declare Rawn was largely responsible for the $2,000,000' graft scandal in the Illinois Central ' and was facing probable criminal action. They considered it likely he would kill himself rather than face which he testified twice within the last week and a half. Friends and business associates say ; that since the Inquiry, Rawn has aged twenty years since it became known that he held between 500 and ' 1,000 shares in the Blue Island Car and Equipment company, which In July paid back to the railway half a mttV lion dollars collected from it. Claimed Wife Was III. Rawn twice obtained postpone ' ments of the action, claiming that his wife was 111 and he had to be homo with her. Evidenced an unwillingness' to testify, principally, it is alleged because his testimony not only would. have injured himself, but would have ruined the railroad reputations of half a dozen men high, in the trust of the Officers at work on the case die agree as to theory but the preponderancee of thought is that he committed suicide. There was no witness to the shooting and the one person , who can bear out even the slightest part of the murder idea !s Mrs. Rawn. She says she was awakened by a sound and gave her husband the sunv mnni wttlrh autnt Tnlm tr tils "a1t One of the many stories In etreula. tion was to the effect that Rawn recently had taken out $110,000 new insurance. Relatives, however, deny this. TRUSTEES AT GLEff The township trustees are holding a picnic in vrien Aimer para uui afternoon. Each of the fifteen accepted the invitations sent out by County Superintendent Jordon. A. dinner win be served this evening. STEMS TRIAL Ml Attorneys In the criminal assault ease or Kooerc steins, cotorea, wao is charged by Mabel Ifcney have decided on next Thursday as a trial date. The case wfll be heard by Judge Fox ha Circuit Court.