Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 341, 16 October 1910 — Page 1

RICHMO PAJLJLAB AND SUN-TELEGRAM, VOL. XXXV. NO. 341. BICH2XOXD. 1XD.. SUNDAY 3IOKMXG, OCTOBER 16, 1910.- - SINGLE COPr 3 CENTS.

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THE GOVERNMENT Night and Day at White House, Frederick A. Cleveland Is Trying to Solve a Very Great Problem. A BUSINESS SYSTEM TO BE ESTABLISHED And New York Expert Will For mulate a Plan for Conduct ing the Government on Sav - ings Method. s, Y RODERICK CLIFFORD. Washington, Oct 16. An economy xpcrt hu taken hold of the United ,' i States government. He la quartered In ' ittae white house, la working day and night, and la aiming to bring to real ' liatlon President Taft's Idea of hav ing the United States government run ' on business principles. The expert ts Frederick A. Cleve land, director of the bureau of munle Ipal research of New York city. He its a specialist la Investigating the management of business houses and ' ia reorganising them on a scientific : basis, with the one thought of saving money and creating efficiency. Mr. . Cleveland was a member of Mayor MeClellan'a advisory commission on , finance and taxation, a member of , Comptroller Metx's commission on the revision of accounts and methods of the city of New York and recently has been engaged In a little heralded bnt thoroughly practical reform In the eity government of Philadelphia. The beat Informed on the matter In Wash , fctston, agree In declaring that Mr. 1 Cleveland is an Ideal selection for the peculiar purpose for which President . Taft wants him. Congress at its last saastoa, appropriated $100,000 to be need .by the president In Investigating ' economy methods. Later oa Mr. Cleveland la to have a staff of experts who art to assist him in his work. Cooperation Planned. The part that the employes of the government are to play In the reorganisation of the government's administration Is Important, but there Is not to be, as some newspapers have announced, a general discharge of the old . clerks, or those who, under the present system have not been given enough work to keep them busy, Co operation Is to be the order of the day, and n suggestion from any clerk will be welcomed and used for what It Is worth. No one knows better than the men la charge of the work that the government employe, as a rule, baa In him. perhaps unused, possibilities of service which have not been recog nised. "Just so far as the government , clerk Is willing to help Uncle 8am," said one of the prime movers In the economy reform, "Just so far is Uncle Bam going to be the clerk, The history of the origin of "the president's plan of efficiency reform is yet to be taken, for the white house talks little about Its work, but It Is apparent to everyone that In a quiet, almost un noticeable fashion, a Job has, successfully been launched which Is going to be one of the biggest tasks, (not excepting the Panama canal) that the government ever put through. When all is over but the results, the Taft administration will stand out. the promoters of economy, declare for the vigorous lopping off of millions of dot lars annually In government expense that have been nothing but waste. Discussing the problem, one of the barkers said: "Hereafter it will cost only pennies for letters which now , take dollars apiece to write: such is the laxity of the government clerical system." Reforms Are Started. Nothing could be more businesslike than the manner in which Mr. Cleveland and his aides are setting about their tremendous task. First they take a blrd'a eye view of the whole administration business sltuatlon. The war department, the navy , and then all of the nine other and executive departments will be looked over superficially but carefully, mere-! t ly to "get bearings." Reforms have already been instituted in the treasury snd post office departments hence they have a start over the other departments In the race for honors in the "money saved" contest. Each executive department already has. either in wording order or else about to be so, a committee made up of Its own number to Investigate Itself. These committees will make any recommendation to the department chiefs that seem wise to them. The department chiefs, in turn, will report and work with, the white house staff nnder Mr. Cleveland. The object is to get the whole system working side by side, so that problems of the similar nature will be handled In a similar ' fashion, wherever possible. The president is st the head of the entire efficiency Investigation and to him everything will be finally submitted for action, criticism and suggestion. As is self evident the Job on hand Is a very big one. It means finding out why everything In the regular routine Is done, how It Is done, and how (Continued on Page Eight)

A PROTESTBY T, R, Ex-president Tells New York Leaders They Are Giving ' Him Too Much Work.

IS TO SPEAK FOR LODGE . New York, Oct 15. Col. Theodore Roosevelt protested to the republican leaders here today that they are putting too much work on him. He has commenced to feel the -strain.-' Immediately upon the colonel's ari rival today from his southern,' western and state trip, he hurried to- the Outlook office, where he engaged in a conference with Chairman Ezra Prentice of the republican state committee and other members. He said he felt astonishingly well considering the strenuous pace he has been following for the past two or three days. The colonel went over the program for the campaign and hla whirlwind state tour which will be started on Monday when he will deliver a speech at Troy. The colonel declared that he desired to take a respite and. if possible to lay off from his arduous campaign duties for a weed's recuperation. On next Thursday Col. Roosevelt will journey over into Massachusetts where be will speak for United States Senator Lodge. From there he will go into New Hampshire where he will speak for John BaBS, the republican candidate for governor. FIRE AT GAS PLANT For the fifth time fire visited the gas plant of the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company last night The flames could easily be seen from the business section of the city and a great crowd was attracted. After a half hour's fight the fire departments got tho blase under control before there was much damage done. DESIRE TRUSTEES JOB THE JUDGES Want Them to Measure Corn Crops in the Purdue Tuition Competition. BOYS READY FOR HARVEST MSiMBBWMW AND EACH ONE OF THE 125 MEM BERS OF WAYNE COUNTY BOYS' CORN CLUB IS ANXIOUS TO WIN PRIZE. Trustees of the different townships will be asked by. the, executive committee of the Wayne county boys' corn club to supervise the measuring of the corn crop which members of the club raised this year In competition for free tuition to Purdue university. There are a hundred and twentyfive members of the club. The com of all the members is now ready for harvesting and much dependa on the yield. In fact the yield counts equally as much as the care which the growers gave their quarter acre of corn. The committee has the 'grades of the members of the club for the care which theytook In the raising of their corn under the scientific meth ods as taught by members of Purdue faculty. At the meeting on Saturday after noon the executive committee decided to group the members into divisions of three or four members each. The boys in these respective divisions will assist the others in measuring their corn. The boys will work nnder the directions of the trustee of the township in which they reside. The trustee will make report to the executive committee and the grades on the care of the plots will be added to those awarded on the wield of corn. There will be fifty boys sent tot the university. Every township will be represented at the college. The course which those receiving awards will take will be for one week in corn production during the next winter. The expenses of the' boys will be paid. LOST THEIR MOTHER "We've lost our mother," sadly an nounced ten year old Harry SUfer, as he walked Into police court last night with two younger brothers. Lloyd and John, aged four and six respectively. after being picked up by Patrolman Menke, at Sixth and Main. The youngsters are sons of Ben SUfer, of 509 South Thirteenth street They came down town with their mother and In the big crowd assembled at Sixth and Main they said her apron string broke and they were lost in the cold world until rescued by Menke. The boys were returned home later. THE WEATHER. INDIANA Fair Sunday; not change in temperature. . much

LAWMAKERS TELL OF SAD PARTING TO PORK BARREL Senators and Representatives Informing Public that This Divine Feast Is to Go by the Boards. " '

PRESIDENT TAFT IS Ipl IN ARMS AGAINST IT And He Is Being Assisted in His Fight by Senafor Carter of Montana Gossip from the Capital. BY SIDNEY ESPEY. .Washington, Oct 15. If President Taft succeeds in reforming the "pork barrel" system, by which name the 'rivers and harbors appropriation bill is familiarly ' known, he will do what his predecessors have tried to do and failed. Just at this season of the year many of the national law makers are telling the people through the newspapers that hereafter there win be no more "pork barrels," for President Taft has signed the death warrant for this species of legislative log rolling. This kind of talk frightens the folks who believe In liberal appropriawaterways, and the effect is to make them get busy and flood their , congressmen with petitions urging an appropriation for the improvement of "Fish Harbor," but it is always before the short session of congress that the cry against the "pork barrel" Is raised, and It Is generally successful in that congress seldom enacts waterway legislation then unless it be what is known as an emergency river and harbor bill carrying perhaps $8,000.000 or $9,000,000. Of course' such an emergency measure Is always Indorsed by the "board" of army' engtneersr Useful in "Trading." Another thing that operates against the "pork barrel" at the short session of congress is that the opportunity to "trade" is not bo potent as during the long sessions, when members seek renomination. The river and ' harbor bill has always been known as a most persuasive measure to assist , house leaders In securing legislation that is backed by the administration. It is the great vote getter, and the treasury "watch dogs" in the house often fall asleep when the big waterway budget is reported from the rivers and harbors committee. Senator Carter of. Montana is one of the president's supporters in the light to reform the method of preparing the river and harbor bill. It is but a few years since that the Montana senator talked to death a river and harbor bill that had passed the housebya good majority. If the house Ignores the president's recommendation next December in the matter of correcting abuses to be found in the liver and harbor bill, and an attempt Is made to put through the house such a measure at the short session it can be set down that the bill will be talked to death, an easy matter at the wind up of a congress. To Ask Authority. According to the talk heard about the civil service commission offices, President Taft takes a different view of his power regarding the extension of the classified service than was en tertained by former President Roose velt, who issued the order converting into the classified service some 15,000 fourth class postmasters as an experiment - President Taft Instead of issuing an executive order to exempt from the pie counter presidential postmasters as has been suggested, will ask congress for the authority. It was pointed out today that to place presidential postmasters under civil service would be an invasion of the rights of the senate, as that body must pass on all nominations, and a successful applicant for postmaster, who has been certified by the civil service commission for confirmation, might be repected by the senate and would have no redress. To carry out the suggestion of this extension 6f civil service will require legislation and with the known antipathy of congress to the civil service , law It Is a pretty safe prediction that nothing will be accomplished In this direction . during the short session of congress. It will be recalled that former President Roosevelt attempted to place United States consuls in the classified service, but as the appointees had to be confirmed by the senate the extension could net be made in the manner applying to other positions. To get around the objection raised Roosevelt Issued an order to the effect that all applicants recommended for consuls would have to pass an Examination to determine their fitness, and those who made the : best showing would be selected for appointment This order proved successful, and state department officials say the service has been greatly Improved by reason of the fact that a higher (Continued on Page Two.)

KETCHEL IS DEAD Champion Middleweight Pugilist Breathes His Last in a Missouri Hospital.

POSSE AFTER THE ASSASSIN (American News Service.') Springfield. Mo., Oct 15. Stanley Ketchel, the middle weight champion of the world, died here at 7:05 this evening at the Springfield hospital, from an internal hemorrhage caused by a bullet wound. R. P. Dickerson and three physicians , were at his bedside as he drew his last breath. ' Death came eal for Ketchel. He lapsed into unconsciousness shortly after he was brought from the special train which was used in getting him from Conway where the shooting occurred. On the train to Springfield he seemed much Improved and talked some to a few friends in the coach. He said nothing of the shooting. Ketchel was operated upon at two o'clock at Conway but the bullet's course could not be found, owiqg to the internal bleeding. Shortly after the operation he ; , was started for Sprinfleld in a special train. As soon as the hospital" was reached he seemed to grow tired and weak. - Dickerson ' has offered a reward of $5,000 for the body of Hurts, who did the shooting; nothing for Hurtz alive. An armed posse is on Hurtz's trail. Two bloodhounds took the trail leading into heavy timber around the Dickerson ranch and twenty armed men followed. They were determined to get the assassin. Sheriff Shields of Webster county has arrested Goldie Smith, a woman who was intimate with Walter A. Hurtz, and has her in custody, charged with being an accessory to the murder of Stanley Ketchel. The Smith woman is said to have made a statement to the sheriff that Ketchel made improper advances to her yesterday and she told Hurts.', This according to her statement Is the cause of the killing. ROOSEVELT LIKEHEO TO J BRYAN BY CtiXEY Famous Leader of Unemployed in New York Expresses Himself. THINKS HE IS INSURGENT CALLS THE POLITICAL LEADERS GRAFTERS, SAYS .THEY ARE DODGING ISSUES MONETARY MATTERS ALONE COUNT. (American News Service? New York, Oct 15.-r-Jeneral Coxey is in town, the same Coxey who led the great army of unemployed in a to the White House at Washington sixteen years ago and was put in jail for it but who has come back. The geperal is at the Waldorf Astoria. He is a millionaire, but seems to feel that he needs more money and he is at present in New York to try and get it from the financial district which he hates with all his soul. "My ideas haven't changed a bit" he said today. "Only difference a that I am not so lonely in them now. Sixteen years, ago I was radical and they put me in jail. Now I am just an insurgent The emergency currency law put in force last year was a Coxey idea with the name Aldrich stuck to it" General Coxey, who in private life is Jacob Schleier Coxey declares he is out of politics, but he does not hesitate to express himself against old parties. . Are Four-Flushers. "Roosevelt and Bryan are both four-flushers," he said. "There must be a new and independent party movement It must must get after the" big Ideas. What's the use of wasting time talking about conservation; thunder, there's nothing left to conserve. They have stolen It all. There will be a change of grafters In power this fall, but that won't be enough. I can't be a member of eitherthe democratic or republican party. Both parties are made up of grafters. "But there Is a change coming. Jt will be either evolution or revolution, and I am afraid that the last shall be first "The money issue is the only issue that counts. Hollering about the tarin is like digging woodchuck when you are hunting coon. I don't charge bankers with violating the laws. They dont have to violate the present laws to get ail the money. "Bryan killed the populist party by pretending to preach Its principles. Now that another popular awakening Is on the way Roosevelt is doing the same thing for it"

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IS SENATOR J. CHIEF GORMAN IS AFTER "LOWBROWS I! If Necessary to Prevent Insults to Women He Will Employ a "Bully

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SAYS ALLEGED GENTLEMEN MAKE - REMARKS TO PASSING WOMEN THAT LOWEST CRIMINALS WOULD BALK AT. 'Some of these nights I'm going to put a good, husky man up around the Westcott hotel and when one of those would-be sports that loaf there insult women, as they have been doing, make any coarse remarks, the beast is going to get an awful smash In the face. , It may; cure him." I. A. Gormon, of the police department. This statement was made to report er yesterday after the report of a most repulsive Insult by a young man who was. loafing around the hotel, had come to Mr. Gormon. ; The man made a filthy remark when a girl of excel lent character passed the building. "This custom of insulting ' women has got to stop," declared Gormon. If we can't do it by the customary means we shall adopt the most, rigid measures. There are a bunch of fellows who loaf around the Westcott coming from good families, and pre sumably of good social standing that use . tne most Insulting and vulgar language when women are passing." Mr. Gormon , stated that there is a certain class of young men who consider themselves gentlemen that do things and say things in the presence of virtuous girls and women that criminals of the lowest class would hesitate to do or say. "These foul-mouthed young men will certainly; be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law If they are arrested," affirmed Mr. Gormon. -"I am willing to pay any man's fine that hits a fellow after he has insulted a girl. . . "Everybody knows who these fellows are," concluded the superintendent ' ' r." IS SENT TO W. R. Prince, who was arrested here yesterday on a charge of embezzle ment on a warrant sworn out by the' Anderston Fruit company, of Dayton, X charging that he collected an ac? count of S36 and then leaving, was returned to Dayton last night. His family, with him when the arrest was made, continued to California. Palladium's Total Daily Average Circulation (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending October 15th, 1910, Cily Clrcslattea . showing net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not include sample copies. 32

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O R. DOLLIVER. WAYNE TEACHERS . . MAIO PROTEST Say that Ruling of State Accounts Board as to Salaries Is Not Just One. WANT PAYMENTS FOR , DAYS THEY - VISIT OTHER SCHOOLS AND FOR TWO DAYS HOLIDAYS AT THANKSGIVING. Taking the stand that they should be paid for the days which they do not teach school, but visit other schools and also for the two days at the Thanksgiving holidays, the Wayne county teachers' association went on record yesterday at its meeting as being opposed to the ruling of the state board of accounts in these matters. If necessary the teachers will organize a movement to have the1 state laws 'so changed, that they will receive their regular pay on these occasions according to the present status of affairs. It has been customary for years for the teachers to be paid whenever they went ; visiting and also for the two days' holiday in November. But when the state board of accounts began its investigation of the books of the township trustees in the different counties in' the state and found this condition to exist they, immediately charged the amounts up to the trustees.' The matter was thrashed out and the trustees had to make good the overpayments according to the state board's ruling. Say It Is Not Just Teachers maintain " that this stand is hardly Just to them. They say that when they are visiting another school they are improving their own by finding out how other teachers carry out the theory- of instruction to children. They believe that the present high standard of the country schools is due to this exchange of ideas In the teaching of children.' There were a number of other resolutions which the organisation adopted. They dwelt on different matters pertaining to the .teachers' work. The fair pedagogues seemed to rule at the meeting. - All the plums were given to them including the presidency of the association. Miss Martha Whitacre, a teacher in the high school was' selected for . this position, her election being made unanimous. Prof. J. O. Edgerton was named first vice president ' County Superintendent C. O. Williams, by virtue of his office is treasurer ex-officio of the body. Included In the matters discussed at the session that pertaining to holding of the 1911 teachers' institute was taken up. The fact that it is not yet known whether there will be a Chautaqua , caused the assemblede pedagogues to postpone action until later. Miss Mikels, the '- superintendent of the school system in New Castle delivered two- interesting addresses to the association, one at the forenoon session and the other at the afternoon meeting. At the conclusion of the meeting the new high school building, In the auditorium of which the meeting was held, was Inspected by the teachers from the country districts.

GfflVERI SUDDEN CALL

Popular Iowa Senator, One of , . " the Most Prominent Insurgent Leaders, Expired : at Home, Unexpectedly. DOCTOR WAS TALKING WHEN DEATH OCCURRED Physician, Making an Excmination and Chatting with Patient, Had No Idea that End Was So Near. A BRILLIANT STATESMAN IOWA SOLON WAS ONE OF THE " ABLEST MEN IN THE SENATE AND WAS KNOWN Aft GREAT OR.V ATOR AND LECTURER. (American New Service) Ft Dodge, Iowa, Oct" IS Senator Jonathan P. Dolllver died at hie reel v denee here this evening af dilation of s the heart, while Dr. E. M. Vanpatten, consulting physician, was testing the ' senator's heart y Senator; Delllver's , death was entirety unexpected. He had risen early this morning and after walking about the houee a few hour announced . his intention of going , down to the city. He spent the groat-, er part of -the day talking with his friends here in thl elty. After the senator returned home. Dr. Van Pctta was called t investigate hit tlon. The senator we aittina In" a chair in the sitting room, whit Cse -physician made the examlnatloa. fyf Van Patten-applied the otenaaept to the patient's heart, talking as he male . , th examination, frfanly tit frK clan noticed that the heart had a J beating. Upon looking Into the ena . tor's face he discovered the dlstlnguished statesman was dead. Funeral 1 arrangements have net as yet been ' ' made. - - ' " - Senator Dolllver waa! born near Kingwood, W. Va February S. itZX He graduated: at West Virginia tint varsity In 1S75, and was admitted te the bar In 1878 and established Ma practice in Iowa.. He was' a menifeer of the 61st, f2nd, Mrd, 54th, &3th and S6t h congresses from th Tenth Iowa' district and en Auguet 23, 1tS3 he was appointed United State water to succeed the fate Hon. 4. H. Oear. ' He was elected senator In 1tS3 and ' was re-elected In 1907.. Senator Dtll ver was one of the foremost Inaurctnt i. leaders and one of the meat brIIHant members of the United State Cenat and had earned a high reputation a an orator and a lecturer.. He delivered a lecture at the Richmond Chautauejua several year age' 1 ' 1 " GREAT EXCITEOT ATTENDS THE TOiP Wellman's Balloon Now Out cf Reach of Wireless and I , Weil on tourney. - (American News Service.) ' " Atlantic City, Oct 15. Walter Well-, man's balloon passed out of the wireless range late this afternoon. - Word was flashed to several vessels to tea Wellman all danger from the Cubaa Hurricane had passed. When last spoken to Wellman was more than a hundred miles away. Excitement was created here thla ' afternoon among the thousand Inter -ested in the Wellman flight by a me, sage from the federal weather' boreaa -at Washington that a storm la moTlng ; up the coast According to the men sage, it is hoped that the storm win either blow itself out or sweep far enough to the east to clear the Amerf- . ca. ' before it reaches the latter la ' which Wellman is. 7 'Storm Threaten. All vessels that can.be reached are ; being notified, however, to Peek harbor and there is general uneasiness here for fear the threatened storm may reach the America and drive the delicate gas bag far to the north or . even burst It Experts among th coast watermen declare their doubt ' that , Wellman and his party will b . able to successfully launch the Uny v. life boat carried under the balloon intime to save themselves should the) storm strike them. Wellman's dirigible halloo waa sighted about . fire ' mile sooth of V Scotland. Lightship at C:S9 o'clock this evening. It was ins king flfteea . knots an hour la their thrilling . at tempt to cross the Atlantic ocaa through th air. '. J

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