Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 95, 12 February 1911 — Page 4

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THE BICimOXD PALLADIUM AND SUX-TELEGRA3I, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY' 12. 1911.

The Richmond Palladium si Sea-Telegram Published and owned by the PALLADIUM PRINTINO CO. Issued 7 days each week, evenings and Sunday mornlna. Office Corner North th and A streets. I'allatllum and Hun-Telirram Phonea Ktixincaa Office, Editorial Itooma, 1131. niCIIMOND. INDIANA.

R4olah Ci. Leeds Editor J. niasherr Baalaeee Manager Carl Beraaardt Aaeoelate Kdllof V. n. raaadatoaa News Editor

BUDSCIUITION TEHM3. la Klchmond fS 00 .-er rear (In advance) or lOe per weelc MAIL BL'BSCIUPTIONS. One rear. In advance BIX months. In advanco One month. In advance KUItAL UOUTfcs One, year, in advance '';-22 Fix wont ha. In advance One month. In advance Addei chanced aa often as desired; both nevr and old addreaaes must oe Ivcn. Hubecrlbere will pteaso remit with order, which euould be lven for a specified term; name will not bo entered until paym.nl s received.

Entered at Illcbmond. Indiana, post office aa eecond class mall matter.

New fork Ttpresontntlves Payne Yotnir. 31-54 Wst 33rd street, and 232 Wont 33nd street. Now York. N. V. CM.ag-o Ilrpresxntatlves Pavne A Younir. 7I7-7IS Murijuetto building-, CUIcago. HI.

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RICHMOND, INDIANA "PANIC PROOF CITY"

Has a population of 23,000 and la Blowing. It la the county seat of Huyno County, and tlio IrM.lliirf c tiilir of a. rich ugrtt til turn I community. It Is loatil luo tutMt from Indianapolis !) inlk-H und 4 inllca from tlto Into line. Klchmond Is a city of lioinoa and of liuluMtry. Primarily ma n ii fuc tin' In if city, It la ulu tlio JobbliiK frnlir of Uustrru Intllitn uid enjoys Iho I'i-UU tm l J of the populous coininunity for mile aruaiid. lilt hiiiund la proud of Ita KpU nilKl HlrcrtH, well kept yards. Its (fluent alilowalks und b:&utlful tiliuile troM. it Imu 3 national banks, 31 trust coiiipantt! und 4 huildtnic asHot'latlonM with combined rcsoun-.n of over S,000.oo0. Number or factorlca 123; caplta.1 Invested t7.VU0,otio, with an annual output of t27.OO0.uon, und a pay roll of 9 1.700.000. Tho total pay roll for the city amounts to approximately 18,300. Oou annuallyThere nro five railroad rompanles radtiitlnir In tiiflit different dlructiotiM from tho city. Inlornlns; freight handled dlly, t. H0.000 lbs.; outKoinaT frelKht handled daily, 7o,ouo Iba. Yard faclliliea, per duy 1.700 cars. Number of passenger truins daily !. Number of freight trams daily 77. The annual post office receipts amount to SO, woo. Total assessed valuation of the ciiy, Il4.000.s00. Itichinond lias two Ititcrurban railways. Throe nowKpapors with a combined ilr:ulatlon of 1J.m0. Itlehmond ia tho greatest hardwoie lonnlnar renter in tlio niate and onlv fcxeond In Kunur.1 t.ibiix Inierenis. Jt has a p;ino factory iroduclna; a high ura.lo I. In no every I', mm. Hex. it is the leader In llo iiiaiiuraciurn of traction enulnci. und produces tnoro llirt-hluiiff m;i' tilncn, lawn inowei. roller bkatcH. Krain drills and burial I'utki is than any oilier elly in tho world. Tho city's uica is 2.610 acres; ha ii court Iioumo roshng tini),000; 10 public schools und has Hut fincNt und most complete Mud school In the middle west ninler cticiMtriH Hon; 3 puroehlal M liool; Karlh.im cullesu und Uio IimIiuui liiisincss CulUice; live pln.nd fiie companies in ltn boo liouveo; Ulan MilUr iork. in Mrxent an4 most Ixautilul paik moinl's annsaat autauiua, sevn In Indiana, taa ha.-no of liiohlintels; inuakslyal rUclrlc IlKlit plant, under svee9f.i oper.iiion and n private eleetrU lUlii plant. liiMiirlnx imttl:i'n . tlio uMo-t public library In lh. ..... xm (,i one end t'i second ln ei. o.Ti ia volumes; :ure. re'reslilnff water, nn.urpjwed tit tulle of Improved street; id rr.l'.es of sewers; 1'i ml lea of cement curb and cvti-r nnblnel. 4i miles uf t(l.-nt, walk, and many initei of rl-k wnlk Thlrtv a-vieK. InUud Insr !! Held ."Jeiuot In I. built at a cost or t.'j.0irt; i; nl M( in m j! HiiHdiat, one of tie most .modern In llie slate; Y. M O. A. biiildiuif. erected at a coxt of lli'O.ooo. ono of the finest In the Mate. Tlio amusement center wf Eastern litOlHtta and Western Ohio. No city of the sisn of Klchmond nobis a fine an annual art exhibit. The Klchmond Kail l-'cs-llval held each tvtober is unique, no other city hold a nlniilar f. f.tlr. It i Riven In tho interest nf the city and financed by tho butneHtt men. Success awaltlnie anyono with nlcirlo in tlio I'anlo Proot City.

Why? Mr. Schornsiein ? Just a week ago today citizens of this town must have noticed that the supply of artificial gas was very low. It flickered and went out and hesitated all the day. It was for all the world as If some one had played a prank on the whole gas system, as a boy blows down a gas pipe and puts all the lights out of commission. The Light, Heat and Power company has given no suitable explanation of this and has been very reticent about It although quite a few chances have been given for the manager of the company to talk freely through the columns of this paper. In tho meantlmo it has becomo a general subject -of conversation throughout the town as to just what this gas trouble may or may not be. In the hazy way that the ordinary citizen has of looking at theso things for want of expert knowledge there arises some curious thoughts."" He begins to connect certain things. Of course theso things may or may not have any connection. One man notices that the company has been boring his mixer. Another notices that there is not particularly good gas to see by. His wife finds that she has to turn on more gas and to cook things longer. Now whether these things have any substantial basis or not tho minute a general shortage in gas comes (looking for all the world as if there were an oversupply of air in the pipes) behold a town which pays money for the revolutions of the little wheel In the cellar expects to know tho reason. The man who pays the carrier boy for the town's news wants to know and picks up his newspaper, which is also a public servant. I'p to now Mr. Schornstein of tho Light. Heat and Power company has not. given any straight out-and-out reasons for the failure of gas on last Sunday nor has he told why the quality of gas is not as good as it used to be. On being intervlewd by :t representative of the Palladium ho rafused to speak without advice of counsel and called in his company's attorney to put the questions and their answers In writing. We commend Mr. Schornstein's discretion. Since he has suggested the method we believe that it might be a very good thing for the city administration to take up and go on with. What little information this paper has accumulated we shall be glad to turn over to the proper authorities. The advantage to this further course of prooeduro is that it will bo a good thing to put any witnesses which may be called under oath. The council has some little power in this matter in view of tho company askins for a franchise. It will bo a good thing to make a record of tho good will of tho company in telling what it knows about the service that Jtlchmond is receiving at the present time. We should like to know in the form of a full investigation just exactly what it was or who it was that the shortage originated with last Sunday. We should like to know where it was. Did it occur from circumstances not under control did it occur in the mains or at the gas works? What wo are interested in is not really how the thing occurred. We want to know if this is directly affecting the quality of gas every day. How many heat units are there per cubic foot in this gas? Obvious questions will connect themselves with the investigation. A man who puts his thumb on the meat scales is liable to prosecution so also is the man who puts stones in his hay. The corner grocer has rows on rows of stuff labeled under the pure food law. We have noticed no statement in the papers of Richmond saying that tho Light, Heat and Power company is going to refund any money for last Sunday's lack of service. By oil the rules of the game there are at least several hundred dollars coming back to the citizens or the town if good will means anything. Good will does mean something when franchise time comes about and recent symptoms in the legislature point to. the fact that the delay in granting Richmond people lower rates may cause the company some trouble in case the people vote on tho franchise. Is it not possible for the Light, Heat and Power company to come and make a clean breast of last Sunday's performance without having some--one go to the trouble of investigating it thoroughly against its wishes? If this has no other effect we hope that it will remind Mr. Schornstein that he is the manager of a public service corporation and recommend to him a careful study of the methods of Mr. McAdoo of New .York. We shall be glad to have a full account of this in writing from Mr. Schornstein in writing, to which we shall be glad to furnish witnesses (and our own attorney, if he desires to bring his counsel with him). Or if he would prefer to go before the city authorities, that will suit us even better.

TREATY IUPPROVED By League of New York Republican Clubs. (American News Service) Albany, N. Y , Feb. 11. Tho Republican league of clubs of the state of New York at a meeting here today, approved the reciprocity agreement between tho federal government and Canada, indorsed open primaries, direct nominations for all offices except state ones, recommended constitutional amendments to permit the removal

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Of judges and other reforms which would divorce business from politics.

This Is My 65 Birthday

JUDSON C. CLEMENTS. Judsnn C. CUuncuts, tho new chairBan of the interstate commerce comnUslon, was born in Walker county, Jeorgla. February 12, '1S4C, and was rducated at Cumberland university. He fought in the Confederate States rmy durfng the latter part of the far und In 1SG9 was admitted to the wr. He served as a member of tho Jeorgla leclslature from 1S71 to 1SS0. Juring the succecdins ten jeurs ha iaa a representative in congress, tlthdrawing from the contest for relomlnation in 1SD0 because of bis uptosltlon to government ownership ot xllroads which a majority of the votir of his district advocated. He wus .ppolnted to the interstate commerce ommisslon by President Cleveland o 1S92, and received three successive ppointments. Judge Clements is rerded at one of the conservatives of he Interstate commerce commission Hhough for many years he has adocated vigorously adequate super visn and control by tho government of le operations of common carriers.

A CONFERENCE BY BANKERS OF TEXAS

(American News Service) Dallas. Texas. lb. 11. The members of the Fifth district cf the Texas Bankers' Association met in this city tmlay and held their annual meeting. Howell K. Smith, of McKinney, presided. The principal features of the program were addresses by G. E. Allen of New York, educational director of the American Institute ot Banking, and Charles H. Huttig, president of the Third National Bank of St. Louis.

PASS KAMI MEASURE

Thus Cinching Exposition for San Francisco.

(American News Fsrvlce) Washington, Feb. 11. The Senate passed without objection the Kahn resolution, inviting the foreign nations to participate in the Panama exposition at San Francisco in 1913. This cinches the exposition for San Francisco. The Senate passed the measure providing for the purchase of sites and erection of buildings for embassies, legations und consular boards of the United States in foreign countries.

Expensive Fiction. 1 that picture really a work of art?" "I don't know," replied Mr. Cumrox, "but the story the dealer told me about it surely was." Washington Star.

A GALA WEEK FOR DOG ARISTOCRATS fAmcrlcan News Service) New York, Feb. 11. Much interest is taken in the annual bench show of the Westminster Kennel club, which will hold forth In Madison Square garden next week. More money and a larger number of special prizes are to be awarded this year than ever before. There are to be more than 600 regular classes and nearly 1,000 specials. The management states that one of the most distinguishing features of the exhibition this year will be the large representation Of the rare breeds of dogs.

His Dilemma. "For $200 I'll fix your teeth so you can cbew without difficulty." "If I was to give you $200 I couldn't get anything to chew on. Life.

Perfection. Terfectlon doe not exist. To underitan4 It Is the triumph of human Intelligence; to desire to possess it Is the ost dangerous kind of roaAacss. Ai

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"THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

FEBRUARY 12. 1791 Peter Cooper, founder of Cooper Union, born in New York City. Died there April 4, 1SS3. Charles Darwin, the famous naturalist, born in Shrewsbury, England. Died in Kent. April 19. 1SS2. 1S17 Conrad Baker, fifteenth governor of Indiana, born in Pennsylvania. Died in Indianapolis. April 28. 1S35. 1S33 Henry Clay introduced the compromise tariff measure In the senate. 1S57 George Peabody donated f 300,000 to establish a free literary and scientlllc institute in Baltimore. ' 1S77 The first public exhibition of the telephone was given by Professor Bell at Salem, Mass. 1902 Marquis of Dufferin, former governor-general of Canada, died in Ireland.

HEW VERSION TO SHOOTING AFFAIR Given by Woman Who Alleges That She Was Witness to Proceedings. Declaring that Frank Taylor, the mail messenger, under arrest on the charge of shoot ins with Intent, or

whoever it was responsible for information given the press, that he was attacked on North Eighth street Friday evening and was made the target for a brick and stones, had falsified, Mrs. Alfred Brooks, whoso sou Thomas was implicated in the affair, called up the Palladium office Saturday evening and made the charge that Taylor was. the aggressor. After the trouble on the street, Mrs. cf her home and upbraided her as to of her home and upraided her as to the conduct of her son and then advanced to his porch, where, she al leges, he fired three times, one bullet singing over the head of Ed Morel and Sours who was beating a hasty retreat from the BrooUs home, where he was calling on Miss Margaret Brooks. "Now Mrs. Brooks, I am going to &how you something you never saw before nor ever thought of," Mrs. BrooUs stated Taylor told her while he was standing on his porch, then she says, he pulled his revolver from his pocket. The first shot was fired with gun back of him, Mrs. Brooks declared, and also said this was the bullet which so narrowly missed Moral. One of the other shots was in the air and the other in the direction of the fleeting Sours, Mrs. Brooks says. Taylor told the police, it is said, that he shot in self defense after a shower of stones and bricks had been rained on him. Mrs. Brooks says that no stones were thrown but that the marks and bruises on Taylor's head were the result of the effective use of Claude Mercer's fists, there being a set ring on one of his fingers which caused the abraisons. The police and prosecuting attorney Charles Ladd have not completed their investigation. It is likely the trial will be held in the early part of the week unless all of the alleged contestants are bound over to the circuit court.

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ARE TO EULOGIZE DEAD CONGRESSMAN (American News Service) Washington, D. C. Feb. 11. The house has arranged for a special session tomorrow at which memorial exercises will be held for the late Representative Charles Q. Tirtell. of the Fourth Massachusetts district. Several members of the Massachusetts delegation and of the committees on claims and judiciary, ca which Mr. Tirrell served, will deliver addresses in eulogy or the life and public Services of the deceased.

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HARRY K. THAW HAS A BIRTHDAY TODAY

(American News Service) New York, Feb. 11. Harry Kendall Thaw, the star boarder for the criminal insane at Matteawan, will

i celebrate his forty-Mrst birthday anni

versary tomorrow. Within a few months Thaw will have rounded out five years behind prison bars as a re

sult of the tragedy on the Madison Square roof garden on that night in June, 190, when he. shot and killed Stanford White. He has now been at the Matteawan institution near three years and prior to being taken there he passed two years In the Tombs.

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