Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 114, 3 March 1911 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PAlLuVDIUM AXD SUX-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1911.

The Richmond Palladium esd ( Son-Telegram Publtahad ana owned br tha PALLADIUM TRINTINO CO. Isauad 7 days aach weak, avanlngs and Sunday mornln. Offlpa Cornar North tth and A atfaats, Palladium and Hun-Telffram Phnnaa Iiualnaaa Offica. I4t; Editorial liooma. 1121. P.ICHMOND. INDIANA.

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Only too tiuraa of i r, Mraaiauoa aosukwao hi " ft h (i,, a nolatlna. .llll'IH RICHMOND, INDIANA "PANIC PROOF CITY" Ilaa n population of 13.000 and In srowlnkC. It I tlio county aat of Wayne County, and tht trailliiK t-enti-r of a. rln srltultuial loinimmity. ll la loratnl duo eat from Indianapolis mlla and 4 mllea trutn tho atala line. KU'iiinom! la a city of homes and of In.luHlry. l'rlniarliy manufacturing illy. It la wlao tho Johl.lnn cciitar of Kantern liilliwiu, and enjoya the retail trad nf tlie pupuloua community fur inllea around. ltlrhniond I proud of II aplen(1 Id l renin, well kept yard. It cement Mdewalka and beautiful ahada treea. It him 3 national bank. 3 truxt ooinpanlf and 4 hulldina; anKcx-lat lona with torn blnad reaourrea of over IM.000.ooo. Number of fartorlc 12; capital Invented f 7.000,noo, wilh an annual output of 7.OOU,uu0. and a pay roil of $3,700,000. The total pay roll for the city amount to Mpproalinalrly f,3uu,0t)0 annual, ly. Thnra are five railroad rompanlea rnillatliiK In elKht different illrc'tlnna from tho city. Inromlnic frelicht handled dally. 1.7&O.000 IbH.; nutaolns; frcllit liaiMlleit dally. 7(n.vuu lia. Yard farllltlea. per clay 1.700 can. Number nf pttaaenuer tralna dally K. Number of freight tralna dally 77. Tha annual pout offlra rerelpta amount to $MO,000. Total aaaeHNed valuation of tho city, 110,000.000. Klelimoiirt haa two Interurtmn rallwaya. Threw newapnpera with a cmnblnad clr'-uliit Ion of 12.000. Richmond la tha BTreateat hardwar Jobbing renter In the atato and only aecond in ireneral Jobbin a; Intereata. It haa a piano factory producing a high xrada f ilano ewiy It mlnutea. it la tha eader In tha manufacture of traction enclnea, and producea mora threahlnir machlnea. lawn mowera. roller akatea. Rraln Urllla and burial caaketa than any other city In the world. Tha rlty'n area la 2.440 acres; haa a court tiouae coat In r $500.000: 10 public achoola and haa tha flneat and moat complete hlvli achool In the middle went under construction: 3 parochial achoola; Karlham rollea;A and the Indiana Hualneaa Col lave; five aplendid fir vompanlea In fine lioie hnuaea; cllcn Miller park. th larireat and moat beautiful park mond'a annual Chautauqua; ern In Indiana, tha home of inchhntela; municipal electrlo llnht plant, under aucceaaful operation and a private electrlo llarht plant. Inaurlnar competition; the oldeat publta library In tha atate. except one and the aacond larfceat, 40,000 volume; pura. refreahlna water, unaitrpaaaed; 61 mllea of Improved atreeta; 40 mllea of aewera; 25 mllea of cement curb and ajutter romhlned: 40 mllea of cement walk, and many mllea of brick walka. Thirty church. Including ttia Held Memorial, built at a cSt nf 1260.000; Raid Memorial llnapltal. one of the moat modern In the atate; Y. M. C. A. hulldina;. . erected at a coat of It 00.000. one of the flneat In the atate. The amuaement center of Kaatern Indiana and Weatern Ohio. tin city of the alt of Richmond hoi da a" fine an annual art exhibit. The Richmond Fall Festival held each October la unique, no other city holda a almllar affair. It la artven In the Intereat nf tha cltv and financed by the bvialneaa man. Hucceaa awaiting1 anyone with enterprise In the Panic Troof City. ANDERSON TOT OF GOLD CASE CALLED Andcrnon. Ind., March 3. Tho "pot of koM" rax) in tho Madison county court for the last five ycara will ko back to the aujiromo court for tho hocond time. Uccoutly .lutigo Austin, in tho auptrior court, found for tho defendant, Joseph Ikwra, eon of the hit Jnckaon ltowcra. who was mud by Rudolph Zimmerman, one of tho licira of tho lUiucra estate. Zimmorinan alleged that tho lato Mr. How era had about fto.ooo in gold coin a few years before his death, und ho thought Mr. ltowers kept tho gold coin buried iu a lot on the farm prctnUes. Joseph ltowers, who was administrator for the estate, asserted in three trials that ho uocr knew that Jackson ltowers ever had any considerable amount on hand, and had not heard of tho "pot of gold" atory outsldo of tho allegation of Zimmerman. The case was tried once in Madison county and once In Hancock county, and was then taken to the supremo court, and finally sent buck to Madison county for ret rail. Today tho court granted an appeal from the last trial In Madison county a month ago. Grand opening at Lou Knopf s at Cor. 5th and Main Sat. night. Mallard duck and trironiings. 2t

The Water Works Situation It is a thing that ought not to have to be said but which nevertheless ought to be said on every occasion in which a city deals with a public service corporation that full publicity should be given the affair. Not many miles north of Richmond there lies the town of Marlon. It is in the throes of internal dissension and of outraged decency. A public franchise was rushed through behind closed doors. The members of council were summoned to the council chamber in the dead of night by orders from the mayor sent through the chief of police. The thing was passed at that session. The act was In Itself suspicious. And apparently there was ground for the belief expressed in the mass meeting of indignant citizens a few days later that the franchise was not what the city should havo obtained it was certainly not what the citizens wanted.

This Is not the way in which things have been handled these later years In Richmond. We hope the time Is here when a proposition so vital as the water works franchise should be thoroughly discussed. If there is anything In It that can not stand the test of a detailed and thorough investigationnot by two or three men or by nine more but by the very men of the town itself that is a dangerous sort of franchise or contract to have go through. And it is dangerous in a way that is not often thought of. Tho fact Is that a proposition may be ever so clear and fair to the men who propose it or to the representatives of the people who accept it but it is a failure In Democracy in the actual ability of the people to govern themselves tho moment such an attitude is taken.

We can say thia with all the better felling toward everyone concerned at this time inasmuch as we hac not examined the proposal of tho waier works. We- know nothing of it except that it purports to be a recognition of some of the things for which tills paper has committed itself. Hut what ever the conditions are in the franchise we don't want anyone to take the thing on our opinion but on the facts which may be presented. It Is as important that the people of this town should take an activo part In tho transaction of their own business; that they should have a good water works franchise and contract. Uy this we don't mean the opinion of any one class of citizens. It Is obvious that if this were left to the largebt consumer of water nay the Pennsylvania railroad that the small matter of a preferential rate tor a large amount of water consumed would naturally tend to warp the judgment. In tho samo measure all the way down. This is not a jnatter for business men alone although as ail integral part of the town they have their just dues a-coming. Hut In this day and generation it is tho small can one say the ultimate consumer in everything who pays. Also the taxing power of tho public service corporation should bo remembered. And In this regard too it is the greatest number of people ns well ns the largest users that have to be thought of and if we still believe that taxation without representation is unjust that applies here, too.

It Is our opinion that if this matter is assured of plenty of time that no one will become excited about It. Any attempt nowadays in any part of the government from the senate of the United States to a city council or a board of works to jam anything through is viewed with alarm and with very good causo.

The questions of valuation of any public utility arc so vexing, so very much at variance and so hard for even the expert to deal with, that this Is another reason why there should be no hurry. It took seven years to settle tho gas franchise of Boston. Brandeis settled It Anally. He solved it by the square deal method but that was because evedyonc could understand it. On the eve of Buch a proposal we think it important that the principles of full publicity, and full public participation in tho settling of so Important a measure, are the foundations of the real square deal. Much of tho criticism falling on public officials and much of what Is absolutel hatred of public service companies is largely due to this.

The Palladium wishes, in order to entirely set forth its attitude in this matter at tho present time, to lay particular stress on the work of Mr. Brandeis In Boston. This has been the Idea which we have been continually advancing since the beginnnlng of the present corporation situation in Richmond. It will work here of course and It Is modern, efficient, honest and square to the management of public utilities, fair to investors, fair to tho bond holders and to the citizens. No other solution Is so apt to give satisfaction as those from reasons which will be self-evident to any fair minded reader. The company wants dividends the citizen a cheaper product and participation in the profits. It is the temper and not the actual details of this arrangement that we stand for. Ernest Poole in an article on Brandeis in the American Magazine says: For twenty years the city's ga3 companies had been involved in endless scandals. Tho service wag poor and the price was high, one dollar a thousand feet. But all Massachusetts gas companies are subject to strict state control; and when in 1903 the Boston companies applied for leave to consolidate, the Public Franchise League saw their opportunity. A long and strenuous contest took place over the issue of capital, the Franchise League contending that if the company were allowed the high capitalization It asked for, lower prices of gas In future would be made impossible. When things had come to a crisis Brandeis proposed his plan of cooperation. It startled many in the League; some even withdrew, accusing him of being in secret aliance with the trust. But he held to his course, and after earnest discussion the plan was finally carried out. Its main provisions were these: The company's capital was fixed practically at the limit set by the League at the start. Ninety cents per thousand feet was made the "standard price" of gas. And a "standard dividend" was fixed at seven per cent. This meant a return of less than 4 per cent on the physical value of the property and on its cost to the present owners. But the act further provided that for every five cent reduction in the price of gas, the dividend might be increased one per cent. This gave a strong Incentive to concentrate all the energy, formerly used in financial and political intrigue on the making of gas at the lowest possible cost. As a result, the price has been reduced to eighty cents and will probably soon go lower still. Millions of dollars have been saved to consumers and yet dividends have been Increased two per cent. "It has been proved," he says, "that a public service corporation may be managed with political honesty and yet successfully. To reduce the price of gas we need not only honesty but also skill, energy and initiative. And this may be best secured by following those lines of intelligent selfinterest upon which the remarkable industrial advance of America has proceeded. Those who manage our public service corporations should be permitted, subject to proper safeguards, to conduct the enterprise under the conditions which in ordinary business have proved a sufficient Incentive to attract men of large ability and to insure from them their utmost efforts for its advancement."

TOMATO JUICE SUB STITUTED FOR WATER Lewis. Del.. March 3. Without water for three days, the crew of the yacht Xeara were towed in by fe wrecking steamer Breakwater, after they had suffered untold agonies from thirst. The yacht had her engine disabled off Greens Run. Va.. and lay in the ocean out of the track of passing vessels for several days. The supply of fresh water, which was small, gave out early and for three days there was not a drop to drink. Cans of tomatoes were broken open and the juice used to quench the thirst of the crew, and they were finally sighted and picked up and brought to Lewes. The engine was repaired so that the yacht could proceed to Norfolk.

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TO A CORN FIELD Grecnsburg, Ind., March 3. The Bromwell wire factory suffered a peculiar accident which, though causing no loss of life, will entail a property loss of $1,300. The governor belt on the steam engine broke at 7: SO causing the engine to run away. The large fly wheel broke with terrific momentum, and pieces crashed through the walls and roof. Pieces of the wheel were found several hundred feet away in a corn field, and portions of the roof of the engine room were carried over the main building into First street. Sixty people were at work about the building, but no one was injured.. The accident means much more than property loss to the concern as it was behind with its orders.

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DECRY MNDAY JOYS Justice Harlan Scores Rich for Desecration. Washington. March 3. Washingtonians in particular and everybody in general who make a practice of desecrating the Sabbath, received a sound rebuke from Justice Harlan, of the United States supreme court, at the thiry-fourth annual banquet of the Presbyterian Alliance of Washington. There is no reason for such flagrant desecrations of God's day as one sees in Washington," he said. "When the mail carriers deliver mail on Sunday they vio!ate the holy day, and therefore I hope they will be stopped and allowed to rest on Sunday. Here in Washington you can find a transgression of Sunday everywhere you look. It is a shame that certain people from New York, with big bank rolls, should be allowed to come to Washington and give Sunday dinners and suppers when that day should be devoted to the word of God. "I wish this Presbyterian Alliance would do some active work to remedy these conditions. Tho Presbyterian denomination is divided into different families, but I hope it will continue to prevent those violations of the Sabbath in the Capitol of the nation." See Elizabeth Townsend for Mortgage Exemptions. Phone 3756. PENNILESS MAN GAVE CHURCH $1,000 Manhattan, Kan. March 3. Without a dollar of his own, or the prospect of obtaining one, James Benner, a student in the Agricultural college here, subscribed $1,000 to a building fund for a new Baptist church here two years ago. Then he quit college, got a job and went to work. A few days ago be paid the last installment of his $ 1,000 pledge and is back in school, doing double work, in the hope of being able to graduate this spring. Mrs. Mary Benner, his mother said: "The Lord did it. When James made that pledge he didn't know where he was coins to cet the money an more than I would know right now where to go to pick up $1,000. After yoiipg Benner made the pledge he obtained work with a steel and wire company, experimenting in various parts of the country with sul phate of iron as a destroyer of weed pests. Lake Huron holds a curious record in having more islands than any other lake. It has at least three thousand. Coffee

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Alton. 111.. March 3. In an effort to maintain discipline in the high school at Upper Alton, Principal I. W. Bush broke a chair on the head and shoulders of Ralph Reeder alter slapping him in the face for an alleged infraction of the rules. This unusual form of chastisement caused Edw. Reeder, father of the boy, to swear out a warrant against the principal, charging him with assault The case is set for hearing tomorrow. Recently an epidemic of gum chewing swept over the school, and the incessant wagging of jaws interfered seriously with studies. The board instructed the principal to stop the gumchewing at all hazards. Hush said Reeder, who is 14 years old. was one of the worst offenders, and that on Monday he repeated the offense. Bush said he slapped the boy in the face two or three times, and the lad resisted and put up such a strong fight that in self-defense Bush picked up a chair and "swung it on him a couple of times" until the chair which was a rickety affair, broke in his hands. MASHING LAW WAS TOO DRASTIC; VETO Indianapolis, Ind., March 3. Mayor Shank vetoed the ordinance providing severe penalties for "mashers" who approach women on the streets and in public parks. The mayor says he vetoed it because he regarded it as too drastic.

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Your eyes are the most important organs you have. They are the most used. When you sit down your heart slows up. Your stomach pets some rest between meals. Your liver works in a quiet way. It is not crowded to its limit all the time. But whenever your eyes are open they are working at top speed. They are working hard all the time. You renuire a great deal

from them. Your grandparents did not use 'heir eyes as much as you do. You ead more in a day than people did n a month twenty years ago. You take a daily newspaper, weeky and monthly periodicals, and ead them all. Your grandparents iad few or none of these. School life now puts an excessive demand on the children's eyes They are taught more things. They tave more to read. Their whole 'chool life demands increased eye'se. Such excessive demands on the es have directly developed many lefeots. Have indirectly caused many ills. And however much you may desire to slacken the pace you must use your eyes more and more in order to keep up in the race. Yet you, or no other person, ever had such perfect eyes that they would stand constant use by artificial light without developing some defect. Some defect that needs correction. Some defect that may later lead to serious disorders. Eye troubles do not always exhibit themselves in local troubles. The nerveus connections of the eyes are complicated and peculiar. Headaches develop from defective eyes. Probably half of all headaches may be traced to this source. But you can usually easily detect and trace the cause of such troubles. But in other cases the reflex nervous troubles manifest themselves in the stomach. Many people have taken medicine from Doctors without benefit only to have the troubles disappear when the eye strain was removed by properly fitted glasses. I have practised medicine and cured many kinds of diseases in this locality. I have specialized on the diseases of the eye, ear. nose and throat. Have performed many operations on these organs. I have always worked and studied that I might relieve human suffering. AND NOW I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT 1 BELIEVE I HAVE RELIEVED MORE ILLS BY THE RIGHT PRESCRIBING OF GLASSES THAN IN ANY OTHER WAY. While in the hospitals of the old country, especially in Germany, I was constantly reminded of the increasing use of glasses. It seemed like every man, woman and child in Germany wore glasses. The German printed type is so trying on the eyes that this is necessary. People in this country are coming more and more to the wearing of glasses. And yet probably no more than half the people who really need glasses wear them now. Records show, however, that operations for cataract of the eye are decreasing. Wearing glasses has taken the strain from the eyes and so removed the principal cause of cataract blindness. And now you can see how it is that I can specialize in my larger specialty with the feeling that by so doing I can relieve more suffering. You can see why I feel justified in offering you my services as an expert scientific refractlonist. I USE NO DRUGS IN EXAMINING THE EYES FOR GLASSES. Drugs are entirely contrary to nature. If nature had intended a drug to enable you to see, she would have provided this drug. I examine the eyes by nature's own method and obtarn results that are far superior to the unnatural drug method of examination. I use no cheap lenses. Nothing but the best crystals, ground by the best workmen, for each individual case. My frames and nose glass mountings are of the very best materials and workmanship and I fully and absolutely guarantee every pair of glasses going out of my office to be of the highest grade throughout. I know the make-up of the eyes. I know the diseases that afflict them. I can trace the nervous disorders that the diseases may create in other parts of the body. I am able not only to fit your glasses but to diagnose your trouble and determine the real condition of your eyes. And because I think I can help your eyes I feel that I am justified in thus asking for your work. I am, Very respectfully, E. B. GROSVENOR, M. D. Oculist Over 713 Main Street Richmond, Indiana