Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 145, 3 April 1911 — Page 1

The Palladium Hao 1 , OOP More Circulation Than All the Other Papers In Richmond Combine

RICHMOOT) PAIXABIUM t: MD SUN-TELEGRAM. RICHMOND, IXD., MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1011 iivri rniv rPVTS VOL. XXXVI. NO. 1 Chicago Mayoralty Candidates And Mayor ABANDONMENT OF SEVERAL SEWERS TAMMANY DEFEATED T. OSBORNE'S PLAN INDIANA SYSTEM BITTER IN CHICAGO WILL EHDTH1S EVENING

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DECLARED TO BE LESSEXPENSIVE Report Today Shows Indiana State Institutions Maintained Cheaper Than in New York State.

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Tuesday the Voters Will Elect Mayor, a Board of Aldermen and Few Other City Officials.

MERRIAM IS CIVIC REFORM CANDIDATE Carter Harrison, Four Times Mayor, Stands on Reduced Cost of Living Platform The Outlook. l moi I. an N"'-Vs S r. i Chicago, April Amid ii blaze of oratorical pvroteehnic s ami politieal rallies, one of the bitterest municipal campaigns i U" y of the city come t( an end tonight, lomoirow the voters r tin my win en ci u maor. a noam i unn-i m d. , it officials, and from the bitter character of tin- campaign, trouble is expected at lh poU's. The platforms upon which thin hitter si imiukI f-' h $1 mayoralty and thousands In annual patronage. have been made arc widely divergent. TUo Dentin -rat . with Carter II. Ilarripoii. a four time former ma.vor, who wjih nominated for office ly a scant 1. '.on votes, at their head, have taken the field with an anti-corporation. T( rent gas plank. calculated to appeal to those voters v ho tallied around the low cost of living 'usue in the recent congressional li t umis. The Republican nominee, Charles K. Merrinm. a. fonner professor of Chicago rnivers.1 ty. on the other h;utd. has battled .indcr tin" "civic reform" slogan pointing to his fine record while serving the 1 1 -It v in the capacity or AUierman ami head of the Merriam Ceinmission. a commiitee appointed to nuiogatc Kraft in Chicago, as an argument to oleis. The Other Candidates. Other candidates are YTilliam K. lr...li-lirnv who heads the tvi.'lallsl ticket, and William A. ltrubaker. Pro-1 hiuitionist. These two however, do not figure The choice lies between lat named. I In the fight ) Harrison and Merriam. and political forecasters m. completely at sea as to the result. Ai.ordlnu to political history. Chi cago Is a Democratic city, ami nn-I doubtedtr would follow its pre dents ; this year were It not for the- many different factions created by tlv boss-j . t .1.1. l. . . 1 es in tnetr wnti scrammo mm ujc nomination of their candidates, during the spirited piltnaries of February 17. the first direct irimaries in the history of this city. The matter now stands, however, guesning cii the result of the balloting is as uncertain as the turn of a coin. The conditions that created this uncertainty in a usually loyal Democratic city are due to acrimonious disputes among both the Republican and Democratic bosses; enlivened by bitter personalities, and the ft"in:itiou of factions which back separate candidates for the regular nominations. On the Democratic side, of the fence factional fighting was tint hottest. Early In the new year it hca-amc known that there would1 be three Democratic candidates for the nominal Ion. These were Carter 1!.' Harrison, the former mayor who was returred a winner behind w'lom the notorious 11 inky-Dink" lcKinni-"Hath house" John Coughlan First ward organization lined up: Edward F. Dunne, also an ex-mayor, with a miscellaneous following, and Andrew .1. Graham, a west hide banker, of long political prominence, but never a holder of office, who had the backing of the county organization controlled by Roger C. Sullivan and a coterie of wealthy Chicagoans. "Hink and "Bathhouse." Mr. Graham opened the festivities with an attic's upon the McKcnnat'oughlan organization which brought the entire first ward red light district to its feet with fire in its eve. Ilinky-Dink" and 'lisithhouse" John Tctailiatcd by affiliating themselves with Harrison and a merry war went on between these two until F.dward F. lmnnc"s hackers took a hand. From (Continued on Page Eight.) THE WEATHER STATE Rain or snow Tuesday. Clear in tonight or the south portion. LOCAL Rain or snow tonight. Continued colder tonight and Tuesday. HIGH SCHOOL OBSERVATORY. Highest temperature Sunday, 40 decrees at 3:45 ;t. m . but dropped to 32 degrees, which was the lowest temleratutv. In fifteen minutes, accompanled by the snow storm, and remnined stationary until 10 o'clock this morning when the temperature began to rise. Temperature at 11:30 this morning, ".U degree and rising. Harometer i hgh but falling. High barometric ressure Indicates fair w rather, but cooler; low barometric pressure Indicate warm weather but rain.

Ob n Thomas Mott Osborne, whom the Republicans at Aluany wanted to put up as a coalition candidate for Senator with the support of the Insurgent Democrats. Tammany, however, with O'Gormon. defeated this plan. A WITNESS TELLS OF TRADE TRICKS Expert Hints Jobbers "Double-cross," When on the Stand Today. U. F. Uoyse, of Indianapolis, an electrical expert, who has figured prominently for the defense in the I Craighcal-lbown proceeding in equity. created a sensation when on the stand today. lie was at the time leing examined as to the cost of a switch board which was listed In the bill of particulars of the plaintiff company at approximately $i;o. Royse, acting as agent for i,.mVn, wrote to the Cincinnati firm vv)loIH tK, .!ni.1(. was purchased and says he discovered taat he could nave purchased a similar switch board for approximately $." less. He did not say that, a "dummy" cost boll had been used in this particular case, yet his inference was such. That such practice is done heir denied by electricians, who have was! been j connected with the case. They say that it would be a poor business method, found out sooner or later, and that they would suffer in the long run. They said that is such business was done, it was in other cities than Richmond. It is probable that when they are called on rebuttal to the court they will to testify denounce Rovse's "expose." j It is likely that in order to hasten! the end of the case that night, sessions j will be held by Special Judge John L. Rape, presiding in this case.. Inas-J much as the docket is rat'.ier flooded; willi pending cases, there is a demand i that the case be finished this week if jmssible. Witnesses on Monday stated that at the time the improvements to the Wcstcott hotel were made, the hot water system was in such poor condition that it was iniitossible to get liot water in many of the rooms. The heating system was overhauled at con siderable expense, but Rrown has refused to pay for this work, claiming he canceled his prder. An exhibit of a two inch pipe, corroded with settlements of lime and the like was made, showing that the hole in the pipe through which the water could pass was about a half inch in diameter. W. K. Bayfield, the lessee of the hotel, in a written contract with the plumbing and electrical company promised to pay for overhauling the hot water system if Prow n refused to do so. GIRLS OH STRIKE Co-eds at Northwestern Clash with the Dean, f American News Serilce Chicago April 3. One hundred and fifteen young women students of Northwestern university, have gone on strike. They are residents of Willard hall and have clashed with Miss Mary Ross Totter, dean of women at Northwestern, and preceptress at Willard hall. The strikers have been denied the privilege of eating their meals in the dormitory and whole troops of them have been going to Kvanston restaurants. The trouble is said to have originated from an April fool's day prank played Friday night. Somp of the girls entered the dining room at night and hunt; silverware and some of the cooking utensils on hooks about the walls. Next morning the cookjrefuscd to take thcra down.

EACH INSTITUTION INDEPENDENT UNIT

This Is Not the Case in NewYork Indiana Uses as Good Supplies for Inmates as N. Y.'Does. (Ainci i an News Scr ice) Albany, N. Y., April 3. Advance proofs of Part II of the report of Henry C. Wright's investigation inlo the financial management of state institutions, made for the state charities aid association, were made public here today. Part I of the report was published last Monday. It showed that the central control of the expenses of New York's charitable institutions and hospitals had nor secured any notable economies and that there had been abuses and much loss to the state. The second part of the report, made public today, compares New York's state system of fiscal control with the systems in operation in Iowa and In diana. The state institutions in Iowa arc under complete administrative control of a central board and have been since 1S0S. In Indiana, each ini stitution is an independent unit. There i is no ceniral body which has power to ! dictate policies or to control finances and there never has been. New York state's system is midway between and has been in operation for about seventeen years. What Results Show. The results obtained under the three systems are shown in a table giving the per capita cost of food consumed per year by the institutions in the three states. The institutions in Indiana with no eentialized control, expended ?4".n;5 per capita for food; New York, with partial centralized 'control spent $4".05 per capita for ! food; while Iowa, w ith complete cen-1 jtralized control spent $rir.4S per capita for lood. In order to asure himself that the low per capita cost of food in Indiana did not result from the purchase of an inferior quality. Mr. Wright tool; with him to Indiana and; Iowa, on his inspection trips, the Fame i food inspectors who passed upon the quality of food furnished New York state institutions. He found that the j quality of food in the three states was j approximately the same. Mr. Wright found that it cost New York state SI I to supervise .$P."0 expended by the j institutions, while in Indiana, obtainde a supervision of $7S.So for its $1. In ; Iowa $1 was paid for the supervision j of only ?-"i.S0. The cost per inmate of such supervision, in the three states was as follows: Indiana $2.S3 Iowa ;!.7t New York 5. IS Commenting on this, the report says : What Report Says. "It is clear, therefore, that, on the basis of expenditures supervised, the cost of supervision in New York state was about per cent higher than in Iowa and nearly tw ice as high as in InI diana. "It is generally assumed in busines undertakings, that centralized control reduces overhead, or administrative charges. A similar reduction however, is not noted in connection with the centralized control in NewYork state. In this state more four times as many inmates are supervised by central departments as in Indiana or Iowa, yet the per capita cost of supervision is materially larger than in eiiher of those states." In investigating the beef furnished .ho iit.,tir,ns nf the thwr sfutos tr vv-,.i ,iivro.i ,i,nr thi.rrh vw York stale receives all of its beef from Chicago, or ioints west of that place, nevertheless, it has been paying less per pound for its beef than has Indiana or Iowa, although con,.,11 fr miirnviniun.lv iho amo grade of meat in the three stat-s. The fact that, regardless of freight charges beef has been cheaper in New York state than in Indiana or Iowa, the report points out, was probably due to the fact that the institutions in Indiana and Iowa received the quality of beef contracted for, while in NewYork state as Part I of the report shows, a large portion of the beef delivered was corned beef or was otherwise of a lower grade than specified in the contract. Jump in Beef Prices. The report calls attention to the fact that, during the year 1909-1910. the price of beef in Indiana and Iowa averaged lower than the price paid in New York, but suddenly, in October, 1910. the price paid by the New York state institutions made a jump and the price demanded by the packers was more than one ent higher than the price asked by the same packers t Continued on Tage Six.)

AMERICANS AFTER ; fthh BURIED TREASURE iUW "

Expect to Find $15,000,000 in Peruvian Coin on C6cos Island. (American News Service) . Taconia, Wash., April C. The bark llesper is being outfitted at Eagle Harbor for a treasure seeking voyage to Cocos Island, with hydraulic power sufficient to wash away the entire island, five miles in diameter. Captain Fred Hackett, who will com mand the llesper, tells the following story of lhe treasure: "in INj" Peruvians and Chileans were at war and the Peruvians rather than give up their state treasures, deposited them on board the l'.ritish bark Mary Dier, then in port. Capt. Thompson of the bark was really a pirate, vv.io sailed away as soon as he got the treasure on board. Fearing mutiny in his crew he landed on Cocos Island and buried the money which is supposed to amount to $1.",)00,(IO(I." Captain Hackett now has the original map showing the location of the treasure and claims a landslide prevented him from reaching fie money in a former attempt but now that he is supplied with hydraulic machinery he says he will be able to make the quest complete. WOES FOR SMOKERS Zion City May Decide Horsewhip Them. Jq CAiiicriian News Sorvico) Chicago, April 3. While Chicago has a municipal election of its own tomorrow- it lacks the novel interest attaching to the April battle of ballots in. the nearby tow n of Zion City, the j ! late John Alexander Dow le s famous "holy city." One of the questions to be decided in Zion City is the establishment of a w hipping post for to- f bacco chewers and smokers. Wilbur Glenn Voliva. overseer and successor j to "Prophet" Dowie, heads the anti-to- j bacco party, and is confident that he will be successful at the polls and re-!

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In addition to providing for the pub-; r.,are(1 tnat he js convinced a crime lie horsewhipping of tobacco users, j has bpen committed. At first he bethe Voliva platform advocates the ieved that the ghastly members bedriving out of all "independents." the onKed to a medical student but a

municipal l llfl bui uu I rtkin .in1 n r . f O T i tr ! all industries on a co-operative basis. the profit-sharing system for employes and the absolute prohibition of the emnlovment in any industry of any any industry man who uses tobacco. Voliva also proposes to drive all the churches ITOm I lie Cll rtuu iu 1"""'"' the preaching of any religion but that of Dowie. ROOSEVELT III RENO

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Welcome Him. (American News Service) Reno. Nev.. April 3. Reno turned out in force, divorce colony and ail, to welcome Theodore Roosevelt here today. He arrived from San Francisco, where the family reunion at the home of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr,, came to an end yesterdav.

The colonel is slated to make ajequipment in position and otherwise sjieech here and will meet several old j making ready to attack the job as soon friends in Nevada. The visit here is j as the weather will permit. The conthe first stop on his journey home- j tract calls for one of the largest city ward. J improvements so. far let this year.

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Two candidates in the C nice. go mayoralty contest; and the ltiai to whose office either one of them will succeed. On the right is Charles H.f Merriam, former alderman and collo);e professor, who heads the KepuWicans ; on. the left is Carter H. Harrison, a former four time mayor, who carries t ne Democratic nomination; vyhile be'ow is Chicago's present .mayor, Fred. A. Busse. I A PECULIAR CRIME Hand and Foot Found in a Cigar Box. (American Sews Service) New York, April 3. The finding of a human hand and loot encased in a cigar box, evidence, of a strange crime i similar to the Guldens jppe mystery, I today started the police, upon a thori ' ough search of halls and areaw ays in 125th street in the vicinity of Park avenue for the other parts of the body. The only clues contained is, two initials upon a ring discovered on one of the fingers," failed to help the police. An initial on the outside of the ring was "A. F." The other on the inside was "A. & AY." Wrapped around the grewsome members WaSj a white handkerchief and there was bits of paper in the box which looked like pieces of a circular , printed in I German. The police learned that Alfred Felty of 222 West 28th street, had been missing since December. The mother of Felty was show n the ring taken from the hand, but failed to identify it as a ring owned by her son.. Coroner Holtzhauser, who is personallv conducting an investigation, decloser examination revealed that some one inexpert with surgical tools had cut off the hand am foot CLUB DIRECTORS TO HOLD MEETING The regular meeting of the. board of directors of the Commercial club ! will be held this evening m the club i rooms. Various matters inc lr ding the i reports of the committee appointed to investigate the " home" question and j the committee having in charge the! 4organization of a company to finance for consideration. wnnnntTir to nn nv lEflVCl-Fliri IO REaAU 1 TO START ON JOB

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j Former Sheriff, Liaus P. Meredith. who is now a contractor, recently re - ceiving the contract for paring -North E street and constructing cement side - watks. started Monday by getting his

UNFORTUNATE MAN SLOWLHTARVING Insane Inmate at County Jail Refuses to Take Food Offered Him.

As a. result of refusing all food proffered him at the county jail, the condition of William Harper, an insane 111411, who has been confined there since Jajiuary 1, is rapidly becoming worse. IJe is emaciated and Sheriff Steen la much worried, fearing that Hanger will starve himself to death. Harper is very seclusive but quiet, t For four weeks be has been out of hid cell only on one occasion, when four men ejected him by physical force in order that they might clean up the compartment, im tins occasion his eject meni worried him considerably and since then Harper has 'been allowed to remain in his cell all the time. The sheriff believes that Harper is refusing food and remaining in his cell because of the presence of criminals and other inmates at. the county jail. Although every effort is made to keep them from tormenting insane men. the inmates of the jail frequently overstep their bounds and annoy tne unfortunates by remarks and actions. When food is carried to his cell, he may look up at and may not. When he is induced to talk, he will say a half dozen words, then begin to cry. What little sustenance he is forced to take, which is now barely keeping him alive, is done, a'fter a great deal of coaxing, lie always maintains he is not hungry. CANNON JjILL LEAD Despite Protests of the Progressive Wing. (American News Service) Washington. April 3.- Former ISnpakw lotiorili fl Cum-itm will be the . minority leader in the house during hn ' tiwi'il kpctinn nf fnnprpss onenimr tomorrow. The Republican memof the Sixtv-second congress lliri s )V lilt: itlAl ri.v.ifiiu held numerous conferences todav in preparation for the extraordinary c-wa. t,v tirrac tii W a r ill K ! i nu n 13fl 8es. ai. pleased .ith the selection f i',nn as the varty leader and Representa-ti-r (',( W Knrrls. of Nebraska. will art

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on th- floor of the house. F.ff.-irtc: hnyn heen ni9fli to riidetraCli ration for the leadership and to rh., Mann of Illinois, but "Unc e .hoe" still has - more friends than foes j nu t ie Republican side, although the Pro ressive membership 01 aooui inntv in the last house has heen cioumea. "Fncle -loe" who is now plain Repiesentative Cannon, of Illinois, has had his private effects removed, from the Speaker's office, where he has so long enthroned a czar to the old rooms of the chairman of the committee on pensions, just off the main corridor and adjoining the rooms of the committee on appropriations. ' Champ Clark, of Missouri has moved into the Shaker's office. I KING ALFONSO IS AN INSURGENT NOW (American News Service) Madrid, April Z. Progressiveness wfll be the chief alm of tte new span-! j i8h cabinet formed by the premier Ca- j I of rung Alfonso in a continuation or j liberal policies, this being considered j tne only manner by wnicn tepain s turj bulent political questions can be set- j 'tied. Advanced ideas of Premier Ca-j

j nalejas on the question of separating; the state and church will be worked j out according to the original program, j j Additional support for the cabinet will j j be given. j

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the Roots of Poplar Trees! Causing Grttit Expense foe Removal. ABANDON ONE SEWER ON THE WEST SIDE I City Has Spent $9,000 in the Past Ten Years Remedying Conditions Council Will Take Action. , Half a dozen sanitary sewers in tlfri city will probably have to be abandon,? ed within the next few years beeatKMj they are becoming filled with roott from silver poplar trees. In the ltt! year it cost the city over $800 to clattj out sewers, which had become stopped j up wun roots iom inese irees, ana. in the past ten years there has ben nearly $9,000 spent to remedy this Bejft ious trouble. A five inch tile sanitary pipe from a water fountain at the corner or. Ridge and State street will be abandoned immediately. This pipe extends about five squares to a large sewer.; Poplars from the street have sent down their hair-liko roots, and the. 6ewer is now useless. The water from, the fountain has been running through the gutter all winter, causing a very unsanitary condition. . . To Stop a Fountain. Street Commissioner Genn will or der this fountain shut off until anoth er sewer is " built to carry off its wat er. Some complaint is expected from residents of Fairview. To clean lam pipe would cost $700. There was a similar instance on South K street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. A fountain thcro ran into a 15-inch tile, which extended 127 feet to a. man. head, whero the wat-' er flowed into a sewer. Poplar trees across the street, at least 35 feet away stopped up the pipe.. The roofs grew throuKh the sewer as far as the man: hole, extending into this in a bunch similar to a horse's tail. ji? Street Commissioner Genn attempt ed to have the trees cut down, but the owner refused. Then Genn secured a 4-inch iron steam pipe, which is said to be the only thing that will check poplar roots. This was installed at a cost of about $500. A w eek latar Uio owner of the trees cut them down The 15-inch sewer on South Twen first street, under a cement, sidewalk. extending from South A to South 11 streets, is now -two-thirds full of poplar roots, and it will have to be rebuilt within a year, according to Mr. Genn, who has charge of the sewer systems of the city. At the present time, in cases of heavy rains, the water backs up into several house, the owners of which have tapped the sewer. "V On Main from Twenty-first street extending to Twentieth street, and thence south to South A street, there is a sewer which will soon have to be abandoned and rebuilt on account; of roots. It i3 a twenty-four inch pipe, and has taken 8bout tea years to fill up. However, Genn states that after the roots once are in tha pipes, they expand rapidly. It usually takes from ten to twenty years to ruin a sewer, he says. Poplar roots worked themselves under a sewer on North Tenth street ,i .. 11 ,. ..,., 1 I im until Ola - - lo-inch tile was broken. In February 1902, when the thermometer stood at w Deiow anu me giouuu waa tnirty-one incites uecp, ueun aim ma Icrew had to nig up toe Aorm jemu ! street sewer and extract roots. The er naa Dac-Kcu iino me uswureui of Grace church and incapacitated the' organ. Genn used ten gallons of coal out the the ground so ne couiu gei at 1 SeWCT. !' The root question will probably be t brought up at council meetlng tonisht. There is an ordinance against planting : poplar trees. HISER FILES SUIT TO QUIET A TITLE ftcr twenty years' itossesskm of one and three-quarter acres on the National road, just west of the bridge crossing Greensfork creek, Abraham Hiser fe?rs that he will be ousted by Bird Davis and several others who arc claiming interest in the land. Suit to quiet title to the property was filed in the Wayne circuit court on Monday by Hiser. Palladium's Total Daily Average Circulation . (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Mta. for Week Ending April , 1911. 6,881 City Circolafioi showing net paid, "news stands anc reetilar complimentary list d not include sample copies. 3,859

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