Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 158, 16 April 1911 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM ASD SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1911.

The Richmond Palladium

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RICHMOND, INDIANA "PANIC PROOF CITY"

Has a population of 23,000 and la urowltiK It Is the county seat of vYyn County, and tne trading tenter of a rich agrlaultural community. It Is located duo eaal from Indlarmpolie tnllnx a:id 4 miles Horn tUe atata line. lUchmoi.d la a city of homea and of tntluairy. Primarily a manufacturing city. It la also tha Jobbing ron of Eastern In dlant and enjoys tha retail tral-t of the pcpulous community for in I Ir-a arO'inJ. Itlchmonu la proud of It aplen did streets, well kept yard, lis cement sliiev. alio auJ bea tlful sluula tree. It has 3 national bank. 3 trust companion aud building aaso2itloi.9 with com Pined ratoi-rcaa of over f s.000.000. Numboi of factorial 125; capital Invested l7.0C0.ooo. with an annual output of t2i.000.0DA. and a pay roll u. I3.700.0iio. Tha total pay roll for tha city amounts to approximately te.3t0.0u.) annual There ate fivn ralltoaa companies radiating In elvh. differ ent directions from the. city. In rominic freight hai:uled dally. 1,7M,00 outgoing- frelRht dandled di;y. 760.000 lbs. Yard faclU'les. per day 1.700 cars. Number of passenger train dally I. Number of freight trains dally 77. Tht annual poat office receipt ameur.t to f 80.000. Total assestd vaJuatlou of tUe city. 1S.00.000. IUihmoi:1 has two Interurhan raCwy. Three newspapers with a rcnblned circulation of 12.000. !tlcmond Is the arreateat hardware Jobblnc canter In the state antl only ao-oud In aeneral job bine; Interests. It haa a piano factory produrinc a high Krada fta.o every 16 mlnutea. it Is the eaAer In the manufacture of traction engines, and produces mora threahlna: marhlnea, lawn mowers, roller skates, grain drills and burial caskets than any other city In the world. Tha clty'a area la J.40 acres: ?f .couJt. hu" 'oetlna? tSOO.00: 10 public school and haa tha finest and moat complete high school In the middle west under construction : t parochial schools; Ka. ham college and the Indlan-i Puilneas Col age; five splendid fire companies In fine h0, nouaea: Olen Milter park tha largt and moa? beautiful park moii.i i annual Chautauqua; seven In Indiana, tha home of Rich. Iiptels; municipal electric light

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"He that tooteth not his own horn shall eee the procession go by without a hand." Item editorial, April 1, 1911. Inspired by the belief that the Palladium hired detectives the Item's "publishers" decided to go and do likewise. As admitted in the Item's editorial of Friday, April 14, they employed a man to verify the claims of the Palladium regarding its circulation. The Item employed this man after making cartful inquiry regarding his reliability, integrity, truthfulness and generis, good character. They deemed him of sufficient worth to employ him and agreed to pay him $70 for his work. They deemed his report of sufficient merit and truth to justify their basins an editorial upon it. This man made an investigation of the Palladium's circulation in all the neighboring town. He made an investigation of the Palladium's circulation on the rural routes. He made an ' investigation of the Palladium's eirculat ion in Richmond. He reported to the 'publishers'' of the Item who hired him that the Palladium had within -TEN of what it claimed, according to his figures. The "publishers" flew in- a rage, cursed, pounded the desk, stamped the floor, denounced the report as false and said it was not what he wanted. (Of course not!) Tim 'publishers" said he would not pay the man $70 unless he did two other things. First, break into the Palladium office and take their books and, second, follow the rural route mail carriers around and take Ihe Palladiums they had delivered out of the mail lioxes. The tnau who had been recommended to the "publishers" of the Item as an honorable man lived up to his recommendation, and refused to do this, not even to get his $7. We quote from his statement: lie wanted me to come in here (the Palladium office) and steal your books. 1 said. 'Yon want me to break into the penitentiary, do you? I would be pretty well fixed for the penitentiary to get in there with a jimmy and get their books." He refused to do this. Ho also refused to violate the postal laws by taking Palladiums out of the mail boxes. He was refused his $70 unless he did. lie still refused. He was finally paid $53 by check and after the check was given him, signed by the man who had hired him, and who had tried to get him to break into the Palladium office and steal their books, and also to take mail from the rural route boxes. After the check was given him that man became frightened for fear the photograph of the check might turn up as evidence and he rushed to the bank to stop payment. Hut it was too late!

" " i--"-"- ".rinc unit plant Insuring competition: the oldeat puhlta Itbrsry In the state, excent n and the second Unrest. 40 odo volumes: rure. refreshing'

unsurpseaed. ft miles of Improved streets; 40 mile, of sewers l Mil. - . "''era, .'J

miles of cement curb and a-iirtl combined: 40 miles of 4 wslk. and many miles of brlrii walks Thlrtv churches. Includ Ing tha Ttel.1 Memorial. h,,it i," r-'Jt f tlSO.OOrt; Tteld Memorial Mnanltal. on of the most modern in the state; T. M. C A. bdlg. erected at a cost of Itoo.ooo. on of th finest In the .fate Th am jaement center ef Kastern In. dlana and Western Ohio. No city of th alte of Richmond holla aa fine an annual art 'Iv 7.h lh,no, '"'I Festival helj each October la unique, no other city holda a similar af fair. It la given In tho In.croat of the cltv and financed by tltti buatneaa men. Succeaa awaiting anyone with enterprlao in the Panic Proof City.

Oh. isn't this great work for the "'publishers" of a reform paper, a nice, clean paper, a paper of the Hon. William Dudley Foulke, ex-civil service commissioner, reformer, up-lifter, president of the National Municipal .League, lecturer upon civic righteousness! Will AIt Foufke come across and repudiate this? Will he admit this was done while he "was absent from the city" and that he "knew not a word or syllable of the matter until he saw the charges emblazoned in the Palladium?" Will he toot his horn over this piece of reputable journalism? Does this ring true v,ith his professions of being au advocate of tho square deal? Does this advertise him favorably as the foremost citizen of Richmond? lie was not to blame? We hope not! But we want to hear him hay no, and repudiate it! He Is legally to blame and responsible! If it was not done by him, it was done by agents of his, authorized to transact business in his name and sign checks for the Item Newspaper company. We would rather see the procession go by without a band than to hear tho band play "The Rogue's March!" Of course we may bo "boys," but if we are and are afflicted with the rashness of youth, we are at least spared the folly of old age.

"Begin nothing of which thou hast not well considered the end!" Our advice to Mr. Foulke, seriously. Is to get into the newspaper business or get out of it. It is pitiful to see a good newspaper, a newspaper that had the reputation of virility and square dealing and straight-from-the shoulder fighting the Item once had, fall into such a poor estate. It Is a slam on the profession. Mr. Foulke thought to make sport of the ' boys' on the Palladium. He chuckled and cleared his throat and avowed it was a holiday for the rabble. Oh yes. he would fight! "The old man will show them!" He dragged in personalities. Ho skinned the Palladium's local force, working for a living. He raked up the Richmond Creamery business (and we shall tell of his part in that later). He patted himself on the back that he was showing up the "boys." Funny, wasn't it? Great sport! Master mind! The "boys" are now coming to bat. They are going to get their innings, and we notice a decided diminution in the enthusiasm on Linden Hill. Funeral rites over tho remains of dumb animals occupy the attention now. The world has gone awry. The sky is no longer blue. It looks like an Inverted copper kettle. No more epigrams about the tooting of horns. Foulke's was a slip horn and out of joint. It blew bum notes. He was ruled out of the orchestra. Spring, the jocund season of the year, has no pleasure for him. All days are full of melancholy. Things are not what they seem. The times are out of joint. Even old Sol. Cleaver is down on his luck! Funny for a while, wasn't it? But is it? Thought you had the "boys' on the run." You had. like Bill Nye had the Indians running after you! lie who laughs last, laughs longest. We don't blow our horn. Too feeble! We intend to hire a military band and play a real piece.

Speaking of Pipe Lines

ltns Is My 25th Birthday

BISHOP DUSCH. Rt. Rev. Joseph F. Busch, bbhop of tho new Roman Catholic diocese of Lead City. S. !., whs bom in Ked Vlng, .Minn., April lti, lsfiti. He was educated in the public schools at Red 'lng and Sucred Heart college. Prairie du Chlcn. Wla. Later he studied philosophy and theology at the I'niVcralty of Iminbruck and the Catholic university of America. Washington. D. C. Ho waa secretary to Archbishop Ireland and engaged in parochial work In Ihe cathedral and St. Mary's purIshea in St. Faul. letter he tilled scvyear ago he was selected as head of the newly-created dlocea of lx'ud and consecrated with elaborate ccremonlcs in the cathedral in St. Paul.

MASONIC CALEX DAR Toaaday. April 18, 1911 Richmond lodge No. lyC F. & A. M. Called meeting: work In Master Macon degree. Refreshments. Wednesday, April 19, 1911 Webb Lodge, No. 24. P. & A. M. Stated meeting. Friday. April 21,. 1911 King Solonioti's Chapter, No. A. R. A. M. Work lu Mark Master degree.

Tourist spend annually 130,000,000 In 8wUacrUnd.

Mr. Foulke is very much exercised over the belief that the Palladium had a "pipe-line" in the Item office. It is a shame, but of course if the manner in which the present management of the Item treats its force breeds contempt that Is the fault of tho Item. In order to illustrate the ruanuer in which the Item does business, to show the efficient system that prevails in its office, the harmony and cHprit de corps that distinguishes that paragon of journalism, we may cite au incident that occurred within the past forty-eight hours. Friday's Palladium contained an account of a contract being let to a Mr. Davis, of Connersville, to oil the streets of Richmond. It was obtained in the regular run of news. The Item reporter obtained the same story and wrote it. turning it over to the city editor. The city editor, afflicted with the fidgets, after listening to the daily harangue of the "publishers of the Item" tore the story up in a moment of mental aberration and threw it in the scrap basket. Consequently and logically, the Item did not have the story. As a result of this "scoop" the "publishers" of the Item came down to the office Saturday morning and acted like a raging lion seeking whom he might devour. After breaking up most of the furniture, by way of emphasis, he wanted to know why in the name of the various deities ihe Item had not carried the story. The city editor swore by the bean! of the prophet that he never had seen the story; that the reporter bad miserably fallen down. (The old game of the Item to make some suliordinate the scape-goat.) The reporter produced evidence that he bad turned the story in. but that the mental agony of the city editor had Induced him to tear the story up. The iMMal laws governing what shall not be deemed fit to go through the malls prohibits the Palladium from telling what the "publishers" of the Item said. This little incident is given to prove that the 'pipe-lines' are yet working, and also to show the barmony and loyalty and system that prevails within the Item office. Such a condition is certain" deserving of a judicial investigation, under the sanction of an oath and with the power to cross examine witnesses. "If this be treason !"

The Palladium has made an Investigation of the character of M. C. Watson, the eastern representative of the Item in the advertising field, and It bag received unvarying testimony from newspapers and advertisers that he is a man of strict integrity and free from stooping to anything questionable in getting business even though the "rules of the game" might justify It. W"e are therefore compelled to conclude that his proposition was made upon the authority of te 'publishers of the Item"

in his belief that they were telling him the truth. In that event some one of the "publishers' must have blundered for it takes a lot to get the placid Foulke "highly incensed." Could it be possible merciful heavens that one of the "pipe lines' in the Item office put up this damnable plot in order to render aid and comfort to the Palladium? If we were Foulke, we would immediately institute an investigation of the Item forte, "under judicial authority, the sanction of an oath and the power to cross examine" in order that high treason may be stamped out before the whole shebang gets in a state of insurrection and the troops have to be called out.

The Item has confessed, after being driven to the wall, that it did hire a man to verify the Palladium's circulation, and that the Palladium's circulation was verified. The Item has confessed, after being driven into a corner, that its attack upon the Palladium, through the medium of the foreign advertisers, was unjustified. Now will it come across and admit it does set its press counter up 1 .. and that it has a "dummy" mailing list of rural routes to show advertisers? Why not come across, brother, and relieve your soul of its burdens nil in a bunch? It would be much easier, muc h wiser, and far more manly than to wait to have it extracted piece by picee. We congratulate our neighbor that the spirit has moved him to confess even a part. It shows there is conviction, and gives hearty promise of conversion.

Since Mr. Foulke denies he is the publisher of the Item the Palladium is going to put its entire corps of detectives at work trying to ascertain whose was the fertile mind that conceived the two column editorial about the water works, which was written weeks before its publication and put by to simmer. We had no idea there were two persons in Richmond capable of suc h an effort. Evidently some genius is blushing unseen and hiding his talent in the napkin of Foulke's bounty.

Now that Mr. Foulke has denied knowledge of the letter saying "the publishers of the Item" knew the Palladium misrepresented its circulation, does he wish to make a complete correction and admit that he knows the Palladium has what it claims, and the letter sent out upon authority of the "publishers of the Item" was without justification?

But the greatest blow yet is the denial that Foulke is the publisher of the Item. What a lot of cheap humor and stale witticisms and puerile philosophy the Item has palmed off on the unsuspecting public in his name. We suggest that, like renovated butter, the Item editorials be compelled to be labeled correctly.

The Palladium is always ready to give credit where credit is due and to acknowledge the receipt of wise counsel and sage advice. We therefore wish publicly to thank Mr. Foulke for his homily "Begin nothing of which thou hast not well considered the end!" It's great dope.

There are several "jewels from the Palladium's casket" that are yet. to greet though not necessarily gladden the eye of the premier of belles lettres on Seventh Street.

PETITIONS FILED AGAINST CHANGE Petition was filed with the county commissioners on Saturday which was signed by A. D. Jones and 19 others and will be followed by another within the next ten days, asking the board to make no changes in the specifications for the improvements of the National Road from West Fifth street to the Center Wayne township boundary line. The petition which is to follow will bo prepared by users of the road, but not residents of the township. Their interest in the improvement is from the standpoint of danger there will bi in driving on the highway with the tracks placed in the center of the highwax. as petitioned for bv the Torre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company.

Camels. Unless camels have been especially trained to abstinence they cannot go as long as is commonly supposed without water. When marching near rivers they drink twice a day. They feed largely on the tough, scrubby verdure known locally as camel thorn, which grows throughout Mesopotamia, except on the extreme desert wastes. Their habits are peculiar. Unlike horses, they seem to feel no fondness for their human associates, though they will seldom wander far from the caravan tents even if left untied overnight.

VALUABLE ITEM FOR MEN

Perhaps in order to fix the responsibility of who is and who is not, it would be just as well for Mr. Foulke to issue the power of attorney to some one designating them as the "publisher of the Item."

If Foujke wishes to ferret out the. "pipe-lines" in the Item office the Palladium will lend him part of its corps of detectives to assist in the work. They might furnish very valuable information.

Great Scott! We fear to pick up the Item of an evening in the dread that we may learn that there is no such person as old Solomon Cleaver! What a dreadfully iconoclastic age this is!

The Sherlock Holmes of the Palladium has not been able to make a report as to the identity of the poet laureate of the Item, but he has turned in an excellent description of the court jester who wears the cap and bells.

Seems as though Mr. Foulke has suffered a collapse of his sense of humor lost his sang froid, as they say in the best of circles.

COMMISSIONERS

ARE APPOINTED

John F. Dynes, Thomas J. Cleven-

ger and Howard H. Horton, county surveyor. were named commissioners

on Saturday to adjudicate the parti

tion proceedings of William and Ada Threewitts against Alvin Threewitts. All had an interest in a 150 acre farm.

The commissioners reported favoring division.

His proposal was Jnst

Her Long Dream.

Estelle Ab! like a dream!

Agnes Well, you ought to know, dear. You've been dreaming of that proposal for ye:ir

WILL NOT IMPROVE BOUNDARY LINE

The three mile road improvement proposed to the. Wayne-Randolph county boundary line, touching Wayne county townships of Green and Perry, will not be made, if the report of the viewers for this improvement is followed. The viewers do not believe

that to improve the road at this time would make the road a public utility.

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TROUBLES AND JOYS The trouble with mast of us i that our joys seem to sink out of sight in tome inner quagmire asdl our pains seem to take root on the thinnest soil and Sourish Lie the proverbial bay tree. What is the matter with us that a little irritation today can wipe out in a moment all the recollection of yesterday's gjory?

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pretty lively time at the club last night. Wed more I thought so until I got bom. Boston Transcript.

"THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

APRIL 16. 1533 William the Silent, Prince of Orange, born. Assassinated July 19, 15S4. 1"S6 Sir John Franklin, Arctic explorer, born in England. Perished in the Arctic region, June 11, 1847. 1797 Louis Adolphe Thiers, president of the French republic, born. Died September 3, 1877. 1S08 Caleb B. Smith, secretary of the interior in Lincoln's cabinet, born in Boston. Died in Indianapolis, Jan. 7, 1864. 1861 The Confederacy called on the governors of the seven states to send 32,000 troops into the field. 1862 France declared war against Juarez of Mexico. 1863 Battle of Columbus, last conflict of the civil war east of the Mississippi river. 1SS5 Public park at Niagara Falls created by act of the New York legislature. ISOo Peact concluded between China and Japan.

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Bicycles

With the arrival of nice weather, you want to consider the purchase of that new Bicycle.

To ride to and from your work, to take a nice little rjde into the country, or to have to go on little errands, you know nothing excels a bicycle. It is always ready and certainly saves time and steps.

Flew 1911 Models Pierce $40 to $60 Racycle $35 to $60 Iver Johnson ..$30 to $60 Crown $30 to $35 Avalon $30 to $35 Pearl $25 to $35 Buckeye $22 to $30

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