Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 172, 30 April 1911 — Page 1

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Preparations for the Big May Day Celebration at Earlham, Held in Two Weeks, Are Going On. EVENT TO BE QUITE A SPECTACULAR ONE Milk Maids, Jesters, Morris Dancers, Beggars, Robin Hood Robbers and Others Are to Take Part. Standing In the quadrangle formed ,"by the buildings in the center of the Earlham campus one ' can hear the , sound of several pianos being player at the same time In different parts of Lindley Hall and the gymnasium, to the time of which drills and dances re being practiced for May Day. Every afternoon from 4 until 6 o'clock, and every evening from 7 until 9 tome rehearsal Is la full swing. For the last two weeks the college students and professors have realized that the day for the spectacular May Day celebration Is not far off and hard work must be done. Practice for the plays to be given on the day and evening of the twelfth of May has been frequent, three big casts being drilled three times a week for the past month until they have now almost reached the stage of perfection. A Campus Rehearsal. Yesterday afternoon, rehearsals for the celebration were being held all ever the campus. The sheperhesses with their long crooks were going through their drill. In a corner of the quadrangle the milkmaids were executing their attractive dances, using the cross arms and buckets of ancient days and leading a thoroughly domesticated cow decked with garlands, through the proceslon. The fiddlers, chimney sweeps and jacks-ln-the-green were performing their funny capers from the porch of Earlham hall, and the peddlers and beggars, with their donkeys and ponies, were originating stunts on the west campus. The gypsies, fortune tellers and egg worn'en who have been secretly planning their maneuvers for several weeks, created much merriment and were loudly applauded by the students. The May Pole dances yesterday were par ticularly attractive. To the accom panlment of two pianos and the gen era! Robin Hood chorus, the dancers created a very favorable Impression. Inside the quadrangle, three of these dances were in operation at the same time. Robin Hood and his band have been In evidence about the campus and the Jesters are making up their costumes as well as their Jokes and puns for the occasion. The bands of rustics, lords and ladles. In the tragi cal Interlude of "Pryagus and Thlsbe' by Shakespeare, are constantly seen on the west campus creating their roles and trying their voices out with the rear wall or undley Hall as a sounding board, while the students representing the strolling players In the Old English play of St. George and the Dragon, to be presented on the east campus, have mastered their parte and were out In their costumes Saturday. The Morris men, quack doctors. Friar Tuck, heralds, ladies of the May, and hobby horses are also In readiness and were seen yesterday In the open air rehearsal of the complete afternoon's program. Then for the first time was set In motion the big procession which It is expected will be witnessed by several thousand people on the afternoon of May IS. Costumes Completed. The costumes for the event are almost entirely completed, and with the .exception of those of the May Queen and attendants were In evidence at yesterday's rehearsal. Thes animals which are to be in the procession and events of the day were Introduced to their parts and coaxed through their duties by pleading coeds and prodding Jesters. The cows for the occasion will be taken from the college farm The sheep have been donated by a friend to the college for the occasion and are safely housed on the farm awaiting their call. The musical side of the pageant is not being neglected. Under the direc tion of Miss Laura Gaston, the chor us of girls In Paul Bliss's beautiful cantata "Midsummer Night" Is practicing dally. This cantata, which will be given at night In the college chapel, bids fair to be a splendid production, not only from the musical stand point, but because of the scenic effects which are being carefully plan ned with outside assistance. In conjunction with this event there will be given Ben Johnson's famous "Masque of the Queens" which has a weird and fantastic effect Choruses Are Coached. The general chorueses for the pro cession which will sing the old May (Continued on Pae Ten.) THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Rain and cool-

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Miss Catherine Hartman, who May Day celebration at Earlham, will May On January 21 Miss Hartman was entire student body of the college of the, college Y. W. C. A., and is active worker in the state college of the student council for women the class of 1911 coming to the ton Indiana. RAILROAD TO PAY FOR CLEVER IDEAS General Offices at Buffalo Order Employes Paid for Suggestions. "Ideas are worth money. Develop them and we'll pay you for them," is the sum and substance of the latest edict sent out to Its men by the Penn sylvania railroad. General notice No. 2 just sent out from the office of the General Superintendent of the Penn sylvania railroad at Buffalo states that the Buffalo and Allegheny Val ley division plans to recompense employes for suggestions which Investi gation may prove to be of sufficient value to warrant adoption. The object of this unique method adopted by the Pennsylvania railroad is to develop in its employes habits of thoughtfulness, originality and in-! ltiative and thereby to secure greater efficiency from the men. All employes have always been free to make sug gestions, but the company now in tends to pay for valuable ideas coming from men in the rank and file, for un der the new plan these employes not in charge of men are now requested to submit suggestions for which they will be paid. .Everything has been done to facilitate the working of the scheme and greatlatitude is. allowed the men in that suggestions need not necessarily be confined to the immediate dutiees or department of the employe to whom a valuable Idea occurs. General Notice No. 2 says "an employe of one department may make suggestions for improvement In another department, branch or division of the service." In outlining what the management is seeking in the way of Ideas, the general notice has the following. Suggestions. Must contain ideas which will in crease the efficiency of operation; im prove methods of operation, be beneftcial from economical standpoint, in crease safety and convenience of pas sengers and patrons of our company, Increase patronage, promote safety of employes, In any way promote the interests of the company, whether "pertaining to improved mechanism, better office practice or other features. May involve the. use of new methods or the modification of old ones, may Include the comfort or betterment of employes, must not include personal complaints or antipathies. This, the latest effort of the Pennsylvania railroad to increase the efficiency of operation, has Just been Inaugurated. General notices are being posted at " various places along the Buffalo and Allegheny valley division where the plan is being tried. All bulletin boards on the division will carry the notice informing the employes of the railroad company's desire for ideas, which when put into practice will continue to increase safety and reduce the cost of operation. SENATOR RETAINED FOR MURDER CASE (American News Service) " Chattanooga, Tenn., April 29. United States Senator James B. Frazier has been employed as associate counsel for the defense In the case of Dr. John W. Sherman In jail charged with the murder of Thomas B. Norman, his brother-in-law. whose case is set for trial In the criminal court, Thursday. May 11. The firm of Cameron A Tatum who were connected with the case have withdrawn.

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EARLHAM HEIGHTS FOR THE PROJECT Civic Organization of Hustting Suburb Indorses Cleaning Up Day. The chairman of the Civic Committee addressed the Civic League of Earlham Heights March 31. The fol lowing letter was received April 5: Mrs. P. W Stephens: . - The Earlham Heights Civic League did two important things after you left ! Friday night. First they decided to observe Cleaning-up Day in befitting style. For that purpose , a special meeting will be held the night of April 14. Second, they instructed the secretary to notify you of this action and thank you again for your efforts to help the league. The minutes of the meeting contain quite a number of points from your talk. These we hope to read to those who did not hear them and use your suggestions in our preparations. We would like to confer with you as to what can be planned for our observance of the first Cleaning-up Day In our community. Yours very truly, Rosa B. Ladd, secretary. Joe Hill. President At Birmingham, Alabama. The Block Improvement society was first put into effect by Mayor Ward of Birmingham, Ala. It brings the needs of the situation home to the lndicidual showing him his relation to the community. A friendly rivalry between blocks tends to bring the most indifferent citizen Into line. Mayor Ward has laid down the following principles: Pull down your fence, or if you can't be induced to part with it, fix it up and paint it. Whitewash . everything you can't paint. Plant lawns, flowers and trees. Wherever the ground shows bare plant something green in it. Exercise the same supervision over your sidewalks as over your front yard. Sidewalks are the index of the people inside. Trim up your trees which are too low and which overhang sidewalks. Plant a strip of green in bare places along sidewalks. " Don't let your dog bark all night Think of your neighbors. Sweet peas, climbing nasturtiums, castor beans, hollyhocks or even sunflowers make an effective screen to hide old fences, sheds or other unsightly views. . ; . You may. have a window box filled with geraniums if you can not have a grand yard filled with choice roses. Where could not all this be done to advantage. WOULD PRISCILLA COUNTENANCE THIS? (Amerlcku Newi Service) Louisville. Ky., April 25. Mrs. Louise Graham Alden of Louisville -has filed suit for divorce from Payson Alden, a Boston millionaire whom she married in San Antonio. Tex in 1909. She charges drunkenness and cruelty. Alden Is said to be a descendant of the John Alden who wooed Priscilla. Lawn Cleaning Is As Important As House Cleaning Clean Your Lawns May 5, Everybody Is Going To Do So.

PRESIDENT M'CREA

OF PEIIil, RAILWAY Oil REBATIIIG CASE Issues a Statement Explain ing Indictments Returned by Grand Jury at Cleve land, Ohio. A DISCRIMINATION POSITIVELY DENIED All Consumers, the Executive Says, Were Jl reated with Strict Impartiality by the Companies. ' (Palladium Special) Philadelphia, April 29. In explana tion of the grand jury indictments at Cleveland, O., against Fourth Vice President McCabe of the Pennsylvania railroad company and Mr. Hanna, president of the Cleveland Dock company for an alleged rebate conspiracy. President McCrea of the Pennsylvania railroad company this afternoon issued the following statement : In view of the recent indictment against the Pennsylvania company In Cleveland, and of the apaprent misunderstanding of the public as to what is realy involved in the case, I am led to make this brief statement of fact: The action of the grand jury, so far as I understand it is based on the following condition of affairs: During the year, 1908 and a portion of the year 1909, iron ore was landed from the vessels at docks on Lake Erie belonging to the Pennsylvania company, which dockswere being operated by M. A. Hanna and company as a dock company, with whom an agreement was entered into for hadling ore from the vessels to the cars and docks of the railroad company. The vessels paid a fixed price per ton ' for unloading and the railroad company a fixed price per ton for loading the ore on the cars, the prices thus established being , the eurrent prices at practically all of the docks of. all railroads at Lake Erie Ports. 7 , - Handling Cost Less. Owing to the Introduction of Improved handling machinery during tills period, the cost of hadling the ore was found to be less than the sum of the payments made to the dock companies by the vessels and the rail road companies, but the exact amount of this possible saving could not be determined until the close of the seas on. tl was therefore provided in the agreement that after deducting- from the grogs receipts of the deck company, reiu&l, cost of operation and maintainance and proper remuneration for services rendered, that por tion of the saving per ton, published in the tariffs of the railroad company filed with the interstate commerce commission, was to be paid currently by the dock company to the consum ers of ore, and any additional surplus or saving that might possibly remain at the close of the year should also be apportioned among the consumers of ore in the proportion that the ore received by them over the Pennsylvania's lines and connections bore to the total ore tonnage forwarded from the Pennsylvania company's docks. This, of course absolutely Insured uniform rates to all consumers of ore forwarded from those docks. The tarr MM t 1 1 1 1 .J I 11AJ Ka HIS auij puUIUCU auu llicu niLU urei Interstate Commerce Commission showed clearly the current payments to be made by the dock company to all these consumers of ore, but appear to have been silent as to the final distribution to be made by the dock company of any possible additional saving; consequently, if the company's effort to carry out theexact spirit .of the law and insure Impartial treatment to its patrons the failure to note in the published tariffs the provision for the final distribution of the possible additional saving of which every consumer had not only knowledge but notice was not strictly in accardance with the law, the " violation was only technical and wholly unintentional. There can be no question of discrimination involved, as all consumers, both large and small,, were treated with strict impartiality; there never was nor could be any favoritism as the rate to each one was exactly the same. The indcitment of Mr. Hanna, president of the dock company, and of Mr. McCabe vice-presiJent of the railroad company, for alleged conspiracy appears to be due solely to the fact that it was they who executed on behalf of their respective, companies this contract by which exact and absolute equality of rates to all consumers of ore forwarded from Pennsylvania company docks was guaranteed. James McCrea, . President ALL FREAK SKIRTS OFFICIALLY KILLED (American News Service) Toledo, O., April 29. The style committee of the national cloak, suit and skirt manufacturers in convention here, made its report today officially killing the hobble, hafem and other freak designs of skirts for this falL The convention recommended more

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polis, on parade in the Fifth avenue Easter pageant. The picture was snapped just as Mrs. Vanderbilt left St. Bartholomew's church on Fiftyseventh street.

HURT CRIME MOTIVE Missing Watch Adds Weight to Robbery Theory. - (American News Service) Lakewood, N. J., April 29. While an armed posse scoured the woods in this vicinity today for a negro suspected of slaying Mrs. Charles Turner, who was found murdered late yesterday, detectives from New York began a widespread hunt to locate a valuable watch which the murdered woman carried when she left home. This. watch was missing when. her mutilated body was found and its disappearance has convinced the detectives that robbery was the motive for the brutal crime. She wore the timepiece pinned, to her shirtwaist and it was evident that.it had been ripped tears in the cloth showing that considerable force had been employed. Detectives hope by tracing,, the watch to catch the murderer if he has York police have been asked to watch the pawnshops.' The entire community is aroused by the murder and a number -of citizens joined the detectives' and deputy sheriffs. EXCURSION TRAINS JUMPS THE RAILS One Body Is Recovered and Eight Are Reported to Be Missing. (American News Service) ' Easton, Pa , April 29. Rushing along, fifty miles an hour, five coaches on a special excursion train on the Belvidere division of the Pennsylvania lines plunged from the rails eight miles south'of this city this afternoon, sideswiped an oil tank and hurled 16S passengers into a forty foot gudch on the. bank of , the. Delaware river. One body, that of Conductor Person, has been recovered. Eight are missing or dead, and forty' are injured. . ;. v; ,. v.,r- '-.-'. Most of the passengers were schoolteachers from Utlca, N. Y and neighboring towns bound tor a week's trip to Washington. Much oil was, scattered on the debris and a Are soon started and quickly swept through the entire train. It is probable the bodies, of the missing passengers have been cremated. A BOTTLE MESSAGE RECEIVES A REPLY (American News Service) Binghampton, '' N. Y, April 29. After waiting two - years Miss Bessie Corey has received an answer from a bottle bearing her name and address which she cast into the Susquehanna river two years ago, the writer, George Dixon, of Tnnkhannock. ; Pa, declaring he would . like , to. correspond if Miss Corey had not' been married in

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CARNIVAL HOW OPEN ' J ' -' 4------ '.'.-V' :ft - WMMMMM . i Fair Sized Crowd Invaded Beallview Last Night. The hoarse cries of barkers announcing their various shows and attractions as the greatest and most stupendous productions on earth reverberated throughout Beallview park last night and intermingled with the yells and shouts of lunch stand men announcing their sandwiches, pop, etc. v . , It was the opening night of the Eagles' carnival and a large crowd, of amusement loving people tramped the grounds and left with heavily mudcaked feet, for the recent rains had made the park a soggy field. Several shows seemed , to interest the crowd and a large number took rides "onthe ferris wheel which occupies a position in the middle of the park. The attractions mostly were of the usual sort and about the average for carnival companies. There are a number of free features .that measure up to the rest of the shows. ' . The receipts, of the .carnival are to be used, by the Eagles lodge towards the erection of a new lodge building on South ' Seventh 'street, ' property there having been purchased not long ago. The -Eagles hope to realize a neat sum from their undertaking, and there is every indication' that their hope will be fulfilled. SUSPECT A SUICIDE Iron Worker, Toolen, May Have Been Dynamiter. New Orleans, La., April 29. The suicide here of Patrick K. -Toolen, an iron worker from ' San Francisco, is believed to have : come connection with the Los Angeles Times dynamite plot. Toplen's body was photographed In the morgue and Bertillion measurements taken and these have been forwarded to. the Los Angeles authorities, s From the effects found on the body of the self-slain, it was learned that be was in San Francisco at the time of the Los Angeles dynamite outrage In October last. The police are Investigating the possible connection between Toolens presence here and the dynamiting of the T. C. Cottom building last July. A BANK SWINDLER IS UNDER ARREST ' (American News Service) ' Minneapolis, Minn., April 29. A man who gave his name as Dr. Franklin Hazelhurst, was arrested here today on a charge of swindling preferred by the First National Bank. It is charged that he has operated throughout the country under several aliases. April 1 he deposited a draft for $3,800 on "The Washington Bank ing Corporation of Washington, D. C." On the strength of this he was given a pass book and a check book. Investigation later showed there was no such bank and the arrest followed.

TRACTIOH BATTLE WILL BE STARTED

III CITY COUNCIL Question of Remoyal of .Glen; Tracks Will Be Given a Thorough ; Airing" at Meet-; ing on Monday. CITY HALL REPAIRS I NEARLY COMPLETED, City Officials WH Soon Be Able to Move Into Own Quarters Record ; Month for Fire Department. The street car question will be one of the important issues at council meeting Monday night. The board of ; works has just prepared and sent to the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company the revised contract, under which the company is expected to remove the freight car tracks from Glen Miller park. Some time ago the company submitted its proposition to the board of works. In brief its terms were: Give the street car company Main, North. Twentieth and North E streets for freight car traffic and the company will take the freight tracks from the park, where they have been since popular demand required that freight cars be prohibited the use of the said streets. ' The Principal Reason. The principal reason for removing the freight cars from Main 'street waa that certain east end property owners objected to the noise and dirt made by the cars. The Glen was conceded to be the logical place for the cars. Then the Zimmerman administration came in, with a platform pledge to remove the tracks from the park. In making a revision of the con tract submitted by the traction company the board limited the time dur ing which the cars may run on Main street from 11 o'clock a. m. to t o'clock p. m. and from 5 o'clock p. m. to 8 .o'clock a. m. The company will act on this proposition and then return it to the board for 'further revslion or. passage or rejection by council as an ordinance. ' ' It is understood there will be a fight in council, some favoring the' unrestricted use of the city streets for freight cars, - some a restricted use, and others holding that ' the track should be kept tn the Glen. - Weasel Has Complaint. , Councllman-at-large '- Harry Wesset.' will Monday night complain of the obstruction of the alleys of .the city by bles. It is claimed that in some alleys numerous dirt and gravel wagons are placed In such a way as to make the alleys almost impassable. , The city hall Improvements are fast nearing completion and' probably the city officials will move back into their regular offices from the council chamber, where the business of the city is now being conducted, some time late in the week.' The walls are being painted shades of green. All the old wall paper is being removed. ' . Chief Ed Miller of the lira depart ment will show in his mpnthly report that the' record number of runs in the history of the fire . department has been made this month. So far there have been 31 alarms. The loss however was small, not totaling more than $500. The heaviest loss waa a root ' blaze in West Richmond, , the damage there amounting to about $300. Several years ago 24 runs were made in. one month, that being the record until this month. ' " - A PURSE SNATCHER IS ALMOST KILLED . (American New 8ervice) Chicago, April 29. Frank Sears, a negro purse " snatcher, who - robbed Miss Delia Haggerty of her purse, narrowly ' escaped being killed today when he was captured by a score of golfers on the- links at Jackson Park. Sears seized the young woman on a foot path at the edge ef the links. Her screams - stopped all games in progress and the golfers using heavy iron sticks for weapons started in pursuit The negro was chased nearly around the course' before .' he was , captured. He was beaten over the head with the sticks before he was subdued. Pdlcilsp's Tctsl Ddly Averc-c CIrcclctica (Eaeept Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending April 29, 1911, showing net paid, news stands and regular complimentary list does not inchida sai?lecr4es. - , .

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