Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 221, 18 June 1911 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PAXlADIUM AXD , SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 1911.

DOEHIIE'S BILL IS AIMED TO CONTROL ALL CORPORATIONS

If Indiana Representative's Bill Is Passed, Employer Cannot Dictate to Employe on Politics. (Continued from Page One.) enact legislation that will prevent the posting of election notices about the premises of those who conduct large business enterprises. For this reason It is not mured that the oliehne bill making the pout In of such placards a misdemeanor will become a law. Th house leaders feel, however, that they do have the right to say that no largo business enterprles shall at tempt, either directly or Indirectly, to dictate tho course of any member of congress. It Is planned to pass a law that will estop corporations from boldly announcing as at Mrmingham, Ala., that they do not propose to inTest further capital Just because some member of congress from that district does not see fit to vote as dictated by the corporation. The ilohne bill provides a heavy penalty for such an offense in. the future. It is stipulated Miat .If any cor poratlon or any official of a corpora tion, seeks to influence legislation by such methods as were pursued in the Underwood district, they shall be sub Ject to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than five years., To Eradicate Evils. Representative Fioehne believes the passage of his bill - will eradicate one of the. evils of political and industrial life today. For years there has been a growing sentiment that large bus iness Interests, or the trusts, have had too much to . say about the kind of laws that shall be placed upon the statute books. There may have been Instances before where a trust has been as frank as that in the Under wood district but never before has it been called to the official attention of the house that one of Us members has been threatened that unless he abanI dons a certain policy with respect to ' a revision of the tariff that his polltl leal future may be jeopardized. It so happens that Representative Under , wood is of the courageous sort, and, (having beaten the steel trust at the I former election, he believes that lie can turn the trick again, and he ' promptly served notice upon the ' house and upon the constituency that 1 ha would pay no attention to the threat of the steel kings of bis dis . trlct. I represent not the steel men of imy district, but the people, one and : all,' 'said Mr. Underwood, in a dramat 1 lo speech to the house. "I am informi d that the steel trust, has stopped work on its new plant, giving as a reason therefor that I favor this bill I am willing to force my constituency on my record, and tb& action of the ' steel trust will have no influence up on my vote, for I am voting for what I regard to be the best interests of any district and the country. The speech created a sensation at the time, and now Representative Boehne, without referring specifically to the, axe held above the head of Representative Underwood by the Steel trust, has come with a proposi tlon that congress ought to protect its members from such attempted coercion in the future. The penalty provided In the Roehne bill is regarded as suf flclently drastic to prevent any cor poration hereafter from pursuing such tactics BAVARIAN KING'S MENTALITY WEAKER (National News Association) Berlin, June 17. Though physically as robust as ever, the mental condl i tion of the unhappy King Otto of Ba 'varla. whose twenty-fifth anniversary as King occurs this month, is declared to be growing worse. Excluded from the outside world In his castle at Fur stalnreld, the King's only visitors are ' the court doctors, who visit, htm at stated, intervals,' in order to report to the regent and government. No one else enters the Monarch's presence; even his own mother Is prevented from seeing him, as any communica tion from the outside maddens him Ma spends hours dally in dreadful melsnchouly, his eyes fixed on the floor, and very seldom uttering word. On one recent and rare occasion he displayed intelligence, and ap peared to be searching for something, When a keeper . enquired the cause, the King replied slowly and impres sive y, "l am looking for the past Then he relapsed into his customary despondency. Formerly some show of court etiquette was observed, but the king's indifference to all his surround lngs rendered this a ghastly farce, and It was abandoned. . . WARRINER CALLED AN INNOCENT MAN (National News Association) Cincinnati, June 17. Following the court's instructions the sensational trial of Edcar 3. Cooke, charged with embeszling 124.000 from the Big Four railroad, was given into the hands of the. jury this morning.. . The testi mony ended abruptly yesterday even ing and after Cooke had. taken the stand and sworn that hexdid not take the money and that" he " could prove that Charles Warriner. who is serving a six year's sentence in the state pris on, did not take a cent "I know Warriner was not short and I can prove It if I get a chance," he

PARCELS POST IS

TO GEUTTEIITIOII Will Be One of Important Matters Before Congress in Near Future. BY JONATHAN WINFIELD. Washington, June 17. Parcels post legislation is one of the subjects that will receive the attention of congress in the near future. The question has long been agitated, and has now reached the point where its advo cates believe they see an opportune y for tne entering weuge wnicn wm naugurate the system in this country as it is cstaDiisnea in most oi me countries of the world. Senator Ilourne, leading progressive Republican, and chairman of the sen ate committee on postoffices and post roads, a position which the reactionary leaders found It impossible to de prive him of in the reorganization of the committees at tho opening of the extraordinary session, has Introduced resolution directing his committee to make an Investigation of the steps necessary to be taken to amend the postal laws so as to permit of the establishment of the parcels post. And yet no bill has been offered In the senate looking to the inauguration of the system as a part of the postal service, but it is the intention of the senator from Oregon to draft such measures, following the inquiry his committee will make into the matter, if the senate can be induced to authorize it. While the subject of par cels post legislation is not included as a part of the program of legislation of the house for this session, there have been Introduced in the house since the session began, eleven measures providing for the establishment of the system. All of these bills are design ed to have the parcels post estab lished by degrees, to have It started and tried out on rural routes. A Bill by Sulzer. Only one of the eleven bills pro vides for a general parcels post, with limit of eleven pounds to the pack age, the same as provided by all save one of the countries with which the United States has a postal convention. This bill Is fathered by Representative Sulzer of New York, one of the leading advocates of the parcels post legislation. Although the Democratic majority of the house is not committed to the rangemcnt has been made by Chair man Moon of the committee on postoffices and post roads to grant hearings on the several measures begin ning on June 14. At that time all persons who are interested in the subject will have an opportunity to appear and be heard for or against the legislation. These measures provide parcels post, but in general they seek to limit its operation for tho purpose of experiment to the rural routes, that Is to provide that a parcel weighing not more than eleven pounds may be carried by a rural route carrier from any point to any other point upon his route. This, it Is argued, would be no drain upon the resources of the postofftce department, but instead. would be likely, to produce revenue which would go a long way toward wiping out the present annual deficit in the department, if it did not do so altogether. The probabilities are that, in the end, after hearing the arguments for and' against the proposition, the committee will draft a provision to be inserted in the general postofflce appropriation bill next year, which will di rect the postmaster general to designate certain rural routes upon which the parcels post experiment shall be tried out, and that the department shall at the end of a year report to congress upon its workings. The friends of such legislation are so thoroughly convinced that it will prove a paying experiment that they are willing to have it started in this way, believing that it will hereafter grow and develop in much the same way that the rural free delivery system has grown. For years parcels post legislation was thwarted in congress largely through the efforts of the late Senator Thomas C. Flatt, the bead if one of the big express companies whose huge profits would have been material ly curtailed If the government were to go into the business of carrying small packages. . ' Glance at the Profits. A glance at the profits made by the express companies shows the reason why such legislation is so bitterly opposed by them. In 1909 the gross receipts of the American Express company were $31,909,721. Its net earnings from the express business were $1,716,004, or an annual profit during the year upon the capital invested in tho company of 105.6 per cent. During the same year, the net profits of the Wells-Fargo Express company were 70.7 per cent. Net earnings of the Adams Express company, the Southern Express company, and the other big express,companies were correspondingly large. In 1909 the various railroads of the country received from these four, big express companies sums for carrying express as follows: From the Adams Express company, $14,945,896.56; from the American Express company, $14,621,072.16; from the Wells-Fargo Express company, $11,416,109.60 from the United States Express company $7,882,906.93. Under the contracts which the express companies have with the railroads for transportation . of express matter, from 45 to 65 per cent, or on the average about 47.7 per cent of the cost to shippers for express, goes to the railroads, and the remaining 52.3 per cent goes to the express companies which perform practically only the terminal service. .The United States has postal conventions at the present time with 29 foreign countries, and to 24 of these parcels' weighing not more than 11 pounds are carried at the rate of 12 cents a pound, while the domestic

rate is 16 cents a pound, and the size of the package is limited to four pounds. To France alone of all the important countries is the limit fixed as low as four pounds, six ounces. The argument which the advocates of parcels post legislation in congress make, therefore, is: If the' United States can carry parcels to foreign countries at the rate of 12 cents a pound, why cannot it carry parcels weighing 11 pounds between domestic points at the rate of 12 cents a pound? Parcels post legislation has been recommended by President Taft in one of his messages to congress, and has several Minos been recommended by the postmaster general in his annual reports. The subject is being agitated in both the senate and the house, and

the friends of the system are hopeful that an experiment will be authorized in the near future. BIG DAMAGES ARE DEMANDED IN SUIT Suit for $10,000 damages on account of personal injuries was entered in the Wayne circuit court Saturday by Frank Morgan against the Citizens Telephone company of Cambridge City. He alleges that on the morning of March 9, 1911, before it was entirely light, he was driving along Green street, standing on the top of his wagon, when one of the company's wires which had sagged to a distance of about eight feet above the ground caught him above the waist and precipitated him from the wagon violently to the ground. It is alleged that he sustained injuries which permanently disable him. City Statistics Deaths and Funerals. The funeral of the late Alfred Medoaris will be held on Monday afternoon at the home. 34 South Fifth street, at 1:30 o'clock on Monday aft ernoon. The Rev. S. W. Traum. pastor of the Christian church, will of ficiate. Burial will be at Centerville, the Hoosier lodge, I. O. O. F. of that place having charge of the burial and the services at the cemetery.

Boys9 Knee Pant Suits $1.50 and 81.98

Here's Where a Little Money Will Grow Big Fast! The JUNE PRICES in many departments are very attractive. We have begun to clean up many odd lots. It will pay you to look through our stock this week. JUNE PRICES ON ALL LADIES' SUITS AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE Buy the Children's Dresses Ready-to-Wear. We have a good line of Dresses at 50c, 75c, 98c and $1.25

LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS A nice Percale Shirt Waist, all sizes, at. .48c Ladies' Lawn and India Linen Waists, nicely trimmed, at 98c and $1.25 Extra Fine Linen Shirt Waists with good, heavy lace trimming. These waists are cheap at $2.00. June price (see them) at $1.50 and $1.69 LADIES' WASH SKIRTS Good, fine quality Duck ,and Indianhead White Skirts at' $1.25 to $1.98 Ladies' Linen Skirts, nicely trimmed, at $1.25 Ladies' Cotton Skirts, in plain tan, grey checked and plain blue, at 98c June prices on Ladies' Wool Skirts of all kinds. See them. A full line of Ladies' Linen Jackets, 54 inches long at $2.98 and $3.98 JUNE MONEY SAVERS IN CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. $10 Men's Fancy Worsted Suits with best serge linings, June special , $7.50 Men's Union Cassimere Suits, all sizes, worth $8.50, June special $6.50 Regular $12 values in Men's Cassimere and Worsted Suits, June special $9.98 One lot of $12 and $15 Suits, coats made with round corners, June clean up price . .$5.00 MEN'S TROUSERS GREAT BARGAINS Good, smooth, union Cassimere Trousers, worth $2 and $2.50, June special $1.50 Men's fancy Worsted Pants, worth $3.00, June special price .... $1.98 150 pairs of fine Worsted Trousers, made from factory ends, regular $4.00 values, special June price $2.50 and $2.98 JUNE VALUES IN DRESS SHIRTS Fine Percales with or without collars, cut extra large, perfect fitting, excellently made, specially priced at ... 50c Dollar Shirts at 75c An unusual opportunity placed these fine $1.00 Shirts on our counters at 75c. Be sure to see them.

TO INVESTIGATE NAVY Charges of Irregularities Are Made to House Committee.

!onl News Association) Washington. June 17. Charges of alleged irregularities in the Washington navy yard which have been brought before the House committee on expenditures in the navy department have reached a sufficiently serious stage to warrant the taking of an inventory of the $10,000,000 worth of material, the inspection of records relating to purchases and disbursements and to convince the congressmen that a complete and exhaustive investigation is. needed. The charges, which are brought by J. W. Lucas and J. B. Sims, formerly bookkeepers in the employ of the division, involve a series of transactions by which it is alleged a shortage of $8,000 was caused to exist in the electrical department of the navy yard. AVIATORS ARRIVE FOR GERMAN RACE (National News Association) Kiel, Germany, June 17. Four of the aviators in the 1,164 mile national aviation circuit race, arrived here today from Hamburg. They were aviators Buechner, Lindpainter, Wiencziers and Schauenburg. Winncziers made the distance in the shortest length of time, taking only 52 minutes to negotiate the 55 miles. Lindpainters time was 56 minutes. Buechner's was 66 minutes and Schauenburg's was 77 minutes. This was the fourth leg of the journey, the men having finished the third from Schweirin to Hamburg on Thursday. MOORE WINNER National News Association) London, June 17. Judge W. H. Moore, of America added to his first prizes at the Olympia horse show today when his pair of bays in Victoria captured the blue ribbon in the appointments class. The turn-out was adjudged perfect.

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RICHMOND GIVEN WORDS OF PRAISE

Richard B. Watrous, secretary of the American Civic association, with headquarters at Washington, D. C. has written to Mrs. F. W. Stephens, president of the Aftermath Club and a leader in the last "clean-up" movement, commending Richmond on the excellent results attained.. He declares it is a stepping stone to the spirit of ' keeping everlastingly at it" and says it will lead to larger undertakings 6uch, perhaps, as increasing the park and recreation areas. Citizens of the fifth ward interested in how the $25 won in the clean-up campaign shall be spent are requested to make known any suggestions they have to Mrs. F. W. Stephens; of Spring Grove, chairman of the civic committee, before July 1. LANDED HALIBUT WEIGHING 1-3 TON (National News Association) London, June 17. The largest halibut on record was landeed at Billingsgate market recently. It weighed 700 pounds or nearly a third of a ton, and was part of a catch of 100 tons of fish from the White sea, North Russia, landed by the trawler MacFarlane of Hull. The mammoth fish was brought from the trawler into the market on planks borne on the shoulders of six porters. It was offered for sale by auction by Messrs. Peter Forge, but such is the glut of fish just now that it only realized $10.00. ACQUITTED COOKE OF EMBEZZLEMENT (National News Association) Cincinnati, June 17. Edgar Street Cooke was today acquitted of the charge of embezzling $24,000 from the Big Four railroad. ROBBERS LOOTED P. O. AT ATLANTA (National News Association) Noblesville, Ind., June 17. Four hundred dollars worth of stamps and booty of robbers who blew the postoffice safe at Atlanta, Ind., after taking the tools from a blacksmith shop. SPECIAL FELT

98c and $1.25 Prices are exceedingly low for the quality. See these and you will wonder why you paid $2 and $2.50 at other stores. MEN'S FANCY SUMMER HALF HOSE Fancy Hose, special at 15c; 2 for 25c Silk Hose, sold ordinarily at 50c, at . .25c LADIES' SILK HOSE In Black and Tans, all sizes, specially priced at per pair 50c White Lace and Embroidered Hose, 25c & 50c Ladies' Pink, Blue, Lavender, Green, Gray and Wine Colored Hose, special at 25c Ladies' Black Gauze Hose, unusual values, at 15c and 25c CHILDREN'S HOSE Fancy Colors, pijiks, blues, etc., sizes 5 to 9'2 ; priced at per pair .......15c Children's Socks, sizes 4 to 6, in plain colors and a wide variety of fancy effects, special price 15c; 2 for 25c Misses' White Hose, sizes 5 to 9, ribbed and lace, special at, per pair 15c Ladies Plain and Fancy.Hose 10c; 3 for 25c Ladies' Plain and Fancy Hose, 15c; 2 for 25c Ladies' Plain Black Hose, extra special. . .5c Be sure to visit the Busy Muslin Underwear Department. Extra bargains in all the newest styles now being shown.

CANADIAN TOWN WAS ALMOST DESTROYED

Winnipeg. Man., June 17. A dispatch received here today from Swift Current, Saskatchewan, states that a fire wiped out seven blocks In the British district there last night, doing $150,000 damage and destroyed a large lumber yard and a storehouse. CYCLONE FORMATION. rha Mechanical Laws Art tha Sam s In a Whirlpool. Any one can makt the exact counter part of a cycloue if he so desires. Of course a cyclone Is caused by the air over a big area getting warm and light with small pressure. This air consequently tries to rise almost in a body and leaves a partial vacuum behind, but the outside cold air rushes in from all sides. Now. it Is a scieutlflc and mechanical truth that when a fluid runs in from all sides toward a central point it causes a whirlpool or rotation of the fluid. The exact analogy of a cyclone, then, although with the fluid water instead of air, is seen when the stopper is pulled out of the bottom of a basin full of water. An almost perfect vacuum, as far as the water Is concerned, is caused by the water Immediately over the stopper runnins out The rest of the water rushes in from all directions, and a whirlpool is the result There is one difference here frem the air cyclone. In the air the force with which It rushes toward the center greatly compresses the air whirling at that point and makes It very 'dense so dense, in fact, that a stra.tr carried in the central whirl can be driven into a bin block of wood without bending. Of course In a whirlpool the water is not compressed, remaining practically the same In density alt the time. That is one highly important propvrtj of water: it is practically incomrvressible Nevertheless it is very interesting to see the whirl form in a basin and know that the mechanical iawa are the same as in the formation of a cyclone many miles wide. Harper's Weekly. Bring Your Automobile TO THE AUTO INN For Repairs and Sundries

Boys' Kl Ki Pants, size 4 to 15, at 39 and 50c, fust the thing for summer wear.

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OF THE SUPERIORITY IN A Motor Cyclo Could Be Offered Than the Great Number of EXCELSIOR Auto-Cyclos That Have Been Sold This Season. There Are Now Proud Ownoro OF THE 1911 Model IT IS SUPREME FOR r.lony Roooono It is the most economical in its upkeep, taking less gasoline than other makes. It has a belt drive which accounts for its being noiseless and smooth rid ing- . V.;'. .r With its long handfe bars and low saddle position, it makes it the most comfort able riding machine made. Another good feature of the Excelsior is that the machine is entirely under control by handle grips. The mechanical parts are so protected that in case of accident it will not be ser iously damaged. ' One of the greatest advan tages in tne txceisior is that all sundries and re pairs are handled here at this store. Come to the store and let me explain its many technical points and you, like its many proud owners will oe convinced or its su premacy over other chines. maBicycles and Tires We carry the following makes: Pierce, Racycle. Iver Johnson, Crown, Avalon, Pearl and Buckeye, ranging in price from $22 to $60. All makes of tires, prices $o to $7.50. 428 Main St

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