Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 242, 9 July 1911 — Page 1

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CHAUTAUQUA THIS YEAR TO BE BEST ore orra ALL Program, Just Announced, ' Includes Some of the Best Speakers Obtainable and Many Other Features.

Was 75 Years Old Sundav TARIFF QUESTION PARAMOUNT ISSUE OF THE CAMPAIGN CRIMINALS NOT ON RICHMOND YOUNG WOMAN AWARDED VACATION PRIZE BIG INCREASE

SPLENDID MUSIC TO BE GREAT FEATURE

Judge Blair, of Adams Coun- ' ty, O., Vote Frauds Fame, and William Jennings Bryan on the Program. Nearly complete is the program of the 1911 assembly of the Chautauqua, which was announced yesterday afternoon. Among the important lecturers for the teachers' institute are Leon H. Vincent and F. A. Cotton. The musical program will include the KelloggHanes singing party, in grand opera, the Apollo Concert Company and the Chicago Operatic company. Among the prominent lecturers are Byron W. King, George R. Stewart, Judge A. Z. Blair, William J. Bryan, who appears on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 29, Ralph Bingham, and President R. L. Kelly of Earlham College. The complete program follows: Friday, Aug. 25. 3:00 p. m. Band concert, Bland's Band. 2:30 p. m. Battis Lecture, "Dickens." ,7:15 p. m. Bland's Band. 7:30 p. m. Battis, Monologue, "Dickens." 8:30 p. m. Lincoln McConnell, "The Blue Coat and the Red Flag." Saturday, Aug. 26. 1:30 p. m. Band Concert. 2:00 p. m. Jubilees. 2:45 p. m. Byron W. King. "Eyes That See Not and Ears That Hear Not." 7:00 p. m. Band Concert. 7:30 p. m. -Byron W. King, "What Fools These Mortals Be." 8:30 p. m. Jubilees. Sunday, Aug. 27. 9:30 a. m. Sunday School, Edw. F. Hasemeler, Supt. 10:30 a. m. Byron W. King, Sermon, "The Light of the World. 1:30 p. m. Band Concert. 2:'00 p. m. 2:45 p. m. Judge A. Z. Blair, "Cleansing the Electorate of Adam's Co., O., and Its Lesson to the Nation. 7:00 p. m. Band Concert. 7:30 p. m. 8:15 p. m. P. M. Father John Daly "The Homeless Child and the Ju- , venlle Court." Monday, Aug. 23. ' 5:00 a. m. Bible Study, Dent Atkinson. 9:30 a. m. Lecture., F. A. Cotton. 10:30 a. m. Lecture, Leon H. Vincent. 1:00 p. m. Band Concert. 1:30 p. m. Lecture, F. A. Cotton. 2:30 p. m. Lecture, Leon H. Vincent. 8:30 p. m. Apollo Concert Co. 7:00 p. m. Band Concert. .7:30 p. m. Apollo Concert Co. i$:00 p. m. Geo. R. Stewart, "Lopsided Folks. Tuesday, Aug. 29. 9:00 a. m. Bible Study. Dent Ati kinson. ' 9:30 p. m. Lecture, Leon H. Vincent 10:30 a. m. -Lecture. F. A. Cotton, i 1:00 p. ra. -Band Concert. I 1:30 p.m. Lecture, Leon H. Vincent. ' 2:30 p. m. William J. Bryan, "The ! Price of a Soul. 7:00 p. m. Band Concert. ; 7.30 p. m. Apollo Concert Co. 8:00 p. m. Raloh Bingham, "Funny Man," "Not a Lecture.; Wednesday, Aug. 30. 9 00 a. m. Bible Study, Dent Atklnson. , 9:30 a. m. Lecture. F. A. Cotton. 10:S0a. m. Lecture, Leon H. Vincent. 1:00 p. m. Band Concert. 1:30 p. m Lecture, F. A. Cotton. 2:30 p. m. Lecture, Leon H. Vincent 3:30 p. m. Chicago Oreratic Co. 7:00 p. m. Band Concert. 7:30 p. m. 8:00 p. m. Chicago Operatic Co. Grand Opera. Thursday, Aug. 31. 9:00 a. m. Bible Study, Dent Atkinson. 9:30 a. m. Lecture, Leon H. Vincent 10:30 a. m. Lecture. F. A. Cotton. 1:00 p. m. Band Concert. 1:30 p. m, Lecture. Leon H. Vincent 2:30 p. m. Pres. R. L. Kelly. 8:15 p. m. J. Bennett Gordon. 7:00 p. m. Band Concert 7:30 p. m. 8:00 p. m. Geo. P. Early, "Other Days." Friday, Sept. 1. 9:00 a. m. Bible Study, Dent Atkinson. (Continued on Page Three) J AVE the Palladium go with you on your vacation. Ten cents per week. Telephone your order before starting. Phone 2566.

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Joseph Chamberlain, former premier of Great Britain, celebrated his. birthday quietly. He is in very feele health.

MOTOR CAR BOOM TO 'COUNTRY HOTEL Mine Hosts in Small Towns Reap Harvest from Hungry Joy Riders. A phase of the automobile industry brought out with the opening of the present touring season is found in the effect of the motor car on the country hotel. The average motorist, though he may not enthuse over the racing, usually Is susceptible to the lure of the cross-country tour. And, as a result summer hotels, road houses and taverns seem a less unpromising investment than was the case five or six years ago. Hotel men in Wayne county are beginning to recognize that the automobile has wrought a complete change in conditions. Ten years ago. according to one authority good meals were out of the question except in large cities or at fashionable summer resorts. Today almost every country hotel boasts of a good cook. The effect in the middle-west and in the south is marked for not only does the city man indulge In the luxury of touring, but the farmer also has gotten into the spirit of the thing. Time was when the tiller of the soil would hitch old Dobbyn to the rig of a Sunday afternoon and venture over the roads ten miles or more to a neighboring town. Such an excursian, however, was looked upon as an event in the lives of those on the farm, while today thousands of farmers, accompanied by their families think nothing of whirling over the hills and through the woods for supper. Thus, with the aid of the automobile the farmer fast is bringing himself Into closer contact with the "outside world." His wife Is enabled to enter more fully into the social activities of surrounding towns, ! his children are carried to and from i school and attendance at Sunday church services is assured by the automobile which takes that burden from the shoulders of the tired farm horse. Figures compiled recently by a reliable authority state that $25,000,000 have been appropriated this year by American farmers for automobiles. It would seem, therefore, that the motor car is becoming a permanent fixture in rural life. JEALOUS MEXICAN CHIEFS IN FIGHT (National News Association) Mexico City, July S. A battle between 200 insurrectos under General Salgado and 1,200 other rebels under General Figueroa was fought today for the possession of the town of Iguala, state of Guerrero. Reports received up to noon state that IS were dead and 30 wounded. The fighting started last night and the firing has been continuous e ver since. The cause Was jealousy of the rival leaders. Train service is- at a standstill in the affected district. Iguala is 41 miles southeast of Cuernavaca and is a garrisoned town of 7,800 inhabitants.

HITCHCOCK IS TO DEFY HEW STATUTE May Sidestep the Law for Increase in Salaries of Rural Carriers.

(Palladium Special) Washington, D. C, July 8. According to a well established report, postmaster-general Hitchcock will arbitrarily refuse to make the increase in the salaries of rural letter carriers, for which provision was made in the postofflce appropriation bill at the last session of congress. The bill authorizes increases o every rural letter carcarrier in the country to commence on July first, but the indefinite wording, zes increases for every rural letter riers will receive not to exceed $1,000 per pear, gives Hitchcock wide latitude in which to exercise his plan of economizing at the expense of the rural carriers. It is known that several plans whereby a sop could be thrown to the rural carriers by increases being authorized for a certain class of carriers, such as those with routes more than 24 miles in length, or those who have been in the service a certain length of time, have been proposed to Hitchcock and taken under consideration. It is practically assured, however, that while a few carriers may have their salaries increased, the great majority who looked forward to increases will be left to hold the bag, in violation of the spirit of the appropriation bill, department today that salary indepartment. today that salares increases affecting certain classes of the rural letter carriers will be made public soon. When it is found that most of the carriers will have to do without the increase, it is expected thnt a howl long and loud will be heard from every part of the United States and there is even talk of referring the case to the committee on expenditures in the post office department of which Representative Ashbrook of Ohio is chairman, for investigation. DETROIT A WINNER OVER CAR COMPANY (National News Association) Detroit. Mich., July 8. The city of Detroit scored a sweeping victory today against the Detroit United Railways when Judges Murphy, Mandell & Hosmer, of the Wayne court handed down a decision that the street car company must pay $200 a day rental for the privilege of running their cars on portions of the Fort street line where the franchises have expired. The court decrees that the company must accept these terms within ten days or get off the streets. CASTRO IS BUSY (National News Association) Caracas, Venezuela, July 8. Government agents reported today that they had positive information that former President Cipriano Castro had effected a landing in western Venezuela and is recruiting an army. He is said to have a following of 1,000 men already.

On This Question, and That One Alone, So It Appears Now, the 1912 Contest Is to Be Fought Out.

DEMOCRATS EXPECT TO WIN A VICTORY Say History Will Repeat Itself and Elect a Democratic Senate and Also Democratic President. BY JONATHAN WINFIELD. Washington, July 8. Issues for the 1912 presidential campaign are already clearly drawn. Some new ones may arise between this time and the date for framing the platforms of the two parties, but the one paramount issue, tariff, reform, is now fixed and the battle will be fought out on that question. The whole attitude of the Democratic house has been one of forcing tariff to the front. The Senate too, that is, that part of the Senate favorable to revision of the Payne-Aldrich bill, has joined with the House in calling the attention of the country' to the necessity of lower tariff duties if the cost of living is to be lowered. And so it happens that the tariff is to be the one great issue for next year's fight. This has been the one issue upon which the democrats were able to elect a president since the civil war. Cleveland ran both times on a low tariff platform and twice entered the White House as the result. Are Very Confident. Democrats are now looking to history to repeat itself. They have a confident feeling that next year the country will follow up its congression-. al vote of last November by electing a Democratic Eenate and a Democratic president. If the tariff can be made to serve their purpose in carrying the election, they will make the most of it. This explains in a measure why the Democrats in Congress are willing for reciprocity to pass. Reciprocity is tariff revision of the most pronounced type. True it came from a Republican President, but that makes it all the more necessary that the Democrats support it. They could not consistently do otherwise. They have preached lower tariff duties for years, and If they were to turn down the only real opportunity they have since the enactment of the Wilson-Gormon Law to vote for lower tariffs, they would undoubtedly appear to the country as political hypocrites of the worst type. Therefore they are for reciprocity. They are willing for the President to have his share of the credit for this movement, if there is any credit, knowing all the while that he must divide that credit with the Democrats who are to put the measure through, if it goes through. Then too, the action of the House in putting out the farmers free list bill, admitting to this country articles used by the farmers at a lower rate than at present, has its political significance. This measure is intended to appeal to the farmer vote. The farmers have had protection on their products and want protection still, but they would like to get the things they have to buy at just as low cost as possible. That is why the free list measure is expected to win over a large element of the farmer vote in the election a year from next November. To Blame Republicans. The free list bill may never be enacted into law, and probably will not at this session with a Republican president and a Republican Senate standing in its . way, but whether or not, the Democrats will insist that they have done their part, and they will lay the blame for any failure to enact the bill upon the Republicans. But the Democrats have gone still further in the program for bringing up the tariff before the country. They have introduced the wool bill, revising the duties under Schedule K of the Payne Law This is another measure which the Republicans as a whole have shown no inclination to support. They enacted the Payne law not much more than eighteen months ago, and they hesitate now to repudiate the work done then. This is true in spite of the fact that President Taft has declared that this schedule is indefensible. It is defended by Republican members of House and Senate, and will have to be defended further, when the Senate attacks begin, but the influence of president Taft may be rtrong enough to put it through the Senate and allow it to become a law. If this action should be taken, there is no doubt that the wind will be taken out of at least one of the democratic sails. It is the present anticipation of the Democrats to hold this measure up to the country as one of the really iniquitous acts of the Republican party. If the Republicans therefore should join with the Democrats and revise this schedule, there

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THE COUNTRY HOW Report of the Census Bureau Refutes the Charges which the Reformers Have Been Loudly Crying.

RESPECT FOR LAWS SHOWN IN AMERICA Out of Ninety Million People Only 109,000 People Are in Prison This Record Very Good One. BY SIDNEY ESPEY. Washington, July 8. Refutation of the cry of political and social reformsrs that tlie number of criminals is increasing each year in the United States, is made in the report of Dr. J. A. Hill, chief statistician for revision and results in the Census Bureau. The figures in the report, which his just been made public, seem to justify the claims of the reformers, but the explanation of them by Dr. Hill proves the fallacy of their contention. The preliminary count of the prison population included the inmates of the United States' penitentiaries, state prisons, county jails, almshouses, and institutions for the insane and feebleminded. According to this preliminary count, the prison population on January 1, 1910. was 109,311. Of this number 2,625 were United States prisoners confined in the penitentiaries at Atlanta, Georgia; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and McNeil Island, Washington. When one stops to think of the ninety million of people that live in the United States and that only one hundred thousand are in prison, it is an evidence of the firm grip that the respect for law has upon the American people. Very Good Record. The number of commitments to prison during 1910 were 462.530, and the number of prisoners discharged during the year on account of expiration of sentence, pardons, or death, was 456,996. The number of violations of the law in which the offender had been sentenced to prison is exceedingly small, considering the population. Only one person in every 180,000 committed some breach of the felony laws. The last previous census of prisoners was taken June 30, 1904, and at that time the prison population was 81,772, and the admissions and commit ments during that year, 149,691. One taking a hasty glance at the two reports will immediately say that the reformers are justified in their statements, for the figures of this year's report are much larger than in the report of 1904. The two reports, however, cannot be compared because the 1910 enumeration included cases of imprisonment for the non-payment of fines imposed by the courts, while the census of 1904 did not include such cases. Accordingly the marked increase in the prison population, and more especially in the number of commitments does not show an increase in crime, but is largely accounted for by the difference in the scope of the two censuses. Taking into consideration, there is very little difference in the number of prisoners and an increase would be trival. Later the Census Bureau will be able to separate from the 1910 figures the cases of imprisonment for non-payment of fines, and thereby obtained a figure which will be fairly comparable with the enumeration of six years ago. The larger number of admissions reported, as compared with the population on January 1, is indicative of the fact that a larger proportion of the commitments are for short terms and minor offenses. In the final census report, the prisoners will be classified with reference to the offense for which they were sentenced, and the term of the sentence. A slight decrease in the number of juvenile delinquents is shown in the 1910 report over the report of 1904. In 1910 in the reform schools and institu tions of that class, there were 22,903 inmates. In the same institutions in 1904 there were 23,034. Majority Are Males. Of the convicts 93.5 per cent, are males and 5.601, or 6.5 per cent, are females. In the penal institutions 70,069 of the convicts are males, and 4,701 are females. While 81,772 were in the institutions in 1904 only 51,172 of them were engaged at productive labor. Of the remainder 21,403 were engaged in prison duties, such as cooking, washing, cleaning and other domestic services. On an average 2,774 were sick or invalid, and 10,S6 were idle because no work was provided for them, or because they were purposely kept In confinement without labor. The total value of the goods produced by convict -labor was $34,276,205. This sum represents the market value, tiat is the amount for (Continued on Page Six) THE WEATHER LOCAL Probably thunder showers today or tonight; warmer,

Miss Helen Sparks, 221 North ISth St., Wins $10 Offered by the Palladium for Best Article on "How to Spend a Week's Vacation on $25."

BY HELEN SPAKK3. Vacation Prixe Winner. The primary object in taking a vacation is to remove oneself as far as possible from the monotonous rout tie of business. To accomplish this purpose it is unnecessary to have at command either an unlimited amount of money or an extended period of 1 le. If one is allotted a week in which to spend his vacation together with the sum of $25, he can. by visiting some such locality as described here, obtain the pleasure and benefit for which he seeks. Among the hills of Hocking County, Ohio, is a place known as the Rock House. It is a secluded spot noted for its scenery and the natural curiosity from which it receives its name. A fine, old hotel stands here and to one weary from contact with the world it seems the personification of home and peace. The Rock House is not. however, a solitude; there is always a sufficient number of guests at the hotel to relieve any feeling of loneliness and, on the other hand, a small enough number to prevent the rush of the fashionable resort. The money required to spend one's vacation at this beautiful place is ?20; the railroad fare being $8. and the hotel bill $12, thus leaving a balance of $5 for miscellaneous expenditures. Such a vacation is indeed well worth taking, for whoever passes a week in this way will find real pleasure, pleasure which is the result of simplicity and communion with Nature, and. that which is better than all, real rest.

MANY CONTESTANTS. Seventy-eight Contributions Received By Palladium "Vacation Editor." When the Palladium several days ago announced it would award a prize of $10 for the best article on "How to Take a Week's Vacation on $25," the "Vacation Editor" had little idea it would be as successful as it proved to, and it is with much pleasure that the "Vacation Editor" announces that Miss Helen Sparks, a popular young high school girl, won the prize. In her article, which is published above, and which deals particularly with spending a week in the beautiful Hocking Valley, of Ohio, Miss Sparks clearly explains the attractiveness of this place and how one can spend a profitable week there at small expense. There are many other excellent articles upon the subject, and it proved hard to determine which article was entitled to the award. Nearly every one of the seventy-eight articles received have exceptional merit, but inismuch as It is "lmpossibletr-ptrbMsh each one or the names of all the contributors, the "Vacation Editor" determined to give awards of honorable mention for the articles which were regarded as most particularly meritorious. These awards were given to the following: Mrs. U. L. Finfrock, 220 South Thirteenth street, who suggested a fishing trip in Michigan; Mrs. E. E. Brumfield, 408 Pearl street, who suggests a trip to Niagara Falls; Miss Etta A. Hill, of Hollansburg, Ohio, who found Hawkins Springs, this county, a most desirable place to spend week; Mrs. O. M. Rhodes, 1317 North C street, who would spend a week on a boating excursion on a lake steamer; Mrs. J. W. Addleman, R. R. No. 4, who advised a week of perfect freedom and rest on the banks of a northLETTERSTl PRIEST Written by Criminals Shown in the Court. (National News Association! Viterbo, Italy, July 8. More than lr 000 letters from criminals to Ciro Vittozi, the priest known a. the "guardian angel of the Camorra," were exhibited in court here today in the trial of the Camorrists charged with the murder of Gennaro Cuoccolo and his wife. Other effects found in the apartments of the priest which were put on view today included a sword, cane, a revolver, 115 illustrated postal cards, which the prosecution declared unfit for trasmission in the mails, 140 bills of exchange and a letter from Marie Bartoletti. In almost every instance the letters from criminals asked the priest for his protection. The Bartello is held by some to have been an intimate friend of Vittozi while othi era claim that he was her agent in a money lending business. Another scandal promises to develop from the trial following the discovery among the priest's belongings of many letters from clerks and officials of the law courts asking for money he had promised them. The state claims he applied to tee court to secure freedom or light punishment for convicted criminals with whom he was associated. BIRTH OF A BABY DECIDES HER FATE Ottawa, OnV July S. Reports here indicate that thousands of American women, from New York, Chicago and other points are signing petitions asking the Dominion governor general to commute the death sentence of Mrs. Angelina Neapolitano, who at Sault Ste Marie murdered her husband because he tried to made her become a white slave. The feeling is that the sentence will be commuted but the cabinet will not deal with the case until Mrs. Xeapol - I . .VIU S I T1 -k-l . J-ll

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ern lake; Arthur Brooks. 204 South, Fourteenth street, who suggests locating a week's camp along some stream near Richmond; and Mrs. Mae Coftman. 306 North West Third street, who believes a jolly camp party is the best of "them all." That there are many good ways ot spending a delightful week at an expense of only $25 is indicated by the many different wags suggested. Classified, the seventy-eight articles, on how to spend a short vacation, are as follows: At some quiet hotel, seven; at French Lick resort, two; to camp at Richmond Chautauqua, seven; to camp out. twenty-three; at lake resorts, seventeen ; traveling on boat and railroad excursions, seven; spending week in country anywhere, eight; at Hawkins Springs, one; at Niagara, four; and in spending the money in helping others to have a good time, two. One writer says, "Seek 1 first the Kingdom of God and Its Righteousness and all things will be added unto you; having' food and raiment oe contented. Then find a red ' hot Methodist Revival Meeting some place and tend that one week, then count youre blessings; name them one by one, and see what the Lord can do, and if youre vacation is worth youre ten dollars, please give it to a Mission to help some poor person to find the same blessing. Yours in Love." etc. Another suggests that the first thing to do is to cut out booze, theaters and dancing halls, and spend the week camping. A short article by another contributor was: "railroad fir is $5. hatell bill will $9. tending theatere will $1.50. refreshments will $1.00. and plasare riding to See the Cuntry and Town will $6. then have $2.50 left for that wauld i want to Spend,'' etc

TAFT COOL AT LAST Is Taking Trip in the Presidential Yacht. (National News Association) Philadalpbia, July 8. Among all the millions who are giving fervent thanks today for the break of the death-dealing heat wave, none is more sincere In his gratitude than President William Howard Taft. Cooly ensconced on the Presidential yacht Mayflower, the President is drinking the cool breezes with the enjoyment of a man who is not built along hot wave lines, and ne has suffered to the limit from the torrid heat. , For his guests on the Mayflower, the President has Senators Penrose, Briggs, Brown and Root. Republicans, and Senators Taylor, Bacon, Fester and Overman, Democrats. They will spend three days on the yacht. The schedule called for a sail down the Delaware river from League Island today and arrival in , Washington Monday morning after a trip through Chesapeake bay and np the Potomac river. GOVERNOR GRANTS THE REQUISITION (National News' Association)' Albany, N. Y July 8. Governor Diz today granted the request of the governor of Pennsylvania for the extradition of Alfred George Curphey and Capt Thomas W. Kirkbride. who have been indicted in Pittsburg for alleged obstruction of justice and conspiracy, in conection with the - divorce action of Andrew "vvY Mellon,' tae Pittsburg banker. , . . . , . . . It is understood that Judge Alton B. Parker, counsel for the men, will begin habeas corpus proceedings. DANGEROUS BLAZE (National News Association) f Portsmouth, N. H-, July 8. A gasoline explosion in the machine shops' ( of Chadwick & Trefethen today spread ito adjoining property causing damage 1 AA ftlA . were destroyed.