Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 276, 12 August 1911 — Page 4

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PALLADIUM PRINTINO OO. M T dare tMk waefc. evenings ua fftaa Corner Kortk fftk and A trta pelJaeiaas end eon-TaUaraa iniom twNM Office. 1M; KdltorlAl Room " RICHMOND), INDIANA. BMJtwt , W. ft. Vmmm SMMot OBSCRIPTION TBRXa. la BUmo4 tl.W rear Jin ' vaaee) or iOe pr wnL MOlLeX ROUT KM Pm year, la adveaee j atha, la tdvuM tfwn chana-ad aa ftn as 4ealrlt la new and eld aadrasaae wait teeertftre wttl alaaae ramlt wlta eteer. whlafc should a aivaa for a Mlflatt Una; nam will not bo waterel MKT perai.t MlrL e vear.la aevaaaa !!! t aMntfta. ta advance ataata, la advaaee Baftereil at MoamonO. Indiana. efflee aa aaooad alaaa aiaU snatur. i w Tark fUpresataU Fsyne TfVI' ,f-, Wat sr street, and ItlM VMi itnd street. Nw Tark. N. T. CsJaeaje Rprntat1vaPitjru Si?!1"' 'AT'" Marquette butldla. ' vwin mi. TluAesedatioaof Aaur. leaa Advertisers ha aaa.lail aaa eertlfleel la laa air Istt af taU aaaTka fiajerao at ciranUti la taa Aaaatiattaa a retf btfica Aivert&rs VrWtalMSI B. T. City TWINKLES INDICATIONS I Tou think our new farce will be a (hitf asked the manager. I'm tore of It," replied the stage i manager. "Every member of tbe com pany bluebed at tbe flrit reading of the manuscript.' APPEARANCES "Good looking men do not seem to I make any apodal Impresalon with the I fair sex." aaid tbe observant youth. "I believe you are right.' said Miss Cayenne. . "I have seen pictures of many prominent Mormons and none of them Impressed me as especially handsome." DISCUSSING DIFFERENCE Seme still delight to bark and bite, But some stay up till very late And lift their voices to the night. No doubt they seek to arbitrate. CAUTIOUS SUPERVISION "I am afraid my work Is going to be complicated," said the new teacher. "In what way?" V 'Mrs. Cumrox was looking through the text book on arithmetic and it oocurred to her to suggest that I refrain from teaching her daughter any exam plea of Improper fractions." A FORTIFYING EXPERIENCE . "You dictate all your letters?" "Yes," replied Senator Sorhum. "Sometimes you can get a pretty good Idea of how little attention your letter 1 tolas to receive by watching the manner and facial expression of the stenographer. THE POST OFFICE PEN iHow tew are the years and how swiftly they go And how-many the changes we see tm the placet so dear that we once . used to know When youth was so buoyantly free! jTha buildings so quaint In the old fash loned street Have vanished, and so have the men, And you sigh, as Intending your home nam. to erect . 7os pick up the post office pen. a a a m m mm a. a, a pro ina-auuneu ana spumer. unp ena la all frayed . Vhere teeth have been pensively closed, t pt shows the same patches of rust It displayed . When of yore on the desk it reposed jZt scatters the Ink and plows Into the page , And it squeaks the old tune once again v . ' v frhat you heard aa a lad when you I The aid of the post office pen. - ) welcoming thrill surges warm ' through each vein. ; The landmarks have all passed away The hum of the trolley, the shriek of the train Have drowned the old summer-time lay iOf the birds and the bees In the mea- . dow nearby. Ah,1lfe was all different then. And I cannot restrain an affectionate sigh . Aa I gate on the post office pen. This Is My 7th Birthday GRAND DUKE ALEXIS Grand Duke Alexis Nlcholalevltch, only son of the Csar and heir to the throne of Russia was born at Peterhot, August 12, 1904. His advent was hailed with delight by the whole nation and his birth waa regarded as a portend of great promises to the empire. He la said to be a sturdy little chap and entertains strong ambitions of becoming a sailor. His mother, who waa Princess Allx of Hesse and a granddaughter of the late Queen Victoria, la a most devoted mother and la said to look forward with dread to the. day when she teust turn him over -to the cars of others to be trained tor the high position that awalta him. The little grand duke has four sisters, the oldest of them. Grand Duchesa O SB, is tn her sixteenth year. His younssct sister la the Grand Duchess inastssla, who recenly celebrated her (Uath birthday.

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Taxes For Public Service The Richmond City Water Works through Its representatives have formally protested that , this paper has done them an Injustice in protesting that the rates should be equalized between the small and large consumers. .; They have pointed to the custom In private business of giving large customers a rebate on the prices of the commodity sold. It is more and more clear In our minds that many of the points of friction between the Richmond City Water Works and the public havo arisen from the point of view which the company is disposed to look at this business quite as much as from tbe actual unsatisfactory clauses. The company is surely aware that the customs of railroads in rebating to their large shippers and thereby squeezing the smaller ones is a part of the history of public service corporations whtch is pertinent to the case. It was the endeavor of the Roosevelt administration to change this as a part of the "square .deal."

But In theory the whole difference lies In the difference between a common carrier and a private carrier the difference between public service and private service. N It cannot be compared to wholesale . business because the theory of wholesale business depends on the commodity being resold and noC on taxation for service. And the Richmond City Water Works would be the last In the world to say that it was the water alone that the company charges for the late Matthew Dill was famous for his insistence that the company only charged for service. It Is evident that with the Pennsylvania Railroad there is no commodity exchanged which is resold nor is there a difference in the service the Bame plant and reservoir and the same pressure all these remain the same the difference being in the service pipes. Far the most accurate way of getting at this, is to regard the public service business as what it Is the right to tax for the service rendered. It Is as such, that public utilities commissions and interstate commerce commissions derive their right to regulate rates. It is for this reason that the city has the right to enter into the rate making for the city council and the board of works really make the rates In any contract. Therefore it Is more and more being established that the public service business being a taxing business the same principles of taxation shall apply throughout namely that the small consumer shall not -be taxed more In proportion than the large consumer. We recognise the fact that from the water company's point of view, the Pennsylvania, economically considered, uses Its pressure at night when other consumers are not on the load that It is therefore ar byproduct that the company is disposing of. But against this must be balanced the fact that the railroad company is using a considerable amount of water which" with a growing scarcity of water may jeopardise the Bupply guaranteed to the citizen. Therefore the exact parallel can not be drawn between the water business and the electric business because water can be stored in reservoirs and electricity Is an evanescent, escaping, generated product. ' s And what applies in the case of the Pennsylvania which uses water at night, does not apply fully to the large consumers by day. We suggest that a comparison be made of the citizens as a whole with the large consumers as a whole and see what an' overwhelming difference ln the consumption there Is if 'It is insisted that the largest consumers shall have the lowest rates.

Therefore, while we do not advocate absolutely equal rates, we announce as a principle these things which are more and more entering in as the public service business grows, if prophecy were conclusive, we-should not hesitate to say, that before the twenty-five years are over as proposed in this contract, that the unequal state of the rates will be the moBt unsatisfactory and Inequitable thing from the . standpoint of the people of the future. For more and more the business is going to be considered as a tax problem rather than anything else. , And it.is.ndt alone in the Richmond City Water Works 'that this problem will come up. The time will come when, the Municipal Light plant will be regarded from this point of view and the remark of a chief executive of another state a man also versed in law and economics, that in any municipal operation paid . for and supported by the citizens by taxation, that the service should be of equal cost, to the consumers will be more and more considered. The flux of changing Viewpoints on public service questions should be given leeway In this contract so that the city and state shall have the power of adjusting the tax burden Of public service business. We hope that the state of Indiana will recognize the necessity of public service business and provide for a Commission. The contract should not be made without providing for the future in ' this regard leaving the clauses aa flexible as possible so that the contract shall not become a burden under newly created conditions of public thought and material -change. . " -V"'V

WHAT OTHERS SAY ASTOR VS. THE CHURCH. . From the Philadelphia Ledger. The church of whatever denomination should throw down the ; gage of battle to the Astor millions. The church is the upholder and bulwark of tho sanctity of marriage, upon which the soundness of the social structure absolutely depends. To "play tennis with the Seventh Commandment," as Kipling puts It, Is to set at naught the essence of all religious teaching, to contravene the moral code which it is the sworn duty and responsibility of the church on earth to conserve. No officer of the church can reconcile it with his own conscience, or with his duty toward God and his neighbor, if he consents to officiate at a marriage which is 'the sacrilegious travesty of that most hallowed institution, whose divine ordainment he professes to believe In, and has promised steadfastly to uphold. ' THE TEXAS MANEUVERS. From the New York Times. Maj. Gen. Carter, who commanded the division of the United States Army lately mobilized in Texas, expresses his satisfaction, in a published report of an interview, with the results of that movement. Hostile comment on the President's order assembling fire troops on and near the border, during t "THIS DA TE

' AUGUST 12 1762 King George IV. of England bora. Died June 26. 1S30. 1812 Gen. Brock arrived at Amherstburg to oppose the Invasion of '.. Gen. Hull. 1819 RL Rev. H. Binney, bishop of Nova Scotia, born. Died April 28. 1830 The first American railroad, connecting Albany and Schenectady, waa completed. 1851 Nicaragua route opened " between New York and San Francisco. 1864 Ge. William T. Sherman waa made major-general in the regular army. 1891 James Russell Lowell, American poet, died- Born Feb. 22, 1810. 1893 The unarmored cruiser Minneapolis waa launched at Philadelphia. 1898 United States and Spain signed the peace protocol and sa armistice was proclaimed.

the Mexican civil war, was long since discredited. The presence of the

troops served a good purpose in protecting American property this side of the border and discouraging Ameri can assistance to the "combatants. It served to help neither side in the struggle, and neither federals nor lnsurrectos found the operations of our army a cause for complaint. On the other hand. Gen. Carter says that the Texas maneuvers were of great and lasting benefit to our own country. They put all branches of the service to a severe test and greatly increased the efficiency of infantry, cavalry and artillery, and the transportation and subsistence departments as well. The experiments of the Signal Corps, too, with wireless telegraph were accord ed an actual test which was remarka bly successful. The soldiers had many weeks of real field service. Theories gave way to practical work, and Gen. Carter believes that the military unit thus created Is worth five times its cost OLD STREET NAMES. From Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph Objection continues to be made to new names given to Pittsburg streets It would give general satisfaction if most of them were rejected and re placed by the time-honored - names they previously bore. Smatharad Genius. Genius unexerted Is no more genius than a bushel of acorns Is a forest of oaks. - IN HISTORY'

Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NY& Copyrht, 1908. by Edwin A. Nye

TEtV GIGGLING GIRL. It was on the atreat car. All In one seat, a bunch of three joyous girls giggled and giggled. Self conscious, merry eyed, shy, but irrepressible, they gurgled and giggled. " Giggling things are gregarious. Two or mora must be gathered to make a good giggle, and there must be occasion for sitting on the giggle lest it escape noisily. Giggles must be gaggd. , On the seat in front of me a straitlaced woman, watched tbe girls with evident disapproval. I could distinctly see how she elevated her nose presently to say to the woman next to her. I think girls who giggle on slight provocation are slily and shallow." As if a giggle required great provo cation! . Those girls were bubbling over, and every time they caught one another's eyes at times they dared not look-' they could do 'no other than let off steam or burst the boiler. The gay gigglers! They were under pressure both from Inside and ouMrlsIbles Inside ' aod stern glances outside. ' They just had to lift something, even as tbe teakettle lid la lifted. - Silly? Shallow? Frivolous they were doubtless, for they were at the frivolous age. but as for being shallow or feeble mindedWhy, they were merely healthy. A boy gives vent to his vitality by a whoop or a somersault, but a gtri. must sit on the safety valve and let off just a little giggle. Let her giggle. It Is tbe nature of her. When aha is older she will have learned to put a governor on her rlslbles. Did you ever know a gifted giggler who was a grouch? Her effervescent sense of humor Is the girl's salvation. Have a care bow you try to make a staid lady out Of a child. . She sees humor that you are too old to see or enjoy. She has nothing to do but see things as they are. and things as tbey are to a healthy minded miss are funny. Quench not the spirit. Let bar giggle. Lee her giggle and grow. She needs tbe giggle, and tbe world needs her. BesidesAll too soon will the blithesome, bub bling soul of her be quenched in the stern duties of wifehood and motherhood. Let her giggle. Gigglers nave jrumpf n.j TBE DYNAMITE OP SSK ' Years ago somebody drilled a hole la a rock near a Massachusetts town and placed a charge of dynamite therein. For some reason the charge was not fired. Years passed. ? Gradually the soil filtered into tbe hole in the rock, and the moss grew over It and the grass concealed It. It was an innocent appearing place. Than the unexpected happened. A man and a boy were working over tbe spot a few weeks ago. The boy happened to strike the rock with ahammer. The charge exploded. The man was mortally wounded and botlr bands of the boy were blown into fragments. Tbe dynamite awoke. It was bidden away and men had forgotten all about it, but it was there, and it had not lost its power. Tbe immediate lesson of the incl- j dent is the need for greater caution in the handling of dangerous explosives. But also there is a moral significance 1 In the explosion of tbe bidden dynamite. And that lesson Is this: Beware of the bidden sin. Because you may hide It never so safely from the sight of men; you may cover it over and It may fade from the general recollection; you may grow over it the mosses of concealment, but aome day, mayhap when you least expect, a hammer will strike tbe rock, and Then? But . you protest there Is pardon. Surely there Is pardon. But there is no salvation from tbe consequence of wrongdoing none! You can no more escape from the results of a wrong act than from tbe results of putting your hand in tbe fire. ' ' " Sin is dynamite. Hide it, and some day tbe hammer of destiny will strike the rock.; There will be a flash, a uolse, and somebody's contentment will be destroyed; somebody's hope will be shattered. "Be sure your sin will find you out" Macbeth understood. He. realized that "even handed justice commends -the ingredients of our poisoned c bailee to our own lips." ; Therefore it is better to look tbe consequences of your evQdolng fully in the face. It Is better to stand up and take your punishment It Is better to know than to fear and wait. And better still Ware the dynamite of evil! Ko rock is strong enough to bold it. It will have its own. though It rend tbe foundation stones of the eternal hllla. His Fluent French. "The people in these foreign hotels." said the young tourist, ."have the queerest wsys I ever saw." "What's the matter now?" " . "Why, I just now aaked the clerk In French what news from America, and he replied that the Russian interpreter was out. I'd like to know what connection he thought there was between the two." Llppincotfs. ' V-3?v lawi aa j "! 4V I imm ' K. Ask r -W7.TB3t SJL

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Many Quaint Letters Written By Lads Anxious to be Scouts

Nati6nl Kwi Association) NEW YORK, Aug. 12. "How can I become a Boy Scout?" That Js the question which hundreds of boys aro asking daily of their parents, their school teachers, and of the. National Headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America. They sre sending letters to headquarters asking for information and explaining why they want to become Scouts. Many of the letters throw interesting sidelights on the way in which the Scout activities ap peal to them. They show vividly how the minds of the boys, just opening up to the bigger things in life and getting beyond the confines of the home arid their mother's care, are reaching out with an ambition to do something. They reveal the eagerness of the boy to associate with other boys for fun and work. They indicate how the boy. beginning to feel his muscle, is waking up to the deeds of the heroes of history and fiction, go to show that the boy is stimulated by these stories. The boy often times takes a quaint view point in his letter. Clyde Coates, of Wllkes-Barre, Pa., recently became Interested in the scout movement, and hearing that President Taft is behind the organization, wrote him the following letter, marked "Personal;" Wrote to President. "I hear that you are the organizer of the Boy Scouts of America, so M lease send me orders. We are ready to start business at once. Would like to know if you can give us some Unit ed States Pins, and state prices. Will close." , "Nick" Williams, a bright boy of Zanesville, Ohio, shows sturdy qualities and an excellent Idea of the alms of the Boy Scouts in a letter of inquiry. , "I have read about the Boy Scouts," hewrites, "and would like to join. I am 18 years old, attend the public schools every school day, can use the typewriter this much, am robust and am a stayer not a quitter. I can, if I have a chance, organize a Council of scouts, if that is what you call It. I would like to be the Scout Master, if I can. If not, I can find a good man who will do. He will do It right. I know a lot about the woods, the trees, the streams and the directions all around here, and about all the roads. I know nearly alt the streets and alleys in thelty. May Need Training. "My grandfather is a lawyer and I live with him. He thinks that this is a good thing to make a boy manly, and I want to be that. Some day may be I will have to be a soldier. I always take off my hat now when I pass "Old Glofy." My grandfather told me about that and a lot of other things when we went to the Barracks, at Columbus, to visit some officers there. They are the dandy lot. My grandfather's people were in the Revolution, war of 1812, and the Civil War. My great, great grandfather had a sister born on the battlefield of Brandywlne,' while the fight was going on. This city has 28,000 people and I believe that there is a big lot of good boys who will join. Let -me hear from you at your early convenience If you please." The boys often say odd things in their letters. C. Kenneth Smith, of Taunton, Mass. writes, "My chum and 1 have been talking over matters and think we would like to have a' Boy Scout organization in our town." C. W. Bergner, Jr., of Haverword, Pa., says, I can ride, saddle, and bridle, hitch up with both single and double harness. I am 15" years old, and have bandied a horse since I was 11 years. I could swim since I was 9 years old, except for serving one month as a tenderfoot. I believe I can pass now for a second class scout." Wright Chittenden, of Victor, Iowa, says, "I and seven other boys have organized ourselves into a patrol and wish to join the Boy Scouts. We have no bad habits, such as smoking, swearing, etc." Kenneth Everett, of Newport, Pa., writes, "I know a young man who would make a cracking good leader, and he is a Jolly fellow with boys. The boys are mostly good hardy farmers boys. Kind to Animals. "I have a bunch of ten boys," writes Wm. G. Anstlss, of ' Laporte, - Ind., At At 01 In AFTER A DAY

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"which want to be Boy Scouts, and appoint me General. We have a camp on an Island. "This town is chucked full'ot boys of all descriptions" says Owell Benefleld. of El wood Indiana, "but only one organisation for boys." Fred Krummel. of Clinton, Conn., says "I am awful sorroy that there are no facilities for the Boy Scouts in my town. I think that I am going to be my own Scout. How much do you charge for suits? I think that you said that you sell suits to boys who have not got any chance of , being Boy Scouts.

"One good thing In Boy Scouts is that they love animals. I cannot see any .one kick or be cruel to animals. Father has got three dogs, two horses and over one hundred chickens, and also two cats. "I am certainly very sorry that there can't be any patrol formed in this dried out town, but I guess I can have some fun anyway in being my own scout, neast write me your charges or rather prices on Boy Scout supplies." The answers to these letters from boys, mothers, fathers and school teachers require the thoughtful atten tion of the leaders of the scout organ izatlon. As the movement waa originated to appeal to tho boy's sense of heroism and fun and is designed to stimulate him to greater activity, not only for his own enjoyment but for the upbuilding of his body, mind and character it is necessary to give thought to the questions and wishes of the boy. The movement is for the boys, and therefore, the boy gets the bulk of the attention. This has been the principle set down by James E.-West, Executive Secretary of the Boy Scouts of Ameri ca. To that task more than forty per sons in the headquarters are assign ed. LETTER LIST The following letters remain 'unclaimed at the local postoff ice, and will be sent to the Dead Letter Office If not called for within two weeks. ' Ladles' List Lillie F. Bestlc, Miss Anna M. Black, Mrs. E. D. Cory, Miss Marena Cooney, Mrs. Nannie Drapper, Mrs. Sophia Gerdes, Mrs. M. Guest, Miss Letia J. Harris, Miss A. Kellogg, Mrs. Charles Marshal, Miss Ethel Mason, Mrs. Y. Miller, Mrs. Beaj. Moore, Mrs. Lillian Potts, Mrs. Mollle Randall, Sr. M. Seraphlca. Mrs. Leslie Skinner, Miss Laura White. Gentlemen's List L. S. Bailey. George Baker, Mr. H. K. Brown (2), Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Burgess, Doc. Cary, Henry Clark, Frank Cromes, Harry Endicott, Ira L. Fuller, R. G. Glenttlce, Mr. Hamilton, David Kelhl, Mr. and Mrs. Robert MeKenna, Charley Phillips, John FT Pkzlnl, Rolland Potts, Dr. J. D. Richardson. Walter Shafer, Joseph Stewart, Thomas Stew, art, John Timber lake, W. 8. Welch, E W. Wideman, J. F. Wilkinson, T. Williams. " Firms. The Feeny Mfg. Co. E. M. Haas, P. M. masonic Calendar Wednesday, Aug. 16, 1911 Webb lodge. No. 24, F. & A. M. Stated meeting. ; : Friday, Aug. 18 King Solomon'a Chapter No. 4, R. A. M. Special Convocation. Work In Mark Master De gree. The kind that shines so THE F. F. DALIXY CO Lai, Buffalo. N. Y. 3C the Oifice the Mill Travel the Touring Car

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THE UPR ISSUE County Conventions in Ken tucky-Tread on Dangerous Grounds Today. (National News Association) LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 12. County conventions were held throughout Kentucky today for the election of delegates to the Democratic 8tate convention which is to meet here next Tuesday. The work of the convention will be confined to the adoption of a platform, as the candidates for governor and other state officers were chosen in the, primary last month. Great care will be exercised in building the platform, for the Democrats appreciate the tact they . must fight bard to win a victory tn the coming election. Despite the success with which the Democrats have been meet ing in other sections the. party leaders here are aware that Kentucky, which has been admittedly a doubtful state since it went Republican for the first time in 1895, is now more doubt ful than ever. This is due partly to the advantage of the Republicans In being In control of the state administration and partly to the fact that the state's Increase in population, as shown by the recent census, has been almost wholly in the eastern districts, which are overwhelmingly Republt can. The platform will give an enthusiastic Indorsement to the policy pursued by the Democratic party In congress. As regards state issues the most interest conters in the resolutions concerning the liquor question. Unless the Republicans force the issue, which so far they have evinced no intention et doing, the Democrats probably will re f rain from making the question the chief issue of the fight. . If the convention feels obliged to take emphatic stand in the matter, however, it will probably declare Itself against state-wide prohibition and unequlvoaclly In favor of a uniform local option law, with the county aa the unit. DODGED THE DUELS; VolUWe Disastrous Attempt ta Make Da Rohan Fight. Literary men in dueling times and . countries have always been rather prone to get Into trouble from which only a passage at arms could extricate them, toltalre had st various turns a number of duels on his hands, but counted among them two which did not reach the expected climax. One of these was his affair with the Chevalier de Rohan Chabot,' who goaded him to tbe point of fighting and then, instead of giving him the satisfaction demanded, bad him lured Into a coach and soundly whipped - with switches by aome hirelings concealed there. . Voltaire, after trying in rafcn to induce one of his noble friends to back him in his further pursuit of his enemy, appealed to the municipal authorities in these phrases: "I humbly represent that I have been brutally assaulted by the courageous Chevalier de Rohan, aided by six cutthroats, behind whom he was bravely posted. Ever since that, time I have sought to restore not my honor, but bis, a task too dUBcutt." V i . As this public affront failed to produce any effect, Voltaire hunted out the chevalier one evening at the theater and flung Insults tn bis face there. Rohan at last consented to meet him. but contrived to let the. news reach other members of the Rohan family, wbo had Voltaire arrested and thrown Into the Bastille. New York Post Jet