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THE RICHMOND PAIXADIUM AND ST7X-TEM5GR AM, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1911.

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niiuium and 8unTeiirram Buelaeaa Office, 26; Editorial Booms. RICHMOND. INDIANA Radalab O. L4a Editor Carl Beraharat ...... . AaaoHele KHHor W. K. Poaadstoae , ..Hem Kdltor - 8UBSCKIPTION TERMS In Richmond 15.00 per year (In advan ce or 10c per week IIUHAL. ROUTES One year. In advance .". .....1200 Six months, in advance 1-2 One month. In advance Addresa changed aa often aa dealred; both new and old addreaaes must be riven. Subecrlhers will plena remit with order, which should be Riven for a specified term; name will not be enterad until payment Is received. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS On year. In advance 95.00 Six montha. In advance 2.60 One month. In advance ........... Entered at Richmond. Indiana, post toffies as second class mall matter. New York Ttenreaentatlvea Pavne & rVoune-.. 80-34 West 33rd street, and 29S Wea iznrt street. New YorK, is. . Chlcaaro Renrentat:vea Iayne & Yeun. 747-748 Marquette Building-, Chlcaaro, ill. TV- AuHkiiM of Am ifiVAUasi Adrartisare Was aaJkVJn& mad cetftifsad to W ihm aarcnUtl a this pabVeatJe. Theticarae mt ctrcaUliaa ontaiad in tke Aasaciateoa'a re port aoly ar aisurantaad. cf tecnca Hvertsers No. 169. - Wlitss.ll tU. B. 1 . CHf This Is My 75th Birthday BISHOP RANDOLPH. BIsnop Alrrea ai. itanaoipa, 01 iue Protestant Episcopal diocese ol southern Virginia, was born in Winchester, Va., August 31. 1836. After completing the academic course at William and Mary- college be began bis theological studies at the Virginia Theological Seminary. Followlac hi graduation from the seminary In 1856, he took orders as deacon of the Protestant Episcopal church and two years later was ordained a priest by Bishop Johns. For nearly twenty-five years after he entered the ministry he was connected as rector with St. George's church, Fredericksburg, Va., and Emmanuel church, of Baltimore. In 1883 he was made coadjuter bishop of Virginia and continued as such until 1892, when the diocese was divided and Bishop Randolph was elected as head of the diocese of Southern Virginia. In 1902 Bishop Randolph was selected as Paddock lecturer at the General Theological Seminary, New York City. He Is the author of numerous sermons, addresses and pastorials. ' . DO YOU WASH IN STREAKS? ! flnmn wnmnn An Thnv can't heln It. They don't have time to wash out the streaky yellow soap. They are too tired, anyway. "There's no yellow in Hewitt's Easy Task Laundry soap. It's white and pure. Makes a quick, foamy suds that chases out dirt and sends the wash out snow white to the line. Your grocer has It Five cents a cake. The' Record of Raindrops. It Is by carefully noting small and apparently Insignificant things and facta that men of science are enabled to reach seme of their most surprising and Interesting conclusions. In many places the our face of recks, which millions of years ago must have formed sandy or muddy seabeaches, is found to bo pitted with the impressions of raindrops. Io England it has been noticed that In many cases the eastern sides of these depressions are the more deeply pitted. Indicating that the raindrops which formed them were driven before a west wind. From this the coaclnsion la drawn that In the remote epoch when the pits were formed the majority : of the storms In England cams from the -west. Just as they do today. Harper's 'Weekly. 7 A Tree In a Thunderstorm. Every- one la aware that it Is not .wise to task a tree's shelter la a thanderstorm, bat If you mast take refago there then climb to the topmost branches. It has been proved that the upper boughs octrees daring a storm would bo tha safest position, and it Is said that birds In the branches are seldom killed. When the tree la struck by lightning It Is the trunk which, presumably from its greater dryness. Is a bad conductor and which therefore suffers the most Very tike a Bull. An Irish litterateur When eating an : apple pie savored with a few green i gooseberries exclaimed with gusto, 1 "Ah, what a delicious apple pie It i would bo If It was all made of green gooseberries! The United States makes the best poultry showing in the world., Its flock numbers 5,000,000 and the yearly egg output is now more than 6,000,000. MASONIC CALENDAR Saturday, Sept 2. Loyal Chapter, No. 49, O. E. S. Stated meeting. NOTICE VEHICLE OWNERS! Licenses on all vehicles, in eluding Automobiles, Motorcycles, Bicycles, etc., are now ready fcr distribution and c:ust be obtained on or De fers September 1, 1911. E. G. McMahsn, City Controller. tnsa wed tburs

The Line-up in the Water works Fight Before the water works question is settled the people of Richmond will know who are the men that are standing by the people and who are fighting the people's fight In all fights with public service corporations, (and they are justly called fights), there are some city officials who symphatize with the corporations and take their side for fear that the corporations will not be treated fairly and the people may get something that they do not deserve. v Such will be the case with the present water works contract but we hope that the number of these individuals will be reduced to a minimum. We hope those who at this time are siding with the company will reconsider the matter and come over to the side of the people, whose servants they are and whose interests they represent Does anyone suppose that the R'chmond City Water Works Is in any danger of having its rights taken away from it Or that the city will take advantage of the company in trying to get something for nothing? Does anyone suppose that the city could take away any of the coSspany's rights even if it wanted to. The company has employed six attorneys to guard its interests and see to it that this company gets what it wants. So wouldn't it be better for the city officials to understand in the beginning that the company's rights are amply protected. They will be doing their full duty when they sit tight and fight for the rights of the people. If they confine themselves to that, they will be doing all that the corporation attorneys will do for the corporation. The franchise committee and especially' Mr. Waldele and Mr. Weishaupt are to be congratulated on their committee fight for a thorough investigation of the affairs of the Richmond City Water Works Company. The people will know before long who are the public officials that are protecting their Interests and who are the friends of the company.

Dividends On Watered Stock Right here in this water works situation behold the high cost of living developed In a single and isolated case so that the whole structure In America may be understood. A few people own the Richmond City Water Works. They have a practical monopoly just as the American woolen company has a monopoly of 97 percent in extent. The company has a proposal which has ear marks of fairness as far as the plan is concerned. It is well disguised as a means whereby the citizens are supposed to regulate the price of water and the extent of the , earnings of the company. Recently Mr. Gary president of the United States Steel corporation laid out a plan by which the corporation was to submit at some future date to government regulation. The probable terms are such that the New York Post conservative of conservatives and the Philadelphia North American progressive of progressives both agree that in effect it would amount to the United States government guaranteeing profits on stock known to have been watered but being gradually filled up by the means of selling $28 steel rails to the railroads, and having the railroads wail for poverty lay off men and trains. If the railroads are poor it is because they have to supply the dividends for the United States Steel corporation. It takes some time to. grasp this thing when it is so mixed in the cban nels of high finance but it becomes a little simpler in ordinary life in Richmond. Instead of say a protective tariff monopoly the Water Works has a real monopoly of water supply and claims to a perpetual franchise reinforced with a chained city with a debt limit for a tether. The unknown capitalization who knows how much went into the organization of the company is it not comparable to the poverty stricken woolen trust which cannot pay the proper dividends on its capitalization yet which cannot make a living with a prohibitive tariff? In like manner under the Maury valuation the water company is poor . it is down trodden. The most prosperous years may be when a five per cent dividend on the Maury valuation will turn out to be ten percent on the real cash valuation. The burden must be passed along. Just as the American woolen company shoves It over on the wholesaler and thence on to the retailer, pinching them down to necessity for man will not cannot buy at higher prices so all this is passed on to the man who has the least to buy with. Thus we see the Pennsylvania railroad getting the lowest rates in the water works scale of rates and the washwoman paying her larger proportionate share in the rent to her landlord. Such things when set down in print are violently called anarchistic or socialistic. But people are caring less and less about names because the cost of living is a reality and this dissection of the cost of living leaves people with an idea that the wants of the people who have the power to levy ' taxes witness the water works have increased at a faster rate than the gradual scale of civilized living which the average men pursue. Whether it be pack horses or even automobiles and engines this thing arrives at last at merely a mathematical computation as to where things are going to break. The citizens who own Richmond City Water Works stock think we are preaching confiscation of property when we raise this question. But such Is not the case. If this social order Is to be saved and continued it will have to be run with the rules of the game more nearly equal. The cost of living is but another name for this. If wo are to have other taxmasters than the state itself then the state

has to have a fair way of regulating

If this Is not secured then the condition is a far more dangerous one. -. If instead of calling such a view radical It could be understood that this Is the only way in which the best of the old can be saved with a square deal many people would be happier. And a happy people is not In any danger of doing aught to harm any one. Here in Richmond the larger world is pictured in the small the cost of living as exemplified in the Richmond City Water Works is only a miniature reproduction It is by solving these smaller things that the solutions come of themselves for the large dark problems that men . talk of with bated breath and fear.

The Jellyfish. The bay of Naples abounds in medusae, or jellyfish, often growing as large as two feet In diameter and weighing fifty and sixty pounds. Some of them shine at night with a greenish light and are known as noctiluca (night lanterns) by he natives. The jellyfish sometimes make migrations In great groups, sometimes so large and so thick as to impede the navigation of vessels, like the- floating plants in.the. ,?a.rgasso ,-sea of the tropics. "THIS DA TE

AUGUST 31ST. 1422 Henry V. of England, died. Born August 9, 1388. ; 16S2 Delaware was granted to William Penn by the Duke of York. 1781 Washington and Rochambeau received in Philadelphia. 1811 Theophile Gautier famous French writer,- born. ; Died Oct 23, ' 1S72. ' 1840 Revolutionary movement in Madrid suppressed by the authorities. 1S61 Gen. John C. Fremont proclaimed martial law in Missouri, and military emancipation to slaves of secessionists. 1880 Jueen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands born. 1886 Earthquake at Charleston, S. C, caused great loss of life and property. ' , s ' - 1897 Mrs. John Drew, noted actress, died. Born January i0, 1820. 1900 The United States government took measures for the relief of the destitute miners at Cape Nome, Alaska. 1907 Anglo-Russian agreement concerning the control of Asia waa signed. 1910 Colonel Roosevelt proclaimed the "New Nationalism' at Osawatomie, Kansas.

this so that the tax be just

These battels o"f mefluSae, aa they are called, may be so dense that a piece of timber plunged in among them will be held upright as If stuck in the mud, and . ordinary rowboats cannot force their way through them. Their migrations have never been explained. They are irregular and occur at no particular season of the year and under no particular Influences. Fresh oysters at Price's Friday. 31-2t IN HISTORY"

SPLENDID CONCERT G1VEH BY APOLLDS Famous Musical Organization Delighted Big Chautauqua Audience.

The Apollo Concert Company and Bland's Band, who accommodatingly filled in the hiatus left last evening by the failure of the Chicago Operatic Company to keep their engagement at the Chautauqua, gave an enjoyable concert before one of the largest evening audiences of the week, and the repeated encores and cordial applause greeting each number testified to the pleasure of the auditors. The Apollo Concert Company is one of the best known musical organizations on the lyceum and Chautauqua platform, having had the same musicians for several years, and having for their summer Chautauqua engagements alone filled fifty-eight dates and given one hundred and sixteen concerts. The company Is booked through the entire year of 1912 and will go to Panama in the Spring for twelve appearances. Their program last evening was made up of a variety of numbers but those given by the saxophone quartet were perhaps the most popular, the combination of four instruments, played as they should be played in ensemble with the proper number, four, making an unusual effect the purpose of the saxophone quartet being to ap proximate a quartet of voices as neas ly as possible with musical instruments. Mr. Clay Smith, who gave a trombone solo, Rollinson's "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," has appeared as trombone soloist with many of the leading bands and orchestras in this country, including the "Kilties" and the "Fourth Regiment Band," when the latter played in the St. Louis Exposition, his numbers being heartily encored. Mr. Smith played, earlier in the week, one of his own compositions for his instrument which has been published by a well known musical house and is used extensively by players , of the trombone in solo. Mr. Arthur Wells, whose numbers on the banjo have been among the most enthusiastically received of any given by the company in its appearance here, played for a solo Dovorak's "HumoureBque," and for an encore played a selection by request. Mr. Wells also played the mandolin with Mr. Holmes on the flute and guitar. Mr. Holmes who appeared with Mr. Wells in a trio for mandolin, guitar and flute, "The Village Band," has, as stated, over two hundred compositions to his credit for bands and orchestras, Mr. Holmes having appeared here during the week in enjoyable solo numbers for the flute. The ever popular Swiss hand bells were included in last evening's program, the latter being opened with "The Steel King." by St Clair, and the "The Wayside Chapel," a descriptive piece by Wilson, being presented with the accompaniment of four voices. Sousa's "Stars and Stripees Forever" was the closing number and given on the saxaphone, the appollo quartet of these instruments being regarded as the best in the country. Bland's Band, which has pleased the Chautauqua audiences daily, introduced the first part of last evening's concert with a descriptive composition "Honor Bound," and followed it with "The Entry of the Gladiators," and selections from "The Soul Kiss." One of the most successful presentations of the evening was a violin duett given by Mr. Thompson and Mr. Elder, of the band, this being repeated at the insistence of the audience. Mr. Bland, the conductor, and the possessor of an agreeable tenor voice gave by request his "Arcadia," sung a few days ago, with orchestral accompaniment and for an encore his own composition, "With You Here." "The Battle of San Juan Hill," by the entire orchestra, closed the first part of the program and was given with a spirit and eclat, the response from the audience being of the most enthusiastic character. Among the diversions of the evening was Mr. Bland's clever imitation of Creatore. Miss Bunnell Sang. Miss Nell Bunnell, one of the best known of the concert sopranos and who has been here during the week appeared in an operatic number from Massenet's "Herodiade," which showed to advantage the mezzo quality of her voice, and for encores gave Salter's "Chrysanthemum," and the oldtime popular success "Silver Threads Among the Gold." Her second appearance, in a double number, Clutson's "Plantation Song," and "The Child's Prayer," by Harold both compositions adapted to Miss Bunnell's voice, were given with much musical and poetic expression. Although Miss Neale, who is a dramatic reader, has been devoting her time while in Richmond to the children's work of the Chautauqua, she appeared with great success last evening in Adelaide Proctor's "The Message," with musical accompaniment and for an encore responded with Riley's "Little Red Ridinghood." The concert was, altogether, one of the charming entertainments of this year's Chautauqua season. NOTES. To Winona Lake next week will flock all the lyceum and Chautauqua entertainers in the country for the annual meet of the members of their or ganization, of which Ralph Bingham, appearing here on Tuesday evening, is the originator. Over seven hundred and fifty will be at Winona and will remain about ten days, the entire Winona program for that time to be sapplied by them. This organization has in Its membership all the best known people. Including William Jennings Bryan, Opie Read, Rev. Newell Dwlght Hillis and other celebrities. ATI the people appearing here daring the week go on to Winona Lake for this affair and; will appear on the various pro-

TO CHRISTEII BABY Col. Roosevelt and Wife Will Attend Ceremony.

(National News Association) SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31. Expresident and Mrs. Roosevelt are expected to cross the continent for the christening of their grand daughter. The exact date for the ceremony has not been set, pending Mr. Roosevelt's arrival. The baby is to be christened Grace Green Roosevelt, after her maternal grandmother, Mrs. H. Addison Alexander, whose maiden name was Grace Green. Mrs. Roosevelt Jr., and the baby are in fine health and the arrival of the elder Roosevelts is anxiously awaited. Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE. Copyright, 1908, by Edwin A Nye. L-iLLUSiONE0. Some time ago I made a visit to a town where forty years ago I lived as a lad for three years three happy years. Almost I could wish I had not made the trip. I wanted to see the river where 1 had gone swimming in summer and skated in winter, a wonderfully big river, so wide that only Tom Smith of all the gang was able to swim across it. A dwindled stream, a thing of pools and shallows and stretches of sandthat was once the Wabash! Driving upstream to see the "big grove" that was "Just around the bend," I found only a cornfield. Below the town only a few stumps remained of what was "the old mill." I could have cried. Even the big schoolhouse on the hill, which, with its ambitious cupola, was the pride of the town, had been razed and a modern structure was going up. And on the lot where we played "town ball" and "bull pen" and "bat ball" stood the new interurban depot. I began to inquire about some of the boys and girls 1 had known. "Dead." "Moved to Nebraska years ago." "Lives somewhere in California." "On a farm eight miles east of here." "Met a man who broke her heart" "Dead." "Somewhere in Chicago.' So ran the answers. . I inquired if any one remembered the son of a certain itinerant , preacher. One old man said this one was a mischievous lad and he opined had "turned out bad." 1 had not the heart to tell him I was the lad. I felt like one who .had looked at a fair mirage which had lifted in midair and disappeared. Disillusioned and strangely saddened, I took the first train out. I remembered what Conan Doyle told his friend. Doyle advised his friend never to "go back to Heidelberg." He himself had gone back to the old town where he had studied and dreamed and loved, only to find the grand old buildings shrunken in size and the old streets that had been so picturesque and full of romance dirty and commonplace. ! A sweet memory was spoiled. It must be so. i Change and decay are written upon ail things, and the picture of memory Is not the picture of present reality. Besides . We ourselves have changed. We have outgrown ourselves. We have lost the angle from which we once looked. It requires so much now to make us happy! We vainly dream of the places where once we were "so happy and so free."

We Saffisfiy TBaennn .Mil sisTsTbbsstbTsBBBBbTbTs Of the 6,000 people who bank here, some merely desire the benefits of our Savings Department; others bank here because of the dispatch and accuracy with which their accounts can be transacted; and still others, appreciating the reliability and sound business judgment of the management, do their banking here in order to gain the counsel of these gentlemen in matters of financial investments, etc. And all these 6,000 people enjoy that peace of mind which comes of having their funds deposited in an institution whose reputation for absolute security and trustworthy service extends over a period of nearly half a century. We respectfully solicit YOUR account. Tie IFtell Klaioial Jaifc Depositary for the United States. State of Indiana. County of Wayne City of Richmond OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES:

A. O. GAYLE, President F. M. TAYLOR, Cashier E. B. CALVERT, Chief Clark

, - MYRON J, CRANE, Collections and Discounts W. W. THOMAS, Individual Books " T. B. ROACH Messenger

Good Roads Wayne County Spends $2,000,000

Wayne county, Michigan, now has 40 miles of concrete, brick or macadam roads. Concrete road 16 feet wide has been adopted as the standard road. Its cost is about $13,000 a mile. Forty mites of road have been built Thirty-five miles are to be built this year. Concrete roads will be extended to the county line on every main thoroughfare, and on many cross roads. Two million dollars will be expended in the next five years. It is expected to have a total of about 300 miles of good roads when that money shall have been spent Six hundred men with thousands of dollars worth of improved labor saving machinery are at work making Wayne county's roads as smooth as the good city paving. They already have 40 miles of the road built; will finish 35 miles more this season and have $2,000,000 avails ble for use in the next few years as . fast as it can be used economically, it is estimated that this money will build something like 200 miles of road, 't The standard road adopted by County Road Commissioners Edward N. ; Hines, John Haggerty and William Murdock is a solid concrete road, mixed with one part of Portland cement two parts sand and four parts stone. This is now put down at a cost of $1.25 a square yard, or not over onehalf the cost of city paving, and the commissioners believe it is just as good. To prevent "buckling" from the heat, open spaces are left across the roadway every 25 feet and to prevent the concrete from wearing off at the edges, the concrete is reinforced with a steel strip, which protects and which the commissioners believe will wear even with the concrete. The concrete in the principal roads is 16 feet wide. The cost of a mile, of course, depends on the width of the concrete. A ; 16-foot road costs about $13,000 a mile. ; Go out Gratiot, Woodward, Michigan, Grand Rapids avenues or other main thoroughfares and you will find stretches of completed work or in course of construction. You will find this road hard, smooth and a delight for drives of any sort of vehicle. It is the purpose of the road commissioner to extend this class of road on every main thoroughfare to the county line. Every person in Wayne county is to live on or within three miles of a good road within the , next four or five years, is the plan outlined by the commission when it began operations as a county body four years ago. Michigan avenue will be concreted all the way to Wayne; Woodward avenue to the county line on the north; Grand River to Bedford, and Mack and Jefferson avenues to the east county line. Roads which a few years ago were absolutely Impassible during the season of spring and fall rains, because of seas of mud and water which collected on their surface and ankle deep in dust in the warm, dry seasons, are now dry all seasons and furnish an ideal passage way in all weathers. The good roads movement has seized Wayne, county and other parts of the state in a grasp that will not be shaken off. Taxpayers who a few years ago objected strongly at the prospect of "throwing so much good money away in darned experiments," as they expressed it, have become the most ardent disciples for good roads. They can see actual profit in dollars and cents from the campaign of thoroughfare building as Inaugurated by the county commission. It is not unusual to hear farmers and especially those engaged in truck gardening, tell how, since the new road was built they have disposed of one or more horses because they found that a great deal less motive power was needed than in the old days of mud. "I can see an actual saving of $100 per year," said one man recently, "because where I formerly had to have

In Michigan In New and Reconstructed Roads

two horses to haul my loads to the city. I now have only one. The cost of the extra horse cost ma $100 per year." The good roads movement has had its trials s in Wayne county. There were injunction proceedings, appeals to the supreme court and legislature and many other annoyances before the commission finally found itself on firm footing and authorized to go ahead. ; But when the start waa made the work went along with a rush and the commission believes within a tew years Wayne county will be provided with the best roads in the United States. At the present time 600 men are In the employ of the commission, Improving roads In all party of the country, Thre men " the cre of that end of the work. Elaborate cost and expenditure sys terns, that bring down to the last penny the business of the organisation and the spirit of loyalty and fair play promoted among the employes that makes each man take a person al pride and interest in doing a good day's work and in each gang turning out a better score at the end of the season than any of the others. "Work that formerly required the services of a great many men and teams, such as plowing, ditching and mixing the cement with stone and sand to make the "metal" as the roadway material is known, is now done by machinery," said Commissioner Hines. "Where one plow and four horses were formerly required to break up the old road, to prepare for grading there is now a powerful machine with five plow points drawn by one of the big steam rollers which does the work of five or six plows and 24 horses and does it a great deal better and quicker. Instead of the old almost painfully slow method of mixing concrete, where anywhere from a dozen to 50 men with shovels worked hard at a back breaking task, there Is a monster steam mixer which travels under its own power and with a clamshell bucket arrangement deposits the mixture exactly where it is wanted. There Is no hauling of finished con. crete in wheelbarrows as under the old methods. "Take the- tile for drainage, for Instance. Instead of purchasing the tile as is done by a great many counties, we make our own. We have molda of every size and shspe and turn out practically everlasting cement tile at a figure that private contractors can not touch. Likewise our road building cost is away lower than any con tractor will take the job for. "The money for building roads la the past has come from a direct tax on all property in the county. As the limit for such taxation is only 50 cents per $1,000, the burden has not been great on anyone. Hereafter, however the work will be taken cars of from the $2,000,000 bond issue authorized by the voters at the election of last fall. Of this $200,000 Is available this year; there will be $500,000 for each of the next three years, and $300,000 for the fifth year. "We have divided .the roada Into three classes for improvementthe trunk, or main roads leading Into the city; the secondary, or the next important thoroughfares leading from the main roads to the larger centers of population and the tributaries connecting tho others. The main roads are being improved first then the secondary roads and last the tributaries." Public Officials' Magazine. - The number of passengers carried one mile, or the passenger mileage in the United States as compiled for 1910 was , 32,338,496.329. The correspond ing return for 1909 was estimated at 3,229,173,740 less. Nine flavors of the best Ice Cream ever, at Price's. ll-2t 8. E. 8 WAYNE, Vice-President ALTON T. HALE, Asst Cashier K J. FEECER, Jr., Savings Dept.