Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 314, 19 September 1911 — Page 8
THE RICHMdXD PAIXADITJM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1911.
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BARS OF CITY ARE LOWERED BY CITY C0U11C1L LAST IIIGHT
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A SENSATIONAL CASE
Delaware Society Sequence to Elopement.
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'purchase the plant and we can create a sinking fund (or this," the councilman said. "It does not matter what the mayor wants, for its up to the people." "The vote will be 8 to 1 for the purchase of the plant," quickly answered , Mayor Zimmerman, "as the vote on , the light plant was 7 to 1. Engage H. U. Johnson. The ordinance appropriating $500 to be used in securing additional legal ' talent to assist the city attorney in the light against the water works com- ! pany was paused and the mayor sug- ' gested that Henry U. Johnson be secured. "I see by the Palladium that Thomas J. Study, former city attorney, has
1 entered the services of the water
works people, when he was retained 'by the Palladium to assist the city In
i the fight in this matter," the mayor
'said. "Attorney Johnson, I believe will
(be a good man and I suggest that he
'be obtained." Local Telephone Service. In a communication to council May
tor Zimmerman deplored the alleged j fact that poor service is being given
by the telephone company. He said 'that during the past four weeks a L great deal of complaint has reached I him about the service. He advised Kilty Attorney Gardner to look into this ftnatter and ascertain if there is any Ithing in the company's franchise hwhlch the city could employ in cornspelling the company to render better Service. . Much discussion resulted on the subhject of business men and firms placing signs In the sidewalks. This matter .was brought up at a previous session and last evening a bill for an ordinance was presented repealing a former ordinance which prohibited signs being placed in the sidewalks. The majority of the couneilmen expressed themselves as being heartily in favor of the bill, which was presented by Councilman Waldele, but Councilman "Weishaupt declared himself opposed to it. "If you allow one man to put a sign 'in a walk, every merchant in town "will do so," was his declaration, "and every cigar store will be advertising tobaccos and every saloon will have pictures of beers in the walks. Main street sidewalk will resemble a vaudeville." - Councilman Williams said that he believed the signs would look nice and that they were no worse than show cases which protrude two and three feet on the sidewalks. The mayor said the signs in the walks were dangerous and that some one might slip on them and fall. The ordinance was read the second time and will come up for third
reading ac next meeting or council. 'The report of the Municipal Light plant for the month of August was read, showing that Sept. 1 there was a balance of $17,178.44 in the fund. The (receipts during the month were $8,110.22 and the total disbursements, $13,464.63. The amount in the sinking fund .was $6,673.71. The matter of closing the Doran bridge was discussed, as it is alleged
(that wheels on vehicles have been bro-
tken owing to holes at the east side of
fthe structure. Alter some objections
hhe matter was dropped.
; ' Councilman Weishaupt said that imore bumpers were needed at South (Eighth and J streets on the C. & O.
'.railroad company's tracks. It is said fttaat a similar condition exists at the (Champion Roller Mills' switch on
North Tenth street. The board of
Works will look Into this matter
I The city engineer was Instructed to
pook into matter of unprotected manholes and sewers in which small chil
dren might be liable to fall.
L Councilman Williams asked that
Worth- E street which has recently
Ibeen paved be scrubbed
(National News Association) WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 19. The opening of the September term of the Newcastle County superior ceurt yesterday once more brings before the public the much tangled romance of millionaire John Bancroft, secretary of the textile manufacturing concern of Joseph Bancroft and Sons' company who eloped with Madeline Du Pont, eldest daughter of Alfred I. DuPont, Vice-President of the DuPont Powder
company, and whom he is now sueing j for divorce, alleging that hia three months old infant son is not his own. The suit will probably come up for trial a few days after the opening of the court. Much publicity has been given the case both because of the social prominence and wealth of the principals and the novel charge upon which the suit hinges, it is said that depositions will be introduced that while the young couple were in Munich and other European cities the conduct of the forpier Madeline DuPont was such as to warrant the action. The infant son, Max Heibler, jr., is with the mother. The divorce proceedings is a sequel to the the runaway marriage of young Bancroft and Madeline DuPont on December 18, 1907. They were married at Washington by the Reverand
I). C. McLeod, a Presbyterian minister.
The bridegroom was then a student at
Princeton. He and the bride went
to Munich, Germany, shortly after
ward and the husband conpleted bis
studies at Heidelberg university. They remained abroad over two years. Since then young Bancroft has been associated with his father in the Bancroft factory.
FIIIAIICIAL REPORT OF SCHOOLS MADE Lee B. Nusbaum Shows the Condition of Funds Is Satisfactory.
REAL RSTATF
$ TRANSFERS
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Frank Frohnapfel to Charles A
LBertsch. Sent. 2. 1911. SS50: lots 28.
129, 30, 31, 32, Blk. II, WRNR. Cam
bridge City.
, Benj. F. Thompson to Alva H. Mills.
t'Aug. 21. 1911. $2,800. Pt. N. E.
!ec. 24-1S13. i Mary L. Christopher to Jno. M
rworl, Sept. 7. 1911. $6,000. Pt. lot
'630, 631, 642 Ellz. Starr's Add., Rich kmond. Florence L. Meinsen to Jesse C.
Hadley, Sept. 11. 1911. $1,200, lot 36,
'Grand Boulevard subdivision, Rich mond.
Wllke R. Holland to Frank I. Braf-
fett. Aug. 23, 1911, $3,000. Pt W. H
ec. 22-13-1.
Hamilton Bryan to Emma M Graves. Sept. 16, 1911, $6,000. Pt. S
!W. H Sec. 27-16-12.
Dickinson Trust Co.. Tr. to Milton
B. Craighead, Sept. 11. 1911, $2,700,
lots 1, 2, Reeveston Place. '
England's "Gospel Oaks."
'At rolstead. Suffolk, there still exist? a "gospel oak which la orer 2.000
years old. The oak has a girth of
thirty-six feet and although the "go
pel oaks" generally stood ou the boun
daries of parishes, this tree stands in the center of the Tillage. , "Gospel
oaks' at one time studded the coun
try, taking their names from the fact
that tacyy served as stations from
tvhlch ' the . Christian missionaries preached to the Angles and Saxons 1400 years ago. Very few of the trees now remain, but In some cases It is
possible to tell vaguely where they
stood from the names given to places
such, as Gospel Oak. rail Mall Ga setts. . r-
AUSTRALIA LOSES
KING OnOUATTERS
Buchanan of Killarney, Was
One of the Richest Men in the Commonwealth
MELBOURNE, Sept. 19. Australia
lost one of her squatter kings in W,
Buchanan, owner of Killarney and
many other great station properties in
the commonwealth. Like the late James Tyson, he accumulated his mil
lions out of grass. .They catered for beef eaters and themselves grew fat
fat, figuratively, not in figure, for
both were physically spare men. But
Buchanan was in all other respects a very different type of man from the
social recluse, Tyson.
The Squire of Killarney was mar
ried and brought up a family. He had
broad and (as to those who did not
know him) unsuspected human sym
pathies. He was an ardent Imperialist, and had a deep-rooted belief in
the genius of the Briton and the
mighty power for good which he is
exercising and is destined to exercise
in the world. From his great stores
of wealth he would give freely and
generously to national or patriotic objects; he was more discriminating in
meeting demands for local purposes
He believed that few things were
more abused than charity, or more mis-
chevlous than indiscriminate almsgiv ing.
Such a man is easily misunderstood
Hence it came as somewhat of a sur
prise to those who did not know the
man when he and a few other patriotic citizens made princely donations to the Australian Dreadnaught fund.
Buchanan had a wonderful insight
into the pastoral possibilities of Australia. Not even Tyson had a keener eye for a good station. With him
stock raising was an instinct. He
had more than half a century's exper
ience of the life. In his time and up to hia death, he owned many big sheep and cattle stations in different parts of Australia. Buchanan would lay out, without the faintest fear of consequences, hundreds of thousands on stations properties. Early in his colonial career he was infected with
the gold fever, but he very soon decided that there was a good deal more in beef, hides, hoofs and horns than in nuggets. Life in the saddle and
in the bush made hard as nails a
frame naturally robust, and Buchanan died, as a pastoralist should, at the ad
vanced age, being at the time of his
death eighty-nine.
9,263.80 37,455.23 20,454.84
250.00 5,094.20 321.32 52,000.00 202,049.14
Lee B. Nusbaum, treasurer of the school board, presented a detailed re
port of the general financial condition of the Richmond schools for the year ending August 1, 1911, to the city council, at its meeting last night. The report shows that $54,245.58 was in
the school fund August 1, of this year.
The balance in the fund August 1, 1910 was $92,420.54, but $45,009.75 was expended during the past year in the completion of the new high school building. The report was presented to Oscar Williams, councilman-at-
large, who presented it to council. It is considered a very good report.
The report, in full, follows: Receipts.
Money on hand August 1,
1910 $ 92,420.54
Received local tuition tax
Jan., 1911 22,605.92
Received local special
school tax Jan.. 1911 ... 20,426.36
Received local bond tax Jan.
1911 . 10,100.83
Received state school fund
Jan., 1911 Received local tuition tax July, 1911 Received local special school tax, July, 1911 . . .
Received local bond tax July, 1911 12,869.82 Received state school fund July, 1911 11,206.32
Received rent from oity . . Received tuition from pupils and transfers Received miscellaneous funds Received money borrowed to complete high school.. Total receipts for year . . .
Total amount in hand for year 294,469.68 Expenditures To complete new high school $ 45,009.75 Permanent equipment new high school 42,575.86 Permanent improvement Garfield building 5,252.14
Permanent improvement other buildings General supplies and equipment Payment of school bonds . . Payment of interest Paid school trustees
Salaries Superintendent & teachers 93,679.33 Salaries janitors 10,851.34 Tuition transferred pupils 153.66 SuDDlies for indigent pupils 190.84
Educational lectures r Improvements, sidewalks and sewers Supervision and care of playgrounds Supplies Music department Supplies Manual Training department. Supplies Kindergarten department Supplies Art department .. Supplies Cooking department Supplies Sewing department Enumeration school children Library and supplementary books Fuel Wrater Light Electric power Electrical supplies and , la
bor
Repairs or heating appara
tus
Repairs and labor on roofs. Freight, drayage and ex
press
Telephone service
Plumbing repairs and labor Lumber for repairs, etc. . . . Printing and stationery . . .
Insurance
Carpenter work and other
labor
Miscellaneous supplies and
expense
Total expenses for the year 240,224.10
Balance on hand August 1,
1911 54,245.58 Signed, Lee B. Nusbaum, Treasurer of the Board.
All ATHLETIC BOARD For the State High Schools Meets Saturday.
Whether there is going to be any
championship tournament to settle the question of supremacy in basketball among the high schools of Indiana this winter, is the leading subject that will come up for discussion at the meeting
of the State Board of Athletic Control which Is to be held at half past ten next Saturday morning at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis. The meeting has been called by the secretary of the board, J. T. Jiles, of Mario and all three members of the board. Principals Ramsey, of Bloomington High School; Thester, of Alexandria, and Isaac Neff, of .Richmond High School, have promised to be present. The board is going to try to settle this question in such a way that there will
be no hard feeling over the matter, as
was the case last year. The other subject of importance that must be determined is whether the State Board will permit schools to use the method of
coaching their football teams by mail. Warner, the noted authority at Carlisle, has prepared a correspondence system of instruction in the game, and it is now up to the board to settle whether this is a legitimate method of teaching higa school boys how to play football.
NAME COMMITTEES TO RECEIVE GUESTS
HIS BUMPS.'
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And Mother Officiates. Eddie Do you have morning prayers at your house? Freddie We have Rome kind of n service when father gets In. New York Press.
He that always complains Is never pitied. German Proverb.
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A big box of plex costs only 10
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Your druggist has it or can easily get it for you. Sent prepaid on receipt of
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150.00 288.65 322.35 280.30
792.84 98.90 138.20 247.69 98.00 185.00 305.79 4,759.57 26.38 543.43 1,315.62 1,594.35 390.15 237.22 201.53 180.90 247.93 261.60 353.80 338.75 312.00 393.13
Th Explanation Given by the Book on Phrenology. Tliey were newly married and were calliug upon one of the friends of the bride who had been particularly pleasant upon the occasion of their wedding. The bridegroom, apropos of nothing, began to talk about phrenology and told how his wife had discovered two very prominent bumps on the back of his head. He was proud of them. So was she, and she passed him nround that the host and hostess might feci the bumps and know of their existence. Then she explained: "My book on phrenology says that they mean good memory and generosity." It was evident that she was proud of the facts, and so was he. But the host, being of an inquiring turn of mind, wished to satisfy himself, so he got down a phrenological work from one of his library shelves and after much labor found the bumps on the chart. Turning to the notes, he read, seriously at first, then unsteadily. The bride became suspicious, but she was game and said: "Read it out loud. Please do!" And the host read: "These bumps are most frequently found on cats and monkeys." Other topics consumed the remainder of the visit, which was brief. New York Sun.
Indianapolis Tradesmen Will Be Honored by Local Y. M. B. C. Sept. 27. The following Is a list of the various committees named by the Young Men's Business club, to arrange for the banquet and entertainment to be tendered to the members of the In
dianapolis Trade association who will
visit this city September 27: Master of Ceremonies. Hon. William H. Kelley. Committees.
Banquet and Halls E. H. Harris, Chairman; John Zwissler, George Bayer, C. D. Slifer.
Decoration F. H. Lemon, Chairman; Will Scheurman, F. L. Waidele, Earl Mann. Music Frank I. Braffett, Chairman; Lewis E. Iliff. Reception Demas S. Coe, chair
man; B. 1J. Game, luiwara bpencer, Harlan Simmons, Frank I. Reed, Dr. F. S. Anderson, C. A. Blair, A. D. Gayle, Fred Krone, Dr. W. W. Zimmerman, Albert Gregg, W. M. Bailey,
E. M. Haas, John McCarthy, George Brehm, T. P. Butler, Adolph Blickwedel, John L. Rupe, Cash Beall, Benj. C. Price, F. M. Taylor, C. C. Allen, J. C. Bayer, W. H. Romey, B. B. Johnson, W. A. Bond, A. E. Morel. Invitation, Printing and Publicity Raymond Mather, chairman; Edwin N. Wilson, Roy Compton, Myron Malsby. Program Theo H. Hill, chairman; John Y. Poundstone, Ira C. Wood. Executive Committee J. A. Spekenhier, chairman; Leo. H. Fine, C. D. Slifer, Theo. H. Hill, John Zwissler, George Bayer.
DISCUSS EXTRA FARE Passenger and Ticket Agents in Annual Meeting.
BT4 PAUL. Minn., Sept. 19.- The flt-ty-nlxth annual convention of the American AsHociation of General Passen-
K-r and Ticket Agents began its session hre today with Colonel Samuel Moody, paftaenger traffic manager of lh i'f nnylvania railroad, presiding. Th convention will continue for several days. One of the timely topics to be diftcufised is the recommendation that railroad passengers be charged extra for using high class equipment. It has been suggested that a quarter of a cent a mite be added to the price of a ticket for a passenger using an
observation or a parlor car. In support of the proposal it is contended that the railroads expend large amounts to furnish this class of travelers
fast train service luxurious surround-! ings, and special attention of various ' kinds. The association will thorough-' ly discuss the matter, but any action it may take wil be purely advisory in' its nature. A notable feature of the conTentiojn will be the banquet tomorrow night. Among those scheduled to speak at the banquet are James J. Hill. Presi
dent McCrea of the Pennsylvania system. Vice-President Daly of the New York lines, and several representses of government railways in France and Germany.
Staving It Off. The street piano was out our Vsy " the other night, and our next door seighbor didn't like it. "Here's a nickel, he shouted to the grinder, "if you'll go away at once. . "Ees der someboda wat is seeckr ' asked the grinder. " ,? "Not yet." answered our neighbor. "Hurry." Cleveland riain Dealer.
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CAN YOU SEE CLEARLY? No matter whether your eye trouble is Astigmatism, Old-sight or Nearsight, "I can guarantee you speedy relief. My examination is scientific, the error of refraction of your eyes is measured the Eyeglasses supplied will overcome the trouble and you'll see clearly. Why not see me to-day? MISS C. M. SWEITZER OPTOMETRIST. 92714 Main Street.
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