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THE RICH3IOND PALLADIUM AND SUX TELEGRA3I, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1911.

TUFT AGAIN SENDS CONGRESS MESSAGE;

TELLS OF F Third Communication of the Present Session Embodies Some Recommendations for Proposed Measures. (Continued from Pago One.) 1913, exclusive of postal revenue, $667,000,000; appropriations estimated for same period, exclusive of the Panama canal, $637,10,803.30. "Economy" a Watchword. "Kconomy," is a watchword running throughout the message. Mr. Taft praises the varlouw departments for reductions of expenses, especially the post office department, which probably will be helf-sustaining next year, and the treasury department, which will eliminate 137 offices next 'year. The report shows the postal savings banks to be growing rapidly. In eleven months these institutions have' accumulated $11,000,000 in deposits, or averaging $1,000,000 per month. In writing of the Central Bank plan, which was first advocated by the National Monetary Commission headed Iby Ex-Senator N. W. Aldrlch, Mr. Taft Bays it is exceedingly fortunate that this proposed plan was changed betcause it would surely have met with disapproval. He says that he hopes that currency and banking reform will mot become a political party issue. The Panama Canal. On the subject of the Panama Canal, the executive urges that Congress authorize the President to name the schedule of tolls, but he hopes that tolls may be lessened or entirely eliminated for American ships as a subsidy to foster United States merchants maline. The message Bays that the canal will be completed by July 1, 1913, and the President hopes Congress will taiake laws for the government of the canal zone to be administered through !the Department of War before that klme. Of the Army and Navy, Mr. Taft toays both are in excellent condition, although more irmy officers are needd. He also recommends that an office a grade higher than Rear Admiral be created. The following other demands and recommendations, some of which were previously made in past messages, are sent forth. Six year term of enlistment for soldiers, the men to be in active service for throe yenrs and on the reserve list for three years, pay to extend over the entire period. Laws for the naturalization of Filipinos. Friar Sugar Lands. Laws to allow the immediate sale of the Friar Sugar lands in the Philippine Islands in any amount. Government appropriations to further project of navigable water way from Lake Michigan to mouth of Illinois River. That the President be authorized to (remove clerks of Federal courts for fcause. Immediate enaction of an Employer's Liability bill. Extension of power of the United IBtates Supreme Court and regulations iof lower courts to prevent unnecessary delays and costs. Immediate establishment of parcels ipost over rural free delivery postal 'routes, for which $150,000 is carried In iK)st office appropriation recommendation. More Sailors Needed. Steps to secure enlistment of 4,000 nore United States sailors. Pension plan for superannuated government employes. President Taft says he is unalterably opposed to any plan which does not involve contributions from the employes while they are still 'In government service. Under the head of rivers and harbors improvements, the President urges that $2,000,000 annually be appropriated for the improvement of the Missouri River between St. Louis and Kansas City, instead of $600,000 as proposed. If youare troubled with chronic constipation, the mild and gentle effect of Chamberlain's Tablets makes them especially suited to your case. For sale by all dealers. Hired Wedding Presents. Did you ever hear of hired wedding presents? Some curious information atMHit them is given by the Paris Excelsior, whlcb declares that wedding presents may be hired for the occasion. The mother who is anxious to make a brave show of presents at her daughter's wedding has only to go to one of the large stores In the opera quarter. There a complete set of presents may be hired. The goods remain under the care of a shopman disguised it guest Honor is thus saved, but the journal adds that it Is as well when paying a first visit to the young couple not to ask to be shown some of the charming gifts of Jewelry exhibited on the wedding day. Only Pure Candy at The Greek Candy Store. 18 51 Into the Next State. A disheveled citizen rushed into the police station aud shouted for vengeance. "The motorcar that hit me five minutes ago was No. 41144," he sputtered. I can prove that he was exceeding the speed limit, and 1 want-I want"- ' "Too want a warrant for his arrest r "Warrant, nothing! What good would a warrant do ma at the rate be was gotng? I want extradition paCleveland Plain Dealer.

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THE SMARTEST YET.

The College Girl's New Mexican Negligee. LOUNGE GARB OF YELLOW C It APE. Strictly for wear in wear m one s room is 1 this dashing costume which is as com- j fortable as pajamas and picturesque ; enough to please youthful fancy. The j costume illustrated Is of pale yellow j crepe de chine with embroideries in : orange and brown. Fashion's Forecast. The newest skirt flares slightly below the knees, but the flare is so slight that the skirt practically hangs straight with a little more freedom at the feet. Some of the ultra fashionable skirts are coming out with yokes, some of the yokes to the knees. This is. of course, in line with the new and very slight flare. All authorities agree that spring will see a skirt that is definitely wider than the one we are wearing now. But the same authorities were solid in the same belief hist spring and summer, so time alone can decide the question for a certainty. The long. Blender lines of the present skirt are too well liked to be set aside easily for a less slender style. Not until they have worn themselves out and staled every desirable feature of themselves by overuse will they be superseded by something else. Cakes For Christmas. . Little cakes that will please the children either at the table or on the Christmas tree are made as follows: Bake the cakes in little patty or muffin pans and frost the tops with white Icing. Dip a small new paint brush in melted chocolate and draw a face on each. Make some crying and others laughing, the different expressions being made b. the curve of the mouth line. The merest outline will be sufficient. Cut a circle of tissue paper of white or any other color liked two inches larger than the cake, pink the edge with scissors ami run a thread round one inch from the edge. Put a cake in the paper, draw up the thread. and a cunning little cap is formed. The pleasure of small children will well repay the trouble of making these little cake babies. Jaunty Skating Hat. Not a cap at all. but a bona fide bat. built over a frame, if" this becoming SMART MILLINEBT KFFECT IX WORSTED. chnpeau of worsted designed for the athletic girl's winter outdoor use. With the hat goes a middy sweater ot white worsted with trimmings in color. First Aid to Santa Claus. A clever idea for a Christmas night nartT- la tit li 'i -a tha cifta fitma In nn n . . sled piled high and strapped on and the sled drawn by two lads dubbed Santa Clans assistants. The place cards at the supper which follows the distribu tion of the gifts should be tiny sleds made from cardboard and dipped in mucilage, then in diamond dust, the rope to be of silver cord and each sled drawn by a miniature Santa Claus ' about three inches high What a "Gent Is. "Gent" is au abbreviation which has never been accepted by polite society, as a witness appearing before Mr. Justice Wightman once found to his cost. De was testifying to the excellent character of the defendant, and among the points in his favor remarked that he was "an Independent gent. "An Independent what?" interrupted Judge Wightman. "A gent, my lord," repeated the witness. "Oh. 1 understand." replied the judge. -That's something short of a gentleman, isn't

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BOARD CONSIDERED A STRjETJPENING North Fourth Street Matter Brings Out Several Opinions.

Discussion of the proposed opening of North Fourth street between Main and North A street required the atten tion of the board of public works at its meeting this morning. Benefits and damages to be assessed were also talk ed over but no decision was reached in regard to this matter. The opening of the street has been under consideration for some time, but the question as to who would be benefited by the opening could not be settled. A committee of the Commercial Club handed a report to the board this morning in which it estimated the value of the ground which would i be used for street purpose at $9,000. The city civil engineer placed the value of the ground at .$13,000. If Mayor Zimmerman's plans were followed all of the business men on Main street from Fourth to Ninth streets would be assessed equally on the improvement and the property owners on North Fourth street assessed fifty cents per square foot, while the Loucke and Hill lumber company on the street and both railroads would be assessed a large amount. One member of the board believes that the property owners on Fourth street should be assessed more and also that the merchants should not be assessed. It was also suggested by the mayor that the board and the Commercial c iud eacn appoint one man upon a committee which should appoint a third member of the committee to decide upon who should be assessed and the amount of the assessments. However, nothing definite was done by the board today, it being decided to take the matter under advisement. HIS G0LDEN JUBILEE Rt. Rev. Ireland Ordinated Priest 50 Years Ago. (National News Association) ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 21. Today marked the fiftieth anniversary of Archbishop Ireland's ordination to the priesthood. In deference to the expressed wish of the Archbishop no elaborate celebration of the golden jubilee was held, but the flood of congratulatory messages received during the day from archbishops, bishops, priests and prominent laymen throughout America afforded eloquent testimony of the love, respect and veneration in which the eminent St. Paul prelate is held by the people of all classes. Archbishop Ireland passed his seventy-third birthday anniversary on September 11 last, but both mentally and physically appears to be in the prime of life. His hair is iron gray, and there are furrows in his forehead, but the casual observer would not guess his age at more than 60. The priests of the diocese have pre sented Archbishop Ireland with a purse of $100,000 in celebration of his golden jubilee. That the whole or at least the greater part of this large sum will be distributed in charity is regarded as certain by all those who are familiar with the extreme generosity of the Archbishop. A priest who acted as Archbishop Ireland's secretary for some years is authority for the statement that the prelate never turned a beggar from his door absolutely empty handed. He gives money to them with slight questioning, and seldom in amounts less than $1, the amount often being as high as $5 or $10. It is related of. him that one evening in winter a forlorn looking man came to his door and asked for a quarter. Fumbling his pockets for a minute the Archbishop brought up a $20 gold piece, and handing it to the man with a smile, said, "That is a little more than you need tonight. Take it, use what you have to, and make the remainder the nucleus for the fortune which you have in your power to win." Some years ago Archbishop Ireland was the possessor of the finest library in the Northwest. Shortly after the Hill seminary at McAlester got under way as a great educational institution it found itself much in need of books of reference. The matter having been called to the attention of the Archbishop, he, without the slightest hesitation, ordered his own library to j be sent to the institution. His order j Was obeyed, and, with the exception of . a dozen books, the whole valuable collection has ever since remained at the disposal of the students. ,tirfc v AV HAT FYTMrUT I1JIV f T ill! . A JLJm.. UJ.A CAN GET GOOD JOB A good opportunity for local farmers who have made a special study of oats, is promised by the local secretary of the U. S. civil service commission in announcing an examination to be heid in the Richmond post office on the thirteenth of January, to fill a vacancy at Washington as agronomist in the oat investigation under the bureau of plant industry. A salary of $2,400 is paid for this office. An examination will soon be held here to secure candidates for the office of repairman of motor boats for the government, at $1,200 a year. Prices have a beautiful line of neat boxes filled with superior chocolates that you would like. 19-3t A detachable reservoir to make a ling pen a fountain affaair has been invented for .draftsmen by a Californ-

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A WOMAN AND A CHECK. Mrs. Black Was Not Absolutely Helpless In Money Matters. Some few persons still cherish the idea that all women are absolutely helpless in business matters and that they are so lacking in financial ability that they cannot safely be trusted to handle money. Mr. Black belonged to this class. He had been in the habit of paying all the household bills at the end of each month, and his wife, though allowed unlimited credit, had never had an al- ! 1niriino flnp iiav th Rlnrka han- i pened to be passing the comparatively new building in which the bank was situated. "Do you know. John." remarked Mrs. B'ack. "1 have actually never been inside the bank since it was built more than two years ago?" "You haven't!" exclaimed John. "If that's the case I guess I'd better give you a check this month and let you pay the bills. Do you think you'd know bow to cash it?" Mrs Black received the check, which, by the way. happened to be an unusually large one that month. That evening Mr. Black asked, not without sarcasm. If she had succeeded in indorsing it properly. "Oh. yes!" returned Mrs. Black cheerfully. "How many bills duj you pay?" "None. It seemed a pity to waste all that money paying bills." "Then what in the world did you do with it?" "Oh." returned the little woman serenely. "I Just deposited it in my name and opened an account of my own with it!" Setting Her Right. On one of the corners of a busy thoroughfare sat an old man blind and minus one leg. A sympathetic lady who was passing stopped and gazed at him in pity. Finally she approached bim and began asking him questions. She asked him if he were married, how many children he had. where he had worked last, bow he had met with the accident that had incapacitated him for work and a thousand other questions. Finally the unfortunate one became peevish. "Madam." be exclaimed harshly, "you may think this is an information bureau. It is not. It Is a collecting agency." Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Plain Clothes Men. In a small South American state which had recently undergone a change of administration the new potentate summoned an artist and ordered new designs for all the official uniforms. "1 wish showy costumes, very showy," he said, "for the people are impressed by them. I have here some sketches that I myself have made. Look them over and be nulded by these Ideas as far as possiv..e." The artist examined the sketches carefully. "This." he said, turning the pages, "Is evidently for the navy and this for the army. but. if you please, what is this a long red plume on a three cornered hat. yellow dress coat trimmed with purple, and" "That," replied the chief of state gravely, "is for the secret police." His Hilarious Outburst. There is a doleful looking but substantial Scot living in London whose business ability is above the average, but everything he does is done -with the glum and melancholy air of a man constantly wrestling with some problem of the soul. He rarely speaks unless spoken to. He never smiles, and his eyes have a fixed but intense expression. One day he was returning to London with several companions. The whole party were Scotch, but the glum man's companions were of genial type. One of them told a humorous tale. OTer which the rest laughed upRS TOOK ONB AS IDC roariously. Not so the human problem. He sat in a corner of the railway carriage glowering at his mirthful friends. Half an hour afterward, however, when all were standing at a street corner before separating, he took one aside and said solemnly and slowly: "Ye would obsairve that i did na laugh at yond" story. Well, 1 saw the Joke. Ye might not think it. but I have a keen sense of humor. Grass and Glass. A Scotsman was employed to mow the lawn of a close fisted old lady. She insisted that be must cut it very short. adding that one inch at the bottom was worth two at the top. He did it so well that she was moved to produce a whisky bottle and a glass, which she filled shout half full. "if ill II up. mem." saia as nay. -tot If s no like the gress. An inch at the tap's worth twa at the bottom' Since January 1 automobiles have been held responsible for the death of eighty-nine persons and the serious injury of 855 more in greater New York, according to the report of the secretary of the National Highway Protective association.

LATE MARKET NEWS

Furnished by A. W. Thomson Co, HitUe Block. Phone 2709. Correspondents, Logan and Bryan. NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 21 Open iiigh Low Close Copper ..... 66,3 Am Smeltg 74 U S Steel . . 684 67 75 Vs 69 66 - .7 i 685 , . . - U S Steel pfd llUi 111 111 Pennsylvania 123 123 123 St Paul 110i 123 110 103 39 H B & O ... D R G pfd Reading . . 103 . .438 103 U 103 431, 39 152 1531-4 151 152 V2 2402 240 U 128 128 Va 1284 128 174H 175 17378 174 381 39 375 38V, HSU im; 11SU lis1 106 106 106.8 106 1S1U 184 180 183 an Pac Gt Northn Un Pac .. Mo Pac .. Northn Pac Atchison . L Valley L & N 157 So Pac 113 157 155 14, 155V& 113 112 112 Am Can Am Can 11 90 10 90 pfd 90 89 ;i CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO, Dec. 21.

WheatDec 94 94 V 94 94 May 98 98?i 98i-i 98 July 94 94 '4 93 93 Corn Dec 64 64 63 63 May 65 65 64 64 July 65 65 64 64 OatsDec 46 46 46 46 May 48 48 47 47 July 45 45 44 44

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 21. Wheat lower; corn d lower. EAST BUFFALO LIVE STOCK East Buffalo, Dec. 21. Cattle; Receipts 250; steers $7.00 8.00; butchers $3.006.75. Sheep Receipts 4000; prim $4.50. Calves Receipts 125 head; choice $6.00 ?9.00. Hogs Receipts 340Q; heavies $6.25 6.30; pigs, $6.006.10; yorkers $6.15 6.30. Lambs $6.506.75. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK Chicago, Dec. 21. Cattle Receipts 15000; beeves $4.60 $8.90. Sheep Receipts 25000; price $2.50 4.00. Lambs $4. OOfa 6.10. Hogs Receipts 30,000; heavies $6.00 Ca6.25; pigs $4.50&5.70. Calves $5.007 50. PITTSBURG LIVESTOCK Pittsburg, Dec. 21. Cattle Receipts none; steers $77.50 7.85; butchers $6.006.40. Sheep Receipts 2000; top $4.00. Hogs Receipts 3000; yorkers $6.35; pigs, $6.25; heavies $6.35. Calves Receipts 100; choice $8.40' 8.55. Lambs $6.50. CINCINNATI LIVESTOCK Cincinnati, Dec. 21. Cattle Receipts 27; top $6.75. Hogs Receipts 3400; top $3.50. Sheep Receipts 600; top $3.50. Lambs $6.00. Calves $8.75. INDIANAPOLIS LIVE STOCK Indianapolis, Dec. 21. Cattle Receipts 1000; steers $6.25. Hogs Receipts 11,000; top $6.20. Sheep Receipts 900; prime $3.00. Lambs $8.00. Calves $7.75. INDIANAPOLIS GRAIN Indianapolis, Dec. 21. Wheat 92 mt e uorn ttx2 Oats 48 Rye 974 Clover 6eed $10. CO TOLEDO GRAIN Toledo, O., Dec. 21. Corn 60c Wheat 94c Clover seed $12.45 Oats 48c Alsiko $10.80 GET THAT Xmas Gift OF 41 NORTH EIGHTH STREET CAFE 12 Chile Con Carne, bowl 10 cents. Oysters, any style, fried oyster sandwiches, blue points on half shell, fried oyster lunch Saturday afternoon and evening free. CAFE 12, 512 Main street. thur&fri-tf j ; i j RAIGHEA Sapcrlar Electric Fixtures Direct From maker to jrota Craighecd 1 jftafa St. . Co. Jk Electric

ASK SCH00L CLOSED Economy People Fear Scarlet Fever.

Agitation over the scarlet fever situation in Perry township has been renewed by residents of that district, sending a petition with forty-seven signatures to the state board of health requesting the closing of the only school in the township until 11 danger 01 contagion is pasi. v nii-iirii.-lv a dailv medical inspection of all students has been instituted, and the county health department, headed by . . . . i- 1 . u : . ; . . , T V I King, is making efforts to wipe out the epidemic at once. The disease, which was brought down from Randolph county, and did not originate in Wayne county, has developed a number of mild cases of scarlet fever, many of which were not

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You haven't a lot of time to do your shopping and it will pay you to come to the store when shopping is easy and suggestions come readily to mind. Our stock is as complete as in the beginning of the Xmas shopping season which allows you a good selection.

SUITS Price $10.00 to $27.50 OVERCOATS Price $10.00 to $25.00 COMBINATION GIFT SETS Price 50c, $1 & $1.50 HANDKERCHIEFS Price 10c to 50c.

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MAYA

A LYRICAL DRAMA By William Dudley Foulke (Cosmopolitan Press, 1911.) ; Some ten years ago G. P. Putnam's Sons published "Maya, a Story of Yucatan," by the same author. This story has now been dramatized arid the portions adapted to such treatment appear in lyrical form. For Sale at Nicholson & Brother's, at $1.25.

DOROTHY DAY Bv William Dudlev Foulke For Sale at Nicholson's. Price $1.25. "It is a personal sketch of real interest and not a little charm and humor." Pittsburg Press. "The description of the three days' battle of Gettysburg is faithful to history and very well written." Salt Lake Tribune. "There are many interesting and intimate glimpses of home life and pictures of childhood that altogether convey a vivid idea of the way in which American citizens of the better class are evolved. "The book is an interesting contribution to the annals of American life and citizenship." Indianapolis Star. "A love story runs through the narraUre and adds a charm to the personal details." San Francisco Chronicle. "The pictures of the home and the household, school days, vacation at grandfather's, etc., with side lights on the quiet comfort of life among the Friends, are charmingly drawn." Springfield Republican.

even serious enough to require medical attention. Only six dangerous cases have arisen. According to the rules of the state board, no schools are to be closed unless the epidemic gets beyond control, for when the children are congregated under the special care of a teacher, they may be examined and treated so that the disease will not spread. Dr. King, following out the plan advocated by the state board, has made a thorough study of the situation at Economy. He has ordered deputy health officer Loup to examine every pupil in the school every morning until after New Year's day, and has recommended that the deputy investigate some special cases. Reports from Economy

indicate that some of the men who signed the petition were misinformed as to the real situation. Coal consumed in the United States amounted to 501.596,378 tons in 1910, in Great Britain 296.007,699 tons, and in Germany 245.043.120 tons. & Kennedy Let Us Be Your Xmas Store

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