Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 215, 15 July 1912 — Page 2

PAGE TWO.

THE RICHMOND PAIXADIU3I .AND SUN-TELEGRAM. MONDAY, JULY 15, 1912.

ODD ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESSIVES Will Form Clubs to Secure Campaign Funds from the Rank and File.

BY CARL MOTE. INDIANAPOLIS. July 15. Indiana progressives will develop a form of organization in this state altogether foreign to anything known in the two old parties. It is the progressive club with a permanent organization to carry on its campaign of education and for membership in season and out. It will be the evolution of the political boss who works 365 days out of each year., , . Eventually progressive clubs are to be organized in each county, township and city of the state. They will be federated into a state organization, according to present plans, with state headquarters and state officers. Probably these clubs will become the progressive party in due time and it is the plan of their originators that a nominal fee shall be collected for initiation and a nominal fee collected monthly for dues to maintain the organization and the campaign. : In this way, well known progressives who are espousing the plan expect to obviate the necessity each campaign of calling upon the corporations for campaign funds. The campaign funds will be raised from the rank and file and when the party succeeds to power it will have done so without any entangling alliances with favor-seeking corporations or obligations to Big Business of Special Privilege. That corporations which contribute to the campaign fund of political parties have' a right to expect quid pro quo when the candidates to whom they have given financial support are elected to office is admitted by the progressives and they purpose to strike directly at the seat of the evil by changing the system. To Provide Lecturers. When a sufficient number of progressive clubs have been formed that their federation into district leagues is feasible it Is probable that well known progressives will be engaged 1 by a lecture bureau maintained by the state organization and that these lecturers will be sent from one club to another to preach the gospel of progresslvism. It is designed that each club shall hold regular monthly meetings throughout the year and that their order of business will have comprehended everything having to do with good government, in which the community is interested civic affairs, co-operative effort in agriculture and trade, improvement of schools, public morals, libraries, parks, public amusements and recreation, wages, sanitation and health, political economy and economy discussion of progressive doctrines. : The proposed plan of progressive organization will be given a. trial in "Wayne county andf-the fSxth district. Rudolph G. Leeds, Sixth district member of the progressive executive committee, was given ; permission to form such an organization on behalf of the progressive party at the recent meeting of the progressive executive committee in Indianapolis. Mr. Leeds believes implicity in the efficacy of this system and will proceed at once to organize the Sixth district in accordance with the proposed plans. It will not be surprising if the plan is well developed by the time the progressive state convention a held. A militant progressive organization of shop men already exists in Richmond and this organization includes Republicans, Democrats and Socialists. It was formed ast spring when the Republican county central committee refused to entertain officially Senator La Follette on the occasion of his visit to Richmond. Lee Lends Support. State Chairman Edwin M. Lee of the progressives is encouraging the formation of progressive clubs and twenty-five militant organizations have been formed already. Their formation will be prompted for the present by the vampaign to be waged in Indiana in behalf of the progressive state and national candidates. The complete overthrow of the boss system is antiicpated in this latest plan of the progressive executive state committee. The members of the committee, having been connected with the Republican party, recognize that the power of the poliitical boss has

rested mainly upon the indifference of

the people. They recall that the bosses have never been able to accomplish

anything against an aroused public sentiment that the victories of the bosses and the political machines have

been won when the people figuratively

were asleep or by manipulation of primaries. When the primary laws are

strengthened in accordance with a

declaration to be made in the progres

sive state platform, the proletariat

will be protected in his electoral rights

and the plutocratic boss will be ousted from control.

Sensible Advic. A writer who had made a good bit of money at a single shake ot the bag went to Charles Reade for advice as to Investments. "Well." said Reade. "1 should say put it In the best gilt edged securities. Divide it cmotg the first class bonds of the first class nations, it's better to sleep on 3 per cent than to He awake oo 6."

NUSBAUM'S 0 JULY CLEARANCE SALE Begins on Wednesday Morning. Read Full Page Announcement in Tuesday's Paper.

$132,000 Pastel Called a Sham FLOOD KILLED ONE

THOOSAND PERSONS

l f fx

Terrible Tragedy Enacted in Mexico. Cloudbursts Were the Cause.

City Statistics

The famous La Tour pastel portrait of De l'Esplnoy for which Karon de Rothschild paid $132,000 at the Doucet sale recently. His experts have pronounced it bogus, and the Baron's refusal to accept the portrait has caused a big sensation in European artistic circles.

BUSINESS AFFAIRS ARE SATISFACTORY Presidential Year Bogy Has Had No Effect. Business Men Are Happy.

At the present time, it is the general opinion among Richmond business men who are the head of manufacturing industries and other line3 of business that the country is now so largely increasing the volume of its business activities that there will be a continuance of prosperity enjoyed throughout all this year. That this will continue into next year and through several succeeding years is not doubted by them. Richmond men are optimistic. At some of the local manufacturing concerns orders as far in advance as the spring of 1913 have been secured, and they are larger than in previous years. Politics is not playing a very important part in the business world, local business men aver. A reduction in the cost of supplies and the prospects of bumper crops will warrant liberal buying by jobbers and retailers in practically all lines. Manager Lewis of the Richmond Underwear factory has just returned from an extensive trop through the middle and western states. Mr. Lewis stated that orders secured were much larger than in any previous year. "The company is enjoying the biggest business in its history," said Mr. Lewis, "and for this reason we are taking on help every day. At present we have about 120 girls employed and expect to increase the number to 200 before next spring." "Jones Hardware company is enjoying the biggest business in its history" stated Mr. Jones this morning. Politics will not effect the hardware business, according to Mr. Jones. Ben Hill, who has just returned from a trip through the West for the F. & N. Lawnmower company, states that politics has not and will not effect the business conditions of the country. "The conditions are the best they have been for years, and with the harvest which is expected, the people are extremely hopeful," said Mr. Hill. Mr. Lontz who is president of the F. & N. stated that there is a great increase in orders for next year, and that up to the present time there has been no reference to the presidential campaign. "Business men are tending to business and not politics," he said. William Bockhoff, speaking for the Richmond Automatic Tool company, stated that conditions were good and that the company was receiving orders fro mall parts of the country. James A. Carr, general manager of

the American Seeding Machine 'company, expects faere will be a 50 per cent increase in business next year over that of this year. Mr. Carr stated that as far as he could tell at this time it did not make any difference who would be elected president. "The crop conditions are the best they have been for several years, and politics should have no effect on conditions. We have just received an order for 2,200 drills from Russia, which calls for immediate shipment," stated Mr. Carr. Mr. Frank Land,, speaking for the M. Rumely company stated that the business conditions in his opinion were excellent. The crops are fine everywhere and in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma, the crops are record-breakers, he said. Mr. Charles Jordan, secretary of the Richmond Commercial club, stated that every business man in the city, whether a manufacturer, retailer or jobber, has been- especially optimistic over the prospects for a successful year. Everything is in favor of a good year, and politics would not be sufficient to reverse conditions.

(National News Association) MEXICO CITY, July 15. A thousand persons have been killed and property loss amounting into the millons has resulted from floods in the state of Guanajuato according to advices received here today. Cloudbursts throughgout the region carried rivers out of their courses, inundated hundreds of acres of farming land, washing out crops and carrying away farm houses and outbuildings, and partly destroyed the cities of Salamanca and Celaya. Hore than ten thousand

square miles of country, mostly a farming section, have been affected by the floods. The cloudburst was the most severe of a number that have visited this section in the past few months. The rain fell in such torrents that the valley of the Santiago was covered to a depth of seven feet. The cities are located in this valley. Driftwood and wreckage carried before the flood clogged the natural out

let of the valley and the water backed up in some parts of the city, flooding the streets to such a depth that only the roofs of the houses were visible. The electric lighting plant was dismantled and the cities were left in darkness. Hundreds of thousands of persons have been rendered homeless and urgent messages have been received here, asking for supplies. The flooded country faces a famine. Two thousand workmen have been dispatched from Mexico City to help

repair the damage. The railroad leading into the flooded section has been washed out and it will be at least two days before supply trains can be run.

Death and Funerals. RYAN The funeral of John Ryan, who died Saturday noon at his home, 1138 North J street, will be held Tuesday morning at ten o'clock from the residence. Burial in Earlham cemetery. SCHROEDER Vera Elizabeth Sehroeder, aged fourteen years, died Sunday afternoon at her home, 315 South Twelfth street. She is survived by her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. August Schroeder. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock from the St. John's Lutheran church. Rev. Feeger will have charge of the services. Friends may call any time. BALLING The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. George Balling died Sunday morning at thir home, 102 Southwest Third street. The funeral was held this afternoon at four o'clock from the home. Burial in Earlham cemetery. MORRISON John D. Morrison, aged fifty three years, died Saturday afternoon at Farmland, Indiana, where he had gone to visit relatives. The remains were brought to this city and taken to his home, 410 North Nine

teenth street. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at two thirty 1 o'clock from the home. Burial in Earl

ham cemetery. The Rev. Thomas McNary of the Second Presbyterian church will have charge of the services. Friends may call any time. MfLLER The remains of Mrs. Marie Muller. wno died recently at Oakland,' California, will arrive in this city Tuesday or Wednesday morning and will be taken to the Doan and Klute chapel. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from the St. Paul's Lutheran church. Rev. Conrad Huber will be in charge of the services. Burial In the Lutheran cemetery. UHLY. Mrs. Anna Gelston Uhly died last night after a lingering illness at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Charles Greenhoff. corner National Road and Easthaven avenue. The deceased was aged sixty-seven years. She is survived by a son. Chester, and a daughter. Mrs. Greenhoff. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock from the home. Rev. Lightbourn will have charge of the services. The body will be taken to Perrysburgh. Ohio, Wednesday morning at ten fifteen where it will be interred.

Example Br Thai Prept. John Wesley, accompanied by one of bis preachers, was once dining at ths house of a rich Methodist. The table were spread with a liberal meal, but Wesley's companion oo sooner saw it than he said: "Ob. sir. what a sumptuous dinner! Things are very different from wbt they once were. I fear thero Is but little self denial among Methodist la these days." "My brother." said Wesley, pointing to the table, "there U a fine opportunity for self denial now." The hint was not taken, but the rebuke did its wtil

NUSBAUM'S JULY CLEARANCE SALE Begins on Wednesday Morning. Read Full Page Announcement in Tuesday's Paper. a

NUSBAUM'S O JULY CLEARANCE O D SALE O Begins on Wednesday Morning. Read Full Page Announcement in Tuesday's Paper.

Bonaparte and Mile. Montansier. The Cafe Corazza, in the Palais Royal, had many interesting clients in its time. It was there that General Bonaparte, then only a general of brigade, asked his friend Barras to find him a rich wife, and Barras suggested Mile. Montansier, the proprietress of the adjacent Theatre Montansier. She was sixty -three, but she was well preserved and might have passed for forty-five, and she was believed to have accumulated a fortune of 48.000. Bonaparte asked to be introduced, and Barras presented him and assures us in his memoirs that the match would have come off if it bad not been for the events of Vendemiaire. After that memorable day of the "whiff of grapeshot" the future emperor broke off the engagement, feeling himself too important to marry a superannuated actress, even for the sake of having the spending of her savings. Pall Mall Gazette.

Of the nine millions inhabiting New York state, seven millions live in cities.

THE BEGGAR'S LEGACY.

It Clothes a Number of Poor People In England Annually. Gifts of clothing are made annually In many market towns and villages of Surrey to the poor from a bequest left for the purpose by Henry Smith, or "Dog" Smith, as he was more generally called, having earned the sobriquet from the fact that he was never seen without a dog at his heels. This remarkable character lived about two and a half centuries ago and was one of the best known figures in Surrey. He was originally a silversmith In the city of London and, prospering in business, acquired estates in different parts of England. Developing eccentricities as he grew old. he adopted the life of a beggar. His wanderings were confined almost entirely to Surrey, and he Is said to have begged his way through every town and village in the county. At his death in 16S1 be left all his wealth to the market towns and parishes of Surrey, and the endowment enabled each town to spend $250 and each village about $30 on the purchase of clothing for its poor. Mitcbam, however, was excluded from his benefactions. Smith's explanation being that on one occasion the inhabitants of Mitcham whipped him through the village as a common vagrant. London Chronicle.

IT TThrTTTT Tr-rcS 11 ' I ' ill II i l I j lT J

Prc-Heveottory Cllearaece ofi LdDw-Cunft SBn(D)C These prices below filled our store Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and we've added a lot of Extra Bargains to keep us busy this week. Come, see for yourself. We are offering the Best Shoss at the Ltast Money, quality and style considered.

NUSBAUM'S JULY CLEARANCE SALE Begins on Wednesday Morning. Read Full Page Announcement in Tuesday's Paper.

400 Pairs Ladies' Choice Low Shoes in all sizes, broken styles, $1.98 200 Pairs Ladies' Regular $2.50 Low Cuts, $1.69 All Regular $3.50 Ladies' Low Cuts, now, $2.98 Ladies' Canvas Boots, $1.98 Misses' Strap Slippers, all good styles, according to size 89c, 98c, $1.29. 50 Pairs Men's Patent Low Shoes, $1.98 200 Pairs Men's $3.50 and $4.00 Low Shoes, all styles, $2.98 100 Pairs Boys' $2.50 and $3 Low Shoes, all leathers, $1.98

50 Pairs Ladies' Low Cuts, Odds and Ends,

All Regular $3 Low Cuts, $2.48 Ladies Soft, House Low Shoes with flexible soles, $2.29-$2.48 Ladies' Patent with white top, $2.98 Barefoot Sandals second quality, 39c; first quality, 69c, 79c, 89c. 100 Pairs Men's Low Shoes in Tan, Patent and Dull, $2.48 Little Gents' Kid Low Shoes,

Men's Work Shoes, sizes 6, 7, 9, 10, 11; $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 grades, $1.19

We don't do things by halves we've cut the price on every Low Shoe in our store. Com f omorrowl TeeTOlle flue Coo

THERE ARE NO SECRETS attending the ever increasing popularity of our etore You will readily notice that Exceptional Quality, Very Best of Service, Pleasant Surroundings, Beautiful Music and Regular Prices, are features here that are usually lacking elsewhere. That's why we are always busy. - Greek Candy Store

THE STORE WITH ONLY ONE PRICE

This is the First Foil Week ot the Boston Store's

Evervtti

o

SniorC

Bring a carefully prepared memorandum of all your wants. There is a saving on everything. Come in the morning hours if possible. Visit every department of the store. IT PAYS.