Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 218, 18 July 1912 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AX1 SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, JULY 18; 1912. A STATUE OF I

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ALBERTSOti MAKING STOUT OBJECTIONS To Appointing Deputy Treasurers for Three Towns in This County.

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BIG MEETING

(National News Association) CHICAGO, July 18. The Coliseum, the scene of the; Republican national convention which Theodore Roosevelt , . -. says robbed him of nomination, will alco be the place where the national progressive convention will meet on Aug. 5 to nominate Roosevelt on a third party ticket. Expenses of the convention will be defrayed by the sale 'of tickets. The price to those who-wish to attend the national progressive gathering will range from $10 to $20, according to the location of the seats. The ticket auction has been placed in charge of Ralph C. Otis of the national progressive headquarters, Congress Hotel. To Name Committee. A local committee on arrangements, consisting of 100, will probably be appointed with J. Medill McCormick as head. Other subcommittees of the provisional committee of twenty-five, which will look after finances, halls and speakers and other necessary organization work for the state camVrirfgn, will probably also be announced. Outlook was yesterday that all states would have full delegations when the roll call i3 taken. Senator J. M. Dixon, campaign manager for the new party, said at New York that he had received such assurances. State and congressional district conventions are. still to be held in many states to name delegates to the Chicago convention, but the leaders of the new party in those states have telegraphed Senator Dixon that all arrangements for the convention had been made. In some states, notably New York, the delegates to Chicago will be named by congressional districts, but in most fHtes conventions have been called in which not only the delegates to Chicago will be chosen, but state tickets will be named as well. Roosevelt to Rule. The representation in the third party convention will be just half of that which sat in the Republican national convention. It is assured that Theodore Roosevelt will be the nominee and that he will entirely dominate the meeting. He is expected to be on hand personally and address the gathering. The same seating arrangements that existed in the Republican national convention ' will be used in tbe new party convention. The hall plans at the Coliseum have been unaltered. The hall as it now is designed' will seat tbout 12,000. Those in charge of the arrangements say they have, been overwhelmed with demands for " seats from all over the country and that no trouble will be experienced in filling the building, j ' New Light on Meeting. New light was thrown yesterday on what transpired behind the guarded doors of the conference room where cn -Tuesday the new third party was officially born in Illinois. " A telegram, which three persons who attended the conference say was received by J. Medill McCormick. the conference chairman, from Senator J. M. Dixon and which was not read, f.irms the new topic of discussion. 'Well authenticated report has it that the telegram read: 'National management desires third party in Illinois. (Signed) 5 "Joseph M. Dixon." Violated Roosevelt Order. "Those who "bolted" from the conference and refused to sign the call openly charge that Roosevelt's personal wishes were violated to subserve the interests of Governor Deneen. They say the telegram was purposely withheld when the advisability of putting an entire state ticket from top to fccttom in the field was being discussed and voted upon. Another claim is that Donald R. Richberg'a resolution, providing for an entire state ticket, passed by a vote of thirteen congressional districts to twelve, instead of being defeated by 14 to 11. Another version of the secret vote is that it stood 13 to 12 against a state ticket. Mr. McCormick contends the vote was 14 to 11 against. Returns to Fold. Julius Kespohl of Quincy. the former board of equalization member who resigned to join the new party and then requested that his name be withdrawn from the call, switched front again yesterday and returned to the progressive fold. He said he had been misinformed as to the intent of the call. Rumor had it that a downstate man who signed the call would "bolt" today. His name was mentioned only privately.

HUE ARE KILLED BY A CLOUDBURST And Property Around Shamokin, Pa. Damaged to Extent of One Million.

(National Ntwi Association) SHAMOKIN. Pa.. July 18. A cloudburst which swept over this section today did damage estimated at $1,000,000. Nine persons were drowned at the farm of John Raymond near Jacob ftprlngs. They Included Mrs. Raymond and five children. Mr. Raymond being th only member of the family to esf ape. At Oerndon the flood forced resident! to flee for their lives, railroad rraeki r swept away in many plafes. Hailstones as large as basefealfa fell Injuring many head of live-

IS UNVEILED TODAY Honor Paid by Providence to the Leader of Famous "Dorr Rebellion."

(National News Association) PROVIDENCE, R. I., July 18. With interesting exercises a monument erected in honor of Thomas Wilson Dorr, the leader of "Dorr's Rebellion," was unveiled today at Cbepachet. By the erection of the monument the State of Rhode Island aims at a complete vindication of the man she once condemned as a traitor because he fought against the restriction of the right of suffrage to property owners. Thomas Wilson Dorr was born in this city November 5, 1805. He was a man of property, capacity, education and social position. As a member of the legislature he started a popular agitation for suffrage reform. He opposed the old charter of Rhode Island because it allowed only limited suffrage. The state had retained its old charter, after the Declaration of Independence, and one of its proYisions was that only those could vote who possessed a freehold worth $134. The people considered this limitation most unjust and Dorr became their champion. So great was the unrest that civil war in Rhode Island seemed imminent. In 1841, at a mass meeting in Providence, the suffrage party under Dorr's leadership voted to call a State constitutional convention. The convention was held and a constitution was framed giving all men the right to vote. Under this constitution an election was held and Dorr was chosen governor. At the same time an election was held under the old charter and Samuel W. King was elected governor. Both governments organized in Newport in May, 1S42, and King proclaimed martial law, called out the militia and was recognized by the national government. Dorr was arrested, tried for high treason, found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned in a few years. Though Dorr was ridiculed and despised by his enemies his "rebellion" made such a deep ' public impression that the principles for which he and his followers contended were embodied in the Constitution of Rhode Island not long after Dorr's arrest.

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Big Fire Fighter Returned from Factory in Good Shape, It Is Said. Believing that it would be of material benefit to the city, the board of public works this morning went on record as authorizing Fire Chief Ed Miller to attend the annual convention of the International Association of Fire

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elusive. In case Chief Miller attends the convention Richmond will become a member of the association. The auto fire truck, which was sent back to the factory of the Robinson company at St. Louis, following the accident on North E street, when the machine became uncontrollable and dashed east on E street, killing Isaac Parray at Ninth street, was received here this morning. The board inspected the machine and believes it is now in gooA condition. A number of assessment rolls were approved by the board today. The assessment rolls approved were those on the improvement of West First street. South Tenth street and the construction of the arch at the Main street entrance of Glen Miller park. The street commissioner was instructed to haul a few loads of cinders on West First and Howard street. The assessment roll on the improvement of North Twenty-second street was ordered. The city attorney was instructed to confer with the board of county commissioners in regard to the repairing of the South L street sewer.

FIGHT HEAR CLOSE Two Complete State Tickets Will Be Placed in the Field in August.

(NatIor-.l News Association) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., July 18 The Missouri primary campaign, with nominations less than a month off, is approaching the final stages. On the first Tuesday of next month the voters of all parties will engage in a State-wide primary for the naming of candidates for governor and other State officers, judges of the Si3te courts, members of the legislature, representatives in Congress and numerous county officers. The party leaders, the candidates and the newspapers are making their last appeals tj the voters. In both the leading parties the battle for the gubernatorial nomination is the keenest. The Republican field consists of John E. Swanger of Milan, State bank commissioner and former secretary of State; John C. McKinley of Unionville, former lieutenant-governor and twice the Republican choice for United States senator; Arthur P. Murphy of Rolla, former congressman from the Sixteenth district; Arthur W. Brewster of Kansas City, and Leon W. Quick, city treasurer of St. Louis. The Democratic field of gubernatorial aspirants consists of the same number as the Republican. The men who aspire to head the Democratic ticket are former Congressman William S. Cowherd of Kansas City, the defeated nominee four years ago; Attorney General Elliott W. Major, of Bowling Green; David A. Ball of Louisiana,' who claims be was counted out in Cowherd's favor in 1908; Auguste H. Bolte of St. Louis, former lieutenant governor and James A. Houchin, a millionaire contractor of Jefferson City.

A GREAT COMBINE ANNOUNCED TODAY Commonwealth Co. in Illinois Plans to Buy About All in Sight Now.

(National News Association) SPRINGFIELD, 111.. July 18. The details of a gigantic financial and engineering undertaking through which the Commonwealth Electric comppany, a $200,000,000 corporation, will merge wealthy properties in Illinois were made public this afternoon. The plans include the merger of all the coal.companles In central Illinois, the erection of a gigantic power plant-at Kinkaid, 111., to furnish surrent for all the Commonwealth's electric properties including those in Chicago; a merger of nearly all the public service plants in Illinois; the removal of many manufacturing plants to Centralia, 111., the establishment of a new "Gary" at Kinkaid. Details of the project were made public after a thorough investigation of the preliminary move which had been undertaken through the agency of Frank Peabody of Chicago. Mr. Peabody completed the purchase of the public utillies plants in Christian and

I adjoining counties. The plans of the

Commonwealth company involve the erection of one or more power plants at Kinkaid to save the expense of ship-

I ping coal.

The recent act of the legislature providingfor deputy treasurers in towns of over nine hundred is considered a very poor law by County Treasurer Albertson, if applied to Wayne Coun. Mr. Albertson is doing everything in his power to prevent the commissioner from approving the petition for the appointment of deputy treasurers in Hagerstown. Cambridge City and Centerville, and possibly other towns in

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provisions of the law. It is a poor law for Wayne county for many reasons, the treasurer says. In tbe first place it provides a salary of $300 to each deputy treasurer. Tb three appointments applied for would cost the county $900 additional to its already heavy expenses, if the appointment were made. Then there would be an extra printing bill for duplicates and receipts which would amount to several hundred dollars. Under the present law there are two national depository banks each at Hagerstown and Cambridge City. These banks collect all the taxes from all the taxpayers who do not desire to come to Richmond. The banks send an order for the taxes of the person wishing to pay. A duplicate is made and a receipt for the taxes is sent to the bank which makes the collection. When the receipt is made the bank is charged with the amount of the tax and held responsible for this amount. Each bank does between twenty and twenty-five thousand dollars' worth of tax business for the county annually. In this way the tax money draws interest just as soon as the receipt is made. Under the new law the deputy must be appointed. Then the question would be what is to be the bond of such a deputy? Then further how would a resident of the town pay the taxes on all property providing part was in the town and the part in the township. The answer is that he would have to come to Richmond under the new system to pay taxes outside the corporation limits while under the old method he can pay taxes for any place in the county at the banks which are certified depositories. Then another point which would have to be worked out, is in the case of Centerville, which does not have a depository. Here the deputy would have to bring the money to Richmond each evening, and have duplicates made and the money deposited so that it would draw interest at the earliest possible time. This would not only work a hardship on the collector but would increase the work in the treasurer's office to such an extent that the force would have to be increased to take care of the additional duplicates and receipts.

WAS CONGRATULATED Prince Victor Napoleon's Birthday Remembered.

(National News Association) BRUSSELS. July 18 Many were the congratulatory messages received today by Prince Victor Napoleon, the Bonepart Pretender, on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday anniversary. Despite the stories printed from time to time of his reunuciation of all claim to the French throne, there are countless members of people who firmly believe that the Prince will yet become Napoleon IV. Of late bis star has appeared to be in the ascendant. His mar riage to Princess Clementine of Belgium two years ago caused a substantial rise in the Pretender's stock. Princess Clementine inherited many millions from her father. King Leopold. To this fact is probably due much of the enthusiasm that has since been displayed amongst the supporters of the Napoleonic cause.

Miles and Knots. A circle is divided into 21.G00 minutes of arc It Is supposed that the circumference of the earth at the equator is 24.89S.5928 miles. But a knot or nautical mile equals this number of statute miles divided by 21.600, -which, performed and reduced to feet, gives 6.0S6.3. tbe legal statute mile being 54280 feet

SUICIDE

CASHIER

FOUNDDEFAULTER William Hale of Geneva, Ind. Who Hung Himself, Is Short $14,250.

(National News Association) . GENEVA, Ind., July 18. William Hale, the $65 a month assistant cashier of the Bank of Geneva who committed suicide by hanging himself was a defaulter to the extent of $14,250 according to the report of the examiners submitted today. When notified of the facts the directors immediately issued assessments against the stockholders to cover the loss and the bank will continue business. Hale used rubber stamps to manipulate the numbers on certificates of deposits and made false entries in the books to correspond therewith. Hale was under $5,000 bond secured by his father. Hale carried $17,000 life insurance, $12,000 of which wae made payable to his widow who was his second wife.

Blacki and tha Magician. Many years ago Anderson, "the wizard of the north," gave some performances in Edinburgh, and Professor Blackie was one of the crowd who went to see them. As be was making his way in he felt something at his coattail, and, putting bis hand into bis pocket, he found an egg. This he took out and most adroitly transferred it to the pocket of a young man just in front of him, a person as unlike himself as can -well tee imagined. Arrived In tbe hall, he remarked where this young man placed himself and chose his own seat in a oorner as remote as possible. When the time came for -Wizard" Anderson to "trouble" him for the egg he arose and explained that he bad nothing ot the sort in his pocket, but that he believed "that gm tieman" could produce It, polcting- to the astonished young man, whose surprise, however, by no means equaled that f !he wizard.

AGED HAGERSTOWN WOMAN DIED TODAY

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(Palladium Special) HAGERSTOWN, Ind., July 18. Mrs. Harriet Thornburg aged eighty five years, widow of the late Rev. John Thornburg, died this morning at five o'clock at her home in this place. Death was due to heart trouble. The deceased was well and favorably known throughout the country. She is survived by four children. Miss Alice Thornburg, Mrs. J. A. Locke. Mr. Nelson Thornburg, and Mr. Noble Thornburg, of Muncie, Ind. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at two thirty o'clock.

WILBUR WYNN DIES AT INDIANAPOLIS

(National News Association) INDIANAPOLIS, July 18. Wilbur Wynn, aged 63, vice president of the State Life Insurance company, died this morning of acute gastritis after an illness of one hour. Mr. Wynn had heretofore suffered from cancer of the stomach, but was not prevented from attending to his regular busmess, Mr. Wynn organized the State Life Insurance company several years ago.

Keeping Ahead ' In this day of rapid transportation, with automobiles and air-, ships, the progressive business has to speed up to keep fully ahead of the times. We are speeding up and are prepared to give you a superior service with a Our New Fountain It has been installed with the sole aim of giving you an "ahead of the times" service in soda drinks. There are many new and unusual features about this fountain that will please and delight you. Every ingredient that enters into our soda is prepared under sanitary conditions and served to you quickly and daintily. Enjoy a good drink at our fountain today. "Just What the Doctor Ordered"

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