Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 228, 30 July 1912 — Page 1

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OBJECTS TO ft REPORT iBavis Declares that Recommendations in Commercial Club Report on Water Works to Be Unfair. WRITER IN DEFENSE OF POOR CONSUMER Bays Recommendation Is Unworthy of Club and Should Not Be Given Serious Consideration. The water works proposal contract will be reviewed again at the meeting of the city council and the board of works tomorrow morning. In a communication to the Palladium today Alfred Bavis, who has taken a prominent part in the discussion of the proposals submitted to the city for water works franchises, declares that the recommendations made by the

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public service committee of the Commercial Club last week is a complete surrender to the demands of the Richmond City Water Works company. Mr. Bavis, in his communication, says that the club's report is unfair to the consumer, inasmuch as the report bases the valuation of the plant upon the cost of reproduction. He says that the report is not worth serious consideration. His communication is appended: Editor Palladium: Regardless of the possible danger of being considered presumptious, I am compelled Id" say that the recommendations to theBoard of Public Works from the Public Service Committee of the Commercial Club is a complete surrender to the demands of the Richmond City Water Works company. As To Valuation. Section 2 of their report means that , the valuation of the plant shall be deigfr "termined by the cost of reproduction and the rates to be considered satisfactory when the revenue shall yield a fair and just per cent of profit on the investment (or valuation). The recommendation is unfair to .the consumer of water. The valuation should not be based on the cost of reproduction, for the obvious reason, in so doing, you are granting the power to capitalize unearned increments to which the company is not entitled: Land values may have appreciated, the cost of material and labor may have increased, as an example, the cost of pipes and mains have Increased 60 per cent in the past 20 years and the amount of depreciation shown in the Maury report on the Water company pipes is just 7 per

icent. Thus it is expected the city, I by acting on the Commercial Club's eubbestlons, will concede that 43 per cent in excess of the actual cost is a fair valuation. To put it more iplainly, what was worth $100 twenty ! five years ago is worth $143 now, after twenty-five years' wear. The cost of reproduction as applied to the valuation of an old plant allows all these increments to be capitalized and used as a basis in determining what rates will be necessary to yield a fair and just per cent of .profit on the Investment as representied by its valuation. What Alvord Says. Mr. John W. 'Alvord, a Chicago engineer and an authority, based on a :wide experience in the appraisal of iwater works plants says: "That determining the valuation on the cost of reproduction logically ini eludes, not only the cost of reproducing the physical plant, but also the jcost of reproducing the income of the plant." Could there be anything so manifestly unfair? The valuation should be fixed prijmarily on the actual cost of the existing plant, plus the subsequent additions, minus depreciation, which would eliminate a large part of the capitalisation now represented by unearned increment, such additions as the city and patrons have already paid for. The trouble with you gentlemen of the Commercial Club Committe is, you ,are not in touch with the men who idig for a living; you cannot, through jlack of experience, appreciate what it 'means to look from Monday till Saturday and at the end of two weeks walk up to the pay window and in drawing your pay envelope, do so, ! knowing that every dollar it contains lis mortgaged for the legitimate ex;penses of living even before you get it. You can not enter Into the feeling of what is the Inevitable if sickness overtake you and the earnings (Stopped, even for one week. You fail :to appreciate the horror of approaching old age when under the natural (expediency of business requirements, iyounger men must take your place. If your experience had ever led you I through such conditions, you would be (Continued on Page Six) Partnership Offers iAre Made Often by the quick, efficient service ,ot the WANT AO COLUMNS.

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MRS. HAROLD F. McCORMICK NEW YORK, July 30 According to a dispatch from Chicago, Mrs. Harold F. McCormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, is in a sanatorium near this city. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick with their children and Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormick, mother of Mr. McCormick, were booked to sail for Europe several days ago. On the eve of sailing Mrs. McCormick is said to have become suddenly ill and was hurried to the sanitorium where she is now under the constant attention of two specialists. Her brother, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is a regular visitor at the retreat. John D., Sr., is spending the summer in Cleveland. LIBRARIANS HEAR S SPEECH Talks on Extension of Library Service to Rural Districts. How library service can be extended to reach all the people of the state whether they live in towns or in the country, was the subject of two addresses given yesterday afternoon at the Summer School for Librarians. Carl H. Milan, director of the school, and secretary of the Public Library Commission of the state explained the possibilities under the state law and urged that every librarian become interested in this form of library work. He urged especially, the necessity of sending the books out into the coun try, when township support is secured, in order that the farmers and their families may secure the benefits. No township is too small, he said, to need a few deposit stations. Miss N. W. Jayne, librarian at Bluffton, who has had manj years of experience at Alexandria, spoke of the work of the Alexandria public library, especially in the matter of rural extension. The library allows everybody in the townships to use the library; it sends boxes of books out to district schools, and private homes for general circulation, keeps in close personal touch with the volunteer librarians of these little branches, by telephone and personal visits, gives talks to county schools, advertises the library in the newspapers, at teachers' meetings, etc. Two lectures were also given by Miss Ethel F. McCullough, librarian of the Evan8ville public library, on "The Selection of Fiction," and on "Library Finance." FELL FROM ENGINE Frank Layton Was Painfully Injured. Frank Layton, aged 43, of 521 South Thirteenth street, was seriously injured this morning when he fell from the top of an engine at the testing room of the M. Rumely plant on Washington avenue, striking the right side of his head on the cement floor, and cutting a deep gash in his head. He was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken in the city ambulance to a physician's office where his injuries were dressed. He was removed to his home. Layton is a valve setter and fell from the top of the engine while making his way about his work. MILLION HAD BUT A SMALL AMOUNT Thomas Million, a negro, was arrested last night by Officer Wenger, It being charged that he stole a gold watch from Nellie Allen of South Tenth street. He was bound over to circuit court. Million came here from Detroit, he asserts. He had but a email sum of money on his person.

MILAN

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BECKER FIRST OFFICIAL TO BE ARRESTED Police Lieutenant in Tombs Prison on Charge of Murder in Connection with Rosenthal Case. WHITMAN IS AFTER OTHER OFFICIALS A Large Number May Be Indicted for Maintaining Partnership with Gamblers and Vice Promoters. (National News Association) NEW YORK, July 30. While Police Lieutenant Charles Becker paced up and down his cell in the Tombs prison today, like a restless beast in captivity, protesting his innocence and bemoaning his unfortunate predicament of being imprisoned on the charge of murder in connection with the assassination of the gambler, Herman Rosenthal, it was reliably learned that nearly twenty other officials ranking from resgeant upward, were practically certain to be indicted for maintaining partnership with gamblers and other vice promoters. The fact that Becker's wife is about to become a mother added to the lieutenant's worry. The following statements are reliably reported as among the things that Jack Rose confessed to the grand jury: That the assassin gang was hired at the suggestion of Lieutenant Becker; that the price paid was $5,000. That Becker declared that Rosenthal had lived too long and should be disposed of. That the men who actually committed the deed were Louis Rosenzweig, Harry Horowitz, Frank Muller and Dago Frank Cirocici. That he (Rose) had collected tribute from law breakers for Lieutenant Becker for several years and that the boodle was divided between these police inspectors and a. score of minor officials. - . . . - That in a conference between Rose and Becker prior to the murder it was decided to do away with Rosenthal two days ahead of the scheduled time to prevent Rosenthal's appearance before the district attorney. That Becker met Rose and others by a telephone appointment just af ter Rosenthal was killed and assured them there was no need to worry. Rose said he surrendered to the police on the advice of Lieutenant Becker, who promised that he would be released after a brief questioning. Whitman Confident. District Attorney Whitman is confident that he will be able to fix the crime on Becker as a result of confessions made by "Jack" Rose, who admitted that he had been Becker's collector, Louis Webber, the gambler, and Harry Vallon, the East side gang leader. They named Harry Horowitz, Frank Muller, alias "Whitey Jack" Lewis, Louis Rosenzweig, alias "Lefty Louis," and "Dago Frank" Cirocici, as the actual murderers. The last named is the only one in custody. Every possible effort is being made to trace the other three men accused of firing the shots that killed Rosenthal. Rosenthal was assassinated just in time to prevent his testifying before the grand jury concerning the alliance between the gamblers and the polics and concerning the personal alliance between Becker and Rosenthal in one gambling house. In their confessions Rose, Webber and Vallon declared Becker set the stage for the murder and personally managed its details. Each swore he acted at the repeated direction of Becker both before and after the crime assured them of protection. These men gave to pistrict Attorney Whitman the complete chain of facts leading up to the assassination, and in doing so they paved the way to the most remarkable exposition of graft that has ever been known. Men Higher Up. . All of the elements lead to men higher up in the officail scale than Becker. They caused District Attorney Whitman to assert that he was no longer concerned for the little fish, but was determined to get the bigger men who were responsible for the direction of Becker. The three men told the district attorney how they decided that Rosenthal must die and how in detail, Rose became the stage manager of the crime, with Webber acting as the man with the bankroll. They told how the services of big Jack Zelig's red handed murder band had been called in to carry out Becker's sentence of death. IOWA WOMAN WOULD ADOPT LOCAL YOUTH Petition was filed with the county clerk this morning by Mrs. H. F. Taylor of Ruthven, Iowa, for the adoption of Mark Oderkirk of this city. He has been at the Home of the Friendless, having been deserted, it is said, Iby his father.

PREPARE FOR PROGRESSIVE

CONVENTION

Program for Meeting Was Announced Today. McCormick Will Open the Meeting Monday. ALBERT REVERIDGE THEN TAKES GAVEL A Few Contests Are Expected. Convention Will Be Held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. (National News Association) CHICAGO, July 30. The program of the National Progressive conven tion to be held in Chicago next week was given out today. It is as follows: Monday August 5 Convention called to order at noon by Medill McCor mick. Introduction of ex-Senator Bever idge as temporary chairman. Speech of Mr. Beveridge. Appointment of committees. Permanent organization. Evening session 8 o'clock Address by Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Tuesday August 6 Convention meets at noon. Report of committee on rules and order of business. Report of committee on credentials Wednesday August 7 Convention meets at noon. Reports of committee on resolutions Nominations of candidates for Pres ident and Vice-President. The plans for the convention have been somewhat altered. Little busi ness is on the program for the second day. At first it was considered likely that the resolutions committee would report on that day. The fact that there are some contestants which may give the credentials committee some real work was one of the causes for the change in plans. There will be a considerable amount of oratory if the second days' business is completed expeditiously. The leaders of the new Progressive party then will be given a chance to explain their views before the convention. ACTIVE FOR COLE. WASHINGTON, July 30. Ralph Cole, confidential legal adviser to the controller of currency will be the Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio according to a number of Ohio leaders who conferred with the president today. President Taft, despite his announced intention to keep his hands off Ohio politics, favors Mr. Cole for the governorship and the Ohioans, who visited the White House today admitted that former congressman Cole has a good chance of getting the nomination providing he will accept it. TAFT MAY WITHDRAW. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 30. President Taft's political friends and campaign managers have been dealt a staggering blow by the withdrawal of Judge E. B. Dillon, the regular Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio. There Is a gloomy feeling in reactionary circles at Washington that this sensational move by the gubernatoral candidate in Taft's own state, who could see only certain defeat ahead, marks the beginning of the end of President Taft's candidacy. There was serious talk among some of the President's friends today that he would act wisely to withdraw from the presidential race, rather than suffer any more such humiliations as was inflicted upon him by the Ohio bugernatorial candidate. Conferences in White House. The chaotic situation in Ohio, as revealed by this sensational move, led to repeated conferences at the white house today. At one of these conferences was Harry M. Daugherty of Columbus.v r. His name has been mentioned for the place on the ticket vacated by Judge Dillon, but he stated very positively that he would have none of it and would not run .under any circumstances. Warren G. Harding, for candidate for Governor, who placed President Taft in nomination at Chicago, also was mentioned, but there is no assurance that he will look on the nomination with any more favor than Daugherty. Tonight another white- house conference was in progress bearing on the Ohio upheaval. Senator Burton was present. He wants pressure brought on Judge Dillon that will induce him to reconsider his resignation. Howland May be Nominee. Representative Paul Howland of Cleveland may be the Republican nominee for Governor of Ohio, to succeed Judge Dillon. Howland's name was brought into the speculation tonight by Senator Burton, who would like (Continued on Page Eight) THE WEATHER STATE Local showers tonight and Wednesday. LOCAL Fair tonight and Wednesday; moderate temperature.

JULY 30, 1912.

Planning to Lecture in America

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PRINCESS INFANTA EULALIE. PARIS, July 30. Threatened with being deprived of her income, granted by the civil list of Spain, the Infanta Eulalle is planning to make a lecture tour in America. This is virtually her reply to the King of Spain, who several times has threatened to see that she was rendered penniless unless she ceased to be a thorn in the side of the royal family. Further details were forthcoming of the trouble between the princess and the royal family. It is very evident the wound made by the publication of her book. The Thread of'l-lfe.f rnaa. not healed. In that publicaUon she upheld Ihe . principle and theory of divorce. In criticising the King of Spain, Eulalie says she merely has tolerated her nephew. She knows full well that a divorce will cause a breach that cannot be healed, and is looking to a lecture tour in America to make good the income she expects to lose.

EXCESSIVE SPEED IS GIVEN

BLAME FOR TITANIC TRAGEDY

(National News Association) LONDON, July 30. Excessive speed is held responsible for the Titanic disaster In the report of the British commission of inquiry which was presented in Scottish Drill hall today. J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star line, is absolved from blame for jumping into a lifeboat and saving his life while hundreds of others went to their doom. There is no censure of the conduct of Captain Smith of the lost steamship in the report. In driving his ship at high speed through the ice regiou he was merely following the general custom of shipmasters, the report states. Practically the only adverse criti cism in the report is visited Captain Lord of the Leyland

California, who might have saved had complied with all tne regulations many if not all of the lives lost, the ! for the safety of passengers before commission finds. I leaving Queenstown. The crew was diLord Mersey presided when the vided Into the usual and proper watchcommission was called to order, and es but the arrangements for launching personally read the conclusions of the and manning the boats In an emer-

body. The report states that had the organization of the crew been better possibly more lives might have been saved. "While the navigators' instructions were adequate," the report goes on, "they would have been better if reference had been made to the course to be adopted in the event ice was discovered." Of the conduct of J. Bruce Ismay, the commission states that -it cannot agree with those critics who held that his position as managing director imposed on him the moral duty to remain aboard until the vessel sank. "If he had not jumped into a boat another life would have been lost," the commission declared. Captain Smith should not have given Ismay the ice telegram, the report says. "After getting it Ismay should 11 (J i uaie bepi n (juitri. eer, una did not influence the navigation of the ship. "The lookout for ice was bad. An extra man should have been placed at the stem head of the vessel and sharp lookouts kept from both sides of the bridge. The fact that no directions were given to reduce speed is evidence it was the practice to maintain full speed throughout the night, even in an ice region and therefore, the commission is unable to fix blame upon Captain Smith. "Captain Smith made a grevious mistake, but he was not negligent." The commission finds that the third- - i i i. : it l. ; i class passengers were Jairjy treated,

and it commends Captain Rostron and

the crew of the Cunard liner Carpathia for their rescue work. Lord Mersey declared the commis sion was convinced that the liner Cal ifornia saw the Titanic's distress sig nals and said she should have pushed through the ice as fast as she could without undue risk, to the Titanic's assistance. "Had she done so, she might have saved many, if not all of the lives that were lost," the report adds. The charge that Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon had bribed the men manning the lifeboat in which he and Lady DuffGordon were rescued to row away from the wreck is held to be unfound-

upon ; coliner 1 The report states that the Titanic

; gency were improper and insufficient. The commission recommends that ships proceed during the night at moderate speed when ice has been reported in their tracks. It considered that the Titanic's course in starboarding the helm and stopping the engines was the proper measure to have been taken. "The outstanding feature of the disaster," the report states, was the neglect of the board of trade to alter Its i rules since 1894." This the commission held to be blamable. The question of the number and arrangement of bulkheads in pa s senger ships was referred to a bulkhead commission which the report should have great latitude. Lord Mersey stated his regret that ! some of the lifeboats of the Titanic I had not been rowed to the rescue of the hundreds who were fighting for their lives in the icy water. This applied particularly he said, to boat No. 1. Life saving appliances sufficient for all passengers are urged in the report as well as boat drills as soon after leaving port as possible. A final shaft was launched at the Californian in the statement that "shipmasters should be reminded that it Is a misdemeanor not to go to the assistance of a vessel in distress whenever possible. The same protection of the passengers on the great liners should be afforded, the report states as is given on (Continued on Page Eght);

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L QUITS BOARD Treasurer of the School Body Retires After Fifteen Years-; of Service for the City of Richmond. KAMPE DESIRES TO SUCCEED W. EARHART There Is Opposition to His Appointment, but Mr. Nusbaum Denies This Is Cause of Resignation. Lee B. Nusbaum. treasurer of the Richmond city school board and for fifteen years a member of that body, has placed his resignation in the hands of Councilman Otto Williams, chairman of the council committee on schools. The resignation will become effective August 1. Announcement of Mr. Nusbaum's action will be received with surprise as only last June be was elected by council to succeed himself for the sixth time. It had been reported that Mr. Nusbaum's resignation was the result of his opposition to the appointment of Henri Kampe, formerly known as Henry Kamp, as musical supervisor of the Richmond public schools to succeed Prof. Will Earhart. who resigned to accept a similar position In the Pittsburgh public schools. However, this report Is vigorously denied by Mr. Nusbaum. He admits that be does not believe Mr. Kampe is qualified to succeed Prof. Earhart. one of the best known school musical instructors in the United States, but be says be re signed because he believes he has given enough of his time and service to the schools of Richmond. Cause of Resignation. "I did not desire to be re-elected to the board last June but I consented at' that time because council bad two' board vacancies to fill. Since June I have reached the decision that for my own personal interests I should retire. I will file my last financial report with the. county auditor the first of -the -month." stated Mr. Nusbaum today. Prof. Kampe has been making a vigorous campaign securing signatures to a petition asking his appointment as musical supervisor of schools and the petition has been signed by nearly four hundred people. It is understood, however, that there is considerable opposition to his appointment on the part of a number of people more or less Identified with musical affairs and that pressure is being brought to bear on the school board to reject his petition. Prof. Kampe stated this morning' that he believed he was entitled to the appointment as musical supervisor. He said that fifteen years ago be was an applicant for the position but was rejected because he did not have the necessary experience and Prof. Earhart was appointed. Kampe's Experience. "I had studied a year and a half st Cincinnati to lit myself for the place and when they told me I did not have the necessary experience I went out to get u. statea pror. Kampe. "I secured a position as a musical Instructor in a township school. I made good and I was appointed to other schools until now I have so many that I have to visit them in an automobile. Prof. Earnart nas made a great success In Richmond but through my private students I have contributed to bis cesses scored at festivals, but I have received no credit In the township schools I have accomplished the same results as Prof. Earhart hvj in the city." "Have you presented your petition' to the school board?" Prof. Kampe was asked. "No, not yet, but I approached Mr. Nusbaum and asked him If it would be favorably received and be told roe it would not as be said be did not believe I was a fit person to bold the position." angrily replied the little musician. It is understood the board has been considering the applications of sever, al prominent musicians to succeed Mr. Earhart. but the appointment will not be made until the board is positive ft has a man who can carry on the excellent work accomplished bere by Prof. Earhart. It Is not known whetner there are any candidates to succeed Mr. Nusbsum on the school board. Mr. Nusbaum during his fifteen years of service for the city has played a leading part in the work of making the public school system of Richmond among the most efficient and most widely discussed and copied after in the country. For years be has had charge of the financial affairs of the local public schools and be retires with the school finances In a most flourishing condition. f j When you take your vacation let the Palladium follow you. Telephone your vacation address to No. 256S.

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