Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 166, 21 May 1913 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1913

The Richmond Palladium

AND SUN-TELEGRAM.

Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by Palladium Printing Co. Masonic Building. Ninth and North A Streets. R. G. Leeds, Editor. E. H. Harris, Mgr.

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A Poor Way To Oil Streets In previous years oiled streets in Richmond have been tolerated for the sole reason that oil is preferable to dust. There is no doubt that oil

would not have been regarded as the lesser of

two evils had the proper methods been em

ployed in treating the streets with this dust

preventative.

This year it was the popular understanding that oil would be applied to the streets in the

correct way, but if the oiling of North Tenth street between Main and A streets is a sample of the methods to be employed by the city and private contractors, the board of public works can expect a deluge of protests. In the first place North Tenth street was not given a thorough cleaning before it wa3 sprinkled with oil, and in the second place the street was not closed to traffic until the oil had had a chance to soak, in thoroughly. The street today resembles a slimy quagmire and the oil is being tracked into the Westcott hotel and private residences. There is no demand on the part of the general public that North Tenth 'street or any other street be kept open to the public after oiling and the practice is highly obnoxious to the residents on the streets which are being oiled.

Japan Is disposed to challenge the very essence of the attitude of Western nations toward Asiatics. She asks

admission to the comity of nations on equal terms. "Japan's challenge comes at a moment that is fraught with peculiar -danger. Japan is entering upon a new era. Her elder statesmen have nearly all passed away and few are left to check the Impulses of popular "passion. The semi-divine attributes of the ruler no longer serve to sway or soothe the nation in moments of anger. Japanese democracy is knocking at the doors of the council chambers and we fear it is a democracy which is headstrong, excitable and , inexperienced, qualities which are shared in a greater or less degree by all democracies. We are thus on both sides confronted by a situation of very special difficulty. "Japan nevertheless will do well to remember that her claim to enter a neighbor's garden can at best be only quietly pursued. It is not the kind of a claim that can be pressed with an unrestricted indication, however

strong Its documentary support may be. Her larger

claims will not be hurriedly attained, and require to be handled meanwhile with infinite calmness and prudence." Surely the attitude of the Mikado's special envoys since their arrival in this country does

not hint of any intention on the part of the Jap

anese government to handle the question in dis

pute with "infinite calmness and prudence."

WHY WAS DAYTON ISOLATED?

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One Flood Benefit It is odd but gratifying to witness certain Dayton newspapers, in the past stout champions of Republican policies, demanding in sixty point type that when the voters of Dayton go to the polls at the city election they cast their ballots lor the initiative, referendum and recall, as provided in the commission plan of government. The Joe Cannon school of Republicanism teaches that these principles and many others advocated by the Progressive party are heresies and the wild dreams of impractical reformers. However, one cannot help notice that with the complete collapse of the municipal government

of Dayton, which was founded on the principles advocated by, the two old parties, the flood-demoralized people of the Gem city immediately registered a vigorous demand for a new system of government, responsive to the public will through the initiative, referendum and recall. And the bourbon press pf Dayton is loudest of all in its shouts that the city must be rescued from the gangsters who have flourished and grown fat under a system these same newspapers so long championed. True principles of government will always prevail though sometimes their triumph is only accomplished .through a great public calamity, such as Dayton has just passed through. - Here's prosperity to Dayton, which has seen

"the light, and may its people soon have a flood-

proof administration. Adding Coals To The Fire Sent primarily on a mission to investigate conditions of the Japanese in Western United States, the four distinguished envoys of the Mi- . kado who have just arrived in San Francisco are not tending to lessen the friction caused by the anti-alien land law by their very undiplomatic denunciation of the measure. In Hawaii, which has an immense Japanese population, these envoys addressed a mass meeting of their countrymen and took occasion to vigorously announce that Japanese in American territory were not receiving fair treatment. By sowing these seeds of discontent among Hawaii's Japanese residents it would not appear

that the Tokio government could possibly take any offense at the Washington government's action in increasing the Hawaiian garrison. Since the arrival of the envoys in California they have been a little more discreet than they were in Honolulu, but at that their actions could be regarded as impudent by the state department if it so desired. What galls the envoys is the fact that California has taken the position that the Mongolian race is inferior to the Caucasian race and the resentment of the members of this delegation undoubtedly is a reflection of popular opinion in Japan. The London Times, however, sharply reminds the Japanese that the question they have taken i umbrage over is a world question, not one which

merely involves Japan and the United States. The attitude of the Times is of more than passing interest inasmuch as Great Britain is the ally of Japan; also the possessor of colonies whose peoples whole-heartedly indorse the action of the Calif ornians. In part the Times says editorially on this question: "The ultimate point of the dispute does not affect the United States alone, still less California. It is a world

Why should communication with a large American city have been practically cut off for days from the rest of the country, when we can talk to a vessel in mid-ocean

without trouble? We Americans pride ourselves that we are quick to utilize new inventions, but we appear to have forgotton that the waves used in wireless telegraphy can travel over land as well as over sea. The

Electrical World waxes sarcastic, and also somewhat In

dignant, over this matter. It asks:

"Why in these days of the wireless telegraph should Dayton be even more isolated than was the Titanic? Anybody would think that the wireless telegraph had never been heard of in Dayton or Ohio. Why, when they know that their wires are breaking all the time, do telegraph and telephone companies so persistently neglect

adding the wireless to their standby emergency forces?

If we were finding fault, we should say that such neg

lect of an obvious and cheap remedy is scandalous and

reprehensible. We simply ask, why? We shall be glad to hear from some of our readers on the subject, and particularly from the companies. And, then, again, why should Dayton, birthplace of the modern aeroplane and a leading home of its manufacture, go without any resort to that useful device at such a juncture? It should have been the easiest thing in the world to fly into Dayton or out of it at any time, . . . even when the floods were at their worst, either by aeroplane or hydroplane, or flying boat. Why did not somebody do it? Again, we say, this is all by way of Inquiry; but when modern civilization has such resources at its instant command it does seem most mysterious that they should not be ready and waiting to be availed of at the very instant such emergencies arise." Literary Digest.

I RAILROAD NOTES

Verses Written During London Dock

Strike By Lucy Master-man

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O sorrowful heart unfed of hope! O wounded feet peace hath not shod! That blindly through gray alleys grope; ' That cries upon an unknown God. Our Youth's a little cup, they say, Soon drained, soon done; our journey

Along a strait and stony way Bounded by iron eyeless walls. We thrust; our weapons break; we strive A little while when we are young; Then spend our strength to keep alive Unto a starless evensong. Oh, shall the children's bread still fall In their beseeching hands a stone? Shall the last trump be the first call Bidding the poor possess his own?

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A SMILE OR TWO.

. A traveler who believed himself to be sole survivor of a shipwreck upon a cannibal isle hid for three days, in terror of his life. Driven out by hunger, he discovered a thin wisp of smoke rising from a clump of bushes inland, and crawled carefully to study the type of savages about it. Just as he reached the clump he heard a voice say: "Why in hell did you play that card?" He dropped on his knees and, devoutly raising his hands, cried: "Thank God they are Christians!" Everybody's.

i Question essentially. The fears of the inhabitants of the j Pacific slope are exaggerated and premature, but they

;.. are not entirely groundless. No useful purpose can be served by blind condemnation of the tendencies of public opinion in the Western States. They do not spring so ; much from race hatred as from the instinct of self-pres-t ervatlon, and if the present minor dispute is composed, il they will assuredly recur. The time has come when

A witness in a particular case had been examined by

the lawyer of the plaintiff and was turned over to the law

yer for the defense for cross-examination.

'Mow. then. Mr. Smith," began the legal one, "what

did 1 understand you to say that your occupation is?"

I am a piano finisher, answered the witness. "Yes, I see," persisted the lawyer; "but you must be more definite. Do you polish them or do you move them?" Philadelphia Telegraph.

Assistant District Attorney Clark was conducting a case in the Criminal Court. A large, rough-shouldered negro was in the witness-chair. "An then," said the witness, "we all went down in the alley, an shot a few craps." " "Ah," said Mr. Clark, swinging his eyeglass impressively. "Now, sir, I want you to address the jury and tell them just how you deal craps." "Wass that?" asked the witness, rolling his eyes. "Address the jury, sir," thundered Mr. Clark, "and tell them just how you deal craps." "Lemme outen heah," said the witness. "Firs' thing I know this gemman gwine ask me how to drink a sandwich." San Francisco Argonaut.

FACTS WORTH KNOWING

British capitalists as well as German investors are putting a good deal of money into a German inventor's discovery of a method of utilizing nettle fiber for yarns and cloth. The men who are backing this enterprise are manifesting much confidence in the development of a very important industry.

In Lima, the capital and chief city of Peru, there is an Anglo-American colony which is large enough to support a paper well printed in English and carefully written, as a rule. This West Coast Leader, in handling news oi the floods in Ohio, showed how easily mistakes can be made when great distances intervene. One item told how the rise in the Ohio river threatened to inundate Columbus and Dayton. Another, dated at Dayton said that "the Ohio river at this point has now returned to its normal level.'

The annual record of transportation lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad System has just been issued. It shows that the company now has 11,644 miles of line and 25,695 miles of track. There are. some 100,000 shareholders interested in these lines, or nearly four for every mile of trackage. A compilation shows that the system paid out last year, $188,749,312 in wages, or $7,346 for every mile of track, and that there are more than eight employes for every mile. The record reflects the intensive development of the System as demanded by the public, in the direc tion of improved terminal facilities, second, third and fourth track, yards and sidings, in order to handle increasing traffic economically and promptly. While the present mileage of the System is only 1,088 greater than in 1902, there has been an increase of 1,335 miles in 6econd track, 277 in third track, and 224 in fourth track. Since 1902 the mileage of "Company sidings," as they are called, has been increased from 5,916 to 8,9fc5, or $3,049 miles every mile of which enables the company to expedite the movement of trains in congested periods.

To assist the railroads ? protecting Interstate freight shipments'from theft, congress has enacted a law making such theft an offense against the national government. For years railroads and shippers have suffered heavy losses from theft of goods in transit. These losses in, may cases amount to more than the claims paid by a a railroad for goods damaged in train wrecks. On the Pennsylvania railroad in 1912, claims to the extent of $28,908, due entirely to theft, were paid, while claims for goods damaged in wrecks amounted to only $16,000." Owing to the fact that trains run through many different counties and states, railroad authorities have heretofore found it very difficult to prosecute car and depot thieves, because In such prosecution it was necessary to establish the location of the crime. Through the Carlin act, as the new law is called, these thieves must face prosecution in the federal courts, either in the district where the theif occurred, or in the district where the thief is apprehended with the stolen goods. In other words, the new law makes it possible for railroads and the national government effectively to expedite the prosecution of thieves who make a practice of robbing freight cars and depots.

disease on a traction car near this city. EVANSVILLE Domestic troubles caused Benjamin Hayden, 33 years old, to commit suicide by taking acid. ELWQOD Ada Wible, 3 years old, fell from a window twenty feet to the ground and was only slightly hurt. GREENCASTLE For attempting to kill John Patterson, Enoch Sillery was fined $100 and given six months

in jail. PRINCETON Three new wells have been drilled near here within the last few days and all are good oil producers. UAWRENCEBURG Gustav Siebert reports the killing of forty-three sheep

by dogs. Other farmers have also suffered. BEDFORD Frank Stannard is experimenting with dynamite In marsh

land on his farm. He believes he will be able to reclaim many acres. ROCKPORT Hattie J. Williams sued Fred J. Williams for divorce, alleging threats to kill her. Both are deaf mutes. Decision was reserved. HAMMOND A piece of Iron, falling from a passing train, struck M. F.

Wallace of Grand Rapids, Mich., on the head, killing him instantly.

COLUMBUS John F. Belding of

Crothersvllle, has compromised his $25,000 alienation Buit against Dr. Perry A. Kendall, accepting $5,000.

NEWCASTLE On his promise to

go out of business the sentence against George Brown, convicted of running a "blind tiger," was suspended.

ELWOOD The Rev. E. C. Corn has

resigned the , pastorate of the Meth

odist Protestant church. He will

probably take up some other vocation after August.

GREENFIELD The Western Oil

Company has leased 2,000 acres In the vicinity of the Braddock farm where

oil was struck recently.

MUNCIE William Miller, after a

rjuarrel with his wife, took chloroform

but the dose was insufficient to end

his life.

NASHVILLE Mrs. Leroy Moore is

dangerously ill from eating wild mus

tard cooked as "greens." Other mem bers of the family have' recovered.

TERRE HAUTE Edward Brown, a coal miner of Patricksburg, was killed

by an tnterurban train near here. He

had gone to sleep on the track. NORTH MANCHESTER Guy Sla

gle, town marshal, has resigned and the town is without police protection until Council can select another at a

regular meeting. LAWRENCEBURG Miss Virgie Poppin, 17 years old, grabbed J. C.

Brooks, who had made remarks about

her hat, and took him to the City

Prison. He was later fined for intoxication.

YESTERDAY IN THE f SENATE AND HOUSE!

SENATE. Met at noon. ' Finance committee Democrats heard preliminary reports of subcommittees considering tariff schedules. Territories committee was told by Delegate Wickersham that opposition to government railroads In Alaska syndicate. Referred to finance committee motions to disclose names of all parties before subcommittees in tariff hear-

t ings.

Confirmed large number of Presi

dent Wilson's nominations.

Agreed to vote June 25 on nomina

tion of W. J. Harris as director of the

census.

Adjourned at 6:25 p. m. until 2 p. m.

Thursday.

Mrs. Matilda Wynne, an Oyster Bay negress and scrubwoman, leaves an

estate valued at fifty thousand dol lars.

FLASHES FROM OTHER CITIES.

GREENFIELD The Red Men will hold a two days' powwow here July 3 and 4. MUNCIE Kicked by a vicious horse, Ollie Finley is In a hospital and will probably die. WASHINGTON A blanket remonstrance has been filed by the "drys" of Steele Township. CARBON Milton Graves, struck by a train on the Central Indiana road, sustained a broken leg. WABASH Local dentists have agreed to close their offices Wednesday afternoons during the summer. ELKHART Grant Miller, paper hanger, was robbed of a pocketbook containing $340, all his savings. TERRE HAUTE While fooling with a rifle, Raymond Maddox accidentally shot himself. He may recover. MICHIGAN CITY Mrs. Grace Marshall of Jonesboro, Ind., died of heart

NEWTON GIRL

work in Master Mason degree. R freshments. Friday, May 23 King Solomon"! Chapter, No. 4. R. A. M. Called tne-t, Ing; work in Past and Most Excellent Masters degrees.

Cutting It Short. Barber (beginning the hair cntvHare yon heard the story about tn guy that (resuming business want It short, sir? Customer (a tired editorVYes. A mere synopsis will do! Judgtt

Where there la emulation there will be vanity; where there Is vanity then will be folly. Johnson.

HOUSE. Met at noon and ajourned at 12:10

p. m. until noon Friday.

Sisson gave notice he would speak

on the California-Japanese situation

for 1-cent postage after July 1. 1914.

Bill for constitutional amendment

providing direct election and six-year term for President and Vice President introduced by Britten.

Hay introduced bill to provide dis

tinguished service medal for meritorious service of army and navy men

with $2 extra pay month.

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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

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PUBLIC SALE

OF-

ML ESTATE Saturday, May 24th, 1913 2:00 P. M., On the Premises

The Following Choice Building Lots Located in Fair view, West Richmond

7 LOTS BETWEEN JOHN AND VINE STREETS. 2 LOTS ON SHERIDAN STREET, OPPOSITE JOHN STREET These Lots Will Be Sold on Easy Terms and to the Highest Bidder McMmsoe Trast Co. ' Admr. Estate Thomas McCarthy WM. KELLEY, Attorney.

MAYOR.

. G. McMAHAN. Candidate for May

or, subject co the Progressive nomination.

WILL J. BOBBIN'S, Candidate for

Mayor, subject to the Progressive nomination.

CASSIUS P. BEALL Candidate for

Mayor subject to the Progressive nomination. CITY CLERK. BALTZ. A. BESCHER, Candidate for Clerk, subject to the Progressiva nomination.

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Wednesday, May 21 Webb Lodgs, No. 24, F. and A. M. Stated meeting. Thursday May 22 Richmond I-odge, No. 196, F. and A. M. Called meeting,

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