Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 178, 4 June 1913 — Page 8

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PAGEfEIGHT THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1913

POLITICS IS SEEN

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Decision Not toJssue Bonds in Opposition to State Board's Advicerto Pay Off An Old Deficit.

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AODIUAL SOCIETY

recit;alsoon. Arrangements are being completed for a great benefit recital, the proceeds to gotffor the musical education of Wesley Howard, Richmond's young violinist. The conscientious work this young man has put on. his violin, and the masterly manner iin which he acquitted himself on thetorcnestra concerts program are evidence that the young man should be encouraged to develop the talentito its uttermost. Thei officers of the Richmond Musical Association! which just handled the orchestra concerts decicted at a meeting yesterday afternoon to back this proposition. The concert will bei given in the

had been called and wotffdhave to bet paid on or about June 1st and, as there was no money In the treasury j to redeem the bonds, he suggested1 that the citv issue bonds to over thisi

amount so as to replace the shortagej'jC0"111 Thursday night of next week in the Improvement fund, aa suggest- June 12th. ed In the report of the state board off It was contemplated Uiaving the conaccounts. Mayor Zimmerman thenj'cert Wednesday night, -but on account declared that he would not Issue anyf the high school play conflicting, it bonds during his administration an4 'will be given Thursday night, that he would take care of the bondsf The admission will not be by sale In some other way. (of tickets, but special envelopes will The matter was then referred to aj be prepared and distributed through special committee, composed of B. AJ various sources. This envelope with a

NEWS NUGGETS

Kennepohl, president of the board, M.

iA. Bond, city attorney, and E. G. Mc Mahan, cit comptroller.

How Issue Was Dodged

free will offering enclosed is to be presented at the door, the proceeds to be placed in the hands off some business man as trustee, to be used for the de-

The committee, with the exception re!opment of Wesley's talent on music.

.of McMahan agreed that the best way

jto get around the difficulty was to,

'take advantage of an old law which 1

; permitted the city to use the money iin sinking funds to purchase city im

provement bonds, consequently a rec- dolphtstreet.

VISITING WERE. Miss Ethel Trimble of Greensbure.

Indiana, is the guest of her cousin,

IMrs. F. J. Allen'at her home, 428 Ran-

ommendation to that effect was made

'to council Monday night and an ordi-'

;aance introduced, winch, however, nas ;cnly had first reaiding. , Such action by council, as proposed !by the mayor, wouldionly postpone the i settlement of a debt that was illegality contracted during a previous Zim- ! merman administration by which the j city has suffered a considerable loss I each year since the debt was contracti ed. , This is true because the bonds (would still remain unpaid and the passage of the ordinance would only mean trading the money in the sinking funds for the outstanding improvement bonds. The bonds would have to be paid at some luture date, at which (time an appropriation would have to

I be made to cover the amount used il-1

legally several years ago, for which . bonds were issued. '. The city has been receiving" 3 per , 'cent from the banks of Richmond for 'the money on deposit and paying out Interest at the rate 'of 5 per cent to the bond holders on the bonds which 'should have been recalled and paid. It is not known what action, council t 'will take at its next meeting inregard i to the ordinance.

HAS RETURNED.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dintaman of South Tenth street, have returned home from Irtdianapollis after a pleasantt visit with friends. They attended theraces.

VISKTING HERE. Mrs.vWillianv Taylor of Spencerville, Ohio, is'Vhe guestiof Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Howellsnand Mir. and Mrs.J. R. Howells for afew dSayse.

ITALIAN KING AN AERIAL TRAVELER

(National News Association) ROME, June 4. King Victof Emmanuel made, a 4 5-mlnute flight today In a military dirigible balloon. During the flight a bomb throwing test was ma4e, and the king insisted on hurling a number of dummy bombs at targets on the earth.

ISiHOME. Mr. Frank Watters, who has been with Juliam Eltinge in the "Fascinating Widow"company for the past season has returned home and will spend the sumnienhere with. Mrs. Witters.

A BENEFIT FOR WESLEY HOWARD

The testimonial benefit to be given Wesley Howard, the taflersted young violinist, promises to be an entertainment of unusual character. The arrangements have been planned bythe special committee composed of Rutherford Jones, II. C. Hasexneier and George H. Eggemeyer. All the prominent musicians of tne city have been asked to contribute to thef program, and the committee has been surprised at the readiness with whioh offers of assistance have .been tendered. All this is evidence that all musicians recognize 'unusual1 merit in Howard's performances. The execu-

(Natlonal News Association) ASHEVILLE, N. C. June 4. Rather than retract his vow not to pay a cow tax of $75, a local dairyman sold his $25,000 farm for $15,000. CLEARFIELD, Pa., June 4. "I sentence you to have your hair clipped once a month for a year," said Judge Smith to Harry L. Drew, of this city, who was charged with larceny and bail jumping. Drew, who is very vain of his hair, begged the judge to send him to jail, but spare his hair. The court refused. PENN YAK, N. Y., June 4 -This is no town for a lawyer. There is not a single civil or criminal case in Yale county undisposed of, and there will be no cases to be tried before the semiannual term of the county court this month. Yale county has a population of 108,700. MILWAUKEE. Wis., June 4. Julius Jeswein, who had a sixteenhour laughing spell at a stage joke, may lose his mind for life. His doctors say that he imagines he is a magician and humorist. He seems to have forgotten the joke which started the trouble. PASSAIC, N. J.. June 4. A window screen served as a parachute when Harry Burges, aged 2. fell against it and tumbled from the third story of his home. He was uninjured. NEW YORK, June 4. Tomaso Pezzano, 20 months old. is accused of killing his two-days-old sister. Doctors declare he beat the infant to death in a fit of jealousy when she was placed in bed beside him. BOSTON, June 4 With the intention of committing suicide, Isaac Zinn jumped into the Charles river here, but changed his mind upon finding the water too cold, and yelled lustily for help. A policeman pulled him out. ST. LOUIS, June 4. Miss Agnes H. Wilson, daughter of William B. Wilson, secretary of labor, declared in an interview that she would rather be back at work as a stenographer than be doing Washing society. Miss Wilson thinks that the servant has the best time and chances among the working women.

tive committee that has charge of the movement consists of the following business men who are contributing their efforts to make the affair a success: George H. Eggemeyer, Rutherford Jones, H. C. Hasemeier, Oliver P. Nusbaum, Henry Gennett, John H. Nicholson, E. B. Knollenberg, Howard A. Dill, E. M. Haas and C. W. Jordan.

MUNCIE Progressive party men are divided, some wishing to put a straight party ticket in the municipal field and others favoring a citizens" ticket with other parties represented. LAFAYETTE William Shriner, 52 years old, employed on the repairing gang at the Main street bridge, was probably fatally injured when a heavy piling fell from a wagon and struck him.

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AUSTIN ADVOCATE OF RIVER IMPROVEMENT Believes Water Transportation Solution to High Cost of Living. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, June 4. Representative Richard W. Austin, of the Knoxville (Tenn.) district, who resigned the consulate at Glasgow, Scotland, to make the race for congress, is an uncompromising advocate of river improvement, believing that water transportation is one of the solutions of the high cost of living. Realizing that antagonistic camps are springing up in congress looking to the prevention of floods which devastated so large a section of the country during the early months of the year, and appreciating that divergent interests will endeavor to secure legislation for pet projects during the coming winter, Mr. Austin sounds the keynote for the advocates of river navigation. "We want to do in this country what they are doing in Germany by making every river that possesses merit an artery for trade and commerce. No transportation Is cheaper than water transportation, and no agency so effective for the reduction

of railroad rates as the establishment of competitive water rates. "As far as the sooth is concerned.

and especially Tennessee, and the same thing will apply to every section of the country, the improvement of our waterways means the development of our resources. Let me cite a concrete case. At the headwaters of the Cumberland we have coal. Iron, timber and marble, which could be shipped by water, in their raw state or in the finished product, to the best markets. It costs from $4 to $4.50 to ship a ton of marble or pig iron by rail to St. Louis. Louisville, Cincinnati and other points in the Ohio

j and Mississippi valleys, whereas by j the utilization of the Tennessee river I the same products could be shipped j to the same points at a co6t of $1.50 j per ton, a saving of two-thirds. j "The southern furnaces are unable to 6hlp their pig iron to the Pa

cific coast, China and England, because the railroad rate from Birmingham and other southern points is $1.20 a ton. The rate from China is $2.50 per ton, and from England $3 per ton by water, or a difference of between $4.20 and $4.70 per ton in favor of our foreign competitors. With the completion of the Fanama rannl and thf lit ilf7if inn rf the smith.

jern rivers we would have direct water . transportation for the output of the furnaces of the south to the Pacific j coast and the rail rate of $10.20 per ' ton on pig iron would be changed jinto a $2.50 per ton rate by water, or

a paving of $7.70 per ton. "It is the solemn duty of congress

i to appropriate sufficient sums of man-

! ey to take in all the meritorious rivers ' of the country, and by systematic work j j make them do their measure of trans-; jportation either through locks and!

aama or siacK water navigation. j "One of the crying mistakes of our law makers is the insufficient amount ! appropriated for our rivers, necessi- i tating long and tedious delays in the i completion of projects in every way j worthy of improvement. "The development of the interior j waterways of the country should be ! put on a business basis by congress ' in order that the people of our day and generation may be able to enjoy i the privileges of cheap transport-1

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