Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 183, 10 June 1913 — Page 1

RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 183 RICHMOND, IND, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

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LOWER RATE ON ARTIFICIAL GAS PROBABLE

.Wharton DeclarfeR. L. H. & P. Company Will Give Natural Gas Company Competition in Rates. BOND HAS RECEIVED NO FRANCHISE DRAFT Rumored That the Union Natural Gas Corporation is Ruled by the Standard Oil Interests. Cheaper artificial gas, that is now being furnished by the Richmond Light, Heat & Power company at $1.10 a thousand cubic feet with a 10 per cent discount, may result from the action of the Union Natural Gas Corporation of Pennsylvania, in asking for a franchise in Richmond to serve the city with natural gas at 40 cents a thousand cubic feet. Manager J. B. Wharton of the R. L. H. & P. Co., stated today that his com pany had been negotiating with an eastern company for a supply of natur- " al gas for this territory, but he believed since the Union Natural Gas Corporation has applied for a franchise, his company has not been able to negotiate a contract for natural gas on a satisfactory basis. Mr. Wharton said that he had been in correspondence with the officers of his company, who are in New York, regarding the question but that the advices he has received were not optimistic. Rate Competition Assured. When asked what his company would do if the franchise was granted to the Union Natural Gas Corporation, Mr. Wharton said that it would mean a fight for the business and that they would continue In the field with the ar tificial gas and give the new company all the competition possible. When asked the question as to whether or not his statement meant that the price of artificial gas would be reduced in Richmond, he said "Yes it will mean, In my opinion, that there will be a email reduction in the price of artificial gas. However, we are still negotiating for a supply of natural gas and therefore I am not ready to state what our future policy will be." Standard Oil Interested. It is rumored that the Union Natural Gas Corporation is ruled by the Standard Oil Interests. Mr. Wharton stated that so far as he knew there was no connection whatever between his company and the Standard Oil Company nor between his company and the Union Natural Gas Corporation. City 'Attorney Wm. A. Bond today stated that he has not yet received any draft of a franchise from the U. N. G. Corporation, but he expected it before Thursday of this wefc. at which time the company has pr5w$id to present the draft of a franchise Procedure to be Followed. City Attorney Bond says "The company must first present a proposed franchise to the board of works, then after the provisions of the franchise re agreed on by both the city and the (Continued on Last Page) FINE POINTS IN ADVERTISING. A reader of The Palladium the other day was planning a fortnight's fishing trip in the Adirondacks, and in running through the advertising pages chanced upon an advertisement of a sporting goods house. Being entranced by the "out-o'-door" atmosphere and sportsmanlike tone of the announcement he was soon deeply engrossed. Toward the end, to his astonishment, he found complete, detailed information about the very lake on which he expected to spend his vacation. He learned all about the fish and their habits, and the kind ot tackle to use and a number of other useful and iaforming points all as if written for his especial benefit by a true lover of the sport! Crystallized in this one advertisement was all of the information, and more, that he needed to complete the arrangements for his trip. This is only one instance of the splendid help that present day advertising offers to the readers of The Palladium. Circulation More Than 7,900

MEMBERS OF G, A, R, WILL OBSERVE DAY I. B. Arnold to Talk on History of American Flag Thursday.

Flag Day will be oelebrated, by the members of the Sol Meredith Post, Thursday evening in the rooms of the organization fn the court house. I. B. Arnold will give a talk on the history of the American flag. Patriotic songs will be sung by the Richardson quartet. Dept. Commander D. W. Comstock, in behalf of the post, will present the Women's Relief corps with a picture of the home of Betsy Ross, the designer of the Stars and Stripes. The Woman's Relief corps will be the guest of the post at the exercises. Mrs. Clarence Hadley will sing "The Star Spangled Banner." Another solo will be rendered by Miss Ruth White. Arrangements will be made at a later date for the reception to be tendered Dept. Commander Comstock of'the G. A. R. and Division Commander Wm. Hansche of the Sons of Veterans. It is probable that the latter event will be held June 26. GAAR-SCOTT PLANT NOT TO BE CLOSED Richmond Shop Has Instructions to Fill Its Engine Schedule. TO OPERATE TILL FALL When it May Become Repair Shop-Future Depends on Sales Force. The M. Rumely Company has decided not to close down the Gaar-Scott plant of this city, a course which seemed probable after the reorganization of the Rumely company with C. C. Funk, formerly of the International Harvester company, as president. Instead the plant will be kept running until fall when it may become a repair shop, employing between fifty and a hundred men. When C. C. Funk became head of the Rumely company, it was decided to close either the Gaar-Scott plant or the factory at Stillwater, Minn. An overstock in all the branches made this step necessary as the sales force was not keeping pace with the production. Stillwater Plant Closed. Recently the Stillwater shop shut down, and with its closing came instructions for the local plant to fill its engine schedule. All the other machinery called for in the year's schedule had been made. When the required number of engines has been constructed the GaarScott branch will be converted into a repair shop, unless a great many orders are placed by the selling force. The manufacture of these engines will keep the plant running as at present with a force of 450 men, until September 1. Depends on Sales Force. How long it will be, then, before the factory again begins the production of stock is not known. That will depend largely on the condition of the market and the efforts of the sales force. It may be only six months or it may be a year or more. MRS, BURT ROGERS AT ALBERTA. CAN Centerville Woman, Who Left Home in May, is Heard From. (Palladium Special.) CENTERVILLE, Ind., June 10. Word has been received here by friends of Mrs. Iva Rogers, wife of Burt Rogers, living on the Jackson farm west of Centerville. Mrs. Rogers wrote to friends in Centerville, stating that she was living in Alberta, Canada, with Ward Eckert, who left Centerville with her on May 10. The couple went to Cambridge City where they boarded a train for Indianapolis. They then went to Terre Haute and Chicago and then to Alberta. Eckert was employed as a farm hand by Rogers previous to his leaving this community. A note was found in a coffee pot on May 12th by Mrs. J. O. McClerney, mother of Mrs. Rogers, stating that she was despondent and cared to live no longer. She also stated in the note that she was going out of Indiana. She said the reason she was leaving was because she could not do anything to help sustain herself and family. She was in ill health at the time and said she was going to a doctor. "If I die all is O. K. and if I live I will come home" the note read. Mr. Rogers is distracted over the action of his wife. H is still living on the farm and the parents of his wife will reside with him. Rogers recently filed suit for divorce in the Wayne circuit court on the grounds of abandonment. He also asked the custody of his five-year-old son, James.

PROGRESSIVES SELECT ROB BINS AS THE MAYORALTY CANDIDATE IN THE COMING CITY CAMPAIGN Bescher and Sherer Win Out in Other Races 1,400 Votes, or Sixty Per Cent of the Party Strength in Richmond, Were Polled in Refutation of Party's Enemies Predictions of Waning Enthusiasm Among the Progressives

Unsuccessful Candidates Accept Defeat Gracefully and Pledge Support to Ticket r .Will J. Robbins was selected by the Progressive voters of Richmond at the primary nominating election yesterday to head their municipal ticket as the candidate for mayor. Robbins' plurality over his closest competitor, Alfred Bavis, was 209 and he lacked only twenty votes of equaling the total number of votes cast for Bavis, McMahan and Beall. Bescher was nominated for clerk in a spirited contest with Harry Hodgin and George McKinley, his plurality over the former being 74 and his plurality over McKinley being 193. Carl T. Sherer was nominated as councilman from the third ward over Edgar Norris by a vote of 67 to 55. There were no other contests for the nominations for councilmen and coun-cilmen-at-large. 60 Per Cent Vote. The polls were visited by over 1,400 Progressives, which is about sixty per cent of the strength of the party in Richmond, based on the vote cast at the general elections last November. This showing is more than satisfactory to the members of the Progressive city committee, who did not expect more than 1,200 votes would be polled owing to the remarkably quiet campaign and because this is an "off year" in politics. Republican and Democratic leaders, who had been predicting that not more than 800 or 900 ballots would be cast in the Progressive primary, were greatly disappointed over the good showing of the new party and reluctantly admitted that it must still be reBY SUPREME COURT Railroad Rates Can Be Prescribed by States-Newspaper Law is Valid. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, June 10. In the decision handed down yesterday by the Federal Supreme Court the state of Minnesota gained a substantial victory when Justice Hughes, acting for the Court, held that while the rates of the Minnesota and St. Louis Railroad were unconstitutional and confiscatory, the tariffs of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific Railroads were valid. The victory for state is based on the interstate commerce phases of the legal warfare and upon the confiscatory features, with the lone exception of the portion affecting the Minnesota and St. Louis Road. Effect of The Ruling. In effect the Supreme Court's decision upholds the right of the Minnesota Commission and the Legislature to prescribe a passenger rate of 2 cents a mile and a maximum freight rate, provided always those rates are not confiscatory. The decision, regarded as one of the most important ever announced by the Court, had been under consideration for 14 months. Railroad commissioners from eight states and the Governors of all the states filed briefs in support of the state in the case6, recognizing that the principles involved affected them all. Rate cases from Missouri, Arkansas, Oregon, Kentucky and West Virginia were not decided today, but the points announced in the Minneso ta cases are regarded as governing them generally. These cases probably will be disposed of tomorrow when the Court will hold another session, as it will also do on Monday, June 10, the final day for adjournment. NEWSPAPER LAW VALID. WASHINGTON, June 10. The Supreme court today upheld the validity of the newspaper publicity law, affirming the decision of the district court for the southern district of New York. The court's opinion said: "The question is only this; are the conditions which are exacted incidental to the powers exerted of conferring upon the publishers of newspapers the privileges of second class publication, or are they so beyond the scope of the exercise of that power as to cause the condition to be repugnant to the constitution?" The court held that the conditions were not repugnant to the constitution. THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Fair tonight and Wednesday; slowly rising temperature.

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Progressive Candidates Respectively for Mayor and City Clerk of Richmond.

PROGRESSIVE CITY TICKET Mayor William J. Robbins. Clerk Baltz A. Bescher. Councilmen-At-Large, Elbert Russell. Alphons Weishaupt. John T. Burdsall. Oscar C. Williams. Councilmen. First Clark Thomas. Second Jesse J. Evans. Third Carl T. Sherer. Fourth Alvln A. Marlatt. Fifth Frank D. Howells. Sixth Watson P. O'Neal. Seventh Frank L. Waidele. Eighth John V. Schneider, v garded as the most important factor in local politics. "Cleanest Election Ever." The unsuccessful candidates for the various offices took their defeat cheerSECURITIES' PRICES TAKE TUMBLE TODAY Up to 2 O'clock 783,000 Shares Were Traded on Stock Exchange. DECISION IS REASON (Palladium Special) NEW YORK, June 10 Under terrific and prolonged liquidation prices of securities on the New York stock exchange tumbled from three to nine dollars a share in the trading today. 273,000 shares were traded in the first hour this morning and up to two o'clock 783,000 shares had changed hands. Railroad Securities Affected. Seasoned and gilt edge securities sold as low and lower than during the black days of the 1907 panic. The chief reason given for such wholesale selling -as demoralized the market today, was the decision of the supreme court regarding the Minnesota railroad rate cases. The decision was taken in Wall street as very Inimical to railroad interests. Industrials Hammered. Northern Pacific broke 84 points a share, Great Northern was down '8, Union Pacific 5. St. Paul 5, and Rock Island collateral 4 bonds fell to 4!M4, the lowest on record. Industrials suffered also in the general slaughter of prices. Steel common sold at 50, Texas oil from 98 down to 89, Harvester common 4i, American snuff down 6 and Amalgamated copper 5. Trading was lighter after two o'clock and there were slight recoveries in some prices. FLASH! EATON, O., June 10. The body of Frank Bourne, the Camden farmer, who has been mysteriously missing for the last six months, was found at 2:45 o'clock this afternoon by a searching; party composed of Sheriff Werts, Prosecutor Gilmore and a number of farmers. The body was found buried in the garden near the farm house. The clothing on the body had rotted away, indicating that it had been buried for several months. The body was badly decomposed, but the members of the searching party were unable to find any marks of violence upon it.

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BALTZ A. BESCHER been placed in the field and that it would receive their support. The election passed off very quietly without any unusual incidents. Not an attempt to vote on the part of an unqualified voter was reported to the committee last night and the candidates observed the provisions of the corrupt practices act to the letter. "It was one of the cleanest elections ever held in Richmond." stated City Chairman Howard Brooks today. Robbins Carried 7 Precincts. The mayoralty nominee. Will Robbins, carried seven of the nine voting precincts each ward being a precinct except the Fifth, which was divided into two precincts. The other two precincts were carried by Bavis. These were the Eighth ward and the south precinct of the Fifth ward. The former he carried by seven votes and the latter by two votes, over Robbins. In the clerk's race Bescher carried five of the nine precincts, the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh and Eighth wards. Hodgin carried the south precinct of the Fifth ward and the Sixth (Continued on Page Three) PERSON WHO FIRED SHOT IS NOT f The Shooting at Hagerstown Resident Remains a Mystery. (Palladium Special.) 1 HAGERSTOWN, Ind., June 10. No clues have been unearthed by the authorities which might lead to the apprehension of the person who fired the shot through the plate glass door of the home of Arch Hlndman Saturday night. It is believed by Mr. Hindman that the shot was fired accidentally by some careless person, who fled rather than give an explanation of the shooting. The bullet dropped at the feet of Benjamin Hindman, having spent its force in penetrating the thick plate glass. It is a 32-calibre bullet and is believed to have been discharged from a revolver. The clue furnished by Daniel Holiday that a buggy drove past the house at a rapid gait, was followed up by the town marshal, though no one else could be found who had seen the rig. Mr. Holiday lives a short distance from the Hindman home, and was retiring at the time the shot was fired. He did not &ee the person who fired the shot, nor could he furnish a description of the vehicle. The authorities have not been able to learn of any personal enemies of Mr. Hindmand who would have attempted to take his life. The consensus of opin ion is that the shot was fired by drunk revelers. Some residents believe the shot was fired by the same parties who attempted to shoot Dr. C. I. Stotelmeyer several months ago. The bullet was of the same calibre. A F CASE JSJRECALLED Supreme Court Orders Porter Charlton Surrendered to Italian Justice. (National News Association) WASHINGTON'. June 10. Porter Charlton, the wealthy young American wanted on a charge of wife murder at Lake Como, Italy, will be surrendered to the Italian authorities to answer for the crime. The United States supreme court today denied an application made on behalf of Charlton for a writ of habeas corpus. The crime, which was committed two years ago, created an international sensation, v

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MAYOR WANTS NAME PLACED ON TABLET Granted Permission by Board to Plaqe Jablet in Light Plant.

A tablet engraved with the names of Mayor Zimmerman and the members of the light plant committee of city council, will be placed in the new tight plant addition soon at the expense of Mayor Zimmerman. s according to a statement made by the mayor. Mayor Zimmerman secured permission from the board of works to place the tablet in the light plant and then explained to the members of the board that he was having the tablet engraved at his own expense. At the time the light plant was built it was the intention to have a similar tablet placed in a conspicuous place, but the matter was forgotten. The first committee consisted of the regular light plant committee with two additional members, but later, the entire council was included in the committee. The commissioners who had charge of the plant before the law placed it in the hands of the board of works were Pettis A. Reid, Joseph Zeller and George Williams, deceased. M'CULLOUGH IS IN FAVOR OF SUBWAYS Superintendent Says Undergrade Crossing is More Feasible. MAY 'GET EXTENSION Of Street Car Lines in Case Viaduct or Subway is Constructed. J. C. McCullough, superintendent of the Richmond division of the Pennsylvania railroad, stated this morning, when interviewed about the proposed viaduct over the railroad tracks at Tenth and E streets, that he favored subway. At this time he is not in a position to state what terms the city and the railroad company would be able to make in the construction of a subway or a viaduct, he says. "I do not think that a viaduct would be practicable in this vicinity." said Mr. McCullough this morning. "A subway would be more feasible and the railroad company has already made plans for subways under the tracks at the Twelfth and Fifteenth street crossings. The plans for the subway, however, did not materialize and for some reason they were dropped." Plans Made Before. Mr. McCullough stated that the railroad company has abolished grade crossings wherever possible. It is usual in such a case, he said, for the city and the railroad company to have the work done. In 1910 City Engineer Charles and several railroad engineers made plans for subways under grade crossings but this matter was dropped. In 1898, when John F. Miller was superintendent of the Richmond division of the railroad, he presented to council a plan to raise the railroad tracks on an embankment, constructing concrete bridges over the streets. This would have entirely eliminated grade crossings and would have cost the city only $20,000 in bonds but Mayor Ostrander defeated the plan by voting against it when the vote by council was a tie. The plan proposed yesterday at the meeting of the board of works was to construct a viaduct from Elm Place across the tracks to Tenth and North F streets, thus opening another route from the north part of Richmond. May Secure Extension. Alexander Gordon, superintendent of the local street car company, stated that if the street car line were constructed into RIverdale or to the Hawkins lake, it would be necessary to find some means of crossing the railroad tracks other than that now afforded. He stated that no line is be ing seriously considered at present, but that if some means of crossing the railroad could be secured, the chances of securing a north line to the hospital would be greatly improved. L SERVICES Held at Bentonville by G. A. R. and I. O. O. F. Palladium Special) BENTOXVIULE, Ind., June 10. About 1.000 persons attended Memorial day services of the L O. O. F. lodge and the members of the G. A. R. here Sunday. Rev. J. L. Brown of Connersvllle, gave the memorial address. The address was given in the Christian church. The graves of the deceased members of both organizations were decorated. There are approximately 20 civil war veterans living in the vicinity of Bentonville. MEMORIAL AT ABINQTON (Palladium Special.) ABIXGTON. Ind.. June 10. Guatave H. Hoelscher of Richmond, delivered the address at the annual memorial services of the Abington lodge of the Knights of Pythias,

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HIS CHOICE Acting Principal of High School, J. F. Thompson, Declines the Permanent Appointment to Position. WILL TAKE CHARGE OF A NEW COURSE Practical Instruction in Rais-j ing and Treatment ofj Plants and Grains Wfll Be-1 Offered at the School. Yesterday the school board tendered to Acting High School Principal John I F. Thompson either the permanent ap-i pointment to that office or the a p., pointment as head of the agricultural! course of the vocational training de-i nartment. with the title of assistant' principal. ' Prof. Thompson accepted the last-' named appointment, and the school; board members have no one In view,' it is stated, to fill the office he has declined. , Acting Principal Five Months. Prof. Thompson has been acting principal for the past five months, 1 since the resignation of Isaac Neff, and his work was so satisfactory thatl the school board was anxious to re-' tain him in that office. "I decided not to accept the per-; manent principalahip. because itwould have meant the abandonment of a special branch of school work I have1 followed for over twenty years, and,! which I take the keenest interest in."' seated Prof. Thompson. He referred to the botanical and forestry department of the institution, which he had' charge of for a number of years before ' being appointed acting principal. Will Extend Department. "The work of the botanical and forestry department Is to be broadened now," Prof. Thompson added, "and I am anxious to supervise Its extension; much more Interested in that phase of school work than acting as the school . executive." It is Prof. Thompson's plan to in-, elude In the scope of the agricultural; course the study of all garden plants) and grains raised for commercial use; to teach the proper methods of raising such plants and grains and to In-1 struct in the treatment of their dis. eases. His supervision of this department, of the high school assures Its high I standard for he Is recognized as in, authority In this, line of work. His ' library on botanical, forestry and agricultural subjects Is probably the; most complete in the state. WILL MAKE PLflllS FOR FESTIVAL HOW! Finance Committee Makes Reports on Amount of Money Secured. The Fall Festival committee will immediately proceed with the work of! organization and making plans for the success of the three days' event. This was the decision of the committee in charge when it met at noon today to hear the report of the finance committee. As the committee had decided to make no plans until it was known to a certainty just how much money could be raised, It is now free to proceed with the plans. There Is between $6,000 and $7,000 in the hands of the committee now. The report of the finance committee is as follows: Subscriptions (no notes )....$ 193.09 Notes . 5.249.50 Cash in bank 906.93 Services donated 55.00 Total $6,909.43 The last figure covers the donation of the Richmond Light. Heat and Power company and the municipal light plant, which have agreed to take care of all the illumination. The cost of this work is estimated to be about $500. The Richmond Home Telephone company. In addition to Its subscription of $50. has agreed to donate $59 in services of linemen and any equipment needed by the committee. The $5 is for sign work. . There are still a few business men who have not contributed, or who have not given as large an amount as was expected. These men will be seen, and it is hoped that this amount will swell the total to over $7,000. The festival committee decided today at its meeting that it will follow the plan of making an appropriation for each committee in charge of special work. A general outline and plan for the festival will be worked out, and then the plans cut down to the amount of money on hand. The entire list of subscriptions to the 1913 fectlval will be published as soon ss all contnbutlozui are in.