Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 207, 9 July 1913 — Page 4
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1913
The Richmond Palladium
AND 8UN-TFLJCGRAM.
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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Entered Rt the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, as Second Class Mall Matter.
Call the Gas Company's Bluff No one is disposed to question the motive of City Attorney Bond in the gas franchise question. His course of action rings true as did his statement in last evening's Palladium. It would be fair to criticise his judgment men often make mistakes in that regard, though their motives are of the best. The Palladium, however, is not even going to criticise Mr. Bond's judgment. It believes the negotiations between this city and the Allegheny gas company might be likened to a game of poker. And in such a case it is pretty hard to Btate just where judgment ends and chance takes its place. Richmond and the Allegheny gas company are the two last players for a jack pot. The jack pot represents the particular kind of a franchise each wants. Allegheny opened the pot. Richmond stayed and drew a couple of cards. Allegheny stood pat on the draw. Richmond bet a couple of chips. Allegheny saw that bet and tossed a couple of chips raise on the center of the table. There the game stands at the present time. Is the Allegheny gas company bluffing? Should Richmond meet the raise and find out if it is a bluff or should she save the additional chips it will take to call and let this company rake in the pot without showing its hand? The Allegheny gas company says it will sell gas to Richmond consumers at 40 cents a thousand cubic feet. It refuses, however, to be bound in its franchise to guarantee a standard quality in heat units for that 40 cents. On the contrary this gas company declares if it is to be required to guarantee the quality of the gas in specific terms, it will not come into Richmond at all for the purpose of furnishing gas. As can readily be proved 40 cent gas might turn out to be 80 cent gas yes, or dollar gas. If the m&ins contained too much air pumped in with the gas, your meter, not being supernatural, would register up the air along with the gas. And that is where you might be compelled to pay far more than 40 cents for the gas you consumed. Of course, you burn a certain per cent of air
iu biic obiVG ui luiuavc tiicn uoxug gas, lie cheapest way to obtain it, however, is through the mixer that is attached to the burner. Air, in that case, costs you nothing. When it is pumped through the meter, on the contrary, you will have to pay for it at the rate of 40 cents per thousand feet. By a franchise requirement, however, whereby the gas company sells you a specified number of heat units for 40 cents, you won't have to pay for the air. That requirement, though, is just what the Allegheny gas company refuses to have written in the proposed franchise. The question is, however, is the Allegheny gas company "bluffing" when it declares it will not furnish Richmond with gas if that requirement is insisted on? City Attorney Bond, we understand, is not familiar with the fine points of poker playing. At the risk of being misunderstood, therefore, we advise him to shove enough chips on the table to "call" the Allegheny gas company and force it to lay its cards on the table. It does not appear reasonable that any honest corporation with honorable intentions should refuse to meet a requirement to sell a certain standard quality article at a given price. It does not appear unreasonable that when the quality of the article deteriorates the price shall fall in proportion. That is but common honesty. If the Allegheny gas company is not an honest corporation, then Richmond should not do business with it. Under such circumstances 40 cent gas would be but a snare and a delusion. The people would be as badly "stung" as ever they have been in buying sugar that was half sand.
Use of Profanity on Stage Richmond has been very fortunate this summer in having the Sayles stock players to entertain it regularly. The acting has been 'very good far above the kind of ability offered by most stock companies that have played here in past seasons. A particularly good attraction is being staged this week Alias Jimmy Valentine. It's a splendid play and every actor rises to the occasions afforded for showing real histrionic ability. And yet one comes away from this play with a feeling of disappointment. The author, evidently for the sake of realism, has made some of his characters indulge very freely in profanity. Realism is all right. It is necessary if a play succeeds.' Yet we believe profanity is one form of realism that were better left out of a play. Now.ihe editor, wjq jvxitea this k fifit overly
squeemish or a devotee of such pink tea expressions as "Oh, Gracious," or "Piffle." But with public performances, especially of plays with as good a moral as that contained in Alias Jimmy Valentine, and so well conveyed to the audience through very good acting, it does seem wrong to allow discordance through too free use of profane ejaculations. May we not hope that the Sayles players will avail themselves of the editor's blue pencil where playwrights seek too much realism through a liberal use of profanity?
! PHOTOGRAPHY UNDER SEA I Indianapolis News. Moving pictures taken under the sea are expected to be the result in the not far distant future of experiments conducted by C. Williamson, of Norfolk, Va. He has already been successful in taking many pictures at a depth of twenty or thirty feet under the water at Hampton Roads. It is believed that the same methods can be used to attain greater depth and that use of a moving picture machine will prove feasible in the clearer waters of the West Indian bays and that the swarms of curious and beautiful life forms in these tropical depths will make fascinating material for display. The Scientific American publishes several reproductions of photographs taken under the water recently at Hampton Roads. The descent into the water was made from a barge by means of a flexible tube at the lower end of which was a work chamber. The lowering was done through a well six feet square in the center of the barge. One description of the tube and the work chamber compares their appearance to that of an oboe or a smoking pipe having a plate glass window in front of the bowl. To take the underwater pictures, a funnel six feet long with a two foot six inch glass port at its large outer end was bolted to the work chamber. Mr. Williamson's son descended into the work chamber with an ordinary campra. A frame containing a reflector and a battery of electric lights, aggregating one thousand candle power, was then lowered from the deck on the barge so as to light the area oround the port. Section after section of the flexible tube was added until it had reached a depth of thirty feet and photographs were taken at that depth. The apparatus was then raised to intermediate depths and more exposures were made. Daylight tests were conducted which proved that at depths between ten and fifteen feet photographs of passing fish and objects could be made with exposures varying from one-tenth to one-seventy-fifth of a second. The water in Hampton Roads Is not very clear, but the experiments showed how much could be accomplished in clear waters of tropical regions with an apparatus especially designed for the purpose.
WE SEE BUT HALF
We see but half of the causes of our deeds, Seeking them wholly in the outer life, And heedless of the encircling spirit-world. Which, though unseen, is felt in us, and sows in us All germs of pure and world-wide purposes. From one stage of our being to the next We pass unconscious o'er a slender bridge, The momentary work of unseen hands, Which crumbles down behind us; looking back, We see the other shore, the gulf between, And, marvelling how we won to where we stand, Content ourselves to call the builder Chance. Lowell.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS
UNFORTUNATE WAY OF PUTTING IT. New York Tribune. . It says in an English paper that "the Berlin wedding went off without a hitch," but we trust it was not really as futile as that.
MOST PEOPLE PREFER A LITTLE HARM. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It is said that a method of making smoking harmless has been discovered. It is done by soaking tobacco in fresh pure water and taking all the fun out of it.
ALL ABOARD FOR BRO. BLEASE! Topeka Capital. Why go to see Vesuvius? The governor of South Carolina is much nearer and the expense of the trip trifling in comparison.
'RAH FOR COMMODORE PERRY! Pittsburg Gazette-Times. Erie is now ready for the limelight, if Gettysburg is through with it.
GETS THE LAST NICKEL. , St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Our observation is that a monopoly will usually gouge the people up to the last instant the government permits it to. It does not repent in the shadow of its own destruction.
PRACTICAL SOULS. Boston Traveler. The Housewives' League in Providence Is after municipal grafters with a sharp stick. That is practical and constructive work. It beats well-worded essays on admitted and ancient facts by about 100 per cent.
A SMILE OR TWO
Crawford "How is it you let your wife have her own ty?" Crabshaw "I once tried to stop her." Life.
I see that somebody says many a man is a poet without knowing it." "Gee, what luck!" Chicago Record-Herald.
"Tremendous crowd up at our church last night." "New minister?" "No, it was burned down." Boston Transcript.
Damsel "You must ask mama." Suitor "But your mother is away from home." Damsel "Yes, but she's left an affirmative answer in the gramophone." Meggendorfer Blaetter.
"Opportunity really knocks at many a door." "Then why don't more of us succeed better?" "The trouble is that Opportunity wants us to go to
! work." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Guide
July
At the Murray. -"Alias Jimmy Valentine.
State News in a Brief Form
"Aliat Jimmy Valentine." By far the greatest attraction seen in Richmond in many a day is "Alias Jimmy Valentine" which is being presented at the Murray this week by the Francis Sayles' Players. There Is no doubt but what each member of this popular company are seen at their best. Mr. Sayles in the title role has the best part that he has played since the engagement opened in Richmond, and by his excellent work is making many new friends. It was thought by many of the theatre goers of this city that the Sayles Players had reached their limit when they produced "The Deep Purple," however "Alias Jimmy Valentine" is proving to be a much better play, and no doubt the house will be packed during the balance of the week. There will be another matinee tomorrow.
"Paid In Full." Eugene Walters' great American play "Paid In Full'' will be the offering of the Francis Sayles Players at the Murray theatre all next week with the usual matinees. "Paid In Full" only requires seven people, however, each one will be seen to advantage, and the production will be as near complete as possible.
To Be Produced Soon. The following plays will be produced soon by The Francis Sayles' Players at the Murray: "Brown's In Town," a very funny farce comedy, "In Wyoming," a western play that is far above the average, "Brewster's Millions," the play that we all know, and the great play for all Indiana "The Man From Home."
Palace. "Rastus and the Game Cock," a sprightly Keystone comedy is the feature at the Palace today. The story, a burlesque on colored sports and cock fighters, shows the many laughable mishaps Rastus had in obtaining money to see the cock fight. He has stolen a chicken which he sold to his wife and later when it comes time for the fight discovers that unintentionally he has stolen the game one, and barely saves his prize from the descending axe. On with this is shown the American drama, "The Pride of Lonesome," and a Reliance drama, "Dick's Turning," a story written by Forrest Halsey. Mutual Observers are free to ladies today. The new suction fan just installed will keep you cool while you enjoy the splendid 3 reel program shown today.
Hartford City The Blackford Paper Mills were totally destroyed by fire last night, causing a loss of $50,000. Brazil Taking his mace from him. Thurman Devlin used It to beat J. E. Baker, an extra policeman, at the carnival here. Evanaville Arthur Melsheimer had his right ear almost cut off when a pop bottle exploded in his hand. Columbus A live wire from the Indianapolis, Columbus and Southern traction line is believed to have caus-
i ed a fire which destroyed 200 shocks
of wheat on the Mrs. Mary Brown Behrman farm. South Bend G. R. Summers purchased the right of way and other property of the South Bend and Ixjgansport railway lor $19,500. Boonville Floyd Reed, serving a sentence for trying to break jail, escaped Monday after locking Sheriff Phillips in a corridor as he was caring for other prisoners. Wabash Mrs. Mahalia Barrett is in a critical condition, having been struck by lightning in a terrific storm which swept the town Monday night. Terre Haute Many horses and mules grazing on alfalfa which was
MOTION IS SUSTAINED
Judge Fox sustained the motion to set aside the default In the case of the
i Dickinson Trust company, administrator of the estate of the late Christian
Triick against Wm. J. Triick. The suit was to foreclose a vender's lien and involved property in Falrview amounting to $1,200. The motion to set aside the default was made Saturday. Judge Fox did not rule on the case until this morning. The defendant is a resident of Hamilton, Ohio, and service was had on default by publication and judgment taken February 13th. Triick did not know litigation was pending against him here until after the default was taken, he' alleged, and through his attorneys asked that it be set aside and the case be heard in court. It was alleged by the plaintiff that he communicated with the clerk and did not know until then that a case had been filed against him.
overflowed by the flood last March, have been poisoned and are dying. Cllfty The postoJTice has been discontinued here. This town was made famous by Edward Eagleston's "The Hoosier Schoolmaster." Logansport Physicians say that O. P. Smith, labor organiier, who is at St. Joseph's Hospital, will not have to submit to an operation, an examination showing that the supposed abscess does not exist. He is suffering, however, from Bright's disease. Fort Wayne W. J. and M. S. Vesey. proprietors of a greenhouse, have filed suit against the Wabash Railroad Com pany for $10,000. alleging that a temporary dam necessary in double-tracking work backed water into their greenhouse during the flood last March. Lafayette Mrs. Alfred Baker of Fort Wayne was injured seriously when an automobile in which she was riding to Black Rock, a summer resort near here, collided with another machine and rolled down an embankment. One of Mrs. Baker's ears was torn off, her right collar bone was fractured and she was injured internally.
REACHING THE SPOT
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TODAY Keystone Comedy "Rastua and the Game Cock" American Drama "PRIDE OF LONESOME Reliance Drama "DICK'S TURNING" Mutual Observers Free to Ladlea Today.
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IVlur ray ALL THIS WEEK Francis Sayles Players In the biggest play of our times "Alias Jimmy Valentine" Uy Paul Armstrong PRICES Sights at 8:15 10c, 20c and 30o Matinee Tuea. Thura & Sat 10c and 20c NEXT WEEK -PAID IN FULL"
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LOANS 2 Per Cent Per Month on household goods, pianos, teams, stock, etc., without removal. Loans made In all surrounding towns. Call, writ or phone and our agent will call at your house. Private Reliable THE STATE INVESTMENT AND LOAN COMPANY Room 40 Colonial Bldg. Phone 2560, Take elevator te
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"How do you tell its age?" queried the boy. "W hy, by its horns," said the farmer. "By its horns?" Young Gladstone looked thoughtful a moment, then his face cleared. "Ah, I see. Two horns
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ILK AMD WOOL GOODS
We have put special prices on all Silk and Wool Remnants prices away below the usual remnant prices and the consequent savings are of exceptional attractiveness. Here's the way the prices run: 10c, 25c, 50c, $1.00, $2.00 Per Remnant A Whole Table Full of Remnants Sale Begins Thursday FIVE SPECIALS BY THE YARD AT REMNANT PRICES: The price of silks is going up the prices of these silks are going so low they will not last long. Your chance tomorrow Thursday. FIRST SPECIAL SECOND SPECIAL THIRD SPECIAL FOURTH SPECIAL FIFTH SPECIAL
Stripe Soft pure silk. ?A inches wide. Its a $1.25 value. Remnant Sale Price
Silk Pin stripe. It's 27 inches wide and worth $1.00. Remnant Sale Price
This is a pretty lot of silk and figured goods, worth much more than Remnant Sale Price
31 Inch Tub Wuh Silks. Regularly sold at 5&c Remnant Sale Price
A lot of Cheney Foulard that la worth S5c and Sc Remnant Sale Price
68c yard 48c yard 15c yard 13c yard Plenty of White Mercerized for Skirts 25c and 40c Yd. 36 inches wide.
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