Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 11, 22 November 1913 — Page 1

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nn AND SUN-TELECiRAM RICHMOND, IND SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 22, 1913 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS VOL. XXXIX. NO. 11

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LABOR HERE CHECKS WAGE ADVANCESELSEWHERE Organizer Flynn Argues That Richmond Retards Growth of Unionism. ATTACKS LOW SCALE Local Factories Underbid Others Because of Cheap Labor, Flynn Holds. BY W. R. POUNDSTONE. Non-union labor in Richmond keeps down increase of wages, perpetuating a low standard of living in other cities, ; and permits cheap and unfair compe-1 tition against union-made goods in the open market, was trie stricture; pcssed on labor conditions here by j T. H. Flynn, organizer of the American Federation of Labor, in an address j before more than two hundred workers at the K. of I'. temple, last night. "Richmond advertises that children wjrk here, many crafts are unorgan- j ized, labor troubles unknown, women j toil for a small wage, and factories j are seldom visited by factory inspec-j tors," said the speaker, "the result being that industries employing union j labor, which must compete with your) manufacturers, are handicapped be- j cause Richmond factories, with cheap labor, underbid them in the markets. As a consequence, increased wages elsewhere can not be obtained." Non-union Men Present. The crowd which filled the hall, seemed to give enthusiastic reception to the observations of Mr. Flynn, who Is here to complete a unionization of all the crafts and trades or the city. 1'nion men were present in goodly numbers, but for the most, part the attendance which heard Mr. Flynn, Lucius Harrison, president of Rich mond Typographical Union and V. G. Shea, of Louisville, general organizer j of the Painters, Decorators and Taper Hangers Union, was made up of nonunion plumbers, electricians, lathers, teamsters, garment workers, bakers, cement workers, laundry and woodworkers. After adjournment, representatives of several unorganized or imperfectly organized trades conferred with Mr. Flynn regarding unionization. The laundry workers are expected to form a union this afternoon, and Sunday there will be a . meeting . of various building trades to take initial steps In unionizing the unorganized, perfecting the organization of those which have unions, and to create a building trades' council. Flynn to Remain. Mr. Flynn, it is said by la.bor leaders, - 'il remain in Richmond at least a ntcnth to supervise the working out of the impressive subject of completely unionizing the numerous crafts which find employment in this city. It is understood that io will play an important part in placing the new Car Men's Union on a substantial bask", and lend services in the negotiations with the street railway company for an advanced wage scale, and that he will take a hand in the fight with the Stage Mechanics' Union to compel a recognition of that union by the management of the Murray and Gennette theatres. The I'nion musicians employed at these two theatres are now out on strike in support of the etage mechanics' union. Few Unions Here. In calling the meeting to order, Chairman Harrison announced that tne object sought was to ascertain the sentiment of the working people of Richmond on the organization of the various unorganized trades. "No state in the union :s so far behind in the trades' union movement as Indiana, and Richmond has as low a union rating as any city in the state," he said. Chairman Harrison also announced that within two or three weexs another mass meeting would be held. when, ne hoped, the work of unionizing the unorganized crafts would be well under way. Mr. Flynn explained the benefits accruing to the working classes from the national trades union organization, pointing out the active part unionism has played in obtaining better wages for workers. He pointed out that the trade unions brought about child labor laws, improved conditions in factories, mines and sweatshops. and humanitarian legislation, and how the organization had raised the standard of American womanhood. Unions Necessary. Organization of the nation's workers is necessary, he held, to keep in step with the progress of the times. He said special privileges had raised the standard of living and that it was necessary for the working classes to hold their own in the frenzied struggle for existence, to secure wage increases in proportion to the increases in prices of the necessities of life. Monopoly today even controls the market of the cradles :n which we rock our babies, and from the cradle to the grave we meet at every hand the constantly increasing cost of living. The Casket Trust makes it almost too costly to die," said the speaker. Mr. Flynn averred that even the lawyers are now organized, calling the bar association th" "lawyers' union," and the judges of the courts their "walking delegatt s " He charged that while the courts recognized the right of lawyers to organize, such effort on the part of workers was frequently discouraged by sentencing labor leaders to prison. Pleads for Shorter Hours. Union labor. Flynn paid. fought for eight-hour working days as well as living wages, and it was the stout champion of all undertakings to improve working conditions and" uplift the American home. He said that every effort to improve the conditions of the workers, as a rule, met with the opposition of the powerful National Manufacturers Association, which spent its money freely in its fight against union labor. (Continued on Last Page)

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AUTOMOBILE TURNS TURTLE! FIVE HURT

Car Plunges Over Embankment Pinioning High School Pupils. INJURED CARED FOR Blowing Out of Rear Tire Causes Accident to the Machine. Five pupils of the Richmond high school, four of them members of the basketball team, suffered injuries of a more or less painful nature when an automobile in which they were returning from a game at Winchester, plunged over a ten-foot embankment and turned turtle one mile north of Fountain city, at midnight. Raymond- Mannier, 125 North Eleventh street, driver of the machine was badly cut about the face by the glass of the broken windshield. Eugene Quigg, 111 South Twelfth street, a substitute forward, suffered a dislocated shoulder. Warren Meranda, regutar forward, was cut about the head and suffered a number of painful bruises. Herbert Hart and John Biesman, also members of the high school squad, received a severe shaking up and some minor lacerations.) Chalmer Mutchner, of the Palladium staff, who accompanied the team, escaped without a scratch. His Miraculous Escape. Biesman's escape from fatal injuries is regarded as almost miraculous. He was seated in the tonneau on a camp chair much higher than the rest of the party. When the car went over, the seat collapsed, preventing in juries that might have been fatal. None of the occupants was thrown from the car. All were under U when the machine plunged its hood into the mud of the ditch, with the side resting against a wire fence. The occupants were able to crawl out unassisted, except Quigg, who was pinned down by the weight of the machine. Occupants of an auto preceding the wrecked car heard the crash and ran back, assisting those who had crawled out and rescuing Quigg. Many of u.e rescuers were crying, fearing that a fatality marked the accident. Injuries Attended. The injured were taken to Fountain City, where Dr. W. T. Griffiths attended them. The car was badly damaged. The accident was caused by a rear tire blowing out when the machine was running at a moderate rate of speed through a stretch of fresh gravel. It plowed from one side of the road to the other and them went over the emhankment. The low rare of speed at which the car was running probably prevented several fatalities. PREACHERS DECIDE TO CHiGPULPITS Believe Such Action Will Be Incentive to Revival Meetings. START TOMORROW As an incentive to the coming union evangelistic meetings, which start December 28, the ministers of officials in charge of the meeting have decided upon a plan of the interchanging of pilpits on Sunday evenings throughout the remainder of the month and the early part of next month. By this interchange they are of the opinion that the masses will become better acquainted with the issue of the evangelistic movement, and at the same time the presence of ministers of different denominations will tend to make the movement more interdenominational. Tomorrow evening the experiment will be tried at the following churches: East Main street Friends, Central Christian. AYhitewater Kriends, United -rethren, St. Paul's Lutheran. Second Presbyterian. First M. E.. Reid Memorial ind First Baptist. Next Sunday evening the remainder of the churches will change ministers. Eacli Sunday it is being arranged to eompletely change the speakers at the churches. To Decide On Lot. The committee of One Hundred, headed by E. Sdgar Nicholson, will meet in the Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock to take up the current phases ot the campaign. The final decision as to the location and size of the proposed tabernacle is expected at this meeting of the committee. Every member is expected to be present. In connection with the tabernacle discussion an interesting talk by Richard Sedgwick, who recently made a trip to Muncie. Ind.. where similar meetings are being held, will be made tomorrow alternoou. In Muncie the enthusiasts by voluntary labor erected a tabernacle with 6,000 seating capacity in two days. It is planned to make a similar building in Richmond upon plans followed by the Muncie committee. A number of other important matters will also be taken up at the meeting. POULTRY FANCIERS TO MAKE LISTS Lists of prizes for exhibits in the sixth annual exhibition of the Richmond Poultry and Pet Stock association to he held January 15 to IT in the International Harvester company's building on Sonth Seventh street will be drawn Sunday afternoon at a meeting of the directorate of the association. The meeting will be held in the office of lemar Monarch, in the Second National Bank building at 2:20 o clcck At this time the number of prizes and entry list will be decided upon.

Admiral Fletcher U.S. Commander

Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, commanding the South Atlantic squadron of the Atlantic fleet, is now with his huge fighting craft along the coast of Mexico. In the harbor of Vera Cruz are five U. S. battleships and two cruisers. Should intervention occur Admiral Fletcher would handle the naval division of this country's forces. BELIEVES LIOUOR IS SOLD IN T Sheriff Bayer Determined to Arrest Alleged Violators At Economy. SAUNDERS GETS FINE C. & O. Employe Arrested on Charge of Public Intoxication. Illegal selling of intoxicating liquor is believed to exist, in Economy, and Sheriff ' Bayer w ill Investigate. His determination to ascertain where drinks are being sold followed the ar-'. i rest of Klbert Saunders, in charge of the C. and O. pumping station at Economy. Sheriff Bayer has several good clews as to whom is selling liquor in the town. A number of persons j have been found intoxicated there j w ho have been known to have se-1 cured the liquor in Economy, it is ' said. ! Residents of Economy called the j cltCTMff nftor H QTinH AFC liar! c-1 o r-t ari several fights. They feared heould i i , Rponrc a enn as lip was In an no-lv mood. The sheriff hurried to the town in

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an automobile and found Saunders in a rlZ ohtl llf require ; ler snouia ue siaieu lor mai posiuou. , tnat ne wu, ue - such a state of intoxication that he 5 Kuaranty. or a cash , The resolutions wUl be presented toJ opportunity to prove his statement in could not tell his name or where he 2m?, equalling to the average gas j Mr. Robbins in a few days. !, a court of law. secured the wlrKkv He was brmnzht ' 1 & S'X W6ekS Period' Upon whicn ' When the matter of the hifch Cost of ' "Th Pre8S of tne ountry ha8 lonK tTthiTcitv and fined Si and enst Vr 1 lntmst at ,he rate of 6 per cent per i living was brought up for discussion : enough submitted to this ancient calriiol cm.Vt tr?Hv Mr nuum- Payable annually, will be paid j Richard Sedgwick suggested that the ! Umnv. It has made no particular prona'rt l r loudy' iir8' c'aunaers j for gas to be delivered and other ser- small back yard garden was one raeth- j test because the authors of these falsepa.a marine. , , , j vces rendered, which deposit and oth- od to down the cost. C. O. Williams, hoods were for the most part unworthy .Mrs. Saunders knows where her hus-. er unpaid accumulated interest there-1 county superintendent, made a motion of attention. Mr. Foulke is a person of band secured some of the whisky and i on will be refunded when the delivery J to the effect that a contest be waged i some public note, and it is necessary the information is now In the hands of gas has been discontinued and upon : in which three prizes of $15. $10 and to remind him that such gross misof the sheriff. Sheriff Bayer believes payment of all bills due the company. $3 be given for the three best back- LrepresenUtions as he permitted himthe investigation may result in a num-! and surrender of the receipt therefor." I yard gardens. Residents of West Rich- i selft to make at Toronto can no longer her of Richmond business men being: Avers Company is Fair. i mond are eligible to this contest. i be tolerated. The time has gone by implicated. j C. K. Krick of the Logan Natural! In support of his slogan "Make i for that. Now that the newspapers I Gas company, from which corporation Richmond a Friend to the Farmer" i have in good faith complied with the

CRAIG GIVES TALKS j Purdue Expert Speaks At County Towns. , About 100 farmers from Clay townI ship heard Dr. R. A. Craig, hog cholj era expert speak last night at Greensfork. He was also heard by large : crowds at Centerville this morning . and Milton in the afternoon. About thirty attended his meeting at Boston : yesterday afternoon, i All of the meetings were filled with i the enthusiasm of the farmers on the subject. Dr. Craig was much gratiI fied with the interest the farmers took in the methods of curing and prevent - ing hog cholera and says there is an unusual degree of knowledge shown on me siiDjeci oy ayne county iarni - ers. Dr. Craig presented statistics showtut- ti:uuuuuo i v ' j v noiu uvf, iivji-

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I fUllll'u ."i"u ai umr. ru i ; sponsi Die pat rons would be f air, but he Mnto details as to the different kinds j sai(j he was most emphatically opposed j of cholera serum and vaccination. j to any plan of the company "to secure : .....-. 1 protection from such people at the ex:A A'pense of trustworthy people who did

t r- V. . . , . 1 . ...... K w J .-. . I I . ..-.. ! WEATHER FORECAST ! U. S. BUREAU. FOR INDIANA Unsettled tonight and Sunday. Probably local rain. Coder tonight north central portion. Colder Sunday. TEMPERATURE. Noon 74 YESTERDAY. Maximum 70 MiniVnum 47 RICHMOND. BY W. E. MOORE. Near freezing temperature or lower is expected before 36 hours, preceded by rain either tonight or Sunday morning. Brisk or high drifting winds. SUMMARY. ine western tow 15 arriving 24 hours late because of persistent high pressure on the Atlantic Coast.

BOARD PAVES WAY

FOR GAS DEC! DEPOSITS RULE City Officials Say Consumers Not Compelled to Give Company $5. KRICK WILL EXPLAIN Representative of Logan Company to Appear Before Board Monday. Action paving the way to take before ! the state Public Utilities Commission the question of the authority of the Richmond Light, Heat and Power j company, in requiring deposits for ! natural gas service, was taken today i by the board of public w orks After that body had heard a state- j ment of facts made by Attorney Bond, the declaration was made that the j board had never approved of the com- ! pany's deposit rule, or any of its other rules, as required in the company's j franchise before anv rule can become

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effective, and that it has no intention ! office inspector, who is gathering eviof sanctioning such action on the com- dence to be used against the officials pany's part. Mr. Bond said when f of ,ne company for using the mails to first rpppi var1 tho rnmn.in,' riilpc ht , l?fr3.U(l.

sirucK out tne one reiernng to rorfeits and had sent the copv back to the comnanv company ... ine ooara men unanimously aaopi- ,

ed the mavor's motion that a formal I lnelr uargain. i ne co.npauy in senannouncement be made to the public ! n JtB la"d ave to eaob purchaser a

in the ni-Pss that tht Hcnnjft rule ia in. ! valid and if the patrons of the company chose to ignore it they have the right to do so. The board, in taking this action, did so with the realization that it had no authority itself to compel the Light, Heat & Power company to discontinue the enforcement of the objectional rule and that such authority rests w ith the Public Utilities Commission, as pointed out by the Palladium yesterday. If the company persists in requiring deposits of all non-real estate hold-

ing patrons to post guarantees for nat-ithe

uiai sas p"i ice me uoara win asK tne commission to bring the local corporation to time. Hag Had Deposit Rule. It was also brought to light at the board meeting today that the Light. Heat & Power company has a eliding scale of deposits, ranging from $5 up, but that it has made an effort to shield this fact in the list of natural gas service rules, published on the back of all application contracts. Patrons not owning real estate and who use gas for a cooking range or hot plate, or to illuminate their homes or nnt.it - .ith Q " ' " " . "V posit $o with the company. If in addition to such service such natrons have one or two heating stoves the deposit required is $10. If heating stoves are not used hut a furnace is the deposit is also $10, providing the house has six or less rooms. If gas is used in furnaces in houses of more than six rooms and not more than ten, the required deposit is $15. Special rates are maae ror nouses ot more than ten rooms. The company's deposit rule, howev- ; er'1 mere,y Provides the following re - quirements: ... quirements: "In case an applicant for gas is not considered financially responsible the j the Light, ellat and Power company) i secures its supply, was in the citv ves-!

terday and Mr. Bond told the board , convenient place near the center of that he informed Mr. Krick tho eitvltho fitv

would never submit to the inforce. ment of the deposit rule. The city at -

lorney men stated tnat Krick told him ; ported that Friday night. January 2. he believed the board could he (-nn.U,i hn chosen as the date for th

vinced that the local company's action was fair and reasonable and that he would like to have the privilege of ap pearing netore the board Monda Bond told him the board .would hae no objections to him doing so. Mr. Bond, in outlining the situation I which has arisen over the deposit rule i the Light, Heat and Power company! informed the board that the state com-1 mission had in a few cases required ! public utilities companies to reouire i I es of patrons, out he the commission rnnld ho oaili- rr,r, 1 vmced that the deposit rule of the lr cai company was unfair and entirely too arbitrary, and established in defl- : ance of the company s contract w ith tne city. The city attorney said he appreciat- ; the fact that a rpssnnahlo rtonncit gfj n p IaOt tf&t A : ... . - not own real estate" He also pointed out that the company had even gone to the extreme of requiring some real estate owners to fiie guarantees of good faith. Too Discriminatory. "The company can in a reasonable manner require any doubtful patron to make reasonable neposif. but for it to divide its patrons into fvo broad clas- j sifications is entirely too discrimina-1

tory." said the citv attorney. ! , . , Mavor Zimmerman said he would! Divorce was granted Henrietta Meylike to know if he had the right to in- I ers from Joshua Meyers on grounds

troduce a motion suggesting to the 1 patrons of the Light. Heat and Power ; 1 comnanv that if fh comnativ rKr'Kt- i ; ed in requiring a deposit for natural gas that they cease using the electricity of the company. With a smile City j Attorney Bond informed the mayor ithat he had such authority but sugI gested that it was not necessary for him j to do so as the patrons of the (Continued on Page Two.)

Foulke Challenges hew York Times to Silence His Ownership Atttack

INSPECTOR BRINGS I LIGHT ON SWINDLE! Government Official Gathers Evidence From Richmond Victims. LAND IS WORTHLESS Promoters Here Iast Spring Succeeded in Interesting Manv Persons. Richmond persons who invested their, earnings in Oklahoma land at the licitation of agents who accompanied an exhibit car from McAlister, Okla., that stopped in this city a few days last spring, were interviewed by A. T. Hawkesworth. a government post- ".. ..-. of Persons who signed the contract (proffered bv the agents of the com-! JinH Khnn.iv r-npmp,i nf pany and subsequently repentetl or - - . . J7. 7 7, l " cuaijse ill .MCi.siei When the train reached Philadelphia j land the agent began to Dush their I

land sales, a number of interested i however Httle value it may nave. .Mr. parties made a personal investigation , FOULKK declared that the cause of of the land the company was offer-! this was the diminished public confiing for sale, and pronounced it worth-j dence in the sincerity and impartialless, j itv of the press. He continued:

Mr. Hawkesworth refused to discuss the case or to give oat the names of Richmond persons who last money in the investment, but said the evidence that he has procured here w ill be of j rraterial value in the proceedings that the government has instituted against iand company WEST SIDE WANTS GOOD HEALTH Association Passes Resolution to Be Presented to Mayor-Elect. DEPLORE LIVING COST With the events during the scarlet fever eDiderhic in West Richmond, last I year, in mind, the West Richmond Im-1 i provement association passed resoluitions askirnr iavor-eleet Robbins to ! select a thoroughly competent man for ! the secretnrvshin of the board of j health. The suggestion is that a man I familiar with the use of the micro - ! scope in the analysis of milk and wahealth 1 neailQ Lew Peacock suggested that free hitching racks be installed at some ! Tho committer in charee of the ded- ; ication of the Joseph Moore school re- ! dedication - DIES FROM EFFECT OF DRINKING LIQUOR I Henry Athev's Death CaUSed By Alcoholic Poisoning, Coroner's Verdict. Acute alcoholic poisoning, self admlnicf roH ic t'np rprHipl rf Crrrn er

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R. J. Pierce on the death of Henry I an expression oi opinion on mis eaiAthey. who was found dead in thetor,al He replied:

i city jail on tne morning oi -ov. o. , The examination of witnesses showed ! that Athey drank at least ten glasses i of beer, three glasses of blackberry ! wine and the same number of whisky ( . . . . . . lard that he had a bottle of whisky in i his pocket j Athey was twenty-four years of age. ' j six feet. nr:r, ;rch tan an(j weighed ISO; J pour.ds. His friends testified that be-1 for1 he wa taVen to jail his condition was such that he could not stand. He : as carried to police headquarters. GETS DIVORCE . CI ca"'t ia: orunKenn ma crui treatment. Mrs. Meyers was the custody of thre children. given Rayj mond. May and Edward CRITICISE HAIRCUT. YON K ERS. N Y.. Nov. 22 Frank Ar,fl-ew r.vA Vir hniss Hnilv l.rnrhers two of them twins, were arrested for fighting in a car. The trouble was caused by Ancrew snd Frank not lik - jiBg the haircut of Nicholas.

President of National Municipal League Sticks to His Toronto Assertion That the Public Does Not Know Who Is Really in Control of Newspapers Resents Times Editorial Assertion of Being a "Reckless Falsifier" Charges Men Who Own Large Metropolitan Papers Are Usually Connected With Large Interests.

TIMES DESIGNATES HIS STRICTURE "A PECULIARLY ODIOUS OFFENSE"

I William Hudley Foulke, president of ! iter really so simple minded a not to the National Municipal League, issued know that een if such list? were gena statement today In which he an- , erally known to the public, which they . swered an attack made on him editor- are not. and even if the amount of ially by the New York Times, which ' stock held by each stockholder ert ! designated him a "reckless falsifur" ; stated (which is not even required I It i because of a statement in an address ; would still furnish no sufficient tnforj before the meeting of the league re jmationas to who is actually In control?

i cently at loronio. in wnicn ne win n "n w ((f'tt n dm,s not know so-.wno js n TeA control of the newspapers. The following editorial appeared in the New York Times on the morning of Nov. 19: NO MORE OF THIS. "It becomes our duty to invoke public censure upon WILLIAM HUDLKY I FOULKE. President of the National i Municipal League, for a peculiarly odious offense of which he was guilty oHiIi-bk t th. m.tine f that nJi?J organization m Toronto on lonua last. Mr. FOULKE was discussing the innnenc nf the nr.ss imon mibhe opinion. After some observations up I on the loss of influence' suffered by the newspapers, a matter as to which he is entitled to his opinion. This is not confined to the mere partv organ, nor to the so-called "yel-1 low press." In quite a different class of newspapers there is a feature which inspires mistrust. The public does not know who is really in control. A large amount of capital is required for our great metropolitan papers, and the men who own tljem are usually connected with other large interests. They are often large stockholders, and. perhaps, directors or railroads, banks and vast industrial concerns which are seriously affected by many public movements." "Plain words are best in this matter, and we must therefore describe Mr. FOl'LKE as a reckless falsifier. A falsifier because what he said is al together untrue, reckless because thej facts as to the ownership of the greaH metropolitan papers and aTl others are J a matter of record, and he appears to have made no effort to ascertain the truth. "The ownership of newspapers is no longer open to conjecture. A Federal statute demands of them, under pain of exclusion from the privileges of the mails, that thev publish twice annually the names of all persons owning a much as 1 per cent of their capital stock. The publications required have ben made during tne last ear oy an ! the newspapers, as Mr. FOl'LKE very J w ell knows. They are made on oath. I If Mr. FOULKE will in any individual case charge that the real ownership ! w as concealed, and that the statements made are perjuri. wre have no doubt j statute requiring publicity, the charge that they are owned or controlled, and that suen ownership or control nnduly I influenced by 'the large Interests." Is ! one that no man can maie without J bringing upon himself the reproach of : sianuer anu laiecuoua. t "We have felt that the rider to the ! postofnee appropriation bill, which ! embodies the publicity requirement, is incomplete. It was intended to sub stitute knowledge for conjecture in respect to newspaper ownership. Logically, a penalty should have been imposed upon those who will resort to conjecture when knowledge is before them. We would suggest that the statute be amended to. provide that when any man makes such false statements about newspapers as those made by William Dudley Foulke. he be com ! pelled publicly to eat four copies of the Congressional Record containing Jonathan Bournes speech in support of. the appropriation bill rider." Foulke Replies. A representative of the Palladium called upon Mr. Foulke at his resi dence this morning and asked him for I am more than willing to become the object of any "ppublic censure' which can be invoked by such effervescence as this. When no newspaper was mentioned in my remarks I did ; not suppose that any would spring up I ence of the public." "What answer will you make? "The article itself must be its own refutation. The editor talks of slander, j srnss misrenresentation etc.. and calls 1 ' me a 'reckless falsifier.' Let us see. I say 'A large amount of capital is remiire1 for our ereat metroooiitan 11a-

pers and the men who own them are sir L'cnel Carden. the Bntlsa minusua'.lv connected wfth other large in- Ister. instead of being assured. s-nt terests." Isn't that true? I add "They word to all the Eritish subjects to conare often large stockholders and per- centra te in the cities for mutual prohaps dJrectors of railroads, banks and 1 tection. vast industrial concerns which are s j Gen. Blanquet, minister of war. actriously affected by many public move- ed as spokimaa for the government

ments." Will the Times deny it? I say 'The public does not know who is real ly in control Control Not Ascertained. "The Times answers that the rant-rs are required to publish semi-annually the names of those who own as much ; as 1 per cent of their capital stock and j that they do this under oath. Is the ed-

Mas it never entered into the editor

mind to conceive that stock may tw, assigned, endorsed in blank, hypothecated or otherwise controlled by those whose names do not appear in the stock book and may even be unknown to the man who signs the returns, to say nothing of the public, and that in. spite of the disclosures required by th law ? Moreoer does the mere nam of the stockholders furnish any information as to the other interests with which he is counected? "But even when a law as Ineffective as this was passed, many of the newspapers resisted it and femght the matter in the courts. Why did they do so? "In days when predatory Interests are invading enterprises where their presence is little suspected, no impar tial man can deny that the public does not know who is really in control of many of our newspapers. My statement was exactly and literally true, and was a very moderate statement of tue fact." Criticize Timet. ' Have you heard any comment on the Times' editorial?" "I am receiving letters partly from strangers, sending me the editorial and wanting me to answer it. Here, for instances Is one." said Mrs. Foulke. showing the letter to the Palladium's representative, "from a professor in one of the universities, who says. "Th tone of the editorial and Its devilish twisting of the truth Justifies rather that refutes your criticism of the press. Another correspondent with an appropriate sence of the ludicrous, 'hopes the execution suggested may be made public that he may be present when Senator Bourne's speech is consumed. "How do yon expect to retaliate?" I don't know- any better way to rptort an edUor no u surh a basis considers me a reckless taisifier' that to apply to him the crushing epithet once bestowed by Ir. Samuel Johnson uon the fish woman, and rail him a parallelogram." Or was it "parallelopipedon?" I can't remember. I am snre that either epithet would bo quite as appropriate as his. It ought to be be equally efficacious in reliev ing the mind, and I venture to apply it in spite of bis bint of a libel suit." "But the editor says that such remarks as yours can no longer be tolerated What do you say to that?" "I fear they will have to be, for they are likely to be renewed hereafter. The Time has not yet persuaded our people to establish any. Holy Office by which that portion of. the press to which my words apply can exempt Itself from criticism." "So you are not much disturbed by the attack?" "On the contrary. I rejoice to ee that however Indifferent a marksman I may be, at least one bird dropped! from the covey wbn fB rtiot was fired. 1 hope there will be more of them. Confession of this kind, even though tt be unconscious and involuntary, i of benefit to the public, though, it may not be of any special advantage to the soul of him who makes It." ANARCHY PREVAILS MEXICAN CITIES Constitutionalists Sweep Northern Section From Coast to Coast. ? MEXICO CITY. Nov. 22 Fresn atrocities by rebels sweeping down upon the capital are detailed in advices received here today. Arson. rapine, torture and dath are the weapons of those that profess allegiance to Gen. Carranza. Anarchy prevails in the northern section of the republic from coast to coast. The strength of the revolutionists la growing daily Jn the territory of Tepic and other northern states. In some of these states the chief cities are still In the hands of the j government, but many an Invested and their fall is made certain by the cutting off of supplies. To prevent the landing of marines in Mexico, the Huerta government today pledged itself to the protection of a51 foreigners. That this pledge was regarded as of little value was shown bv acts which immediately followed. ; In giving assurance mat measures naa been taken to assure the safety of for eigners. In a brief statement General BlanQuet said: 1 "Orders have been given to place 'enough troops in tne 011 neias ana ai other dangerous spots to afford ample - j protection for all forey-"