Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 70, 31 January 1914 — Page 4

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, JAN. 31, 1914

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Senator Cullom

Senator Shelby M. Cullom, who died of la grippe in Washington last Thursday, was one of

the most historic figures in American public life. He was born in Kentucky in a decade when the anti-slavery ferment first began to disturb the country. Later with his eleven brothers and sisters, his parents moved to a pioneer farm in Illinois not far from Lincoln's home. There he endured the hardships of frontier life and developed that splendid physique which enabled him to perform many years of service in public life. His father was a personal friend of the Lincolns and often recommended litigants to secure the services of young Lincoln when he was a struggling backwoods lawyer. During Lincoln's second term as President, Cullom was elected to the House of Representatives. This began an unbroken period in public office exceeded by none, and lasted three years longer than "Uncle" Joe Cannon's term of fcervice. He was twice elected Governor of Illinois and presided over the Illinois House of Representatives at the time Stephen A. Douglas made his impassioned speech regarding the firing on Fort Sumter. In 1883 he was elected to the Senate and there remained continuously for thirty years, a record excelled only by Senators Ellison and Morlill. During this entire time, he was always in charge of some responsible commission, such as the Foreign Relationship Committee after the Spanish-American War and the Hawaiian Commission which established the form of government in those islands. It was Cullom who nominated Grant the second time and whose speech was the shortest on record for such a purpose. It consisted of just seventy-five words and nearly prostrated his hearers with its briefness.

A few months ago he was appointed chairman of the commission organized to erect a $2,000,000.00 memorial to Lincoln in Washington. It was one of the Senator's keenest regrets at the time of his death that he was unable to live to see ihe completion of this extraordinary mark of regard for his old time friend. During his lifetime he saw the crown of Great Britain handed down from George IV to William IV and then to Queen Victoria, who passed it on to King Edward VII, from whose hands it descended to the present king, George V. Senator Cullom was born in an age which now seems as strange and remote to us as does some r.ncient era. There is something pathetic in the spectacle of a single human life which is compelled to breach over such a chasm as separates this day from his own early day. It would be almost impossible for any man to make the revolutionary adjustments of mind and habit required by the extraordinary changes which began to take place a generation ago. The fact that Senator Cullom was able to hold his place, a responsible position of public trust, during the trying times in which an old world died and a new world was born, speaks much for his character and his ability. It is significant of the inner sincerity and seriousness of his mind that after he had publicly written in his published "Memoirs" that he was unable on the evidences at hand to found a belief in a life to come that he was so willing, after the actual experiences of old age and impending

death had deepened and ripened his spiritual life, freely to acknowledge his change of conviction and to express his belief that death is but ' another kind of birth and that he should once' more be permitted to walk across the immemor- j ial meadows of another land with Lincoln and j Douglas and Grant and Garfield and all of his old I time friends who had gone before. i

Power Company and approved by the Public Service Commission in Indianapolis last Monday. The Light, Heat & Power Company did not divide its report under the two heads of Gas and Electric Current which was submitted to the Public Service Commission and the city's legal department some time ago. This was a failure to conform to the law governing public utilities. It is just possible that this present act throws light on that omission. If the Company is now able to establish a minimum valuation of its entire plant, it may hope to saddle the large proportion of this valuation on the natural gas department of its business. If it can succeed in doing that, it would then have a basis on which to demand an increase in its Natural Gas rate. To an impartial observer, the Company's recent action has all the appearance of being a step toward this. Of course, it is possible that some

unknown factor may be revealed which would throw a different light upon it, but all the facts now ascertainable offer a firm ground for such suspicion. According to the Company's own officials,

financiers would not float the bonds until after

the Public Service Commission had O. K d. them

Why was this? According to the statement of the officials themselves, it was that they wanted the Commission to give its judgment as to the

Ivaluation of the plant. In other words, in the

very act of approving this bond issue, the Public Service Commission has tacitly acknowledged

that the plant of the Light, Heat & Power Com panv has at least a valuation of $850,000.00.

Suppose now that at some future time, when

the Public Service Commission places a valuation

on the local plant for rate fixing purposes, it dis

covers its value to be less than $850,000.00, the

Light, Heat & Power Company could appeal to

this previous act on the part of the Commission. Its officials could say to the members of the Commission, "Gentlemen, when you authorized our $850,000.00 bond issue you fixed a minimum valuation on our plant of that amount. How then can you reconcile your present figures with the figure which you then approved?" Another important factor in the present sitpation is that the Public Service Commission does not seem to have made a careful examination of the nature of the indebtedness which this bond issue is supposed to cover. The public utilities law explicitly requires that such an examination be made. And this requirement is just: for it is of the greatest importance that the Public Service Commission know the nature of such an indebtedness. It may be that a part of it is due to sheer

mismanagement : it may be that part of it is due to the buying out of competition: or it may be due to other familiar reasons any one of which could not possibly authorize the adding of such an indebtedness to the valuation of the plant. If the Light, Heat & Power Company's indebtedness is of such a nature and if the Public Service Commission recognizes that this indebtedness is a part of the Company's valuation, it would simply mean that gas consumers in Richmond would be paying rates based on a valuation that does not exist. But even if the Commission's failure properly to investigate the nature of this indebtedness does not prove to be as serious a thing as it appears to be, the fact still remains that the Public Service Commission has acknowledged a minimum valuation on the local plant. This seems to have escaped the attention of City Attorney W. A. Bond, but he and the city administration have both come since to realize the meaning of it. They propose to use every means possible to persuade the Public Service Commission to reconsider its act which seems to have been so hasty and so illadvised. The door is locked after the horse is stolen, but it is to be hoped our watchmen may be able to re-capture the horse.

TO START: REVIVALS

Hagerstown U. B. Church

Opens Services.

HAGERSTOWN, Jus SI. A series

of revival services were commenced

Thursday night at the Radical United Brethren church at Sugar Grove. Rev. Walter Strlckler will be la charge until Sunday when Rev. Lester Wood will assist

Mrs. Thos. Wilson and daughter and

Mrs. Martha Welker were guests Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Woods.

Mrs. Harry Cain is spending a few

days with her parents at Centerville.

Mrs. Minos Strickler spent Thurs

day with her daughter, Mrs. John Nich

olson near Greensfork.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitesell and Mrs. Ella Whitesell motored to Rich

mond Thursday.

Miss Marie Pipher of Indianapolis is the guest of Miss Goldie Peplogle. Mrs. Frank Newcomb and son, Mrs. Affie Galaton and Miss Vivian Newcomb are guests at the home of Mrs. Cordelia Scott. Visits Home. Misa Lona Flemming of Indianapolis will spend Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Laura Flemming. Mrs. Ellen Howell and Mrs. W. A. Cunningham, of Selma, and Mrs. John Dragoo, of Muncie, are visiting with

Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Cunningham, north

of town.

Among those who were at Richmond

Thursday were Mrs. Alvin Peele, Mrs. William Dingworth, Mrs. John Sells, Mrs. Edgar Locke, Mrs. P. II. Davis, Mrs. Martin Werking and Mrs. Loren Helmsing and daughters, Esther and Gladys. Mrs. Jacob Rummell spent Wednesday at New Castle with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rummell. Mrs. Frank Jamison and son returned Wednesday from Lawrenceburg, where they have ben visiting Mr. and

Mrs. Will Crist and family . Mrs. John Bruce of Richmond, spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Abbott. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Porter entertained Thursday evening at dinner, Mrs. Edith F. Smith and daughter, Emmajean, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hindman. Mrs. Jennie Hatfield of Grensfork, was the guest of Miss Maud Hayes Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Teetor and Mr. and Mr. Robert Thurston will attend the theatre at Indianapolis this evening. Mrs. Clifford Fouts entertained the Five Hundred club Wednesday afternoon, esides the members, the guests were Mrs. Frank Whitesell Mrs. Charles Porter, Mrs. Hollace Hoover, Mrs. Robert Thurston, Mrs. Carlos Burton, Mrs. William Dingworth, Miss Nellie Brant and Miss Ina Weimmer. An elegant two course luncheon was served at the four card tables following the game. John Holler will move March 1, to his property formerly owned by Manando McCabe. B. F. Shuck will vacate the same and move to the Frank Petro residence on Elm street.

Post QT. P. A, to Hold Big Meeting Post O will bold Its regular monthly

meeting tonight in the club rooms. This meeting Is of much importance to the members of the Post, and It Is urged upon all to attend. President Browne will have several matters to bring before the meeting, which should receive the serious attention of the members. Several questions pertaining to the coming state convention will be up for consideration.

convention in Indianapolis during the past week. Many of the manufacturers as well as the wholesale hardware men were represented at the convention. Post C's lapses In membership will be unusually small for the January paying period. Only eight members have allowed their membership to

drop, which is less than two per cent of the entire body of Post C. The number dropping have done so for reasons beyond their control. John M. Cates was called to Ithaca, N. Y., Thursday by the serious illness of his son, Roland, who is attending college at Cornell. The young man was operated upon for appendicitis, and is reported as doing as well as could be expected.

PROVISIONS GIVEN TO PASTOR'S WIFE

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ECONOMY, Jan. 81 Mrs. Oliver . Fraser was remembered by the

Friends Missionary and other bodies

of the church in that the women of the organization gave the happy woman sixty-two jars of fruit and $10. Pleasant Birthday -Party. Thursday night a number of friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Fouts to celebrate the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Fouts. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. John L. Replogle and children Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jordan and children. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Cain and children and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hurley and children.

Earl Cain has been ill for the past week. Miss Viola Olen and Paul Olen were in Richmond yesterday attending the Honeywell revival meeting. Thomas Cain has been selected as one of the petit jurymen for the January term of court.

POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

AUDITOR HOWARD BROOKS Candidate for Auditor of Wayne County subject to the Progressive primary election. February 9. E. 8. MARTINDALE, Greensfork. Ind. Candidate for Auditor of Wayne County, subject to the Progressive Primary Election, February 9th.

Ed Thatcher has embarked in the business of selling nursery stock the kind that grows out of doors. He has taken up the Gaar line of Cambridge

City, and will try to have every T.

At the Theatres

Murray. "Sherlock Holmes, or the Sign of the Four," the great detective play, that the Francis Sayles players have

P. A. beautify his lawn with trees beeQ presenting this week at the Mur-

and shrubbery of various kinds. No ray, will be given tonight for the last

doubt in the future the T. P. A. bovs time. The theatre has been well filled

CLERK. CLAUDE KEEVER Candidate for Clerk of Wayne County subject to the Progressive primary election, February 9. CHARLES POTTER Candidate for Clerk of Wayne County subject to the Progressive primary election. February 9. L. C. HARRISON Candidate for Clerk of Wayne County subject to the Progressive primary election. February 9. PARK R. GIPE Candidate for Clerk of Wayne Circuit Court, subject to Progressive primary election. February 9. CLARENCE D. MOTE Candidate for Clerk of Wayne Circuit Court, subject to Progressive primary election February 9.

THE STIRRUP-CUP.

My short and happy day is done, The long and dreary night comes on. And at my door the pale horse stands To carry me to unknown lands. His whinny shrill, his pawing hoof, Sound dreadful as a gathering storm; nd I must leave this sheltering roof And joys of life so soft and warm. Tender and warm the joys of life, Good friends the faithful and the true; My rosy children and my wife So sweet to kiss, so fair to view, So sweet to kiss, so fair to view; The night comes down, the lights burn blue; And at my door the pale horse stands To bear me forth to unknown lands. John Hay.

T. P. A Notes

BY T. C. .

May 8 and 9, 1914. Every T. P. A. should take due notice of the above dates and fix them indelibly in his mind. May 8 and 9 have been set as the days of the state convention of the T. P. A., which will be held in Richmond.

All of the various committees appointed to look after the coming state convention have gotten down to work and are now making great progress. The finance committee has been doing wonderful work and promises to have on hand sufficient funds to entertain the visitors in a manner never before attempted by any post in Indiana or any other state. The souvenir committee has purchased the souvenirs to be given to the visiting ladies and gentlemen, and has about completed its work. The entertainment committee is busy hunting up all the different ways of entertaining and promises to give the visitors something that will always cause them to remember Richmond and Post C From now on the convention will be uppermost in the minds of the T. P. A. boys of Richmond.

will be seen planting gooseberry bushes and crabapple trees in every little corner of the lot. It is said Lebo has already purchased several gooseberry bushes and will grow them on his front porch. D. P. Whelan, who has been confined in Reid Memorial hospital for several weeks, has been removed to his home. His condition is somewhat improved. At the meeting tonight President Browne will name two nominating committes to make up the tickets to be voted on for post officers for the coming fiscal year. These committees will report to the February meeting their tickets, and the election will be held in March. The nominating committees will also place in nomination the names of any one desiring to attend the national convention in Houston, Tex., the week of June 8. Any one desirous of attending the national convention has the privilege or placing his name before the convention' to be voted on. "Uncle Billie" Kramer has pur

chased an Italian flute a real-for-sure !

flute from Italy. The other day the i writer and '"Uncle Billie" were riding j together over the C, H. & D. With: us were several representatives of !

sunny Italy who had been doing track duty somewhere on the C, II. & D., and were being transported. Things in general were quiet; very much so for such a bunch. One of the band, thinking, perhaps, of his home across the water and growing sad and lone-

l some, pulled out a tlute from wmcu ! he began to produce the most weird

and melancholy noises imaginable. And he seemed to produce the noises without any great effort on his part, except to blow into the thing and occasionally move a tinger or two. "Uncle Billie" stood it as long as he could, and then made a proposition that we stop the so-called music by buying the flute. We made the "musician" an offer of 50 cents for his instrument, and it was immediately sold to us. The press chairman donated his share to "Uncle Billie," and he is now trying to find the correct location of the fingers to produce the noise. He says the wind part of the music he can supply.

during the week, and no doubt will be entirely sold out tonight, as this is the last chance to see Mr. Sayles in the excellent character of Sherlock Holmes. At the Murray all next week the Sayles players will offer George Broadhurst's only farce comdey, "What Happened to Jones." The play is in three acts and is one long laugh from the rise of the curtain. Mr. Sayles as Jones, will be seen in a part that is more suited to his ability than any he has appeared in during his engagement here. On Monday night the usual country store Mill be given, and there will be many surprises for the audience. E. R. Montgomery, the new scenic artist for the Sayles company, arrived in the city the first of the week, and a massive production will be given. The usual Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday matinees will be given.

Don Lamoreux. the popular grocery salesman, who has been with I. R. Howard & Co.. for several years, has taken a position with Ilrinktnun &

i Co., wholesale grocers, of Indianapolis, succeeding Chris Bailey. Mr. Bailey has deserted the grocery Held and , no longer will be selling prunes and i baking powder. He has become us- ' sociated with the Inglo Credit ItoglsI tor company of Dayton, ()., nnd will ! travel the entire state of Indiana.

I POINTED PARAGRAPHS I WHERE CIVILIZATION LAGS. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Although there are four candidates for King of Albania, not one has stood forth to champion the cause by advocating a primary election for the office.

The L, H. & P. Company Bond Issue The Public Service Commission, created and authorized in an act passed by the Indiana Assembly, in March of 1913, has the power to fix rates at which the service of public utility corporations may sell their commodities. According to the law, these rates must be based on a physical valuation of the plant. A corporation might have a capitalization of $1,000,000, but if its equipment, "used and useful," for supplying its service is worth only $500,000, the rates must be adjusted so as to pay a reasonable dividend on the latter figure. It is one of the duties of the Commission to make a fair and accurate valuation of a plant before fixing its rates. The importance of this is recognized when one sees that a too high valuation will automatically raise rates and thus cheat consumers into paying more for their service than justice would require. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that the valuation of a public utilities plant be absolutely accurate. In no other way can a reasonable charge be determined. These facts help us, to understand the import-

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,ance aim me pussiuie Mgimaiiw in uie $ooy,-,j hi the navy ls not because the navy is wickeder under a S&QM feeaditftftiiSted kf. Light, Heat ftjoemwaaUc than under a fteabUcaa admJnfctBtUoo, '

Walter Bates, of the American Seod-

j ing-Machiue company, will start the

nrsr, oi aiarcu iui nouui Anivnca, 10 look after the rompunys' interests. He expects to be gone most of the summer.

Kedl Hllc3 la good blood blood that nourishes the whol body, and enables every organ to perform its functions naturally. Many people owe It to HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA, which relieves scrofula eczema, Dsoriasis. and all blood humors.

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Cliff Merrill has been made a member of the executive committee of

the state convention, and has also , been made a member of th Bouvenir j and finance committees. Mr. Merrill , is added to the commutes in order to j fill tho vacancy caused by the depart- j ure of Mr. Bates for South America.

MAKES NO GREAT PRETENSES. Washington Star. Tammany, by seldom assuming superior standards, has managed to escape a great deal of criticism.

WELL, THERE'S THE POISONED NEEDLE. Chicago News. Probably it will be a long time before humanity discovers anything else half so exciting as radium.

Quite a number of the travelers of Richmond attended the hardware

How's This?

'TWOULD HARDLY BE POSSIBLE. Philadelphia Public Ledger. Secretary Daniels , wishes it to be distinctly understood that the reason he has asked for more chaplains

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Monday, FEB. 2

The Francis Sayles Players In George Broadhurst's Only Farce Comedy

37th WEEK STARTING

WHAT

HAPPENED

0 JONES

A LAUGH FROM START TO FINISH Shows May Come, and Shows May Go, But We Stay Here Forever. Country Store Monday Amateurs Friday PRICES Nights, 10c 20c, 30c; Matinees, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10c and 20c. WEEK OF FEBRUARY 9TH "MONTE CRISTO"

TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR. ROBERT A. BENTON Candidate for Assessor, Wayne Township, subject to the Progressive nomination. Election, February 9, 1914. JAMES HOWARTH Candidate for Township Assessor of Wayne Township subject to the Progressive primary election, February 9. J. C. DARNELL Candidate for Assessor of Wayne County, subject to the Progressive primary election. February 9th. R. B. NICHOLSON Candidate for Township Assessor of Clay Township, subject to Progressive primary elec

tlon, February 9. 13.1t

TREASURER. ALBERT N. CHAMNESS Candidate for Treasurer of Wayne county, subject to the Progressive rrimar;election, February 9.

SHERIFF. JACOB BAYER Candidate for Sheriff of Wayne county, subject to

the Progressive primary election. Feb

ruary 9.

TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE. J. O. EDGERTON Candidate for

Township Trustee of Wayne Town-

ship, subject to Progressive primary election February 9. JOHN DEITZ Candidate for Trustee of Wayne Township, subject to the Progressive primary election, February 9CHARLES H. BOND Candidate for Township Trustee of Clay Township, subject to Progressive primary election, February 9. 19-lt LEWIS H. HOSIER Candidate foi Township Trustee of Harrison Township, subject to Progressive primary election, February 9.

REPRESENTATIVE. J. W. JUDKINS Candidate for Renresentative of Wayne County, subject

to the Progressive primary election

February 9. CECIL L. CLARK Candidate foi Representative from Wayne County subject to Progressive primary eloc tlon, February 9.

JUDGE OF WAYNE CIRCUIT COURT WILLIAM A. BOND Candidate foi Judge of Wayne Circuit Court, s;ib ject to Progressive primary election February 9.

PROSECUTOR. WILL W. RELLER Candidate UProsecuting Attorney 17th Judi ia Circuit, subject to the Progress. Primary Election February 9.

COUNTY COMMISSIONER ALBERT ANDERSON, candid;" for County Commissioner of Eas i District, subject to th Progress:-.! Primary election, February 9. MARCUS D. L. REYNOLDS Can didate for Commissioner of the MM die district. Subject to the Prog us slve primary, election, February 9. 20 7t JOHN F. DYNES Candidate f Commissioner Middle District, subject to Progressive rrimary election February 9.

CORONER. DR. R. D. MORROW Candidate fo Coroner of Wayne County, subject the Progressive party primary, Febr ary 9. DR. S. EDGAR BOND Candida t for Coroner, subject to Progressiv primary electiou. February 9,

SURVEYOR. LEVI PEACOCK Candidate fa Surveyor of Wayne County, subjec to Progressive primary election, Fct ruary 9.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. HENRY C. CHESSMAN is a c.-.j didate for Justice of the Peace fc

1 Wayne Township, subject to the Pn gressive Primary election. Feb. 9th,