Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 208, 19 July 1916 — Page 5
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1916
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Roop Pulls Richmond Batsman From Charmed Circle of 300 The Quaker's little session at the Williamsburg lot Sunday last didn't improve the club's batting account In the least. In fact the work of Carl Roop, the Richmond product working for Williamsburg, just about elim- , lnated what little clouting percentages the Quakers might have had before the last sad occurrence. Moore, who has set the pace for the Quaker stickers from start of the season, has dropped out of the .300 class and though he is still the real leader of the club Johnny Holmes, who has participated in but three games, blazes the way at .333. Herb Logan, with the middlin' percentage of .270 is contesting Moore's right , to the runner-up honor. , Individual records follow: Players. A.B. R. H. 2B. 3B. H.R. T.B. S.B. O. A. E. B.A. F.A. Holmes, 2b, lb '.. .. 12 4 4 1 1 0 , 10 1 11 3 3 .333 .823' Moore, If 24 4 7 1 3 0 14 1 14 1 0 .292 1.000 II. Logan, 83 .. 26 4 7 2 0 0 9 10 - 20 24 10 . .270 .815 Kelly, 2b 24 3 6 0 0 0 6 5 12, 10 3 .250 .880 Niebuhr, 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 .250 1.000 Wallace, rf. p . 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 "1 .250 .750 Schattel, rf 12 2 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 .250 1.000 Cooney, cf 27 5 6 1 0 0 7 8 11 1 1 .222 .923 Minier, p ; 18 5 4 0 0 0 4 0 6 24 2, .222 .940 Sullivan, c '. ... 25. 3 5.0 0 0 5 0 34 3 1 .200 .980 Stephenson, lb . 24 3 5 0 1 0 7 1 62 3 6 .208 .915
Speaker and Jackson Rivals for Battle
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The race for the batting supremacy In the American league waxes warm between Tria Speaker and Joe Jackson, who are running neck-and-neck for the top position. Speaker had been leading the league's battle practically all season, without any serious rivaj, until Joe Jackson began his phenonemal climb from the .200 clas3 to the rank of topnotchers. Cut a hair's breath now separates the batting averages of these two boys, and fandom is watching them both with interest.
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(Continued From Page One.) to the Water Works company by assuming the $7,000 obligation imposed upon sprinkler users. 1'resident Davis, agreeing with the other city officials that an extortionate service charge had been imposed upon the sprinkler users, first suggested an appeal of the commission's ruling. This plan did not meet with general approval, it being pointed out that court decisions generally upheld the principle of a readiness-to-serve charge and that the only chance the city might have of reversing the commission's order would be to establish the fact that the charge imposed was "unreasonable." Fair Charge Satisfactory. City Attorney Bond, in fact, expressu the opinion that the sprinkler users should pay a fair service charge, and Mr. Carr agreed with him in this. Bavls finally suggested the possibility of a rate re-adjustment whereby the bulk of the $7,000 charge imposed upon the sprinkler users would be imposed upon manufacturing conoerns which do not have automatic sprinkler protection. All those who attended the meeting agreed that under no consideration should tho small consumers be forced to assume the charge which has been forced upon the sprinkler users. It Is understood the water works company will be satisfied if some arrangement can be made with the commission for the relief of the sprinkler users. Company Stands Ready. The company, it is- said, Is also In sympathy with the protest of the sprinkler users on that section of tho order requiring all such systems to be metered. The company would like to avoid the expenditure of approximately $25,000 for the Installation of such . jaeters. j ; .--: . :
The city in turn opposes the installation of such meters for the reason, that such an investment would be added to the company's capital charge and would, eventually, be the basis for asking another rate increase. The manufacturers contend that it is manifestly unfair to make them pay, at a rate of so much per gallon, for all water which might be used by a sprinkler system in putting out a lire. This the commission expects of the sprinkler users as it provides for the metering of all such systems. The plan proposed by Bavis and City Attorney Bond appealing to the commission for a readjustment of rates was acceptable to the manufacturers and it will develop at the next joint meeting. Sprinkling using concerns are planning to either remove such system or install water tanks to supply them in the event the commission stands pat on its order.
MAY LOSE
Continued From Page One.l learned today that it would be two or three days before the attending physician could determine whether it would be necessary to amputate the wonian's injured foot. , The automobile was considerably damaged. Both running boards were ripped off, the radiator badly damaged, the windshield shattered and the headlights broken. A large section of the fence bordering the road was torn down.
OPEN SWAIN WILL.
The will of the late Cyrus T. Swain which was opened for probate by the circuit court today, leaves all property to the wife; Emma E. Swain.
ELKS AND KAYSEES AGREE TO ARTICLES
Negotiations between representatives of the B. P. O. E. and Knights of Columbus finally have come to concrete terms and - the big baseball classic of the local amateur world the Elks vs. Kaysee flare will be enacted at the Athletic park diamond Sunday morning. Articles of agreement were orally signed yesterday. There can be no hitch in the proceedings this time, according to Blick Eggemeyer, the Von Bernstorff of the Elk herd.
Big League Dope
HACK SERVICE RUNS TO HAWKINS BEACH
Arrangements have been made for hack service to the Hawkins' bathing beach, Manager Parker announced today. The operator of the New Paris passenger truck line has agreed to carry people from Ninth and Main streets to within a block of the pool for five cents on his regular trips. Passengers going to the beach may take the truck at 6, 8 and 10 a. m. and 3 and 6 p. m. daily. Returning the hack's time is 5:20, 7:20, 9:20 a. m. and 1:20 and 5:20 p. m. Mr. Parker announced that an average of 200 persons a day enjoy the refreshing plunge afforded at the pool. Sunday the swimmers numbered 500.
Yesterday's Scores In Major Leagues
NATIONAL. At Cincinnati R. H. E. Boston 010 002 0014 6 1 Cincinnati ..... 100 401 00 6 9 1 Batteries Ragan, Hughes and Gowdy; Schneider and Wingo. At Chicago R. H.E. Brooklyn 000 004 0004 7 3 Chicago 012 100 0004 8 2 Batteries Coombs, Marquard and J. Meyers; McConnell, Seaton, Vaughn and Archer. At St. Louis R. H. E. New York 100 000 0012 7 2 St. Louis 010 000 13 5 11 1 Batteries Perritt, Anderson and Rariden; Steele, Ames and Gonzales. AMERICAN. At Boston R. H. E. St. Louis 200 000 0103 8 0 Boston 101 020 00 4 7 1 Batteries Ruth and Cady; Wielman, Davenport and Severoid. At Washington R. H.E. Cleveland 010 010 0002 6 1 Washington ... 120 000 00 3 7 2 Batteries Gould and O'Nlel; Gallia and Henry. m At New York R. H. E. Detroit 003 100 000 4 8 2 New York 000 000 0000 7 0 Batteries Mitchell and Baker; Cullop, Markle, Caldwell and Walters.
At Philadelphia R. H.E. Chicago 000 031 0329 12 1 Philadelphia ... 200 000 0002 7 3 Batteries Cicotte and Schalk; Laning, Nabors and Carrol. Second game R. H. E. Chicago 000 100 0203 8 3 Philadelphia ... 000 000 0022 6 3 Batteries Scott and Lapp; Myers and Meyer SOUTH SIDE PLANS FOR ANNUAL OUTING A committee "with Hans Koll as chairman, was appointed at the South Side Improvement association meeting last night to lay plans for the annual . picnic to be held on Labor day. The committee will make a report at the next meeting concerning the advisability of holding a fell festival. New York, finds. Coney Island restaurants more sanitary than the city's.
NATIONAL LEAGUE. Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet. Brooklyn 46 30 .605 Boston 40- 32 .556 Philadelphia ... 41 33 .554 New York 37 39 .487 Chicago 39 43 .476 Pittsburg 35 40 .467 StLouis 39 45 .464 Cincinnati 34 49 .410
Yesterday's Results. Cincinnati, 6; Boston, 4. Brooklyn, 4; Chicago. 4. Game forfeited to Brooklyn, 9-0. St. Louis, 5; New York, 2. Philadelphia-Pittsburg, (Rain.) Games Today. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. New York at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Pittsburg, (two games.) AMERICAN LEAGUE.'
r Clubs. Won. New York 48 Boston 46 Cleveland 46 Chicago 44 Washington 43 Detroit 44 St. Louis 36 Philadelphia 18
Lost. 35 " 35 37 36 38 40 46 58 -
Vet .578 .568 .554 .550 .531 .524 .439 0-17
Yesterday's Results. Chicago, 9; Philadelphia, 2. (First game.) Chicago, 3; Philadelphia, 2t (Second game.) Washington, 3; Cleveland, 2. Detroit, 4; New York, 0. Boston, 4; St. Louis, 3.
Games Today. Chicago at Washington. Cleveland at Philadelphia. St. Louis at New York. Detroit at Boston.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet. Kansas City 51 37 .5S0 Indianapolis 47 38 .553 Louisville 47 39 .547 Toledo 42 39 .519 St. Paul 41 39 .513 Minneapolis 44 42 .512 Columbus 33 47 .412 Milwaukee ... 31 55 .360
Yesterday's Results. Columbus, S; St. Paul, 3. Kansas City, 5; Indianapolis, 0. Toledo, 10; Minneapolis, 0. Louisville, 4; Milwaukee, 3. Games Today. St. Paul at Columbus. Minneapolis at Toledo. Kansas City at Indianapolis. Milwaukee at Louisville.
PLAY DOUBLE BILL.
Starr Piano and Indianapolis Glove will double up at Athletic park Saturday. The extra game is a postponed one from June 3, when the Glovers were unable to play because of the annual I. G. C. outing. The other teams are billed for single bookings.
BUILDS NEW HOME.
NEW PARIS, O., July 19. Philander Marshall has completed the foundation for his new bungalow home, which is to be erected near his old house on the National Road, East.
BRIEFS
CARD OF THANKS. We desire to express our appreciation to all our friends and neighbors who were so kind to us in our recent affliction. Mrs. Clara E. Bennett and children. 19-lt
Feel mean, cross, ugly, sore at yourself and everyone else. Do you know what is wrong? Your stomach is out of whack. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will put it back. Taken tonight, tomorrow, be right. Don't Avait. 35c. Tea or Tablets. Clem ThistPethwaite. Adv.
NOTICE DRUIDS. Funeral of Carl Stoewe. Meet at Hall, 7 p. m. L. H. Vosemeier, N. A. 19-lt
CARD OF THANKS. We would like to thank the public and our friends for their kindness and sympathy shown us during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother. Oscar Acton and daughter, Gertrude Wood. 19-lt
"MY HAIR IS VERY OILY and I used, to think that, strong alkaline shampoos were necessary to remove the surplus oil. For several months I have used Every Week Anti-Septic Oil Shampoo and my hair is softer and in better condition than I have ever known it." Large bottle, 50c at Thistlethwaite's Drug Stores. Adv.
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UfJTIMJK CONTRIBUTES ARTICLE OtHHSPM
BY JOHN H. UNTHANK. The people of Richmond and Wayne county are face to face with the most serious problem that has confronted them for years. It involves a disagreeable necessity and a great opportunity. A bridge must be built across Whitewater gorge in order to unite East and West Richmond, and the eastern and western parts of the county. This bridge should be a permanent structure, sufficient to meet present demands made upon it as well as to provide for such future demands as are sure to be made upon it. Not only should it provide for the necessities of the case, but it ought by all means to encougage and facilitate this traffic by making transit over the chasm as easy and comfortable and economical as possible. The traffic demands upon this bridge are sure to be much greater in the near future than at the present. The greater part of the county lies west of the river. West Richmond has a population of perhaps five thousand, and the rapid development of motor cars of
all kinds is certain to increase tranic along this highway and over this bridge to very large proportions.
These are self-evident statements
of facts and need no argument to enforce them. Now the advocates of a level or approximately level bridge feel that the general public does not appreciate the tremendous importance of the work before it, nor the permanent damage and loss that will result to the community if the mistake is made of building so important a structure on the lines of the present defunct sloping bridge. They wish to call the attention of the county commissioners, the county council and the people to the following considerations as affecting the kind of bridge to be built. That this is the most important bridge site in the county, judged by the amount and character of traffic that will pass over It, no one will deny. Main street is not only the main thoroughfare of the county's chief city, but it is an integral part of the old National road, at one time the greatest national highway between the east and the wrest.
The rapid development of motor transportation promises not only to restore this old road to its former importance, but to lift it to a dignity and importance that shall far outstrip its primitive glory. To build an inadequate or faulty bridge at this point on this highway would be to place an obstruction in the way of the free flow of this Increasing traffic and put a handicap upon the growth and development of this fair city and this splendid county. Now, as to the merits and demerits of a sloping bridge at this point. An effort is being made to divert attention from the local problem by adducing the fact that sloping bridges are not a novelty, but are found doing satisfactory service in many prosperous and enterprising communities. Now a sloping bridge is not per se
an improper structure. It meets the demands of certain situations perfectly. It is well adapted to the conveni-
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ence and accommodations of people living on different levels, because it fits the conditions. But as a connection between people of the same community, living on practically the same level and bound together by the most intimate, business and social interests, it is wholly out of place and entirely unsuited to its purposes. To construct a bridge so as to deposit passengers and freight at the bottom of a steep incline, only that they may walk or be drawn up on an opposite slope to reach their destination would certainly be a grotesque performance unworthy of sane and enterprising people. Now this is precisely what we seem bent on doing here. If we persist in doing it we shall inevitably reap the consequences of our folly. It is urged against a level bridge that its cost will be much more than a slanting one so much more, in fact, that it becomes prohibitive. If this were true, it would compel us to 'become reconciled to the absurdity, the inconvenience and actual hardship of a sloping bridge built on the present site; but it has not been shown that this is true. In fact, calculations based on reliable data and made by a competent engineer, have shown that a level bridge, which its
initial cost will be considerably greater, is worth so much more as a means of rapid, economical and comfortable transit that it will be in the final outcome the cheaper structure. The saving in transportation cost on a level bridge over the continuous greater cost of climbing a steep grade would soon pay the additional cost of the better structure. This is the purely economic view of the problem, and leaves out of the count the greater comfort, the greater satisfaction and the saving of time that must be set down on the side of the level crossing. But there are difficulties in the way of the level bridge that seem to stagger those upon whom is placed the duty of getting us out of the present emergency. First is the necessary change In the grade of the C. & O. railroad. Second, the damage to abutting property. These are both serious difficulties, and we do not wish to minimize them. But they are perhaps not insurmountable. The C. & O. railroad can be lowered with decided advantage to the road, inasmuch as lowering the track would give a better grade through Richmond and at the same time increase the width of the right of way so as to permit double tracking, if found advisable, and also diminish the cost of maintenance. This would leave only the cost of lowering the track to be provided for. Now as to the damage to abutting property. This may turn out less than it appears to those who are hurt when the whole problem is worked out. There would necessarily be temporary inconvenience, of course; but when everything Is adjusted to the necessary changes of street level the actual damage to the three plants most concerned may be found not nearly so great as when contemplated in advance. The advantages of a level bridge
are so many and so great to the whole community that they ought not to bo brushed aside, because temporary loss to certain private interests ' are Involved. Let those who think they would be greatly Injured by the proposed level bridge reflect that thousands, in fact a whole community, will be permanently Injured by a bridge on the present slope who will have no recourse in law or equity for recouping themselves for the loss and inconvenience they will suffer. If a bridge is built on the present incline, then the waste of physical energy to foot passengers, of power In horse and motor drawn vehicles, cars and trucks must continue as a burdensome tax on the public for untold generations to come. Such a bridge does not provide that easy, comfortable, economical and rapid transit to which the people of this community are entitled, and which is essential to the future expansion of Richmond, and the development of the county, j The advocates of a level bridge include many of the best business men and large taxpayers of the county men of public spirit, sound judgment and unselfish devotion to the public welfare. They are not actuated by any selfish purpose to promote their own private Interests or by any sinister desire to injure any citizen or his business. They are moved solely by a desire to promote the highest good of the community in its far-reaching sense, and they make this appeal to their fellow citizens in the spirit of good will to all and with an eye single to public welfare.
ENGINEERS SELECT JEFFRIES AS PRESIDENT
The following officers were elected at the meeting of the Stationary engineers last night: William Jeffries, president; B. F. Nixon, vice president; John Graham, recording secretary; Albert Schweim, correspondent secretary; Howard Gluys, financial secretary and treasurer; King R. Williams, conductor; Ase Adelsperger, doorkeeper. Lee Davis was elected delegate to the national convention at Minneapolis with Howard Gluys as alternate.
PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY
THEY ALL DEMAND IT
Richmond, Like Every City and Town In the Union, Receives It. People with kidney ills want to be cured. When one suffers the tortures of an aching back, relief is eagerly sought for. There are many remedies today that relieve, but do not cure. Doan's Kidney Pills have brought lasting results to thousands. Here is Richmond evidence of their merit. Benjamin F. Case, 14 S. Third St.. Richmond, says: "I was in bad shape. I could not keep at work and wa3 down half of the time. My back was so weak and the pains wore so fierce that I couldn't turn over in bed. If I stooped I couldn't straighten up without suffering. It didn't take many boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills, which I got at Quigley's Drug Store, to cure me and I haven't had any trouble fcince. I believe the cure is permanent and for that reason I gladly confirm the endorsement I formerly gave Doan's Kidney Pills." simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that cured Mr. Case. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
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Faced by demands from the conductors, engineers, firemen and brakemen that would impose on the country an additional burden in transportation costs of $100,000,000 a year, the railroads propose that this wage problem be settled by reference to an impartial Federal tribunal. With these employes, whose efficient service is acknowledged, the railroadi have no differences that could not be considered fairly and decided justly by such a public body. Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration The formal proposal of the railroads to the employes for the settlement of the controversy is as follows: "Our conferences hare demonstrated that we cannot harmonize our difference of opinion and that eventually the matter in controversy must be passed upoa by other and disinterested agencies. Therefore, we propose that your proposals and the proposition of the railway be disposed of by one or the other of the following methods: 1. Preferably by submission to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only tribunal which, by reason of it accumulated information bearing on railway conditions and its control of the revenue of the railways, is in a poi tion to consider and protect the rights and equities of all the interests affected, and to provide additional revenue necessary to meet the added cost of operation in case your proposals are found by the Commission to be just and reasonable; or, in the event the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot, under existing laws, act in the premises, that we jointly request Congress to take such action a may be necessary to enable the Commission to consider and promptly dispose of the questions involved; or 2. By arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Federal law" (The Newlands Act). Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote Leaders of the train service brotherhoods, at the joint conference held in New York, June 1-15, refused the offer of the railroads to submit the issue to arbitration or Federal review, and the employes are now voting on the question whether authority shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-wide strike. The Interstate Commerce Commission is proposed by the railroads as the public body to which this issue ought to be referred for these reasons:
No other body with uch an intimate knowledge of railroad conditions has such an unquestioned position in the public confidence. The rates the railroads may charge the public for transportation are now largely fixed by this Government board. Out of every dollar received by the railroads from the public nearly one-half it paid directly to the em
ploye as wages ; and the money to pay increased wage can come from no other source than the rate paid by the public. The Interstate Commerce Commission, with its control over rates, is in a position to make a complete investigation and render such decision a would protect the interest of the railroad employe, the owners of the railroad, and the public.
A Question For the Public to Decide The railroads feel that they have no right to grant a wage preferment of $100,000,000 a year to these employes, now highly paid and constituting only one-fifth of all the employes, without a clear mandate from a public tribunal that shall determine the merits of the case after a review of all the facts. The single issue before the country is whether this controversy is to be settled by an ' impartial Government inquiry or by industrial warfare. " , ' National Conference Committee of the Railways
ELISHA LEE, Chairman . ,
r. R. ALBRIGHT, Gm'IMtnagt,, Atlantic Coast Lib Railroad. L, W. BALDWIN. Gtm'l Mtumgtr. Ccotral of Georgia Railway. C. L. BARDO. Gtn'l Maumttr. New York. New Haven ft Hartford Railroai E. H. COAPMAN, Vic-Pmiint. Southern Railway. 8. E. COTTER. Gtm'l Mtm. Wabash Railway. r.E. CROWLEY. Aul. VU-HmUm. 4 New York Central Railway.
G. H. EMERSON, Gtm'l Mmtm Great Northern Railway. C.H. BWING.CM7Afr. ' Philadelphia A Reading Railway. B. W. GRICB. Gtn'ISupt. Trmmtp.. Chesapeake ol Ohio Railway. A. S. GREIG. Aul. Mtaivtrt. St. Louis ft San Francisco Railroad. C. W. KOTJNS, Gtm'l Mmmagtr. Atchiaon. Topcka ft Santa Fa Railwatv H. W. MeM ASTER. Gtm'l Mmmmttr. Wheeling Lake Erin Railroad.
; .. . - . ' N. D. MAHBR. Tln-tnHinM. Norfolk ft Weatcra Railway. JAMES RUSSELL. Gtm'l Ummmtm. Denver ft Rio Grande Railroad.
A. M. SCHOYER. tmUtml Victrm Pcansylvaain Lines West. W. L. SEDDON. Vict-Frts., Seaboard Air Lime Railway. I A.J. STONE. Ffc-reVnl. Erie Railroad G. S. WAID. 0 Gtm'l Mm Snaeot Central Linen.