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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-22
MATCHMAKER
UNDERTAKINGS.

W. T. RIGDON, undertaken and en-
balmer, 252 North High street, OPP
posite city hall. First class in ser
vice, equipment and stock. Lady
assistant when desired. Only un-
dertaker who has commodious
apartments purely on residence
plan. O-lz-Il
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-22

age, 0ne-haIf OF the adult fare.
Date Of Sale-Sundays only.
Limit-Tickets will be good for
continuous passage in each direction,
good only on date of sale.
Baggage-No baggage will be
checked on these tickets.
Issued May %, 1911, Dallas Ore
gon.
Effective June 4, 1911.
LOUIS GERLINGER, JR.,
General Manager.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13

also deserve the patronage of the PEG
pie of our city L. T. II
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
SOLVE KIDNAPPING
Uncles of Waldo Rogers Con-
fess-In Jail.

Las Vegas, n. NJ, April 13.-With
Will and John Rogers, uncles of lit
tie Waldo Rogers, in Jail here and the
$4,000 ransom money recovered, the
mystery of the kidnapping of the 2
year-old boy was solved.
Will Rogers confessed that he was
guilty of the kidnapping. which took
place more than a month ago and that
his brother had helped him.
The men were arrested on the con
fessiOn of Joe Virgins, an eX-life con-
vict, who told the police that he had
had a part in the kidnapping. Wig
gins told how he and Will Rogers, who
is a stenographer, had planned the
kidnapping and how Virgins wife
had prepared a small house just out
side Las Vegas for the occupancy of
the boy. He said SIG worth of gro
ceries had been stored in the house
and that after the ransom had been
paid, Virgins and his wife had gone
there to live.
Detectives showed photograph of
Virgins to the little boy and he APP
peared to recognize it. The men like.
ly will have hearing tomorrow.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
proposition

faith in making such proposition
shines by its own light.
Your tender solicitude for the well
fare of the advertisers is more than
touching. | regret that cannot share
it since | think the merchants of this
city understand their own interests
quite as we'll as you or l do. although
they must be grateful to YOU for a
guardianship thus assumed over their
intelligence by one OF such extended
experience and SO successful n busi-
ness career. My plan is much shorter
and more simple. Let me repeat il:
You say The Item offered $500 10
any one who could prove the Palla-
dium's circulation 10 be within 1000
OF what ii claimed and you declare
that you enter the lists for this S1oo.
Why don't you make your words
sood? Why don't YOU prove ii and
then sue for it? II YOU can substan-
tate all your statements. the remedy
is in your own hands, The testimony
will be under the sanction of an oath,
under the penalties of perjury and sub
ject to wholesome cross examination,
Let's have some action,
Profoundly grateful TO you for the
reprieve from the Eth TO the 18th so
graciously granted III your letter be
fore any disastrous "puhlicitv' OF its
crushing conditions. | remain, with
highest consideration,
Your humble servant,
VIM. Dudley Foulke.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
WIN. d. FOULKE.

Richmond, Ind. April Z. 1911.
Hon. VIM. d. Foulke. Pres. Item News
paper Company, City:
Dear Sir-In order that the adver-
tisers of Richmond may be put into
possession of an impartial and author
itative statement of the circulation of
the Richmond Palladium and the Rich
mond Evening Item respectively, The
Palladium Printing Company herewith
makes the following proposition:
That a committee of FIVE be named,
consisting of three local advertisers,
or their accredited representatives,
and one representative of each of the
newspapers. This committee to be
given the right and power to conduct
an investigation along the following
lines: Both the Richmond Palladium
and the Richmond Evening Item agree
to give to this committee free and i'm
mediate access to all cash books, &C
counts, bills. papers, receipts, route
books, mailing lists and any and all
other memorandums pertaining to the
circulation department of each paper
and necessary to the conduct of a
thorough investigation.
| Bona 6de circulation under this in
vestigation shall be as defined by the
! postal laws governing second class
mail matter. This committee shall be
empowered if it deem fit, to employ a
circulation actuary from some reput-
| able foreign advertising agency or au-
diting company. the expenses and sal
| airy of which actuary shall be equally
divided between the Richmond Pal
ladium and the Richmond Evening
Item.
| This comittee shall have the right
and power to so over the cash books
and ledgers of each newspaper so far
as necessary IN order TO ascertain the
the amount of cash turned in for circu-
lation and in ordere to verify the list
of bona fide subscribers.
This committee shall have the right
and power TO verify any carrier book
or any mailing list by a canvass of the
route. or the territory represented by
the mailing list by the employment OF
canvassers whose expenses and salary
shall be divided equally between the
Richmond Palladium and the Rich.
mond Evening Item.
This committee shall have at least
80 days for the conduct of this investi
cation and if at the end of that time
in the opinion of the committee more
time is needed 10 complete a thorough
examination of the circulation depart
ment of either or both of the newspa
pers, it shall have the time extended
in so far as il desires.
The report OF this committee shall
be printed simultaneously in both
newspapers upon its completion and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
RICHMOND, INDIANA
"PANIC PROOF CITY"

Has a population of $4,000 and
r. growing. 1t Is the county
trading center of a rich agri-
cultural community. 1t Is To-
Gated duo east from Indianapolis
CO miles and I miles from the
state line.
Richmond Ia a city OF homes
and " Industry. Primarily a
manufacturing city. II Is also mo
Jobbing center Of Eastern In
diana and enjoys the retail trade
OF the popuious community Tor
miles around.
Richmond Is proud of It's splen-
did streets. well kept yards. its
cement sidewalks and bea ltifu!
shade trees. 1t has nationai
banks. 2 trust companies and :
building associations with COM
bined resources CT over Ss.O0o,oOo;
Number Of factories 125: capital
invested S.00o.o0o. With an an
nual output of 327,060.000, and a
pa ay roll roii S for ' ;bn c,,w amounts to
approximately $s.3oo.ooo annual
There are five railroad COM
panics radiating In eight differ
ent directions from the city. In
10000 lbs: OUTGOING freight
handled daily. 100000 lbs. Yard
facilities. per day l.7o0 cars.
Number OF passenger trains daily
daily a, The annual post office
receipts amount to $4,000. Total
.a as valuation OF the city.
isichmond has two intcrurban
q combined circulation OF 1900.
Richmond IL the greatest hard
ware 1obbing center In the state
and only second In general job
s,ng interests. II has piano
plano every IL minutes. IL Is tho
leader In the manufacture OF
traction engines. and produces
moro threshing. machines. lawn
mowers. roller skates. grain drills
er city In the world.
The city's area ~ 2.sao acres:
has a court house costing $500.
900. 10 public schools and has tho
finest and most complete high
school In the middle west under
construction; parochial schools:
business College; five splendid
houses: Glen Miller park. tSs
largest and mos. beautiful park
monds annual chautauqua: seven
IN Indiana. the home OF Rich.
hotels; municipal electric light
plant. under successful opcration
and n private electric light plant
insuring competition: the Oldest
pgblic library In tho state, excenf
one and tho second largest, 40 900
volumes: pure. refreshing water
unsurpassed: 65 miles OF improv'
cd streets; 10 miles OF sewers. o.
miles OF cement curb and rutter
combined. 20 miles OF cement
walks. and many miles of b-Ick
walks. Thirty churches. inelud.
ing tho Heid Memorial. built M n
cost of s25o.oon: Reid Memorial
Vospitai. ono Of the most modern
IN the state: Y. NJ. c. A. building
erected ut n cost OF 800. 900. one
Of the finest In the state The
amusement center OF Eastern In.
diana and Western Ohio.
No city OF the sizc of Richmond
holds "a fine an annual art ex-
hibit. The Richmond Fall Fes-
tival held each October Is unique,
nc other city holds a similar az.
fair. 1t Is given In the ir crest
of the city and financed by the
business men.
Success awaiting anyone with
enterprise In tho Panic Proof
City.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13

Having noticed several times re-
Gently statements from some of our
prominent business men pertaining to
patrons sending 10 mail order houses
for their supplies Now |, like they,
do not believe anything is saved by
this transaction. but 1t would be well
for these same business men 10 look
10 their own households and see il
they are using some articles that are
shipped in from other cities; while We
have many manufacturers here in our
city manufacturing the same class of
goods. have stood in cigar stores
and have seen business men and
clerks buy cigars made in Indianapolis
and various other cities. when we
have just as good goods made here in
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
ASK RESIGNATION
OF BR|BER HINES
Southern Lumberman De-
mands He Give Up Pres
idency of Association.

Chicago. April 13.-The Southern
Lumberman. the most influential
trade journal in the lumber trade, de-
mands the resignation of Edward
Hines who is accused of being the col.
lector of the bribery fund which elect.
ed William Lorimer to the United
States senate, from the presidency Of
the National Lumber Manufacturers
association, in the issue just publish
ed.
In an editorial, it says: 1.-THE charg-
es brought against him (Hines) in the
senatorial bribery investigation at
Springfield, iii, and widely published
to the world, are of the most sinister
character. The charges are definite,
specific and circumstantial. They are
made in sworn testimony by a man
who holds high position with a con-
Germ, which itself sustains close rela.
tons to the lumber trade.
Such charges, emanating from such
a source, cannot be ignored, and COM
ing as they do in the course of long
continued investigation cannot be dis.
missed as less circumstantial allega-
tons heretofore have been dismissed
as mere manifestation of unfounded
prejudice in the public mind against
the lumber trade or as the mere polit-
zeal strife inspired by personal malice
or revenge"
The editorial calls on Hines to clear
his name effectually or get out.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
Sweetsned Bricks.

Bricks made of coal dust combined
with molasses and rosin are used for
paving in Russia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13

Richmond by men who spend their
money with the same merchants.
What excuse can these same men
offer for buying flour made in Mime
apolis and ST. Paul and other cities
when We have two mills right here in
Richmond that manufacture just as
high grade flours and sell for less
money. using wheat bought from To-
cal farmers, who also spend their
money right here in our city.
We might name several other arti-
cles made right here. that have the
same opposition but the people of our
city know what they are as wen as
we do. We would just drop a hint
that ii would be we'll for these bust
ness men to use their influence among
their friends and employees, as We. the
manufacturers Of Richmond. deem We
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
THE REAL TEST.
OF Herpicide Is In Giving 1t a Thor
ough Trial.

OlSn lTid'
There is only one test by which to
Judge of the efficiency of any article
and that is by its ability to do that
which it is intended to do. Many hair
vigors may look nice and smell nice,
but the point is-do they eradicate
Dandruff and stop falling hair?
No, they do not, but Herpicide does,
because it goes to the root of the evil
and kills the germ that attacks the
papilla from whence the hair gets its
life.
Letters from prominent people eve
rywhere are daily proving that New
bros Herpicide stands the test of
use
1t is a delightful dressing, clear,
pure and free from oil or grease.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c
in stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co, Detroit, Mich. One dollar bottles
guaranteed. A. G. Luken & Co, spe-
Cial agents.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
Some Correspondence Between
Palladium and EVENING Item

To Rudolph G. Leeds, ESQ, Editor
of the Palladium
Dear Sir:
On my return from ST. Louis |
noticed on the first page of your paper
of yesterday a criticism on a letter
written by NJ. c. Watson, the Items
advertising agent in New York 10
the effect that the Items publishers
offered $500 in gold to anyone dem
onstrating that the Palladium has
within 1000 of the circulation il
| claims
l was greatly surprised to see such
a letter and | think that if unpro-
| voked il would have been extremely
discourteous and unwarranted | have
not felt the slightest inclination 10
dispute any figures you may give
for any circulation you claim. You
may make it six thousand or ten or
NIFTY and | have no intention of ques-
| tloning il. The advertisers of Rich
| mond know the value OF our reSpec-
tive newspapers, they have made
|
curate than you or I could possibly
make from our one sided points of
view, and with their estimate upon
the value of the Items circulation, as
shown by their patronage | am entire
| ly content.
Now the circulation of our respec-
tive papers is of no great interest to
anybody except advertisers and
don't see the need or the wisdom of
tormenting the general public with
mutual outcries in regard to our
| mere private business doubt
whether either our newspapers or
our personalities are anything like
as interesting to the rest of the world
as to ourselves. Our papers have
| been keeping the peace" with each
other good while and | would glad
| ly continue it,
But you must remember that in this
circulation matter you were the ag-
gressor for you did not content your
self with mere statements of your
circulation. however extraordinary,
but you kept publishing day after
day and week after week, at the top
OF your first page, the statement that
both the other newspapers together
didn't have as much circulation as
you did. | confess think you were
drawing it pretty strong and this
does not seem to me very courteous
way of doing business. | don't think
it would be at all polite for our re-
tail merchants to make such COM
PARSONS and | don't see why news
papers should have any greater Ii
cense to disparage each other except
in self defense or unless some public
interest requires it.
Now if there shall be an investi-
cation of our respective circu!ations it
must be in much more authoritative
manner than the way you suggest. 1t
must be by a full judicial inquiry un-
der the sanction of an oath with the
power not only to produce all books
and lists and contracts and records
but also to examine and cross examine
every witness who can shed light up,
on the actual good faith of every sub
ScriptiOn. A controversy of this kind
may lead TO results which neither you
nor | can forsee. For myself | can
see a much wiser application of the
time, the money and the energy which
this will involve, and far better re
suits from other efforts than the bit
terness which is sure to follow to
ourselves and perhaps to the com
munity if we litigate such subject
Would it not be better to remain
friends?
Yours,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13

its filing with the accredited repre-
sentatives of each newspaper, upon a
date named by the committee.
In order to show our good faith in
this proposition We herewith enclose
"a certified check in the amount of
$500. 90 payable TO the order OF
chairman Circulation Investigating
Comittee" which check he shall turn
over TO any charitable institution Of
the city of Richmond, which the com
mittee may designate, upon the COM
pletlon of this investigation in event
the investigation OF the Palladium s
the circulation il has claimed and set
forth in it's statements TO local and
foreign advertisers.
The Palladium dominates for this
committee the following advertisers
of Richmond A. w. Gregg, Charles II.
Feltman, Sharon +. Jones
In order that this matter may be
speedily settled. We would request
that you give us a definite answer as
TO your acceptance or rejection of this
proposition not later than Tuesday.
April IL.
In event, however, ii is impossible
10 agree within three days from the
acceptance of this proposition, upon
three advertisers the Palladium pro
poses that il name one advertiser and
that the Richmond Evening Item
name one advertiser, and that these
TWO select third advertiser of this
city to constitute the committee.
Respectfully,
The Palladium Printing Company,
L q .eeds Nice President
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
Beware of OintmentS for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of smell
and completely deranEe the whole system whee
entering IL through the mucous surfaces. such
articles should never be used except prescrip-
tons from reputable physicians the damage they
VIII do - ten fold to the good you possibly de-
rive from them Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured
oy L. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo O.. contains mer-
curry. and Is taken internally acting directly upon
the blood snd mucous surfaces OF the system. IN
buying Halls CStsrrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine II is taken internally. and made IN Toledo
OHIO. by r. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free.
sold by Druggists, Price, Use per bottle
Take HAu Family PuIs for cocS,,uatsos.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13

richmond. Ind, April IL, 1911.
Rudolph Leeds. Esq, Vice President:
Dear Sir-I notice that your letter
of the 1th, just received on my return
home, is addressed not to the Item
Newspaper Company, but to me per-
sonally, as it's president When on
the 10th of last month | saw a similar
proposition in your paper and
learned for the first time
that you claimed the Item had
made d $500 offer regarding your cir
culation. wrote you as friendly a let
ter as | knew how and published it. 1t
told you my surprise and said that if
any such letter had been written with
out provocation it would have been ex-
tremely discourteOus and unwarrant-
ed, that | had no intention or inclina-
ton TO dispute any figures you might
give of your own circulation, but that
| you did not content yourself with this
but were the aggressor in publishing
day after day the statement that all
| the other papers didn't have as much
circulation as yours alone, statement
we'll calculated to incite reprisals.
| | further told you that if there
should be an investigation it must be
more authoritative than the one you
| suggested-it must be full judicial
| inquiry under oath with the power to
! cross examine every witness who
could shed light upon the actual good
faith of any subscription in question,
and that | could see much wiser APP
plication of our time and energy than
such litigation. I.asked you Would it
not be better to remain friends?"
| | did not have the honor of receiv-
ing any reply to my friendly com,
munication, but some days later there
appeared another black letter defiance
of the same kind in your columns, al
though the one made had been already
! answered.
| Is it not a little late for you now to
ton on this subject? You already
knew my answer. You had received
it. 1t is doubtless because you knew
the answer that you keep on making
this interesting proposition in the
hope that it may become more and
more interesting to the public the Of
tener it is made.
You did not need inclose your certi.
fed check payable to the chairman
| Circulating Investigation Committee, "
a check by the way entirely illegal be
cause the payee is not in existence
but which if legal would have been
purely dramatic and entirely unneces
sary since / hope nobody doubts that
either of us. as well as our papers
will be pecuniarily responsible for any
have no us for this remarkable bill
of exchange, it is herewith returned
Your Offer is as grotesque as your
check You, yourself, first nominated
the whole committee which is to pass
upon the eXcellencies of your subscrip
you provided for their selection ir
quite a different manner. You tell us
what they are to do and how long they
are to be about it and you leave ou
the very things you know | have al
ready insisted on, the judicial authori
ty, the sanction of an oath, the power
to cross examine concerning the &C
tual good faith OF any subscription anC
where the money came from that paiC
for it. In other words you proposed
the things which you have already
been told will be rejected! Your good
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
EORUMOFTHEPEOPLE

Articles Contributed for This Column
Must Not Be in Excess Of 400
Words. The Identity Of All Con-
hibutors Must Be Known to the
Editor. Articles WW Be Printed in
the order Received.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY

Mothefs who Naluc Their own comfort aud the
welfare OF their children, should never be without
box OF Mother eray's Sweet Powders for Children.
for throughout the season. They Break up Colds
Relieve Fcycrishnc-s, Constipation, Teeihing Dis.
orders, Headache and stomach fronhcs. Used by
Mothers for ~ ycsrs. THESE POWDERS NEVER
FAIL Sold by sli Drug Stores, CSC. Donp accent
any ssbsfRuie. Sample mailed FREE. Address.
Allen =. O.uasled, 10 hoy, n. Y.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-13
Must the Truth be
Extracted BY Force ?

company of
Fouke in his official capacity
They speak for themselves
Paldums them found quotation
above
he printed that it had
circulation all other in Richmond COM
nothing iegt
with the claim
sells goods for less than
competitors that he
made by the Item 9th
But strange upon
received from
advertiser had received from
The Item which that
sentative made charge
lation makes circulation"
circulation claims have
This letter written upon authority o
knowe publishers The Iemhat Mr.
Foulke.
situation
circulation
statements as perjury and charged with deliberately
tie unrufhed
home bust
thinking thereby detection Had
dealing
might have afforded do
hbu have reputation build Some day we
in
DDS bu not now that
overawed by the majestic
and stunned by his Napeon tactics of hbns
romh his
pse dt is taken the law and the gospel But with the rhness
this aside.
and asking him back When decided upon this action and
had other idea than
soul of would
representative to brand the Palladium
circulation falsely
therefore. when the exciv service
National Municipal League general ckoalupif
umbage defense reputation reputable business
of
agility sdeseppng We
public which
this We deem it emineny fair
received the
which Moreover the
published in the Iem which evidently ca
enge the
A ha circulation a with
a merchant would
newspaper dputable department
taking this charge of the Items and push
in i o conclusion
wouldn't the
to a of
he be under duress before the be
Palladium
fouke wishes invoke IT. Perhaps might De Wis" 10 insist upon the
judicial authority Maybe the with
might be able elicit the
to Just when the Item began TO start It's press counter at ooo and
mailing machine
judicial
a
he Vas
Perhaps of these Mr. Foulke
Palladium
know Mr. busym
may
he honorable would believe
records willingly
who held the
i
will
think his cast va