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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-14

1t is reported that a new process of
extracting radium from pitchblende
produced in Cornish mines has been
adopted, by means of which more ra-
dunn can be extracted in two months
than in one year by the present meth
DDS employed by the continent of Eur
ope.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-14

Centerville Ua.) Citizen.
An electrical attachment for Gamer
as by the use of which a person may
photograph himself from distance
| is the invention of a Californian.
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PILES CURED IN 6 TO IA DAYS
your druggist will refund money if
PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any
case of Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Pro
truding Piles in to IA days. soc.
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TO PREVENT THE GRIP.

LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE re-
moves the cause. There Is only one
"BRoMO QuiNINE" Look for sigma
turs Of Z. w. GROVE. csc.
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COOKING Rice

Rice has n finer flavor If 1t is wash
ed in hot water instead Of cold before
cooking.
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Entered at Richmond. Indiana. post
office as second class mail matter.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
New Hampshire Avenue.

The efforts of the District Commits
sioners to prevent the direct extension
of New Hampshire avenue are naturally
meeting with considerable opposition.
The only reason advanced for insist
ing that the avenue shall follow the
lines of an existing road is that the
direct plan will cost a little more money.
While this is true, it is quite reasonable
to think that the funds would be well
expended. All the avenues which have
been extended are carried to the Dis
trict boundary in a straight line, and
the wisdom of the plan is self-evident.
The avenues are magnificent boulevards.
extending straight away for miles and
forming arteries from which other
streets branch into the contiguous sec
tons.
To twist New Hampshire avenue,
which promises to be another notable
thoroughfare into winding lane simply
TO CRAFTY a caprice seems unwise 1t
should proceed to the District line as
a broad and straight highway. and future
generations will commend its appear
ance.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17

Britons should be bearded Macilwaine
himself sets an example by wearing an
enormous beard and insisting that all of
his staff cultivate that adornment His
letters seem to have been in a measure
effective in the service and among those
who like to be in the forefront of FASH
ion- 1t is quite a spur to beard raising
to be informed that 1t is incomprehensible
that men eager to follow the royal lead
in other respects and to exert themselves
for high favor should show a marked in
difference to carrying this badge Of mas
culinity. which the rules have SO clearly
approved.
The gilded youth to whom the letters
appeal have got only as far as the mus
tache in the line Of reform. Fashion will
do good service in many of these cases
Along with the mustache the pompadour
style OF brushing the hair is becoming
the vogue. King Georges views on
boards are not disclosed. He has worn
beard since he went into the navy. and
II improves his appearance. King Ed
ward wore one to avoid the trouble Of
shaving.
A pageant has for many years been
a special feature of the British naval
and military tournament, and in most
cases an effort has been made to rem
der the performance not only stirring
and brilliant from the spectacular
standpoint but also an object lesson in
British naval and military history. This
years pageant has been arranged by
Col. Wallis King. the honorable secre-
tary and manager of the tournament.
assisted by Capt. Bruce. late Of the Irish
Guards As exhibited in the arena at
Olympia. it will include certain interest
ing evolutions and tableaux. as to
which details will be forthcoming later.
For the present 1t Is sufficient to say
that the performance will be carried out
by a group leader representing some
famous character.
The list of groups begins with Alfred
the Great, whose foundation of the Brit
ish navy is symbolized by the vikings
of his escort. Harold of England follows
with Saxon knights and footmen. WILL
lam the Conqueror leads Norman knights
and spearsmen, Richard Coeur-de-Ldon.
Crusaders. A by-path Of history Is in
dicated by the presence Of archers head
ed by Robin Hood, and Scottish footmen
follow Robert the Bruce. Edward III
has an escort Of knights (among them
the Black Prince and Sir John Chandos)
and archers. Henry v has also archers
in his train. as we'll as mounted men-at-
arms. Henry Wis shipbuilding is typi-
fled by his bodyguard of sailors In addi-
tion to his yeomen Of the guard, corps
which he Is said to have founded Henry
v1II is followed by knights and mounted
archers.
Sir Francis Drake represents the Eliza
bethan period With a goodly company.
including Sydney. Raleigh, Greenville,
and Hawkins. together with pikemen and
sailors, and every period Of English his
tory. down to the time Of Nelson. will
be portrayed. FLANEUR.
Copyright. 1911 By Court Gossip syndcate.)
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
GOVERNOR URGES
PRIMARY ELECTION
Present Practices Denounced
in Appeal for Laws.

Charleston, w. Va, May 16.-Gov.
Glasscock. in his message to the legis-
lature to-day. denounced the present cor
rupt practice of spending large sums of
money to secure an Office. He urged Il
primary election law and a corrupt prat ,
tice act. He said in part:
Il recommend that a primary election
law be passed which will provide for the
election of all State and county execu-
tive committees, as we'll as all candidates
of political parties to be voted for by
the people, including candidates fu.
United States Senator, and excepting can
didates to be voted for at special cleo
tions to fill vacancies, Presidential can
didates. and electors. and candidates for
office to be filled by cities. towns, or VII
lagos of less than two thousand inhabl-
tants.
While considering a primary election
law. l hope you will cot forget a corrupt
practices act That candidates for office
have been spending large sums of money
illegally and corruptly cannot be denied.
I know that we cannot legislare honestly
into the people, but We can and ought
to have laws that will disfranchise thosv
4lo Tic cicStofotC dlo
should be permitted to be the beneficiary
Of a crime committed by him against
society.
The man who spends $500 to secure
a 5000 Office expects to get something
more than his salary. The best evidence
that a man is unfit for an Office is the
fact that it costs him a great deal Of
money to receive the nomination or to
secure the election.
A poor man steals property of the
value of SO or SIS and we send him to
Jail. If the value of the property stolen
is $50 or more We send him to the peni-
tentiary for not less than two years.
On the other hand. a man may corruptly
spend $4,000 or $4,000 for an office and
we reward him with the highest Aonor
that can be bestowed upon him and
wonder how it would be possible to get
along without him. This must stop If
popular government is to continue
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
APPEAL FROM CITIZENS.
Senator GnllinEer Urged to support
Public Utilities Bill.

Public Utilities Bill.
The Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions has addressed a letter to Senator
Gallinger appealing to him to urge the
passage OF a public service commission
bill. In recounting the necessity for
such a law the communication says: &
The very shadowy control heretofore conferred By
Congress on the Interstate Commerce Commission
the railways Of the District has vapzed
away under the breath Of the courts. The Commits
sioners Of the District stand stripped Of every vestge
of their sometime control over the public service
curl,ratons. The Interstate Commerce Commission
confees to Congress its inability to cope with the
plants. real or fancied you please. Of the tax
payers Of the District have no abiding, place, no
forum in which adjudication upon merit and
without pretldibe may be sought.
On the other hand the public service corporations
harassed by insistent and persistent attacks IN
and out Of CongrTSs.
Investigations which from the very nature Of the
case can be but fr1gmentary and incomplete per-
haps to be followed by hasty and ill-considered leg
islation. that again subject to attack in court and
then prolonged litigation. controversy. agitation and
uncertainty.
Is not the solution Of this present legislative need
Of the Capital passage at this session Of Congress
Of wel-consdcred. fair. and wholesome public
utilities law for the District of Coumhiar
In his reply Senator Gallinger says that
he Is giving very careful consideration to
the question of a public utilities commits
sion for the District of Columbia There
is already one bill on the subject be-
fore the Committee on the District Of
Columbia" he says, "and 1 am preparing
another bill, which will be offered soon.
When the proper time comes. which
trust may not be remote. the subject will
be taken up by the committee, with the
sincere purpose of securing sane and
sensible legislation on the subject Per-
sonally. I am in favor of making the
Commissioners of the District the public
utilities commission
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
Moving in the Right Direction.

The outlook for the enactment of a
public utilities commission law now
looks brighter every day. Senator Gal
linger, the chairman of the Senate Dis
trict Committee, is preparing bill, and
Representative Johnson, chairman of
the House District Committee is in
favor of such a measure The heads
of the corporations are gradually getting
into line
The District ought to have a public
utilities commission law Under pres
ent conditions. the individual has no ap-
peal. The effort 70 place the traction
companies under the control of the In
terstate Commerce Commission was as
good as far as it went, but there is Sc
rious doubt whether those who were
interested in the passage Of the legisla-
ton ever intended that it should be
really effective. ltxwas at best a mere
makeshift. and while it has resulted in
some good. it ought to be superseded
by the appointment OF a commission
with authority to regulate and control
all public utilities.
The local corporations are not alto
gether indifferent to public needs. The
Georgetown Gaslight Company proposes
voluntarily TO reduce the price of gas !;
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company has promised to double track
It's road to Congress Heights and give
through service With this accomodat-
ing spirit actuating all the corporations
and authority placed somewhere to i'm
partially conserve the rights of the peo-
pie and the corporations we would
soon have condition here which would
remove all character of legitimate COM
plant.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17

on the judiciary for early consideration
and report
In terms which left not the least doubt
as to his view Of the matter, Senator
Gallinger said yesterday that the time
had arraived to relieve Congress of many
of the small affairs which pertain to the
regulation of the utility corporations.
Asserting that public service commits
sions were no longer in the field of ex-
perimentation. he said that he had been
studying the public service laws in that
regard which have been devised not only
in his own State, New Hampshire. but
in New York. Wisconsin, New Jersey,
Maryland. and other States where the
new departures are working successfully.
The foundation Of the bill Senator Gal
linger is drawing up. 1t was announced.
Is being laid after careful inspection
of these laws
The commissions. wherever they have
been proved. are satisfactory to the peo-
PIE and the corporations" said Senator
Gallinger. Il am not always in the fore
front for the trying out Of new ideas in
legislation, and that may be the reason
why l nave been ciassed as something
or a reactionary in regard to projects
of this nature. 1 am now of the opinion.
of Columbia to have one of these COM
missions. l think We can now take up
the subject, and with the information at
hand draft a bill embodying the best
features of all the laws"
Believes Corporations VIII Agree.
After calling attention to the fact that
the utility corporations of the various
cities were largely in favor of the estab-
1icbn oiGSf
Senator Gallinger hazarded the predic-
ton. which he declared was made or
hand and without any direct knowledge.
that the principal street railway compa-
nies of the District would be found on
the side Of the project, and that the light.
gas. and telephone companies might be
expected to give it their sanction also.
The Galllnger public service commits
sion bill will not create a new ard in
dependent board, but will place in the
hands Of the District Commissioners the
power to regulate and control the utility
concerns.
Il consider the expense of an indie
pendent board unjustifiable.' said Sena-
tor Gallinger yesterday, 'and as long as
We have one board of Commissioners.
fully qualified to assume the duties we
are proposing to confer. / believe that
body will produce the results for which
we are striving. The members of that
board can be held as strictly account
able for the results they obtain in re-
gard to the large companies which are
supposed to properly meet the needs Of
the people as they are held accountable
strictly for other duties demanded Of
them"
Senator Gallinger expects to introduce
his bill next week and is hopeful of
seeing II pass at this session.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
The Clouds Clear Away.

The decision of the United States
Supreme Court in the Standard Oil
cases has cleared away the clouds
Business interests now know where
they stand. The decision is not SO
radical and sweeping as it might have
been Conservatism is still an anchor
TO windward.
Best OF all, uncertainty is over. Stag
nation is at an end. The stock market
shows signs of unwonted activity
Prices have not slumped. On the con-
trary, values have risen.
1t is a wonderful country, this same
old United States Congress eracts and
repeals laws, courts affirm and reverse
decisions. corporations organize and
dissolve, and still the wheels go merrily
humming around. Progress and pros
perity go hand in hand.
Clouds occasionally? Yes. Some
times fogs and rough weather? Ger
tainly. But shipwreck and disaster
Not in a thousand years.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
TAKES
MAYORS OFFICE
Transfer of Old and New Is
Made in Baltimore City.

Baltimore. May 16.-James H. Preston,
Democrat, was inaugurated into the office
of mayor OF Baltimore this noon in the
chamber of the second branch of the city
council, at the city hall.
With him were also sworn in John
Hubert, as president of the second branch
and presiding officer of the board Of esti-
mates; James F. Thrift. as city comp
troller, and the newly-elected members
of the first and second branches of the
city council At the same moment that
Mr.. Preston took the solemn oath OF
office, j. Barry Mahool passed from the
mayoralty into the role of private citl-
zen
Mr.. Preston's first official act was to
swear in William Talbot Childs TO sue
ceed deputy comptroller Julius Freeman
who is a Republican.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
A Lesson to Neglectful Fathers.

The State of California proposes to
solve the problem of what to do with
the man who refuses to support his
wife and children. It has enacted a law
which provides:
Upon conviction for nonsupport a
man shall be set to work upon the high
ways OF the State by the State. and his
earnings OF SI,5o per diem is TO be
paid to his family"
The usual method is to imprison the
husband and father who neglects his
duty In such durance his time is
wasted and the family gets nothing save
the poor satisfaction of knowing that
the mans neglect has been punished.
The California plan also does away
with the often heard complaint that
the man cannot get work. for the State
gives him employment at a fair COM
pensation. 1t also insures the support
of the convicted mans family by de-
creeing that the money thus earned be
pau ONSl W HIS WIG dllQ CIlllQler.
The new law still has another recon-
mendation. 1t protects the spend
thrift father from his wasteful weak
ness. incidentally, the State OF Cali
fornia will be getting a fine system of
highways.
On. the other hand. it is pretty safe
to say that there are in California and
elsewhere quite a number of fathers
who will seriously object to having
such back-bending and muscle-tiring
employment forced upon them. Well,
those men will take very good care not
to fall into the hands of such a law.
They will seek other means of provid-
ing for the support of those dependent
upon them.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
Military Lessons of the Past.

Again the War College of the army
has planned tour of study among the
important hattleields of the civil war.
This is not due to a reawakened interest
IN the great contest, owing to the oc-
currence of the seni-centennial anni-
versary, but to the fact that modern
warfare relies largely upon strategy. ex-
perience in which can be obtained only
from observation and study of former
conflicts.
All methods of warfare have been
revolutlonlzed in the past fifty years.
The topography and the circumstances
of the civil war battles never may be
used again in possible conflicts of the
future. The establishment of the much
needed General Staff has tended to
teach us how to avoid unnecessary
slaughter even in the hercest battle. SIM
ply by the preliminary use of brains
In that respect, as in many others per-
tanning to training and militarism, Ger
many has been the shining light from
which we as well as other countries
have endeavored to profit. We are, in
other words, trying to be prepared foi
any emergency.
And yet, when alf is said. it is unique
tribute to the military skill which. 70,
the most part, characterized the conduc,
of that conflict that half century latel
experts believe that despite antique and
obsolete methods they may find On ths
batie6eids lessons ia strategy which
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
FIRST NIGHTERS FIGHT
TO DOWN UNION PLOT
Men and Women Hurl Epithets from Gallery and
Boxes at Syndicate Musicians.

Special Gable to the Washington Herald.
Paris, May 16.-There was a wild scene
tonight at the Opera Comique when
Lipkowska sang Mimi in La Boheme,
for the first time since she took Paris by
storm two years ago. There were many
Russians present. headed by Ambassador
Isvolsky.
The feeling againt Russian singers is
very strong in Paris. The musicians
union has ordered a strike against Rus
sian opera singers, and during the first
and second acts the orchestra tried their
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
HYDE ENTERS PLEA.
Former Chamberlain Denies Guilt
at Hearing.

New York, May 16.-Former Chamber
lain Charles H. Hyde was arraigned to-
day before Supreme Court Justice Davis
on a superseding indictment for bribery.
which the grand jury handed down last
week. There are four counts in the new
indictment, two charging bribery and
two charging Hyde with asking for and
receiving a gratuity.
Lawyer Untermeyer pleaded not guilty
for Hyde. He asked for a month in
which to change the plea or to demur,
but Justice Davis fixed May IS as the
limit. The former bail of $4,000 was con-
tinued
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
ASCENT IS RECORD.
Aviator Rises Swiftly in French
Army Tests.

Srecal to The Washington Herald.
Buoy. Department of Marine. France.
May ia new record for rapidity Of
ascension was made to-day by Lieut.
Menard in his new army aeroplane Tour
de France" which he was trying out in
the view of the aviation commission of
the army. Menard attained a height of
1.0Oo feet in minutes and 45 seconds. He
will leave tomorrow on a tour of
France He will take a passenger and
attempt to lower the worlds distance
record. The tour is planned to cover
600 miles.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
N. E. DELEGATES ARRIVE.
Conference Convenes in Metropol

Conference Convenes in MetrOpoli-
tan Zion VI. e. Church.
Representatives from Methodist Epis-
copal churches of Pennsylvania, Deia-
ware, Maryland. and Virginia, as well
as this city. will meet this morning at
1880 o'clock in annual conference at the
Metropolitan Zion NJ. E. Church, in Sec
ond street, near D street southwest
The conference will be in session until
next Monday. when the bishop will read
his appointments. Election Of the minis
terial and lay delegates to the general
conference in Charlotte. N. c., next year
will be held Friday. Bishop Alexander
Walters. Of New York, will preside.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17

best to drown out Lipkowska's voice. In
the second act, while she was singing
a duet with the tenor, she almost broke
down.
The audience seeing an unfair plot
against the little prima donna, began
TO shout. and the upper galleries took
up the cry for the labor syndicate to
stop.
A dispute between the upstairs and the
boxes was in progress when Lipokowska
entered the third act but she finally tri-
umphed. the chivalric French audience
calling her before the curtain five times.
the men and women cheering.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY
By A. w. Macy.
GEN. SCOTT AND THE CHOL-

GEN. SUIT AND The CHOL-
ERA.
The noble character of Gen.
Winfield Scott was never illus
trated to better advantage than
1t was during the Black Hawk
war. Shortly after hostilities be-
gan. President Jackson became
impatient, and concluded the VOL
unteers were not going to be
equal to the task Of subduing the
Indians. So he ordered Gen. Scott
to take nine companies Of regu-
lars from Fort Monroe. Va, and
proceed to the seat of war. At
Buffalo four steamboats, were
chartered to carry the expedition
around the lakes to Chicago. All
went we'll till they reached De-
troit, when two cases of cholera
broke out on one of the boats.
The disease spread rapidly. and
at Fort Gratiot. north Of Detroit,
II became necessary to land $50
Of the men. 1t is said that of the
$50 only survived. Many other
cases developed as the boats pro-
ceeded. and officers and men had
q dreadful experience. Gen. Scott
always thoughtful and forehand-
ed. had taken along a good sup
ply Of medicines and appliances.
and he gave personal attention TO
the sick and dying. attending
them with every possible care. OF
the $50 men who left Fort Mon
roe only about 200 were At for
service when they reached the
seat of war. Speaking Of this
experience in after years. Gen.
Scott said: "Sentinels were Of no
use in warning of the enemy's
approach. We could not storm
his works, nor fortify against
him. nor cut our way out. nor
make terms Of capitulation. There
was no respect for nag Of truce.
and our men were falling upon
all sides from an enemy In our
very midst"
tCopsfisht. 1911. b. Joseph q. BowleaE
sThs Water-cure
lGeveDe1t.s
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
PEANUTS DESTROYED.
Roasting Process Disastrous II
Warehouse Fire.

Suffolk. Va, May 16.-With the loss
already $4,000 and the flames still rag
ing, what is believed to be the biggest
peanut fire in the worlds history began
here this afternoon.
More than 100000 bushels of peanuts
have been consumed and the five-story
warehouse of Balm & c.. has collapsed.
There are no known fatalities.
The loss on peanuts will exceed 100000
and the damage sustained on the build
ing is $4,000
The Washington herald., 1911-05-17
FUND OF $4,000 SOLD
TO GAMBLING LAWYER

awarded to the creditors of Braman when
he was forced into bankruptcy several
years ago. The court ruled that the
fund could not be impaired during the
lifetime of Braman.
Braman has figured in several sensa-
tional escapades. He was divorced by his
first wife and subsequently married Rose
O'Neil, an actress, who is his present
wife.