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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-12

has arisen a universal protest over the
proposition to permit Sunday theatrf-
cal performances.
The arguments are all based upon
the excess, and the dire calamities
which is prophesied are all founded
upon the idea that the worst shows
would all be held on Sunday.
II seems TO the Reporter that any
show that violates the decencies OF
public morals should not be allowed
to appear on any day. We go further.
There are shows which, though harm
less in themselves, are out of harmony
with the traditions OF the Sabbath
day and offend against public taste.
These shows should not beallowed TO
exhibit and a reasonable censorship
could be established over them so as
to eliminate the Objectionable perfor-
mances.
In the large cities the unreasonable
ness of the present law is very plain;
there can be no sound argument
against a safe-guarded Sunday thea
| ter. The opposition based upon the
| rest day is of no force here, more than
it is against the minister or the choir
The duties of the actors are not SC
arduous nor so persistent as TO make
Sunday performance burden upon
them, especially in view OF the fact
that their season is at least only a few
| months duration.
| If left to the actors themselves Il
would without doubt be a law thi:
very day, If there is anything TO b.
gathered from the opinions expressed
by the theater people in private o.
| public prints.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-12

er taxes. A man who owns property
pays on it, no matter how small its
value. And such payment, of course,
lessons his income, whether that be
wages or salary. The ordinary proper
~ tax is, therefore, a tax on incomes
though an indirect one.
But experience with the income tax
has shown that il is wiser to spare all
incomes below a certain reasonable
minimum which, it Is assumed. is nee
essary TO sustain life in comfort. The
process by which this minimum is
fixed must, of course, be somewhat ar
bitrary. But the principle that should
control is clear enough. The justice
of exempting small incomes from the
income tax can not says a careful
writer, ."be questioned, for this tax in
modern systems of finance intended to
supplement indirect taxation, which
falls most heavily on small incomes,
and this object would be defeated were
additional burdens imposed through
its agency on the incomes of the low
ew classes" Small incomes, therefore,
should be spared because social dete-
rioration would follow the imposition
of tax on them, and also because
| they are disproportionately taxed I'M
der our system of indirect taxation.
What are large and what small in
comes is another question.
l. There can be nothing but praise for
an effort to equalize taxation, and
nothing but condemnation-and of the
severest sort-for any effort to COM
pei one class of the community TO car
ry the burdens of other classes. The
| income tax ought not to be thought OF
as a plan for the redistribution of the
wealth of the nation, but rather as one
| for the fairer distribution of the bur
dens of government. There will be
many temptations to use it for the for
mer purpose. But that would be a
great, and 1t might be a dangerous
mistake. If we are to have an income
tax law it should be fairly and honest
ly drawn with the sole thought of &C
complishing the real object for which
such tax is designed. The task
which is no easy one-should be ap
preached in the spirit of a true and
brave craftsmanship, utterly untaint
ed by demagogy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-12
EDITORIAL VIEWS
THE INCOME TAX.
INDIANAPOLIS NeWS.l

The idea of many of those that criti-
else the income tax seems to be that
the line of exemption from 1t shall be
drawn just above their incomes. One
who earns four thousand dollars a
year would have the tax imposed only
on incomes in excess Of that amount
Probably the ten thousand-dollar man
feels the same way, and would like to
have the minimum fixed just above
that-say at eleven thousand dollars
All of which goes to show how import
ant it is that we should get the true
principle fixed in our minds. In one
sense there is no reason why there
should be any exemption at all, az
there is no exemption as against 9th
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-12

he is a direct descendant OF Benjamin
Franklin. He was graduated from
Princeton College in ISIS. and after
ward took q course in the University
of Heidelberg, from which he received
in 1860 the degree Phi. ID. DR.. Scott
ic a member of the National Academy
OF Sciences. and in 1906 was elected
vice resident of the American Philo-
sohical Society. A year ago the Geo
logical Society OF London conferred
upon him the Wollaston Gold Medal
for geological research. He is the
author of numerous works on geology
and alenotology- He is the editor and
joint author OF an account of scien-
tisc expeditions 10 Patagonia, which
was published in 1904.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-12

Entered at Richmond, Indiana, post Office
as second class mail matter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-12
This Date In History
FEBRUARY TWELFTH.
Disadvantage of Maria Theresa

disadvantage of Maria Theresa of
Austria and Francis Of LArraine.
1791-Peter Cooper, famous philan-
thropist, born in New York city. Died
there, April 4. 1888.
1sO9-Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth
president Of the Uuited States. born
In Hardin County, KY. Died in Wash
ington. D. c., April Is, 1855.
1S13-Benson J. Losing, artist,
author and historian, born in Beck
man. N. Y. Died in Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, June S, 1891.
1S33-Henry Clay introduced the
compromise tariff bill in the senate
1s77-Prof. A. Graham Bell exhibit
ed his telephone at Salem, Mass.
1s79-Calbraith Rodgers, the first to
cross the continent in an aeroplane
born in New York city. Met death
in accident at Long Beach, Cal, April
8, 1919.
1sS6-John Sherman reelected o.
S. Senator from Ohio.
1SS9-Norman J. Coleman of Mis-
souri,, appointed Secretary of Agricul
ture.
1912-The Manchu dynasty in Chins
ended with the solicitation of the child
emperor and the recognition of tn,
republican government
Cause and Effect.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-12
FORUMOF7HEPEOPLE

Articles Contributed for This Column
Must Not Be in Excess of 400
Words. The Identity of All Con-
trtbufors Must Be Known to the
Editor. Articles wiz Be Printed In
the order Received.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-12
This IS My 43id Birthday
WILLIAM 3. SCOTT.

DR.. William Bergman Scott, Blair
Professor of Geology at Princeton Uni
versity, was born in Cincinnati, Feb
ruary IL, 1858. On the maternal side
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-10-02
CHAPTER XII.
Mr.. eryce Finds an Antidots for Old

Mr.. eryce Finds an Antidote for Old
Age.
"Sweetwater, how came you to dis
cover that Mr.. Dunn OF this ram
shackle tenement in Hicks street was
identical with the elegantly equipped
admirer OF Miss Challoner?"
Just this way. The night before
Miss Challoner's death ! was brooding
very deeply over the Hicks street
case. It had so possessed me that /
had taken this street in on my way
from Flatbush. walked by the place
and looked up at the windows. No
inspiration. Then sauntered back
and entered the house with the fool
intention of crossing the courtyard
and wandering into the rear building
where the crime had occurred. But
my attention was diverted and my
mind changed by seeing a man COM
ing down the stairs before me, OF SO
fine a figure that involuntarily
stopped to look at him..
MY lHlcIchlp yOu may OSiiC'SB "oS
in no wise abated when learned that
he was that highly respectable tenant
whose window had been open at the
time when half the inmates Of the two
buildings had rushed up to his door.
only to find a paper on 1t displaying
these words: Gone to New York;
will be back at $50. Had he returned
at that hour? / don't think anybody
had ever asked; and what reason had
l for such interference now? But an
idea once planted in my brain sticks
tight, and kept thinking Of this man
all the way to the bridge. Instructive
ly and quite against my will, found
myself connecting him with some
previous remembrance in which l
seemed to see his tall form and strong
features under the stress Of some
great excitement. But there my mem
DRY stopped, till suddenly as / was
entering the subway, It all came back
to me. / had met him the day ! went
with the boys to investigate the case
In Hicks street. He was coming down
the staircase Of the rear tenement
then, very much as I had just seen
him coming down the one In front
Cro BE coNTINUED)
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-10-02

I'D to the mezzanine. / had yielded
thus far to an impulse / had frequent
" combatted, to seek by another In
terview to retrieve the bad effect
which must have been made upon her
by my angry note. ! knew that she
frequently wrote letters In the meg
canine at this hour, and got as far as
the top Of the staircase In my effort
TO join her. But got no further.
When / saw her on her feet, with her
face turned my way. remembered
the scorn with which she had re-
ceiyed my former heartfelt proposals
and. without taking another step for
ward. I turned away from her and fed
down the steps and so out Of the build.
ing by the main entrance. She saw
me. for her hand few up with a
startled gesture, but cannot think
that my presence on the same floor
with her could have caused her to
strike the blow which terminated her
life. Why should I? No woman sac
rihces her Life out Of mere regret TOR
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-10-02
CHAPTER xI.
Alike In Essentials.

Mr.. Gryce. l am either a fool or
the lucliest fellow going. You must
decide which"
A grunt from the region Of the H.
brary table. then the sarcastic re-
mark:
I'm Just in the mood to settle that
question. This last failure to my &C
count ought to make me an excellent
Judge of another's folly. I've med
died with the old business for the last
time, Sweetwater You'll have to 60
It alone from now on. But what's the
matter with you? Speak out, my boy.
Something new in the wind?"
mo, Mr.. Gryce; nothing new. You're
not satisfied with the coroner's YER
dict in the Challoner case?"
mo. I'm satisfied with nothing that
leaves all ends dangling. Suicide was
not proved. There was no blood-staln
on that cutter-polnt-"
Nor any evidence that It had ever
been there" <
mo. I'm not proud Of the chain
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-10-02
SYNOPSIS.

George Anderson and wife see re-
mRrkable looking man come out OF the
Clermont hotel. look around furtVely'
wash his hands In the snow and pass on.
Commotion attracts them to the Clermont.
where Il Is found that the beautiful MISS
Edith Challoner has fallen dead. Ander-
son describes the man he saw wash MS
hands in the snow. The hotel manager
declares him TO be Orlando Brotherson.
Physicians find that Miss Challoner was
stabbed and not shot. which seems 10
clear Brotherson of suspicion. Gryce. an
aged detective. and Sweetwater. his as
sistant. take IN the case. They believe
Miss Challoner stabbed herself. A paper
cutter found near the scene OF tragedy y
believed to be the weapon used. Mr.. Chal-
loner tells OF a batch OF letters found IN
his daughters desk. signed 20: b." All
are love letters except one which shows
that the writer was dlsplensed This let
ter was signed by Orlando Brotherson.
Anderson goes with Sweetwater to iden-
tify Brotherson. who Is to address q meet
ing OF anarchists. The place IL raided by
the police and BrotheTson escapes with.
out being identified. Brotherson Is found
living In a tenement under the name OF
Dunn He Is an inventor. Brotherson
tells the coroner OF his acquaintance with
Miss Chailoner,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-10-02

this plan. he not only motioned 10 MT.
Brotherson to reseat himself. but be-
gan at once to open fresh line OF ex'
animation by saying:
You will pardon me. II ! press this
matter. I have been given to under
stand that Notwithstanding your
break with Miss Challoner. you
have kept up your visits to the
Clermont and were even on the spot
at the time OF her death"
ION the spot?"
I'm the hotel, l mean"
There you are right; was In the
hotel"
AT the time Of her death?"
Very near the time. remember
hearing some disturbance in the lobby
behind me, Just as l was passing out
at the Broadway entrance"
You did, and did not return"
why should I return? / am not q
man OF much curiosity. There was no
reason why should connect sudden
alarm in the lobby of the Clermont
with any cause Of special Interest to
myself"
This was SO true and the look which
accompanied the words was so frank
that the coroner hesitated q moment
before he said:
Certainly not, unless-well. to be
direct, unless you had just seen Miss
Challoner and knew her state Of mind
and what was likely to follow your
abrupt departure"
81 had no interview with Miss Chal-
loner."
But you saw her? Saw her that
evening and just before the accident"'
Sweetwater's papers ratified; 1t was
the only sound to be heard In that
moment of silence. Then
What do you mean by those
words?" inquired Mr.. Brotherson, with
studied composure. Il have said that
had no interview with Miss Challon'
er. Why do you ask me then. If l saw
her."
b6CduSo i UcllcNC bhae JOo UN'
From a distance possibly, but yet d.
rectly and with no possibility of mis-
take"
do you put that as a question:"
Il do. Did you see her figure or
face that night?"
II did"
Nothing-not even the rattling Of
Sweetwater's 'papers-disturbed the
silence which followed this admission.
From where?" Doctor Heath asked
at last.
From a point far enough away to
make any communication between US
impossible. do not think you will
require me to recall the exact spot"
III It were one which made It pos
sible for her to see you as clearly as
you could see her, think il would be
very advisable for you to say So"
ut was-such-a spot"
Then l think l can locate It for
you, or do you prefer to locate 1t your
self"
II will locate It myself. ! had hoped
not to be called upon to mention
what / cannot but consider a most
unfortunate coincidence. | met Miss
Challoner's eye for one instant from
the top of the little staircase running
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-10-02

rush was made for the stairs and
soon the whole building was in an up
roar. But when this especial room was
reached. II was found locked and on
the door a paper pinned up. on which
these words were written: Gone to
New York. Will be back at $3.50!
Words that recalled circumstance to
the janitor. He had seen the gentle
man go out an hour before. This ter
minated all inquiry in this direction.
though some few OF the excited throng
were for battering down this door just
as they had the other one. But they
were overruled by the janitor, who
saw no use in such wholesale destruc-
ton. and presently the arrival Of the
police restored order and limited the
inquiry to the rear building. where 1t
undoubtedly belonged
"Mr. Gryce." there Sweetwater laid
by his notes that he might address the
old gentleman more Directly, II was
with the boys when they made their
first official investigation. This Is
why you can rely upon the facts as
here given. followed the investiga'
ton closely and missed nothing which
could In any way throw light on the
case. It was a mysterious one from
the first, and lost nothing by further
inquiry into the details.
The first fact to startle US as we
made our way up through the crowd
which blocked halls and staircases
was this A doctor had been found
and. though he had been forbidden to
make more than a cursory examina'
ton OF the body till the coroner came,
he had not hesitated to declare after
his first look, that the wound had not
been made by bullet but by some
sharp and slender weapon thrust
home by a powerful hand. (You mark
that, Mr.. Gryce.) As this seemed i'm
possible in face Of the fact that the
door had been found buttoned on the
inside, We did not give much credit to
his opinion and began our work under
the obvious theory Of an accidental
discharge of some gun from one Of the
windows across the court. But the
doctor was nearer right than we sup
posed. When the coroner came to
look into the matter, he discovered
that the wound was not only too small
to have been made by the ordinary
bullet, but that there was no bullet tc
be found in the woman's body or any
where else. Her heart had beer
reached by a thrust and not by shot
from a gun. Mr.. Gryce, have you
not heard a startling repetition Of
this report in a case nearer at hand?
up three flights from the court
with no communication with the ad'
joining rooms save through a door
guarded on both sides by heavy pieces
Of furniture no one person could han
die, the hall door buttoned on the In
side, and the fire escape some fifteen
feet to the left, this room OF death ap.
peared to be as removed from the ap-
nroach OF a murderous outsider as the
spot in the writing-room Of the Cler-
mont where Miss Challoner fell.
otherwise, the place presented tho
greatest contrast possible to that
scene of splendor and comfort l had
not entered the Clermont at that time.
and no such comparison could have
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-10-02

hung a wet cloth, marking with ttS
lugubrious drip on the boards be-
meath the first heavy moments OF H.
lence which 10 the natural ACCOMPANY
ment Of 80 serious q survey. On the
floor to the right lay q half-used cake
OF soap just as It had slipped from her
hand. The window was closed, for the
temperature was at the freezing point.
but It had been found up. and 1t was
put up now TO show the height at
which It had then stood. As we all
took our look at the house wall oppo-
site, a sound Of shouting came up
from below. A dozen children were
sliding on barrel slaves down slope
Of heaped-up snow. They had been
engaged In this sport all the afternoon
and were our witnesses later that no
one had made a hazardous escape BY
means Of the ladder Of the IRE escape,
running, as l have said, at an almost
unattainable distance towards the left.
And that il as far as we ever got.
The coroner's jury brought In verdict
OF death by means Of stab from some
unknown weapon in the hand Of per
son also unknown, but no weapon
was ever found, nor was 1t ever set
tied how the attack could have been
made or the murderer escape under
the conditions described. The woman
was poor, her friends few, and the
case seemingly inexplicable. So after
creating some excitement by Its pc
culiarities, It fell OF its own weight.
But remembered It, and in many q
spare hour have tried to see my way
through the no-thoroughfare 1t pre-
scented. But quite in vain. Today, the
road Is as blind as ever, but" here
Sweetwater's face sharpened and his
eyes, burned as he leaned closer and
closer to the older detective-"but
this second case, so unlike the first In
non-essentials but SO exactly like 1t In
Just those points which make the mys-
terry, has dropped a thread from its
tangled skein into my hand. which
may yet lead US to the heart Of both.
Can you guess-have you guessed
what this thread is? But how could
you without the one clue have not
given you? Mr.. Gryce, the tenement
where this occurred Is the same ] Wis
tied the other night in search Of Mr..
Brotberson. And the man character
lied at that time by the janitor as the
best, the quietest and most respect
able tenant in the whole building, and
the one you remember whose window
opened directly opposite the spot
where this woman lay dead, was Mr..
Dunn himself. or, in other words, our
late redoubtable witness. Mr.. Orlando
Brotherson."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-10-02
La. MIanndarntnod.

One morning Miss Lillian De Vim
cent, leading lady Of when a Mans
Married." No. 2 road company, con
cluded she would press some collaFA
Bring me a hot iron." she told the
halIboy, who answered the bell In
few moments he returned empty
handed. Il can't get It for you. Lady.
The bartender says 90 how there's
lots Of them fancy New York drinkn
be amt never learned how 70 mih-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-10-02

struck my mind. But l have thought
OF It since, and you, with your expert
ence, will not find 1t difficult to pic.
ture the room where this poor WON
an lived and worked. Bare walls, with
Just a newspaper illustration pinned
up here and there, a bed-tragically
occupied at this moment-R kitchen
stove on which a boiler, half-nlled
with steaming clothes still dubbed
and foamed-an old bureau-a large
pine wardrobe against an inner door
which we later found to have been
locked for months. ana the key lost
some chairs-and most pronounced of
all. because Of its position directly be-
fore the window. a pine bench support
ing a wash-tub of the old sort.
"As It was here the woman fell, this
tub naturally received the closest ex-
animation. A board projected from
its further side. whittier It had evi.
IDENTIFY been pushed b. the weight Of
her falling body: and nom its tor
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-29
Negress With Silks
And Diamonds Slain

AMERICUS, Oct 2S.-The body OF
negro woman, about % years old,
dressed in silks, was found weighted
down with iron chains in Flint River,
at Flintside, near Americas, by a
ferryman.
Around her neck was a gold chain
with a diamond lavalliere attached
This and a signet ring indicate that
death was not for robbery A Coro-
ner's jury declared the negress had
met death at the hands of someone
unknown.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-29
Engineering Expert

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Oct. 2S.-The Panama Canal
the American Governments S475 900 600
enterprise to unite the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans, was to-day condemned Is
second or third class piece of work
by Philippe Bunau- Varilla, the famous
French engineer. who has just returned
from an inspection of the work.
"There was a lack of foresight in
constructing the Panama Canal" said
M. Bunau-Varilla, 1T will not accom-
modate the big vessels of the future.
The weakness of the Gatun dam rem
ders the waterway liable 10 complete
destruction by earthquake. 1t is a sec
ond, yes, third class piece of work"
M. Bunau Varilla was the guest OF
the canals builder, Colonel Goethals,
and was spectator when the Gambia
dyke was blown up. He was asso-
ciated with DeLesseps in The French
project TO build an interocean canal
across Panama.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-29
IF BACK HURTS
BEGIN ON SAL IS
Flush Your Kidneys Occasion.
ally if You Eat Meat
Regularly.

NO man or woman who cot,
meat regularly can make mis-
take by flushing the kidneys ocns
sionally, says a we'll known 80
thority. Meat forms uric .nis
which clogs the kidney pores
they sluggishly filter or strain o 30
part OF the waste and poisons From
the blood; then you get sick, Nearl
iy all rheumatism, headaches i've
trouble, nervousness, constipat;on
dizziness. sleeplessness, hIadSar
disorders come from sluggish kid
neys.
The moment you feel a dun scba
in the kidneys or your back hnrts
or if the urine is cloudy. offensiys
full Of sediment, irregular Of mas
sage or attended by a sensation y,
scaldfng, get about four ounces ~
Jad Salts from any reliable phar.
macy and take tablespoonful In
a glass Of water before breakfast
for a few days, and your kidneys
will then act fine. This f. nous
salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with iithia, and has been used for
generations to flush clogged kid.
neys and stimulate them to ar.
tivity, also to neutralize the acids
In urine so it no longer causes
irritation, thus ending bladder dis.
orders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can
not injure; makes a delightful ef-
fervescent. lithia water drink
which all~regular meat eaters
should take now and then to keen
the kidneys clean and the blood
pure. thereby avoiding serious kid.
ney complications.