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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
As to Efficiency.


The Palladium has endorsed the platform Of
municipal efficiency. 1t has freely expressed it
self of the opinion that this is the one way out
of the jungle of municipal extravaganza and in
competency.
1t may be we'll therefore to clear the subject
of three four current misconceptions Per-
chance those who may be opposing it are fight
ing straw man.
Efficiency is not red tape. To some the word
brings visions of complicated, extravagant and
cumbersome set of forms, rules, regulations and
perfunctory, useless activities. That is the very
opposite of the truth; efficiency means Of
these things.
Efficiency does not mean bookkeeping. An
efficient administration will keep records and
books, of course, but that is not wherein the
thing lies. Bookkeeping, such as is necessary, is
only one of the means to efficiency and not the
thing iself.
Efficiency is not squeezing the life out Of
employees in order to save money. In shops,
under the guise of "scientific management"
sharks have sped up the machines, increased the
output and profits at the expense of employees.
But sane person could endorse such pro-
gram in a city administration.
Efficiency in city affairs may be briefly de-
fined as That method of administering the bust
ness of city which has proven most successful
in past experience.
For a half century, now, cities have been eX-
perimentng with various schemes of doing a
citys work. Out of this long experience certain
methods have emerged most succeeful most
effective and economical. Certain municipal ex-
perts and students have assembled these various
most successful methods, systematized them
and worked them over into we'll defined method.
1t is this method which the Palladium would
like to used in Richmond. There is nothing
hazy, or vague chimerical about it. Any bust
man. any intelligent shopman, any average
citizen could grasp the principles of municipal
efficiency in an hour.
Perhaps city efficiency might be summarized
in this way, though incompetely; utilizing ex-
pert knowledge derived from long experience in
other cities to select the most economical mater
ials to be used in city work installing complete
system of records to avoid waste in the of
the material and to make incompetency and SOL
diering on the part of city officials and employees
impossible; to eliminate personal rule on the part
IF city officials and to substitute therefor recog
nized business methods of administrations hav-
ing in view constantly a carefully laid out and
definite plan for city activities; securing the CO.
operations of the citizenship through steady and
thorough publicity of all records, decisions and
activties the constant application to local needs
of the best obtainable expert knowledge in mu-
nicipal affairs.
The results would show up in a decreased tax
rate in the long run, increased ability and output
the part of city employees and officials, and a
stronger, more prosperous, more healthy and
more beautiful city in every way.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
BROTHERHOOD WILL
HOLD ITS MEETING

The monthly meeting OF the ST,
Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church
Brotherhood will be held Monday ey-
enins in the church parlorS, corner
Seventh and South D streets. William
II. Meerhon will lead in the discussion
OF the topic. The Reformation OF the
Sixteenth Century are its ben
ehts 10 the world?" Throughout the
year many topics of current interest
will be discussed by the brotherhood
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
CATCHES 10 RATTLEsNAkEs.

NEWTON-Hiram T. Trauger
caught ten rattlesnakes unassisted in
seven hours near here. They were the
largest ever seen in this section. The
reptiles were snt to Philada and placed
on exhibition.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
ELECTRICAL ROLLER SKATES.

NEW YORk-A pair or electrical
roller skates were successfully tested
at the electrical show here. The in
ventor. Bruce Eytings. of this city, de-
clares his skates will solve the transit
problem.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
HOW FASHIONS CHANGE,

Biddeord Journal
To be able send womens hats by parcel post is an
Improvement the slower methods transportation
earlier day. but the rapidly changing
will be until they be sent by tele-
graph.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
HONOR DECEASED DOG

ASHEVILLE-The remains of A pet
collie dog, owned by Mrs. NJ. w Wat
son, leader in society here, were
placed in a child's two hundred dollar
coffin and buried with due honors.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
HERE AN wRoN MAN "

PATERSON-Jeremith Caddifan, a
plumber, fell eight stories and landed
unhurt. In his descent he struck four
sCaffOlds and an awning
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25

Once more the Murrette comes 10
the front with Il especially GOOD pro
gram for today. Lost Memory, j
three-reel subject full OF thrilling SIT
nations but yet with vein OF comeu!'
will be one of the features, while the
regular program, The Taking OF Rat
tlesnake BIZ and ON Their " eddlhS
Eve" will be shown.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25

A comparison of CPS star athletes OF
the Naval academy. with $50 non-ath
letes, in both cases from the classes
of 1S92-1911. shows that apparently
the non-athletes are in better physical
condition than the athletes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
NEWS NUGGETS
CAR STEPS TOO HIGH

TRENTON-Upon receipt of a COM
plant from the Federation of Women's
Clubs that car steps were too high for
vice commission ordered the street
car company here to adjust the car
steps.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
House of Thousand Candles.

The Francis Sayles players will of
fer The House of a Thousand Can
dies" at the Murray tonight for the
last time The play is a good one
and has been playing to big business
all week
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
GOING 1T ALONE.

St Louis Globe-Democrat.
President Wilson has abolished cabinet meet
ings useless fornality The president gets
every day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
AS ADVERTISED.
Wa shin gton Star.

Washington Star.
One of the astonishing things about the hats and
of the is that they really funny as
the pictures represent them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
GOoDBY.
Kansas City Journal

CITY Journal
For the gas conferences to begin today "a great dea
of legal talent is expected" Goodby gas
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
DRAMATIC
a>sNEWSAs,xS
%|S@S5SD"
At the Gennett.

Week of Oct. 20,-House of ;
Thousand Candles.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25

Mrs. Distressed-"Anty Drudge,
do come in and tell me what
TO do. Here's Johnny swal-
lowed his nickel gave him to
buy me q cake Of soap. Do
you suppose it will hurt him."
AMY DrudSe-"Well. I wouldn't
get too worried about it He
don't seem to be suffering.
I'd give him another nickel
and send him for a cake of
Fels-Naptha Soap, and after
this I'd order it by the box
from my grocer, and that will
save Johnny's insides from
being nickel-plated-"
No matter what
kind of work you
are doing any day
in the week, you
will find Fels-
II aptha Soap
your greatest
help. 1t works
best in cool or
lukewarm water,
makes all kinds
Of homework
easier and does it
better than it was
ever done before.
Eel IN aptha
Soap w a S h e S
cloth eS snowy
white with no
boiling or hard
rubbing.
Buy a by the boz or corton Edsy
directions are on the Red and Green
Wrapper.
Fels q Co.. PHILADELPHIA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-25
Murrette.

Oct. 25.-"The Dream Maiden
Nov. 7.-"Damaged Goods.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
MUST ANSWER
70 TRUST CHARGE
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company Gets Warning to Pre-
pare to Defend
Itsclf.
Operates More Than 4,5oo,ooo TeIe-
phones in 10000 cities and
Makes Unreasonable
Rates.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s. Formal
notice was served on the American
Telephone and Telegraph company
by the interstate commerce commits
sion today that 1t must answer to com
plants Of independent companies that
1t Is trust which is seeking un-
lawfully to monopolize the telephone
and telegraph business. No date was
set for the opening OF the inyestiga-
ton. The commissions citation de-
clares:
Information has been lodged with
this commission to the effect that the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Co, by operations Of itself and allied
companies. is attempting to monop-
olize the telephone and telegraph busi-
ness of the United States and is fast
driving out OF existence Independent
competitors and further, that this
company and other telephone and tele-
graph companies are guilty of unlaw-
ful discrimination and are imposing
unreasonable rates, rules, regulations
and practices in the conduct Of their
| business,
The probe to be conducted by the
lcommission will include investigation
Of the company's financial operations,
rate and growth. Determination to
look into the matter follows letter
which Attorney General Wickersham
I c,,n,,, itan nrf ~, Csy,air,x,, ea,,a,,l
weeks ago, in which he summed up
i the complaints made to the depart
/ ment of justice and suggested that as
/ the telephone and telegraph lines were
within the jurisdiction of the commits
sion that body make the investigation
]! The complaints, according to Wick.
ersham, were that the trust" has sci
out to absorb independent lines; that
i /. discriminates against independents
in making connections: that it dis
Terminates against the Postal Tele
i graph company in making telephone
4 connections for TRANSMISSION of tele
grams, In favor of the Western Union
I company, large part OF whose stool
4 the telephone company owns; anc
that rates are unduly HIGH where tht
trust has a monopoly of the tele
phone business.
|. The A. T. and t. company general,
known as the Bell system. operate.
more than 100000 telephones IL
about 10000 cities or places through
out the country.
In connection with this general in
81 vestigation Of the trust the com
S mi-sion will specifically probe com
plants from Pittsburgh that the A. I
and T. company is granting certain
people a fiat unlimited rate of S125
year and exacting higher charge
from others.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
JURY WEEPING
AT Her STORY
Woman Is Suing for Half Million
Dollars for Breach Of Prom
Ise Against millionaire
cIubman.
FOUR DAYS BEFORE
One Time DurIn> the courtshlp a
Bushel Of Love Letters Were
Burned by Falthless
Man.

UNITED press Leased Wire Service.l
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. "a
Jury and gallery wept as Mrs. Cert
rude Hassler, the singer who Is plain
tiff in the. 100000 breach Of promise
suit against Carl Fisher, millionaire
clubman. told between sobs today of
the conversation that led to her In
timacy with the capitalist.
Mrs. Hassler had to be coaxed by
her attorney before she would speak.
She testified that her intimate rela-
tions to Fisher existed until four days
before his marriage to another wo-
man Judge Orbison overruled the
objections OF the defense.
'I'll buy up the judge and any PIN
headed jury in the county with all my
money" Mrs. Hassler said Fisher told
her when she said she was going to
sue him.
The jury was interested when Mrs.
Hassler repeated the story OF Fish
er's headache on sea trip. In his
stateroom he told her, said the wit
ness: My head has ached for ten
days. I have not slept for ten days.
'T said: Poor boy. I'm sorry but
can put you to Sleep Then put his
head on my lap and soothed him.
sang little songs to him and soon he
was snoring. When he awoke he
said: =
why, June, that's the first sleer
/ I'VE had in ten days Your little fin
gers are full Of love- I"
Mrs. Hassler completed her testi
mony this afternoon. She watched
Fisher closely and sadly. He did MOI
once look in her direction after she
4 left the stand.
That she never changed her drinks
because Carl would not approve 1t
was the declaration Of Mrs. HassleI
under cross examination.
The divorcee said her drink waf
gin fizz."
Mrs. Hassler told how Carl" came
to her home in 1909 and burned 6
"bushel of love letters"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
JOL0 BOLO men
DEFEATED Twice
savages Of Philippine Island Have
Been Driven From Their Ram-
boo stockade BY the
American Soldiers.
FOUGHT FOR THREE DAYS FC
More Than One Hundred Moros Have
Been Slain Since the War
Of determination First
Began.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Further
details OF a three-day's fight between
American forces and Philippine Moros
on the island OF Jolo were today re-
ceived at the war department. from
Brigadier General John ]. Pershing,
commanding the American troops IN
Mindanao. Since the movement was
begun on the 23rd, to exterminate the
rebels, more than 100 Moros have
been slain and many hundreds wound
ed. In second engagement yester-
day, J. H. Hara, eighth United States
cavalry, was killed, and five others
of the same regiment were danger
ously wounded. The wounded were:
! Corporal Joseph Bagala and Pri-
Yates Clarence Underwood, Roy Kel-
Ter, Robert A. Tracy and Sylvester ].
Young.
| Brigadier-General Pershing reported
that they discovered the Moros strong
| hold and after laying siege to it for
three days, finally charged the ma.
tiyes in he face of withering fire.
With drawn sabers, the cavalry men
attacked the twisted bamboo stock
4 ade, cut through the tangled under
brush and barbed wire and drove the
Moros from their trenches 1t Is ex
! pected by war department officials
that every gun and boloswin be taker
from the natives and the entire is
land Immediately. 1t is doubtful that
after two decisive defeats, the More
outlaws will care to face the Ameri
can fire again.
On the island of Jolo there are now
three companies of Philippine scouts
a large force of the Philippine con
! stabu1ary, two companies of field ar
tillery and several hundred infantry
men and cavalrymen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
WANTS PRESIDENT
AS THE EDITOR
Real National Weekly Paper,
Free to Each Voter,
is Proposed.

TJnited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.--A real ma
tional weekly, to be published at the
government expense and to be circu-
lated to every voter in the United
States is advocated by Rudolph
Spreckles, the California millionaire,
in a letter to President-elect Wilson.
Spreckles, who organized the repub-
lican progressive Wilson clubs dur
ing the recent campaign, insists IN
his letter that the people are not TAX
en- enough into the confidence of the
government They fail to understand
what is going on, he says, because
the attitude of officials Is misrepre-
sented. So he would have a weekly
newspaper published at government
expense and gent to all voters giving
the actual news of every department
of government.
The acts of the president would be
explained by that official and SO down
the line. cabinet officials would tell
why they were doing certain things
and this would be especially useful
it is claimed by Spreckies, in the
cases Of the secretary of the interior
treasury and agriculture, the three
departments that are most under fire
The position taken by spreckles Il
that such a newspaper would give
badly needed information to the peo
pie and in his opinion 1t is understood
it would cost far less to print and dis
tribute than .he congressional record
now does.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
STRETCH OF GOOD ROAD
OR A CREEK TEMPLE

Arrayed in favor OF the bill were
Representatives Cannon, Kahn, of
California; Humphreys of Missis-
sippl; Cooper of Wisconsin, and
James OF Kentucky. Representative
Borland OF Missouri led the opposition.
Borland favors highway from
Gettysburg to Washington as the
form the memorial should take. while
tho opposing faction wants enactment
Of the bill authorizing the erection OF
Greek temple on the banks of the
Potomac.
Unless action is taken on the me-
mortal today another filibuster that
may deadlock the hoase for days Will
be undertaken in revenge BY support
ers OF the >memor.ai building bill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
PLACING DOLLAR
ABOVE CITIZEN
DR.. Wiley Sounds Keynote Of
His Fight for the
Under Dog.

fUnited Press Leased Wire Service
DENVER, Colo, Jan. 29.-"For fiji
ty years the nation has placed the
dollar above the citizen, but the era
has come when the citizen will be
placed above the dollar. The unequal
distribution Of wealth strikes blow
at the very citadel of the na.ion-the
public health"
DR.. Harvey Wiley, father of the
national pure food and drugs act,
sounded this statement as the key
note of his fight in speech that
scathingly arraigned the greed, paint
ed with pathos the conditions of the
nations "under-dogs" and uttered a
passionate plea for the babies.
'Noblesse oblige'-the duty of the
peer to the serf-has become riches
obligc'-the duty of the rich to the
poor he declared I'VE are all
serfs in a kingdom which money
rules.
Upon the rich is fastened an obi.
CATION to return what they have accu-
mulated--you will notice that don't
say earned No man can earn ST.,
00,o00. And what man does not
earn does not belong to him.
Eating is the principal industry Of
every community. If you live to be
sky years old you will have spent
five years at the table. The average
man spends twen.y years Of his lift
/ getting and preparing food. Sleeping
which is necessary to digestion, oc
/ cupies twenty additional years, 81
/ that forty-five years are spent b,
every man. woman and child In the
! United States who attain their nat
ural age.
"one-haif the people die from dis.
ease which can be traced to the stom
ach or some Of It's functions, of i'm
/ proper nouriahment or lack OF an.
! nourishment at all"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
5 SWIMMERS BATTLE
WITH GIANT EEL
Bit One Finger Off Before the
Big Snake Was Choked
to- Death.

TUnited Dress Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Jan. ga thrilling
story of how Duke" Kahanamoku,
the Hawaiian worlds champion swim
ner and winner of acquatic honors at
Stockholm, saved his life, but lost an
index finger in desperate battle I'M
der water with a giant eel, Is related
today in a special Honolulu despatch
to the Herald.
The battle occurred Tuesday at the
Dukes" practice grounds near Honu.
lulu. The expert swimmer killed the
eel, but not before the monster had
nipped off the forefinger Of his right
hand. The loss may impair HIS swim.
ming powers permanently.
Cries from persons on shore warn
ed other swimmers that something
was wrong with the champion, and
they looked about for him but Ka.
hanamoku had disappeared. Suddenly
there was a frenzied churning of We
ter over the spot where the depth was
ten feet and one leg Of the swimmer
was thrust above the surface desper
ately wig-wagglng for help. Then the
leg was dragged beneath the watel
again and the churning recommended
Finally the Duke" shot to the sur
face, exhausted, and sank again
Friends dived for him and rushed hin
to shore where he was revived Will,
other swimmers captured the body 0
! the eel which the Duke" had choket
! to death with his hands
The eel was the largest ever see
4 in Hawaiian waters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
CONTINUED on page g.,
WENT TO THE GALLOWS
WITHOUT SEEING CHILD

Of marrying Florence Seymour. it's
mo. her. He refused to confess.
To the last, Home Secretary Nc
Kenna refused to grant Williams
plea that he be allowed to marry the
Seymour girl, to whom girl baby
was born after the mans convictions
The clergy took up the mater and
urged the home secretary to permit
the wedding, sa-ing that felons
daughter was better than a nameless
child, but the official remained obdur-
Fa.e.
Florence Seymour and Williams
lived together for a considerable time
before the man killed the police Off
Ger in an attempted burglary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
Trial Divorce.

limited Press Leased Wire Service j
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Jan. %
Mrs. George " Pelton, so, today ap-
piled for trial divorce from her hus-
band, Mark Pelton, prominent bust
ness man. Pelton will not contest
He will pay his wife 500 month
alimony. The court will name a
period of years, at the end of which
the couple may live together again il
they decide to forget their differences
They have been married "a years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
IGOMP l:RS MAKES
BITTER ATTACK
Docs Not Approve Of Proposed Com
pulsory Arbitration Plan Of Set
tIins Strikes Without
His Advice.
ACTUAL STRIKES HELP
If New Laws Were Passed It Would
Mean Re-estabiishmen Of slav-
cry In This
Country.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.--Samuel
Gompers, president OF the American
Federation of Labor, today bitterly at
tackled the proposed compulsory arbi-
tration plan Of settling strikes, and
predicted fight against the enslav-
ing of labor" in a spectacular speech
before the National Civic Federation.
In the presence of many prominent
society women. interested In social
work, he characterized society work
ers as "diletantes, and faddists, who
go in for sociological, mental slum-
ming expeditions and who then walk
| by on the other side OF the street"
He stated that it was not the work OF
| this class, but actual strikes that
brought about improved conditions.
Following the general outline OF the
proposed compulsory arbitration by
Marcus M. Marks, Gompers stated
/ that he would have to leave immed-
lately after his speech. Il should like
/ to stay to hear what you have to say
on model mediation, model concilia.
ton and model arbitration" Gompers
declared with profound sarcasm.
We are not going to consider, OF
permit the enactment OF laws which
are going to limit or prevent the ex
4 ercise Of the rights which are endow
I ed upon us by God, nature andfth
country he said. Il agree that It Il
/ desirable to prevent strikes fBu
don't you think you are going t
escape them by making perfectly nor
4 NAL activities unlawful?"
1 Gompers likened such an event al
an attempt to compress steam. "Yo'
may do it for time," he shouted
/, "but you are sure to have an explos
ion. The labor movement itself doe!
more to prevent strikes than anythins
else. We have to touch your pocket
books to make you understand th
needs OF the working people
Gompers declared he had seen
compulsory arbitration bill now befor'
the New York legislature. "All it
features" he said, "are to preven
strikes by making it illegal for me-
and women to stop work-to make
punishable by fine or Imprisonment
If they stop work. They call 1t strik
n
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
Which One Would be Better
Lincoln Memorial May
Cause Deadlock

Limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2sA filibus-
sr IN the house loomed up today
When the Lincoln memorial bill was
eaiied np for the second time. after
- opponents on last Calendar We'd
nesdaF had prevented its considera-
ticn by dilatory tactics.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-29
Robber Gang Caught.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service]
/. CHICAGO, Jan. 29.--Another gang
OF robbers was believed to be broken
up today In the arres. of four men
and the recovery of loot valued at
$4,000. One Of the men has confessed.