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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-21
FEDERAL COURT IN
TWO RULINGS UPON
A|LWAY RAT:gASE
tng
First Rules Against Granting
Increase Asked, Then Re-
scinds Its Order.
WALL STREET FURY
Resulted After First Decision
Made BY Interstate Com
merce Commission.
[Bulletin1

WASHINGTON, June 21.-
The Interstate Commerce COM
mission this afternoon rescind-
ed it's action denying the applica-
tion of the railroads for in
creased freight rates. The mat
ter is now held in allegiance.
(National News Association
WASHINGTON, June 21.-
The interstate commerce COM
mission today denied the petit
tion of 50 eastern railroads ask
ing for an increase of 5 per cent
in freight rates in official classi-
fication territory.
The commission, however, Or
dered an investigation to be
made by it's own experts as to
whether rates in this territory
are sufficient to meet the re-
quirements of the carriers.
investigation Ordered.
The investigation will be conducted
upon these lines: do the rates of
transportation now imposed by COM
mon carriers in official classification
territory yield an adequate return
If not, what plan should be adopted
to increase such transportation
charges?"
A number of experts will be sent in
to the territory to make an exam
ination at first hand of the conditions
obtaining. Next fall, after the COM
mittee resumes it's regular routine, an
opportunity will be given the carriers
and the public generally to present ar
guments in favor of or against the
Increase asked for. Il
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-21
THE WEATHER

STATE AND LOCAL-locaI thunder
showers tonight or Sunday, slight
Iy lower temperature south and
central portion.
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Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28

the commission form idea, it adds too
as distinctive idea the hiring Of a
city manager to avoid the diffusion
of responsibility. Five commissioners
are elected as in Denver, says the Re-
publican. These employ business
manager, who in turn appoints the
heads Of the five administrative de-
partments. A unique feature is the
duty on the part Of the social welfare
chief of inquiring into the causes Of
disease and poverty in the city. Plans
are made for scientific budget, COM
plete auditing of city accounts, stan
dardizaton Of city supplies, time and
service records, and other needed inn
provements. Parts of the charter
have decidedly Utopian trend. 1t is
to be hoped they will work out in
practice better than the critics of the
plan fear.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
PRESIDENT REFUSES
TO CHANGE MEASURE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Talking
to friends today, President Wilson
made clear that the administration
will not amend the currency bill in
accordance with recommendations
made by the bankers in conference
last week. He proposes to keep the
authority in the governments hand
not surrendering any part to the bank
ers.
The president said plainly that the
newspaper reports indicated confer
ence of the professional bankers for
their own interests. He thinks few
of the big bankers dominated the con-
vention, and does not believe the reso-
lutions represented the rank and file
of those engaged in banking. Person
al information, he says, shows that the
smaller bankers and majority of
the business men favor his bill.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
THAT sPECTER.

Democrats who sit prominently in
the game of national politics are at
tempting already to discount Mr..
Roosevelt's recent declaration: 81
never left the Republican party; the
party left me-" AS all of the ex-
presidents statements, no matter how
obscure, contain something besides
verbiage, the Democrats believe they
see in this latest strong imitation
that Mr.. Roosevelt expects the party
to return to his fold in season to
nominate him in 1916. Wherefore is
the party of Jefferson shying at this
frightful specter much as a horse does
at gust-tossed paper in the road.
And it is well for the members that
they are alarmed. They should see to
it that they remein frightened for
the next three years. Fright might
bring wisdom to their councils and
prevent errors of statecraft and di-
plomacy that will call for a vote
reckoning at later date. Mr.. Roose-
welt saw to il that he did not get far
from old party tenets in his last cam
paign. He fought men rather than
principles. There is no man in the
party so strong today. On direct
vote at nationwide Republican pri-
mary he would lead, though many ran.
The Democrats must choose care
fully If Roosevelt keeps to the fore
Their platform has limited the pres
ent president to single term. If
they adhere to that plank Mr.. Wilson
is eliminated. Mr.. Bryan then be-
comes their one best choice. The Ne
braskan has been defeated by less
popular men than Roosevelt.
Three years is long time, but the
man from Oyster Bay has way of
living down the years to his own ad-
vancement in popular esteem. As
political figure he is much like Abra-
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
ham Lincoln's celebrated rathole-he
will bear watching.-Denver Times.
AMERICAS DUTY.


The intimations contained in the
reply of Huerta to the proposal Of
President Wilson through his special
envoy, John Lind, to the effect that
congress is not solidly back Of the
president, condition which he is ap-
parently using in support of his posi-
tion in defying the United States,
points out a solemn duty to the Re-
publican members of that body. The
Mexican ruler has taken hope in the
political differences in our country.
Senator Penrose and three or four
other Republican members of the up
per house have voiced displeasure at
the president in withholding informa-
tion as to what he was doing. They
simply wanted to know more details
SO that they could act more wisely,
and certainly Huerta could take no
solace in the attitude of the leader Of
this opposition, Senator Penrose. The
Pennsylvania senator cited the danger
to an American citizen and his family
in Mexico and he indicated that he
was ready to go to war.
1t remains, however, for the Repub-
licans to impress on the Mexican pres
ident that if he is relying on political
partisanship in this country to save
him he is in for disappointment. The
party members in congress may fight
over the tariff and other political
measures party measures, but when
it comes to a matter that affects the
nation as against differences with an
other, politics should be suppressed and
President Huerta will find this to be
the case. Chairman Bacon of the
foreign relations committee has stated
that his committed was united on the
policy toward Mexico and in the end
it will be found that practically the
entire membership of congress, with
which rests the decision as to whether
or not we will have war, is united, re-
gardless of political affiliations.
No fault can yet be found with
President Wilson's policy toward Mex
leo, and it remains for the Republican
| members who have given rise to the
excuse offered by Huerta to dissipate
that mans falsely constructed conf
dence. 1t is their duty.-Pueblo Chief
| tain.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
HOW PARCELS POST WILL
AFFECT THE FARMER
(Hoard,s Dairymanl

Professor Price, dean of the Ohio
College of agriculture, is in Germany
studying the things that make for
the improvement of the farm and farm
life. One of his letters is devoted to
the parcels post, as they have it in
that country. He states that the Ger
man farmers use the parcels post a
great deal more for what they sell
than what they buy. Butter, cheese,
eggs, poultry, etc., are constantly and
in large quantities shipped to custo-
mers in the city. Besides, the gov
ernment has perfected system
whereby collection is made of the GUS
toners and the money remitted to
the farmer at small cost. He gives
the following concrete illustration Of
the situation as it exists with him in
Ohio and how it would be in Germany:
For example, at home, in Columbus,
Ohio, l live just outside of the zone
in which the express companies make
deliveries Gan arbitrarily fixed dis
trict of very limited area) and each
week | get basket of butter, eggs,
poultry, ETC., sent from my farm home,
some twenty miles away. The basket
must not only be taken to the ex-
press office, some five miles from the
farm, and sent by express to Colum-
bus at cost of 80 cents but / must
90 to the express office and get it
With parcels post, such as Germany
has, the basket would be taken from
the farm by the rural mail delivery
and delivered to my house in Colum
bus, and it would cost 12 cents instead
of 80 cents.
We may theorize how the profits
Of the middleman may be reduced ant
the expenses of distribution decreas
ed, and the distance between producer
and consumer shortened, but where arr
we to get more simple and effect
i've solution than by establishing s
parcels post? What will do more t
reduce the cost of living to the mai
in the city and to increase the in
come of the farmer than to have then
deal directly with each other through
the parcels post?
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
SULZER FILES
CHARGES OF BRIBERY

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Lynn Ar
mold, representing Sulzer, asked the
state assembly's judiciary committee
which is meeting here, to summon wit
nesses who, he says, have evidence
that Boss Murphy, Legislators Fraw-
ley and Levy are implicated in con-
spiracy, bribery and "fiendish frame
up" to ruin Sulzer. Among the wit
nesses he wanted examined were Nc
Call, the Tammany mayoralty candi-
date, and Norman Mack Glynn.
The committee refused to allow Ar
mold to make his statement, despite
a few dissenters, who loudly cheered,
until the chairman threatened to clear
the room.
Mr.. Arnold said he had laid his in
formation before Prosecutor Whitman.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28

The state of Georgia, splendid and
progressive in many ways, has one
foul blot on her escutcheon. In no
state in the union is the traffic in
child labor so repellant or degrading.
In no other state are children of ten
der years, some as low as seven years,
driven to the cotton factories to work
for the pittances that enable them to
exist. The laws of Georgia may sane
tion this crime against the child,
but the greater law of humanity in
diets it as system that menaces the
future of American manhood and wo-
manhood. In Georgia the protection
of the American child is prostituted
for the greed of the dollar. The other
day the Georgia legislature killed a
bill providing that the working age
be raised to ID years. In other words
that no child should be allowed to
slave in the cotton mills of the state
who had not reached that age. That
means that there are thousands of
children under that age limit whose
mentalities are dwarfed and their
physical strength impaired so that the
Georgia cotton manufactures may be
multiplied, says the Denver News.
If such a condition existed in the
Republican New England states there
would be a cry go up from the land
that would be heard all over the
world. But in Democratic Georgia
| it is different.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
WALLS OF JERICHO.

Sir Thomas Upton has added his
testimony to the effect which the Will
son tariff bill will have upon exports
of this country. He does so in his
usual naive way. His contribution
came as result of the British gov
ernment's declination to take part,
officially, in the Panama exposition
in San Francisco. Such an oppor-
aunity could not be lost sight of by
the prince of advisers. This is the
Upton argument, as it appears in the
London Times, why foreign manu-
facturers and foreign powers should
exhibit at the Golden Gate fair:
"As one of the exhibitors at Chi
cago and st. Louis, l can say that
British merchants have every reason
to be gratified with the results. These
exhibitions were held when the United
States tariff was all at the highest,
whereas, no congress has reduced the
protective tariffs to sweeping extent
and has given opportunities for trade
competition never anticipated by the
British manufacturers in the days of
the Chicago and st. Louis expositions,
"Yet this is the moment chosen to
abstain from exhibiting our products.
The walls of Pericho are fallen and for
the sake of u paltry 250,000 pounds
we sulk outside instead Of taking the
city. Surely this is not business"
From the Upton standpoint there
is logic in the argument. The walls
of Jericho are about to fall and foreign
manufacturers will have easy access to
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
TILLMAN'S CAPRICIOUS
SUFFRAGE FANTASY

There are musical compositions that
follow no rules and are styled free or
capricious fantasies. Senator Till
mans speech on woman suffrage,
the home, marriage and morals was
an oratorical free fantasy. 1t began
nowhere and ended nowhere, but it
relieved the orator.
The wielder of the pitchfork uses
more ifs than he formerly did, and
in these ifs is the better part of his
speech. If there be danger to poll
tics and morals in woman suffrage; if
ever woman steps down from her
place; if good women disappear from
the face of the earth, if these appal-
ling things happen, why, then, the
doom of the public is near. Near,
senator? The doom will then be an
accomplished fact.
Woman, continues the senator in
his fantasia lamentoso, may improve
politics, but ultimately politics will
destroy her as we know her and love
her. Well, ultimately" is vague
word; besides, we cannot tell what
ultimate men will think of ultimate
women; they may love them in spite,
or even because, of their ultimate
characteristics.
Meantime, let US be honest and cour-
ageous, and vote for or against equal
suffrage according to our present con-
victions. With this theme in the fan
lastly all will sympathize. Nature
and the future have way of upset
ting little theories, but honesty and
courage are conditions, not theories,
and they are always needed.-Record-
Herald.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28

The colonel enthusiastically stated:
"The Hopis are the most interesting
people / ever saw. We had won
derful opportunity to study the tribe
which is rapidly becoming extinct
A reporter asked: "How does the
snake dance compare with the last
Republican convention to which the
colonel replied: II told you l would
not discuss anything heavy"
Roosevelt left at 12:40, eastward.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
ANOTHER NEW PROCESS
FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY

Some few weeks ago the Denver
papers published articles having refer
ence to a new concentration and ore
dressing process for the cheap treat
ment of extremely low grade ore, in
vented and patented by Prof. A. r.
Whitley the inventor and father Of the
famous Whitley table which wrought
such beneficial revolution in the
general practice of ore dressing
throughout the world. 1t attracted the
attention of our enterprising citizens,
Otto Mears and Representative ]. H.
Slattery who upon investigation be-
came satisfied of its merits, They
took the matter up with Mr.. Whitley
which resulted in bringing the noted
inventor and his son to Silverton
where they arrived Tuesday evening
in company with Mr.. Mears to look
into the matter of treating the tail
ings of the old Silver Lake mill in
Arastra basin upon which lease had
been previously obtained.
These tailings are from the earlier
workings of the mine and deposited
from the old mill into the Silver Lake
after which the famous property was
named. 1t is said that there is in the
neighborhood of half million Of tons
of these tailings but to be conserva-
tive and safe the lease and transac-
tions are based on 100000 tons. While
they are quite low grade, still careful
sampling has demonstrated that they
can be handled with good margin of
profit by the new invention of Mr.. Will
fley whose greatest merit lies in the
cheapness with which extremely low
grade ores can be treated. The in
ventor is so well satisfied and has
| such confidence in his new process
that he concluded not to sell the pre-
cess rights to the patent and will op-
crate it only on royalty or partner
ship basis.
The plans for the project above
mentioned are for building of mill
of 500 tons daily capacity near the
Silverton Northern railroad, probably
close to the North Star bridge above
the Silver Lake mill to which the tail
ings will be conveyed by means of a
small but strongly constructed flume.
Arrangements for this work have been
completed and the material for its con-
struction has been contracted for.
Mr.. Whitley in company with
Messrs. Mears and Slattery spent
Wednesday looking over the situation.
I-Silverton Standard.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
DENvER's LIQUOR PROBLEM.

Commissioner Nisbet of the depart
ment of safety in Denver is urging
a proposal to cut down the number of
saloons in that city from 500 to 200
and to raise the price of licenses from
5000 per year to $1,000. He also
urges that cafes where meals and Ii
quors are served to be assessed at the
rate of 5000 per year.
Both of these proposals are step
in the right direction. Denver, with
her 500 saloons, has far too many.
Los Angeles, much larger city, has
only 200 and the number cannot be
increased. The plan is something like
that in Colorado Springs with respect
to the number of licensed drug stores.
The old days when there could be a
saloon on every corner, running with
out any rules or regulations, have
passed. The present tendency is to
strictly limit the number of saloons
even in larger cities and to regulate
their hours and their methods of
doing business. The cafe business also
requires very close inspection, for it
is often more dangerous to public
morals than a saloon, for it is in the
cafes that both sexes are permitted to
drink.
Commissioner Nisbet will find that
all the better elements of the city of
Denver are with him on these pro-
posals to raise license fees and re-
strict the number issued.-Colorado
Springs Telegraph.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28

President Wilson has so far ruled
with an iron hand. Senators and
congressman are under his thumb.
Patronage is the binding cord that
causes many members to go back on
the interests of their states. From
the president everything down the line
is partisan. Republicans are being
turned out as fast as possible. In
structions have been issued to all de-
partments to favor Democrats in all
lines Of business, something never
before countenanced in this country.
The national head Of Democracy prob
ably realizes the coming four years
will be the last whack the party fol-
lowers will have At the public teat
for many years and are going to make
the best of the opportunity.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
INSURANCE COMPANIES
MAY LEAVE MISSOURI

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25.-Accident in
surance companies threaten to aban-
don business in Missouri because the
state law requires the payment of sui
eide liabilities.
The trouble grew out of the death
of J. r. Lucas of Greeley, Colo, who
carried $4,000 accident policies, which
may be increased to $4,000 under
the state law requiring extra pay
ment when death occurs in railroad
car. The coroner said Lucas was shot
accidentally but the companies prefer
to suspect suicide and demand an au-
topsy.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28

Raise cafe liquor licenses from 5000
to 5000 a year, the amount now paid
by saloons. Raise saloon licenses to
$1,000 year and limit the number
to 200. Raise dance hall licenses from
SO to 800 year. In declaring him
self in favor of these three things,
Commissioner of Safety Alexander
Nisbet Of Denver announces that his
policy would be to regulate the liquor
traffic and businesses that had effect
on the morals Of Denver by high Ii
cense and by making the slightest
infraction of the law ground for revo-
cation of license.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
h.olners, have Your Children Worms Z

hiotners! have Your Children Worns7
Are they feverish, restless, nervous,
irritable, dizzy or constipated? Do
they continually pick their nose or
grind their teeth? Have they cramp-
ing pains. irregular and ravenous ap-
petite? These are all signs of worms.
Worms not only cause your child suf-
fering, but stunt its mind and growth.
Give "Kickapoo Worm Killer" at once.
1t kills and removes the worms, i'm
proves your child's appetite, regulates
stomach, liver and bowels. The symp-
toms disappear and your child is made
happy and healthy, as nature intend
ed. All druggists or by mail, 25c.
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company.
Philadelphia, Pa. st. Louis, Mo.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
SPRINGS is READY FOR
GOVERNORS MEETING

COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 25.-
Governors are beginning to arrive for
their conference here. Secretary Riley
said twenty governors were coming,
eighteen had declined, and five were
uncertain. Trammell, McGovern and
Oddie, respectily from Florida, Wis
consin and Nevada are already here.
Secretary of the Interior Lane, per-
sonally representing the president, will
arrive today.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28

The commissioners of Denver are
considering bill providing for tax
of l-2 cents per square foot upon
billboards, and also providing that a
license must issue for the erection of
the board, under the direction of the
commissioner Of safety. This is a
good bill and ought to be passed. 1t
is believed frankly that 1t will do
away with many of the hideous bill
boards which deface so much good
land in Denver. The same plan should
be adopted in all Colorado cities.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28

So far as we are personally con-
cerned we are perfectly satisfied with
the free sugar program. Let the ex-
pertinent be tried. To be consistent
we should have reduction of 65 cents
a hundred us soon as the law goes
into effect, followed by an additional
s1.25 three years later. Instead, you
will find the price about the same,
with the trusts raking in the differ
ence which the government will lose
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28

Norman Hapgood says he intends
to make Harper's Weekly the organ
of feminism on this continent. The
first number issued under his edi-
torial direction did not on its table
of contents contain the name of a
single woman contributor. Mr.. Hap
good will have to go back and take
fresh start.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28

The Arkansas valley district COM
mercial association, the same as our
San Juan congress, has elected what
they term an immigration commission
er to hustle new settlers from ad-
jacent states. That section pays out
more money for advertising and push
ing for new settlers in one week than
this district pays in six months. Then
we wonder why more new settlers are
not headed this way.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
DENVER BUSINESS MAN
BADLY HURT IN AUTO WRECK

BOULDER, Aug, 25.-Alfred S.
Proctor, president of the Denver Tent
and Awning company, was probably
fatally hurt when his auto plunged
down an embankment near here when
the steering gear broke. Three rela-
tives, who accompanied him, escaped
unhurt
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28

With ten thousand automobile par
ties visiting the state during the sum-
mer months, it is safe to say Durango
will entertain at least ten day.
Especially will this be because when
the road to Gallup is placed in good
condition. Durango will then be on
the direct route to the Grand Can
on.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
CANCEL JACK JOHNSON'S
VAUDEVILLE ENGAGEMENT

LONDON, Aug. 25.-The manage
ment here today cancelled Jack John
sons vaudeville engagement, Begin
ming tonight. The cancellation Is ate
to johnson issuing Dragging inter-
view, saying that anybody with brains
ought to know he was not the kind
of man the newspaper represented
him TO be.
The Vaudeville Artists union had
previously protested against Johnson's
appearance on the circuit.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28

American markets. For the consul
mer this may sound encouraging; for
the home manufacturer and producer
it may have different ring to it.
Sir Thomas is in accord with host
Of other British exporters, who are
about to take the city.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-08-28
DELEGATES EN- ROUTE
TO HYGIENIC CONGRESS

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 25.-More
than forty delegates appointed by
Governor Sulzer to represent New
York state at the fourth International
congress on school hygiene at Buffa-
10, left here today for the congress.