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MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1012;
KEEPING It OO SB VIS LT ALIVE.
The disgruntled nnd defeated politi?
cal doctors of the country meet In
consultation to-day In Chicago with
the ultimate purpose or injecting1 nitro?
glycerine Into tho pelitlc.il career of
Theodore Roosevelt to keep It ullve.;
The Third Party IS an heroic rem dy
never been etil aelous and it will not;
be now. Political parties form them
bive? around and bull,! themselves
upon principles nnd not persons. Pbli
tical parties express public opinion and-j
t privato lust for office.
Political parties have, heretofore dir-'
??ird with each ether as to issues rat'.i-|
? : than Individuals. They have tlla- J
Lg reed -i* to interpretations, They!
have not perpetuated personal grudges, j
they have not based their titles to
existence upon claims of fraud. They'
have not denied that majorities rule.
Th- Third T?rin Party primarily Is
not a party of issues, but the party
fee.di upon Is the meat of otic man's
if faction of cue man's grudge; it r.
ir.lre.= of applicant:-- for membership
?
States Is a yegg and n highbinder, and
that (he Bull Moose can bo defeated
Party defines the result of a nomina?
tion, nut Iis wiiai it was, but what the
Third Term Party desired It to be.
The main plank of the P. ,11 Moose
platform la that till votes Is a mi
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eocked-up; evi tl the
vtiioiM.vs piitsT fioon no.vns
II A V.
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? k??"kf ti. ,;. :;. tni aim, i
in in Pal rick ca? take Ms cot
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noble of progressive Pa tri
let same time put tho roads pi
/tinty into shape, if they i
its advanced plan, they will :
r.elr hauling ef crova easlsr
raveling over the roads mon
irtablc, their t-ranspm tntion of
tielr social Intercourse more, go
ud their happiness unt pto.-p
if-atcr; but If they make this "
:oads I>ay'9' Idea "a go," they
Iso clftnulato other counties to
. ;lon. Their public spirit, their
resstveiiess and (heir genuine
mple
and religious welfare of all tho people |
will sow Us seed In O hunoTcd other i
places ami help the cause of good |
throughout the Btnto of Vir- j
glnla. If tho people of Patrick succeed,
the pcoplo of other counties will feel
that they must also succeed.
Tho Times-Dispatch thoroughly In
dorses the policy to bo tried out in j
Patrick and commends tho patriotic |
people of that county for their lnUia- :
live in this new method of solving an ;
old problem. Nor Is It out of place
to congratulate the Stuart Enterprise
for tho splendidly strenuous mariner
In which It Is supporting "Good Roads i
Pay," for that progressive weekly is j
devoting practically ull of Its news
nnd editorial space to tho project.
Were niete more weekly editors like
W. <;. Hylion and moro weeklies like
the Enterprise, the people In tho mud
taxed counties would be aroused to
pull together for hotter highways as
n means to achieve tnclr own larger
prosperity.
TUB l.orir.lt MOXnOE DOCTOIXB.
The iic\t Prcsldont of the United
States might well undertake, as a
proof of his broad vision nnd construc?
tive genius, to lay down an Interpreta?
tion of the Monroo Doctrine that will
represent tho attitude the American
people at heart desire to take in the
matter of foreign extensions cf power
on the Western Hemisphere. He might
\v111 undertake to answer tho ques?
tions that are asked at homo und
i broad: What Is the Monroo Doctrine?
In how far do the popple support it?
Upon what fundamental piinciplo is It
based? As at present formulated, the
famous doctrine Is becoming more and
more a possible niunacn to our lnter
tlohal peace Its now assertion by
lehnte resolution brings it to light
oi.ee more, r.ot in Us line and tradi?
tional form of a demand that the New
World bo permitted to Work but Its
problems of government in It-i own
way, but as a possible torch with which
jingoes can stir Up war fevers, and as j
a chip on the shoulder that other na?
tions lire arrogantly requested to take'
The Monroe Doctrine can be defined
In two very different way's. It has on
economic meaning and a human mean?
ing, It may be the demand that oi.lt- j
sidiiri recognise our commercial rights
In our own territory. It may mean
that the United States guarantees to
the world that the hemisphere it dom
atcs Is dedl< tted to democracy, nnd
that no Interference with the methods
..f democracy will be tblqruted, in
both cases, there comes In the issue or
whether the Monroe Doctrine is lti
t, tided to protect the lesser countries.
? i though protecting them to protect
ourselves. Whatever of all potsible
meanings can be attached to this In?
ternational declaration, it Would be
well Iii the cause of peace, ami for tho
assurance of our own future actions,'to
*? t all parlies be clearly apprised of
its fln.il Import.
We doubt whether the people know
what ihejy want to Imply by the m, n
r,bc Doctrine, or how far they are ready
to back It up. But It cannot, be dodg?
ed that there is always the possible
challenge by a European poxver bent
oh < \l, ndlng Its commercial sphere.
Nor can It he doubted that such o. chal
lc ngo would mean either nrmed re?
taliation or n withdrawal of the prln
i I pie. Wo attempt to decide nothing
ol this Issue. But we affirm most
?? rtveiy, that if. as seems highly prob
i hie, our whole system cf foreign rela?
tions Is to be based on the Monroe
I i trine, It would bo well, to linder?
st..:..! exactly what fundamental and
permanent significance is given to it.
H cannot he a i,it of spread-eagle
' ? blo'gy. it must be made to mean
wlutt we intend to stand for in work?
ing out the destiny of all the Amert
\x u sus v\ i) i. xiHitt.
Inrough the spectacles of some of
the editors of foreign birth, notably
P' les and Southern Europeans, certain
Republican leaders have found in eer
; ttijln remarks Wood row Wilson made
touching undesirable Immigrants "evt
I for President Is "a foe to the labbrlng
1 1 .
I marknblti discovery; but still more ro
I murkable is It thnt they did not also
j discover such corroborative support of
lintcable to tho working man nnd the
career as Governor of New Jersey
J Their failure so to do argues most
astonishing, almost Unpardonable, sti
I countable neglect of di i tils.
Notwithstanding wo have no sympa?
thy with their cause; w,. feel so deeply
ror them, "oh account of their amend.
i !.i 1:t v" to criticism for tho!i Short-sight.
I * 'in' ?' or ?vprslght, that wo ate corv
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'>rEe than a "falsehood.
A part of the record of New .Ter:-r:
a'.er tha leadership and the in
ter.es of Mr. Wilson Is this: Th
? ?ring of an employes' liability an
impehsntion act; legislation inhibit
BUro lor the proti
I
In p?nal Institutions. This, as wo have
Indicated, la only a part of tho dctiillod ,
record sustaining tho concreto ovl-1
donco. so to speak, of Woodrow AVI I -
son'a enmity to the laboring mnn and
lack of sympathy for the telling
mos tos, rovcalod to our Republican
tri, nds In their study of the Demo?
cratic nonilnco's obsorvntlons on un?
desirable Immigrants; but it Is outll
ctent to prove that their friends missed
a golden opportunity to clinch tho "evl- j
(icnoo"?by utterly annihilating It.
And by tho way, when It comes to j
what Mr. Wilson really did say regard-1
<ng undesirable Immigrants, wo are 1
reminded that there Is a story that on
one occasion, way back yonder, a Judjte
of an English nisi prlus own warned
witnesses against testifying to any?
thing they saw through "opaque"
glass, ns such glass was llkoly to
distort tho vision and tho objects Seen.!
Since our Republican friends saw in
Mr. "Wilson's deliverance speclflc men?
tion of Irish and Northern European
Immigrants who vcero not mentioned
at all or even Implied, tho suggestion
is that possibly tho spectacles of the
foreign born editors through which
they -were- looking were mado of the
sumo sort of docoptlvo glass. Ho\vev< r,
that Is another story from tho one that,
owing to the progressive though con-j
servutlvo administration of Woodrow
Wilson, New Jersey has In the last
two years done moro than aho had ^n
tho preceding seventeen for the ameli?
oration of the condition of tho toiling
clnssos. thus leaving thoso who:
would Inculcate the Impression that'
the Democratic nominee Is not the
friend of labor not a leg to stand on. j
Woodrow Wilson's career of practical
. obstructive statesmanship Is no a'; so- '
lutcly destructive of all contention to i
the contrary that no worklngman who
has taken the trouble to acquire even
tho most elementary knowledge of it'
can fail to recognise, and in duty toI
his fellow worlclngmen concede the
inct.
TWENTIETH CENTURY SCHOOLS.
Through tho land at this season
parents are searching their hearts with
earnestness and devotion to plan for'
another year of school life for their
children, it Is, In fact, the one su- i
promo question for <i democracy. It I
moans t'.ie betterment of the race. It
means tho development eif the. Indi?
vidual. It means tho ultimate .solu?
tion of all temporary questions with
which twentieth eentury lifo Is vexed.
In the concrete. If there are 10.000,000
i-h'ldren spending this year In schools, J
It means that 10.ooo.ooo years of liiiman
lifo are being spent. Is It wonderful
th'en that prayers and misgivings nc- i
company the search? Is It strange
that all thinkers and nil men of hope
put tho question of education above
tho issues of banking reform, of trust
regulation, of tdi'tff reduction, even of '
national wealth and tho bounteous
gifts of tho soil? This Is no small
query that a weary and fading mother
puts to herself as she makes button?
holes In new school clothes. It Is tho
very heart of her heart's life. What
shall this little one be taught? And
how shall It be taught? To bo wiser
and happier than 1?
If thcrb bo any certain answer to
?
new generation shall somehow be;
taught to r< aUy be wiser and happier.
No education that does hoi mean those.
ends is of any value. No education
that hie ail a merely the prolongation of
another existence through a span of
years as a bnrren physical fact Is true
education. For education means load- !
ing but. It gathers all the young of
tbj c<iming years together and leads!
some noblo and distant goal. This Is
witat the twentieth century school
mtist <!o. If it fails, not all its bright
idors, its pictures. Its laboratories,
Its playgrounds, Its manual training
and its games, can justify their ,-:.!st
enc it stands to be Judged one a I
single fact; that the little children
have life and have it more abundantly,
II lSEI] ll,li AS A CIA II.I7.EIt.
Our little brown ward In the Phil?
ippines takes to the public sctiool with
?
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thuslasm. The national game t?f the
Philippines iseti to be cock-fighting,
lo-.'. baseball Is already shoving It, and
the tiatluhhl game of our country and
Its chief colonial dependency wjiil en m
be identical. The good American
game has taken such a bold on the
? I
nlzcd ns " i distinct Influence In Ihe
civilization of the natives.'.'
A member of the faculty of thi
University of Chicago?of course
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to supplying newspaper ?ppy that In
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I
of th.- game. Every village will kooi
have its nine and every city Its a ma
tour league, and soon there, win be
National and nn American I.eaguo It
the islands, in; a iitilo wntlp moi
the Fillpplhos will know enough t
pall the umpire a "robber" and th
ling to. T lt., who ailn,Its I
I . i ? -t and most prai th
QUERIES &
ANSWERS [
Altitudes lit Richmond.
\\ 111 you givi tho elevation or thooo
thrco points In Rlchmoudl tho old post
oitice, the corner of, Seventh und
Franklin, the corner of Fioyu and ituo
IUSOU7 N. 11. 1LYM.
Aanvt n.tan high tide, in the order
y?u give, tho elevation of the *truut
lovol is l?7 feet. )4.;.i feet, ^'1-6.7 feet.
Old iiniiiou Home,
Aru you not mil tokoh tn the stato
ment that the old Braxton homo ..ccu
nled tho block bounded by Socond and
Third and Broad and Mur shaft? vir.
Archibald Thomas JOUtfllt tu?, ircp
?ny corner <>i Second and Marshall
nnd extending neaiiy Third from
tho Rlchordsons earl) In the nineteenth
century, and his family occupied the
place until about elcVen years ago.
A READER.
"Hichmoiid In pygono Dag*." edlttor.
of lS,i6 Pago v;, has; "On the north
sldo or Broad, bi tween Second and
Third dtreot* yet Btands a wooden
building (as most of the dale were),
the former residence of the Urs>*oii
family, whose Inclosure embraced the
square." \Ve reib d upon this tor the
statement mode. ? ur correspondent Is
right as to the Tl otnas residence, ex?
cept that no 'Bichl rdsons" seem ever
to havo held the hind. The record
Shows transfer from William Hyrd'a
rigenl to Bosher ,from h'.m to Hancock,
from him to Gllllam, and from him to
Archibald Thomas,
1.IKFlS RED-HEADED lll'SBAVDS.
Mr*. Francis Has Und Two nnd I?
Thinking of a Third,
New York, Aw ist 4.?"My ilrst hus?
band was red-headed My present
husband Is red-hclided 1 Intend to
have a red-headcu husband us long us I
1 live. As noon .:. I am freed by di?
vorce 1 Will get another one. Hn will
be red-headed. 1 can be married a
week after I get a divorce. 1 have 100
applications on my waiting list now.
and a red-headed ; llccniah heads tho
list."
This declaration was made in the
City Court. Yohkersj yesterday after?
noon by Mrs., J. Dinette Robb Rice i
Francis, twonty-foui years old, who j
had her husband. Thomas A. Francis.'
arrested for nOnsupport, It followed aj
statement by Ira:, i ? that he Intended!
?o get a divorce. ? cose against htm j
was adjourned till Wednesday.
Mrs. Francis's Ilrst husband, Ernest
Bice, from whom - ? was divorced at;
Greenwich, Conn., two years ago. after
a married life of five years, is now In I
Saglnaw, Mich., with their two chil
I.I1T JUDGE BANFOnil OES ION.
House to Drop Proceedings In Vlow of I
Jurist's Action,
Washington, A gust 4.?The com- j
mitteo of Representatives which took
testimony against t'< Ii ral Judge Come,
lius llanford. In S< ittle, Wash., recom
mended to the House Judiciary Com?
mittee that the in :','achrnent proceed- .
?~* be dropped : l that President
Taft accept the judge's resignation, 1
Th( President had di layed action on '
the resignation t< await tho commL
The Committee on Judiciary adopted
tho recommendation of its subcommit?
tee, nnd oh Monday Chairman Clayton
will move in the House that tiic fur?
ther prosecution of Judge llanford be
abandoned.
DIES AFTER FORTY-OA V F \ST.
Elgniy-Onc-Year-Old Mini to Lynn, I
Mass., Starves In Bed.
Lynn. Mass., August 4.?Edward
Haitian; elghty-ono years obi, died at
tl;,- ! ,,m<) of his son, Robert Hunlan,
11 Ho i Street iftcr a forty days' fast.
During this flod Haitian subsisted on
water, wl Ii ? drank In small quanti?
ties. II, lost I o pounds In weight and
was reduced to a living skeleton.
Whip- fastlii^ ilanlah kept to his bed,
and for the : i few days was so weak
he was uh I ? to move or to speak
above a whl per. Four weeks ago
Hanlan was given up by his physicians,
who declared that he could live only
a f w days longer. For days previous
he had eaten no solid food. His wife,
slxt; -mine year old, was overcome
whib- oaring for hint ami died ot his
TRI 1*1 FREE AM unit.
Italiens I nrpus W rit for Man Who Unlit
?lersr) Spite Fence*.
Eong lit ill N. J., August 4.?An!
effort is bell ItiadO by friends to have
? lam. :? M. Al'gor, who built the widely '
known . pit, f, neos, released from the ;
Slut,- .? ?,, which he was com-;
mltted ten '. ago. A writ of habeas'
corpus, :- ,t the Instance of w. .1.'
ohard, ? : Atlantic Highlands, will be
heard I ton '. o-Chsncollor Garrison I
at Jersey (' I Monday morning.
The ; lhl -,,,i by Loonard Is that'
f" C. J; Gr< r, city physician of Long;
Branch; i qualified to sign tlia
commitment papers for the reason that'
had not practicing live yenrs. i
as the latui i .-quire.
CUDAHYS REUNITED NOW
Family Completely neconelleil With ',
\rrlvul (de Pom Children
Kansas V. Mo., August 4.?The re- i
"nlon 01 tin ill;.- of Mr. and Mrs.
John p. Cud.ahy was complete to-day.
when t ? children arrived from
I i- hit, 1 where they bad been
'li tio , f their grandmother. :
lhihi rtor their re-marrlnge |
tyeeks nfru Cudahy find bis wife
bei in tirrai for the return of th*
Martin
^ .a kin v;.t , party fair Idca-o'
? io,. fellers by ther wives' expres?
sion. Some folks, sent V Kit clean
?Jim* life on :i i. clinics lit y.
NOTIFYING PRESIDENT TAFT.
By John T. McCutcheon.
[Covrrljjbt: 1MB: By John T. MoOutotieoa.)
Mr. President, wo have com* to notify jrou of your nomination. The Republican convention, In response lo
the wlahas of the people, nelooted you ns the party's standstd benrer, amidst seentts of unparalleled enthu?
siasm. Whenever your name w?o mentioned th? applause whs t' nderousl From Maine to California the voles of
the people, rising tu volume until It became a hurricane of ivunil. hue proclaimed Its indorsement of ycur .uperb
administration. The nation Is aflame with enthusiasm for you!
A cnorua of millions of oarer voloes roars the mighty slogan. " We want Taft I " Never In history has a. states?
man's personality so captured the devoted allegiance of a nation's people. The mtran of "Taft and Sherman"
set countless hearts beatluc with loyal fervor and Stir the blood to a fever of alefil adoration. You are the Idol
of the people! They all want you! Why. It waa only last week that we had a letter to that effect, and the
week ->ofore ve had two. And so tt g-oea! Thundering throughout the land?a rcnlsMeas appeal!
Your nplendld record has enshrined jo-: In the heart! of a grateful people. When the downtrodden hear trie
name of "Taft" or " Sherman " they sing a ptssn of pntse and telotclng. The, struggling wage earner, telling
in dark places, will not soon forgot your noble stand In relation le the tariff bill; the fanner?the husbandman
of the great fert'.lo areas?will not soon forget your splendid fight for the r?-o|proolty bill; the truat-rldden people
wtll not forget the wsy your administration stranglad ths Standard oil trusi and Isft H crushed and powerlsss,
as It In today. ICvsry.v. re you hoar of men proclaiming their Intention of voting for you. I heard of one only
day before yesterday, and a friend of i lne told me of another a few days ago. When the lust ballot Is caat In
November and the rotes are counted you will be surprised at the result. Ths people spoke In 1510. They spoke
In the same terms from Mains to California In Uli. and they will speak again In November, 1312. An enormous
vote will be cast, and as nurely as day follows night many of ihem will be east for Taft ar.d .Sherman.
MURDERS INCREASE;
FEW ARE PUNISHED
Since Slaying of Gambler Rosenthal, Am rican
Prison Association Has Keen Compiling
Figures.
New York, August t.?Recent crimes .
of violence, including the conspiracy
resulting In Herman Rosenthal*U I
death and tho atrocious murders "f !
two little girls, J\ii!a Connors and
Mary Barbuto, have aroused the Amer?
ican 1'rison Association, which IS pre?
paring a pronouncement against the
cout ts.
"In New York City last year thero
were 119 cases of homicide, while In
LOndori, with a far grr'ale-r popula?
tion, there were only nineteen.-' says
Judge. Do Courcoy, of The Supreme
Court of Massachusetts, who is che.lr
man of the American rrisji, AssDcia
tlon's committee on criminal procedure.
Then he adds: "In the United St it -H
punishment for crlmo is slow and tin- I
certain, in England it Is swift atl*l.
certain."
These recent crimes In New It j
City, which have stirred the country i
and caused comment in European
newspapers, will be the subject' of a
special report by the Prison Associa?
tion, advance sheets of which indi?
cate that criminal procedure in the
courts Is to blame for the prevalence
of such outlawry.
"Ten thoiisand homicide crimes are
committed In the Prilled Slates each
year." says the head of Hie New Vork
St.it- Reformatory, at Elmlra, who is
a leading crlmlndloglst active in the
Prison Association, "One hundred and
eighteen homicide crimes were com?
mitted in Chicago in 10?'.'. Twenty ,.r
the sum,- kind of crimes wer,- Commit?
ted for the same time in London, and
London Is four times the size of Chi?
cago.
"Mom!,ill 'crime in the United
States has increased 480 per cent, slni
1SS9 Thereof, the ratio of convic?
tions Is less than 1? per cent. The
same ratio for Germany is 06 per cent.
Homicidal crime In the United States
exceeds the total of that of any ten
civilised nation;:, outside of RtlS8|h."
Will Show That Courts Ire to Blame,
From these and other statistics be?
ing complied, and by Judge lie Cour
eey's significant comparison with Eh'sr?
land, it is apparent to crtmlnalogista
'-?-.it the. Prison As Delation intends
to show that the courts are largely
to blame for the prevalence of crime.
Nearly thirty persona are murdered
each day In the United States, ex?
cluding Alaska and the Islnnd depend?
encies. Not one murderer in four !h
the United States Is brought to trial,
according to the association's statis?
tics, and not one in t went y-l!vo of
those brought to trial receives a death
sentence.
One commentator on these figures
reduces it to the parlance of the race
track betting ring by declaring.?
"If you Commit a murder It Is- better
j than a three to one shot Hint you will
nevei be brought lo trial. If you lose
that bet it Is better than a ten to one
shot that you will never be sentenced
to the penitentiary, and li 'k belter
.than an eighty to one shot that you
will never do hanged or electrocuted."
That Is. It I? bette'r thnn an .eighty
to one shot thai tho slayers of Herman
Itoseuthal and the i,i tile who kiib.t
Mary (iarbuto will never be eli Iro
< un d for lliolr crimes lulla Connors
murderer billed himself. Tiny have
more than eighty chances In ihelr
favor to escapo the d'.iih penalty,
against one that thej will he ade?
quately punished according to law.
Increase of DOO Murders.
Jucge lie Cburccy reports shows thai
there were nearly ?00 more murders
in the Untied Mates last year than
In the previous year, yet, I.at on,. In
eignty-six was capitally punished, uj
against one of seventy-four for the
i ro\ ions year.
'lib I a shows, as only hgures can show,
that violent crimes have Increased
alarmingly, while the notorious laxity
of the police and the courts has be?
come ? ven mote lax. thus Increasing
the ratio of the effect of crime upon
the people
Kor each million of the population
in 1006 there were US homicides in
the United States; in Italy less than
fifteen; In Canada less than thirteen,
in Great Ifrltaln bss than nine, and
In Germany less than flyo homicides
tor every mlll'on of the population.
i if tin nineteen persons who com
inlttci. murder In London last year (lve
committed suicide beford they were
arrested, AH of tin- others, except
fouii were arreste.i und either con
Vi ted and executed or were sent to
insane asylums, excepting one. who
committed suicide ul.il,- in prison
awaiting trial.
The American Press Association will
call attention to a comparison of the
figures in London with the llgurcB of
New Vorlt City; where no murders
wei-e committed lt? Ihn Manie time.
That the excessive use of strong
liquors is the primary cnuse for the
violent erlmrs in this country is dis?
prove a by the association. The use of
He|iiors In this country is not con?
sidered at! alarming vie.-, and figures
are submitted to substantiate this.
!.e?s Siruiie. Drink.
?'There Is certainly less strong drink,
including in this term whiskey, gin,
brandy and rum. cons lined In St. Louis
or Chlcn in than In any city of half
their size In Great Britain," the n
port continues, 'lyet the traveler com?
pare Liverpool and Glasgow With St
Louis or Chicago In this respect With
vastly i.ore drunkenness In Liverpool
and Glasgow there ..re fewer murders
there because In England punishment
Is swiff and certain, while In St. Louis
! it Is slow and uncertain
??An unsettled state of society is n
'cause for the prevalence of crime. Be?
tween the year ISIS and ISO0 the most
I heterogeneous population that any
'spot on the face of the earth could pre?
isen! was to t>e found In the territory
of California, In the c.itrcr search for
gold "o n of i very nation and fron,
1 every elltr.e form.-d a society nS rude
ins It was ephemeral. t'onrts were
I quickly found to b.- a necessity, but
I they were Hc'arcoly established before
jlhey Were corrupted, and the worst
element nt Of Co dictated and defied
their decrees. Deaths by violence be?
tau to e.\c ?? 1 !:: number llwse by dls
caeu or accident
"In lk-,l the people, long suffering
anil "low lo move, at last arose In t.. Ir
might aril grappled ?Ith the problem.
It Is the same problem we have to?
il uj -how to prevent t.-e Incrcas. Of
Crime. Its solution was tho Vigilance
committee, -a i.os.' Justice was unre?
lenting and utipurchosable, whose code
knew no technicalities, whose decrees
?a er,, not appealable, and whose swift?
ness of ex- cutlon has known no'parolli
in judicial history.
Vldl'nncr Commit Ice Kept Dons Crime?
"During t(o- reign of this txtiaord
Ir.ary tribunal crimes against Hie pcr
Non were leduocl to a minimum. Tho
transit! in pi rlod was not ended, so?
ciety remained as mixed and unccr
! tain in I?31 as before 1801. but bu
? t?.r*? I'M punishment for crime was
very slow and uncertain, while in li5i
? it was very prompt and certain.
"lly und by tin- vigor of the organi?
sation languished, with the object ut
j its formation apparently accomplish?
ed, and it came to an end from a sheer
lack of anything to do The ordinary
courts of law with their forms and
technicalities, asserted themselves, and
: while society became more settled
j crime multiplied."
Therefore, crlmlnologlsts believe, tho
Koschthol and tho Julia Connors and
Mary Barbuto murders may bad to a
reorganization of the Courts which
I will make Justice as swift and certain
us it was In California and is in llng
i land and Germany.
BULL OVERTURNS AUTO
Entangles it-. Head in Wreckage,
! I'nrly Thun Spared Ucing Gored,
; Kikhart. Ind., August Five per?
sons narr .wly escaped death or seri?
ous Injury here whin a bull, maddened
i by .the sight of a big red automobile,
charged t:i<- ear. overturning it into
a ditch ot the roadside.
Only the fact that the animal's head
became fastened In the wreckage It Ih
believed prevented the occupants of
the car from being gored. The pns
,Songei'S In tho >.ir were C. B. Kryu
land four members of his family, who
live in Mlddli town, O. All escaped
with a few scratches and bruises.
The animal was so badly injured
[that it had to be shot.
Monster Tomato Vinci.
[Kpecl.il lo The Times-Dispatch.1
Lynchburg, Va., August I.?W. It.
Camp, of this city, has thirty-one pon
(lorosh tomato plants In his garden
; which average nine feet tall, and from
I which six bushels of tomatoes have
already been taken, with three or four
; times that amount to be gathered. The
vegetables average a pound each Ir
I size.
Annual Convention.
I (Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
I r.j.Iiburg, Va., August I.?The Am
hi-rst County Sunday School Association
will hold Its annual convention at the
Episcopal Church at Amherst Court?
house oh September 17 and IS.
j National State and
City Bank
Richmond. Virginia,
I Collclts Your Account.
Capital ?1,000.000, Surulun, snno.oou
1 Best by Test for forty years.