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W1* P N* KS DAY, MAUCH 17, 1014.
A 1*1,ACE FOII THIS VJ2TO.
Tho Times-Dispatch knows very lit
tle of Senate bill No. 41" beyond the
fact that It was introduce.l by Senator
Licsovr. reported by th* committee. i
pasnni by the Senate hikI yiven it?
litial word of approval by the llouso of
i'elcgr.tc? Saturday evening. The
same bill. rrlth Mr. Oliver os patron,
appeared cn the Ilou.io CAloiHl.tr us?
r.\>. ti>~.
j'.Qt, however introduced anfl urged, j
this bill places In tho hands of the J
Stato Penitentiary Board almost ns
much power as is vested by tho Cou- j
f dilution and laws In the Governor nnd i
the courts The changes made by this i
law in the present parole statute are ?
testually very tilth*, but In effect are
most important.
Ilsretofore, our readera -n-ell rameni
bsr. the penitentiary board baa had
power to parole any prisoner who has
ser-.'eiS ono-half of hi" term with good
behavior. The amendment If the id
C It Ion of eipht very significant wordts,
making the section read;
*~?Vhenever it appears to tho bonrd of j
directors of the penitentiary that a j
prison?! In this institution, who w?s ;
sentenced t? tho penitentiary for any j
? rime, has f cn'fd out half of his term
of imprisonment for which he was
.sentenced or lias served three years
?f Mild tenn ... (if ho has obeyed the
rulef, ett.) . . ? said board may. at its
ti. c,?rot ion. parole hint tiurinp tiie re
sainder of his term of sentence upon
such terms itn'l conditions as it ma.,
prescribe!. . . ? "
What does this-- mean?
That rtfter n man h:i^ been duly sen- i
tent'-d to the penitentiary for any
. rim' short of one carrying the death
penalty or life Imprisonment, the pen- j
itfntiary bonrd is at liberty to parole I
him provided or.iy that his rccord is i
clear.
That a jury may hesitate to convict
,i man of first-degree murder and may |
send him to prison for eighteen years, 1
hut tl.at tlia jienltentiary board are at
liberty t?> Rive him i Is freedom on pa
t-ido after three years.
That the cov.i t of original ,1urisdlc?
tlon and the appellate court may re
m w iv.e ease or any man sentenced for .
t.rm b ss tlrui life, and mny ltnd the j
vcrdb:t a proper one, but that the flvo j
:nemoors of tho penitentiary board are,
to upset. If they desire, the findings of !
i;te ?? -.1 rtat the end of Hire" years.
?? t the flovcrnor of the ('omnwn
v.caltli, authorized by the Constitution
'..i ;T..nt parilons, may Tt.i'use to lnter
r'.Te ill n C.isr, but that the appointees
? the tiover'sor or of his predecessor;
i.aV' authority, aftir three years, to
?vi- vrub' hi. i nd to set free a man
whom th< Governor believes to deserve
ih'> senteneo j^lven him.
That live men, named by th^ 'lov
ernor, responsible only to him and not ,
nnswcrable to t ? people. :ifriveti |
t;.e power to ?*i i> 111e per.ltenilary, at
the end of three years ..f Rood con
duct, for : ny man they wish f?>r any
reason to ilbcrat?
Th< Times - Dispatch b -llcve? i:i tho i
determinate ?.-cnie:. ? , i swte u of
parole and i:i PUjuisVrfarirt otdy for,
efor nation (?" f<>r pvotei-tion <>f
? octet v. AtiV otl." ? \icw "f penal servl
:d<: 1 to o'H mind barbarous a-id re
-..ell'.nt. !'m" we i ;.::iu.t conceive how
? ?? General Ajsembly. t; a t? ouKhtless
?a:. ;.t, vest"'-'i in 11. ? haiuls <>f the,
icnltei'tlai y board powers <t ? > tre-j
raendous inagi! itmir It is one tiling
to : ay that a n an who has serv< i nit ??
^:?ra of ; n eighteen-year t- rra can
e paroled f> r 1 o> :idu- t: It !s a
# [ il:ffrrr::t tT*l: to s'tv ti..vi it !u;in j
v.-.io ?u?t i?- ?<) : 1 <? ? let '.ri< < i:\ir.
; ;a- b<? n jefu:,f? a reheating by
<? > ot r.nd t. - <? i by th<' <Iov- '
? v. t ?:ha!l b- ? : l.iy the p. rilten
t . beard- n whi>:n the people fan- .
.i t ! ol i ae t!>b !'???? ti.< .:*:?? !s
!f tab I'i'.v v. 11 <? approved by the
? :ov?-rnor. !' v. ; 1 l \i-r* !:i the peni
tentiary br.\ r-i pow I.- wlii h sh ..ild be
. xer. ed only by thre;e w ho:n the peo- j
: i i ? :'j\ e at ? '? er?1 ion. It wo.tld
ecve t!: t rt.i ? ' !??:;?. 'ormo iit ' any
t invi.-tr-d ' ? ri-oif. i: <, not
; . courts, : "t t. tiie jui : eot (<?
t la numbers . :
It would a
. .tier i. .* \. ha*
? t oi t U'i?e 1*
three years t.nd
^ ( : the. ;>e::l
,1'i's of that
? ister "h- :r ti i. t
i i!: i .- ??'. ,ic,
. It'll will Htll)
ahd t*j the h'js- i
' > * t th' y Hl'f
? * I) ? < ' ? 1 <?t
-is " rv! ,
V.'" ( u.not : i
board, : t ?
ror the p. ? p)e, will
the (<r v.-.
j< < t tjiern l ? ? : .
pi'-.o: i ? I ? I"
called i|" t ?' et.
a loi.i'-teri:
but thre.? ? t :
\Vf < tM.'.i b? I:' v' ? Go\ ert-ar,
v .i o ' >??? " ? > ? ? pa'ft ,i ? ? ? .v.
nridfu tin: ','ot. tii'iiif.!.. i! . , < )..>
nj^pnlntees the right to override tiifh at
will'
v. . J vr.r. i 1" '.<??? t
f'tuavt, t.i.lr.'i i;':.. 1. ! nn-t t ..?fi ,.b
..2 h". will Iikmi ate for .i niorr.el.t ?>
veto this bill!
Militants want to b.s ti-e;,tfi.
f -j als. but tiio oil*- who M!: I'.i- i t ?
prisen eomrnlssloner for Sf e?i la r d i
no Mtay < T hi ov/im; that he v i . a
prize-fighter.
?"Thaw Anpou'.o to I eopb-."-? Htadh .?
Can't rpeait for oth?r?, but lie doesn't
appetl to uo.
STUDY?then to waiu
As wo must analyzo tho stain wo
seek to roniovo from the skirts of so
ciety, careful Investigation of tho so
clnl evil Is prerequisite to action. Tho
appointment of a vice commission is,
therefore, tho tlrst act In a campaign
which has for Its object tho ultimato
oradlcatlon of this disgrace.
Our knowledge of the social evil is
not of tho klml to help us abate it. We
know lis horrors, its degenerating in
fluences anil Its noxious results; wo
know, in tho main, tho llfo of Its vic
tim!* and tho shamo they bring to a
thousand homes. Hut of tho under
lying: factors?causation, heredity,
economic pressure, mental degeneracy
and the like?we know virtually noth
ing. As tho commission appointed is of
a high order, we shall expect through
study, painstaking Investigation and
helpful recommendations along tlieso
very Dries.
The commission, we trust, will not
bo content with the perfunctory exam
ination of a few uncertain witnesses
or the casual examination of police
records, but will employ agents whom
It can trust and experts upon whom it j
may rely to reach llie very vitals of
the problem. Tho commission will
also, we doubt not, npprcciatc tho im
portance of working in co-operation
with other cities and learning from the
studies niado elsewhere. In nomo of tho
larger Northern cities, and In a few
places not much tnore populous than
Richmond, careful investigations have
been made by trained workers; In one
?tate, Massachusetts, u survey of alt
the cities ha3 Just been completed. Tho
results of all these will doubtless l>o
studied with great care by our local
commission.
As the problem is not an Isolated
one, so the solution Ib not to bo readied
on the baslB of scattered endeavor. \\"e
must Gtudy together, work together
and do battle together. Wo share
neither tho shallow optimism of thono
who believe that the evil can he ended
by tho scratch of a pon. nor the unbe
lieving posslmlsm of those who regard
it as a necessary disease of society.
There are enough humanity, enough de
cency, enough brains and enough pa
tience In America to conquer It In time.
Hut we must gird ourselves for war
with t> monster, and must not weary j
of the fray.
As? the Investigation to be mado in !
Richmond will require funds, The 1
Times-Dispatch urges a suitable appro- !
priation from tho Coun< il for thr> work
If this lie not forthcoming, we shall
co-operate most heartily in raising tho
necessary amount by popular subscrip- ;
lion. i
^ OX ROOSEVEI/r,
I'ew are prepared to believe the story !
that Theodore Roosevelt is to return
to the United States to assail Prcsi- !
dent Wilson's Mexican policy of peace. ?
Colonel Roosevelt has not been over- !
scrupulous uomeihnes as to the means !
employed to attain his c.ids, but that j
ho should deliberately seel: to plunge !
the nation into war that thereby he !
might make political capital and pos-j
sibly ride into power on a wave of
jingoism and militarism l*j unthink
able. Were ho to do this thing ha*i
name would become a reproach anil a
byword for future generations. His
tory would place him but little abovo
Benedict Arnold, and lower than Aaron !
Uurr.
Rut we do not believe that any man
w :ir> sought lor his own sel'lsh pur
poses to make netossary the slaughter
of thousands of bravo young Ameri
can*; to liil the country with widows
.??'id orphans; to bring tho horrors of
war to our very doors, would have to ;
w.ilt for history to classify him prop-i
erly. He would richly deserve and
surely earn, while living, the odious
name of traitor.
The man who, calling himself Then- |
doro Roosevelt's friend, predicts this
as his course upon hi* return Is, we be.
lieve, a llbelcr, compared with wl <>m
the odltor who accused him of being 1
a drunkard and liar is a gross il.ttterc r. '
If C.'arranjta would subtract i little I
from his dignity and add the result t.i !
ais common sense he would get along
better. I
"Mr. Rryan's speech to the l.egisla
or. the initiative and referendum I
did not bear fruit," says the Norfolk I
T.edgei-Dispatch. lfow??ver, as one j
branch passed the b'll, U might Isaid |
that tho tree bloss'-med, anyway,
Pittsburgh pastor put r.d nn sporting'
p.ige, and drew great crowd tu Sun
li.iy services, but in Just about two
\ ee',;s lie will have ?? ; 11 competition.' !
Murpliv dropped irorn th< National
I 'cmocrat'c f'lui> for nonp tyrrient of
<lues raises the question :ih to what
would happen If somebody besides
M'jrphy kept, tiie books of Tammany :
Hall.
If fie Home Department u mid klnd
'.> grant th? militants permis:lon to
; mer strike as much as they wish
and r>s long a* they wish, the trouble
?voisM in.!.
Wliv not < .ill off proceeding? . y.iinst I
fhe New Haven and end .ill efforts to'
r- avh agreement with the directors itn
?U after President Wilson gets his
"personal guilt ' mcasur-s through'.'
Any old dissolution plan would look;
iiood t ? i t (:em then.
"Oih r'asyn f"!- lejolet:.-- 11.r ? this
is Ann i . i," aiys the 1 altlmoro Ameri
can. "is that there ai <? no militants."
There ar< th- Jingoes, who are militant
n talk, though not In action.
f-'.utii ? '.m i')in:. s il ivernor s i y he
v. ould latlier l e <v,|. I'.ir..-. than any
t ir;; else li: t:?r world. It':; a good
? ???' he do'-s; nobody rise w.r.ts to
i ? tn.M.
Wim Mr. r.i '.ai.'s unoflic lal advisers
? jrr.I ring thousands, it should prove
? ? o;!!lcult tas!; to fliid a successor to
l: M.
' I M:tudrt, the Knglisii actor, says
; ubli. ity in not worth striving for,
'? ? ? :i Itself I. a very pood way to
. ail) public Ity.
j f-'l.ainropks sold at half-price in L'l
t't<r ytt'terUay. <
4
Tim NATION ON THE TOLLS
Ql'KSTION.
Had there been tho least doubt of
tho nation's view of the Panama Canal
tolls question, tho Now York World
would seem to have nettled It by tho
statements It prints from tho oxecu
tlves of tho various Statos.
To tho World's request for an ex
pression on tho ttubject, tho Govern
ors of twenty-three States have replied.
Of this number fourteon express them
selves as In hearty accord with thfc
President's policy of repeal, live are
noncommittal, and only four are out
spoken against the action urged by Mr.
Wilson. Our own Governor thus ox
pressos himself: "I am In full accord
with the President In his stand on tho
PananiR Canal tolls."
Just as surely as Governor Stuart be
speaks the sentiment of Virginia, so,
we teel convinced, tho other executives
who have answered the World's query i
voloo the opinion of their people In
behalf of tlio only courso consonant
with national honor and treaty obli
gations.
For such the President's plan un
doubtedly Is. Some honest men, grown
fat on the principle of protection, really
bellovo that the nation should accord
special privileges to its own coast
wiso vessels, and they have readily
persuaded themselves that plain ISng
lish does not mean what It sayE?that
"all nations." carrlra an exception.
Tl?er? Is another class which opposes
the President's policy with all the vln
dict lvencss of partisan feeling and
spiteful passion. Some of these be
long to (hat disreputable and out
rageous ship-subsidy lobby which has
tried. In times past, to throttle Tho
Tlinca-Dlspatch and other free Amer
ican papers. Still others aro of tho
pack which bays when William Ran
dolph Hearst strikes tho trull?men
v,*ho will stick nt nothing to em
barrass tho administration and to dis
grace the country for tho'.r own selfish
ends. These aro the men who sym
pathise with the rot printed in Hearst's
New Vork American?tnoso tearful dis
quisitions on American shipping and
those distorted pictures of famous
scenes In American history.
Put apart frotn tho honest mistaken
element, the shlp-subsidlsta and tho
jingoes, the great body of the Amer
ican people believe in tho absolute
justice ot all that Mr. Wilson has s;tld j
and written on tho subject. They do
not believe, in warping a treaty inerely
!o please the shipping interests; and.
were the twins of the. treaty not so |
binding, they would still oppose a pol
icy which Is ship-subsidy, maritime pro
tection, under a different name. A
nation which revolted against the Aid
rich taillf will rot stomach tho com
panion measure.
The Governors speak for the people.
Til If ST HILLS Til lu SI I'lllJMK TKST.
The board of directors of the Mer
chants' Association of New Vork, an
organization with a membership of
ilea leading business men, adopted
rc solutions .it :i meeting to-day, ask
ing that Congress postpone all anti
trust legislation unttl tho next regu
\ Ikr session.?New Vork dispatch.
Former Attorney-General Wicker
sham disapproved President Wilson's
1 trust message at the time it was de
livero-l and aroused some, adverse com
ment by declaring that the "meticulous
phrasing" of tho message had acted as
I an Intellectual narcotic. Business, he
intimated, would not be so enthusiastic
after fully realizing the purport of his
recommendations.
The Times-Dispatch, while not wholly
agreeing with this view of the matter,
stated at tho time that President Wil
son's suggestions were not sj in
nocuous as they appeared, and that |
when bills based upon them came from j
i committee. Republicans, acting In ac- j
cord with illg Business, as always !
would have little dilliculty In finding j
exctis" for opposing them. One swal- ,
low does not make a summer, but the j
dispatch quoted is, at least, an indlca- j
tion of the attitude the monopolistic
and financial interests will take to
ward the trust bills of the administra
tion. As expressions of sentiment by
the stand-pat Republican press have
already paved the way for this pro
nouncement of the Merchants' Associa
tion of Vow Vork and for others ol'
similar purport, it requires no prophet
: ?> foresee that tiie Democratic party
in the House must In* kept Intact if the
i antitrust bills are to be passed by that
| body. It takes no prophetic Insight into
the future to foresee that the battle
In the Senate will be long and hard
fought. The action of Iho Merchants' j
Association of New Vork makes it np- '
pear certain that '.f the committee bills, j
approved in the main by President ,
Wilson Monday, are to become law they j
must be passed, as tiio tariff and cur- I
Irency bills were passed?by the inllii
cm c of the President and harmony and j
co-operation among tho Democrats of j
| Congress. 'Opposition, and net aid and ;
comfort, is to be expected froin the Ke- j
publicans in belli houses. The dilllcultv j
is increased by the fact that public j
i opinion has not erystallized to the dc- j
grce attained during the consideration '
of the two other great Democratic
measures, and the united support of the
j people back home is lacking.
In tho tiKht for tin ?e measures Wil
' son's leadership and tliu solidity of the
| Democratic party will be subjected to
i tlio s?vere.it tests.
! "McCombs Declines Public Service
| Post."?Headline. If Billy McCombs
i doesn't watch out he will get the liablt,
I and when somebody offers him somc
j thing ho wants he will decline without
thinking.
"To protect fools is the aim of gov
ernment," says Senator Owen, hut t<>
protect Itself from fools Is work not to
be d? spised.
"The gun manufacturers," says the
Philadelphia I'ub.llc I.cdger. "are cer
tain tha the administration's Mexican
policy is a good one." A change of
policy, which would mean intervention,'
would bo Infinitely preferable, not only
to gun manufacturers, but to armor
plate manufacturers and powder manu
facturers and, last, but not least, to
capitalists with investments in Mex
ico.
President Wilson needs a secretary of
matrimony.
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Rrprlottd froaa Thla Newspaper.
I-'orrc.it'n -\ctt Tactics.
General Forrest has a now method
of proven tint; straggling 011 th,o battlo
lieid, which would doubtless astonish
tho author of Hardee's Tactics, !mt it
is a very effective method. In a recent
battle tho general saw with hl:> own
eye too many stragglers, lie hailed
ono of these, a young soldier, and full
ed to him to halt. The young mu:i paid
no attention to tho order. General
Forrest dismounted from his horse,
seized the struggler, and with a stout
board, which he found convenient, he
gave the young one an old-fashioned
spanking. With this lie ordered tho
soldier back to tho front and to the
front he went.
.Vott Ironclnd.
.Tho now ironclad gunboat Ashley,
was successfully launched from tho
yard at lloyce's Wharf, Charleston, last !
Thursday. A great crowd which had
assembled had the pleasure of seeing
another completed "rebel ram" tjllrio
into the water. The Ashley was built,
llnishcd and launched under a heavy
lire, the enemy having been Informed
of I lie location of tho boat by de
serters.
.Mills Humeri.
The large llouring mills in Hock
bridge County, owned by tho McCor
mick estate, and known as MeCornilck's
old mills, have been destroyed by lire.
Null or N Drought (u Prison.
Tho eaptain ana all of the crew of
thf Federal schooner Julia Halter,
which wrs captured off Nansemond
Uiver a few days ago, have been
brought to this city, and are now im
prisoned in Castle Thunder.
\\ liole DIvIhIoii Itc-Knllstcd.
All the men of Major-Ueiu-ral Lor
Inn's Division have re-enlisted for the
war. Tho division was drawn up In
dress parade form, and General During
and several minor otlleers addressed
tho men when all of them made quick
to re-enlist. Tho division la composed
of Mississippians, Alabamians, Douls
lanians and Arkansas troops.
Old Hell IJnek Afc-niu.
Tho brll In the cupola of the First
Market that was cracked In Its efforts'
to call out the militia on the occasion)
of the KHpatrick-PnhlRren raid, has
been recast at Tnlbott's foundry, on
Cory Street. Yesterday the recast bell
was replaced in the cupola and gavu
out its old familiar sound.
llrlef .Nnles Prom tUe North,
Tn Chicago a negro, who had found
his way from Hanover County, Va., to
that elty, enlisted in tho Yankee army
one day, spent all of his bounty money
the next day. and on the third day de
liberately killed himself. This is; be
lieved to be the lirst case of suicide
among negroes.
Salmon P. Chase has written a let
ter to his friends In Ohio positively
declining to allow his name to be con
sidered as a candidate for the prest- |
doney of the I'nlted States.
Not a single cotton mill Is now in !
operation in l.owell, Mass. Three mills !
of that place that used to employ 14,- |
(I0D people, have been idle and empty I
for more than a year.
The New York Post says that the :
Yankee troops to be raised after tho j
present call has been satisfied must be
of the black race.
Chicago has ninety-two churches and ?
l.Oi'T liquor shops.
St. Piitrlck'.s Succumbs to Wnr.
Si. Patrick's Pay passed yesterday]
without any of that outward recogni
tion which made the day so jocund ami
generous in past years. Not a spri? of
"shamrock" was visible, and Krln po I
brack was mute. Though no public !
entertainment of the Hibernian Society
marked the passage of the day. most
of the members being at tho front in
the war. several private reunions oe- t
curred at the residences of our Irish
citizens, and went merry a.-- a marriage i
bell to the tune of "St. Patrick's Day 1
in the morning."
ItcMuiiruut Arithmetic.
A small oun of coffee, said to be j
pure, but with sufficient grounds for !
complaint, costs at the Main Street '
restaurants S">. One pound of coffee
nill make fifty cups o! the beverage,]
at least. So a pound of coltce nets the ,
restaurant man S2T.0. This literal re- I
duction of facts to tigures we put upon I
record as part of the history of the j
times, and for the astonishment of
generations yet to come. The acme of
extortion is reached in this, if It never
was before. And yet the extortioners
can look you in the face without blush
ing.
The Rappahannock
Rhapsodist
I'ole DlM'tivrrrrs.
Since Peary ami, first, Dr. Cook
Went way "up North and had a look,
And found the pole and tagged it sure,
You would have thought that game was
o'er.
That's nothing. New explorers strain
To find the blamed old pole again,
And deadly-bitter cold endure,
\ml misery and hardships sore.
They are marooned in icy fo^;.
And live three months on frozen dog.
And then the few who do survive.
Perchance, may reach the pole alive,
Ami tiud it. by their own confession, j
A geographical expression,
Where living is from hand tr> mouth,
And every wind is from the South.
They rosiiV back with their tale of woes,
Their lectures, lilins and frost-bit nose,
And t( II us at so much per tell
The wondrous thing that there, befoll.
1 never could shed many tears
i t'er their privations, pains and fears,
For any man who leaves the lire
And goes up North one fathom higher '
Than good old ICcnnebunkport, Maine,
Must seek my sympathy In vain.
Especially since Cook uncovered
The way that North Poles are discov
ered.
And proved it could be done as well
In l'.rooklyn, in a warm hotel.
As on a bleak, wind-bitten lloe.
At sixty-live below zero.
Which shows how Doctor Cook coin
pa res
With all the other polar bears.
If all or none have reached the spot,
1 do not care one single jot.
They can't refer the thing to me,
For I'm not going there to slc,
Or, like the Wise Men of Denmark,
Decide the matter In (he dark.
THOMAS DOM AX IlljNTKR.
Vonc? <o>iF the P?opl?
.Muamimmoim or I'liHlllunlmoiifc?
To tin Kill tor of Tho TlmeJi-l?iaj>:itrli: j
Sir. Apropos of (lie yalliil loll illseu ion,
permit me to i-ril! your attention to a *|>ncii
Alb? Marrtnira
With each recurrence' o* George
Washin'ton'B birthday somethln' new
bobs up about th' famous general's life
which shown that with nil his great
ness ho overlooked very few bets. Tlx'
custody o' th* auto is th' modern dl
vorco problem.
mado by Sir Charles Kltzpatrlck. Clilet Jus- |
tlce of Canada, delivered at the Toronto .
banquet given to ex-1'rcsldcnt Taft. In purt
u.i follows. Speaking specifically in regard
to this question of tolls, ho ctuteil: "1 was
prenent at the Canadian Club, Ottawa, I
when a distinguished member of the Ameri
can bar wae tho speaker. He chose for his
subject the 'l'anamu Canal Tolls.' and let
me ?KHure you that when he hud finished
his calm, logical exposition of thnt question
thern was not a man present who did not
feel tatlstled that thorn were two tides to
It."
Now, Mr. Kdltor, don't you think that
when your cause Is ho great that even ho >
partisan aft authority an the Chief Justice
of Canada admits that tlicro aro "two slden
tn It," would It not bemore belltttng for tho
Democratic party to uphold Its country
rathor than to down It? Tho toll question
was, I believe, enacted by a Democratic
Congress, approved by a Uepubllcan Presi
dent, and Is a plank In both tho Progres
sive and Democratic platforms. Moreover,
I bellevo President Wilson specifically In
dorsed It beforo ho was elected. Therefore,
It Is peculiarly and essentially American,
and should receive the support of all true
American citizens Irrespective of party. To
admit a mistake when a mlstako has been !
made Is magnanimous; to udintt a mlstako
under pressure whon no mlstako has been
made Ik pusillanimous. Are those In charge
In Washington magnanimous or pusillani
mous 7
Now. Mr. Kdltor, I presume one so well
versed as yourself must have read and di
gested the able address referred to by t:hlef
Justice Vltzpatrlck. Can you not publish
excerpts for the education of your readers?
AN AM KU1CAN CIT1ZUN.
Women Have No Sphere.
To the Kdltor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?That Virginia Is not ready to grant
equal uuffrase Is due to the luck of progres
t'lvouefeH nocessary for such a step. Judging
by tho late Virginia Senate. Virginia Is de
clining-In other words. It In the "scire and
yellow leaf" politically, for nations, like In- i
dividual**, grow old und decline. This truth
Is very forcibly Illustrated by the fact that
all the young, vigorous, progressive States
huve already adopted equal suffrage, and It
Is an evidence of dotage In Elates, its well i
us Individuals, when they becoino "sot In '
their ways" atul refuje progressive meas
ures.
Tho women of the ancient Greeks hud j
more freedom than any other prlmltlvo peo
ple, nnd they returned the gift with a muni- i
flcent contribution of beauty and faithful- ,
nc'is.
Tho lofty pinnacle that history has given
tho Greek was due to the pai t taken by
their women, and showed at leant that tho
Intellect and will as well as the taste of
women are able to express themselves In th?
grandest and most brilliant activities when
once the condition of freedom Is attained,
but in the later developments of Oreek civi
lization woman buttered. She hud become
restricted In her freedom anil lost her
ascendancy over man.
It was the pernicious political discovery
that ench of the sexes hart a "?phere"~a
discovery that cost the worid centuries of
retrogression: a condition from which the
present ago Is seeking to ebcape. That wo
man will be given her place and clvlllza- ;
Hon onco more forge ahead. Is not to be
doubted by any ono who can read the signs
of the times. L. D. SMITH.
rpls and the Keeblp-Minded.
To the ICdltor of The Time*-Dispatch:
Sir. -Your editorial on the life of the ia'.e
Joycph Kels omitted to mention one line of
endeavor in v.hlch he was interested no*
Ie?.- than in Ills other benefactions, namely,
tli" tcchlc-mlnded.
Since before history besrun Imbecility ami
idiocy huve been considered, and are still
considered, Incurable and nonpreventable,
and even to-day there is being done abso
lutely nothing to discover u preventive j
nr cure for these afflictions except tn the ;
laboratories at Vine-land, N. J., whlcit. up to |
the time of his death, were largely or eu- I
tlrely supported by .Mr. K?!s.
A series of experiments has shown thnt it |
is probable that eventually science will be |
able to prevent a large part of tho sporadic 1
feeble-mindedness through treatment of pro
spective mothers. If this Is don* it will |
be due t'i the generosity of Mr. l-'els. and
he will have done more for the human race i
than even the John D. fiockefeller Tounda- {
lion.
As a result of hlfi example, the State of i
New Jersey 13 spendln? tins year SW.MW on j
research alone. SPKCTATOIt. |
Richmond, \'a.
(Qhmeiriiss aumdl Atraswers
silver. I
What is llio present value of silver
bv the ounce? Has this valuo altered
appreciably in the past forty years?
R. L 1?<iRTKR. !
About 07 cents. With some upward :
fluctuations, the value of ^71 1-4 grains j
of pure silver (the amount In the nil- j
vcr dollar) has fallen from $1,027 In |
i S70 to 102 in 1909, the lowest point
reached.
Income Tax.
1 am married and receive a salary
less than 53,00(1. 1 own tho house I
live in. hut have no bonds or stocks.
Is it necessary lor me to file any state
ment before the collector? K. D.
No.
r:iiKll^h Income.
My husband was an Englishman, and
I receive since his death an income
from Kngllsh property. Is this sub
ject. to income tax here it ov? r thv
amount exempted? MRS. T.
It is.
Itrothrr .loiintlinn.
Lately you gave tho origin of the
phrase "Uncle Sam" as applied to th ? !
United States. Will you inform me how j
the oth< r phrase, "Brother Jonathan,
came. ir.to use? RIOGWAY .SCOTT.
lit the difficulty of "netting things
started" at the beginning of the Revo
lutionary War, Washington received
great assistance from the hard sense
and the shrewdness of Jonathan Trum
bull. Governor of Connecticut, and had i
a practice of saying, "We must consult
limthor Jonathan" when any matter of '
difficulty arose. This form was taken ]
up and became general and, so, tho old j
Coventor became a sort nf pcrsoniltca- I
tion of tho valuable citizen, and the
nickname a sort of svnonym for the
United States. Trumbull was in ap
pearance not unlike the common draw
ing of Hrotlier Jonathan. He was tall
and lean, sharp-featured and long
legged, and usually wore striped lin
sey-woolsey trousers, considerably too
short for him.
ThcltiNNen'M Will.
Please tell me briefly the points In
tho Thelussen will case.
INTERESTED.
1'eter Thelussen died In England iti
1797. and leit about ?700,000 of which
flf'O.ooo went at once to his wife and
children, and ?000,OOu went to trustees,
who were to keep il invested and de
liver the whole to the eldest great
grandson living at tho time of the
? loath of all the grandsons. The sum
(>f about ?700,000 was delivered to
Charles Thelussen in 18G9. The suits
to "break the will" and multifold ex
penses of an unusual trust had con
sumed about all the Increase of the
estate during the sixty years.
night to Vote.
?So far as I know, you have not yet
published my comment on one of your
answers as to how long a man should
reside in Virginia before he is entitled
to a vote. I think you said two years.
I ilrst came to Virginia in August." 1900;
bought it farm the same year, and made
my residence here; have paid taxes
around $?!(> a year ever since, and al
ways before November AO. Vet when I
offered to register at the Inst election
1 was told that I could not register
until 1910. lly that time, t will have
paid about 5100 in taxation. And, sis
I said before, I am not off color, a fid
am of English birth and parentage,
born not far from tho homo of John
Rolfe, of Pocahontas fame.
G. E, WRAY.
The question sent us somo time ago
evoked tho statement that tho eligible
voter must have lived in tho State I wo
years. This was the only possible
reply, and there must be in the cir
cumstances you narrate some highly
peculiar features or you would have
been a duly qualified voter any time
after August, 1908.
l.l'llior Shipment.
llow may 1 find out how much liquor
goes from Richmond to North Caro
lina points each year and how much
during Christinas"
13. O. STEPHENSON.
You cannot And out at all. The Anti
Saloon League may bo able to furnish
you with an estimate.
Vrmrs Wanted.
Will you print the old versos, begin
ning:
"The rights of women, what ar? they?
The right to labor and to pray," etc.
A. L S.
Will some reader bo good enough to
send copy?
Radioactive.
Are any spices or essential oils re
garded to bo radioactive. F.
We have heard of none and find no
ono hero who has heard of any.
News of Petersburg
Tho Tlmcs-Dlsnntch Bureau,
5 Rolllngbrook Street.
(Phono 1480)
Petersburg. Va., March 17.
The Finance Committee of the Coun
cil will hold a public nicotinic in the
Council chamber to consider the license
ordinance for tho year beginning May
1. The meeting will be public. In order
that all citizens Interested may attend
and bo heard.
Wanhluictou-Atlnotii llichvmjr.
A meeting In the Interest of the pro
posed Washington-Atlanta highway
was held In the otllces of tho Chamber
of Commerce hero to-day, and there
wero present J. 10. I'ennybacker, secre
tary of tho American Highway Asso
ciation; 1*. St. Jullcn Wilson, assistant
director of tho United States oillce of
Public Roads; Leonard Tufts, chairman
of tho maintenance committee, Ameri
can Highway Association; (George P.
Coleman, State Highway Commissioner;
I)r. Joseph H. Pratt, Statu (leoiogist of
N'oi'th Carolina; Preston Helvin, of Ricli
inoud; Colonel Henehan Cameron, of
North Carolina; W. C. Spoon and IX 10.
Wlnslow. of the United States oillce of
Public Koads, and representatives of
tho road hoards of Chesterfield and
Dlnwiddio Counties, it was explained
that tho American Highway Association
and tho United States Olllcc of Public
Roads propose to co-operate with'the
oftlclals of the counties through which
tho highway is built In tho mainte
nance of the plans, tho government and
highway association to place engineers
in churgo of the work. This plan was
fully explained and discussed at to
day's meeting. The llrst step in to
make a tour of tho roads from Rich
mond to Atlanta, and to hold confer
ences with the county olllclals and
leading citizens along the route, to
make necessary arrangements for put
ting tho maintcnanco scheme into ef
fect. The meeting was a very pleasant
and business-like one. At " o'clock this
afternoon the visitors loft, for I,aw
rencevillo on their way through North
Carolina to Atlanta.
nasebnll Interest*.
Fl'-lnic i'fusch, manager of the Peters
burg Club, la not given to much boast
ing, though lie quietly Intimates that
he will have as good a team this year
as over before. The players arc grad
ually returning, and by the last of this
BUT ONE OFFICER
TO BE NOMINATED
North Carolina Convention Will
Have Little to Do at June
Meeting.
[Special t o The Times-1 Hspatch. ]
Raleigh, N. Match 17.?When the
State Democrat^ Convention meets
here next June it will have to nomi
nate only one State olllci r, a candidate
for Corporation Commissioner, and
confirm the nominations of ten candi
dates for Superior Court Judgeships.
There is no doubt about the nomina
tion of 10. K Travis as Corporation
Commissioner. 11c is the present
chairman of the commission, and will
have no opposition tor the nomination
to succecd himself.
So l'ar as Is known, all the Superior
Court judges whose terms expire with
this election will stand f<>r renoinina
tion, and as yet r.o announcements are
made In any of the districts of candi
dates in opposition. The candidates for
judge tire selected In tiie several judi
cial district conventions, and these
nominations arc continued by the State
convention, and included in tho tcmilar
State ticket. The districts In which
there are to be nominations for tho
coming election follow;
Kit St District?Judge W. I. P.ond.
Fifth District?Judge II. W. Whid
beo.
S|\th District?Judge O. II Allen.
Ninth District?J mine <\ c. I .yon.
Tenth District?Judge W. A. Devln.
Thirteenth District?Judge V.'. .f.
Adams.
Fourteenth District?Judg> W. F.
Harding.
Sixteenth District?Judge J. 1,. Webb.
Kighleentli District?Judge M. II.
J ustice.
Twentieth District?Judge (5. F. Fer
guson.
Th'.ro are to be no nominations for
Supreme Court judgeships for lour
years yet.
The s"lf player - of the Ilfileigb Co.mtry
Club are now working oil! their f|U.illtl<j
vi??i?.1 of tli>* links for the .t?.ond tournament
with the Cape I">*ar Club golfers. to be
played on the links hero on Aurl! 1'". the
Ifgal holiday following "Halifax lle.-oives"
day, Sunday, April 1-. There Is a handsome
rlivcr trophy that goes the elu', winning
the best two out of three games. Wilming
ton won '.lie i?ri-t on Washington's birthday.
There will be ton or more pluyerH on each
?id<> for the "Halifax J?esol\es" day match
here,
< lmrtrr>. (?ranted.
Charters have tie-.*n planted for five r.err
corporal luiis a* follow r:
The PuKuuotauk lloMery Company, of
nilzaheth '"tty, i aplntl. J'O.OOO authorized an '.
Il.'.,to0 subscribed, by 1\ V. Scott, M. <Mot
rlKett and D. Van Horn, for general knitting
mill business.
The Charlotte Implement Company, of
Charlotte, capital, SW.Wi authorized and
SS.OOO subscribed, by J. o. CJardner, K. A.
Mldgeway. and I". C. Shultz, foi dealing in
agricultural implements of all kinds.
Tho Howan Canning Company, of Salls
bnry, capital, };'?).??) atithoiizr-d am!
subscribed, by K. 15. Moore and others.
The White Coal Power Company, of Aslie
ville. capital. *)_'?.t'Oi authorized at.il t::,000
?subscribed, by Daniel W. Ad:ims and others,
v.ith special authority to build anil operate
electric cars for ' >ld Kurt and surrounding
country, and develop water' und other
power for commercial purposes.
The Forsyth County "'olorod Agricultural
and industrial I-"ulr Association, capital,
$1,000 authorized and $1'? subscribed, by J.
Ij. I.ash ami others.
The James Knitting Mills Company, of
Mount Pleasant, has tiled notice of dissolu
tion. the purpose being for A. N. James and
others to conduct the business as a co
partnership for the future.
The Tennessee l.'liemhul Company, of f>av
ndson County. Tenn., Hied to-day domestica
tion papcm for doing business in thl.s .State.
NO LONGERDARK
IN HARRISONBURG
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Harrisonburg, Va., March 17.?After
twenty-nine days and nights of dark
ness, Harrisonburg to-night is again
enjoying electric lights and power
When tlie great blizzard fell upon this
part of the Valley a month ago. the
blockade of snow and ice caused a
breakdown and washout at tin; hydro
electric plant on tho Shenandoah
River, fourteen miles from town, from
which Harrisonburg gets its electric
power. There was a general return
to the old-fashioned lamp and candle,
and the loss to the town, both in reve
nues anil in repairs will bo very great.
During the month of darkness the
weather conditions were unparalleled.
Ten snows, three of them n foot deep,
fell one after another. It was thu
coldest and bleakest February on rec
ord. Hxtra policemen were commis
sioned to keep in check numerous
tramps and suspicious characters, that
wero attracted to the town In the
hope of plundering and pilfering.
The smallpox scare in the meanwhile
helped to add to tho confusion.
This predicament of darkness, how
ever. has brought one good result.
Harrisonburg is aroused to the needs
of the situation, and will lose no time
installing a secondary or auxiliary
plant to meet such emergencies in the.
future. Several meetings of the Town
Council have been held, and action
will soon be taken.
week the full team Is expected to bo
on hand for pructlce. Tho following;
players hnvo arrived: II. i4. iiowrll
catcher, Milton. \V. Va.; Harry Yooy,
first baseman, United Statea Army;
Jack Porter, second baseman, Catons
?.'? M?lV.noN?imI" ''onrson. pitcher,
Philadelphia; Hay McLean, pitcher. To
ronto, O.; Harry Damreiiu, third base
man New York; Cleve lticlinrds.
Pitcher. Washington, I), C.; Jainea Har
nett. tlrst baseman, and Arthur Har
rison, pitcher, a Petersburg boy.
Aninteur llnMchnll.
The first hall camu ??f tho ueason will
bo played here Saturday afternoon be
tween the J oh m Marshall High School
team, of itlchmond. and tho I'etersburi
Hl?h School team.
The amateur clubs of tho city aro
organizing for tin- season. President
K L. Klers. of the Huslness Men'? Ama
teur Association, has called a meeting'
for to-morrow afternoon. It is tho pur
pose of the heads of the several
amateur leagues of class "C" to perfect
the organization lor tin- season as early
lis possible. President \V. H. .MoKennu.
? <>r the Amateur Commission, has called
a inert inn <>f fill interested in amateur
baseball for Thursday afternoon.
\ llniiptnl Suicide.
LHza Haugh, a negrons, attempted
i suicide last night l?y swallowing laud
anum. She had been in trouble with a,
man, upon whom she used a. knife
I wounding him. A warrant for her ai
i rest was issued, and when the otlicer
1 went to her home on Hock Street, to
i < xecuto it. he was informed that she
hart taken laudanum. He sot her to
, the ntation house.*, where she was re
lieved by a physician. In tho Police
court tiiis morning she was lined for
assault and committed in default.
(ieiirml \ct?n Voir*.
The green was generally worn in this
city to-day in honor of St. Patrick. Tho
? day was celebrated with a banquet to
night In the Chesterfield Hotel by the
Catholic llenctlelal Society, at which
? ljtlwln I-'. Clements was toastmlister,
i I->r. W. M. ltrunet, son of H. E.
Brunei, of this city, a graduate of the
| University College of Medicine, or
j Richmond, left yesterday for I.ynch
hurg. where he will locato and prac
tice his profession.
PLANNED TO SEIZE"
U. S. GOVERNMENT
Nation-Wide Rebellion Schcmc
of Unemployed Men as Re
vealed by Spy in Camp.
Sacramento. Cal . March IV.? In a te
I?ort to the War Department In Wash ?
Ington, Adjutant-'Jcun-al Forbes, of the
NVtional (iuard of California, has given
,ojh.-iM copnizate e to an alleged plan
, ot '?eneral" K alley's unernplo\>-i( armv
I to seize the _Federal an nual "at Itoei;
Island, in., iji order t<?> equip !>0n QOU
, men tor a re\olutlou against the gov
ernment.
Cone nil Forbes'* report is based on
I one made to him by Lieutenant Frank -
1!:'. Climes, of ;i Sacramento compa;,\
? of the Stale Cuurd, who Joined K? 11 c v .
i army as a spy.
I Lieutenant Crime- related hov. clft
? leaders of the unemployed dlvulired
their plan loi capturing th?> Cnited
states go\ eminent. Theie wan to bu ,,
i;athering ot matij "armies" at Chica
go. ae. oidli rr to ?;rimes. tl;e men
reaching thai eity ;.v |?.Kt they might
Mm- leaders, according to the militia
> P\. I>elie\ *?<J 11;e\ < oiiPI assemble 500 ?
men tlu-re. Then, moving in ford
the> would < apturo the Hock island
arsenal.
Kailroads out of Chicago would ho
< ommandeeie.l. said the lieutenant and
the unemployed force, well armed
would be rushed toward Washington'
( wlure it would have the Federal go\ -
eminent at its mercy. The plan was
; then to spread a nation-wide rebellion
of workinemett against employers of
labor, which would depose all civil and
i"ilitar\ authorities and install "th?
, army's leader as supreme.
Among other remarkable statemeii?
u.is one that the leaders wen- relying
[lor support on a large Canadian cor, -
j tingent.
"i Jei.er.il" Char!.. Kelleys arm.v.
which began !te march on Washinc
ton. i.eno strong trom San Francisc,,
ten days ago. to-night had be. i, dis
; persed. only a handful of Irrecon
i citable* remained to-night in the camp
oil the Yolo Lev ea, to which the armv
\\as driven last weej; by Sacramento
. deputies.
Sheriff Monroe, of Yolo County
.served notice on the anti-Kelley fac
tion oi the army that ils leaders, seven
in number, would be released from Jail
it ii.. taction dispersed by nightfall
I he otfer was acc- pied, and throughout
the day the men departed in small
groups.
I he traement of the army reinaifiinr
loyal to "Cem-ial" K-IIey wa:? no:
treated with by Sheriff Monroe, becaus,
i ii has ste.idiastly refused to connidei
[ "ol P'-edlcated on the reieasr
I ot Kelley ari<l liis lieutenant*. The dls
' triel attorney of Sacramento Countv
.-aid to-day Kelley and hl8 principal
, aides would l>e pron^cutcd.
CHARTERS ISSUED
I The following charters were issued yv-ter
I day l>y the Sta^e Corporation Cointulsslon:
flcsldeiue i.'onslruiilor. Corporntioii, Nor
folk. V.'. Capital: .Maximum. mini
iinmi. K'.WJ. K. 1?. Hobbs. president; J. W.
CKRbston. -eerel ary?both of Norfolk,
i I'tilted Suites Amusement < 'ot poratior.
Hlt liinond. I'aj.ltal: Mnxlinum, $i(W,0u0: mini
ilium, 11.000. Ilcrhert lllaehc. president,
i I'.irt I.ei), N\ .1., .1 o!o[>h liorrK'.', secrctarj,
I 'm t I.ee. X. .1.
X*orf<dk Muebinn Works (Inc.). Nnrfoli
j Va. Capital: Mi'.xlmani, {.'j.OvKi; minimum.
J.'.ijOO. A. I. Catliev. president; J. (!. Grutil>,
J secretary?both of Norfolk.
| Itrck's Steam Hakery line.), Winchester,
I \'a Capital: Maximum, J1".,000; minimum.
; StO.O,*). !?'. A. Meek, president; I*. A. Beck,
' secretary?both of W inchester. Va.
j Ternplemun's Milling ntnl Canning; Com
pany (Ine.t, Templeman's Cross tioads. \'a.
I Capital: .Maximum. $10,004; minimum, |!.,000.
| J;. I. l'arker, prescient, Tomplotmin's, Vu.;
J. W. Iii.lt, secretary, Montross, Va.
| Teinplemtm's Mercantile Corporation, Tcm
| pieman's I'ross Itoads. Va. Capital: Maxi
mum. t'."*): minimum, $1.WO. l:. I,. Parker,
president. Templeman's Cross Iloadn, Va,;
.1. W. ltutt. secretary, Montross, Va.
The Itelh.blu llome Kurrrlshing Company
i /Inc.). Alexandria, Va. Capital, $l''.0t>). Na
I than WIesbader, president; Max Voglssteln,
. secretary?both of Washington. IJ. C.
| Citizen.'-' Matual Telephone Company of
Floyd, Va.. Floyd, Va. Capita!: Maximum.
' $10,000: ii.inimi.u., $2,230. J. I'. Williams,
president; b. C. Ilylton, secrctury? both of
Floyd, Va.
{ Manhattan bant.dry Company (Inc.). Xor
| folk. Capital: Maximum, $10,000; minimum,
| $."..00(1. A. C. Skinner. president; J. U.
1 1'rilchard. secretary?both of Norfolk, Va.
West M. Karnes Company (Inc.), Norfolk,
Va. Capital: Maximum. $5,000; minimum,
$509. West .'I. Hames. president; llenry A.
bynirley. secretary- both of Norfolk.
Amendment was Issued to the charter of
(leorKe Washington Colonization Company
(Inc. i, Norfolk, Va., increasing capital
stock $30,000 to $00,001).
Amendment to foreign corporation: State
of Michigan, Culled Slates Health and Ac
cident Insurance Company, Increasing lta
capital stock from $.%0.o(?) to ?t00,000.
Couple Arrested as I'iikUItcs.
Mrs. l>ra Rosenberg, nineteen yearn old,
and ?'. II. Knelbhe, twenty-four, were ar
rested yesterday by Detective-Sergeants
Wiley and Kellam ns fugitive from Justice
In Norfolk, wi.ere they are wanted on
charges preferred by tho woman's husband.
Fred Itosenberg, i?. petty officer of the
United States ship Delaware. The
i ouple has been in Ulchmond several week;,
living at lu'i North Seventh Street until
Saturday, and on Sunday moved to 103 Wcit
Cary Street.
TIfE convonienco and economy of a
Checking Account are best experienced
by maintaining one. Wo invito depoa*
itn of ?1.00 or more.
CnpHnl, Surpliin and 1,'udlvlded 1'roQts,
91.700,000.00.