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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-13
LUSITANIA'S NEW RECORD

Making Run of G21 Knots in Twenty
four Hours She Sets New Pace for Sea.
LIVERPOOL March IA wireless
message received by the Cunard Steam
ship Company states that the Lusi-
tania. which left here for New York
on Saturday. made a record run of 627
knots from Monday noon to Tuesday
noon.
The Lusitanias run of 6e7 knots es-
tablishes a new worlds record. the
best previous daily westward run being
6lS knots. made on November 9Th On
that occasion the Lusitania also broke
its former record, and made the west
ward voyage four days eighteen hours
and forty minutes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-13

CONTINUED on Third Page.).
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-13
RECORD Of WORK
Of LEGISLATURE.
Many Important Measures
Enacted and Many Others
Are Left Untouched.
FINAL SCENES In TWO
HOUSES LAST NIGHT
Few Members Present and No
Business Transacted Except
Enrolling Of Bills-Clerks and
Committees Still Hard at
.Work-Governor's
First Veto.
by LEWIS H. sIAcHEv.

"CHE IeSlsIatIVe WorK OF tHe GeH-
eraI Assembly of 1908 Is at an
end. Both houses were in con-
structive session yesterday 70,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-31
Reduced Insurance Rates Granted

The local insurance men nave
received a new rate book for La
fayette, in which in a number OF
instances there has been a very
material reduction of the rates.
The rerating was done by Mr..
Sol BloodwOrth of the Louisiana
Fire Prevention Bureau, with
whom the matter of the exor-
bitant rates put upon Lafayette,
was taken up. Mr.. BlOodworth
made two visits here and the
reduction was granted after a
personal inspection,
This reduction means a large
saving to insurers, and should
we comply with the require
ments of the the Bureau in re-
gard to an electric fire alarm
system, etc, the rates will be
reduced further very largely
under the second class rating
which will be given.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-31
The Cane Crop.
Louisiana Planter

Louisiana Planter.
The rain so anxiously awaited,
arrived in full quantity during
the early part of the past week
and it found the cane crop ready
to welcome it everywhere and
the good it has done is very
great. The preceding spell of
dry weather had enabled the
planters to complete the work
OF planting their cane so that the
wet weather did not bring about
any interruption and it gave the
young canes just the necessary
moisture they required and the
planters all feel very much en-
couraged over the existing crop
prospects.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-31
o A JURIES.
Reasons Offered Why That Body
should Be Dispensed With.

New iberia Enterprise.
Grand juries are useless
bodies and the law that provides
for them should be wiped off the
statute books.
To prove the truth of this as
sertion one has only to go back
over the reports of the grand
juries of this and of every other
parish in the state for the last
ten years. If this is done it will
be- found that not one recon,
mendation in a dozen is ever
needed by the authorities for the
reason that such recommends.
tions are of no force or effect.
The law requires that grand
iuries look into the adminlstra,
ton Of parish affairs, the roads
the schools, the health, the pub.
lie buildings and the work Of the
parish bodies. But after it does
all this, If it should be an active
body. what good is accomplish
ed?
The grand jury is without
power to enforce it's recommen
dations and therefore they are
just so many waste words.
The grand jury might investi.
gate and find that a road be.
tween here and anywhere is il
bad need Of repairs. It might
find that the court house and
Jail are almost q wreck and rec.
ommend that they be replaced.
It might find that the public
schools are 9 menace to health
owing to their arrangements,
But what good does it do to find
thinGs unless it hes the power
to enforce its recommendations,
The mere making public OF che
faults it discovers does no good,
proyidink the bodies entrusted
LNA
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-31

of the giant tinanciers, like Mr.
Morgan, was open to caviL. In
deed. it was thought by many
that both the assault and the res
cue were parts of a carefully con
trived plan that stocks were
first forced upon the bargain
counter and then bought by the
few who were strong enough tt
buy. With a central bank, q
collapse of this sort could not oc
cur, except as the Overend-Gur
ney and Barring collapses oc
Cured = through the sudden
bankruptcy of a house whose
connections and prestige were
worldwide. Nothing can pre-
vent these catastrophes, but a
supreme central institution can
avert the consequences from the
heads of innocent traders.
1t remains for journals and
publicists to persist in the cor
rect diagnosis of the disease, SO
that the nostrums may be flung
aside and the right medicine
may be given. Even now, there
is less and less desire to try
quack panaceas. And, indeed,
there could be nothing more
preposterOus than the idea that
we can bu~ttresss the fabric Of
our finance, by permitting banks
scattered over a continent, to is
sue circulating notes against
assets which are too often
thoroughly speculative in char
acter. Even in the uniquely
able hands of the Bank of En-
gland. this privilege was found
to be taught with danger and Sir
Robert Peel therefore set up
firm barriers in the Act of 1874.
The Intervening years have
rounded out the evidence on
which one of Britalns most saga
cious constructive statesmen
built. It is idle to pretend that
we may pursue a different policy,
because our needs and condi.
tiOns are different. Human ma
ture is always the same and the
laws of finance are immuta-
BILE as the laws of the tides.
In the end. we shall have a GEN.
trail bank, under government
control, and the day of general
panics will have passed into his
tory, as the day of general cpl
denies has passed. Reckless
bankers will fail and reckless
merchants will meet their doom,
but the commerce of q mighty
race will not be paralyzed by the
downfall of q dozen overgrown
schemers and their dupes.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-31

ish departments do not look at
the matter in the same light as
the grand jury.
AS a criminal adjunct to the
courts. the grand jury is also
useless and supernumerary. It
has no power to find anything
except an Indictment, which is
the mere presentation of a charge
against an alleged criminal, to
the court for trial. The accused
is not represented by lawyer or
in person before the jury. The
full evidence in any case can
never be obtained by it for this
reason. Not infrequently per.
sons are accused of crimes by
the Indictments it finds when
proof afterwards produced in
court shows that they were in
nocent.
It can ignore charges if it will.
It can make charges against per-
sons of it's own volition, but it
cannot and does not prevent a
finally in any instance either
ooc1 ~ 1kho~rc0
If it is necessary that there
must be a court of first resort
where charges of all kinds must
be made for the purpose of as
pertaining whether or not there
is ground sufficient to warrant a
trial, it would appear that the
justice courts would be more
competent for the person that
the defendants may there be rep
resented by counsel and may if
they chose present their evil
dence. To present a charge to
a secret inquisitorial body that
gives no man q right to defend
himself is an absurd and unjust
proposition.
Under some circumstances en-
mites might procure through
this means the Indictment of per.
fectly innocent persons.
Lately it is noted that the
grand juries do their duty in a
perfunctory way. They evident
ly feel that such recommends
tors as may be made are of no
avail, their only power being
that of finding indictments.
They have therefore refrained
from making those Investigations
of the affairs of the public that
sometimes need to be made and
the juries quietly passed out OF
existence after holding inqnira-
tions in name only.
It is time therefore that there
be a change in the laws relating
to the grand jury. Either it
should be legislated out of Office
or its powers in criminal cases
taken away and passed to the
courts where they belong. or it
should be given power to enforce
recommendations for the public
welfare.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-31
The AIdrich Bill-And After.

Lie AlUIlC11 LII AAosAu6
from the Senate by a decisive
majority. the House OF Repre-
sentatives will soon be called
upon to speak out it's mind con-
corning the financial problems OF
the day. The progress will OF
course be much more rapid,
whether it be toward victory or
defeat, for Mr., Cannon can set
the wheels in motion, or block
them, at pleasure. We see no
reason to doubt that the Re-
publicans will use the whip with
out stint, because they know
that failure to secure remedial
legislation of, some sort would
becloud their prospects at the
polls. The Aldrich Bill is far
enough from the ideal. but all
experience teaches that a nation
with interests so complex must
make haste slowly. In one re-
spect, at least, a distinct advance
has been made; for, by the terms
OF the embryo law, banks in nom
reserve cities must keep e larger
proportion of their cash in their
own vaults. This feature will
not commend itself to Wall
Street, but the rest Of the coun-
try can not but applaud the effort
to break the power of the manip-
ulating cliques. The intensity
and sweep of the recent panic
were mostly due to the fact
that we were working on the
one-reserve system and that q
general suspension was pre-
cipitated by New York's inability
10 respond to the demand for
balances. According to rumor.
there will be an attempt to make
commercial paper, as well as
public bonds, an approved basis
tor notes. Let US hope that the
hydra OF assets currency" will
be stranRled at birth.
After all, the Aldrich Bill will
be q mere stop-gap in any event.
Sooner or later q great central
bank, with the government as
controlling partner. is destined
70 emerge from the chaos in
which we are weltering just now,
10 vas not lack Of currency, but
dearth Of credit, that brought
shout the crisis OF 1907. Bankers
hoarded funds in sheer self-de-
tense, because they could not
know when it might be their turn
~ withstand = run. In other
words, our case was precisely
what London's would have been
- 1864 or 1890. if the Bank Of
Hngland had not stood ready to
discount the portfolio Of all SOL
vent institutions. The various
clearinG houses wrought meri-
els with the relatively limited
Means At their disposal, but
bro were obvious bounds be-
"a which they could noe 60. "A
akofthe UnitedS tstes with the
nBery y is back, could have
IIed Tie storm = once I'M
there wss 40 such aoy.
nepthority, and TIE motive
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-31
Notice

The regular annual meeting OF the
stockholders of the Improvement Co.,
Ltd, will be held Wednesday, April
8, at 4 p. M, st the First National
Bank, for the purpose of electin2 .
Board of Directors.
c. N. PARKINSON,
Secretary.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-03-05
AUCTION. :.

sF-ESf E'FA IVY
The undersigned will seH at Public
Auction on the Smith & Dawson.
ranch. g. miles harth ahd 2mi:es east,
OF Gani Valley on Section IA, Town
ship 1OS, Range. 6S. on wednesda Nv,
March.il, .!!9os:. cnmriencing at 10
O'Clock 4. NJ sharp. %'
> % Horses.
>. y, /. 64Hcad.Sf Cattle.
D. Machinery. = .
.e ''r ffsyHae.iOid G50ds:
1000 Bushels OF Speltz
z " '25ToRs us, Hay. =
Pot coffee and free lunch at noon.
'rEsM Ms or taAtE:% Alfsums ,oi $40 md
under cush. On sums over $40. eight
months time at)l0 per: GENT interest
VII be given ON banEa6le paper.
Two per cent discount for cash on
all sums over 80.
"a !, a. w. 4. HOOBLER.
J.. p. rEEBE. Auctioncer.
ART UR G. HILL, Clerk.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-03-05
DUNCAN
pax Jefferis is working for F.. ,

pax Jefferis is worh Ing for F.. J..
Grace. p6
VTha dance Mt George Etbauers
Mnntay night WAS a snccess:
White Crdson Ia tlA proud owner
ofa pair af grey houud pups.
Miss Dena Koch helped MrsaGroub
with her house work last week.
Margarite Ryans spent SatAfday
ana Sunday with the Misses Hayes.
WIN woSledge was IN tkis pSrt Of
th% county on official business Mon
day.
SIS and Mrs. Fred Grnce visited
with Mrs. Groub and family In Jer-
auld county sunday. "
VIM Cruson intends tn have his
sa,e soon md then leave for Ca.ifor-
nia to make his home. ~. b:
Mrs. VIM. Grace of Mitchell IL tak-
Ing care of her .>danghter. M rs. Willie
Grace, who IL yet very sick.
We are glad TO welcome Charley
Krick>nnd his wife into our neicll,or-
hood. Resides win::t'har''a brought {
home fine talking mnchinex "a
Nrs. VIM Hut k,ns lrft this vic,uity
tobegin his Guty ns,iandlord Mt tn"
hotel IN GanG Valley this week. We
nr sorry to loss. MFR. iluckins and h's
family from our .sipinity. ,hut what
IL our loss ~ anuther's gain. SO
here's wishing MIR. and Mrs. Hnckhf
success ia their hnsit,ass. ~
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-03-05
GOOD For Everybody.'

Mn, Norman II. Coulter, a promi-
IIent Architeer, In the tDelbert build
Ing. San francisco, says: Il fully. en-
u"rs- all that has been said of Elcc-
tric BittstrHss n tnssc rnedicitis. II
Is good, for eversbodM 1t! SorrreL'
stoniaeh. Hyer aud kidney disorders
I'm "a prompt and efficient manner and
builds mp the system," Electric Bit
I t.rs Is the bes, spring medicine ever
sold oyer a. druggists q counter;;;aa a
blobd purifier II Is unsau nied. Soc at
VI, ;. Hpghesss,ars. ! .,,.S.a Z.
Remember, that when. the stomach
nerves fall or weaken, Dyspepsfn or
Indiseat1on mpst al ways follow. .Rnt
streugthea til0ses same weak insitte
nerves With Dr., Shoop's Restorative
H''a then see how quickly health will
again ret,ira. Weak Heart aud Kid
~, nerves can sfseSe sstrals, hsael
with the restorative, where. Heart
pa,ns. palpitation, or Kidney weak.
=, IL found sDpA.t.dIaI tlie Stg,es
acb, n rstimul,tff ffht n saft or Kid
nrys. That IL wrplsE. !. 10 10, the
cause ! heseiaitlipnis. Strpl,sl hen
there weak inside nerves with ~.
Shoop's Restorative aud get wei. A
h Ie, sinsi. rsi VIII surely fell GU.
Fo sale BY w. J Hughes. q Co.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-03-05
The Lncixy Quarter.

IL the on you pay oatfg,a soxIoi
DIR. Kings New Eife Pills. They
'h"ing you health tlps's .Jiore .prsc-
ious than jnwris. Try them for head
acheS biliousness. cunstipation.saHl
lnulIrna. IL they diSappoint you the
prices wil, I've cleerfully refunded at
". J. Hughes store
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-03-05
Our choice.

Mex: Tuesday Ia primary day and
the voters ARE to have an opportun-
tty, at a heavy expense to the coun-
ty. to elect delegates to the county
conveptions, who will elect delega tes
to thestate convs'n tion. who will IN
turn. elect the delegates to the Ma
tiOnal conventions. :.
.,- =
? The republican, voter who favnrs
the nomination Of Taft foE president
should v'aefor Kittre,ig& deIega tes
next Tuesday. The kittredge re-
publlcnns have been for Taft for pres
iient ever since Roosevelt nnounced
that he was not u candilate. The
Crsssvfor'l pu,saicrtns~ have professel
tn '6e for him fGf the hast month. ever
since 1t became apIrarentsthat TAFT
was driving the band wagon. hut
who;t!,ey Woykl, for for president II
insnrgent dettsVases WERE elected to
the snaslon"ls 3, :onvent'o1 nobody
When tl:" staff WAS cnenlied iitthe
wave OF pnpuiisn In 1896 1t was Sem
n;"r Kit re,l.e more than any other
man In the state. w'iaS took charge
81 Ia" republican forces and by nh-
crns',g hnr'i work. recsta.li.lrsl ~.
publican supremacy In the state,
Most m,the incn who are nowsnp:
posing hin, were either opposids him
th+h IN me pinpii!:.t parity or were
,rtting him carry ON the fight with,
ou. nSsasslatn fromthrs,. Now,
tInHttsE party h'ls been: hsmly sstal,
iislirtl Ia power, these hOn-coml,at
ants come n,odestiy forward to ask
for Observation-Disclosures.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-03-05
~;HICFANDS ~
r. F. Nelson wasipt own paturda.

Z. F. Nelson wasipt own saturday.
". r. AtaAhathy laid down tGthr
grip Friday. but IN much improved
now.
Sandy Gilchrist ard Ice Nri"s en-
tertaisei II lew fricn'h. at "A hirthdaf
party Monday .ntmht. =
S.'vrrAl ~ nnrx"gisxpeopkaa tssn.I.
e,lyThe dance In tiann Valley Friday
miht and reIort hnyIng had. Y som,
filhe. :. a .;rf~ ...f~ I, ~
y.iance wns held at Mr.. Pnuffe~s
inf South Hand county SATURDAY
i.ht at which y good time wAsf,ad
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-03-05
.AUCTiCN.,.

= - - =
The undersigned viii @H mt Public
Aur ion at the George Burger farm
nIerauil county, II miles northeast
Of Ganh Valley and u miles west Of
.Wessington Springs, on, Thursday,
March l2th, 1905 Commencing at
10 a'clocls A. ".
II Horses.
80 Heat of Cattle.
.a%fr 4S Hogs.
Machinery.
Household Goods.
so Tons Of Hay.
4. Erie lunch Mt nom. 49,,
FERNS Or SALE. All sums ei SiOand
uhdhr, leash. On sumsovsr over$l0,
8 months timc,.i 10 per telt'intercst
will be,Iivrn ON baukabse paper. 2
per cent discount aioy cash on all
sums over $40. Sn =
FL. PIPPIN.
&, n SANDERS, Auctioneer.
". Z. MCCoNNELL, (.,
ARTHUR Ii. HILL.
-
Group positively checked In 20 min
utes DIR. Shoop's 20 minute Group
Remedy aets like Magic. No vomit-
Ing. nothing harsh. A simple. safes
pleasant, dependable congh syrul !.
So. ut ". J. hughes & Co.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-13
ROBBERS BLOW SAFE;
ESCAPE WITH $4,000
Citizens of Rich Hill, Mo-, Battle WIN
Thieves--Many Buildings Are
Damaged by Terrific
Explosion
~ Associated tres..

by Associated Press.
RICH HILL Mo, Feb. 12.-Securine
5000 in cash after dynamiting ana
totally wrecking the $4,000 building OF
the Farmers and Mechanics bank III
this city, five bandits, heavily armed
terrorized the citizens here at an early
hour this morning. after exchanging
shots with the sheriff's posse, and es-
capped to the rough country south OF
here. No one was injured by either
the shots or explosion.
A terrific explosion caused by the
dynamiting of the bank vault awak-
ened the town half hour after mid
night and the population hurried TO
the two-story brick bank building III
the center of the city. Many persons
arrived In time to see the robbers rid
ing away Some of the citizens opened
fire on the fleeing bandits and the rob-
bers returned the fire.
Cashier James J. Jamison said the
available cash In the bank was Sc
cured by the robbers. The bank
building was completely wrecked and
many neighboring buildings were par
TALLY wrecked by the explosion. The
sheriff organized q posse, but as the
robbers secured a good start, there is
little prospect of their being overtaken
before daylight. The rough country
to the south of the city will afford a
good refuge for the fugitives.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-13
WAR DEPARTMENT
HAS NEW RIFLES
Governors of States May obtain Con-
slgnments of Guns by Requisi-
lions and Turning In
krag-Jorgensens


BY Associated Fress
WASHINGTON. Feb. IL. - Acting
Secretary Oliver today made the an
nouncement that the war department
at last is in a position to completely
arm the organized militia of the coun-
try, 100000 strong, with the new high
power army rifle, or musket. The
weapon is officially known as the
model 1903" rechambered for the
ammunition of 1906. the distinguishing
feature of which is the new sharply
pointed light steel-clad bullet with It's
enormous range and fat trajectory.
Governors of states may have the
new rife for the militia upon requisi-
ton and turning in the Krag-Jorgen-
sen guns of the type used IN the Span
ish-Amerlcan war; the first magazine
shoulder arm regularly issued to the
American army.
The completion of this stock of arms
will not close the great manufacturing
armories, but they will be fully EN-
ployed for a long time in making
stock of the new rifles to be held in
reserve for the purpose of arming any
volunteer army that may be called
into the field in the future.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-13
BUYERS FLOCK TO
EASTERN MARKET
Business Conditions Throughout the
Country Are Improving, Accord
ing to Belief of New
York Dealers
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-More than
30Cs RS and business men from all
over the country are now in New York
with orders for goods of every variety
for the spring and summer trade.
The great influx of buyers was eX-
pected by the jobbing houses here, and
is said by merchants to be an evidence
of the return of confidence throughout
the country. The general financial de-
preston last fall and the consequent
small amount of buying at that time
has left merchants throughout the
country short in their stocks, and for
that reason the buyers are coming to
New York earlier than usual.
Every hotel In New York that caters
to the commercial trade is crowded,
and New York merchants are in a joy
Gus mood at the prospect of an enor-
nous spring trade.
S. c. Mead secretary of the Mer-
chants association, said: Monday was
what we call our first registration for
the spring trade, and 1t proved to be
next to the largest registration day we
have experienced In ten years. That is
to say, there was only one other day
like 1t in ten years. so you can imagine
what JOY 1t brought to business men
about town.
Today, as second registration day,
is the largest second registration we
ever had. By that I mean in numbers
numbers of out-of-town buyers and
out-of-town merchants. Today they
kept pouring in and telling us of the
bright outlook for the spring trade.
They had to come, as their stocks had
run low.
Some of the big western houses have
sold out almost all of the goods they
had, and this means great era of
prosperity. 1t means that at least 5000
out-of-town merchants and their repre-
sentatives will buy go is here for the
spring trade. Now the most expert
enced merchant In town will tell you
that the ; rage amount spent by each
buyer Is $4,000 This practically means
that with the ordinary trade $S0,000000
will be spent in New York by the buy
ers for one spring trade.
THE most peculiar thing about this
shown by the arrivals yesterday and
today is that many new business con-
Germs have cropped up in the west and
have sent representatives here to buy.
! should say at least % per cent of the
arrivals are representatives. of new bus
mess houses They represent the big
gest firms in the west and from Chi
cago to Oklahoma they declare that
business is good.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-13
ITALIAN SHOWS NEED OF
CENTRAL BANK IN AMERICA

MILAN, Feb. 12.-The corriere de la
IRA published an article today from
the pen of Prof. Luigi Luzzati, former
Italian. minister of finance, regarding
the financial situation In America.
The writer says the United states
had demonstrated its incapacity to es-
tablish q strong circulating medium,
but that the recent message of the
president to congress is full of dignity
In the stand the chief executive takes
a against the '1mmoral speculation that
is staining the greatest democracy In
the world
IF President Roosevelt succeeds in
founding in the United States a state
bank similar to those of Europe" Sig
nor Luzzau AYERS, this will do more
than anything else to purify the finan-
cial atmosphere"