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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
State Must Do Part for
Good Of the Nation---Root

O'Clock at his Residence on Court
Street. after an illness of several years
duration. His death. however, came
in the city. for few knew that the
end was so. near.
Mr.. Glass was in his forty-second
year having been born in Lynchburg
excepting four years in Petersburg
was spent here. He was associated for
some years with his father-in-law, the
late Richard Pollard, under the firm
name OF Pollard & Glass. this being
one OF the most successful insurance
agencies of It's character in the city.
Possessed of an affable disposition,
Mr.. Glass readily made friends. and
here than he. He was a brother of
Congressman Carter Glass. and is sur
vived by his wife and two small chill
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The President traced the marvellous
growth OF the country. and continued:
Such was the degree OF progress to
which civilized mankind had attained
when this nation began It's career. IT
is almost impossible for us in this day
TO realize how little our Revolutionary
ancestors knew OF the great store Of
natural resources whose discovery and
use have been such vital factors in
the growth and greatness of this ma
ton. and how littlo they required TO
take from this store in order to salts
~ their needs
of the resources OF the present ter
ritory OF the United states have in
growth OF this nation BY leaps and
bounds makes one of the most strik-
Ing and important. chapters In the
history OF the world. Its growth has
rapid destruction. OF our natural re-
sources. Nature has supplied TO us
in, the United states, and still sup
In "A more lavish degree than has ever
been the cnse at any other time or
with. any other people. Our position
in the world has been attained by
the extent, and thoroughness Of the
control We have achieved over ma
ture; but we are more. and not less,
dependent upon what she furnishes
since the days of primitive man.
Yet our fathers. though they knew
so little of the resources OF the coun-
try exercised wise forethought in
reference thereto. Washington clearly
saw that the perpetu!ty of the States
could only be secured by union, AMI
that the only feasible basis of union
was an economic one: in other words.
that 1t must be based on the devel-
opment and use of their natural re-
sources. Accordingly. he. helped to
outline a scheme of commercial de-
veiopment. and by his influence an. In
terstate Waterways Commission was
appointed by Virginia and Maryland.
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stcnm and EIcctricity.

Since the days when the Constitution
was adopted. steam and electricity have
revolutioniZed the Industrial world. Mo-
where has the revolution been so great
as in our own country. The discovery and
utilization of mineral fuels and alloys
have given US the lead over all other
nations in the production OF steel. The
discovery and utilization OF coal and
iron have given us our railways, and
have led to such industrial develop
mcnt as has never before been seen.
The vast wealth of lumber in our for
ests. the riches of our soils and mines,
the discovery OF gold and mineral oils.
combined with the efficiency of our
transportation. have made the condi-
tions of cur life unparalleled in COM
fort and convenience.
The steadily increasing drain on
these natural resources has promoted
life. Moreover. this unexampled de-
velopment has had determining effect
upon the character and opinions of
our people. The demand for efficiency
effectiveness. decision and power, and
a capacity for achievement which in
its own lines has never yet been
matched. So. great and SO rapid has
been our material growth that there
has been Il tendency to lag behind in
spiritual and moral growth: but that
Is not the subject upon which I speak
to you to-day
The Nations Wealth.
After giving brief epitome of the
nations wealth. the President said:
We have become great because OF
the lavish use of our resources and
we have Just reason to be proud of
our. growth. But the time has come
2 to- inquire seriously what will happen
when our forests are gone, when the
coal, the iron, the oil, and the gas
are exhausted, when the soils shall
have been still further Impoverished
and washed into the streams. pollutng
the rivers. denuding the fields and OBJ
structins navigation. These questions
do not relate, only to the next CEN
fury or to the next generation. It is
time for us now as nation to ex-
ercise the same reasonable foresight
In dealing with our great natural re-
sources that would be shown by any
prudent man in conserving and widely
using the property which contains the
assurance of well-being for himself and
his children
The natural resources l have emu
merated can be. divided into two Sharp
q ~ distinguished classes accordingly as
hey are or are not capable of re-
,ewal. Mines If used mus necessarily
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
THE, FUTURE OF THE NATION

which 1t must hereafter grapple
II 1t is to live--the problem Of
national efficiency the patriotic
duty OF insuring the safety and
continuance of the nation, When
he people OF the United States
consciously undertake to rate
themselves as citizens, and the ma
ton end the states in their several
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

"Let us remember that the con-
servation OF our natural resources,
though the gpavest problem OF to-
day. IT vet but part OF another and
greater problem to which this ma
ton is not yet awake, but to which
ut will awake In time, and with
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the prediction was made of their ulti-
mate adoption.

Predict EnrIy ExhnustiOn.
DR.. I. C. White, of West Virginia,
added expert knowledge and predic-
tion on the subject of coal and iron.
In which he predicted the exhaustion
of the Pittsburg coal supply in ninety
three years, and the West Virginia
fields in practically the same time.
John Mitchell former head of the
United Mine Workers Association, es-
timated that fully % per cent. OF the
coal In the mines already developed
had been wasted in mining, and a
much greater percentage In use. With
out such waste, which he believed
might be overcome, the supply OF coal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

sphere to the highest pitch OF en-
cellence in private, State and
national life. and to do this be-
cause It is the first OF all the
duties OF true patriotism, then,
and not till then, the future OF
this nation, In quality and time,
will be assured."-The President In
address to Governors Conference.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
DEATHS

at her residence, All
South Pine Street, after a brie{
Illness. Mrs. SALIVA CASCIE, aged
fifty-four years. She leaves a hus-
band and ten children-six daughters
and four sons.
Funeral noticed later.
ERE Died. in Lexington, Va.
in her fftieth year. MARGARET w.
FREELAND.
Funeral at HOLLYWOOD Cemetery
FRIDAY MORNING.
AIARSH.-Died, yesterday afternoon, in
the eleventh year of his age.
CHARLES w. MARSH, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. N. Marsh. 2203 East Marshall
Street.
The funeral will be held THIS
(Thursday) AFTERNOON at $40
o'clock. from Christ Episcopal
Church. Interment in lakewood.
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Emmett Mullen.
r special to The Times-Dispatch.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
FREDERICKSBURG VA, May Ia
Emmett Mullen, well-known young
man, died at his home here to-day of
consumption, aged twenty-nine years.
He Is survived by his wife, one child,
his father, two brothers and two SIS
ters. Interment in Spotsylvania coun-
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FUNERAL NOTICE

funeral of Mr.. 70. r.
BARNES, COS South Belvidere, who
was drowned on January s. 1905, will
take place from Pine Street Baptist
Church at 4 P. NJ. TO-DAY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
Mrs. Mary A. Van Auken.

SpeCIuI 10 TIC IIHles-DlsputcN,1 ~
MISUNDERSTANDING, VA, May IA
Mrs. Mary A. Van Auken died to-day
at the Mary Washington Hospital.
after a short illness. She is survived
by two sons and two daughters. The
remains will be taken tomorrow TO
her former home at Culpeper for In
terment
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
WILL FORM BODY
WITH PLANS FOR
GOOD OF NATION
CONTINUED Fr1fn FRS. Page.o
Growth Of Resources.

industries multiply. nor tho hidden
wealth Of the earth be developed for
the beneht of mankind.
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Especial to The Times-Dispatch.7

speCIHI IIIHeS-IJIspHlCH.I
W1NCHESTER, VA, May 13.-Nfrs.
Sarah Barnett Gold, wife of former
State Senator Thomas D. Gold, died at
her home. at Berryvile, early this
morning, aged sixty three years.
Mrs. Gold had been III but a few
hours. She is survived by her husband.
two daughters-AIisses Mary and Lucy;
one son-Thomas L. Gold-all Of New
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
Captain Roland p. johnson.

Especial to The Times Dispatch
BRISTOL VA, May 1s.-captain
Roland 2. Johnson fitty-two years of
died Of Bright's disease at Hot Springs,
Ark, this week. For many years he
was conductor in the passenger
service of the Norfolk and Western
Railway between Bristol and Lynch
burg. and was in charge of the train
which leaped into a torrent OF water
at ThaXton, Va. nineteen years ago,
when many passengers met tragic
death, many of the bodies, having never
been recovered. Captain johnson him
self had narrow escape. having swan
to a tree, where he took refuge after
being seriously injured Captain John
son was a son of the late L. F. john
son. of Bristol,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
IN MEMORlAM

Ola RK En- memory of our beloved
daughter and sister. ANNIE FLOR
I ENCE CLARKE, who died two years
ago to-day, May IA, 1906
OFT we wander to the graveyard,
Flowers to strew with tender care
On the grave of our dear Annie,
Who is sweetly resting there.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
Mrs. e. v. johnson.

Especial to The Time -Dispatch.
IVOR, VA, May 13.-Mrs. Bessie Fox
johnson. after an illness of several
weeks, died at the home of her brother
in-law, DR.. L. j. Head. In Caroline
county, Va, last night, and will be
buried at Corinth Christian Church. in
King William county, Tomorrow.
Mrs. johnson was the wife OF Mr..
Elijah n. Johnson and the daughter of
Rev. r. w. Fox, of King William uua-
ty. She leaves to mourn her loss her
husband and infant. three weeks old,
father. mother and several broth US
and sisters. and a host of friends.
Mra 1,hOnnx IL EOld. aT1f
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

The climax of the afternoon session
was the speech of Secretary Of State
Elihu Root. who was received with
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

minerals do not
lemselves. r~re-
the coal, the oil.
metals generally.
to try to see that
The exhaustion
tive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09
A Birmingham Girl.

"In the cast of Rosabel Morrison s Faust company which is billed to ap- pear at the Jefferson theatre on Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday mati- nee is Miss Mamie Cleary, former res ident of Birmingham, who has many friends and acquaintances here,' said C. N Star. press representative for Miss Morrison.
 Miss Cleary or Virginia Litchie, as she is professionally known, plays the part of Gretchen in the drama and is a member of the Faust choir, number ing eight singers, which is said to be q valuable accessory to the perform ance.
 'In the revival of Faust the music for the opera is effectively blended with the action of the drama with artistic re- suit The voice of Miss cleary recom- mended her selection from host of ap- pilcants. She is a singer of established merit while the work of the double quartet is said to compare favorably with that of grand opera and concert sing CTS The singing in the cathedral Is said to be excelled by no church choir in the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09
Rake.nf Of the Panama Deal

Let Us hope the Ananias club stands | complete, and that it will go out of existence on March I. Every member added to it has been at the expense of the republic. The dignity of the coun- try suffered at the installation of every member down to and including Editor Smith and Editor Laffan. The mem bers were drafted and in the process all precedent and all proprieties in the chief office of the land were thrown to the winds. The entire business did not promote the public business or help the Presidents own reputation. There will not be, it is believed, any Ananias club in the term of MT Taft, whose mind is more judicial than Ana niastistical-morei inclined to wait for the cool judgment of men than to ex- pend itself at once in inyective.
 As matter of fact, MT. Roosevelt settled nothing at all when he de- nounced Editor Delivan Smith of the Indianapolis News. The sum in ques- tion, $40,0O0,O 900, was paid to the French government, but it is wholly within the province of an American newspaper to raise the question as to who got the s40,000,000 that we paid to France for the Panama canal. Con gressman Rainey proposes to ascertain the facts officially and if Cannonism does not intervene MT. Rainey will i bring out the truth and the whole Of i it. It will be remembered that John i T. Morgan to the day of his death re-
 garded the transaction as one of doubt
 full honesty, and if the House adopts
 the Rainey resolution and appoints q committee headed by MT. Rainey to
 investigate the matter, the position of
 Alabamas dead Senator will no doubt
 be vindicated Such a committee can
 readily ascertain what part of the
 s4O,O00,000 did not reach the stock. holders of the French company, and possibly it may be able to ascertain
 who did get that part and why they 1 got it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09

an outline of the policies toward cor porations of the incoming administra- tions. ..
 Outside of the characteristic policies of the present administration the mes sage is not remarkable. Forest preser- vation is strongly urged. The i'm provement of inland waterways re- eeives due attention Pure food legis- lation is commended Postal savings banks and the parcels post are com mended, and the message is con- cluded with recommendations concern ing the army and the navy. There are no surprises in the closing message of a sensational President. It is chiefly remarkable because there is not word in it concerning the deficit that has occurred in this administration; not a word in it about tariff revision, although tariff hearings are held daily; not a word about an income tax, when the years deficit promises to be from S112,000, 900 to 5,0OO.00O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
casket Business Good.

Jovial Seneca B. Burr, who travels southern states for the National Cas- ket company and whose home is in Gainesville, Ga, was in Birmingham yesterday wearing an exceptionally broad smile.
 Yes said he. ''business is fine and is getting better every day. People are dying to beat the band and the easket factories are working hard to keep up with their orders and prospects are very bright for continued success. But the casket business is not the only one which is prospering, for in my travels l nave noticed that all the varied lines appear to be well rushed. It looks to me like the entire south is going to enjoy real prosperity within a very short while. or course there are pessimists but l don see how they can last long at the pres ent rate at which things are picking nm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09
Mr. Taft and the South
got it.

The discussion by the President elect at the dinner of the North Caro- lima society in New York of the politi- cal solidarity of the south did not throw any new light on the situation except that it showed a friendship on his part for this section of the coun- try that some members of his party do not share, notably Senator Foraker and the esteemed Crumpacler of In diana. MT. Taft does not, it is plain, stand ready to sign bill to reduce southern representation, for he pro poses to convert the south to repub- licanism, and the republicans can be trusted to maintain their own repre- sentation.
 Seriously speaking, the wish of the President-elect that the south would turn to the republican party is beset with difficulties. The south does not want to fatten few monopolists by being compelled to pay them about two prices for things consumed. It wants a revenue tariff, in other words, instead of a robber tariff devised to fatten the few. The south, too, believes in the reserved rights of the states. The republican party does not.
 In the absence of an honest revenue tariff and in the total lack of a desire on the part of republicans for strict construction of the federal constitu- tion MT. Taft will have to proceed on the old accustomed lines when he makes convert among the rank and l file. One office, one convert, and so on to the end of the office list Re- publicanism in the south is on a reve- nue basis even if the tariff is not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09
Charles P. Taft's Senatorial Ambition

Arthur l. Vorys, republican cam paign manager in Ohio, and close and trusted friend of the entire Taft family, returned recently from Hot Springs, Va, and at once announced that Charles P. Taft, half brother of the President-elect, would be a candi- date for the seat now filled by Senator Foraker.
 This doubtless means that the whole power of the outgoing and incoming administrations will be employed to seat man because of the accident of relationship and of the possession of vast fortune and of contribution of $110,00O to the presidential campaign fund. For no one claims that C. F. Taft has a single qualification needed in the Senate. He would be in it as silent as the Sphynx and about as wise.
 But the fact that he would be a mere fgurehead in the senatorial de. bates is not all. The worst of the pro- posed business relates to the defeat of Congressman Burton, who is excep- tionally well qualified for service in the Senate and who is in a receptive condition. He is, in fact, an announced candidate. But he will be defeated, and Ohio feels the coming disgrace. The country has few public servants the equal of Theodore E. Burton. Brother Charles is at the other end of the list Burton is the Attest man in Ohio for senatorial service and Brother Charles the least fit of all those that have been mentioned for the Forakel succession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09
MEMORY OF EDWIN BOOTH

ends of his days, the pity of his con- temporaries. Perhaps the excessive adu- lation of the group of friends which ale ways surrounded him helped to estrange him somewhat from the rest of the world. He lacked Iryings polite manner and broad comprehension of humanity. He seemed in his later days a lesser figure than Irving, but he was always the greatest actor, the truer histrion.
 The memory of Edwin Booth is. in- deed, a sad memory. With all his splen- did achievement. his highest ambition was unrealized. The superlative of praise was often given to him, but he was never understood, and there is no indication that he never knew why. With more tact and assurance, with less inclina- tion to mistake the 1atte4y of com paratively uninf1uential few for the voice of the people, with a willingness to ac- cept mutability as inevitable and the en- terprise to seek for the good changing conditions may produce, he might have rounded out his career more gloriously and left an enduring monument. As it is, he is remembered as an artist of fine instincts and large resource, a man of high aspirations. If 1t seems a pity that his garments should be divided in the market place, there is consolation in the thought that some of them will be ten- derly cherished as mementos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09
IN PHILADELPHIA,

From the New York World.
 Hamersteln's new opera house is the civic pride of the moment.
 There are 181 doctors signs in six blocks of Chestnut street.
 row of black men washing a row of white marble doorsteps gives fine effect in chiaroscuro.
 There are not nearly so many sky scrapers as in Buffalo; except in few buildings the elevators run only when you ring for them.
 The sidewalks are brick, as New York's were a hundred years ago. There are still some open sewers in the middle of the streets On wash days they run full and visibly soapy.
 The Schuylkill water Is always muddy. Part of the city now has Altering system. The rest buys spring water.
 There are almost no lager beer saloons. There are no French and Italian restaurants. There are only a few hotels.
  park along the Schuylkill are built solidly of stone.
 Most of the dwellings are of red brick and nearly all small. pr. Weir Mitchell in his new novel calls Phila- delphia "The Red City" A fair house in a fair quarter rents for $25 month.
 Negro children attend all the public schools and the white people send theirs to private schools when they can raise the money
 A New Yorker can find more things different in Philadelphia than in Chi cago or Denver
 The men average taller than in New York; there is less immigration of the small races.
 Family and descent are taken serious ly. Money will not buy social position not at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09
Valuable Real Estate.

While money is often lost in real estate speculation those who lose are generally persons of poor judgment" said a cit izen.
 'In a rapidly growing city like Bir- mingham snug little fortunes are fre- quently made by small investments in real estate. remember when certain lot on Fifth avenue between Twentieth and Twenty-first streets was sold about ten years ago for something like $45oO. In a short time that lot brought s11,000. A little later on it sold for S150O0. And the person who paid $15.0O0 sold it for $22 800. The purchase at the last named figure still holds the property and l am told has recently declined $30,000 for it.
 'All central property has been steadily enhancing in value for ten or eleven years past and choice building sites have been more than quadrupled In value with in the past four or five years. :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-09
Birmlngham and Liverpool

The steamship Hypatia, which has room for 10000 bales of cotton, has arrived at Brunswick to become the first steamer of a line between Bruns- wick and Liverpool. In other words, our new railroad to Brunswick has been extended to Liverpool, and ship ments to and from Liverpool are now as direct and easy as are shipments to and from Talladega.
 The ports of this district may now be said to be New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Brunswick and Savannah, with resort to Charleston and Norfolk if need be. Some pig iron from this district was recently shipped via Pen sacola, and if large quantities of it should again be exported perhaps all the ports mentioned would be utilized.
 This district is patiently waiting for a completion of it's water route to the sea. In 1911 there will, beyond req sonable doubt be six-foot slackwater navigation the year round from the forks of the Warrior to tidewater. Will this district be ready to make good use of an Open Warrior in about IS months? This is the question be- fore this district, and it ranks well up to the water supply question.