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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
RICHMOND FRIDAY sEPTFBER9

the OFFENDING soldiers should have
been arrested at the time of the com
mission or their act by the police and
the case investigated afterwards
There will be n hearing of the case
before Justice Crutchfield this morn
ing, and he has announced his inten-
tlon of administering such punishment
as lie may be authorized by law to
administer. The military authorities
are making full inquiry In the case
also, and they appear to be determined
to deal with the subject as their au-
tlority Shall permit. There is no denial
that there was breach of the peace
and there IS no denial as to who COM
,nitted this breach.
Under the law Of the State, Section
325, Title II, Chapter 81, every non
commissioned officer, musician or pri-
vate who shall, without orders, dis
charge any firearms within two miles
OF any parade on the day thereof.
shall be sentenced to pay fine OF
two dollars" This Is certainly not
an excessive punishment, but under
Section 374, providing for the appoint
ment. organization and conduct Of
courts martial. and courts OF inquiry,
1t is provided that "whenever said
court shall ascertain the punishment
to be dishonorable discharge from
the military service of this State, 1t
shall sentence such offender to connne-
ment in the city or county jail. as
exceeding ten days"
We do not know, of course what
action the military court will take In
this case. If 1t shall impose a fine
of only two dollars III the soldiers
breaking the peace that would be re-
garded as a very light penalty, indeed.
for the infraction Of law, but II 1t
shall decide upon the dishonorabie
discharge of the soldiers for breaking
the peace 1t would appear that 1T must
at the same time impose sentence OF
imprisonment upon the soldiers so dis
honorably discharged,
In this case no person was injured,
the soldiers firing only blank cart
ridges. but the peace was broken. and
the peace of the community must be
preserved We do not suppose for Il
moment that the soldiers firing OFF
their guns intended to 40 more than
celebrate the day but it must be
agreed that such celebration does not
conform to the dignity of the service
or to the peace of the Commonwealth.
Shooting UP the town. even I'M fun.
is manifestation OF pleasure that
cannot be commeGued on any ground,
and that ought to be punished as
severely as the law will permit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
i nnEACu or TuE PEACE,

Under the terms OF Section 355, Title
II. Chapter 81. of the Virginia Code.
mo person belonging to the military
force shall be arrested on any pro-
cess issued by or from any civil officer
or court, except in cases Of felonious
breach of the peace, while going to,
remaining at. or returning from any
place at which he may be required to
attend for military duty"
on Labor Day a number of soldiers
belonging to the military forces of
Virginia, returning from a drill at the
Fair Grounds, committed a most out
rageous breach Of the peace by firing
off their guns in one of the crowded
thoroughfares of this town to the
great alarm of the people aud to the
reproach of the uniform tltey wore
In modern usage breach of the
peace, as We are told by one OF the
authorities. signifies any act viola
bance Of lawful meeting :. an un-
| lawful discharginG of firearms in a
| public place, Many acts otherwise in
noccnt and lawful can he condemned
| by the law because of their tendency
to produce disturbances of the public
| peace"
There has not been In this town a
clearer breach of the peace, committed
at any time by anybody, than thai
! committed by the soldiers of Company
+, First Virginia Infantry. on Labor
Day.
There was some question of jurls'
diction. and no arrest of the offending
soldiers was made, the civil authori
ties being assured by the military tina
the case would be dealt with undcl
the law controlling the militar,
establishment of the state. There ha
been considerable correspondence be
tween the city authorities and III,
Military authorities touching THU
breach of the peace. 1t looks to III
as II there has been good deal o
piddling about It., AS the Times Her
; / aid of Newport News says, the Yir
ginla Bill of Rights declares that II
all cases the military shall be unde
strict subordination to and governe,
~ by the civil power, and, In Its opinion
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09

The South Hill Enterprise Is against
all of the proposed amendments to
the Constitution of Virginia, saying:
< great deal is being said these
days about the constitutional changes
that are TO be voted on in the No
vanber election. one OF the proposed
changes is for the Legislature to re-
main in session three months instead
Of two. as the law now stands. 1T IS
claimed By the friends of the pro-
posed change that the business can
not be attended to In the time allotted
as at present Wo don't know about
this. II the lawmakers would get
busy after they get to Richmond a
great deal more could be accomplished
in the way OF legislation thaS, has ever
been recorded AS matter of fact. n
great deal OF valuable time is wasted
over frivolous matters, and IL the time
were extended for another thirty days
we doubt If any more real Legislation
would result, from the fact that these
Neutrality-suspicious. would then realize
that they had more time in which to
parley, and consequently 1t would thus
be consumed. We have our doubts as
to whether it would be advisable to
add on the extra thirty days. and from!
what we can learn we do not believe
that majority of the voters are In
favor of the proposed change.
The Enterprise is correct.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER .. 1910.
.Mo,LpNr EAr wmn Lonmnn.

The Colonel made another ten-strike
YESTERDAY. He declared that he would
not attend the dinner given IN ms
honor by the Hamilton Club in chicago
last night II Senator Lorimer were
present, and Senator l.ormer was not
there. 1t was rather brutal thing
for the Colonel to do; but he did II
and got away with 1t.
Iorimor is charged with buying his
seat in the United states Senate, ana
there appears to be little doubt that he
did: hut he has not been convicted;
the committee charged with the in
yestigation of the case has not made
its report. he IS still at large. and as
the law presumes every person charged
with crime to be innocent until he
has been proved guilty. it seems that
the Colonel protested his own virtue
too much when he declined to attend
the dinner given in his honor by the
club. of which Lorimer is member
IN rood and regular standing. IL 'Lor-
inner should be present. 1t goes With
out saying tlfat the members OF the
Club were amazed by the Colonefs
action; but they yielded to his de
mand" and shut LorImer out from the
sacred Presence. The story win supply
n searc-head for all the newspapers
this morning. and it is thus that the
advertising expedition of the Outlet is
making its progress across the conti-
nent The Colonel is better than any
other reader that was ever discov-
cred by the best of our showmen.
What would old Phlneas T, Barnum
not have given for freak like this!
Besides. is Loriner the only Re
publican Senator who has bought his
way into the Senate? Was not the
Colonels way bought into the White
House a few years ago? What about
those $4,000 votes that We're changed
by My Dear Harriman's" s260,oO0 IN
New York state? And doesn't the
colonel cat with himself? 1t is not
the moral side of the Chicago incident
that is worth considering; but the
advertising side. The thing to do
now is to hurry up and send Lorimer
TO the penitentiary. The Colonel has
convicted him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
wArERwonks on Tic rAnM,

Some time ago we advocated the
proposition to establish waterworks on
the farms, showing the great step such
an innovation would make in the di-
rection of comfort and labor saving.
L. c. Gauthier, in the latest issue of
the Progressive Farmer. gives his ex-
perience along this line. He saws:
My tower % feet high, cost $50; els
tern, capacity 5XS feet, cost $40; gaso-
lene engine, 6-horsepower (second-
HANDY, cost sl25. This engine runs a
grlst mill and crusher and furnishes
water to five different lots, for all
house purposes, including bathroom
and Kitchen. | am about to put a water
fan in the dining-room. All pipes and
connections are second hand, costing
six years ago $50. The whole plant
was put up by my two boys, except
foundation of engine. which cost s14.
| hope this system of waterworks will
INDUCE many others to do the same.
and Will help to keep many boys at
home"
a system of waterworks would not
cost much, but it would do a lot to-
ward the saving of time and labor, and
it would make farm life more attrac-
tive 1t is an experiment that is well
worth the trying.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
ONCE WOULD DE ENOUGH.

The Columbia state takes counsel OF
its fears in the gubernatorial race in
South Carolina. which is to foe deter
mined at the Second Democratic Pri-
mary election next Tuesday. II be-
lieves that if Blease is elected Gov
ernor, Blease will in time be elected
United States Senator. also This is
not contamination to be wished at
all by anybody, but we have an idea
that one term of Blease as Governor
would be quite as much as even the
State of South Carolina could stand.
Just the same, South Carolina should
be spared this misfortune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
THE ECONOMY or COOP ROADS.

The latest issue of the Front Royal
Impartial Reporter contains very
pertinent editorial article on the eco
nomical aspect of good roads reform
1t says:
THE plea that good roads are too
costly belongs only to the cheap
statesman, the mossback. and such old
fashioned publications as the Joyville
Clarion. II has no place in the con-
sideration of the problem OF modern
road building.
THE primary purpose in securing
good roads is to eliminate the enor-
nous and everlasting cost of bad roads.
Modern country roads bear the same
relation to the rural districts as paved
streets bear TO the cities. Paved
streets for municipalities are, first OF
all. business proposition. The COM
fort and convenience afforded by them
is a matter of secondary consideration.
No city could be built on mud streets
Neither can agricultural communities
be developed on mud roads. And any
condition that retards the fullest de-
yelopment of country life is an eX-
pense that spells ruin and bankruptcy
in the end.
"rhe old wooden plow could be pur-
chased for less than the modern imple-
ments used to break the soil But no
farmer could maintain his farm with a
wooden pillow. / would prove too cost
ly an experiment. The OK team coull
be purchased for less money than the
draft horses cost, but the OK team
has been abandoned az an expense that
no modern farmer could stand.
Mud roads retain the same rela-
ton to modern progress as the wooden
pow and the OK team. Virginia wastes
100000 every year on mud roads. 1t
is system of throwing good money
after bad money in an attempt to 'im
prove roads that need TO be rebuilt,
and after millions have been wasted
in this manner the same old mud roads
exist. Nothing is left to show for all
the expense.
THE $1O,OOO,0Oo Virginia has lost in
the mud holes of its country roads IN
the past ten years would have given
| the State an excellent system of per-
manent highways. 1t would have
meant an Investment that would now
| be paying big dividends to the farm
| owners Of that state"
That Is the common sense OF the
case. The failure to construct good
roads Is equivalent to a tremendous
waste of money. Good roads, we say
again, are the cheapest roads,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
MADE MEN SMILE.

The best thing that can be said
about Palmer Lockwood, who died in
Charleston several days ago, is that
he made the world brighter as he pass
ed through it. and the man who sheds
a little sunshine on his course is him
self Lighted on his way into the great
Unknown.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
rINcIIor AND THE KINGDOM.


That was a really affecting account
given by tho matter Of fact Associated
Press of the scene in the Conservation
Congress on Wednesday. when, stirred
by the wind of Bcveridge's voice, the
Convention got UP on its hind legs and
"whooped her up" for clifford Plnchot.
1t is no wonder that his lamps were
sufused with tears as in Broken
speech. significant of the deeps of his
spiritual nature stirred to their bot
tomest fathom, he exclaimed: There
are but few moments in mans life
like this" 1t was too much, too nucn
We cannot help wondering whether
or not in this moment of his touch
ing triumph Pinchot's solemn thought
did not turn with modest humility to
Page o5 of his book, "The Fight on
Conservation" just issued from the
perniciously active presses of Double
day, Page G. Company. on which are
printed these impressive words
among the first duties of every man
is to help in bringing the kingdom OF
God on earth!"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
Daily Queries and Answers
Address all communications for Query Editor
dispatch. Nomatfcnaca
valued and no dealers will be given

ing the punishment OF driver or own
or of q heavy four-mule lumber team
l,ra,veling over our county turnpikcs
with the leading putit, as the, negro
drivers are generally to be found visit
ing on the rear wagon? THIS is not
only menace to the lives and safety
Of our women and children when driv-
Ing out unaccompanied and meeting
one OF these teams in n narrow pieca
or road, but. to, the rig they occupy.
should be fined heavily every time
case ofsthls sort Is proven against
them. How is "?
We have been unable To find any law
covering this case in the Code. OF
course. II any accident occurred there
could be no question OF recovery in
civil suit, for this is case Of plain
negligence on the part OF the owner
OF the team, We know of no criminal
or preventive law on the subject.
Deer scnnon.
Would you please publish exactly
CUSTOMER.
October 1.
State Flower of Missouri.
Please publish in your query Coli
t nmn the name Of the state foyer OF
Missouri has no state flower G
Practice OF "Mcchnno-'rhernpy.'
Will you please tell me II / can
practice the profession known as Me-
chano-Therapy. in tho State of yir-
ginia. without appearing before tho
State Board of Medical ESaminers2
No. You must appear before tho
board.
Pronunciation OF Leneve.
I. VIII you kindly give me the pros
nunciation of the name Leneve.
2. Why is Seven Pines SO called?
j. X. 3.
I. Lay-nay-v.
2. Because of cluster of seven pines
near the battlefield.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
GETTING DRUNK IN MAINE.

Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans,
Fighting Bob" as he has been dut-
bed, has been saying some things
about the liquor laws of Maine. Maine
having been prohibition State since
1854. After expressing reluctance in
talking about the laws of any other
State than his own, he said:
II have had more trouble in the
direction of my sailors getting drunk
III the ports of Maine than I have had
with my men while at any other ports
in the world. ] would rather take my
men anywhere in the world than bring
them to Maine. | know that my men
on shore liberty would easily find the
most impossible and abhorrent dives
and there obtain their obnoxious con-
coctions, worse, much worse, than
liquor 1t made them not so much
drunk rs crazy
This is remarkable statement
surely. of the state of things in the
original prohibition Commonwealth OF
this country. Prohibition does not
prohibit-regulation does.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09

we Judge from the increasing mean
ness of the editorial page of the
Houston Post that Bailey is ION his
job" again. We had hoped that his
brief excursion into civilized COM
muntties would change somewhat his
sense of the proprieties without af-
sectlng the bright temper of his HUI
NOR
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
rl,r cIGAnErrn CRUSADE.

The Police Department of Lynch
against the sale Of cigarettes to boys
under the age OF sixteen. 1t seems
that some of the merchants there nave
been violating the State law which
forbids such sales and makes the seller
liable to fine Of from ten to one hun
dred dollars. AS a result of the ac-
tivity OF the police four firms handling
cigarettes in Lynchburg have been
hailed into Court and will have to
stand trial for this offence. Other
dealers, 1t is thought, will soon be
brought to book
The Lynchburg Advance says OF this
crusade:
This law has been disregarded for
a long time by quite number of mer-
chants. and 1t has been almost as easy
for a boy under sixteen years to pro-
cure cigarettes or other form of to-
bacco as 1t has been for those within
the legal age.
"The result is that every lad caught
on the streets with Il tack in his
mouth, If he has the appearance OF be-
ing under sixteen years old, VIII be
called upon to tell where he got his
smoke"
The activity of the Lynchburg po-
lice in this matter is most commenda-
BILE. There can be no question that
the use of cigarettes is deleterious es-
pecially to boys, seriously affecting
their health and tending to make them
less useful citizens. 1t is against the
good morals and the good manners OF
community to permit boys to indulge
in this form of the TOBACCO habit.
The law is one that deserves rigid
enforcement. Every day we see boys.
some of them just at the age of first
trousers. putting away at their "tacks,'
with the bravado and quirks and ring
blowing of the cigarette postgraduate.
This ought to stop; and the dealers
who sell to boys ought TO be made to
suffer the penalty the law imposes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
Washington II French Mnrsl,nl.
Was Washington ever made a mar
shall by the French government

Washington was made n marshal OF
France When Rochambenu and other
French officers came to this country, In
order to give him the proper command.
he had conferred upon him tho highest
title in the French army. Some doubt
was expressed many years ago. and
M. valiant French Minister OF War
was appealed to for information. He
replied as follows:
NO trace of n degree comforting on
General Washington tho dignity Of
marshal OF France can be found in tho
archives Of this ministry"
This may have been the case. but
General Washington had conferred
upon him the title OF marshal. and
when 9. w Peale. the portrait painter
painted his picture of the great Ameri-
can for Louis WI, 1t showed the gem
eral wearing tho broad rlbnnd, the
mark of distinction of d French mar.
shall
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09
.pRYaN1zINcv THE nErunl1cANs.


Henry Watterson has "got EN- again"
He is seeing things all the time now
adays, and has just had another vision,
this time of the oncoming Colonel "Bry-
anizing" the Republican party, and he
charges the New York Times and sun
end Evening Post and Harper's Weekly
TO look we'll after this worse than bu-
bonic plague in the politics of the coun-
try. we do not know whether the Col
opel can do it or not; but as he has
stolen most of the Bryan policies and
turned them into "prlnciples,' he would
not have very far 10 go. Nothing bet
Ter for the country could happen; but
somehow, we can't tell how. we have
an idea that the pebble VIII not stand
for it, There is;.no telling, however,
what the people will do. once they get
started in the wrong direction. For
tunately, as "Marse Henry" says, the
fplay is up to the Republicans. and only
the Republicans, What the Democrats
may be able 10 do when the time comes
Is predetermined This is decidedly not
their funeral"
There is great deal Of comfort in
that We have been burying our dead
every four years now since the Ides of
November. 1896. and we should take a
solemn sort OF pleasure in seeing the
other mourners going about the streets
but we do not believe that the Colonel
can do IT, or course, he is man of
hesitate 10 say that he could not say
10 the Rocky Mountains: Get you gone
to the other side of the continent" and
they would move forthwith; but the
Republican party is such a fool party.
and 1t has SO much money, and It's vot-
'ers are so approachable when it comes
down TO business and there would he
so much for ii 10 lose, and MY Dear
Hartman" is dead, and there is no on.
in sight at this moment TO take his
place. and they are tired of buying
up elections when they do not know
exactly how it is all going to turn out
and--we don't believe he can do 1t.
Mr., Watterson will find an interest
Ing story in book called seven Ro.
man Statesmen" page 40. about Ro
man person WHO made considerabl,
noise in his day--who left mo one il
doubt as 10 his Intentions" who's,
route was laid. whose plans were sci
whose terms were. writ, and who's,
timetables had their exits ana en-
trance lifted 10 the prearranged lin
of travel"; and the chronicler writes:
Thus miserably perlshed a youni
X, man of excellent intentions and per
feet honesty. who thought himsel
destined 70 be the regenerator O
Rome. and merely succeeded in launch
y ing the State upon hundred years c
bitter civil strife, No man is lit 10
party leader who combines an ENC
tional temperament an impatience
opposition and complete inability I
look al contested questions from hi
opponents point OF view. as we'll {
his own
We do not believe the Colonel ca
DO 1t: but the great old Kentuckia
has raised the alarm. and IT viii NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09

Have the health officers of Richmond
the least notion of ever regulating the
cartlng OF garbage through the streets
OF this town in uncovered wagons and
carts? DO they think that this Is the
right way to do 1t? Have they no
noses of their own? Have they no
regard for the noses OF others? Or do
they like the smell?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09

1t IS now reported from Elkins, W,
va, that Miss Katherine will not mars
nv the Duke of Abruzzi in February.
or at any other time. This is interest
ing, If true but how will the New
York Times account for the fact that
the lady always places the Dukes
photograph on her dressing table
wherever she stops?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-09

Yesterday was typical Virginia
day, cool In tho morning, warm at
noon and sweet as u maiden's prayer
In tho evening.