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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
THE RIVER BATHER.

We are sure that thrill of sympathy felt
by every one who read of their misfortune for
those boys who, in natures garb, were recently
arrested by the police for swimming in the
James River, off city dock.
There are many men of many minds, who go
to make city. There are many women as
Ivariably inclined. Modesty, also, is of pecu-
liar manifestation. It is necessary that to pre-
ent abuses, many ordinances be made which in
particular application are hardships. The equal
iity OF the law must be preserved, even when it
makes q criminal of the youngster who, on hot
day, leaves his clothes in pile upon the bank
and cleaves the tide of the river head-frst, like
ia bul-frog. There are always persons eagle
eyed in their hunt for shocks, and on their
complaint the fourteen year old boys who have
been thinking of nothing except cooling their
bodies and exercising their limbs in a healthful
sport become instantly public malefactors against
good taste.
AS matter of fact, there is nothing quite so
modest-or rather, nothing quite so devoid of
thought of immodesty-as a naked boy in swim
ming. In the beautiful chastity of nature, he
il unconscious of himself and really molten
sive to others. The sight of him, clean limbed
spindle shanked supple and willowy, is glad
poem of the summer.
When, however, some outraged witness of his
sport invests him out of his own uncleanliness
of mind with uncleanliness; when he makes
his modesty immodest through the power of his
own pruriency the police must act. 1t is the
penalty which the boy must pay to the prudery
of conscious salacity
Until this complaint is made, however, here
is one misdemeanor in failing to see which the
"shuteye sentry of the law will gain for his
blindness public sympathy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
"ROADs WITHOUT MONEY.

Every now and then we notice in some exchange
m article headed Roads Without Money
The country, especially Virginia, needs good
roads.
But to ger them without money is-no way
10 get them.
The fiattering JUNCTION of something for moth
ing Is here as elsewhere, fruit of disappoint-
ment.
There is way to get good roads, or good
anything else That is to pay for them. Moth
Ing Is bought without price. No price is paid
without sacrifice. The equation of value itself
/ IS cost.
" There may be some Utopian plan by which
Tro&ds are supposed 10 be built without money.
SVn do not know, because the subject held no
interest for us beyond the heading For there
is this that makes the sacrifice essential to pur-
<&ase worth while, that what is gained without
Ailort Is worthless. Use follows upon work, pleas
Nd upon toll. A gift to competency is no less
Nm robbery of its heritage.
The roads that may be "built without money
NM be poor roads. They will be roads that will
n u neglected They viii be roads which no one
I'M appreciate, even if they are worth while,
Y \ hich they will not be. They WILL in fact, be
] - than bad roads For roads without money
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21

shot, square into the center OF the hook. icy
they were few and far between which found q
billet Of result.
Coming into well.plowed legislative held,
Mr.. Taft also commenced industriously to SOW
the seeds of measures, many Of which have not
terminated at all, while others sprouteo INTO
strange and alien plants.
The last eight years have not done mncn 10
ward creating in the Presidency dictator
ship of legislation, however far legislation may
have gone toward making dictator OF the Pres'
ident. 1t is a strange development that, WIN
the trend toward greater power IN the hands OF
the Executive, there should have been lost the
respect once accorded to Executive recommends
TONS
In the case of Mr. Roosevelt, it could be
claimed with a show of reason that MY poi
icies" were defeated by a coalition OF pernclous
influences within the corrupt party OF which ne
was the one supposedly moral star; in the case OF
Mr.. Taft, it happens that his recommendations
have been subject to revision at the hands OF
Democrats and Insurgents, so that they are I'M
recognizable.
1t is, therefore true that more has been done
in year and half Of Taft than was accom-
plished in seven years Of Roosevelt. But 1t Is
also true that, having been forced to yield in
the matter of tariff revision to the hurttul in
Huences within his party, Mr.. Taft made the
tactical mistake of thereafter listening to the In
terests which had overcome his better purposes,
only to find the power of Congress changed for
the better and himself alinged with not only the
worse but the losing element. Mr.. Taft's boast
of the policies he has carried out is, there
fore, heterogeneous. He has recommended al
most as much and accomplished not appreciaby
more than Roosevelt.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21

stand as deterrents of roads which cost money
They interpose their mediocrity as bar. They
drag on progress. They deny the hope OF good
with milk and water, or clay and water, COM
promise.
The way to good roads Ia for the people to want
to buy them; for the people to want them so
badly that they win buy them. For them to
want the best SO badly that they will not haggle
over the price. mot how cheap, but how good
"a good trade maxim-holds doubly good in the
case of roads. The road lie thing In which
every man has sense of proprietorship. 1t
is good for his self-respect and for his exercise
of the duty of decent citizenship to see it in
dicated in dollars and cents on his annual tax
bill II invests him with tangible interest and
tangible sense of responsibility in the govern
ment in which he participates. 1t is worth
while, and will be made to bring its proper re-
turns, because it has been paid for, because it
costs money, because it is an investment.
We want 10 see hundreds of miles of good
roads in Virginia We want to see them cost
millions of dollars. We want none of them with
out price
Let these economic editions OF Mulberry
Sellers shut up on their prattle of "Roods With
out Money. We want roads that are worth
what is paid for them-and we want the best.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21

crnn,ent as "plutocratic plan for keeping the
plutocrats in power. Neither plutocrats nor
socialists seem to realize that tha5r political
tenets are one and the same.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
POLICIES MADE sHIPWRECK.

Roosevelt in seven years and Taft in year
and half recommended much and did little
"My policies" were as the sands of the sea for
number. They were discharged like load of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
Turned Out as Predicted,
Raistnr peanuts.

The editor OF the Catawba County News says that
on recent visit to Northampton county he found
instead Of cotton. which formerly the prin-
cpal crop there. the people raise peanuts and make
from 500 to 5000 an acre. A machine to thresh
the peanuts from the vines has greatly reduced the
cost Of the crop. Like many other counties In the
East Northampton has lost millions In the sale Of
and bought tho finest timber at cents acre.
although In many instances the timber worth 10
the company $1,000 Thus all North Caro-
lima has thrown away immense natural resources
Lexington Dspatch
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21

A belated evidence Of the Roosevelt example
upon the world at large is the introduction OF
the Ground Robin" form Of protest into the
Chinese University at Pekin.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
THE WHITEWASHED MAN.

The news is that the report of the Ballinger
committee is to be filed this week, although it will
not be submitted to Congress at this session.
For the sake of the effect on the campaign
however, the report will be published by the com
mittee in violation Of the precedent which has
made publication of findings follow their deliv-
cry to the body creating the board of inquiry
Needless to say, the farce will be carried out.
Balinger will be white-washed by the vote which
has all along been discounted. The committee
will act as it was picked to act-seven votes in
favor of, five against Ballinger.
Disgraceful as this course is, it will, as mark
ing the end of nausens scandal, be grateful to
the country. Farcica in itself, the report will be
impotent in effect. Not even the most credu-
lous can be influenced by a preconcerted YER
dict. Ballinger has been tried before the people.
Guilty or not, he is no longer desired by the
people.
The outcome will, let us hope be the resigna-
tion of Ballinger. He would not 'retire under
fire." Although still recognizable under the
coat, let trust that his sensbilities will per
NIT him to leave the government service in the
fond delusion that the whitewash renders the
man invisible.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
Henry Countv Road Prorre~s.

The board of supervisors Monday, in the handling
Of the Jail and the macadam road propositions estao
lished itself conservative body of good business
New bids modified plans. for the jail con-
struction and the appropriation of the $4,000 avail
able for the Mulberry hill macadam. were strictly
business-The Henry Bulletin.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21

Governor Hughes will evidently have to be
choked off the governorship.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
Needs a TYpexrtter or phonogrnph.

The Richmond virginian. probably well acquainted
with the mental peculiartties and processes OF ex-
Governor Glenn imputes that statesman and orator
the habit of denial and says The truth probably
ID that the ex-governor does not know what he says
he has said This a pretty severe. al
a savage arragnment of this distinguished gem
tleman, and would hardly be made without suffcienf
reason II we'll grounded 1t Is unfortunate for the
governor that he persistently projects ninseiI
into the melght OF publicity and talks In 30 many
places g many subjects. To avoid the habit OF
denial. he would do well to prepare his speeches ano
interviews and that they printed as he writes
MISUNDERSTANDING Index-Appeal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21

Mayor Seidel, socialist, of Milwaukee, de-
nounoa the commission form of municipal gov
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
Virginia Comment
The Anti-Cusstng Law.

Virgnia's anti-cussng law went into effect yester-
day. The man who finds 1t dficut to keep out OF the
clutches OF the law in Virginia. the bill prohibiting
cursing at the last session OF tho general assembly
won't into effect at midnight Wednesday night The
bill is brief but Enthusiastically clear. for 1t
II any person shall. in the presence or hearing OF
another, curse or abuse another person or use any
violently abusive language such person concerning
himself relatives under circumstances reason
ably calculated to provoke breach Of the peace. he
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and conviction
shall fined not less than $3.50 than $500.
-Alexandria Gazette
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
A "Has-Been" Comes Again.

We have never had a great deal of admiration for
Mr. Spencer Blackburn, but Ii cannot be denied that
in the possession of recuperatve powers he has most
any of the politicians beaten. He has been down
and out" politically four five times, but he has
generally managed to emerge from the gloom after
while with fat Office OF some kind All of which
s apropos of the announcement that he has just
been appointed collector of internal revenue for the
Eastern district OF Oklahoma-fwin City Sentinel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21

Mrs. Longworth scandalized the ship by smok-
ing cigarette in public The suffragettes on
board were delighted that she should act '.just
like man.. We would venture, however, that
she does not know either how TO inhale or to
blow smoke through her nose A woman who
smokes is in the same case with the stage lady
who, masquerading in a male part, attempts to
Indicate her masculinity by sitting across chair
and holding on the back-a thing that. man
never docs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-21
HOW to Catch yellow Jackets

Mr.. Wade Bvens. the young bechelor member o
the Marshvlle Furniture Company Ia not much ii
the courtin business but he knows how to catch vel
low jackets. His directions to place jug o
bottle about half hned with water by the nest, &c
q pole and etir up the camp which win tn
enemy to so into the trap. Then you have nothing
10 but walk up and thrust cork into the bottl
jug mouth and quietly retreat--Our Home
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-05
/ HI EAT TIERS

ORPHEUM-Manager Muller can
well be proud of his double head
line bill at the Orpheum this week.
Charles the First, the famous man
monkey, is one of the big drawing
cards, while Edward Abeles and
company, in the strong pantomime
sketch, Self Defense" is the other.
The monkey does a host of remark
able feats, including trick bicycle
riding, roller skating, smokes cigar.
cts and finally disrobes and goes
to bed.
WAsHINGToN-At the Washing
ton this week Calvert Dean and
Lota Price, in their little college
playlet, "a Pleasant Mistake" have
one Of the most entertaining of
features. The playlet is presented
in most charming manner by
these two clever people and the
stage setting is particularly pretty,
representing the room of a colle~e
student most attractively furnished.
PANTAGEs-Billy Link, that
famous blackface comedian, is GER
tainly entertaining the Pantages au-
dience in grand style this week,
from the time Billy springs that
contagious laugh till the curtain
comes down he certainly has them
going and that Is doing something
here in Spokane, where vaudeville
is so plentiful.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-05
G O N TIN u F. D
r o
p A @ F. O N F.
T. r. AT CHRISTIANIA

states, offers certain analogies to
what should be striven for in Or
der to secure through The Hague
courts and conferences, a species
of world federation for information
al peace and justice.
1.-THE methods adopted in the
American constitution to prevent
hostilities between the states and
to secure the supremacy of the fed
eral court in certain classes of
cases are we'll worth the study of
those who seek at The Hague to
obtain the same results on a world
scale"
The right kind of fighting held as
much place in the address of Col
onel Roosevelt as did the right kind
of peace making.
There are some kinds of peace
that Roosevelt doesn't like, and he
told the committee so.
Peace is generally good in It.
SELF" he said, "but it is never the
highest good unless it comes as the
handmade of righteousness; and 1t
becomes an evil thing if it serves
merely as a mask for cowardice
and sloth, or as an instrument to
further the ends of despotism or an
archy.
1--WE despise and abhor the bully,
the brawler and the oppressor,
whether in private or public life;
and we despise no less the coward
and tho volunf,iarv
mo man is worth calling man
who will not fight rather than SUBJ
NIT to infamy or see those that are
dear to him suffer wrong. No nation
deserves to exist If 1t permits itself
to lose the stern and virile virtues;
and this without regard to whether
the loss is due to the growth of a
heartless and all absorbing CONNER
cialism, to prolonged indulgence in
luxury and soft, effortless ease, or
to the deification of warped and
twisted sentimentality.
81 feel that | have the right to
have my words taken seriously
when point out where, in my judg-
ment. great advance can be made
in the cause of international peace.
First of all, there can be treaties
of arbitration. There are, of course,
states so backward that a civilized
nation ought not to enter into an
arbitration treaty with them, at
least until we have gone much fur
them in securing some kind Of in
ternational police action. But all
really civilized communities should
have effective arbitration treaties
among themselves. l believe that
these treaties can cover almost all
questions liable to arise between
such nations, if they are drawn with
the explicit agreement that each
contracting party will respect the
others territory and its absolute
sovereignty within that territory
and the equally explicit agreement
that (aside from the very rare cases
where the nations honor is vitality
concerned) all other possible sub
jects of controversy will be submit
ted to arbitration"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-05
MORE ABOUT ION,
THE OMNlPOTENT''
(ey United Press Leased Wire,

10y United Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, May 5.-Several of
the participants in the so-called
Hindu mystic performances that
took place in the house at West
Seventy-fourth street, which was
raided by police Tuesday, came
from the Pacific coast.
The fakir who conducted the
pNfe and who is known as "Om, the
Omhipotent," operated in Seattle
before coming to New York. His
chief assistant, who is called Kay"
and whose real name is said to be
A. w. Kellogg, worked with "Om''
at Seattle. Mrs. Mary P. Miller, an
actress. who came here from Ia
coma to rescue her sister, Gertrude
Leo, and who caused the police
raid, says that Kay" was known by
various names on the Pacific coast,
having called himself Albert Scho-
enaerott in Seattle, Bradshaw in
SAM Fancisco and Claiming in
Portland
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-05
OTIS SKINNER TOMORROW
NIGHT AT AUDITORIUM

Otis Skinner, who stands today in
the front rank of the best American
actors, did not gain this position by
any caprice on the part of the pub
lie. His talents have been put to a
severe test in numerous classic and
romantic roles demanding the very
highest order of talent. Mr.. Skin
ner may be said to have attained
the highest rung Of the histrionic
ladder.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-05
HERE IS BLANK FOR MAIL ORDER
APPLICATION
P. G. LAvEY & COMPANY, Incorporated.

.191O
Gentlemen hereby accept your offer of three lots for
5000 under contract and desire to purchase ....
contracts enclose herewith Observation-Disclosures.
as first payment.
make this application with the distinct understanding
that balance to be paid the rate of ST per week. SIS
per month"; on the three lots and that upon final payment
am to receive three Warranty Deeds One deed for lot
Worden, Oegon deed for lot in Dorris California
and one deed for lot in Mount Hebron California fur
Their understand that pay the balance due before thirty
days am to receive per cent discount that if erect
suitable building for residence business on either of
these lots am to receive cent bonus is start
ed within ninety days That this application coupon is
to give me credit of $25 purchase price
Fill out, write name and address plainly and enclose
check draft or money order to p. G. Lavey Company
2O7-8 Rookery Building, Spokane Wash.
NAME ............ .................
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-05
GoRED TO DEATH BY A BULL
NV United Press Leased Wire.)

w 0TV1Su SoS
EVERETT, Wash, May g.
George Jones, an old man of North
Edmonds, was gored to death In a
pasture near his home by bull to-
day. He was leading the bull to
water. Several neighbors saw the
accident and attempted to rescue
him but were unable to do so.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-05
WA SHINGTON
w THEATER ~

HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE
Week Commencing Sunday Matinee
May /, 1910
The Most Distinguished Feature
of Modern Vaudeville"
WILL J. O'HEARN
and Company
In His Own Beautiful Irish Playlet
"a Romance OF Killarney"
"Equilibristic Wonders"
STRENGTH BROTHERS
In Marvellous Muscular
Accomplishments
"The Varsity Duo"
Calvert-DEAN b PRICE-Leta
Presenting
"a Pleasant Mistake"
versatility to It's Highest Decree"
TH1 HOLDSw0RTHs
Singers. Dancers and Wizards OF the
Banjo
The Country Kids"
Winie-SOLA1 D RO0ERS-Evelyn
Songs, Dances and Witticisms
The Mirthful Songster
SMITH O'BRIEN
NEW MOVING FIcTuaEs
Matinee daily at ESQ. Two shows
every evening at 1880 and 3. Prices
15c and csc.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-06-02
Jan f. HOSTEL.

Brzy Sc nam dostavf jarni bou-
r. ktere nadelaii kazdy rok mno-
no skody. Blesk nesetfi ami obyd
Ii ami zivota, Bile vsude stejne.
Jen tenkrat je Glovek staveni v
bezpecf kdyz je toto opatfeno spo-
lehlivym bleskosvodem jake je
ShinnsIv. Jsou mnohe spatne
bleskosvody ma kter6 Sc mnozf Ii
de dali lapit, ponevac ,jsou neco
lacinejsf, avsak takov1 bleskosvod
jest horst nezli zadny. Mnozi Ii
de nevefi Re by bleskosvod chra-
nil protoze byli napaleni spatny-
nymi. ShlmsGv bleskosvod je "a
ruGen Re chrani kazde staveni pred
bleskem. ia jsem jednatelem pro
tyto dam 81 zvlaste zalezet ma
pfipevnenf tehoz Ike stavbe nebot
ma tom nejvice zalezf. Re bleskos
vod chranf vysvita z toho Re pojis-
tujicf spolecnosti We vychodnfch
statech pojisti budovy ktere jsou
opatfeny bleskosvodem mnohem
lacineji nezli ty ktere nejsou. Ny
nj je neilepsi doba.
Josef Skorpfk, Tabor, S. D.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-06-02

v cele delegate Spinka, avsal
vzdor tomu jsem zfskal tfi dals
delegaty pro Burleigho.
Jednoho dine Pap" Sc fadni
'nastfikl" nemaje ma koho by
stfilel, obratil zbrah proti sobe 9
vehnal 81 dive kule do hlavy a pfec
nezemfel. Byl ma to odvezen dc
Yankton "a pet tydnh Sc vratiI
domu dplne zdrav. Jak mohl II
ii S prostfelenou hlavou bylo ha.
dankou lekafim: Ptal jsem Sc je.
proc Sc strelil odpovedel 1sme
VEN Re "jeho srdce je spatne.
Nebylo misto We Spoj. Statecf
kde by Sc nalezal takovy pocet
zbojnfkd v 1870 jake ma vychod
MIN pobfezf feky Missouri pc 2OC
mil ma sever. zadny belocha ne
byl tam 70 zdravotnfch ohledu g
zadny 1fednik zakona NEIL dosti
dlouho by nektereho z Mich zatkl.
Kazdy muz byl ozbrojen a hotov
Sc zbranf kazdy Gas a nektefi oh.
zvlaste zlf desperate nahle zmizeli,
pfec pomer mezi Benettem a Nc
Kayem zdstal neruseny, ponevat
jeden druhemu nevidel zada ma
dostfel. Bennett byl jeden z me-
horsfch a brzy ma to byl vypuzen
teto krajiny a pfisel k zabiti We
statu Wyoming.
Reno Papaneadv," jak BY
zndm byl sfdlem vsech, a nejdivo.
ceisf orgie Sc v mem provadely.
Cizinci nebyli obtezovani Caste 9
zffdka pfisli zivot nebo byli O.
loupeni. Desperate jen mezi Sc.
bou Sc vybfjeli. Sc mnou dobfe
zachazeli a nikdy mi nedovolili pls
tit fad.
Nebylo horsiho hnizda ma fece
Missouri cd Yankton az k Fort
Benton, Mont, a strzenf stare te
to dudovy zavira kapftolu pomez
nj historic ktera nikdy nebude &
nemlze byti opakovana zde ami '
line zemi ma sv9te.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-06-02
NOVinky cd Utica.

Prave jsem namazal muj auto
mobil a jedu chytat zpravy po-
fadnou tyekou a velkou udicf.
Sotva jsem Sc uhnul ma cestu pro-
ii G. Celmrovi, vidfm proti sobe
uhanet kobylo, mobil patriot Ad-
Peterky. Proc Sc jeho, jinak krot-
Ike "ctvernohe cylindry" splasili,
Sc urcits newt, ale hada Sc. Re A
dolf, ktery v tn dobu rybafil v
rybniku Jamborove. nepfedloze.
nosti dial obrovskeho kappa do vo-
zu q ten zacal ohonem mrskat ia
ko Halleyova kometa az Sicily "a