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Evening journal., 1910-11-01
QUERIES ANSWERED

Sporting Editor THE JOURNAL
How many city squares are there to
a mile? n. V. X.
II would depend upon the length-of
each square Some contend that 10
squares make mile, while others
say Is.
M. j. O." is informed that in the
questions asked he can throw of. ."
the jack of diamonds need not be play
ed
Sporting Editor THE JOURNAL.
Kindly suggest few names for
/ basketball team. e. r. T.
How are Sure Shots and Romans?
Sporting Editor THE JOURNAL
On a play I'm which after making a
clean single to right the batter is
thrown out az first by quick fielding
on the part of the righthelder, is a base
hit credited the batter, or are the field
ers given an assist and put out
p. NJ. Y.
An assist and put out.
Sporting Editor THE JOURNAL.
What pugilistic championships have
been held by negroes?
George Dixon, featherweight; Joe"
Cans. lightweight Joe" Walcott
welterweight, and Jack" johnson
heavyweight.
Evening journal., 1910-11-01
eN HoL MER H

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-If the plans
of the promoters do not fail profess
sional foot racing will receive a big
boom this winter. Many races are
scheduled, and more are to come. Re-
Gently a new national professional
foot running circuit was formed. The
new athletic organization is called the
Cash Prize League. The object Jf
the league is to revive professional
athletics in this country. While re-
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eGsE7NaERol9 q 81 YVES ~

ada and France. The cracks entered
in the race are Holmer and Queal,
Ljungstrom and Svanberg, st. Yves
and Larque, Meadows and Woods,
Kolhemainen and Nieminen and Ma
lori and Vanbro. The Holmer-Queal
and Ljungstrom-Svanbe teams are
favorites for the race. Henri St.
Yves, the French Marathoner, also has
many followers, although his team
mate is making his initial start as a
professional.
Evening journal., 1910-11-01

viving that game, it is hoped that the
movement will at the same time tend
to purify the amateur ranks. The
promoters expects to have all the
crack runners of America and Europe
tofcompete on the circuit. The first
big contest of the season will be a
twenty mile international team race
to be held in Madison Square Garden
November 4. The event will bring to-
gether crack runners representing
America, Sweden. Italy, Finland, Can
Evening journal., 1910-11-01
DRAW CURTAIN
AT RISING SUN

Rising Sun, Md, Nov. 1.-On ac-
count of the cold weather the at
tendance at the last matinee of the
season at Jackson's Park, by the Jack
sons Park Driving Association, was
than usual. The keen wealth
er put spirit and animation in the per-
formers
Evening journal., 1910-11-01
NOTES OF BASEBALL

One hundred and ffty-four games
for National League next season.
The American League made more
money in the past season than the Ma
tional League. No major team lost
any money.
The best pitchers in the American
League were Jack Coombs and Russ
Ford.
Ed Sweeney, the ex-cracker, was
considered the best backstop in the
American League
Jake Daubert, ex-Southern Leagu-
er, has been the best first sacker this
year. Other players who did brilliant
work were Eddie Collins, Baker, Dan
iels of the Yanks, Devore of the
Giants, Lewis of the Red Sox and
zeider of the White Sox.
Players who "came back" in the past
season were Johnny King and Char
ley Hemphill.
Joe Kelley has signed a contract
60 manage the Taronto Club next sea.
son.
Arlie Latham has been released b,
the New York Giants. Latham IL
about 90 years of age.
NJ. Brown has recently celebrated
his thirty-fourth birthday.
The Reds made rs hits in the re-
cent post-season games and Cleye-
land n.
Earl Mack. son of Connie Mack
signed a contract with the Scranton
Club. of the New York State League,
for 1911.
Tom Hughes. who pitched for Min
neapolis this year, is the only living
ball player who was ever traded for
himself Washington let him go ia
/ Minneapolis for the pick OF that team
at the close of the season. and they
took him back as the best pick.
Hammond Reynolds, of the Mil
waukee Club. has signed a contract
with the White SoX for 1911.
An offer OF $1,000 has been made
for the Lynn Club, Of the New Eng
land League
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Evening journal., 1910-11-01

Hammond Reynolds, of the Mil
waukee Club. has signed a contract
with the White SOx for 1911.
Evening journal., 1910-11-01

Washington is sll mixed up I'm a
proposed trade with the Athletics.
Connie Mack is supposed to be sweet
Evening journal., 1910-11-01

Earl Mack. son of Connie Mack
signed a contract with the Scranton
Club. of the New York State League,
for 1911.
Evening journal., 1910-11-01

An offer OF 1000 has been made
for the Lynn Club, Of the New Eng
land League.
Evening journal., 1910-11-01

The Reds made 7S hits in the re-
cent post-season games and Cleye-
land n.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08
Causes OF Secession.
1. Please give me the causes OF So

cession.
2. Was 1t justinable? A READER.
1. YOU must distinguish between
the real cause Of secession and the
incident which led to secession. or
causes there was really but one--n
Fundamental misunderstanding as to
the nature Of the FEDERAL Union. Tho
North, after about 1890. held that the
Union of tho States was q nation. and
that the Federal government was su-
preme. Northern leaders said that
while tho States had certain rights
granted by the Constitution, yet these
rights were secondary to the rights
of the Federal government This view
was first fully cxpounded by Daniel
debate on the Foote resolution. which
you will find mentioned in any history.
Webster said that originally the States
were Independent and sovereign. but
i that after the adoption OF tho Consti-
tuition the States became q nation. and
! the nation was above tho States. The
South held precisely the opposite WOW
which was best expounded by John
IC. Calhoun, OF South Carolina Ac.
J cording to this view the United States
government was government OF emu.
marated powers only. 1t had no right.
other than those delegated to 1t by the
States, or the people of tho States. a.
the time the Constitution was adopted
The States. according to this view
had not given up their sovereignty. an,
In consequence had the right to regu
late their own conduct and to do a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08
K,o,y. An Family Secrets.

Ambassador Szoegyeny-Marfch, who
has Just been created count by MS
sovereign. Emperor Francis Joseph. mas
represented the latter at Berlin tor
the last eighteen years, and Is, OF a..
the foreign diplomats at the kaiseT
capital. the one who Is on terms OF the
closest Intimacy with him.
There is probably no member OF
Austria's diplomatic service who is 20
such an extent initiated into all the
family secrets OF the historic House o
| Hapsburg as Count Szoegyeny-M M, Ma .
| rich, and it may be remembered ina
he was not only the closest personal
! friend OF Crown Prince Rudo1, pu.
also the executor of his Will Whlch
| that dictated prince had contided1. !, 70 s.
| him some months before his shockih /, :
| death. It was to him. too. that sns :,
| crown prince addressed one OF me ipu -,
| letters which he wrote at MeyeIlLi.n = !,
on the night OF his death ana wh i., !,
were found OH the following morn ~, =
on the table beside his corpse. ~. -!
other letters were addressed to tn IN.
Duke Of Braganza, father of that Don
Miguel who married MISS Anita STEW
art, to tho Emperor and TO the En-.
i press, The letter to Szoegyeny,, H., w" =,
Visions of the Department OF to ORE. - !.
Y Affairs. and second Under Secre,tthirS % O.
State. contained directions WIN ~ ne
gard to the disposition of some con
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08

dan world will have been awakened
and new epoch in the religion OF the
will have been marked.
This is not Improbable AL the
great moral movements of tho world
have followed great revivals OF reli'
gion in tho hearts of tho people. Inc
preaching of Peter tho Hermit aroused
all Chrlstendom and led to the First
Crusade while bernard of ClairvauX
induced thousands OF knights to take
the cross and to press forward In the
same cause. st. Francis Of Assist
brought about one of tho greatest moral
movements .of all time and founded Il
wonderful Order by his impassioned
preaching in Italy. In the same way
there was n revival Of religion at the
time Of the Reformation and the voice
which bado Martin Luther remember
that the gust shall 1.-Two by faith
spoke tho same message to thousands
of men in every country OF Western
| Europe At a later time the preaching
| of the Wesleys in England led to TIL,
great revival which contributed per
hars more than anything else to TIL
Industrial Revolution in England ap
to the Reawakening OF the Estab1ishe
Church. If tho prophets OF the pres
cnt revival can do as much for thei
people they will deserve the thanks Q
tho whole world for leading men t
better lives and q nation to ne,
] achievements.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08
COOP LUCK TO snArEn.

w. L. Shafer, Of the Roanoke Even
ing World has resigned from that pa
per to become secretary of the Roam
oke Chamber of Commerce. This is a.
good thing for the Roanoke business
men and 1t may be a good thing for
Shafer, but 1t Is n little hard on the
Roanoke Evening World. Shafer will
and no will doubtless push Roanoke's
interests most successfully. but he will
certainly he missed from the columns
OF the World.
shafer came to Virginia from Penn
sylvania and he had his newspaper
training on some OF the Pittsburs pa
pers. IIo was we'll equipped as
newspaper man, but when he came to
Roanoke he went to work assiduously
to learn local conditions and to Ia
niliarize himself as a citizen with the
| pa rticular problems of his town. He
| did not waste time over small mat
! ters and no used the editorial
columns of the World for the discus
! sion OF large ana vital questiohs. ~
1 did not handy words with his contem
poraries and did not thrash over chat
/ after the wheat had been winnoweo
fIe~went to work to boost Roanoke
and he did 1T well. Believing tina
commission government was a goo
thing for Virginia. he sought to secur
it, and no man in Virginia Journalist
fought harder for improved municipa
rule than did he. We wish him wei
in his new field of labors. and "
trust that If he may not fight his bat
ties in the newspaper he may not b
less successful in lighting them as tn
secretary of the fourishing Roahok
CHAMBER of Commerce.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08

AFRO not her own; forgetting self, she
lives for others. and is glorifcd.
TO her the son can turn, be he we
or be he clean. and can find comfort
weary with the toll Of life and worn
by Its battles. SCARED by its conflicts
and torn by It's strife. no feels that his
mothers love is strong and his moth
er.s faith Is true. In this assurance ne
bows low in pcnitence before his noun
or and kneels at the pure altar OF
her love. She will always sustain; she
will always cheer; she Will never
doubt, she will never forsake Through
the years her love is unchanged anu
through eternity her soul lives With
Cod
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08
Recent sensational Duel.

Although there have been several
sensational duels within the past few
tor of the leading newspaper killed the
president of the provincial Council;
two at Rome, in which the Espuoiican
deputy, Chiesa. was compeiled 10 ae
to two whitc-haired generals, veterans
OF the War of 1860: and at Nice. where
one OF the principals was one OF inc
most eminent scientists In France IT
just wha, the international Anst,Duei
/ ing League, Of which Prince Alf9nso
of Bourbon brother of the late pon
| Carlos IS president. has accomplished:
spain voted a law strictly prohibiting
/ duels. and rendering the principals ana
their seconds crtminelly ac acc uasn1ts
!, Austria. Hungary. Italy and Ron<
| mania have followed the example OF
Germany. and by royal decree have
fighting OF any duel which has not
! preyiously received the sanction OF
i what is known as court or Jury OIL
honor.
4 Introducing this system OF courts OF
j honor. 1t is because the dusls tnsre
! are so very rarely attended BY serious
!. consequences in fact, duel such a.
: that which has Just taken place at AL
giers is most exceptional, and as
| general rule these encounters IN fra nee
are so innocuous as TO pc resarueu i.ut :
i ly with ridicule as sources or "a, anus - e.
, ment, and as means OF obtaining Ii'o :
lmentary newspaper notorleIy ~ IL I.
3 only fair to add that any fatality ! y, 3
r visited with most severe consequences ~, =,
on the surviving adyersa arTer Vino impris IS
: onment. but is liable in heavy clvil
E damage to the relatives Of the man ,a,,
Whom he has killed or 2eo m1etal y pro-
J,ida for The welfare of the widow and
o ofae the tot children lid as long as he lives
Q This naturally Is calculated to cause !.
man to be very s eaEelel n 10 upor
q his Fellow combatant
= Aicopyright, 1910, by the BRENTWOOD
Compnny.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08
n1orHERs, DAY.

,r+t. {, Mathers' Day, and 1t will be
,,sa-yed nv thousands and hundreds OF
.housands OF men all over the country.
r,verv man who loves his mother or re-
,reres her memory is asked 10 wear
/, ,vhite flower. If he be away from
nome he should write his mother let
ner-a letter full of love and tenderness
t1f she be dead he should do some act
tnf Kindness in his mothers name or
tshould visit her grave,
This is simple custom, senti-
mental custom. but 1t is beautiful. me
,,nan who does not love his mother or
reverence her meory is not worthy 10
live or fit to die, and the man whose
near; does not glow with tenderness at
1he thought of his mother is a disgrace
10 his race. In a busy world of work
and worry there is little time for SEN
ts,nent and little time for remem-
erance, but every worthy man always
pauses, smiles in tenderness and wakes
soft at heart when he remembers his
mother To the rest of the world HI
may be hard Or cold; he may lack sen
timent; he may be austere; hu, whei
the flood gates Of memory arc unlocked
and the great seas OF recollection swell
up, every man thinks OF his mother
and so thinking is the better man.
No man can write OF his mother. lon
dead and buried. or speak of his mothe
but that he trembles at every wore
There is something sacred about he
memory. something pure and nnseihs
about her life, something radiant abol
her love that makes one ashamed {
his own shortcomings, vet happy !
the remembrance OF her life and lov
All that God gives 10 man of llimsel
all that is beautiful, all that is tru
cItngs ahsut ones mother The res
of the world may be selfish and u
rest Of the world may sin. but she I
ali unselish and she is all parity, lie
1fs Ia not for herself. her thought
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less love be employed, till the destined
purposes OF love be accomplished. the
judgment past, and the mediatorinl
kingdom ended; and God shall be all
In ALL"
q! What blessed consultations spring
from tho knowledge OF that interces-
sion! without 1t what hope could we
have, with our lukewarm repentance
imperfect, lifc1css prayers. ana con-
slant bnckslidings.
No hope but in Christ! No way pu'
through Christ! But In Him and py
Him all we need, and II We DO found
in Him, n place will BIO found Tor us
among "thc many mansions; with Hin
we shall continually dwell, ana wher'
He is we shall bo also!
But. ah! what need for incessan
watchfulness. and care, and prayer 10
help. that we may walk worthy OF HI
name, and in our little circle we. ma!
lc, our light shine and glorify gu
Father which is In Heaven.
Day by day--nay. hour by hour-le
us keep that thought before US. an
strive with anxious, earnest. lovin
trust to be of the number OF those o
!. whose behalf this great intercessio
\ was offered: Father! will that the
whom Thou hast given Ne BIO with M
where am, that they may behold NJ
glory"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08

BY La 1rAnaUIsE DE FoNTENoY. /,
~ IVORCING, or rather the granting
OF divorces, continues to be roy
tries of Europe. namely. In swed-
en-, In Norway and In Denmark. whore
marriages are dissolved by royal de-
cree, bearing the signature of the
King. OF course. the case. has been
previously tried by the courts. and not
only the judicial. but likewise the
ecclesiastical authorities are supposed
about a reconciliation between the
couple. But the final decree Is signed
by the King. and what wish to en-
phasize is, that in Scandinavia, as al
so in Russia, divorce remains to all IN
tents and purposes sovereign pre-'
rogative, in which the courts merely
act in an advisory capacity, 1t is Jus,
monarchs would not have the right to
Issue a decree of divorce without any
| previous trial in the conitss On the
| other hand. the decree. like all royal
DEGREES in constitutional countries has
to he countersigned by one of the cab
met ministers, who IS responsible for
it to the national Legislature, when
may be regarded as constituting
guarantee against any arbitrary abuse
of this sovereign prerogatiye-
There is no divorce in Spain, Portu-
gal, Italy, Bavaria. or among Catho-
lies In Austria, though in all these
countries the tribunals grant judicial
| separation. It Is the same in Ireland
and Irish people who wish to have d.
vorce arr. compelled either TO estab.
slish a legal domiciIe in England. and
then to get II from the English courts
or else to secure It by means of prl'
waite act OF Parliament, which is
very costly process. .Es
In nearly all Continental countries
what is euphoniously termed "th'
statutory offense" namely, infidelity
* punished as q crime. by means o.
, F., imprisonment. This is especially th'
case in France and in Spain; and on
ly this spring two well known mem
| bers of the most aristocratlc societ.
in Madrid were sentenced to two year
E imprisonment apiece for having BEEF
found out.
In Scotland matrimonial infidelit.
l is still punishable By death. that Is I
. say, the law OF the sixteenth centut
providing this penalty has never bee
e repealed. though it is no Longer en-
c forced.
= In England alone. OF all the grea
nations OF Europe, in'idelity contiI
i ues to be regarded merely as spirit
# ual, that is to say. an ecclesiastici
!, offense. not punishable by the criminii
:. courts Moreover, England is the ON
II great nation OF the Old World whie
o does not provide for equality In COZ
nection with matrimonial affairs. re
whereas the law, which dates fro
1S57 lays down that intidelity on U
1t part of the wife is SUFFICIENT TO Oh
1 solve the marriage. cruelty or desc
:. ton. in addition TO infdelity. must
II proved where the husband is concern
t,I
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DIVORCES GRANTED
BY ROYAL DECREE

with the examination OF all his letters,
papers. correspondence and diaries.
as he aa s soaaS Sp by d.
Probably the contents of this letter
would never have become known, had
1t not been for the fact that 1t was nee.
fetal record In order TO enable him to
fulfil the wishes Of his imperial friend.
with regard TO his papers and corre-
spondence, in defiance OF the protests )
of Crown Princess Stephanie.
1t was at Emperor Williams person
al request that Szoegyeny was appoint
cd not long afterwards ambas sador a.
| cupied any other diplomatic post. The
Kaiser had been united 10 the Austrian
crown prince since early boyhood by
| ties OF the closest affection, that in
spite of all that has been said TO the
I contrary subsisted to the very last,
/ without anything occurring to ever inn
! pair their friendship Szoegyeny haG
/ been in measure party thereto, and
! was valued aud trusted By the Kaiser
/ as the confidaut of his chuin. 1t was
4 therefore only natural that after the
crown princes deaih he should wish
to have SzoegyenF at Berlin; There
the latter has occupied an altogether
L exceptional position. superior TO That
4 OF every other foreign diplomat. treat
ed rather like personal friend than
ike an bElDdhSaioFs even VI an dill.H
power. There is no doubt that his
4 presence IN Emperor Williams capita j
during the last eighteen years mas
, contributed In no small degree 10 tse
, maintenance and to the strengthening
OF the offensive and defensive union
between Germany and Austria.
!, szoegyeny Is son of the Hungarian
: Vice. Chancellor and Chief Justice
: Iladisas Won Szoegyeny, who managed
!. in spite OF the fact that lie was called
. fupon to preside AT the trial OF the
: Magyar patriot kossuth for high trea
!. son, after the rebellion of 1888, TO re-
I tain the good viii OF his fellow Hun
!, I garianS
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.noME, SWEET HOME" IN PRISON.

w 4
Geraldine Farrar is fine woman as
we'll as a fine singer. and her heare -
as big as her voice. She has shoWea
this many times, and never more 'nii
when sho sang before the conVlcts OIL
tho Federal Prison at Atlanta HOW
she happened to be in Atlanta VIII al
ways be a mystery, because nooouS
goes TO that town who can IN any
manner stay away. But somehow ~
appears. the Metropolitan Opera Com
many was inveigled into visiting At
lanta, and of course took Miss Farrar
with the other singers. Wh!le there'
in the goodness of her heart. she Went
to the prison TO sing for the untoftu-
nate men in confinement. She had All
the prisoners assembled in the hall ana
sang to them scores OF old-fashioned
songs that went straight to their
hearts.
This was very good of her. and IT
proved. as we have said. how sener-
GUS her instincts are; but 1t Is nara
to imagine anything more cruel than
tho final song that she sang the pris-
oners. After she had gone through
i her repertoire of familiar songs, after
she had sung the ballads OF bSsone
days, and after she had stirred up the
: nres of memory in the heart of every
e man. she finished her concert by sing
e ing "fIome. Sweet Home"
Il
Iy sobbed. Hardened criminals who hao
w murdered men or forged or stoler
hit wept like children when they hear;
y that song. Those who had never heel
q touched by anything that had hap
I'm pened in the prison wept like homes1c
Id children. Only one man In all tn
prison had dry eyes when the gref
r. soprano finished, and her voice, in II
d. last measure of the song, was all b
ry drowned In the sobbing of the m
Ie who listened to her
mt But 1t was a little too much even
as criminals. While she sang no one C
It's tell what visions came before the ey
of of the men, and no mortal knows whe
al their memory wandered 10 theIn l
lat thought of home was bitter and t
act tho recollection of home was sad
an was like tearing the sod from
the grave OF beloved one and exposl
the bones of dead Joy; 1t was to bri
the to these mon more forcibly than
ess the sentences of all the judges a
ns. all the pains of solitary confinement
the misery of their estate. Men are M
cad after all, whether they wear strir
as or frock coats, and the thought
tes' home in the mind of the SHINING m
on is torture refined and misery distille'
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Do all the laundresses. or washer
women, In Richmond starch the whole
shirt. and the pocket handkerchiefs
and tho table napkins. or Is this the
habit OF those who "wuk TO de people
in da franklin Streetf Tho new CITY
Council ought to make 1t q misse-
meanor for anybody TO starch anything
but the front OF tho shirt, unless tho
cuffs arc attached. On no account
ought 1t to be lawful fer the starch 10
touch any other part of this necessary
but often tll-atting garment