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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
An Old Graft.

Two bills to reduce the mileage of congressman
to five cents mile are now pending IN Congress,
and in the interest of decency it is to be hoped
that one of them will be passed.
This ancient custom has outlived its day and
should be retired In old times when the cost of
travel was far greater than Each member OF
Congress was allowed mileage to cover his trav-
cling expenses to and from the Capital. The
journey not only expensive, but tresome and
more or less dangerous and the sum allowed was
none too great.
But conditions have entirely changed The Con
gresham travels in Pullman car and the danger
is only such is incident to travel by rail- There
fore he should not be paid more than enough to
cover his actual travelling expenses. In point OF
fact the mileage which Congressman in the far
west draw is enough to all expenses and
leave surplus, In some eases, of more than
thousand dollars But in the ease OF member
living near Washington the surplus amounts tc
only few dollars The effect of the rule, there
fore, is to make the pay of some Congressman con
siderably larger than that of others.
| The surplus is graft There is other appro
pirate name for it. The pay of congressman ha
been greatly increased and they should not re
eeive additional pay under disguised name. Mem
bers owe it to themselves and the nation to abolish
the custom. Public sentiment demands it. Tha
old graft has had its day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13

country, The total estimated value of the auto
mobiles to be manufactured in 1910 alone is 1921,
100000.
That is q great industry and it is giving employ
ment to many men in the making. in the selling
and in the running of the machines. And yet the
industry is only in it's infancy The electric storage
battery will come by and by and the demand for
motor cars will then be greater than ever, and
the machines will be less expensive both IN con-
struction and in operation.
1t is hard to see, however, how they could very
well increase the number of auto-cars now run
ming on the main thoroughfares of New York.
On Broadway and Fifth Avenue there is con-
tinuous procession of them going and coming
at all hours of the day. and it requires the services
Of policeman in addition to ones capacity for
lodging to get safely across the street IN the
rush hours. Indeed to any but New Yorker 1t
appears TO be nothing short of miraculous that
hundreds are not slain every day by the whirllng
machines.
But little old Richmond is not so far behind,
She has a pretty fair number of go-as-you-please
ears and the number is increasing daily. The sell
ing and care-taking of automobiles in Richmond
has become a considerable business in itself and
gives employment to a small army of men.
But that is not Richmond should have
one or more factories her feFtAe manufacture OF
automobiles. 1t is an ideal situation for such an
industry, both for the making and distributing
of the machines.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
State Expenses.

EE We are surprised at a statement sent out from
jackson that the aggregate appropriations already
S passed by the Legislature of Mississippi at the
present session and approved by the Governor ag
greqate 900 and that the bills yet to be pass
cd, such as support fund for the East Mississippi
4 Insane Hospital, Vcksburg and Natchez hospitals,
etc, and other imperative appropriations, will run
the total up to $7,150.00o with no increase over
last session appropriations for these institutions
But there will necessarily be some increase IN all
Of these which will make the actual total of APP
nroprations for this reason about 100000, as
against sc, 100000 last session.
II There are numerous other items which wall run
ne sum up to 81, 100000 AS the revenues of the
State are not sufficient to meet this demand a
bond issue is said to be inevitable.
8 We have been going some in Virginia, but with
y interest ON large debt to provide for and with
! INCREASING demands from almost every quarter,
1 we have not yet reached the point of issuing
bends TO pay expenses and our rate of taxation
NH very low. il the last Legislature had raised
4 lakes there would have been howl of protest and
VI III ii had been so extravagant to demand bond
Issue there would have been riot, hguratively
y speaking Virginia s system is not ideal by any
means, but the Mississippi crisis shows that we
y are not as bad off than Others
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
Carolina Comment


We have heard a good deal lately
about the investigation by Congress
of the ship subsidy lobby II appears
that there are two sides to this ques-
ton. The Pittsburg Chronicle Tele-
graph says the charge that the friends
of the sh!2 subsidy bill are guilty OF
illuminating congressman looks alb
surd on its face Congress. however,
attaches enough Importance to the
matter to make 1t the subject of an
investigation. and hence there Ia a
prospect that facts will be brought out
on both sides of the case which will
be serviceably informing to the public.
For example, one Of the offenses of
| the ship subsidy advocates consists In
the "damnable iteration" Of the claim
| that the foreign steamship companies
that monopolize the carriage of Ameri-
can mails maintain a lobby at Wash
ington and have their agents even on
the floor of Congress. The truth or
falsity OF this Indictment needs to be
ascertained In conclusive fashion,
so that, whether the American ship
ping trade Is to be cared for or not,
at least the honor OF American law
makers. II untarnished, may be duly
indicated. Meanwhile, the stubborn
ness with which all attempts to pro-
mote our shipping trade are frowned
down continues to make patriotic
Americans marvel--Charlotte Chront
Gle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
Our State
Contemporaries
Our Main Citizen.

There Is no discounting the fact
that wherever Roosevelt goes the peo-
pie of the earth sit UP and take no.
tice. One is tempted to ask what II
there about this man that makes the
negroes Of Africa, the Arabs and
Copts of Egypt and the Italian peas
ant alike feel that he Is a great man
and wish to do him honor. 1t can
not be the fact that he has recently
held high office. The cause for the
respect and admiration that men pay
him must lie in the man himself. His
enemies may belittle him, portion
OF the press may rage whenever his
name appears In its columns, but the
fact stands that Roosevelt is beloved,
admired and respected by the plain
people of the world. What Roose-
welt will do when he arrives In this
country Is not known. but the people
have such supreme confidence in him
that they will follow him. He Is hon
est, for his past shows 1t. and an
honest leader Of men never has trou-
bile to hold his Observation-Disclosures
burg Journal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
PERSONAL LETTER
|. FROM THE KAISER.
Roosevelts Urged to Become House
Guests of Emperor William
of Germany.
LEAVE PORTO MAURIZIO
Gigantic Demonstration Given in
Honor of Colonel ON His
Departure
{By Staff Correspondent of the
--r-----Tfn United Presyy 60

United Press. J-~'-'-'
PORTO MAURIZIO. April a.
Emperor William. of Germany gave
another signal demonstration to-day
of the high regard in which he holds
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in a per-
sonal letter to the colonel in which
he urges Mrs. Roosevelt and her chill
dren to be his guests at the palace
during the three days that the colonel
is entertained there next May.
+ While 1t was presumed that Mrs
Roosevelt at least would share with
her husband the hospitality of the
Kaiser. the fact that he laid aside
official red tape long enough to urge
in personal letter that the entire
family accept OF his hospitality is
considered noteworthy.
Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit left
this afternoon at 2:30 for Venice.
where they will arrive Thursday
morning, leaving twelve hours later
for Vienna Mrs Roosevelt and
Ethel will remain here until the col
onel reaches Paris. April 20, where
they will rejoin him.
The farewell accorded the Colonel
was almost as pretentious as the re-
ceptior on last Saturday evening. The
| the dead walls OF the town were re-
placed by posters bidding him fare
| we'll and wishing him a safe journey.
Good bye, Roosevelt: come back
sc.on." read many OF the posters.
In addition to this, the mayor OF
| I'orto Maurizio issued an official pro-
runciamento early in the day. setting
| forth that "our most distinguished
fellow citizen" was about to leave the
city. The document feiicitated the
| C. lionel and expressed the pleasure
and honor the city had derived from
his visit 1t called upon the citizens
to decorate the railway station with
flowers and they responded until the
little prosaic building took on the as
pet.t of bridal altar.
Tie carriage that conveyed the
Rooseveits from Miss Carew's villa to
! the railway station was pelted with
flowers all along the line. Huge bou-
quets were presented to Mrs. Roose-
lvclt and her daughter.
| All work was suspended during
the afternoon In order that every one
could have farewell look at the Col
onei Four-fifths OF the towns popu-
iation OF 5000 were at the station ard
cheered and chartered until the train
pulled out.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
A Growing Industry.

81 The Scientific American has recently published
III object lesson map showing the progress Of
The automobile industry A line is drawn from
New York to Pittsburg and the number of auto
I mobiles made between 1895 and 1899-670--if put
nd to end would cover distance of less than a
nile and half
8sS But in 1903 this country produced 1883 ma
H mines and these would have made line from New
York 10 New Brunswick n. j., distance Of 1926
|s5nilss Four years later 1907, the automobiles of
{Eat year would have reached from New York to
srrisburg a distance of 1875 miles. the auto-
lhile output being about 81. 66R, The estimated
nut Tor 1910 viii exceed 100000 ears. making
n flnt from New York to Pittsburg 1876 miles If
Scsd end TO end. There are at the present time
Ia 10000 automobiles in use throughout the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
TRENCH EDITOR DOUBTS
PEARYS POLAR CLAIMS
Paul Mathier Thinks Commander
May Have Adopted HAT
teras' Tactics

PARIS. April 13.--In La Press to-day
Paul Mathier. q weIl-known French
writer. raises doubt as to Peary's dis
covery of the North Pole.
Mathier draws parallel between
Peary and Captain Hatteras, the Eng
lish dreamer of Jules Verne's Romance
OF the North Pole. who. when com :
PEELED by old age to quit his quest lived
over each day his polar struggles ana
began romancing about his expiora-
tons
Mathier makes no direct charge
against Peary but he says that the
commanders book Nearest the Pole
leads him to believe that Peary, reaitz-
ing that his recent polar dash must be
his last, may have adopted Hatteras'
tactics.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13

It was stated In our news columns
the other day that two deacons of a
church in Atlanta advertised that they
would pull off prize fight in the pull
pit. The explanation was that they
wished to draw a crowd to church.
The pastor. Rev. Allen G. Shuler, re-
signed on the ground that the an
nouncement WAS r. fake and disheH-
est. And yet we have seen announce
ments of subjects of sermons" that
were almost as misleading as the At
lanta fake. Opinion differs, but IL re-
ligion is to be promoted by fake meth
DDS, such religion Is itself fake
Newport News Times Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
A Trust Has Nine Lives

The United States Supreme Court doubtless had
what members of the court regarded as good
ground for ordering rehearing in the cases of
the government against the Standard Oil Com
pany and the American Tobacco Company 1t is
given out that through the death of Justice Brewer
the court found itself too closely divided to pass
upon the application of the Sherman antitrust
law to the two great combinations of capital
brought before it,
The public will not take that view. AS soon as
the decision was announced Wall Street cleared
it's throat and looked pleasant The stock market
which had been sluggish for several days with a
sinking tendency took on new life and stock prices
generally jumped from two to FIVE points, while
American Tobacco which had sold Saturday at
$440 per share sold after the decision rendered
at 1855 Standard Oil advanced twelve points.
The decision was bull argument for the
reason that the eases will not be re-argued unit
next fall and the traders have to believe thai
the delay will be favorable to the corporations or
trial
| II is pretty hard TO convict big corporations il
these days. Of course they can be yanked up ant
/ fined but when it comes to convctng them o
4 unlawful existence, that is another proposition
No wonder Wall Street heartens up the decision
No wonder the trust stocks advance. It. will b.
later than next fall when the Standard Oil Trus
and the American Tobacco Trust dissolved ant
put out Of business.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
AMERICAN FAIRNESS
SLURRED BY FRENCH
Declare United States Afraid or
Losing Aviation Cup Won
by Curtiss.

PARIS. April i2-"The United States
is afraid of losing the international al
aviation cup which Glenn Cnrtiss won
at Rheims last summer and the Amefi~
can Arc Club is making every effort TO
keep the French from competing Tor
IT."
This was the statement to-day OF the
Secretary OF the Aero Club De France
ard voices the opinion OF French Avia-
tors. American sporting fairness Is be-
Ing assaulted by the French.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
FIRE In NEWARK, OHIO
LOSS is $I00, 600

NEWARK, o. April 1s.-Firc that
for a time threatened an entire block
in the business section Of this city
damaged many stores and endangered
the lives Of several persons. before II
MAS brought under control. early to-
day. The damage liz estimated at
from $4,000 to 100000,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13

The modesty Of Massachusetts, statesman is
shocked by the nude statues which he has found
in the art galleries of that State Hence he has in
troduced bill to put Hpanties on the lower
extremities of the nude forms and shirt waists
on their bodies. But he is not alone. His bill is
backed by petition from 10000 persons who are
equally shocked. .rT
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13

had just returned from serving term
OF about seven years IN the State peni-
Tertiary. He was hardened crimi-
nal. We know Of no more serious
crime than house breaking. for II a
man breaks into o house and any re-
ststance IL offered by the occupants OF
the house the chances are nine of ten
that some one viii lose their life.--New
Bern Sun.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
REWARD PAID FOR
CAPTURE OFF MURDERS.

Five hundred dollars. offered as q re
ward by Governor Mann for the cap
ture OF Elijah Rouse and Thomas Noel.
the two negroes convicted of murder.
who were captured after escaping from
the Norfolk Jail. has been sent to sher-
III A. C. Cromwell. OF Norfolk county.
The sheriff and posse captured the
negroes. and the money. $3.50 for each
prisoner. probably will be divided.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
CIR, Runs Awl I'm Eve.

LYNCHBURG. VA. April Ia
Eliza McCorkie. daughter OF w. g
Met :eEkIe.- af- Charleston W Na-y aFs
a granddaughter Of Ex-Governor w
A. McCorkle. of West Virginia, is a.
St Andrews hospital. She acct
dentally ran an anvil into her eye
Fears are entertained that she will
lose the injured member.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13

ST. LOUIS. MO-. April 12.--Pitcher
Ed. Reulbach. Of the Chicago Cubs.
who is III with diphtheria at his home
here, il somewhat better to-day. The
attending physician declared he be-
ueved Reulbach was out of danger.
but that IL would be some time be-
fore he could join his team.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13

Judging by the vote cast In the CO.
lumbia election, the people of that city
evidently greatly desire a commission
form OF government, or were terribly
dissatisfied with the old mismanage-
ment OF affairs In Columbia. Perhaps.
both. The commission form of gov
eminent won out by vote of 1910
to 6S. and almost half OF the votes in
the negative were cast in one ward.
So never will this new form OF gov
eminent. which has proven such big
boom for Galveston, Des Moines and
other cities. start off under more glo-
rious circumstances. It will begin with
almost unanimous favor, and IL there
is any business ability at all behind
the new government II should prove a
success In Columbia. It's career will be
closely watched by neighboring towns
of South Carolina, as well AZ by those
of North Carolina. The commission
form OF government has certainly
taken firm and enlightened hold, It
might be added. upon the people OF this
country and 1t is making rapid pro-
gress.--Raleigh Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13

Especial to The Richmond vfrginian.p
ROANOKE. VA. April fS.--Mrs. j.
In. ScaSgs, OF Botetourt. came here TO-
day for treatment at the hospital.
She has been confined to her bed thir-
ty-seven years. She In now sixty
three wears old, and Is In good health
except for the trouble that prevents
her leaving her bed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
NOTED CHILD DANCER
MEETS TRAGIC END

PARIS, April 13.--Romeo Raba. the
famous child dancer was instantly
killed to-day by falling from the dome
OF the Grand Opera House to the bot
tom step OF tho Grand Stairway.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
The Comet

(Copie0 from an ola puDHcauon sent
to The virginian by q Friendly
Newton prophesied that the world
would be destroyed by a comet COM
Ing In contact with the sun. The
author OF the following lines heard
of 1t, went to bed and dreamed
That the comet Is on his way.
And singing as he flies:
The whizzing planets shrink before
The spectre of the skies.
All! well may regal orbs burn blue,
And satellites turn pale
Ten million cubic miles Of head,
Ten billion leagues Of tall -
On, on, by whistling spheres Of light.
He flashes and he flames.
He turns not to the left or right;
He asks them not their names.
One spurn from his demoniac heel,
Away. away they fly.
Where darkness might be bottled up
And sold for ''Tyrian dye"
And what would happen to the land.
And how would lock the sea,
II in the bearded DEVILS path
Our earth should chance ia be?
Full hot and high the sea would boil.
Full red the forest CLEAN,
Methought I saw and heard it all
in a dyspeptic dream
1 saw the tutor take his tube,
The comets course to spy:
heard a scream, the gathered rays
Had stewed the tutors eye.
l saw a fort---the soldiers all
We're armed with goggles green;
Pop cracked the guns, whiz few the
balls,
Bang went the magazine.
I saw a poet dip a scroll
Each moment in a tub:
/ read upon the warping back
The dream of Beelzebub.
He could not see his verses burn,
Although his brain was fried,
And ever and anon he bent
To wet them as they dried.
saw the scalding pitch roll down
The cracking. sweating pines.
And streams OF smoke. like water
spouts,
Burst through the rumbling mines
| I asked the firemen why they made
| Such noise about the town:
| They answered not. but all the while
The brakes went up and down.
| / saw a roasting puIiet sit
! Upon a baking egg:
I saw a cripple scorch his hand
| Extinguishing his leg.
/ saw nine geese upon the wing
| Toward the frozen pole,
And every mothers gosiing fell.
Crisped to a cracking coal.
| I saw the OK that browsed the grass
/ Writhe in the biistertng rays.
| The heritage In his shrinking jaws
Was all fiery blaze.
| I saw huge fishes. boiled to rags.
Bob through the bubbling brine,
And thought of supper crossed m,
soul,
I I had been rash at mine.
/ Strange siehts. strange sounds--oh
fearful dream!
Its memory haunts me still:
The steaming sea, the crimson glare
That wreathed each wooded hill.
Stranger. II through thy ree'fng brain
Such midnight visions sweep:
Spare. snare. oh, spare thy evening
meal.
And sweet shall be thy sleep.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
Roanoke Republicans 10 Meet.

Especial to The Richmond Vtrginian.)
ROANOKE. VA. April IA
meeting of the republican committee
of Roanoke will be called in a few
DAYS to select q date for the city con-
ysntfon to nominate candidates for
council in opposition to democratic
nominees. A full ticket will be
chosen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
In Honor of Maury.

The question of erecting a fort be-
tween Capes Charles and Henry at
the entrance to Chesapeake Bay Is
again being considered with apparent
prospects of its being done by the
government. It's usefulness and need
are recognized and its practicability.
once thought otherwise. Is conceded
by those who know such things.
Should this fort ever be built, and
we truly hope 1t may, it has been our
wish to see II erected as a monument
to Commodore Maury and named for
him. Not that he needs this to estab-
lish his mama nor to perpetuate his
great deeds of science to the world,
but as delayed recognition of his
worth. 1t is as little as this country
could do. and just what would have
been done years ago, had he not seen
fit to give first recognition to his al
I,legiance to his native State and taken
sides against the Union In that memo
rable struggle. Hard, indeed. Is 1t for
| them to forget this, but each day IL
is delayed but adds to the littleness
with which the government is charg-
ed.
| Yes, we hope to sec the fort erected
and the name "Maury" given ii. On
the shores of these waters he made
| his home. Beneath its sod his bones
repose. Surely the government would
honor itself in thus giving recognition
| to his worth as a native of this coun-
t try.--Bfackstone Courier.
The Danger Of q Joke.
Our Chincoteague friends threaten
dire calamity to the News and its
management for poking a little fun
| They are as bad as the proverbia
Englishman who fails to see joke,
doesn't know one should ne see it, and
don't care to know anything about
jokes anyway. For heavens sake
dear friends. don't get excited WI
take back any and all nasty thing,
you accuse US of saying. as we are no
yet ready to admit the sheriff If your
dollars will prevent il. Threats suci
as these could scare UP any countr,
editor whose dependence on his fiocl
is equal to the average country min
ister.--Accomac News.-----
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
ROANOKE. VA. April I3.--Three
additional freight crews were started
by the Norfolk and Western road this
week. The business of the road Is
booming. Forty freights are now
operating daily between Roanoke and
Bluefield.