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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-07

bodies OF the State In Taft Hall, the
same, we suppose, In which tile pos
sum and 'taters were served to the
President on his ever-memorablc Jour
riey through the South the time, "
Will be remembered. when Congress-
man Hardwick rode in the Presidents
private car and paid his own fare
VIC are told that tho bankers do MOI
exactly occupy the intimate role OF
father-confessor to their respective
communities, but their function Is al
most approximate to that in ultimate
Importance There Is much promise
In that condition OF things, and the
sky brightens perceptibly in view or
the assurance that "thc amalgamatcd
commercial bodies of Georgia" at their
meeting on Thursday propose substi-
tuting for the single pulling-po of
one, or two sporadic organizations the
combined driving force of all h'tchcd
to a common car
or course we arc much Impressed
by the evidently, improving situation
but we shall not breathe freely until
after both these conventions have An
ished their work, and their members
have returned in safety to their re-
spective homes. This fear has been
aroused by the statement that the
railroads in Georgia are running their
trains with potentially cracked
wheels" 1t is supposed that the At
lanta police force will be able to pro-
tect the bankers and the merchants
from murder, unafraid and insolant
standing at the elbows; but If the
worse should come TO the worst they
can all go out to Grant Park and take
fresh courage under those rcvivifying
and trandulizing influences that dwell
where man has mingled his simplifying
magic with the riotous designs of the
God of Nature"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-07

hero of Rowardenran. The police
came quickly, hailed the young man to
court, and the Dolinsky household re-
tired again for the night.
We have related this story at length,
because 1t deserves the space. The
young woman is a heroine and her
daring has a place in this veracious
chronicle of the times. She knew
how to shoot straight IL only with
seltzcr; she threw the dishes with
unerring skill. and she had the cour-
age to attack the enemy without wait
ing for achievements. She deserves
a medal. and she deserves the thanks
of her petticoated sisters for showing
the world that a New York girl is
no more afraid of a burglar than a
Bowery iruisers is. Good for Freda
Dolinslsy!
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MORE "rOTENTIALIY CRACKED
WHEELS"

The Atlanta Constitution is pressing
its campaign for the evangelization of
the white people in this country. and
its own latitude" on the subject car
ries a sufficient substratum of truth to
give pause to the least thoughtful, as
well as the more militant, of our de-
nominations fred with the practical
missionary idea Again, ito SO distort
the Gospel of Christ, as to reach
over the Greeks at our doors 70 those
metaphorical Greeks of jungle, strand
and desert" "is to perpetrate blum
der which cannot be otherwise than
detrimental to the ultimate vindica-
ton of religion everywhere" Yes,
indeedy, and we are more encouraged
by this sort OF talk than by anything
else our contemporary has said for
ever so long, and particularly now
that Mr.. Sam Imam has come out
strong for the paving with wooden
blocks of Mitchell Street and West
Hunter Street from the end of Mitch
ell Street bridge TO Ashby Street.
That would certainly help some, as
it would give the shortest and most
Convenient approach to Whitehall
Street from the western part of the
county, as far around as West View
Cemetery" 1t is not unlikely that the
| boil weevil win try to get in from this
direction, and with this paving done
| -.
man, we have reason to believe that
1t would be practicable to mentally
visualize" the boil weevil, which we
are assured by the most competent
scientific authority cannot walk very
| we'll on pavemcnts made of wooden
blocks. However this may be, the
section of the. city that is to be i'm
| proved in the way suggested has
phan through inadvertent neglect ac-
centuated in the incompleteness OF the
Mitchell-West Hunter link, which
| should join its tremendous territory to
Well, we should say So This is the
| right way to knock out the constric-
ton of the pivotal thoroughfarc,'
called Marietta Street which has been
'penalizing" both traffic and COM
merce; because, as we arc now in
formed Ashby street is itself "logl-
cally pivotal artery of Atlanta" Let
us keep tho logically pivotal arter-
ies' clear and the pivotal thorough
fares will be easily handled.
This Is not all. however, of the
cheering news brought to US in the
mammoth Sunday edition OF the Con-
stitution The Georgia bankers will
hold their annual convention In At
lanta to-day, and on Thursday there
Will be rally of the commercial
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.sEyENrEEN-YEAR LocusTs.

Now that Halley's comet has gone on
its way. properly branded as the DIR.
Cook of astronomy, without doing the
world the least damage. the calamity
howlers arc looking around for some
other method of frightening the poor.
man and robbing the credulous of a
good nights sleep. In their extremity,
they have brought the seventeen year
locusts into court again. and have
promised that before the end of the
year this pest will descend upon the
country in its periodic visitation, and
will rob US Of our crops,
The seventeen-year locusts have been
returning every year since the Oldest
inhahitant gets mixed on his dates,
and have never been seen by any one
yet We are told that the locust, when
he comes, brings a message to the
world, either of peace or of war. If
the letter wv appears on the locust's
back, there will be bloodshed and war
and much tribulation, and If .'P" is
outlined in his markings the locust is
the harbtnger of good will among
brothers and of calm upon the face
of the earth. This is a very pretty
idea, but nobody has ever seen the
"P" or the "W,' or would have any
more right TO Interpret them as mean
ing peace" or war" than he would
to translate them 'possum' and
"weevil' Besides, We have locusts
every year and plenty of them, without
skipping sixteen years in seventeen
The world is always anxious for
sensation, and Will believe almost
anything that anybody says, but to
revive the seventeenyear locuEts is
too much of demand upon the
/ credulity of mortals.
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rnE SAME OLD GAME.

one of the old Latin fathers made a
Trojan hero remark that he feared the
Greeks, even bearing gifts but peo-
pie have been repea ting his remark so
steadily ever since Nirgirs day that
this proverb may hardly be clnssed
among the most recent utteranceS of
the literary world When the railroad
bill was under discussion in the SEN
ate and the Democrats were receiving
all sorts Of overtures from the Re-
publicans, it was reported that the Re-
publican leaders had promised the
minority to take up the Statehood bills
before the conservation measures re-
ceived the attention Of the Senate,
provided the Democrats would no
longer fight the passage oftthe rail-
road bill.
1t was then that we limited at the
truth of the old Romans remark. and
Republicans alone, reminding them
that in other days. Whenever they
made bargain with the Republicans
they lived to regret 1t. For some rea-
son not yet fully explained this good
advice was not taken BY the Demo-
Gratis and they are now sorry for 1t. as
the proceedings in the Senate yester-
day, reported this morning in The
Times Dispatch, show beyond question
The bargain was struck and recorded
in duo time, but yesterday, when the
Senate came to consider it's next
move, the Administration Republicans
forgot all about their promise, and
voted to take UP tho conservation
bills. New Mexico and Arizona can
wait. Conservation is the order of the
day and the Democrats have no re-
course. II they hold up the appropri-
alton bills, they hold up the Statehood
measures, and If they delay tho vote
on conservation, the Statehood bills
can hardly pass during the present
session of Congress-
The Democrats do notN deserve a
great deal of sympathy in their dis
tress They knew where the trap was
they had felt it's spring many a time
and they walked into 1T with thei,
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Card from snpt. j. H. GoddIn.

To the Editor of The Times ispatch:
Sr,-I think 1t due the Putnam Cos
pei Mission. which has done such
great religious work since IL started.
two wears ago. and to myself, TO make
a statement to the public regarding
the newspaper reports of the investi-
cation now going on in the Buchanan
trial The papers have stated that
the trouble grew out OF rivalry be-
tween opposing missions. i was In
Hited to appear before the committee
of investigation, and went there with
no malice or envy in my heart towards
Mr.. Buchanan or the Associated Churi-
ties. When the first witness was put
on the stand, the Putnam Mission Was
brought into the matter. / arose and
asked whether the mission/was being
investigated or Mr.. Buchanan. No re-
ply was made. stated that the Put
nam Mission had nothing to do with
anan, nor did any one connected with
1t have ANYTHING to do with them,
When Mrs. Landon II. Mason was put
on the stand she was asked by Mr..
witnesses, why | was present at her
house when the committee met. She
very clearly and distinctly told Why
ment that the Putnam Mission had
nothing to do with the bringing of
charges against Mr.. Buchanan.
! ! was !, aapproached three or four days
house and asked to be present at a
meeting which would be held there
for the purpose of looking into the
conduct of the Associated Charities,
the party stating that n great many
complaints had been made and We're
in circulation, and they thought the
matter ought to be looked into. / at
tended the meeting, and was asked II
l had heard anything about Mr.. Buch-
anan and tho Associated Charities.
My reply was that had heard great
many complaints. some of a grave
nature.
When the Putnam Mission was
brought into the investigation. and
after my denial that the mission had
anything to do with the charges
brought against Mr.. Buchanan, felt
hurt and was rghteously indignant,
and expressed my feelings in very en-
phatic language, stating that there
could he no rivalry between us, as ours
was strictly q religious work. with in
cidental charity whilst the other was
charity work, and not religious.
Time is too short; death is certain;
eternity long: SO with this statement
am done with the matter. and shall
employ my energies in helping to save
the lost and raising the fallen who
are fastening as fast as time can take
them to an endless eternity.
JAMES Fl. GODDIN
Founder and Superintendent Putnam
Theatre Gospel Mission.
Juno 6. 1910.
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GOOD FOX FnEpA DoLlNs,<Y.

Never in all our life have we said
anything against the women of New
York, out If, in an idle moment, we
have ever thought of, them in an UNI
Just way, and II, in a critical spirit,
We haVa compared them unfavorably
With their sisters who live in this
Happy Land. we make apologies for
all time. We should not have thought
what we thought and we should not
have said what we may have had in
mind to say. We ought to have known
letter at the time, and we certainly
know better now, thanks to the
achievement of Miss Freda Dolinsky,
i,whom we are proud to introduce to the
people of Richmond.
Miss Freda, it appears, is the daugh-
ter Of SILK manufacturer and lives
on Houston Street. She is said to be
twenty years of age, though she does
not look 1T. sunday morning, about >
O'Clock, while sleeping with her sister,
Miss Freda was aroused by noise in
the next room. She did not cover her
'iEe'd WIN lily ailSSi anu sHlVeN until
the bedposts shook. She did not pray
for the coming Of her father or won
der how II would feel to die. Instead
she arose quickly, went into the next
| room, lit the gas and, lo-ln the cor
| ner8was Il man. Withfa revolver point
ed at her, He calmly informed her
that II she trouble him. he would put
q ball through her, or words to that
effect, hut even this threat did not
feaae her Quick as a flash the young
woman seized a seltzer bottle from a
nearby table and opened FIRE on the
| young man Pausins only long enough
| to say that she could not herself have
| had any use iar settler bottle. and
/ that il belonged 10 male member of
| the family we hasten to tell the rest
of her heroism. Blinded by the setter
| water, the ropber fired. but his shot
4 Went wild, and tho next moment he
was IN the midst of shower OF china,
| welded With wonderful skin by Miss
Freda and her sister The robber was
well-nigh dead when The young wo-
4 mems father rushed intp the room. to
4 hind his daughter holding the rohbel
/ captive and pummeling him in style
that would have done credit to the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-07
BATTLE FOR ToLERA-

{ Even in the midst of the discussion
over the reformation of the heredi-
ltary House of Lords, England is paus-
Ing for religious controversy which
must end either in a victory for toler-
alton or in a triumph for dogmatsm.
When the Kings death upset the
plans of the Liberals and prevented
the settlement of the pending differ
ences between the Lords and the. Com
mons. John Redmond, leader of the
Irish party in the Commons, at once
demanded of Premier Asquith that the
Government introduce bin modify
ing the Kings coronation oath. Red
rlond did this, lin any desire to
bring on conflict. but because Premier
IAsquith, in q debate some months be-
fore the Kings death, had expressed
his Willingness TO make the change.
\ The change requested by Redmond
and approved by Asquith s. after all,
a comparatively minor matter. AS the
coronation oath stands at present,
every British King must not only
swear allegiance TO the Church
of England and to all its tcnets, but
he must declare his adherence of the
Church of Rome, his disbelief in
Transubstantiation. and must pledge
himself not to render service in any
religious matter to the See of Rome.
Mr.. Asquith does not propose that the
King cease TO swear his allegiance to
the Established Church but he has
drafted a bill which changes those
parts of the oath which offend the
Catholic people of England, The King
is still to declare himself a faithful
son of the Church Of England. but he
is not to profess himself an enemy of
the Church OF Rome In other words,
England's King, while pledging his
fidelity 10 the religion OF the great
majority Of his subjects does not take
occasion In his oath. 10 insult the re-
lgious beliefs of the minority
Small as is this change, d number
of extreme Professionals are protesting
very vigorously against Is, The chair
man of the Church ASSOCIATE ton, repre-
'senting the evangelical branch OF the
Church OF England. has written a let
ter to Mr.. Asauith in which he waves
THE red flag of Intolerance and de-
lcIarcs that the change proposed by
Mr.. Asauith viii sweep aside the Act
lar Excitement and the Bib OF Rights
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-07

those two great documents upon which
England's limited monarchy depends
to-day other clcrics and lords of
higl, degree are urging the Premier to
Withdraw his promise and to let the
coronation oath remain unchanged.
Liberal men Of every church will
hope that the Premier will not yield
that he viii take a determined stand,
showing the Christian world that
while England remains Protestant and
episcopal, 1t has become tolerant and
Just. The coronation oath Is the last
remnant of Protestant Intolerance in
England. Framed in the days when
the Church of Rome was esteemed
i'll the popular mind as the Power OF
Darkness itself, the old oath has re-
NAMED to insult Catholics and to cha
grin Liberals while all the other acts
o. the same period have been plotted
out in the light of n moro liberal
are. When Protestants of other than
the Established Church may attend
Oxford, when Jews sit in the House.
and when Catholics are no longer eS4
cluded from the offices of government.
when liberation is shown in every
British possession, and when the
chapel stands beside the church. it is
high time that a generous people
should wipe out all reference to the
old Church from their coronation oath
and announce to the world that the
greatest ruler upon earth stands for
the greatest principle upon earth
the right of every man to choose his
own path under the guidance of his
own conscience.
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THE PRESIDENT AND THE RAIL-
ROADS,

The President and the Western rail-
road people pow-wowed yesterday four
or I'VE hours A great deal was said
on both sides, fer and against. with
the result that the railroads agreed
to withdraw all increases in rates
effective June [, and after to await the
operation of the new railroad law. On
his part the President agreed to with
draw the Wickersham suit when the
new rate law goes into effect. The
President appears to have gotten a
shade the best of 1t. We arc not in
by any chance there should be no new
railroad law; but we suppose that
point. was fully covered in yesterdays
agreement Neither is 1t yet known
exactly what the new rate law will be,
nor whether 1t viii afford the people
the relief they demand or the railroads
the security they require for the safe
conduct of thei- business The new
rate law will probably give the Inter
State Commerce Commission authority
TO do what Mr.. Wickersham asked the
Courts to do--initiatc proceedings
against the railroads without the COM
plant of shippers when the reason
ableness or unreasonablenes of the
rates is in question. Mr.. Taft is said
to like old stories best, and he will ap-
preciate. therefore. the point of the
story about the white man and the
colored man when the division of their
bag was under discussion and of the
settlement that was finally reached,
when tho white man said: .'1'll take
the turkey and YOU take the buzzard;
or you take the buzzard and I'll take
the turkey"
The thing that we cannot quite UNI
derstand is why the conference that
was held yesterday was not held be-
fore the Wickersham suit was begun.
That would have saved many poor
fellow many good dollar which has
been lost during the last few days
by the unsettled state OF the market.
More free conferences of this sort
would promote business stability prob
ably and prevent such slumps in the
stock markets as are sure to be re.
fected in all branches of trade ant
industry. We can understand how II
Will now be said out in the West that
Mr.. Taft brought the railroads to their
senses and showed them that they
cannot run over the people of the
country, and that the memory Of the
AWinona mistake will be forgotten and
forgiven now that he has proved that
he can handle an unruly team by
Keeping within the law almost as well
as If he were handling them with a
club. However. II may turn out under
the new rate law. when there is a new
rate law, the panicky conditions of the
last few days have been in a measure
relieved, and the people will keep on
ploughing. !,
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eyes wide open. or course. they Will
have to pay for their folly Having no
desire TO inform the chagrincd MAORI
respectfully suggest that they learn a
lesson from their present distress and
show the Republicans no quarter dur
ing the remainder of the session. The
fight is not over; adjournment is not
vet agreed upon; there may be a day
of vengeance yet, II the Democrats
Will heed the counsel Of their own
leaders and not be led into captivity
by the tricks Of the enemy.
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TIE ENDURANCE nuN TO-DAY.


The Endurance Run down into North
Carolina will begin to-day. Fourteen
cars have been entered for the prizes,
as fine lot OF sterling silver cups
as were ever seen in the South, and
they will get back home some time,
probably. within the next four or five
days, and II they do not. 1t is certain
that they will be we'll treated down
in the Land of Canaan, where there
is honey and buttermlk to spare and
a most generous people who believe in
good roads and are willing TO pay for
them.
Little as they may think, the men
who are making these endurance runs
are performing great public service.
Some of the more old-fashioned among
us, who find some difficulty in lodging
the pesky things in town, would pre-
fer to ride in buggy or on horse
back or even to walk; but we must
needs get into the procession or get run
owning car one can run over some
body else and take Just as much de-
light in doing SO as the most desperate
of the drivers. 1t is really fine, when
one comes to reflect upon what 1t
means-how it makes the old dry
bones stir around lively and the un-
used muscles of the legs catch UP with
their long neglected development. We
remember when the electric railroad
was substituted for the dear
old hay-burners in staid com
munity TO the south Of us. and
how all the old ladies and Patrican
gentlemen hung their harps on
the willows, lamenting that tho
new was crowding out the old,
and the vision of the Chinaman-''no-
horsee-no- pullec-go all the samee-
like hellee"--was even about to be
realized in the land of Manana.
1t lnust be gratifying to all OF us
who are left behind. fortunately for
us, that the endurance people will be
well taken care of in a medical way
If any of them should break their
necks, and enough extra parts viii
be taken along to patch up any dis
locations in the cars that may take
place en- route. The weather is de-
lightful, the roads are in fairly good
condition. the neighbors are waiting
for them down the road. some of them
probably with shot guns, but the
most of them with plenty TO eat and
drink. Therefore, we, are merry, be-
cause the chances of danger here at
home will be decreased by twelve or
fifteen at least for the next few days.
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IT slemp should be returned to Con-
gress in the Ninth District this year
the State would be dlsgraced; If Stu
art should be elected the State would
be honored 1t is a question Of fitness.
in which every good citizen of Virginia
is Interested
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Two families in Darlington County,
South Carolina, shot out their differ
ences with Winchester rifles one DAY
last week, with the result that negro
man who was not connected with either
family was killed. Nobody in either
family appears to have been injured.
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a lovely woman. who was caught
after she had grown up, writes from
Due West With some mtsgivings as
TO her familiarity with the Shorter
'Catechlsm, and says frankly: II don't
believe you can learn 1t after you are
growni It certainly is as hard as any
thing ever tried to learn
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Docs anybody happen to know what
becomes of the uniforms of the Cci@Gels
appointed on the stats of the Cover
nors in the Southern States after they
have served their terms?