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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-19
HIDES FROM COMET
AT WELLS BOTTOM

Especial 70 The Richmond VirsluiAn,)
ROANOKE, VA, May I9.-Bob
Stewart. colored. chief cook at the
Eagles Home, not being certain as
to the antics of Halley's comet. man
ufactured "a rope ladder, descended
his well. spent several nights there.
rs feet In ground, in hole discovered
In one side Of the Well. Being in
formed to-day that the comet had de-
parted, he feels greatly relieved.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-19
COMET C1UzEhs
CURIOUS CROWDS
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CONTINUED From First Page
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bui never thinking of the fact that
they stood on the extremity Of the
cufnet, and after consulting the news
nepers and their astronomy dope
Doeks until they grew faint with dia-
gust and less Of sleep. the comet gag
ers folded ~ their telescopes, rubbed
their eyes 10 take final glimpse, and
Their returned to wake up the earlier
nleepers and handle themselves with
0ut gioves fer their folly.
Remember Ananias.
If there ~ d mar In Richmond who
can kruthfuiiy say he laid eyes on the
<ssMet "Wednesday night. Coroner Tay-
~ M&nsU ~ nee< him and shake him
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-19
TERRIFIED BY COMET
WOMAN DROP DEAD

Especial 10 The Richmond Nrginian.)
FREDERICKSBURG VA, May 10.
Mile Morris, an aged colored wo-
man, servant In the pfttman Fam
lily for nifty years, dropped dead late
Wednesday night. She with many
others was out to view the comet,
and her death is attributed To fear
If the comet
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-19
EuNRAL DIRECTORS
WILL ELECT OFFICERS.

The election o. the officers OF the
Virginia Funeral Directors Association
viii be called Thuraasy afternoon at
the twenty third annual convention Of
the organization. Later In the even
ing smoker will be given In Murphy's
Hotel. this being the principal social
feetr~e If the 1910 gathering
Friday will b given 10 lectures and
demonstrations " embalming.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-19
ARTIST DIES WITHOUT
COMPLETING MONUMENT

Mr.. Alexander Bertucct. a marble
cutter, of No. 212 North Nineteenth
street, who died Tuesday night leaves
behind an uncompleted monument Of
bugler sounding taps" which is TO
he placed over the grave Of William
Henry Cowardin. Mr. Cowardin, while
attending ten funeral OF Colonel w.
Il. Cutshaw. December 20, 1907, was
stricken with heart disease and fell
ard
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-19
Judgment for sio2.

Judgment fer $l02 was allowed In
the Law and Equity Court Thursday
In favor Of Messrs. Simpson. Glass a.
Co. against w. l.. Hancock. The suit
was an action Of debt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-19

News, was In RiChmond for a short
time Thursday. lie was returning
from Hot Springs. whore he had gone
To serve the warrants upon the direc
tors or the Underwriters Association
who are alleged to have violated the
law by consrtrfng to increase the rates
OF insurance In Newport News and
vicinity,
Chief Reynolds served warrants upon
u. y. Harris, president, a. Il. Andrews,
general manager. ana Guy Carpenter,
K. L. Cardweil, George If. Coinins, A.
r. Brooks. X. NJ Hughes. w K. Pres
cotL Dana Blackmar, II. {. Hare.
j. s. Middleton, 4. j. Smith and Ii. N,
TannOr. who arr directors of the
Southeastern Insurance Tariff Asaocia-
ton.
the meeting of the Underwriters
Association was thrown into an up
roar by the service OF the summonses
and warrants upon the directors. All
were taken before Magistrate w.
Howard McClintock and haiied in the
sum Of 5000 for their appearance
before Justice Brown in Newport
News on the eighth OF June. Follow
ING their technical arrest and the
bajting of them. the Insurance mon
entertained Chief Reynolds and his
deputies az luncheon.
New port News ii appears, taxed all
insurance companies i've per cent. ON
their income. The insurance men. SO
II is alleged, retaliated by MAKING a
ten per cent. increase in all insurance
rates in that city.
The city Of Newport News has been
waiting for some time to take action
and when ii was known that all OF the
Nom beers Of the association were In
Hot Springs the time was thought 10
he PA. ttit4+4tas.--
Members OF the Underwriters
Association In Hot Springs said that
the action of the Newport News OH
Gals amounted ito an indlgnity upon
tho association and that they would
tight the charges to the highest court.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-19
ARRESTS THE MEN;
THEN THEIR GUESTS
After Chief Reynolds Serves Sum-
mones Insurance Directors En-
terrain Him at lunch.
MAKE BIG LEGAL FIGHT
Controversy Between Newport
News and Companies OF Very
General Interest.

Especial TO The Richmond Nirgiuian.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, May IL
Chief Of Police Reynolds returned this
morning from Hot Springs. where he
yesterday served warrants upon mem
hers or the Southeastern Underwriters
Association. There are no develop
ments here to day, except that several
companies have instructed their agents
to write no more business In Newport
News until the fight between the city
and the underwriters is settled.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01
Citizenship for Porto Rico.

Congress will be doing the proper
thing by Porto Rico to pass the bill
defining the scope Of it's civil govern
ment which carries bill of rights
fixing its status of citizenship. Until
the supreme court took an opposite
view, it was contenGed by some that
the Foraker act of 1900 made the
people of Porto Rico citizens of the
citizens of Spain, Porto Ricans, in
the dictum of Chief Justice Fuller,
have been without any national citi-
zenship, like disemhodied shade in
an intermediate state of ambiguous
existence"
The United States has exercised a
beneficent protectorate over Porto
Rico as we'll as Cuba and cannot
at this late day afford to have its
good faith and Influence impugned OIL
marred, so congress will be warranted
in doing whatever is necessary to clear
up any ambiguity in the status OF
Porto Rican citizenship. If the Porte
Ricans had not responded in such fine
spirit to the new conditions of govern.
ment there might be some reason fol
hesitating to pass the pending meas
ure, but their avidity in seizing and
improving every opportunity offered
gives them ample claim upon larger
privileges. In business, education
statecraft and social life they have
made progress that is almost incred
ible considering their circumstances
when the United States relieved then
of Spanish rule and the short time
that has since elapsed.
Both Presidents Roosevelt and Tai
have advocated full American citizen
ship for Porto Rico and undoubtedl!
the sentiment of the American peopl,
is reflected in their recommendation
to congress urging this action.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01
Steel Cars for Safety

Railroads have been surprisingly
slow in adopting all-steel passenger
and mail cars. but now the more pro-
gressive lines have taken the first step,
the time is probably not far off when
their use will be general
The Hartman railroads are taking
the lead in this, as they have done in
so many of the most modern improve
ments in transportation. They have
! just placed an order for 424 steel pas
senger coaches. which, when delivered,
will give that system a total of 925
cars of this type, placing it ahead of
the Pennsylvania lines by twenty-five
cars.
The all-steel car should rapidly be
placed in use, not only for passengers,
but for mail and baggage, for it's abil-
ity to withstand fire and the impacts
of collisions makes 1t the safest means
of travel and transportation for human
beings and valuables. No matter what
the extra cost Of the steel car may be.
luG IdllIOduS Gail well " lldhS
the investment If it will shut off the
| frequently recurring wrecks with their
appalling toll in human life. The per-
son who pays his fare to ride and the
trainman who is employed on the rail-
road has a right to the greatest de-
gree of safety and protection within
the power of the railway to give and
the railway is not exerting it's full
power in this direction when it sticks
to the use of easily destructible and
infammable cars. With all the other
highly modernized facilities for travel,
the wonder is that railroads have not
long ago come to this proposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01
PERSONAL NOTES.

The man who asks for a more flexible
monetary system comes from Paris where
money is boarded in stockings.
The census discloses that the average
salary of a minister of the Gospel in the
United States is $685. Be sure he gets the 1853.
Miss Lillian Russell is organizing the
Grand United and Mutually Beneficial
Order of No Tellin' Ages. She's to be wor-
thy grand patriarch.
The evidence in Salt Lake case was a
bottle Of whisky and the jury took it all
in. The court accepted the empty bottle
as evidence Of contempt.
Close observers of men and things in
Washington have decided that for pure
brlliancy it is dead stand off between
Champ Clark and Mrs. Champ Clark. She
is a most ambitious woman and wit
sparkles in her like sunlight on sweet
stream,
Fordham college is to confer the degree
of literary doctor upon Thomas A. DAILY
the author Of the Italian dialect poems In
the Catholic Standard and Times that
have made him famous tho world over. A
literary honor was never more fully de-
served.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01
Champ Clark's Aspiration.

without feigning a false modesty or
pretense that he is responding to the
irresistible call of his party and his
country, Champ Clark announces that
he will not get into the senatorial
fight in Missouri because he wants
to stay in the house and be speaker
For being frank and to the point, the
minority leader of the house is en-
titled to credit, although he may as
we'll take inventory of his strength, be
cause even in the event Of a demo-
cratic majority next time he would
not be safe on counting on an un-
opposed elevation to the speakers
chair.
Competent observers of the political
drama as played on the congressional
boards regard Champ Clark as being
more lucky than shrewd in securing
whatever measure of success the demo-
Gratis have achieved under his floor
leadership. He is a good talker and
quick at repartee, but easily out
matched as a parliamentarian. AS an
obstructionist he has done fairly well,
but has demonstrated nolconstructive
ability. To get the minority to vote
against something proposed by the re-
publicans is one thing, and TO get
them to vote for something proposed
by democrat is another. He lost
control completely at the opening of
congress when the Fitzgerald bolt
saved the Cannon rules, and in the
later successes against Cannonism it
was the insurgent alliance that saved
the day and not the generalship Of
Champ Clark.
1t takes peculiar qualifications to
perform the duties of. speaker in the
national house of representatives
and to guide the deliberations of a
body of more than $50 statesmen,
each cocksure of his own Importance,
and Champ C1arks possession of
these qualifications has been ques-
toned by his own party colleagues.
The best thing that could happen to
Champ Clark would be to have the
next house republican, and thus save
him either from being dethroned as
party leader or from being subjected
to a test his closest friends think he
cannot meet
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01
An ll-Timed Speech

National Committeeman for Texas, Editor.
by the investigating committee out OF
all proportion to It's value. This is all
wrong Secretary Ballinger is entitled
to a square deal and II is not to the
interest Of the cause Of good govern
ment. which the democratic party ex-
lists to conserve, TO deny It to him.
The Post would not PREJUDICE the case,
as so many are doing upon mere scraps
of the testimony, but in all candor, ac-
cording to its reading of such of the
testimony as has appeared in the papers,
It can hardly anticipate finding other
than favorable TO the secretary. Ger
tainly the presidents course in the mat
ter has not been such as to Justify the
remarks attributed to the congressman
from Nebrlska--a state in which demo-
cracy and populsm are very much
blended.
AS the Post sees It, the important
thing developed in the investigation is
the existence OF, II not conspiracy,
at least a taclt understanding among
certain republicans that were once in
office but are now out aided and
abetted by subordinate employees OF the
Interior department, to bring discredit
upon the present administration with
the hope of promoting their own selfish
political ambitions.
The cause of democracy will not be
furthered by Joining hands with these
rascals.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01
NO TIME LIKE THE OLD TIME.


Oliver Wendell Holmes.
There Is no time like the old time, when
you and ] were young,
When the buds of April blossomed and
the birds of springtime sung!
The gardens brightest glories by summer
suns are nursed,
But, OH the sweet. sweet violets, the
flowers that opened first!
There is no place like the old place. where
you and / were born,
Where we lifted first our eyelids on the
splendors of the morn
From the milk-white breast that warmed
Where the dear eyes glistened Ger us that
will look on us no more!
There Is no friend like the old friend, who
has shared our morning days,
No greeting like his welcome, no homage
like his praise;
Fame Is the scentless sunflower, with
gaudy harp of gold
But friendship Is the breathing rose, with
sweets in every fold.
There is no love like the old love, that
we courted In our pride;
Though our leaves are falling falling, and
There are blossoms all around us with the
colors of the dawn,
And we live in borrowed sunshine when
the day star is withdrawn.
There are no times like the old times; they
shall never be forgot!
There is no place like the old place-keep
green the dear old spot
There are no friends like the old friends
may heaven prolong their lives;
There are no loves like the old loVes-God
bless our loving wives
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01

Houston Post--R. NJ. Johnson. Democratic
Representative Hitchcock Of Nebraska,
the author of the first resolution calling
for an investigation of Secretary Bal
linger and the Interior department made
which ne violently attacked the president
speech in the house Thursday In
for his attitude In upholding his cabinet
officer pending the report of the COM
mittee as to it's findings in the matter.
Among other things, the Nebraska repre-
sentative is quoted as charging the pres-
dent with being drunk with power and
willing to involve his administration in
scandal rather than give up Ballhger."
1t is hardly to be conceived that any
one with thimbleful of brains, who
has the faintest conception of the high
character of the man who now occupies
the White House will believe a word of
what Representative Hitchcock charges
against the president. In fact the speech
seems to have been timed with a view
to arousing partisan prejudice against
the finding of the committee, should 1t
be favorable to Mr. BaIlinger.
While in no sense of the word a de-
fender of the conduct of the Interior de-
partment under the present administra-
tion. The Post has regretted to note a
disposition on the part OF many over
jealous newspapers anxious to create
popular prejudice against the party In
power to distort the testimony taken
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01
Planning New Transoontinental Lin,

The report that the Rock Island is
about to secure control of the Wabash
and Lehigh Valley roads is of the
utmost interest, because IL presages
the advent of another powerful trans
continental railway, extending its own
tracks continuously from the Atlantic
TO the Pacific.
This transaction is being negoti-
ated II is understood, through Eng
lish capitalists and is expected to
reach successful issue without serious
delay. 1t is easy to imagine that the
Rock Islands tendency toward indie
pendence in traffic matters would be
come the dominant policy In the event
of this merger, for 1t is the only policy
that could promise effectual inroads
on the established rivals, The con.
sentative Gould influence could not be
depended upon in such an aggressive
field of operation to achieve the re-
suits so essential to that kind of. g
movement. The Rock Island today
owns and operates more than 5000
miles of railroad, the Wabash 2,151
and the Lehigh Valley 1898. SO thai
the combined mileage would give ply
steal strength of formidable proper
lions, Add to this the strategic ele
ments of the three roads and tn,
country would have another grea
transportation system with whicl
other lines would have to treat.
| Undoubtedly such combination
would bring advantages and disad
vantages. 1t would lead to centrali
cation in agencies and traffic arrange
ments. Naturally the tendency woul,
be to economic in pay rolls, but sucl
movement would not restrict ex
} penditures that would have to be mad
in other directions for while at leas
and in which the public should fee
I some benefit. Western cities just nov
engaged in fighting for their rights 4
the matter OF freight rates. might loo,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01
Talks for people who sell things

this purpose by what you say and how
you say It.
II your funds are limited confine your
advertising to fewer publications and use
reasonable amount Of space In these,
rather than larger number of papers
and insignificant advertising copy AL
though your Importance is judged some
what by the amount of space you use do
not use more than You can reasonably
afford. Nevertheless, 1t is not correct
conclusion to do no advertising at all, be-
cause you cannot afford to use large
space II your means are small, start in
with q modest space.
Change your advertising copy each time,
but follow the same general style. BY
adopting certain style and using the same
style continuously, each advertisement II
only given a glance. will bring you 10 the
mind Of the reader, and what was said in
the last advertisement, which they read.
DO not try to tell your whole story in one
advertisement. Bring out one point,
clearly, in one piece OF copy and another
point in the next advertisement, relying on
the whole series to carry home your com
plete argument,
II possible have your advertisement H.
Illustrated, but the illustrations should be
appropriate. They should be designed 10
convey some idea, or make some particular
impression on the reader. The advantage
of using an illustration is, that the eye
grasps the idea back OF 1t, quicker than It
does your type story. OF course. this pre-
sumes that there is an idea back Of the
illustration.
II your advertising appropriation is big
enough, put It in the hands OF some good
advertising man and hold him responsible
for results. You cannot, however, rely ON
an advertising manager to do his best pos
si5le work for you, unless you cooperate
with them in studying out plan OF cam
paign, which best suits your requirements
He can give you great deal OF valuable
service and assistance, but you must 90
give them material, with which TO work. IL
your appropriation is too small 20 b9
handled by an advertising manager ~,
can have our copy department prepare cN.si
and designs for you.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01
Preparing Copy.

There is an old saying, "a man
should not shoot at pond to hit a
duck" The chief trouble with many
advertising campaigns is that they try
to cover too much territory with their
advertising and to spread the money,
which they have to spend, 80 thin that
the advertising Is pitiably threadbare.
They use so small space that they do
not make a favorable impression with
those who do see their advertisements.
1t is much better to make the right
impression with fewer people than to
succeed in reaching ten times the
number of readers and make a poor
impression with all of them. The
number of people that you succeed in
convincing is the final test of the sue
cess of your advertising, after all.
When you are selling a customer
you have way of telling things about
your goods, the points of superiority,
how they are made or why they have
style; you tell It to him with certain
pride and enthusiasm which, II you
can only transfer to ink and paper.
would be the best kind OF advertising
copy. Some men, the moment they
take their pen in hand, begin to think
that they are worthy successors OF
John Milton or Herbert Spencer. Mil
ton and Spencer are much talked about
in works on literature and science, but
are not popular authors. Horace
Greeley and Charles A. Dana are bet
ter models. because they expressed
themselves in English that can be
comprehended by the ordinary news
paper reader
First, make It clear in your own mind
what impression you wish to leave on the
minds OF those who read your advertise
| irents, and then set about TO accomplish
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01
Our Birthday Book
Juna !, 1910.

Redfield Proctor, ex-governor Of Vermont
also former secretary of war, was born
June /, 1881, at Proctorsvllle, VT. He Is a
lawyer by profession, and has military
record as a union veteran.
Hugo Munsterberg, the Harvard professor
who has been figuring in the public prints
quite freely by his outspoken and unique
comment on social customs and conditions,
is AZ. Almost needless to say, he is of
German nativity. His chair in Harvard Is
that of psychology.
Webster Davis, once assistant secretary
of the Interior department during the Nc
ISlnley administration. who made a great
furore by coming out for Bryan and flgur-
ing as the chief orator at the Kansas city
convention of 1900. was born June 1, 1869,
at Ebansburg, Pa. He used to live in Kan
sas City. and is now supposed to be located
in Seattle enjoying political oblivion.
Charles E. Littlefield. former congress
man from Maine, is 90. Although one of
the most brilliant members OF the house,
he resigned from. congress to so to New
York to resume the practice OF law,
e, H. Sprague. the rubber man. was born
June l. 1861, in Boston. His exact title IL
president and manager OF the Omaha Rub
Der company and incidentally he plays
golf with the best OF them.
Charles w. Martin OF Martin Brothers
Insurance company is celebrating his 47tt
birthday today. He was born in Gales.
burg, ILL.,, and studied at Knox college. He
has been In the insurance buGiness Ia
Omaha since 1854
Frank C. DUR, chief clerk to the auditor
of passenger accounts OF the Union Pacific
was born June /. 1867, in Cincinnati, HI
has been in the railroad business for mor'
than twenty-five years, and all Of tina
time except two years with the UnioT
Pacific. s
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01
Omaha as a Terminal Point.

Omahas strategic position on the
railway map arises from the fact that
it affords shippers incompatible facili-
ties for terminal and transshipment
traffic
While in other commercial centers
the railroads found themselves called
upon to spend millions upon millions
of dollars to secure adequate means of
entrance and exit, in Omaha they have
an almost natural terminal system
provided by configuration of the topog-
raphy and the location of the city,
which, without forcing, has adjusted
itself to the utmost utilization of these
advantages.
Hardly city in the country can
match Omahas jobbing district from
the standpoint of terminal facilities
This trackage and switching equip.
ment is by no means fully perfected
but the foundation is. there awaiting
extension and development, and these
terminal facilities mean more to ship
pers than is usually realized or appre.
ciateds
In holding out inducements for the
location Of new jobbing houses, mills
and manufacturing establishments
Omaha cannot emphasize too greatly
it's superior terminal facilities, which
are the backbone of its strength as 9
railroad center and market town..
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-01

Our local democratic contemporary
prints an unsigned communication, APP
parently by oversight, giving a vigor-
GUS left-hander to the men whose
sole province of life seems to be to
hold Office" This is pretty strong for
a paper with an editor and chief pro-
prietor drawing a salary of $500
and perquisites as congressman, whose
appetite for Office began with an un-
successful run for the city council, and
even now, still unsatiated, is yearning
for the job of United States senator.