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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23
oANoN1zrNG CRIMINALS.

Eddie Fay and Dick Harris have
left Richmond. and If nothing happens
they will soon be behind the bars OF
the Federal prison at Atlanta. As
they are now out of the Jurisdiction OF
the local Federal court and out of the
keeping of the Henrico iailers, they
may be said to have passed off the
scene and may with reason be dismissed
from the public mind. The papers
will carry no moro stories of them.
the police will breathe easy; the men
viii soon be forgotten by nine-tenths
of our people.
Both deserve ali the punishment they
aere given. They arc dangerous men,
and doubly dangerous in that they are
suaye. cunning and intelligent They
represent the worst possible element OF
society--criminals who hesitate at
nothing and TO whom human life is a.
trife in the execution OF a lob" Bur
clary is their livelihood, and thieVing
on an enormous scale the method by
which they manage TO live sumptuous-
ly.i Had the court been empowered to
give them life imprisonment they would
have had no more than their deserts,
and society would have had the assur-
ance that two deep-dyed criminals were
out of the way forever
In the circumstances, both these mer
should be held up as warning ant
should be regarded as what every DO,
should strive not to be. AS matter o.
fact they left Richmond canonized ant
admired by half the juvenile popula
ton of the city. The boys who
thronged about the courtroom whei
the trial was in progress. and the mot
ley mob which watched their ever!
move about the city. on their way tc
prison had more respect for Fay ant
Harris than for the law which they
violatedtor the men who captured them
1t is not too much to say that many G
stripping of the streets who watched
the !mpassive criminals yearned tt
have their reputation for daring, cool
ness and bravery
The newspapers must print the sto
ries of such men as these men. 1t i
legitimate news and it is information
which the public demands; but in do
ing this the newspapers should Away
avoid lauding the daring, the drawer
or the ability of the men. Society i
served when the dismal truth of tn
vengeance of the law is told in sinlpl
form; but society is damaged and hun
dreds of young hearts arc inhamed will
lawlessness when the papers carry sen
sational, thrilling stories which parade
criminals as enviable characters and
hold up cracksnlen as the flower OF
manhood.
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ZIG AND STILL BIGGER.

The Cunard steamship Company has
decided to add another 5O,O00-ton liner
to its fleet and to give sister ship to
tho Lusitania and the Maurctania.
These two vessels have proved so pop
ular and SO profitable TO the owners
that the third ship is to be pushed as
rapidly as possible and is to be given
regular place on the schedule of
the company.
This justifies the experiment made
in building the Lustania and points out
the direction of further developments
in marine transportation. The trans
atlantic liner Of tho future is not to
! be a freight boat nor tramp, but a
gigantic combined freight and passen-
ger steamer. large enough to make the
| passenger service profitable and with
vast holds for cargo below, The small
liner is to pass, and the regular
freighter Will probably become obso.
lete, If the opinion, of the Cunard d.
rectors be correct
! AS every announcement OF a new
liner tells of an increase in It's ton.
1 mage. one may wonder where the thing
will stopa AS the ocean steamers gel
/ bigger and still bigger the average
landlubber cannot but ask himself
when the biggest liner will appear ant
\ what 1t Will be like when st does APP,
I pear, Theoreucally at least, there i.
4 practically no limit TO the size OF I
vessel AS long as there is space be.
low for engines, and as long as there
is enough cargo room left after stor.
Ting: coal for the voyage. the naval ar.
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duty, an awakened responsibility may
make mistakes, but 1t seems to me that
no mistake could be so calamitous az
going back to old conditions and sur
rendering TO them as though there
was no reform within the limits of
human possibility. a thousand mis-
takes in the line of faith and effort
to work out deliverance for the COM
mupity would b9 infinitely preferable
to the supreme mistake OF a cowardIy
surrender to an unmitigated aud vast
evil For one. | would be quite Will
ing to assume the responsibility for
these alleged mistakes, In preference
to the responsibility for the liquor
traffic. The latter rests somewhere.
and the question where is one which
I do not think can be csrelessly or
BENZ. c. MooMAw.
pnp Ua
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to the horses. This leads to the some
what odd spectacle OF the back seat
of his carriage being either left va
cant, or else occupied by one of his
widely known in America as novelist.
under the name Of Ellen Thorneycroft
Fowler, among her best-known works
being Isabel Carnaby'' and place and
Laurence Felkin, who. in addition TO
being government inspector OF
schools. is likewise something OF
novelist.
younger branch of the old baronial
house OF Verdon of Alton. and have
been in possession of the Manor of
Wrottesley. near Wolverhampton, since
Abbot of Evesham. TO Simon of Yer
don. who thereupon assumed the add
tional name OF Wrottesley. One of the
Wrottesleys was with Simon of Mont
fort: another distinguished himself ar
the battle of Crecy under Edward, the
Black Prince. and was one of the orig
inal knights of the Garter. a Sir Wal
ter Wrottesley WAS conspicuous
at the close. Edward ". munihcentiy
endowed him with lot of land con-
fiscated from people who had belonged
to the other side. Another Sir Walter
was heavily penalized by Cromwell and
the Commonwealth. The baronetcy
which the Wrottesleys held is one of the
Oldest in existence. and the eighth baro-
net of the line figured conspicuously
in the American War OF Independence.
Although their family is very old, their
pecragc Is of relatively modern origin.
having only been created in 1888. in
favor of Sir John Wrottesley, who had
represented Staffordshire in a number
OF Parliaments. His son and successor
the second baron. was man of sci
ence. a famous astronomer and founder
of the Royal Astronomical Society, as
we'll as president OF the Royal So
ciety. The present Lord Wrottesley is
his son, and was lord in waiting to
the late Queen Victoria, who held him
in high esteem.
Copyright. 1910. by the Brentwood
Company
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SUPPORT THE CLUE.

Inc Wednesday CLUB Is olerlnS the
best program of its long history
for the concerts next week. There are
more artists and better artists than at
any previous festival. There is larg-
err orchestra and a better orchestra
than has ever accompanied the Choir
US. The auditorium is more comfor
table than it has ever been. and the
chorus is better trained and better
balanced than ever before. This means
that the Spring Festival should be
the best yet offered by the Wednes-
day Club and the best the city has ever
had
1t will be the best. the most sue
cessful and the most beneficial to the
city, If the people will really give the
concerts the support they deserve.
Richmond has never done its whole
duty by the Wednesday Club. II has
been forced to drag on from year TO
! year barely making ends meet and
often dependent for its existence on
! the support of handful of liberal
men, This cannot continue indeti-
nitely. The club must either be as
sured permanent and lasting tinan-
cial support, or it will die, and Rich
mond will lose the only organization
it has. with the exception of the city
orchestra that is calculated to edu-
/, cate the people in good music. The
club can never be all that its mSnnb ers
want 1t to be until 1t is literally en-
dowed, but as this is hardly practical
bic at present, the clubs only secu-
rity is in patronage which will meet
all expenses and leave something fol
a sinking fund.
Good music always leads to better
and good music festivals always make
really musical city. Spartanpurg
south Carolina, is a case in point
Ten years ago, or Whereabouts. the
town was about like the rest of South
ern cities. a few more or less eclipset
stars came there once in a while anc
gave concerts which but few people at
;. tended. Cheap opera companies drittec
4 in occasionally. screamed through car
men or Faust" picked up what money
they could and took the next local for
a nearby town. There were some
people in Spartanhurg who knew good
! music and they determined to have
| It, They went to work, raised guar
! antee fund, and had real musical
festival, with fine singers and an eX-
cellent orchestra. The promoters lost
money and lot of it. but they had
another festival the next year, came
out about even, and made more am
bilious plans for the future, The peo-
pie began to appreciate the efforts that
were being made, and they rallied to
the support of the promoters They
bought out the houses for every con-
cert at the next festival and made
possible perhaps the greatest musical
celebration that section of the country
! had ever seen. Now Spartanburg is
| considered one of the most musical
| cities in the South, and is an objcc-
| tive point. for every artist who really
wants to have an appreciative audi
ence.
Richmond can do what spartanbur;
has done. and the Wednesday Club /
the organization that can do it. It i
up to the people. If they want goo
music they can have it. If they vii
support the "Wednesday Club they cal
get better music every year and NOR
of It,
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MEAT AND IT'S NIOKAJ.

high cost of living investigation over
which Senator Lodge presides as ring
MASTER there is CLINT of intelligence
or gimmer of common sense. These
are few and far between, because no
body takes the investigation very Sc
riously or tries to throw any real light
on the things the committee is pre-
tending to solve. Senator Johnston,
of Alabama, broke the comedy the
other day, however, when Lodge was
pleading for $4,000 with which to
carry on the investigation. Johnston
stated that he had authentic infor-
nation that movement was on foot
in New York to import beef from
Australia, in an effort to reduce the
present cost of meat
The Senator went on to explain that
by some strange error the meat sched
ule of the Aldrich abomination was
not high enough to keep out the
cheapest of foreign beef. 1t was nos
sible. lie said. for an importer to get
the meat on the New York market for
- 1870 VIZ PoiIld less imam is now de-
manded by the beef barons.
AS nobody disputed the accuracy of
Senator Johnston's figures, his state
ment of the case must be ac-
copied as true, and shameful
case 1t is. Under the existing tariff
the duty on meat is so adjusted
that the shoe manufacturers, the hide
dealers, the tallow merchants. the
packers and everybody else who han
dies beef products are protected. This,
of course, allows the beef men to
screw up their prices to the margin OF
the market and to sell beef Just at
such figure as will keep off foreign
beef. During the last year, however
owing to the shortage in beef, they
| have gone beyond this point and are
| charging the consumer the cost of the
| meat. the full amount of the protection
and a least cents additional profit.
This is but another instance of how
! the tariff works to the disadvantag 20
of the poor man. If meat can be
brought in for 6 cents the pound less
than it brings on the, local marke,
with the tariff, it could be brought In
still cheaper without thp tariff The
great plains of Argentina could be
called on to supply the needs of GU,
market and could bring cattle tc
New York for perhaps cents the
pound less than it is now sold for
The packers would then have to give
up their extra profit and accommodate
themselves to the international price
of meat. or would have to go out O,
business,
Tariff revision will not solve tn,
whole cost of living problem. but Il
Will certainly aid nest materially ir
solving the meat question AS tarih
revision will never be accomplished
under Republican Congress, the onl,
way TO solve the question will be tt
put the Republicans out of office an,
put the, honest friends of revision i,
power. This viii bring results, anc
this is the moral of the story.
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United by Marriage.


Through the marriage OF Lord VOL
verhampt on's son and heir, the Hon.
Henry Fowler, TO Evelyn, the only
daughter of Lord Wrottesley, one of
the Youngest families OF the peerage
Will become united with the very old
est for Lord Wrottesley can trace his
direct and unbroken male descent fur
ther back than any other member OF
the peerage. Lord Wolverhampton,
who is eighty years of age, is Lord
President of the Privy Council in the
present Liberal administration. and has
ever since the accession of the King
been his adviser with regard to NUM-
Der of financial investments. and the
both by His Majesty and by his moth
er, the late Queen Victoria. The lat
ter made II practice throughout her
reign to have one and sometimes two
ments, for the care OF her securities.
and for the management of her per-
sonal fortune in general. During
portion of her life 1t was the late
Lord sydney; later on 1t was Wis
count Cross, a Tory statesman of Cab
met rank, and towards the close Of
her reign she, at his suggestion, assoc
ciated Lord Wolverhampton who was
then Sir Henry Fowler. in the duties
Of adviser with regard to her estate.
mains. a confirmed radical. which does
not prevent him from being the most
conservative Of all the Kings counsel
ors In every matter relating to his
sovereign's investments, ana in the
management of such of his property as
is immune from parliamentary super
vision and control
Lord Wolverhampton is tho son of a
Methodist minister Born in Sunder-
land, he adopted the profession of law,
not as a member of the bar, but as
solicitor. and was the first member of
that branch of the legal calling to at
tain the rank OF Cabinet minister. Just
in the same way that he was the first
Methodist to ever receive a scat in
the Privy Council, OF which he is now
pion OF the Nonconformist element, he
carried the parish council law, a most
Revolutionary piece of legislation.
through Parliament, in the teeth OF
, Church. the entire bench OF archbish-
ops and bishops and of the squirearchy.
and while Secretary of State for India.
a marvellous speech which he delivered
on tho subject Of cotton duties saw
the Cabinet to which he belonged from
ming, for it. not it's ordinary majority
OF forty, but one of 1876 The man who
can thus sway legislature by means
of eloquent oratory and convincing ar
gument is statesman or no mean or
der, and 1t has always seemed strange
widely known than he is to the people
of America,
Like others of strong character and
powerful Individuality, he Is possessed
of certain idiosyncrasies, One Of these
is his positive aversion to riding In a
tail, and although as Lord President of
the T'rivy Council ha Is one of the
very grandest dignitaries of the realm
he will insist on sitting with his back
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I,inchot,


/ saw imported Bellfounder. While
not pure thoroughbred, yet he was a
wonderful performer. In 1920 he trot-
ted two miles in six minutes, and the
next year he trotted nine miles in
twenty five minutes and thirty eight
seconds. Please tell me where such u
record was made, who WIS the driver.
or was Bellfoundcr Under the saddle.
j. c. c..
This record does not appear In any
of the sporting directories in this Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23

y New York policeman had the fight
of his life Thursday when he tried to
arrest a woman selling fruit on the
street in New York. She slapped his
jaws as an opener, and then, when he
had taken her into a store. she stirred
UP a young riot. Her husband led a
crowd of hysterical women to the res
cue, liberated his spouse. and then beat
the policeman almost to death. OF
course, the officer will be up before
his board for cowardce. If he loses
his place, he should be recommended to
the London police. Experience of this
sort ought to be valuable in dealing
with the militant London sisters.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23

An officer of the Norfolk street
cleaning department. is on trial for
improper conduct in tho discharge of
his duties. They ought to be 1enient
with him, for cleaning the Norfolk
streets is punishment enough for q
man.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23

Old potatoes are falling in price and
the world is rejoicing, forgetting, Of
course, that no one wants them when
the new hivalves can soon be had
from the pleasant glades ot.old Han
over. Il
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The two highest priced outs of beef
on the New York market have gone
down; but not to let there be any mis-
taken Ideas as to its philanthropy. tho
trust has raised prices on all the cuts
tho poor man eats,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23

Old Joe Cannon must know he is
slated for the axe, else he would not
be SO daring in his attacks upon In
surgents. all and singular. No man
fights like the man who sees his fin
ish.
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VIII not the joke be on Atlanta il,
after Fay and Harris get to that town.
they break jail?
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A Brief sketch OF Mary Johnston.

L. Please give me brief sketch OF
tho life of Miss Mary Johnston.
2. Which Of her works is considered
the best? L. NJ. II.
The following sketch appears in Nell
sons Encyclopedia. Opinions differ
very much as to which Is Miss John
stons best work: MARY Johnston.
American author, was born at Buchan-
an. Botetourt county, Va. in 1870, and
received her education at home. She
made her permanent residence in Rich
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23

Something is certainly wrong with
the Colonel. lie only denied one story
printed about him yesterday, and did
not call single man liar.
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Zach came out OF Brittany,
With his wife, Tiffany.
And his maid, Moufras,
And his dog Hardi Gras.

English corruption of the Breton name
Tiphaine. so familiar as that of the
Breton wife of Du Guesclin.
There have been several dukedoms
of Richmond, taking their title from
Richmond Castle, and Henry VII. was
Earl of Richmond before his accession
to the throne. After him. a son OF
Henry VIII. was Duke OF Richmond;
He was created Duke of Richmond and
of Somerset when six years old by
his father. who was devoted to him.
But he died when barely eighteen
years OF age, after marrying. without
the sanction OF his father, the Earl
of Surveys sister, Lady Mary How
ard. Henry VIII. SEEMS TO have re-
scented this match. and to have consid-
cred that Lord Surrey had taken an
undue advantage of the fact that he
this was the real reason why some
time afterwards he sent Lord Surrey,
so famous as a statesman, warrior
and a poet, 10 the scaffold, on the RI
of the heraldic bearings of Edward
the ConfeSsor. duartering TO when
he had a right. and which his family.
the Towards, headed by the Duke OF
Norfolk, use to-day.
Then there waSshat fourth Duke OF
Lennon who wsSr created Duke of
Richmond by CharlE l., and who was
so chivalrous in his devotion to that
Inflated monarch, paying his last duty
to the King by placing him in his tomb
at Windsor. The duke is one of tho
most conspicuous figures on that we'll
known painting representing the fu-
neral of Charles l., and OF his coffin
being borne into ST. Georges Chapel
in "a binding snow storm and covered
with q fall of snow This dukedom of
Richmond, and that of Lennox be-
came extinct through the death of
the sixth Duke of Lennox and the
third Duke of Richmond of this crea-
ton in 1872, and then King Charles
| Il bestowed both dukedoms upon his
natural son by his lovely Breton fa-
vorite Louise de Querouailles. Duchess
d Aubigny in France. and Duchess
of Portsmouth in England. 1t is from
that Duke of Richmond that the pres
ent duke is descended in straight
line.
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whnt liz n Comet.
How to Prepare Pokebcrry Root for
Snlc, Etc.

1. How is pokeberry root prepared
for sale?
2. How may an alien become citi-
zen of the United States?
g. What is the religion OF the Presi-
dent of the United States?
A. What Presidents were never mar
ried? X. y. y.
L. For full information write TO the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington. ID. C.
2. BY properly declaring his pur-
pose of becoming a citizen before a
United States Circuit or District Court
and fulfilling in detail requirements OF
law. This law is laid down in chap
ter 1893 of tho acts OF the Fifty-ninth
Congress. first session, and chapter
25ai of the acts of the second session
OF the Fifty-ninth Congress. You could
get a copy of this law by applying to
the clerk of the United States District
Court, Richmond. Va.
3. Unitarian.
4. James Buchanan was the only
President OF the, United States who
was never married.
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Daily Queries and Answers
Address all Query
No problems will be solved coins
stamps valued and dealers nj given.

mond. Miss Johnston's first novel, Tho
Prisoners OF Hope Gs9s). appeared
first as a. serial in the Atlantic Month
ly, where 1t attracted much attention.
Have and TO Hold $1,000 and Audrey
1902. were romances of Colonial life
In Virginia. She also published "Sir
Mortimer (1gO4)o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23

Was 1t envy of Richmond which
made robbers in Moscow try to Guido
this town and get away with half
million dollars of booty?
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StenfntIlcr.

II man marries woman with
children, what relation Is lie to those
A claims that he can only be called
stepfather, and b claims that both are
right, as 1t Is only by law or through
the law that he becomes father to
those children. SUBSCRIBER
Stepfathcr The term father-in law
is used in an altogether different sense
whnt Is Comet.
/. What is comet9
2. What is the magnetic variation
now? p. III. l..
/. A comet is gaseous. luminous
celestial body, moving about tho sun
In an elliptical or parabolic orbit"
2. The present variation at Richmond
Is 4 degrees il minutes west, with
an annual change OF plus three min
utes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23

A Girl Of Age In virginia.
When Is "A girl of age In Virginia,
and when has she control of her prop
erty--at eighteen or twcnty-one?
r. A. G..
At twenty-onc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-23

From Gorlonsvillc to Bristol, yn.
How far is Bristol, Va from Cor
louisville? What is the railroad farce
On what roads do you travel and
through what places do you go2
j. .. Fl.
An inquiry at a railroad Office in
your town Will secure you this infor-
nation.
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"The sun DO Moxc.n

''rhc Sun DO Move"
Please toll me where j can obtain
n copy of Rev. John ,Jasper's famous
sermon, THE Sun Do Move" j ain
n former resident of Richmond. Va,
and had the pleasure of hearing that
sermon once. and am Very anxious To
obtain n copy II. b., l..
This sermon is printed in the biogra-
ply of John Jasper. issued by tina
colored paper of this city soon after
his death. DR.. ii. X. McIlwaine State
Librarian, Richmond, Va, can probably
tell you where 1t may be purchased.
Pinchot.
Please give correct pronunciation Of
''pinchot." formerly our Chief Forester.
A READER.
The generally accepted pronnncia-
ton is Pin-sho. with the accent on the
~ We are informed that Mr.. Pin
chot pronounces his name. however as
II is spelt. with the accent ON the first
SYLLABLE