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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14
"BAnnAnous MExrcov AGAIN.

Somehow, the stories which have
been circulating ABOUT "Barbarous
Mexico" will not down. president
Diaz and ali his official organs may
deny the charges of peonage in Yucca
tan, the men who preferred the
charges may be denounced as muck
rakers, and friends of Mexico may pa :
rade the virtues of that Government
but the same stories OF cruelty are
drifting across the Texan boundary.
The latest of these comes from John
Kenneth Turner, whose sensational
articles printed last year raised such u
storm. Testifying saturday before a
special committee of the House, Tur-
ner declared that Mexican refugees.
fleeing from Daz's autocratic desrot-
ism. had been Illegally arrested in this
country and returned without eNtradi-
ton. He cited cases. he called names
and he appeared so positive of his
facts that he apparently made deep
impression on the committee.
So far as these charges themselves
| are cOIcGINeut llltS cah eoSiiS w VIZ
posed of. If Turner can prove his
case prison terms await the guilty
men. if he fail to show any conspiracy
to Illegally return Mexican refugees
| this Governments hands are clean
| At any event, the matter will be sift-
cd to the bottom. The truth or the
untruth Of what Turner and other
allege about slavery in Mexico is q
different matter. If what they say bs
true, or If even the half OF it p'
America and it's government is dis
credit To civilization. Ii they are libel
ling the Mexican authorities, they
should be hushed at once, and shoulc
stand discredltod forever. The trou.
bic is that nobody in Mexico seems
! willing to show the real facts in the
case. The few Adventures who hay.
sought o make an Investigation have
been uncercmonlously escorted to the
frontier; and the Mexican Government
aside from entering general denial
has not offered 10 s.,nw shat peonast
does not exist in Mexico.
The United states cannot dictate t.
Mexico. and no other power can de
mand of that nation that it put al
end to slavery, but International sen
tment which has banished slavery il
a hundred lands is certainly stron;
enough to force Mexico to better con
duct. If that country be guilty o
wrong doing, Humanity is demanding
an explanation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14

and physics. even the most conserVa-
tive of scientists felt their fonnda-
ton shake. since that time, new n
vestigations have merely confused inc
minds of men and bnftlcd the'r lnyes-
LEGATIONS. He Is daring chemist TO-
day who will predict the status OF
his science Tomorrow.
All of this has much more than an
academic interest, since the recent DIS
coverics of chemistry have indicated
tho great industrial possibilities of flu
ture researches. Tho possibilities OF
radium alone, which are as yet un-
fathomed, may revolutioniac motive
power, while the advances of physical
chemistry may make the darkest
problems of electricity an open book.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14

almost at a glance, 10 tell whether or
not a woman was giving true tcsti-
,nony, and for this reason they would
certainly he of service to their less
acute colleagues on the Jury.
1T will, of course. he said that wo-
men have no place OH divorce jury,
as their sympathy is quickly aroused
and as they naturally side with the
woman in the case. This, however. is
only true with strict limitations TO
be sure, u woman is sympathetic, but
woman on a jury could hardly be
more emotional than some Of the men
who sit in the box, always ready to
with the woman is concerned, every
man knows that n woman Is Jealous OF
the honor of her sex, and is at least
as prone to condemn It's hayward
members as a man is. OF course, u
woman juror would protest against
in this country--lltigation that often
condemns good woman unheard and
fixes a stigma on her when she Is
spotless-yet where the woman was
the real offender a woman would not
fail to be her Judge.
This is the day of women's rights
and of womens duties. If she want
the rights, size must assume the du-
ties, and If she would vote, she should
perhaps do jury service. If we are to
have divorce laws of any sort--and we
should have none save that of Scrip
ture-we do not doubt that women
would discharge their duty in such
cases at least as well as the men who
now sit on mems sins and women's
failings in England.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14
GENEROUS JOURNALISM.

The spirit of Sir Philip Sidney sur
wives even i'll the Ninth District. About
week ago the Roanoke World printed
an editorial article in reference to
the congressional campaign now in
progress in that district. What it
said was not agreeable to the Roanoke
Times, which expressed it's dissent in
rather sharp terms. Naturally the
World resented the criticism and pre-
pared a reply to what the Times had
contentious, Upon reflection. however,
the World reached the conclusion that
what it had written might do harm
to the Democratic cause, and, there
fore. despite it's grievance, suppressed
its speech. This fact having come to
the knowledge of the Times, without
any suggestion whatever from its con-
temporary, the editor of the Times.
the same being Alfred Brockenbroush
Williams, met the occasion by saying:
I'VE think fairness requires us to
say as we happen to know that its
tthe World's) silence in the face Of the
reproach, or attack, Of the Roanoke
Times is honorable selfrestraint at
the risk of its own injury and of being
misunderstood. and is for motives
creditnblc TO its feeling and Judgment.
and which all good citizens must APP
prove"
That is the neatest thing we have
known for long time in the jour,
nalism of this country. and it is worth
noting for the purpose of encouraging
that generous shirt in journalism
which inures not only to the honor o.
the profession, but to the advantage o
the public.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14
THE TIMES D1spNr5H R1cHnosD VA TUESDAY, JUNE n

and seem small achievements to the
mon who made the journeys Baron
Roonne may be wrong, but he may
be right. and he should at least be per-
mltted to make his experiments.
l is interesting to observe. in this
connection. how closely VIC are foi-
lowing the dreams of the novelists.
All TINT Verne hoped for in MS
Twenty Thousand Leagues IL not
yet achieved, but our submarines are
In active service and are showing their
seaworthy qualities at every test All
that RipIinr predicted in his with
the Night Mai' is still in the makihs'
but Roenne plans to fulfil IT, ana iuiii
1t precisely as Eipling dreamed 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14
a NEW sEcNLENBuRG MYTH.

we had not intended TO say word
about it, and but for the interference
of the Norfolk virginlan- Pilot in
wholly personal matter we should have
refrained from exposing the last of the
North Carolina fakes. A week or SO
ago there was celebration in
Charlotte, Four local organizations
turned out TO do the occasion
honor-the Mecklenburg Camp OF Con-
federate Veterans. the Daughters Of
the Confederacy the Sons of The Con-
federacy and the Children Of the Con.
federqcy It VIII be noted that the
mothers-in law Of the Confederucy
and the uncles ana Aunts and Cousins
were absent. but there We're about two
hundred persons present 10 participate
IN what the Charlotte Observer called
tine com,nemoration Exercises. Tht
celebration took place on the birthda!
Of Jefferson Davis, June 3D. snd tn
occasion was the placing on the wal
OF the .seaboard Railway freight depo
/. In Charlotte a att-shaped table
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14

We are reminded by an anonymous
postal card that the Chicago Tribune
cannot be depended upon to give all
tho facts in the case Of Lorimer. Per-
ahaps so; but it has given enough
facts to Justify the special committee
OF the Senate in resorting to extreme
measures to find out the facts. Facts
is stubborn things" as Henry Waiter
son would say, and so far the facts
appear to be against Lorimer. Be.
sides what's one Lorimer. more OF
less?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14

bearing tho inscription, Confederate
states Navy Yard. Charlotte, North
Carolina tss2.tss5.' That is the In
| scription alleged TO have been placed
on the tablet, but as a matter OF fact.
| the Observer could not tell the
truth-the historical truth, we
mear--abou. the tablet, because the
tablet bears the figures 1851 1851"
Dates do not matter to the people
of Mect1enbnre County They will put
M a tablet to any old thing at any
old time and go through the form of
celebrating the event with prayer and
praise and high sounding speech. IT
was so on this occasion. DE- Bays
offered a most impressive and solemn
praver"; and although nothing is said
about 1t in the Observers story OF 1t.
we should not be surprised If some
one raised the tune.
Doubtless there was a shop at
Charlotte of some sort during the
sixties-there are a great many
shops there now, all of which we
are glad to note are doing Il fine
business-but the Navy Yard at Char
lotte was no more a Navy Yard than
chalk is cheese. or oleomarsarine
hutter Indeed. the Charlotte Observer
admits that "at the time this Yard
was established in Charlotte the Nav
mad practically dwindled to nothing, so
most of the work was done for the
Army" which or course. made it a
navy yard.
If it is not too late. we would sus-
gest that the figures 1851 be
chiseled off the bronze plate and that
the figures 1852" be welded in their
place.
Mr.. r. r. Preston, good Virginia
name, by the way, delivered the ora
tion at the Navy Yard celebration, and
when he had finished tie strings were
pulled and the red and white covering
exposed the metal tablet" exposing at
the same time the predating of the
tablet, Just as Wicltersham is alleged
by Henry Watterson to have predated
his 'Bordcreau' in the Ballinser hear
ing. "rhen, according to the reracious
chronicle of this incident in the his
torical ;nveracities of Mecklenburg
County. the Rev w. w. Bays dis
missed the crowd with the short bene-
diction.'
1t will he news to a great many per-
sons to know that Charlotte was ever
the CAPITAL of the Southern Confed-
cracy. and to know that the last de-
liberations of the Government We're
held and its final acts signed and
sealed in what is now the Observer
Building As matter of fact the
last action of the Confederate Govern
ment was taken at Washington, Ga,
and the last fun Cabinet meeting of
the Conlederacy was held in the res
idcnce of Armistead Burke, Abbeyille
South Carolina. 1t does not matter
though, 30 the people OF Charlotte anc
Mecklenburg County whether Mr.. Dayi
was ever in Charlotte or not. They
are ali sure, soon or late, If theii
present wind holds out. to erect
tablet possibly in the wall OF the Oh
, server Building, saying that here il
1855 the Southern Confcdcracy passe
: out OF existence.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14

1t is a great thing to have visitors
from the country districts of South
Carolina and Georgia occasionally. and
the oftener. the better. because they
can get in Richmond a taste of real
life that is not to be experienced in
Augusta and Florence. Where the mis-
chief is Florence? Why, in South Car
DINA. to be sure, Florence Is the place
where they have pincbark fish stews
and nobody who has ever participated
in them ever wishes TO be caught again
because there is limit even to human
endurance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14
That C. *. q. Schedule Again.
, Ndifnr. of The ri m ID Sna c

That c. * q. Schedule Again.
To the Editor of The Times Dispatch;
schedule of train No. on the G. & o..
I would like to state that this train
could resume the old schedule out OF
Richmond, and II absolutely essential
for the connection with the Southern
Railway trains Nos 43 and Sc be made
at Lynchburg, train No. might re-
main in Iynchburg for the interven-
ing time, and thus satisfy the Lynch
allow the people between Richmond
and Lynchburg the same facilities they
have enjoyed in the past. Including
Branch between trains Nos. and 10.
M. CLENDON. :
Richmond, June II. 1910
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14

1t turns out that Carpenter was
raised" 66 per cent. when he was
transplanted from Washington TO Mo-
rocco which, we imagine, will compen-
safe Carpenter for any sorrow he may
have felt at parting with Captain
Archie Butt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14

We knew Corn would he acquitted
when 1t was tried for causing Pella-
sra, Corn, and North Carolina corn, in
particular, does very curious things
with a man, but IT Is not guilty this
tina
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14

william G, Proctor has renewed his
gift Of 100000 to Princeton, and Pres
ldent Woodrow Wilson has waived his
objections TO the gift. It is not to be
wondered at. Any man would feel
kindly disposed to all the world after
raklng In that Wyman gift.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14

owned a dozen silk hats In Texas
during the past quarter of century"
indeed There haven't been dozen
silk hats in Texas since Texas was q
Territory, or, worse still, an independ-
ent Republic.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14
POLITICAL PARTIES or To-MoR-
ROW.


The life of political party iolio"s
the same course as the life of a man.
,,o.,,,o i, its theories. weak in its pol
49, ard ,,,car.ain Of itself every
,,.,.,,, has N mass through a period of
i,fancy Then gradually. as 1t learns
~ no,yer 1, Gains strength. 1T wakes
,,,tgtt,. u achieves great victories; it
reaches IFS summit II grows confident
!, a.. s,abiti+y and then II begins to
doc,ine Gradually it's followers de-
s.r, a. rradua1lv ITS leaders lose their
sl.i1I min II totters and falls.
American history is filled with the
i,ioeranries IA IN sneak. of such par
ttos The 1rederalists. founded by
washington and organized by Haml-
+on han their neriod of youthful
,,ror their noriod of fun strength,
,ho,r nariod of accIine and 0nally
,ho,r noiitic,l death IN the ERA of
caad roo,tn,- rho WING party which
s.an,, tro,n tho old redera1tst party.
49,, an,onr ne followers
,or,
ID ,,s don
- ii'u ~ .,a,
dence. until H. TOO oiea wheh sec'io'
- ~
n.,,,,s,,od
Wings, mad It's orlei career' houiiHiie"'
Moh 10 49, -, -. -. -.
was forgotten With these three par
ties might be numbered several OIL
lesser fame powerful IN their DAY ana
turning the whole cycle of political
usefulness, but passing In turn ana
disappearing forever,
II begins to look as though the Re-
publican party has reached the zenith
of its power and is beginning to feel
its approaching end. Its old-time
leaders arc sickening of the fight. It's
ablest men are in despair, and within
its ranks there are discord and discon-
tent Already the ProGressives have
organized themselves and have prac
tically assumed new party name, and
but few days ago there came vague
rumors of a new party, formed among
former Republicans, but aiming at tho
overthrow of the men in power.
With the passing of the Repubii
cans, there has been the rise of tn
Socialists They have been poorly lie
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-14
nAGny.s NAME SHOULD LIVE.

There was something very pathetic
about the little story of George W.
Barby printed Yesterday in The Times.
Dispatch ,rhe editor of Life, which
quotes ali sorts OF things without q
! reason. reprinted an article the other
day which 1t called How Ruby
| PLAYED" and which it attributed to
IAN Anonymous writer" Some South
ern man. who read the sketch, wrote
the editor of Life, claiming the article
| for Dir. BaEby and adding a few words
| of praise for that strange genius. To
! him. and to all who have ever read
a word that Bagby wrote. 1t will APP
| near as little short of amazing that
| the works of the great Southern hu-
| morist should so soon have been for
gotten, even in the North.
| If there is any claim to Immortality
| for tho man who brings a smile to his
! brothers lips, and II there is any fame
] for the man who masters his mother
| tongue and uses 1t with subtle force,
/ long to Bagby. He was genius. gift
! ed with a humor not loss delightful
| than that of Mark Twain, and he was
! master of a style the equal of any
| America has seen since Irving died
/ He was a dreamer, too, and a poet. al
heart. fun OF gentlcness and kindll-
! ness to all the world, patient In suffer
/ ing, brave in obscurity, cheerful IN
adversely,
no ono who ever CHANGED on the
two volumes of DR.. Bagby's collected
writings ever put them down until he
had read the last line. and nobody
ever closed the books without deep
admiration for the man. Where. in al
American literature, is there d more
delightful sketch than Bacon ant
Green's? Where is there more ex-
allied sentiment than in his odd Vir-
! GINA Gentleman? Where is Their,
more genuine pathos and more fervil
Imagination than in his little sketch
of the old Presbyterian Church, turned
| into furniture store?
surely, Bagby's characters must no
be buried in oblivion, and his name
must not be forgotten The southern
people should know "'Moziz Addums'
as they know Uncle Remus," ant
they should cherish his other iinmor
tails in the same shrine with Mars
Chan and Uncle Edlnburg' The,
should know of that Cathedral whic!
| Bagby proposed to build at Fifth am
Main streets, where music should b
the only worship and song the onl!
thanks to Cod they should not forge
"Fomville" as he painted 1t, or tina
great station TO be built AT Gordons
Vile; and every Southern child shout
know the story oe the "Twinses.'
Nor should Bagby's claim to a plac
/ in American literature be trusted onl
to the fidelity of the Southern people
He lived in troublous days. ana h
wrote when Southern man had lit
tie chance with a Northern publishe
and Southern speaker had few hear
ers when he mounted Northern ros
trum; but in the future, when preiu
dice shall not dominate history an
justice shall write the annals c
American literature, his name shoul
be loved and honored. and he shoul
not be quoted in comic weekly as a
"Anonymous Writer
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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-18
CASE OF HYDE UP AGAIN
Arguments on Motion for New Trial
jail Life beginning TO Tell ON
Convicted Mnn.

Kansas City. June I7.-Arguments on
the motion of DR.. b. G. Hyde for a new
trial were not completed before Judge
Latshaw today. IL is thought the court
VIII render a decision on the motion
tomorrow afternoon. Attorneys John
Nj. Lucas and Frank p. Walsh spoke in
behalf Of DIT. Hyde today. They CEN
tered their allegations Of error in the
first trial upon the ruling OF Judge
Latshaw admitting testimony regard
ing incidents other than those con-
nected with the death Of Colonel
the jury
All has not been serene between the
convicted physician and his attorneys.
IL developed today. Since the verdict
was rendered lawyers for the defense
have taken vacations. This anEered
DR.. Hyde and he made loud COMPLAINT
Regardless OF how DR.. HYDE feels
about the actions of his counsel. how
ever. II Is improbable that there will
be any change in his legal force.
JAN life Is telling on DR.. Hyde. He
appeared pale and tired when he came
into court today.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-18
PARR AWARDED S1OO,OOO
Wan Who Uncovered Sugar Weighing
Frauds Treated Literally by
Secretary Of the Treasury

Washington. June 17.-Richard Parr,
the customs deputy at New York. who
materially assisted the government in
recovering over $4,000, 900 in the sugar
underweighing frauds, is TO receive a
reward of 100000.
The decision to reward Parr in the
amount named was reached at a con-
ference between President Taft and
Secretary MacNeagh today There is
not money enough available in the
tund IN the treasury from which re-
wards are paid to cover the amount
agreed on so that unless other ar
engagements are made, an appeal to
congress will have to be made. That,
secretary MacVeagh indicated, would
not be done at this session.
Parr discovered the secret spring on
the dock Of the American Sugar Re-
filming company by which the under
weighing practice was carried on
The final discoveries of fraud were
made In 1907 and since then the gov
eminent has been engaged in collect
ing the duties out of which II had
been defrauded.
There are two other claimants with
Parr for the reward. They are Edwin
l. Anderson and Charles NJ. Daley.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-18
COURT REFUSED TO ACT
Lumber Company Unble TO Get In
junction for Protection of Jap
anese mt Darlington, Wash.

Seattle. June 17.-Attorneys for the
United States Lumber company, OPP
Grating a sawmill at Darlington. Wash.
where % japanese laborers were evict-
ed by a mob of 100 white men last
Monday. returned to Seattle from Ev-
erett today. after an unsuccessful at
tempt to secure an Injunction restrain
ing the white men from interfering
with the Oriental laborers. The ap-
plication for an injunction was made
before Judge w. w. Black of the
Snohomish county superior court, but
he refused to hear the petition until
Tuesday, when the white residents Of
Darlington would have opportunity
to prepare a reply.
The company officials say that they
cannot count upon the Snohomish
county authorities for protection and
that unless Judge Black grants the in
junction Tuesday the case will be
taken before the United States courts.
Japenese Vice Consul Hayashi said
today that he is confident the United
States Lumber company will be able to
handle the situation without necessity
arising for an appeal to the Japanese
ambassador at Washington.
In order that the representatives of
his government might be fully in
formed OF the situation he has for
warded a report to the ambassador re-
viewing the disturbance and outlining
the steps that are being taken TO pre-
vent repetition Of the uotbreak.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-18
A LOWER COAL
RATEPOSS|BLE

THE recent order OF the Interstate
commerce commission directing
the Oregon short Line TO reduce
Springs mines In Wyoming, TO Boise,
Twin Pals. HALEY, Mountain Home
s.d eight other towns I'm Idaho, TO
$3.50 a ton, on the grounds that the
- rate e. unrearonabIy high, may
force the Denver q Rio Grande to meet
the rate
tween Frank II. PInisted, assistant
general freight agent of the Oregon
short Line, aud :. v. Derrah. assistant
general freight agent of the Denver 4
about by the recent order of the inter-
state commerce commission was dis
cussed-
SO far as the Oregon Short Line is
concerned. there IS no alternative and
on the other hand the Rio Grande IS
face to face with a proposition OF re-
during its rates of S4.25 from Utah
mines to Boise and other towns in the
life market for coal from its Utah
mines.
An Unpleasant Position.
But this IS not the worst OF Il. so
far as the Denver < Rio Grande IS
concerned. II II reduces its rate from
S4.25 to $3.50 TO the Idaho points in
question. Il will stand in the attitude
OF confessing that S4.25 was an un-
ing a reduction of IS cents a ton, II is
accepting what the Interstate COM
merce commission considers reason
able rate. The Denver a. Rio Grande
haul from its Utah mines to Boise is
about $50 miles, while the Oregon
Short line haul from Rock Springs to
Boise is about 500 miles. The rate
into Salt Lake and common points Is
S1-75 per ton for n haul OF $50 miles.
CONTINUED on PAGE rhree.)