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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

what has been remarkable restraint In the
American people toward this much loved, much
hated, and much feared man. 1t ought to be
remembered with pride that it has remained for
man either drunk or crazy to call him liar.
This is the more remarkable in that the Colonel
has SO often invited the abuse by himself APP
plying the epithet men of equal character with
himself. 1t is more remarkable still because he
has not always been careful to see that the man
to whom he has applied the short and ugly word
was guilty. 1t is more remarkable still, be-
cause, in calling others liars, Colonel Roosevelt
has time and again left himself open to a retort
in kind. That with all these provocatons, re-
peated after he had become a private citizen,
there has existed in the American people rever-
ence for his position which he has not himself
recognized speaks well for the American Peo-
pie. When the inevitable result Of his own invi-
tation came to pass, it is a tine thing that it
should have found voice in man so inconspicu-
Gus that he remains namelcss!
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06
GLASS LEGISLATION"

President Taft spoke wholesomely in his
Labor Day address in indicating where lies the
line of definition in the much abused phrase,
class legislation" As he pointed ont and il
Illustrated with legislative examples the phrase
does not logically include in the vice with which
1t Is associated the recognition by the law of
classes whose Importance in their relation to
society is sufficient to make their regulation or
benefit a matter for society at large. Thus, we
take 1t, there is no class legislation in requiring
Tor the public good special duties in relation 10
the public from corporations upon whose conduct
the public good is essentially dependent. The
whole system of laws is based in large measure
upon the curtaIment of private RICH. for the
public benefit. In this same way legislation rea-
sonably regulating hours of labor of public ser
vice corporations, laws safeguarding the rights
of employees to satisfaction for injuries sustained
in the line of their duties, are. while technically
class legislation, in the broad sense public in
character.
Where the real vice lies is in the attempt fire.
quentlv. made to secure for one class immunity
from the operation Of general and fundamental
laws, or to secure for one class special benefits
at the expense of another or all classes. Be
cause there is a widespread belief that the tariff
laws operate toward the giving of special and
unwarranted benefit to one class without regard
for the rights of the public generally is no Just
ground for founding a demand for special OK
emption from the operation of general laws for
another class. Labor, it is popularity I'M
derstood, has not always been quick to see this
TRUTH the it shall see it, the better il will
be.
As we recently stated when the perncions
effort WAS made to secure from Congress special
immunity for farmers and laboring organizations
from prosecution under the Sherman law, class
legislation of that sort is subversive of the prin-
clple of law itself. The attempt was not to exempt
special classes directly but to prevent the prosecu-
ton special classes for violation of an existing
law. 1t was to adopt the hypocritical expedient of
passing law applicable to all and then TO prevent
III special instances, its enforcement Neither
farmers nor labor organizations could hope for
anything except ultimate disaster from such nm
fair privilege. Whosoeyer attempt to give it in
! iures the country and hurts the cause which he
Is supposed to aid. That such attempts are
politically futile-as witness the effort of Comp
10 deliver the labor vote TO Bryan-is evidence
of the sound sense of the body of agricultural and
labor interests, opposed to their sometimes hot
headed and vocferous mouthpieces. Both of
these great classes can reasonably demand such
rights as are due them as important segments of
society considered as a whole; neither can look
for special immunity from any law without in
cvitably weakening other laws upon which they
themselves rely for protection.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06
ROOSEVELT AND TIE aLIEo

The entire nation viii regret the Insult offered
% the ex-President at Fargo by man who was
either drunk or crazy The position of Colonel
Roosevelt before The country is that Of sort
Of extra-territorial private citizenship. His posi-
ton az an individual invests him with the rights
and immunities Of one outside the official class !;
bis former high position and his present demon
strated hold upon the affections of large portion
and the interest Of the entire nation are sufficient
10 make an affront to him am affront to fhe
country. The incident at Fargo, however, holds
no significance. II was one that might happen
% any man at any place. 1t was one of the
ordinary and inconyenient penalties of prom
inence.
81 The character of the insult points. however.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06
Let the Virginian Follow You.

If you intend leaving Richmond for a vacation
have The vireinian sent daily TO your cottage
or hotel You may then enjoy the mountain
seashore air and the same time keep in
close touch with all that is happening In the
city and State, and country-politicai, social,
business and sporting circles.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

he refusal of Judge Mcpherson to grant the
injunction against the Bucks Stove closed shop
agreement will doubtless prove profitable to
those newspapers which with union printers
publish Mr.. Posts advertising attacks on union
labor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

Several lawyers have volunteered to defend Cover
Mann in the suit for damages that has haan
brought against him by citizen farmer And we'll
may. II Is matter of vital importance to the law
lawyer who gives bad legal advice practicing law win
be as hazardous as conducting business
Harald4 :
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

Most laboring men rested on Labor Day. 1t
will be remembered, however, that every poll
tician was working over time
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

Is it possible that the lady who descended
from parachute in the Rockefeller grounds at
Forest Hill, dressed in tights and spangles,
thought to give the pious oil magnate a touch
of high life?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

Downing uniform gives man a strange
sense of physical power. That is all we'll and
good 50 long as psychology is not attempted to
be translated into practice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

Colonel Roosevelts handling of the plagiarist
who called him liar indicated that his physi-
cal prowess includes jiu jtt su as well as facility
with the broad sword and the mits.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

Judge Gaynor has so far recovered as TO be
able to walk six miles. A sign that when the
time comes he will be able to do all the running
that may be expected Of him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

Soldiers who shoot blank cartridges on til
streets cannot be trusted with powder and bal
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

Considering the revelation of who is paving
the Colonefs expenses, the words which are
spoken in the West viii be seen to be not as
free as they sound.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

To think of as laxative man as d. LYMAN
Abbot having to go ont in the market for words
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06

The kiosk's first Fall performance was d
cidedly a species of atavism
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06
Miss TYLER Webs,

Miss Lillian Fardiner Tyler daughter of Mrs. John
Alexander Tyler. of New York. and a granddaug heI
of the late President Tyler Virginia married
to Lieutenant Alvin Margraf. of Hamburg. Germany
on saturday at the summer home of her mother In
East Hampstead l., /. Her father, the j. Alex
ander Tyler of President Tyler. Judge D.
Gardiner Tyler, of Virginia uncle OF the bride
gave her away. The ceremony performed by the
Rev. Edward Jeffrey, OF Philadelphia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
BRINGS BABY HERE.
Kansas City Authorities Puzzle Over
Woman's Marital Story.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 19.-The
woman giving the name of Mrs. Eva
Shelter of Randolph, Mo-, who has
caused the Wyandotte county authori-
ties to puzzle over the strange story
she told of her married life, Thursday
applied to w. w. Lacy, chief probation
officer of the Wyandotte county juve-
nile court, for the possession of her
16-moths-old daughter, zelda. The
baby had been taken from her We'd
nesday and placed temporarily in the
Life Line mission in Kansas City, Kan.
The baby was given to her, and she
left. saying she was going to 1904 East
Eighth street in Topeka Kan, to
make her home with a sister. The
woman. whose story of how for six
years she had posed as a housekeeper
in the home of her own husband, and
had given away her two young babies
in order that her husband might re-
ceive an $4,000 bequest at his moth
er's death, puzzled the court officers,
stated to Mr.. Lacey that her home in
Randolph, Mo-, had been broken up
by the accounts in the paper of her
tale, and that she had left there for
good.
LAS soon as the papers reached
Randolph, the telephones began buzz
zing,'' she said. 81 was kept busy an
swering calls, and my husband agreed
will not be home until Sunday and 1
left before she came back. My home
is ruined by the telling of my long
time secret, and now 1 am going to
my sister,
Mrs. Shelter refused again to d.
vulge the name of her husband or her
mother n-law who, she said, promised
her only son that he should have
$4,000 at her death provided he did
not marry until after that time. Ac-
cording to Mrs. Smeltzer's story the
son broke his promise. and was mar
rfed to her six years ago.
Long distance telephone calls to
Randolph, Mo-. last night brought the
information that George Smeltzer
lived there with a widowed mother.
Over the telephone Mr.. Smeltzer stat
ed that he knew of no woman by the
name of Eva Shelter. He said that
he had been married, but separated
from his wife seven years ago. He
has a 13-year-old son living with him
| The people of Randolph are mystff1ed
at the woman's strange story, and say
that they know of no woman of her
name and description ever having lived
| in that town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
IT BEATS 1907.
Commercial Movement on Great Lakes
Shows Large Gain.

Washington. Aug. 19.-Commercia1
movements on the great lakes during
June last and also during the six
months ending with June, as measured
by the volume of shipments between
domestic lake ports, show large gains
over similar figures for corresponding
periods in previous years. including
1907, which was a most favorable year
in the history of lake commerce.
According to figures prepared by the
bureau of statistics the total June ship
ments amounted to 13,603,516 gross
tons, exceeding those of June, 1907, by
16 per cent, and those of June last
year by 33 per cent. The six months
shipments showed a similar gain.
The large gain is attributed to the
heavier traffic in iron ore from the
Lake Superior producing region. the
monthly total for the first time having
passed the seven million ton mark.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
BURIED IN A WHALE.
Harpoon Belonging to Vessel Lost
Seven Years Ago.

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. ia seven
years mystery of the sea may be
solved through a mishap to the Ger
man steamship Pallanza, which struck
a whale at sea, nearly cutting the
mammal in two and disclosing a har-
pooh believed to have been used by
the little whaler, James T. Duncan,
which was lost in 1903. The Duncan
sailed from Halifax with a crew of
seven men in the spring of that year
and has not since been heard from.
Captain Fendt of the PallanZa, which
has arrived here from Hamburg, re-
ports that he ran into the whale on
August IL. The creature was firmly
impaled on the prov of the steamer
and died after a terrific struggle.
Members of the crew were let down
to chop away the carcass and the
sailors found the harpoon embedded
in the whale.
On the end of the harpoon was an
iron band stamped u. T. D., 1902"
Captain Fendt keeps a close record of
wrecks and he came to the conclusion
that the whale may have been respon-
sible for the loss of the Duncan.
Il think it safe to say that men of
the Duncan drove this weapon into
the whale and in the struggle which
followed, the vessel was sunk by a
blow from the animals TAIL" he said
you'd think so, too, if you had seen
that whale die"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
CITATION IN CRIPPEN CASE.
London Chronicle Must Purge Itself
of Contempt.

London, Aug. 19.-The court of
criminal appeal on application by
counsel representing DR.. H. H. Grip
pen today granted a rule of Nisl, call
ing on the London Daily Chronicle to
show cause why a writ of attachment
should not be issued for contempt of
court. The alleged contempt consists
of story printed August 5. suggest
ing that DR.. Crippen had poisoned his
wife. The article declared that Dr.
Crippen had confessed or admitted to
Inspector Dew, who arrested him on
his arrival in Canadian waters, that
he had killed his wife.
Counsel for DIR. Crippen produced
cable from DR.. Crippen denying that
he had made any such confession.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
MORE TROOPS NEEDED.
Ten Additional Companies Called for to
Fight Fires.

Washington, Aug. 19.-Forest fires
in Montana are spreading and ten adj
ditional companies of troops are need
ed to meet the situation according to a
joint telegram received today by the
interior department and forest service
from their field agents.
Supervisor Logan of the Glacier Ma
tional park and Supervisors Haines
and Bunker of the Flathead and
Blackfoot national forests, respective
", reported that the old fires are prac-
tically under control, but that new
ones are constantly appearing and
more troops are needed to meet the
emergency. They ask that four com
panies be sent to the Glacier park and
three companies each to the Flathead
and Blackfoot forests.
Chief Clerk Ucker of the interior
department, who is in the Glacier Ma
tional park assisting in the fighting of
fires. today telegraphed Acting Secre-
tary Pierce that he believed the fire
situation could be met and the flames
kept under control with additional
troops but that the conf1agration could
not be entirely arrested until the adj
vent of rain.
Mr.. Ticker suggested that some of
the fires were of incendiary origin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
MAYOR IS 0USTED.
He Is Found Guilty of WillfuI Neglect
of Duty.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 19.-Judge
K E. Wilcoxsen at Sigourney today
handed down an opinion ousting
Thomas ]. Phillips as mayor of OF
tumwa, Ia. At the trial of the mayor,
held recently at Ottumwa, it was
claimed by Attorney General Cosson,
who prosecuted the hearing that
Mayor Phillips was guilty of willful
neglect OF duty in permitting resorts
and gambling houses to run Also
that the mayor was intoxicated on
April 80. On both of these charges
the court finds the mayor guilty.
A third charge that the MAJOR is
dishonest was dismissed by the court.
Mayor Phillips is a leading Democrat
and was a candidate for governor on
the Democratic ticket some years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
BLOW ABOUT TO FALL.
Everything Indicates That Annexation
of Corea Is Imminent.

Seoul. Aug. 19.-Though nothing
official can be learned confirming the
reports that negotiations for the an
nexation of Corea by Japan are pro-
ceeding, many signs indicates that an
nexation is imminent Long confer
ences between officials are constantly
in progress; visits are frequently inter-
changed and great activity is noticed
in the Japanese Offices.
The censorship has been placed on
an even more rigid basis than before
and Toxic newspapers containing re-
ports on the situation are confiscated
on their arrival in this country The
entire country has been placed under
a strong military guard and several
Japanese war vessels are now patrolling
the coasts of Corea. The situation in
dicates conditions of extreme tension,
but officials maintain a sphynxlike at
titude, refusing to make any statement
regarding any action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
AUTOS BOTHER JOHN D.
He Asks Village Board to Close a
Thoroughfare.

Tarrytown, N. Y, Aug. 19.-Coush-
ing automobiles disturb the slumbers
of John D. Rockefeller and he wants
something down about it. Bedford Run
which cuts through the Rockefeller es-
tate and is the main highway for an
tomobile traffic between this place and
Pocantico Hills has steep grades, and
lnconsiderate chauffeurs burning up
the gasoline that Mr.. RockefeIler's re-
timers distill have a habit of cutting
out the muffler and opening the throt-
tie on the stiff ones. Hence the night
ly coughings and barkings
A new sign now stands at the iunc-
ton OF Bedford Run and Weber ave-
nue., directing automobiles to take the
lower and more remote road, but the
chauffeurs are proverbially needless.
To make the warning effective Mr..
Rockefeller will have to put the power
OF both the Pocantico village board
and the Tarrytown town board behind
It. He has already made overtures in
that direction, but thus far both boards
seem inclined to keep open one of their
principal thoroughfares to whomso-
ever wishes to use it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
PATTEN is OUT OF IT.
His Seat on the Stock Exchange Is
Sold for $4,000.

New York. Aug. 1e.-James A. Pat
ten, the Chicago grain and cotton
operator, disdaining to talk on hnan-
cial conditions. said today that he was
chiefly interested in university mat
tiers in Chicago and that the work
was taking up most of his time. Mr.
Patten was a passenger on the steam
ship Adriatic, in today from Europe.
He confirmed the wireless report that
he had sold his seat on the stock ex-
change.
why, there isn't anything to make
fuss about in regard to the sale,
said Mr.. Patten. Il simply gave word
before leaving this country that II the
bid for the seat should go to $780, 900
the seat should be sold. Well, When
the bid reached that amount the seat
was sold, / can't do a thing without
it being put in the newspapers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
PRAYERS sUPPLANT DOCTOR.
After "Holiness" Treatment Children
Are Taken to Hospital.

Hutchinson. Kan, Aug 19.-When
DR.. G. l.. McKittrick called at the home
Of Charles Kohlsach, to see how Kohl
sachs two children, boy 10 and a girl
z, who were i'll, were getting along. he
was turned away. He found, he saws.
a band of Holiness" adherents con-
Quoting exhortations in the sick room.
The nurse had been dismissed, and the
medicines he had left had been taken
out and thrown into the gutter, he
says.
DR.. McKittrick also says that the
children, who are i'll of typhoid fever
were moaning in their delirium, as the
prayers and exhortations of the women
around the sick beds continued. Super
visor r. o. Slayton had called at the
home earlier in the dav and found, he
said. that the malt food which the doc
tor had specified as the only nourish-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
Pitcher Faber Ties a Record.

Davenport, Ia, Aug. 19-Pitcher
Faber of Dubuque, in the Three 1
league tied a worlds baseball record,
allowing no hits and no Davenport
player reaching first base in nine in
nings. Faber pitched wonderful ball
and was given faultless support. Du-
buque won, 8 to 0. The record was
made by Calvin of ST. Louis against
Detroit in 1876. 1t was equalled by Lee
Richmond of Worcester against C1eve-
land in 1880, by Ward of Providence
against Buffalo in 1880, by Young of
Boston against Philadelphia in 1904 and
by Joss of Cleveland against Chicago
in 1908.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
ATTACKS hutchinson woman.

Hutchinson, Kan, Aug. 19.-Mrs W.
S. Weir was attacked by a Mexican
while in her kitchen about 10 O'Clock
Thursday, choked almost into insensi-
bility and left with her dress and apron
torn off. She managed to reach the
telephone, but after getting the re-
ceiyer down could not call the police
station, being unable to speak. She
managed to attract the attention of
neighbors, but her unknown assailant
had fled. The police are working on
the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
M,GRAw MUST KEEP STILL.
New York Manager Suspended Indef-
initely for Umpire Batting.

New York, Aug. 19.-President
Thomas B. Lynch of the National
league has indefinitely suspended John
T. McGraw, manager of the New York
club, for protesting too vehemently
against the decisions of Umpires
Charles .Rigler and Robert Emslie in
the recent Pittsburg-New York series
on the Polo grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
CRUSHED BY MARBLE.
w. f. WilIetts Seriously Injured
While Unloading 1t.

w. F. Wil1etts of 1914 Kansas ave-
nue., an employee of the Merchants
Transfer company, was severely in
jured early this morning while I'M
loading marble at the new Thompson
Hall building. A heavy piece of mar
BILE fell, pinning Mr.. Willett under
meath. His left wrist was broken and
he was injured about the chest, but
DIR. H. B. Hogeboom, who attended
him, says he will recover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
His speech in Esperanto.

Washington, Aug 19.-G. Grosvenor
Dawes, director of the Southern Com
mercial congress, in an address which
he will deliver before the sixth inter-
national congress of Esperanto, will
advocate holding the 1915 congress in
New Orleans. Copies of Mr.. Dawes
speech, printed in Esperanto, have
been prepared for distribution among
the delegates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19

ment the children should have, had
been taken away and they were being
fed oranges. peaches, fruits of all kinds
and bread and milk. Finding that he
could do nothing for the sick children,
DIR. McKittrick left, reported the mat
ter to DIR. Fred Forney, the county
health officer.
Later the children were taken to the
Stewart hospital. 1t is said their con-
dition is dangerous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
Balloon Trip of so Miles.

Cincinnati, Aug. 19.-George r.
Howard, pilot, and his four compan-
ions who assembled in the balloon
"Drifter'' at Hamilton, Ohio, late yes
terday arrived in Cincinnati today
from Dry Ridge, KY. where the party
landed. The landing was made with
out accident. Dry Ridge is about SO
miles south of Hamilton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
Arrested for wool Theft.

Boston, Aug. 1.-TWO more ar
rests were made today in connection
with the alleged wholesale thefts of
wool from the Boston & Maine rail-
way and various Massachusetts, wooden
mills. The men last arrested, Edward
Parkins and John ]. Ross, are team
sters. 1t is alleged that the wool
thefts will aggregate $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
Kansas Farmer Is Killed.

Independence, Kan, Aug. 19.-Adam
Molidor, a. prominent farmer of Mont
gomery county, was killed near here
in a runaway accident. Mr.. Molidor
was moving hay when the horses be-
came frightened. throwing him from
his seat. He was found shortly after
ward by a farm hand and carried to
the house. His father was a pioneer
Of Montgomery county