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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22
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THE NIUCI<RAISERS, TRUST.

Magazine readers will be somewhat
Is TO be organized and systematized
The mud-slinging writer's of the New
York magazines are forming a muck
raking pool" to use the apt phrase of
the Boston Herald.
According to the story the new com
binatlon is not to be n formal trust.
1t will not, therefore, be technical
enough to bring it under the law
which would make it subject to Fed
eral prosecution. IT is to be gen
tleinan's agreement" something like
the unwrltten agreements which OBJ
tain among good fellows and gam
blers,
The organization is to be rather in
FORMAL Its purposes viii be achieved
in pleasant after-lrncheon chats over
cigars coffee, apricot brandy and
creme de menthe.
The participants in these meetings
VIII be the magazine owners and the
mucl1raker writer's. the Talbolls, the
Bakers, the steffenses, ct Id omne
genus, On these occasions each man
VIII show his hand, SO that all may
know what is being planned by each
magazine owner and writer. If II shan
appear that The Sherlock lIolmses and
the Chief Wilkes and several maya
%!nes have their noses on the same
2trhil of graft or crime, the editors
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22
SEND THE BILLS TO "rHE OUT
LOOI<.V

Raincy is determined to press his
inquiry into the expenses of Mr.. Roose-
Welt While he was President 1t is
said that if he had paid for all the
transportation furnished him by the
Southern Railroad on his orders while
he was President, 1t would have coa,
him $4,000, and that he got $4,000
worth Of transportation from the Penn
sylvania Railroad. We insist. again
that this is a matter between Mr.
Roosevelt and the railroads with which
Congress has nothing to do. If he
owe them any money. let them pre-
sent their bills, duly attested, and
should he decline to pay them. let the
railroads send the bills to The Out
look, which has plenty of money, ana
would not suffer the Contributing Ed
tor TO be disturbed in the prosecution
of his labors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22
WORSE THAN THE BOIL yyEpy11,


Some OF the Texas papers are nsat.
Ing With all their might for good roads.
The Beaumont Enterprise declares that
the ravages Of the boil weevil in the
Lone Star State are estimated at MIL
mons OF dollars annually. but adds thai
the mudhole has been more costly for
the producer than the boil weevil." The
Federal Government has spent millions
OF dollars in trying to find way to
extirpatc this pest, but as the Enter
prise well puts It, no money has to be
spent In learning how to get rid of ba
roads. The construction of good roads
Is the whole key to the problem,
The Enterprise says further:
"rhe boil weevll in destroying cot
ton decreases production, and consc-
quently increases the price of tNs re.
naming products, but bad roads lazy
their deadly toll against the producer
and destroy the value of the remaining
roads, Bad roads are the worst pcs.
the farmer has to contend with, and
they are the easiest to get rid off,
All true, and all we'll worth thinking
about. This country is sinking the
value Of the products of millions Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22
DENTISTS IN THE NAVY.

Word comes from Washington that
dental surgeons are proposed for the
Navy; to be graded as follows: One
dental surgeon with the rank of
lieutenant ommander, four passed as
sistant dental surgeons with the rank
of lieutenant. and twenty-five assis-
tants with the rank of lieutenant,
Junior grade The proposition is
wholly sound and in keeping with the
spirit of the times. 1t will be recol-
lected that one of the hospital ships of
the Navy is already under the COM
mand of physician, and everybody
knows of course, that the present
chief of STAFF of the Army is a doctor.
In time, as the new system is develop
ed, we may have the Navy commanded
by a dentist, in which case there would
be no reason why we should not show
out teeth to any enemy that might
offer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22
A HARD YEAR FOR sMuGGLEns

The United States customs officers
| have become almost pernicious in their
activity during the last year. There Is
Loeb in New York. the very mention
of whose name carries terror to the
heart of respectable smugglers. With
| in less than six months he has caught
a former Governor of New Hampshire
Poushkeepsie loaded with jewels, the
wife of millionaire candy manufac-
turer in New York also loaded down
with precious stones. and only about
impartial hands with lot of jewelry
she had brought back home from
France. Now comes the news that the
famous VanDyke painting, which was
many recently, and was bought by
Boston art firm for the sum of $40,
has been seized by the customs officers
at Boston and is held for Identification.
This painting is said to be worth $780,
900 and is alleged to have been pur-
chased in an obscure city in Europe
last summer for not much more than
one of the old-fashioned chromos is
worth, and is now waiting, until its
original ownership has been fully es-
tablished. before delivery to the Ameri-
can collector.
OF course there Is much consterna-
tion in smuggling circles because OF
the business spirit with which the Gus
toms officers are doing their work, and
there Is much condemnation of them
because of their BRUTALITY" In treat
ing the baggage of returning Ameri
can tourists, but it must be admitted
that the smugglers they have caught
and the goods they have seized Justify
the suspicion that no Americans are
honest. particularly no Americans OF
the richer and presumably more re-
spectacle class. 1t Is hoped that Loeb
and the rest of the sleuths at the
great ports OF the country will con-
tinue their very good and successful
work
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22
THE GOVERN ,IENT AND THE
MILITIA

NVhcu tbn r,j,iy r,t,i,ia In,,. 80.
nassed bv ro,,ross ,.o nro.,s+a,
apainat n hecanea ~ did ,,ot to1ta..
that IL would nrova orec.tyo ho.o,,.o
$40 ,,reforrod .t,t ~ n,,a.o, e.at
shouId tske care &c +ha,r ovn Mn
establishments vbicb ,h.v had neyar
done. in fact and becouso Il would do
stroy tho esnrit tba. had DISTINGUISHED
| such military force as tho statee b,d
I maintained The pick ,aw has not
1 made good. but the states having ac-
/ cented it's terms and consented TO max
their volunteer soldierv n reserve for
| the Regular Army. every possible eff
fort should be made to promote the
efficiency of this reserve.
1t is impossible to maintain the Ma
tlonal Guard under the conditions OF
the Dick law. and at the recent con-
vention of tho National Guard Associa-
tion, held at st Louis, it was recon-
raended that Congress be asked for
such additional Legislation as will make
the militia an effective arm of the
service The war Department at
Washington would provide the means
necessary for the accomplishment
OF this result by organizing and
instructing citizen soldiery that |
would be effective in time of war and
assure the safety of the several States
in time of peace. 1t is proposed that
the enlisted men in the National .iuard I
shall receive twenty-five per cent. or
the pay received by the soldiers in the
Regular Army, and that the officers of
the National Guard shall receive fifteen
per cent. of the pay of the officers in
tho regular service This would give
the officers about enough money to
provide and care for their uniforms ana
the private soldiers a very modest sun,
for their needs in meeting the extra
ordinary expense in the patriotic lux
ury of serving their country among its
lighting men. The amount required
for the proper instruct and keep OF
tile National Guard woulS aggregate
sis million dollars annually. small
sum in comparison with the ends 10 10
attained and far less than the amount
thar would he reo,irea in arninr and
disciplinin- an arn1v out Of raw mate
10, IN casa ot wa
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22
THE OYSTER CHAMp1oI

Not long ago there was an oyster
marathon in Texas. The winner was
the man who could eat the most oys-
tiers.
Governor shafroth. of Colorado. won
easily. At the recent -Mississip-
pi Congress at San Antonio, shafroth,
along with the members OF
the Congress, took side trip to Gal.
weston. In that city, the delegates
were cordially received and were in
formed that they must take part In an
oyster eating contest. A finely EN-
bossed gold medal was the prize, the
hvalves We're free. and the delegates
jumped into the fray.
Governor shafroth ate leisurelv
The oysters were imported from Wiz.
GINA by the Texans and the chief
executive of Colorado believed in max
Ing good thing last as long as pos
sible. After awhile, the announcer in
dicated that Safroth was rapidly
coming toward the top OF the column.
In an hour, all the other delegates were
down and out. The Governor laughed
and ate on. damning those who cried
"enough!"
a little later, the Governor is de-
scribed by the Rocky Mountain News
as not smiling now, but looking as
II ne were writing letter to re-
calcitrant Senators. Then he looked
as II the Legislators had written back
that they wouldn't pass the laws.
After few more gulps the Governor
laid back with tired but seraphic
grin"
He had eaten four hundred and
elshty-tive oysters. not counting the
horseradish, the lemon juice. and the
crackers, Colorado was saved.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22

acres every year into mud and miro
IT there were good roads Throughout
the nation. we should be very, very
much Weather people.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22

Henry B. Money-Coutts who has
just shaken the dust OF the Liberal
party from his feet, with a good deal
of unnecessary vehemence, is junior
partner in Coutts's celebrated bank. in
London, and the only son of Francis
Money Coutts, who succeeded his aunt,
the late Baroness Burdett Coutts, IN
her predominant share in the owner
ship of Couttss Bank, and in the pos
session Of all her great entailed prop
erty. Francis Money-Coutts two years
ago purchased Stoodleigh Park, near
hampton, in Devonshire, from Sir IL
the Tory party, with the object Of
standing for Parliament for the liver
ton district of the county as Q LIB
eral He has found, however. Union
list sentiment far too strong to admit
of his ever being returned as Lib
eral and being reluctant to request the
votes of the constituency for the
Unionist cause, after having so recent
as a Liberal, he has caused his son
to lead the way in changing the polit-
ical allegiance OF the present owners
of Stoodleigh Park.
that Francis Money-Coutts will very
shortly follow his only son into the
Unionist camp. He Is n member Of
the bar and the author Of several
ious and mystical bent. who is gen
orally regarded as having been some
what overwhelmed by the sense Of
tho Importance derived from the pos
session OF his aunt's fortune Yet
there was never any love lost between
the two. and there is no doubt that
the late baroness would have disin-
herited her nephew had she possessed
the legal power to do SO, III he did
not stand very high in her good
graces, II was mainly owing to his
mother, the late Mrs. Money, widow
Of Rev James Drummond Money. Mrs,
Money got on fairly we'll with her
Younger sister, until Lady Burdett-
Coutts married. in 1881, the Brooklyn
horn William Ashmsead BARTLETT who
thereupon assumed her name Of Bur
dett-Coutts. The elder of the two
women opposed the union in the most
ilat-footed manner, subjecting the
baroness to such exceedingly plain
Wedding man young enough to be
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22

Pity the sorrows of the horscr at
this blessed Christmas time and help
them hold back their loads going down
hill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22

Debates OF the Senate are not Away.
dull and unhumorous. The other day
there was discussion over certain
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22
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vessel the Venus. whereupon sena-
tor Cummins said:
1T always seemed to me little re-
narkable that they shouid call an
armed ship BY that name. But pass
Ing that rs It true that when she left
Gibraltar her only cargo consisted oil
$4,000 in specie and $500 worth of SILK
stockings"
1t was true.
-
The best definition of a rara avis in
Richmond is a city employee who does
not petition for a raise in salary
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22
ny La M.,nauIsE DE EoNTEyoy.

~ MPEROR NICHOLAS and his gov
Il ernment have lately put for
ward pretension which. if adj
mitted by the other great powers
of the world. will necessitatc revls-
ion OF one OF the most important
principles OF international law. Until
now territorial waters have always
/ been regarded as limited by three
miles from the shore Russia, how
: ever, insists on a twelvemile limit.
and has recently captured several
| English trawlers for nshing within
the twelve-mile limit from Inc mouth
of the White Sea. The Japanese have
complaints of an analogous character
against Russia for capturing their
fishermen within the twelve-mile
limit. but beyond the three mile limit
of the Russian coast line, and either
the Gear Will have to back down, which
is improbable. or else 1t Will be neces-
sary TO summon another international
congress. to arrange for new de-
Limitation of the extent OF territorial
waters. and at the same time of the
claims OF the various powers to land
and water in the Arctic region. The
merely related TO the ownership OF
Spitzbergcn, and did not take into
consideration any of the other re-
gions of the Arctic Ocean
There is so much resemblance be-
Szecsen that IT may be Just as we'll
to explain that Count Nicholas Sec
sen de Temerin. who has just been APP
pointed ambassador of Austria Hun
gary to France, in succession to the
late Count Rudolf Kheveuhuller, Is no
relation whatsoever to Count Laslo
Szechenyi who married Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt. and who belongs to an
entirely different family. Count Mich
olas Szecsen Is q man of about fifty
three. has been for several years En-
peror Francis Josephs ambassador to
the Holy Seat, ana was before thab4
chief OF the political department of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at
Vienna. He is married to Countess
Johanna Mikes yon Zabola, who is
a Dame du Palais of the court of
Vienna, and is the son of the late
Count Anthony Szecsen, who was
grand master and grand marshal of
the court OF Vienna, his father, in
turn Count Szencgen, having been the
grand master of the househould of old
Archduchess Sophia, the imperious and
masterful mother-of Emperor Francis
Joseph, and who to a great extent
dominated her son and his ministers
during the earlier portion of his
reign. The Szecsens received their
title of count at the beginning Of the
nineteenth century, and were emo
bled about 100 years previously, where
as the Szechenyis were created counts
as far back as in 1891
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-22
THE SOUTHERN MERGER CASE.

ruuRsDAY, DECEMBER %, 1910.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
UNITED RAILROADS !
Opens TRACK WAR
Legal Fight Against States Ac-
ton to COniscate Fran
chise Begun
Two Demurrers Filed Allege
Improper Uniting of Ac-
ton Causes

The United Railroads yesterday
opened legal fire on the action insti-
tuted by the state to declare forfeited
the franchise under which the corpora
ton claims the right to operate cars
over the outer track" in lower Mar
ket street from Sutter street to the
water front. Two demurrers to the
Railroads and the other for the Suffer
street railway company, were filed with
the county clerk, as well as two mo-
uons TO strike out portions of the
complaint
The chief ground of the demurrers
is that several pretended causes of
action have been improperly united.
Ihese pretended causes of action" are
enumerated as follows: An action
against the United Railroads for oper-
atlng cars without authority on the
tracks of the Sutter street railway
company; an action against the Sutter
street company for the forfeiture of
franchise from Market and Sutter
streets to Central avenue for failure
to operate service thereon for six
years; an action against the Sutter
street company for failure to operate
cars on the lower portion of Market
street; an action against the Sutter
street company for forfeiture of its
franchise for failure to run sufficient
cars to accommodate the public
In its complaint the state affirms that
the Suffer street company is not run
ming cars on lower Market street in
good faith, but solely to prevent the
use of that part of Market street by
any railroad not controlled by the
United Railroads 1t is further claimed
that the franchise originally owned by
the Sutter street railway company is
not severable or divisible, and that in
pretending to operate cars over but a
few blocks the company has forfeited
the franchise. Besides asking that
court to so decree, the state asks that
fines of $1,000 be inflicted on the United
Railroads and the Sutter street railway
company.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
GENERAL DENIAL
OF A Fish TRUST
Defendant Corporations in DAM
age Suit Say There Is NO
Price Boosting Combine /
Three Witnesses Swear Under
Oath There Is No Such
Thing in City

A denial that there is any trust or
combination between the wholesale fish
dealers of San Francisco to keep up
prices or, to crush competition consti-
tutes the defense to the $4,000 dam
age suit of the Portola fish company.
as outlined in testimony presented yes
terday to the jury trying the case be-
fore Judge Hunt. Three witnesses con-
nected with two of the defendant cor
porations-the New San Francisco fish
dealers and the international fish COM
pany-stated under oath that there is
no such thing as fish trust in this
city.
The defense yesterday enlarged it's
battery of lawyers. Bert SchIesinger
for the first time taking his place be-
side w NJ. Madden. Walter j. ThOmp-
son. E. O'DOnnell and j. Webster. OPP
posed to these five lawyers James De-
vOtO is alone representing the POr-
tola company.
Emile BerzOna. manager of the New
San Francisco fish dealers, was the
first witnesstfor the defense. He stated
positively that there is no combination
between the wholesale dealers and no
regulation of the market price; that he
and others bought from the fishermen
at the best price they could get. and
sold to the retailers at prices fixed by
themselves. He denied having re-
fused fish to the POrtOla company. eN-
cept when he had only enough for his
regular customers.
Cross examined by Attorney Devote.
Borzona admitted that before the sen
ate committee he said he was tired OF
two companies 'hogging it all" He
also admitted that during the senate
investig igation he answered Yes to the
following question: You were glad to
see this combinati tiOn broken so that
the profits might be divided and not
enjoyed by one or two people2"
:. Dentici and Gustave PartenicO.
partners with Berzona in the New San
Francisco fish company both gave
similar testimony. denying the exist
ence of combination or an agreement
TO fix prices PartenicO insisted that
the testimony of four retailers who had
stated under oath that ne gave them
notice to quit buying from the POrtOla
company on pain of being refused sOles
and sanddabs was untrue.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
ORPHANAGE BLAzES;
BABES ARE RESCUED
San Rafael Women Garry the
Youngsters From Nursery of
Burning Structure
Especial Dispotch 10 The Call

SAN ANSELMO, Aug. pa blind
fire raging in the basement of the
Presbyterian orphan asylum here at
8 o'clock tonight threatened the lives
of 10 children housed in the institu-
tion. all of whom had retired for the
night and who only escaped from the
blazing structure in their night dresses
after an alarm had been sounded by
Is year old Wanita Mccoy. one of the
charges of the orphanage. Her prompt
act and presence of mind saved the
lives probably of 80 young girls sleep
ing in the east wing of the building and
on the third floor. superintendent f.
A. Doane and his wife, assisted by
Nursery Matron Miss H. Close, Marga-
ret Starr. Mr.. and Mrs Robert Dollar
and Mrs. Aigeltinger of San Rafael,
carried 20 infants from the nursery
while the smoke curled up from the
basement through the halls and about
the frame structure.
Every one of the children was taken
from the building when the fire fighters
arrived on the scene. Fearing for the
fixtures of the institution, furniture,
beds and clothing were thrown from
the windows and the firemen made a
successful attack on the smoldering
wood coal and undermining in the
basement. The cause of the fire is be-
lieved TO have been spontaneous COM
bustion.
After the danger was eliminated
tents were pitched on the lawns of the
grounds and beds spread for the some
what startled youngsters. 1t is est-
mated that the loss. covered by insur-
ance. will be in the neighborhood of
$500 No injuries marked the rescues
or the fight to quench the flames.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-23
SZAFCSUR FACES JURY
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
Alleged to Have Shot Wife for
Refusing Support

a jury was impaneled by Judge Ca
baniss yesterday to try Alexander
Szafcsur, accused of the murder of
his wife, Irma Szafcsur. The killing
took place the evening of April 4. 1910,
al the home of the Szafcsurs, SIG
Frederick street. II is claimed by the
prosecution that Mrs. Szafcsur had
saved a considerable sum of money by
conducting a clothes cleaning establish
ment. and that the trouble with her
husband resulted from her statement
to him that she did not intend to sup
port him any longer. Szafcsur went
TO the house and demanded a meal, and
when his wife refused to supply him
with food he became angry. At the
instant she started toward the dining
room, it is alleged, Szafcsur pulled a
revolver and fired three shots at his
wife. two taking effect in her head.
She died instantly. Szafcsur then went
into Golden Gate park and shot him
self, but did not succeed in inflicting e
q fatal wound.