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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
DUST ON GROVE ROAD
BRINGS FORTH PROTEST.
Residents Win Complain to Street
Committee and Ask That
Highway Be Oiled.

Citizens whe live en- the Grove Ave.
nue. road are up in arms and are pre-
pairing to enter a protest with thAs
Street Committee OF the Council Tor
failure TO oil that highway from the
boulevard to the city limits On Aks@s
count of the great clouds Of dust
which flies about in the wake Ut
speeding automobiles and vehicles c1
all descriptions II Is Impossible Co.
Grove road residents TO have the naIS
eft OF the evening bTeexeS ~ gte
ting on their porchts, Il S
At the present time the Cary D1xo~
thoroughfare in question hps -
for = lions ahAke ~ tEMN1k
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
OH! GIRLS, JUST
LOOK At THIS!
Here's Beautiful Husband, But
Wants Real Complexion or
Nothing Doing.

ST. LOUIS, MO, July 29.--Any girl
who wears blonde complexion that is
all her own, HAS blue eyes, can ride a
horse, catch bunkhouse fieas and cook
may find husband by writing to Jack
Robinson, hunter. Hot Springs, Mon
tana-
Robinson is a cowboy, and In a let
ter to Postmaster AilSers he says he is
thirty one and is known as the ugliest
man in Montana
Robinson asks the postmaster to do
what he can toward landing him a.
wife. Among other things, she must
be between eighteen and twenty eight
years old and one who wants TO lead
q ranch life and follow him over the
plains for Amusement.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
POLICE ARE WAITING
FOR CRIPPEN'S ARRIVAL
CRIPPEN ON BOARD

"sfeamshfp Montrose, 125 miles
OF Canadian coast, July 28.---
Crfppen and Mias Leneve on
board. First suspicion wken
Montrosa two hours from Ant
werp.
Watched couple closely. Came
10 conclusion man was Crfppen.
Booked a. merchant. Girl, dis
Euised an SON Crtppen reading
constantly, In nervous mot sieep
well. Miss Leneve gay at tinAeS,
mt others worried and watches
Crfppen with tears in eyes.
Have watched man closely ever
since he came aboard. Sure he
i@ Crfppen. Had read of ease
when In EnRisnd and hsd ~esss
pictures of fugffives In Bondon
papers in Antwerp. Identity of
couple positive.
"KENDALL,
Capt. Moutrose.@
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
Commander of Company A,
Blues, Alleged to Have
Acted Unfairly
MAJOR BOWLES
INVESTIGATING
Court of Inquiry Acquits Corporal
Martin, and Recommends Probe
Into Alleged DETRIMENTAL
State of Affairs.

The court IL OF the opinion
that Captain Thomas D. MeDe<--
ell, Company A, X. IL. /. Blues
Battalion, has acted with unfair
ness toward and prejudice against
said Corporal Martin In request
ing his discharge, contrary TO reg
uiaious, Virginia volunteers. The
court Is further of the opinion
that good feeling does not exist
in Company A, and cannot be
expected to exist under the pres
ent administration; that this lack
of cooperation Is detrimental TO
the seryice.--Opinion of the court
Of inquiry which recently investi-
gated the case OF Corporal Mar
tin.
Every indication points to a court.
martial OF Captain Thomas b. Me
Company A, Richmond Light
Infantry Blues. upon a recommends
ton of the court of inquiry which
Investigated the case OF Corpora
Carroll +. Martin, whom Captain Nc
Dowell alleged was unit for military
service.
Carroll Martin was fully exoneratsd
by the court. the findings OF which
pronounce the charges TO be unprov-
en-.
To Go Over Evidence.
THE covurts findings have beer
turned over to me. and their recon.
Is very strong" declared
Major f. w. Bowles, commanding tht
Blues Battalion. But ! shall taks
no steps in the matter until | have
considered the testimony
as given at the trial. l will probabl.
be in position 10 make an announce
ment Monday"
The recommendation of the courl
Is as follows;
THE court recommends that ths
officer of the battalion
take steps he may deem expedien'
10 correct the existing state of az
fairs. respectfully calling his atten.
ton TO the sixsy-seeond article oi
war
The SIXTY &scoYsd article Of war
regulations. provides for q
field officers court-martiai when thers
liz reason TO believe that there liz 9
disrupting influence at work In an.
organization.
Captain Mcdowell takes the situa'
ton philosophically.
II believe" he said Friday. ''tha'
Continued on Third Page.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
BALTIMOREAN WANTS
INFORMATION or STANLEY.

Mr.. Walter II. weliman. i104 North
Montford avenue, Baltimore. has writ
ten the police of Richmond asking for
information regarding e. r. Stanley.
who has been reported as being dead
In this city.
The police here do not know of
stanley. On the record the name of e.
u. Stanley appears. He was buried In
tina city cemetery about month aGo,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
AGED MAN IS SHOT
WHILE ON PORCH
Body of Meredith Mccain
Found by Neighbor Calling
in Early Morning
NELSON COUNTY STIRRED
BY ANOTHER MYSTERY
Shot Heard Near Humble Home
in Late Evening and Visit
Next Morning Reveals What
Seems to be Murder.

Especial % TIE kionmond virginian.)

Especial 20 The Richmond Virginian.)
LYNCHBUR0, VA, July 29.---An-
other mystery stirred the people OF
Nelson county, when the body of an
old man named McGann, whose first
name is thought to be Meredith, was
found lying on the porch of his lonely
hut about two miles from here this
morning by passerby. The brains of
the dead mans head covered the
floor. There was a hole in the top OF
his head.
near 1t is supposed that he was killed
by a charge from a shot gun. and
the absence of q weapon leads to the
belief that he vas murdered In cold
blood as he sat upon his porch. This
belief Is strengthened by the fact
that a neighboT heard a gunshot in
the direction OF McGann's place last
evening about dusk, and 1t was this
same neighbor who took the pains
this morning TO come to the hut
which is off of the road, and see
whether all was well with its lonely
inha bitant.
McGann was betwene sixty and sew
enty years old and from all accounts
was respected citizen of his neigh
borhood. No pogsibl clue to the cause
OF the tragedy has been found this
morning. He was not known to have
any enemies for he had been living on
his little farm for many years and was
well regarded by his neighbors. Not
much is known OF his past history
here. however. It is thought that he
has several children. and his wife
10 believed to be dead. He had lived
in a small house by himself and was
TO all appearances ii harmless and
decent old man.
No inquest has yet been held. as
the matter has Just heen reported to
the authorities here. The entire abb
snce of any reason for the murder. as
the circumstances seem to unquestion-
ably indicate, Was the case, leaves the
authorities wS. saut q single clue TO
follow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
COLONIES NEPHEW
Gets It IN NECK
Hopelessly Beaten for Congress
sional Nomination But Con-
tinuesc His Fight.

LITTLE FALLS. n. Y, July "a
Although badly beaten for the CON-
gresstonal nomination from this dis
trtet on the face OF complete primary
returns available to-day, Theodore
Douglas Robinson. nephew OF Colonel
Roosevelt, will go into the convention
Tomorrow and make a forlorn hope
fight Robinson controls about TWEEN
" delegates to the convention. and the
organisation, led by State Committee
man Strobel. controls twice as many.
CONGRESSMAN c. S. Wilmington. a
candidate for denomination, who is
backed by Vice-President Sherman,
will undoubtedly be the choice,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
STONE AND MISS SMALL
RELEASED IN NEvBERN.

NEw-BERS. n. C.. July 2e.--Miss
Nellie Small and William stone who
were arrested in this city yesterday on
information received from baltimore
frtsfr1 which city TREY are alleged 10
have eloped. we're this morning released
from custody.
The warrant upon which they were
being held charged them with immoral
ity and as there was no evidence they
could not be held.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
STORY PURE ROT
DECLARES HOPKINS
Former United States Senator Do@
MES Bribery of Votes
for Him.

DENVER. COL, July 2s.--Th0
charge that friends raised . fund u
$35, 900 to bride Democratic Legislators
TO vote for me Is pure rot The flrst tn-
timation I had OF the thing was threa
weeks ago. when James Kelly. manage
ing editor, of the Chicago Tribune.
called me up and asked about the
story told him l had never hear3
OF It before and that IL was absurd.
This was the statement made By Al
bert j. Hopkins, former United 6tateo
Senator, from Illinois. before leaving
here for Chicago.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
AN AMERICAN GIRL
WILL WE'D AME RtcAN.

NEW YORK. July 2s.-Dispatthes
received here to-day from Vienna an
nounce the engagement of Miss Gladys
Kerens, daughter OF Richard G. Kerens.
United States ambassador to Austria.
and George III, Colket, Of Philadelphia
The wedding viii take place next fall
In Vienna
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29
MGddy----xirkle,

Especial TO The Richmond yirginian.)
HARRISoNBURG. JULY 2s.--Miss
Kathryn T zirkle daughter Of II: AZ
county. ana Edward n. Waddy were
married Monday. in Norfolk. The
groom. who IL an Insurance. man. is q
son OF the late Col. >. n. Waddy, former
pastmasseS q Norfoik
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29

Dr. j. A. Hitsman, who underwent a
serious operation at St Luke's hospi-
tai two weeks ago has been removed
TO his home at 900 North Lombardy
street He Is progressing nicely, his
physician says.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-29

Continued on Third Page
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
NO NEED NOW TO PITY THE FARMER

rican consumers, who nave so long
been profting at the expense of the
American farmer, to grumble because
conditions are adjusting themselves so
that the latter may have little of the
sweetness and light" incident to
money making let into his life.
For a long time the tines of the
American farmer were so hard that
an American President tried to arouse
the nation to the necessity of soften.
ing them by some means or other. He
suggested various methods of accom-
plishing this object, and a big flock
of missionaries assisted him in the
good work, but, so far as the farmer
or the general public is aware, pre-
cious little was accomplished.
But what a suggestive President
and many amiable gentlemen who de-
vote themselves to. urging people to
turn their steps countryward failed in
achieving, an economic law Is accom-
plishing with ease. Good prices for
his products not only reconcile the
American farmer to the land; they
actually make him think that some
day agricultural enterprise and energy
will be as literally rewarded as those
qualities are in any other field of in
dustry.
In the meantime it might be as well
for the city consumer who is doing
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
Hx%X&Xt1&x&x%x1XxXU1X1xxI
A MILKMAN'S WIT,

Nathan Straus, New Yorks practi.
cal philanthropist, discussing the alb
surd difficulties that confront sanitists
in their endeavor to pass laws com
pelling the pasteurization of milk,
said:
The legislators who oppose this
law bring forward arguments about
as weak as that of the Maine milk
man. A lady, summering in Maine,
said to her milkman severely:
Look here, this milk of yours is
half water and half chalk. What do
you mean by advertising it as pure?"
Madam, said the milk manufac
turer, with reproachfuI dignity, to the
pure al things are pure"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
GREAT AND GONE.

Senator Cummins of Iowa was dis
cussing the child-labor problem in the
lobby of Washington hotter the other
night Said he: when we consider
the Indifference with which so many
of our great men look upon the child
labor evil, we can't help wondering
if these men are so very great, after
all"
The senator paused and smiled.
can orator. he said was address
ing an assemblage of the people. He
recounted the peoples wrongs. Then
he passionately cried:
"'Where are Americas great men?
Why don't they take up the cudgel in
our defense? In the face of our
manifold wrongs, why 90 they remain
cold. immovable, silent?'
Because they're all cast in bronze
shouted a cynic in the rear"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
COSTLY COURAGE.

w. ]. ('Fingy'O Corners, the New
York politician, who is not precisely a
Chesterfield, secured his first great
freight-handling contract when he was
a roustabout on the Buffalo docks
When the job was about to begin
he called a thousand purly DOCK
wallopers" to order, as narrated by
one of his business friends:
Nov" roared Corners, "yez are TO
worruk for me, and l want livery man
here to understand what's what !
kin lick amy man in the gang.
Nine hundred and n;nety-nine sWal'
lowed the insult, but one huge, double
listed warrior moved uneasily' anu
stepping from the line ne said, you
can't lick me, Jim Corners -.
81 can't, can't II" beloved "Flnsy'
mo. you can't" was the Determined
response.
ooh, well, thin, go to the office ana
oft your money" said "Fingy." "Ill
have no man in me gang that can
lick"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
SUMMER VACATION

Get the most out OF it. Vacation
means rest for the man and woman
who is run down through too much
society or too much business. A
change of occupation and a change of
scene re needed to bring one back to
normal. At Haleiwa one may have all
that is necessary to accomplish results.
The suisine and the hotel and its en-.
vlronments act as tonic and no one
can spend week there without feeling
benefited. Teachers attending the
summr school are afforded special
rates during the summer.
HxHX&Xt1Hx&X%x0XxXxx1X9xxW
husband. Don't yew ask so many ques,
tions. | reckon that's wnere the ham.
mock busted"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
SAVING SPACE.

Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
by way of pointing a moral of New
England economy, spun this yarn the
other day to three or four bystanders
in the Capitol:
There was a funeral in one of the
small farmhouses in the neighborhood
of Cape Cod, and the friends OF the
deceased were gathering in the TIM
parlor when there entered the room
a typical New England remale OF the
kind that mingles curiosity with SYM
pathy. AS she glanced around the
darkened room, she said to the bereav-
ed widow:
"Where did you get that new eight
day clock?"
1--WE amt got no new eight-day
clock" was the reply.
"You amt? What's that in the cor
ner there?"
That's the deceased. We STOOD
him on end to make room for the
mourners."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
HIS WORDS STUCK.

George AIDE, with a fellow American
was travelling in the Orient, and his
companion one day fell into heated
argument with an old Arab. AIDES
friend complained to him afterward
that although he had spent years in
studying Arabic in preparation for mis-
trip he could not understand a word
that the native said.
Never mind" replied AIDE conso-
lingly. "You see, the old duffer hasn't
a tooth in his head, and ne was only
talking gum-Arabic."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16

so much growing at the high price Of
farm products to stop his wailing. II
the demand has overtaken the supply,
as asserted, the farmer will have his
inning. The non-producing consum.
er had his during the long period of
low prices and high Farm mortgages,
and, if for no other reason than to
show he is consistent, he ought now
to rejoice that the American agricul-
turist is no longer an object of phi.
lanthropic solicitude.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
NOT a FIT.

Senator Jonathan =. Dolliver, Of
Iowa, in illustration of the actions of
a Congressional antagonist who was
making an effort to patch up an old
measure rather than accept a new
one, tells this story:
A kindly old lady sympathizing with
one-legged man exclaimed, ut must
be terrible thing to go through life
without your leg, but you must re-
member my poor man, it will be res
tored to you in the next world"
81 know it will mum, but that amt
very encouragin', FOR it was cut off
when was a baby, an It won't come
within a couple of feet of the ground
when it's restored"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
SOME FAMILY.

Sir Gilbert Parker, the noted auth
or, does not agree with Colonel Roose-
welt on the question of large families.
Small families such as prevail in
France indicate, to Sir Gilbert's mind,
intelligence and progress, while large
families indicate the reverse.
Large families are so embarrass-
ing, too" says Sir Gilbert. Il once
knew a man named Thompson who
had fourteen children. Thompson
agreed one spring holiday to take the
children to the seashore for the week
end. They set off, reached the sta
ton, got their tickets, and were about
to board the train when Thompson
was roughly collared by policeman.
"'Here, wot "a We bin a-doin' Of?
the policeman growled fiercely.
"'Me? why? Nothin, stammered
poor Thompson.
"The policeman waved his stick TO-
ward the Thompson family. Then
wot the bloomin' blazes,' he Missed, is
this ere crowd a-follerln' of ye fur
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
REPORT ON HIGH
COST Of LIVING

Bradstreet's commercial report of
June 25 contains the following analysis
of the report of the Senate Committee
on the high cost of living:
The report of the majority of the
Senate Committee on Cost Of Living
which has been in course of prepare
ton for some time past, was sent to
the printer on Thursday, June 23. 1t is
understood that the minority of the
committee has protested strongly
against some of the conclusions reach
ed in the report and will nile a dissent
ing report later in the year. That por-
| ton of the report already completed is,
as WAS expected, in view of the length
of time taken in the work of investiga-
ton, very voluminous, but there is a
touch of humor in the statement by
the committee that it's work was ham
pered, and the report therefore that
m oh shortened, because of the re-
fusal of the Senate to allow $4,000 to
be spent on a still more elaborate re-
port.
| The summary of the report given to
the press by Chairman Lodge is not
able principally for three features. One
| is the holding that the tariff was not
a material factor in causing higher
levels of prices Another is the distri-
button of the responsibility for the adj
Ivances over a wide range of causes
other than tariff enactments, and the
| third is the comparatively unimportant
position assigned by the committee to
the increased worlds gold supply as a
cause for some of the advance. In
minimizing the Importance of the
mon ~ quantity theory, the report is
Naturally rather at variance with the
great majority of opinions in circula-
ton at the time the committee was APP
pointed, and particularly with the libe-
raj outflow of opinion of this character
from number of college professors.
Briefly summarized, the report as
published in the press gives two main
c nclusions as a result of the commit
tees work: % That the high cost of
living is due in part to the dispropor-
tionate drift of population away from
there has been a disproportionate in
crease in demand due to higher stand
ards Of living. In addition the COM
mittee finds that there are a variety
of contributory causes all of which
have in prices and their part in the adj
vance in prices and which may be
summarized as follows:
Increased cost of production o! farm
products, by reason of higher land
values and higher wages.
! Increased demand for farm products
and food.
Shifting of population from food-pro
ducing to food-consuming occupations
and localities.
immigration to foodconsuming 10
| calities.
Reduced fertility of land.
, Increased banking facilities in agri
cultural localities, which enabled farm
ers to hold their crops and marke
them to the best advantage.
Reduced supply convenient to trans
portation facilities of such commodi
ties as timber.
: Cold storage plants.
| Increased cost of distribution.
Industrial combination.
Organizations of producers or o
dealers.
Advertising.
3 Increased money supply.
= Overcapitalization.
! Higher standard of living.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
Is. f. Chronicle.)

The Senate committee wrestling
with the problem involved in the cost
OF high living has reached the conclu-
sion that the chief aggressor on the
pocketbooks of the American people
is the American farmer.
No blame is attached to the man
who tills the soil, but it is pointed out
that a variety of circumstances has
combined to make the products of the
farm dearer than they were few
years ago.
Doubtless these have all contributed
something to the result which the non
producing consumer so heartily de-
precates, but after all that is said on
the subject, the chief factor is the in
creased demand for agricultural pro-
ducts due to the rapid growth of the
urban population, which has been out
of all proportion to that or the rural
for several years past.
This increased demand has made it
possible for the farmer to obtain a
fair remuneration Sor his exertions
and a share in the general prosperity
of the country which was denied him
during the period when the boot was
on the other foot and he was compel.
ed to sell his products at a loss and
mortgage his farm to help out.
1t is rather ungracious for the Anne.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
FEMININE CURIOSITY.

Her husband was a merchant, and
one day while downtown she dropped
into his office.
''What are all those books on top ol
the safe?" she asked.
"Those are the day books, my DEAR
he replied.
"And where are the night books!
she queried.
might books?" he echoed in sur
prise
YES she rejoined. "Those you
have to work on at night sometimes
when you are kept here until 2 o'clock
in the morning. Chicago News.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
ONE ENOUGH,

The following story IS told at MS
own expense by Governor Hadley o'
Missouri:
81 was returning from tour through
.be southeastern part o; my state AMI
Stunned at one of the towns along my
ronto to make a speech, during 'u'
talk made the remark that | was
tho first Republican governor u"e
state had had in forty years tneh
a 70 let the fact soak in when
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
ONE WAY OF KILLING THEM.

He had besought the pharmaceutical
chemist to give him something with
which he might kill moths, and the
pharmaceutical chemist had supplied
him with camphor balls; but the next
day he was back again, holding some
of the fragments of the balls within
his hand.
"Are yez the same young man phwat
sold thin things to me Yesterday" he
roared.
81 am" replied the pharmaceutical
chemist composedly. What's wrong
with them?"
"Phwat's wrong with thim?" repeat
ed the irate purchaser. 'The idea av
sellin' thin things to kill moths, or
anything else! See here! If yez can
show me the man that can hit moth
wild a single one av thin, I'll say moth
in about the ornaments an lukin'-
glass me an the missus broke!"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
SMALL DOSE.

Gen, Nelson A. Miles tells, with
characteristic brevity, this story of 4
friend who, after a long siege of ~
phoid fever, was permitted to eat a
mere spoonful of tapioca. When the
nurse had refused the hungry patient
more food he turned 10 her and said
with a peevish gesture:
Nov, want to read little. Bring
me a postage-stamp."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-16
Anecdotes Concerning
WeII-knOWn PeODIe
some one in the rear of the hall blurt-

some one in the rear of the hall blurt-
ed out,
"'Well, that's often enough
-&&&-
"See here!" exclaimed the grouchy
senior member, addressing a pretty
stenographer recently appointed to
the office staff, you've spelled sugar
's-u-g-g-a-r.,
The young woman looked critically
at the typewriter page. Finally her
face frightened. 80 have" she re-
piled, as sweetly as the article itself.
'How careless Of me! I don't see how
came to leave out the H."