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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08
BETTER WAGES AND BETTER
TIMES

The Norfolk and western Rail-
road has announced that it will
raise the pay of several thousand
of Ms employees during the next
few DAYS. AT the same time the West
ern Union Telegraph Company an
nounces that the funds which have
been accommodating in its plethoric
treasury for dividend melon" will
he voted 10 a general and permanent
increase in the pay of its employees.
4 week ago the Pennsylvania Fail
road and number of companies as
sociated with It announced similar
raises. which, with those reported
wodnesday, VIII reach tho pay
cnvelop of perhaps 100000 railroad
men in the country.
or course. there was great deal
OF business sense confined with some
charity in this unprecedented liberalityi
on the part Of these corporations. The
railroads knew that their men we're
underpaid. and they knew that they
would strike for higher wages as soon
as they thought they could win their
fight The wise directors merely tool;
time by tho forelock and gave the
men what they wanted without light.
In doing so they probably saved as
much by avertins strikes as they lost
by increasing the mems wages.
There is fundamental justice. how
ever, back of the good policy shown
by the railroad people. Wages during
the past year and half have not been
as high as they were before the Roose-
Welt panic. After that presidential on
siaught on the stability of the bust
ness world, the railroad companies all
over the country were forced to cut
wages. They have now caught their
breath and replcnished their treasures.
and can afford to give the men full
pay for their services. This is the
slldins-scale put into practice without
The turmoil OF the strike, and the
slidins-scale Is after all tho sanest
and iustost OF all labor agreements.
This raise made by so many
companies at the same time Is a
somewhat belated concession to meet
the higher cost OF living about which
every working man is complaining.
The price of all STAPLE commodities
has risen about forty-ttve per cent.
since the happy days of 1s97,,when the
man who was lucky enough to get
work never doubted that he could
make both ends meet and live like a
prince. During the same perlod--a
little moro than twelve years-wages
have not increased more than thirty
per cent. in any of the trades. and in
many have not increased more than ten
per cent. If wages are to be kept on
what the economists call living
basis, all ingrstries must be prepared
to do as.'the" railroads have done or
else they may expect trouble.
Is it not pleasing spectacle, how
over. In these days of industrial strife,
10 see great corporations. without vio-
lence, almost without threats. put their
employees on a sound and liberal wage
basis? To our mind 1T is one of the
happiest signs of better times and one
OF the best indications that the cor
porations are not as black as they are
painted
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08
An EMPTY NlCTnHY.

Socialists throughout the country are
singing a long PAGAN OF praise over
their victory in the Milwaukee mayor
atty election on Tuesday. They see in
it the crescent of their coming tri.
umph and arc rejoicing more loudly
than in the whole history OF their
party. The malcontents in Baltimore
who haunt socialism as the excuse for
their idlencss and abuse others for
earning what they themselves will not
make, have taken heart at the victory
in Milwaukee. H. G.. Lewis, state Sec
rotary Of the Socialist party In Mary
land, declares Il am iubIlant" and his
colleagues announce the election as
the frst big gun in the abolition Of
wage slavery as was the firing on Fort
sumter for the abolition OF chattel sla-
very"
This sounds fine, and if IT were So
rtously intended, it might he a warn
Ing to all sane Americans, but as a
matter OF fact, the Maryland Social
lists and the Socialists everywhere
know that the victory in Milwaukee
was the fruit of division, OF course
the Socialists are strong In Miiwau,
kee' as they are strong throughout
Wisconsin, but they rode into Office on
Tuesday last solely and only because
tue other voters of the town were dl.
Nldcd while tho Socialists rorl,In, al
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

1t is published and for which It speaks
with authority. II was started at a
time when Houston did not count for
much more than q trading post, but,
has become q great city, It's popula-
ton having increased five times in the
last twenty-five years. We make our
compliments to the Houston Post and
trust that 1t will increase in it's fat
ness as the years go by.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Is said to be preparing a-dc-
cision which will reduce Pullman rates
throughout the country, but nothing
in the decision is intended to reduce
the dignity of the Pullman porter,
This viii save the honor Of the COM
pany,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08
The John cnllan o.Laughlin. who ha

The John callan o'Laughlin. who has
been figuring as extensively as he
could in the cmbrsglio at Rome. Is
spoken of as Assistant Secretary OF
State in 1909; but he wasn't secretary
10 hurt, as the saying goes, having
held subordinate place for probably
three months or SO towards the tail
end of the seventh year of the reign
OF Theodore the Great.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

The ST, Louis Star is satisfied that
Senator Hepburn always gets results,
This is very true, but the results he
gets are in the end about what hap
pens after giving certain animal
plenty of rope.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

Wonders will never cease, The Char
lottc Chronicle actually admits that
Daniel Boone, whose birthday anniver-
sarv IS TO be celebrated at Salisbury
next month, was really not born in
North Carolina, but in Pennsylvania
If we are not mistaken, Boone was
really born in Virginia. or South Caro-
lima.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

A few stray newspapers are talking
of nominating Nicholas Iongworth for
Governor of his native State. This
may be very we'll, but it looks bit
suspicious that the boom was not an
nounced until the return of the Colonel
was imminent. BY the way, where
has Nicholas been since the Colonel
Went to Africa?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08
WHY ANY JAIL At ALL:

Sheriff Kemp, of the Henrico jail,
thinks that Fay and Harris. the post
office robbers, will not escape from his
cage and he is willing to stake his
reputation on it. The Federal author
tiles agree with him and intend to
send the prisoners TO the county prison
as soon as they are extradtted from
New York. This is all very well, and
as the Government has the right to
put its prisoners where 1t pleases, the
postal inspectors can certainly lodge
Fay and Harris on lower Main street
but is it not a discredit TO Richmond
that our own city Jail is not safe
place for professional criminals? If
our jail cannot hold an expert like
Fay, why should it hold other experts,
and If we do not intend to have a fail
strong enough to keep the worst Grim
lnals, why have any jail at all? Rich
mond never made a worse bargain in
It's history than that by which 1t paid
hard cash for tho city jail. and Rich
mond cannot too soon confess its
blunder and build new jail that viii
not be the laughing stock of profcs-
sional criminals.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

All things considered, the crop of
Jokes about Easter hats was remark
ably small, which indicates the up
ward movement Of all true joke
smiths.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

THE time when girl wants to
look ner best is all the time says
the Dallas News, Yet tho only place
In the world where hcr wants
are fully satisfied, is in Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08
II is true. as the Charlotte Chronicl,

1t is true, as the Charlotte Chronicle
says, that the Scotch are the best class
of Immigrants in the world. 1t adds
that 'as soon as North Carolina shall
have obtained a sufficient number of
them she will turn over the surplus to
Virginia Thanks; but why should
the Scotch people go TO North Carolina
when they can come to Virginia If
they are as intelligent as they think
themselves and as they arc repre-
scented to be?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

tion of wheat ana corn In this coun-
try during tho last crop year:
In 1908, the last year for which the
government has Issued figures, the
production of corn was 2,s6s,b51 900
bushels and of wheat 664,6O2,OoO
bushels.
please give me a sketch OF tho Hon.
John Hay. representative from this
state in Congress.
4 CONSTANT READER.
The Congressional Directory gives
the following sketch OF Mr.. Hay.
James Hay, Democrat. OF Madison
was born in Wildwood, Clarke county,
Va, January ., 1855: was educated at
private schools in MARYLAND and in
Virginia at the University of Penn
sylvania and Washington and Lee
University, Virginia, from which latter
institution he graduated in law in
June 1879, when he moved to Mad
ison; va, and devoted himself en-
cd attorney for the Commonwealth in
1883 and reelected TO that office in
1887, 1891, 1895. was elected TO tho
House of Delegates in Virginia in
1855, and reelected in 1887 and 1889:
was elected to the Virginia state Sem
state Democratic Committee for four
years. and was a member of the DEM
ocratic National Convention of 1855:
was elected to the Fifty-ffth, Fifty
siMth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty eighth and
tifty-ninih Congresses, and re-eiected
to the SiXtieth Congress-, receiving 3.
5I3 votes to e.3Ts for T. z. Beecher.
Republican,: was elected chairman OF
the Democratic caucus of the House
OF Representatives in the Fifty-sixth.
and Fifty-cighth Con-
gtesses; reelected to the Sixty.frst
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

Yesterday was very much like win
ter's day in Charleston when all the
Northern visitors are out summing
themselves on the Battery.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

When it attends the reception of
Nanutelli in Montreal next month. the
Norfolk Landmark will please bear in
mind that it must not wear decol-
lette gown.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

wouldn't the Colonel have had time
of it making the Moderator of the
General Assembly of Scotland. for ex-
ample, receive him according to the
Colonels "stpulations"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

Despite the fact that $50 Cinnamon
have engaged seats for the Jeffries-
Johnson so. the promoters of that en-
counter promise that there shall be
nothing Oriental about the perform
s..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

Mr. \. S. Salley. Jr., the secretary
of the South Carolina Historical Com
mission. protests in letter to the Co.
lumbia state against the use of tho
term civil War on the ground that
a civil war is conflict between fac
tions of one country and that to call
the conflict between the United states
and the Confederate States civil war
is equivalent 70 admitting that the
Confederate States never were an indie
pendent government, and denying that
they had the right To be an independ-
cnt government" y better name for the
struggle would be THE War against
the South or THE War for Southern
Independence" There is a good deal in
a name alter all.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

Dcsertion of wife and Children.
What VISA the former state law re.
garding desertion of the wire or chill
dren in virginia? I mean the law in
force before the last Assembly tool
action. INQUIRER
This Law reads: ANY person who
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

y question for the school children:
[ What great man, besides Robert b..
Glenn, was born in North Carolina?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

the American College at Rome. from
Cairo, the Colonel said: Il fully recog-
nize his tthe Pope's) entire right to re-
ceive or not receive whomsoever he
chooses, for any reason that seems
good to him. and if he Dies not re-
ceiye me, shall not for a moment
question the propricty of his action"
Just so; and as soon as the Colonel
found that he would not be received
by the Pope. for some reason. he, or
somebody who had access TO his cor
respondence, went right off and put
the messages that had passed between
them on the wires. or such part of the
messages as would appear to give the
Colonel little the best of It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08
WHAT TIE Papers THINK.

Noting the death of three or four
old soldiers of the National Soldiers
Home at Togus, who die every pension
day after visiting the liquor joints in
the Prohibition state of Maine. the
Norfolk yirginian-P Pilot. which has a
rather plain way of saying things, re-
marks:
If the splnelcss demagosucs in
Congress had hearkened to the counsel
and warnings of the most experienced
officers of the army, men who. like
General Frederick Grant, are ardent
leaders In the temperance movement
instead of abolshing the canteens at
the military reservations and veteran
homes at the behest of ignorant ia
naticisnl, these poor old fellows would
not be driven to be doped with liquid
poison and robbed of purse and life
itself by the harpics who now infest
the neighborhood of every fort and en-
campment. In the canteens nothing
stronger than beer was sold and there
was strict supervision to prevent OK
cess; the social instincts of the men
were given rational indulgence and in
nocent games relieved the tedium of
their idle hours. Now all that is
changed The Incorporate reformers
have much to answer for"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

the United states senate than Mr.
Boveridge We never did like man
with a name like that.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

E&claims tho Petersburg ndeN-Ap-
peal; Greater Richmond, lesser Man
chester It's the same old story OF the
lady and the tiger, or the canary and
the cat" But never mind, dear con-
temporary; after a few years Rich
mond will absorb Petersburg also, and
then you viii be happy. indeed to be a
citizen of no mean city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08
.e Norfolk Landmark explains:

INe NUTIVIK IIaHuIIIdTK cAPIdIlIs.
"A buckets shop Is an office where
bets arc made on the movements of
the stocks on the stock Exchange
without actual purchases or sales of
these stocks Buckct-shop people man
age. by various devices to acquaint
themsel1cs OF Stock Exchange fuctua
tons al soon an these figures are
known on the stock Exchange itself :"
We thank our contemporary for the
Information, It ought to know about
such things, even If 1t be little rusty
on the fashions,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

At tho meeting of the Common
Council of Newport News Tuesday
night the report OF the retrenchment
committees vas wranglcd over for the
space OF two hours or 40, much TO the
disgust Of tho Daily Press. which de-
cIarea that
Tho fault lies in the system which
places the affairs OF the city In the
hands OF twenty-four men. In two
bodies, chosen without regard to their
apGclal Htncss for handling municipal
business. and giving only incidental
attention 10 the municipality We
want this systcm changed just as soon
as possible; and in the meantime VIC
should axtte!se Judgment in selecting
Couucilmon In order to secure the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

best possible government under the
circumstances"
That is all true. The nominations
for members OF the Richmond Council
close to-day.
There is great deal OF talk
throughout the state about the recon-
mcndation OF the legislative committee
OF the Anti-Saoon League that the
members of the league vote for mem
bers of the next General Assembly re-
gardless Of personal or political anil
iations. The South Hill Enterprise
says:
"This means that they are now Pro-
hlbtionists and propose to establish a
new party, or rather, launch afresh
the Prohibition party We do not be-
lieve that they will be able to carry
the rank and file of the Anti-Saloon
League with them. for 1t is a we'll
known fact that these people will be
gave them clean government when
clean government was needed. And
they will also be slow In following a
set OF men who have demonstrated
that they arc short on sincerity in the
move
It begins to look as If the majority
OF Democrats will stick to the party.
and that the Anti Saloon people Will
have to come in or stay out.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08

AnnnnI TrOHHtt1ON OF WhCnt md Corn.
Please tell me the annual produce
tion of wheat and corn In this coun-
try during tho last crop year.
The daily sentinel., 1910-11-10
HASKELL AND LEIGHTON
RENEW OLD FRIENDSHIP

An old friendship was revived un-
der most pleasant auspices last even
ing, when Manager E. A. Haskell of
the Park opera house again met Har-
ry Leighton. the capable actor, whe
took the part of Justice Prentice in
"The Witching Hour"
The two had not met for nearly
score of years, when both were
playing in THE Silver King" at the
st, Charles theater in New Orleans.
Their first acquaintance was
formed in 1887 in Minneapolis, when
both Mr.. Haskell and Mr.. Leighton
We're playing in regular stock com
pany.
Many "reminiscences of old-ttms
performances were indulged in, and
the exchange of information of
Irlends OF former years proved OF
more than usual interest to these
companions and fellow actors of days
gone by.
The daily sentinel., 1910-11-10
S|XTY-F0UR IS
NUMBER Of
DEAD
MAY REACH TO EIGHTY.

Associated Press.
Delagua, Colo. Nov. 1O.-Nine
more charred and mangled bodies
were found early this morning ~ n
mine No. of the Victor Ameri} a
Fuel Company. bringing the list Of
dead up to GA. 1t is now thought
that the number of fatalities may
reach rs or So
The long line of bodies in the tenn
porary morgue grew fast this morn
ing.
Rescue parties penetrating the
chambers of the fourth north entry,
where the explosion occurred, found
a mangled mass of charred and dis
figured bodies a mile from the en-
trance.
With the flesh charred from the
bones and limbs torn and mangled,
the bodies last discovered were laid
in line, past which filed relatives,
who peered under the rough canvas
covering to identify them
The bodies of SO of the dead had
been removed from the mine at 10
am.
The daily sentinel., 1910-11-10
WORDS OF FIRE
TO FLASH FROM
ELECTRIC BLOCK

An electric talking sign by which
of sentences can be flash
ed with great rapidity is being put in
place today on the new steel Electric
building. This is an entirely new de-
vice in the way of an electric adver-
tising sign. having been on the mar
ket but about two years. The sign
consists of fourteen panels, upon any
one OF which any letter of the alpha
bet may be distinctly outlined by
incadescent lamps. BY an intricate.
motor-driven device, succession of
sentences not more than fourteen
letters each can be flashed on the
sign until a story" one hundred
words or more in length may be
spelled out. Standing as it does on
the top of the two-story Electric
building it will be possible to flash
out such news as election returns,
etc, in this manner so that literally
thousands of people might read them
at the same time.
However, 1t is the intention of the
Electric company to use the sign for
advertising purposes.
When first put in use it will un-
doubtedly attract a great deal of at
tention fer the device is only in use
in the most populous cities.
The entire Electric building will
present one of the most brilliantly
| Illuminated exteriors in the state fol
structure of its size. The steeI
cornice is studded with lamp sockets
and with the extending fixtures which
will be used as soon as the new elec
trio sign ordinance is passed, will
make the new building most beau
tiful sight.
While some of the stock. etc. viii
, be moved into the new home of thu
company Saturday of this week. the!
do ...Snect to be permanently set
| tie sAsavs
The daily sentinel., 1910-11-10

karaah CresA water for. less than
<iS6.000. whieh does not include the
cf systsm or the fur
and other propositions for getting city
water are, to my mind, follies, and
we are left with only the artesian
water and Hannah Creek water so,u-
tlons to our problem.
What | am saying is simply to
throw a little light on the possibili-
ties OF taking advantage of this Of
fer. | don't know what the council
Will do. except this: There will be
an water proposition put up
to the people In the spring election,
as well as one favoring Hannah creek,
and the people shall choose which
they please. If they elect to try ar
teslan- water. we will certainly give
this man the contract, SO far as we
know now"
This offer has been before the city
council for several days, but so far no
definite action has been taken.
The daily sentinel., 1910-11-10
POWER Of THE
SPEAKER IN
QUESTION
What WILL CONGRESSDO
Associated Press.

Associated Press
Washington. Nov. 10.-Another
contest over the question of the pow
er of the speaker to name committees
is expected to develop soon after the
house of representatives convenes
next time. This time it is not un-
likely that the movement will receive
the support of Speaker Cannon and
his allies, inasmuch as the next as
signment will be made by the demo-
Gratis.
Some of the members of the house
who are now here believe that, If the
power to appoint committees is taken
away from the democratic speaker in
to the membership of the house, all
hope df harmony in the democratic
ranks may be abandoned. 1t would
mean the upsetting of the seniority
rule and the turning down OF many
men of long service who have been
the minority ranking members OF the
most powerful committees.
On the other he nd. 1t is pointed out
that harmony would also suffer from
a maintenance of the seniority. as
that rule would give to the south the
chairmanship of all of the great COM
mittees and leave unrecognized the
new democratic membership from the
northern and western states.
1t Is not known what the attitude
of the democrats will be in the com.
ing session when an effort is made tC
still further shear the speakership oi
its great authority; but the chance.
are that they will seek to force the
battle over to the succeeding session
'-',----e- they will he in undisputed pow
The daily sentinel., 1910-11-10
TAFT ON VOYAGE TO
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
Associated Press.

Charleston, S. g.. Nov. 1O.-Presi-
dent Taft sailed today for Panama to
get in present touch with the condi-
tions along the big canal.
President Taft visited the isthmus
first before his Inauguration in 1903;
but since then various executive and
engineering problems have arisen and
congress soon must frame as to rates
OF toll, form of government, regula-
tion ofthe sale of coal, the disposition
OF the Panama railroad and many
other things
The president expects to make var
ious recommendations regarding the
canal at the coming short session of
congress.
The president is making purely
business trip to Panama, and is ac-
companied only by his brother, c. H.
Taft, Secretary Norton, two aides. a
and stenographer.
The cruiser Tennessee. with Presi-
dent Taft on board started down the
harbor at 11:30 am, and was soon
out on the Atlantic headed towards
Panama.