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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-18
RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.

Richmond. Va. Feb. IS. 1911.
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CONGRESS- ADJOURNS
FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Special-
Congress has adjourned for the holi-
days and most of Virginia's represea-
tatives have gone home for Christina
Senator Martin Will remain i'm wash
ngton a day or two to look after
some department matters which have
oeen laid aside during the rush hours
OF the session. He will reach home
saturday. Senator and Mrs. Swanson
VIII remain in Washington for tn,
festivities instead of returning TO then
home in Chatham.
While this has been a short session
ana not great deal accomplished.
he Democrats have been doing a lot
OF active work preparatory to the re
SUMPTION OF the session January 5th
II is conceded on all sides that
Champ Clark will be the next Sneak
er since he has come out natfooted
Tor committee on committees. which
ne was not disposed to favor at first
indeed, the plan as now outlined does
not contemplate the appointment of
F. new committee, but delegating the
ever TO the Ways and Means Com
mlttce, which Will be appointed first
The wisdom OF this can he seen at n
glance. If a committee of committees
were appointed il would necessarily
De composed OF some Of the best mon
in the House, who would he in the
awkward position of being forced 10
nominate themselves on some OF the
committees whereas. in the case Of
the Ways and Means Committee. n
member appointed TO the committee
will not be appointed to any other
committee.
Virginia gets big share Of the
plums in the next House organization.
For instance, Congressman Hay will
he chairman of the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs; Congressman Hal. y.
Flood will be chairman of the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs; Congress
man William y. Jones will be chair
man Of the Committee on Insular AZ
fairs; Congressman G. G. Carlin will
BE- chairman Of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections No. 3; Con-
gresham Carter Glass Will be chair
man Of the Committee on Expcndi-
lures in the POstOffice Department;
Congressman John Lamb, Of the Rich
mond district. is the ranking mem
Der of the Committee on Agriculture
and ought to succeed to its chairman
ship. though il cannot be stated with
any degree of accuracy that he Will
be elevated.
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Tho Two Pragn,atisms.' >,

AT the bottom of this kind of
Pragmatism, which the more illus
trlous of its two promoters has asso-
clated with the expression 'Will-to-
believe'-at the bottom of Will-to-
believe Pragmatism there exist the
psychological recognition Of the ineV-
ltabie presence. and the moralist' s
recognition of the occasional utility.
OF ideas. of opinions. of beliefs. which
nave not passed muster as true: the
recognition that conduct is frequent
~ based, and can sometimes be based
with advantage. on what has not vet
Deen tested as true. on what has not
stood the test of truth. or what il is
only wished should be true-viz..
hypotheses, assumptions. misconcep-
tons, miSstatementS, antiquities de-
lusions and deceptions, a large pro-
portion of which appears inevitable
ana perhaps Indispensable in the life
OF the individual and Of the race.
The recognition and partial rehabili-
taton OF this particular not-true ele-
ment would show the Superior acu-
men and superior sincerity of mod
ern psychology and OF modern ethics.
: ihuee0, the progress Of mental
science and of utilitarian morals
might eliminate in some holder
Nietzsche proclaiming that truth is
by no means the one thing requisite:
that life has been rendered lfveabIe
and morality itself fioated and bal
.asted only by fortunate output of
Pigment"
The psychologists and moralists
VINO, under the name Of Pragmatists.
are teaching the unavoidable pres
ence and the practical benefits OF a
Nlli-to- Believe. have therefore yelled
IN Judicious silence the disconcerting.
the dangerous, the immoral fact that
error, deluSion and deception. when
porn OF human needs and purposes.
are occasionally efficacious in direct
ing human decisions. in regulating
human conduct and in making hui
man life possible. The Pragmatists
nave refused 10 proclaim the value
OF what is possibly not true. and they
nave applied themselves to identify
ing that which possesses value with
truth itself. This they have done bv
laying hold Of philosophical princi-
PIE TO which its earliest formulator.
Mr.. CHARLES Sanders PIERCE, had given
the name of 'Pragmatism.' and by
converting this principle. by endless
moves revoked whenever detected.
INTO the very thing which that proto-
PraSnatist had invented Pragmatisn
To expose. disprove, confute and re-
quce forever to silence. Vernon
Lee, in The Two Pragmatisms." in
the October number of the North
American Review.
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The Uncrowning of Manuel.

The collapse of the Portuguese
monarchy last week occasioned small
surprise to those who had followed
political affairs in that tiny kingdom.
The throne went down under the dead
weight of corruption and extrava-
gance. which had alienated all ele-
ments' so that King Manuel reigned
unfriended and unsupported, and the
Republicans had the choosing of their
own time and opportunity. Reports
say they had squared" the British
Government-the task that must have
peen the most important, for reasons
that viii be given; the overthrow of
the Crown had been anticipated for
several weeks, and British warships
were in waiting at Gibraltar to hurry
TO Lisbon for the protection of Eng
llsh citizens. However. the conduct
OF the populace appears to have been
exemplary.
When a throne falls nowadays IL
has generally reached so hopeless a
position that it is not worth saving.
Just as the decadent Obrenovitch dy-
nasty was swent into history by the
murder of King Alexander. inheritor
or his fathers accumulated sins so
the House of Braganza, shaken to itg
foundations by the follies of King
Carlos, could endure only two years
under Manuel. When the latest
monarch in Europe" and the Crown
Prince met their fate by the bullets
Of assassins in Lisbon's streets two
years ago it was prOphesied that Man
uels reign would be OF the briefest.
Perhaps if he had possessed the force
to overthrow the corrupt elements that
surrounded him and to curb the ex-
traVagances OF the court. he might
have propped up his throne. But he
followed the practices OF his father.
sQuandered the scanty resources OF
Portugal, and displayed neither inltia-
tive nor courage. He is reputed to
have spent an enormous sum upon a
Partisan dancer Tor whom he reserved
a suite of rooms in the royal palace,
an re which alienated those who en-
tertained the most sympathy toward
him. The royal family had fattened
for years upon the national revenues.
They borrowed enormous sums from
the treasury which they could not re-
pay. These went largely 20 pay Car
loss expenses whe nhe went holiday
making at King Edwards court
Manuel learned nothing by his fathers
fate.-Henry Par2dyne. in Iarpsr's
Weekly.
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CHANNEL CROSSED
FOR FIFTH time

DOVER, ENG.-Speciar.- great
est aviation contest in history began
today when Aviator Cecil Grace started
from the Dover Gifts in an attempt to
fly across the English Channel and
win the $4,000 prize offered by Baron
De Forrest for the longest flight, in
Guiding a trip over the Channel.
Forty-one aviators have entered for
the prize.
The weather was favorable this
morning, and Grace headed towards
France amidst an enthusiastic ovation
Inc winter storms which have been
preventing flights had died down today
Among the competing men is Claude
Grah9me- White. who was injured sew
eral days ago when he took a seventy
foot tumble from his aeropIane.
Grace was flying easily when he
passed over TINS city and was soaring
at an altitude of about 400 feet. His
machine was working perfectly and.
while the weather was hay, there was
little wind, and il was ideal for flying.
Word had been flashed from Dover
when the English birdman started, and
a vast crowd gathered upon the harbor
front watching for the first glimpse of
the flyer.
The aeroplane. looking no bigger
than speck in the sky, doomed out Of
the north and grew in size speedily un-
I'll II was Immediately over the city
Grace was evidently steering a course
Tor Parls as he passed out of sight
70 the south, going in that direction
IL was just eighty minutes from the
time that Grace left the English shore
UNI ne passed over the crowds that
cheered him here.
CALAIS, FRANCE Special The
Enghsh Channel was crossed for the
hIth time in the annals OF aviation to-
tor.
Starting from the towering cliffs of
Dover, Grace set out this morning in
the attempt TO win the $4,000 prize
oHered by Baron De Forrest for the
longest sustained Digit, including a
Xoyage over the Channel. He used a
Wright biplane.
traces motor went wrong shortly
after he passed over the CITY and ne
turned back toward Calais, landing on
the outskirts 10 the southeast.
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The Rusl,y Dogs of Labrador.

All along the coast at every Eskimo
ehcampment and about the cabins of
the nNeNeroS are numbers of husky
dogs. In winter these animals pull
the SledgeS and form the sole means
OF travel or communication from set
tlement TO settlement. During the
summer they are not fed by their
owners, but are left to seek their sus-
tenance as best they can. Hence the
hungry brutes range the land near
the coast and add 10 the problems of
Labrador, as they permit no creature
10 1--we that they can pun down. If a
horse were TO be turned out to grass
overnight only its bare bones would
be found in the morning Even to
human beings they are sometimes
dangerous when night begins to fall.
and on occasion, when hard driven
by hunger, they have been known to
attack children in the day. Consider
ing they are hardly ever fed in the
summer one only wonders that there
are not more i'll deeds to set to their
account.-F'rom the January Wide
World.
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GUIDE ROBS MAN
OF HIS VALUABLES

WASHINGTON, D. c. Special
The old story of a farmer coming to
town TO see the sights was rehearsed
once more at police headquarters yes
terday, when Marion L Williams, OF
Linden, Va, complained that he had
been robbed of two gold watches and
purse containing SOS by a man who
acted as his guide.
Central Office Detectives Hewlett
and Pratt arrested John A. Garrison,
painter, of 2I5 John Marshall Place,
Garrison was locked up at the First
Precinct, charged with grand larceny.
According to the police. one of the
stolen watches was found on Garri-
son. He denied. however that he
took the watch, and said that he play
ed craps with the farmer
The police say Williams was either
drugged and robbed or that he was
robbed while asleep. Williams says
he never played a gambling game in
his life.
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TRAINS COLLIDE
.LAGMAN KILLED

NEW BRUNSWICK, n. J.-Spe-
ciaA-A Pennsylvania Railway
train from Jersey City TO PhiIa-
deiplia, piled into freight
wreck near Milestone junction
Thursday and Flagman Nine
han, OF one OF the freight trains.
was killed, while Engineer Low
enberg WAS badly scalded, and
when found beneath the Vvreck-
age his skull was found 60 be
fractured
One Of the freight trains was stalled
at the Junction, when the other a fast
freight bound for the west. came
along at a high rate Of speed aud
crashed into the caboose Of the mo-
uonlesS train. The engine of the sec
ond freight train was overturned and
Lowenbcrg, the driver. terribly scald-
ed by steam and water. The fire.
man Jumped just before the collision
and escaped injury. The engine driv-
er was found pinned under the wreck
age, and beside his scalds had his
skull fractured.
tlagman Ground to Pieces
As soon as the crash occurred
Minehan, the flagman, was sent back
with red lantern TO signal all on
coming passenger trains. He had only
proceeded about 100 feet, however.
when passenger train No. 1O1. which
left Jersey City at ! A. NJ. for Phila-
delphia, hove in sight. Minehan waved
the lantern tranucally and was SO
intent on warning the passenger train
of the danger ahead that he was una
bic TO get out OF the way i'm time and
was ground under the wheels of the
engine.
The engineer of the passenger train
put on the brakes, but the speed of
the train was so great that il kept
on going and crashed into the wreck
age of the freight trains that was
StreWn over all four tracks
The locomotive turned over and fell
into a ditch. but the cars remained on
the rails.
The engineer jumped and escaped.
but Knox, the fireman, was instantly
killed.
Hurled From Berths.
The passenger train was made up
Of a baggage car. two sleeping cars
and three coaches. 1t was crowded
and all the passengers were hurled
from their berths or seats.
Mrs. RuberlOss was in a top berth
and was thrown out to the floor. a
porter found her unconscious and
she was carried into the station at
the junction.
Calls for aid were sent to Trenton
and New Brunswick and an ambu-
lance was rushed to the scene from
the Wells Memorial Hospital at Som
erset. about eight miles distant
special train with physicians and
nurses on board were also sent from
Trenton and all trains south Of the
junction were held up.
The terrible smashup occurred
shortly before s o'clock.
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Mako the interval -Four Years.

on one point in connection with the
veXing liquor problem, which. like the
poor seems likely TO be with us always,
the press Of all shades of belief ap-
pears to be agreed. That is in favor
of the measure introduced in the last
General Assembly by Delegate Alden
Bell. Of Culpeper. and known as the
Bell bin. which proposed TO so amend
the existing law as TO local option cleo
lions, as to make the interval between
them four years, instead of two, as
now.
The discussion of the question was
precipitated recently by an editorial
statement that such elections are not
now held as often as formerly, and
that four years intervene between such
elections. instead OF two, as heretofore"
Half a dozen newspapers FASTENED to
inform the Richmond paper that it was
mistaken and that such elections in a
community are now possible every two
years. The incidental comment and
discussion sufficed to develop singular
unanimity of opinion i'm favor of the
four-year interval, rs proposed by the
Bell bill.-Danville Register.
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Some korean Sunere,i,ions

The JWlIdest FsuperstitiOns are rife
among the natives OF Korea, says a
writer in the January Wide World
Magazine. Everything is ascribed 70
Gfe good or evil influences of invisible
SPIRITS. whom they strive to pr5pitiate
10y lncessant petty sacrifices. The SER
pent is revered as sacred and fed as
a domestic pet. Marriage is a ques-
ton OF etiquette. and is arranged by
the parents. 4 live goose is given as
betrothal gift, as 4 symbol Of fideI-
ity and long life. Filial piety is Gull
tivated TO a remarkable degree. a son
considering it his duty to follow his
father to prison or exile. Sacrifices
of pigs, sheep and goats are offered
to the armament to which they pray
for rain or fair weather and the re-
moVal of plaques and misfortunes.
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ATTEMPTS TO FREE
CHICAGO BANKER

WASHINGTON, D. c. Special
George T. Buckingham. attorney for
John r. Walsh. the Chicago banker
now in Leavenworth penitentiary. is
in Washington trying to have Walsh's
application for pardon expedited.
Walsh's pardon, under the present
plans, would be considered In its turn.
There are half dozen applications
g, Id Of il.
y Mr.. buckingham has made repre-
sensations TO Attorney General Wick
ersham that Walsh is precariously ill.,
and that his application should have
immediate attention. The prison au-
thoritieS have been asked to make an
other report of the prisoners health
Immediately.
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2 KILLED IN
TRAIN WRECK

ROANOKE, VA Speejal.-A rear
end collision occurred this morning
at an early hour at Arthur, a small
station on the Norfolk and West
ern, twenty-siX miles west or Roa-
>nOke, in which Conductor J. y. SnN-
der and Brakeman II. H. Rowzee.
both of Roanoke. and BON married
men, lost their lives. Their bodies
were fearfully burned. and when
found one was lying across the other
They were on an eaStboussC Train and
were run into by a double header.
In moment the WOOdwOrN was
ablaze, and the train crews were
forced to stand by and see the un-
fortunate men roasted.
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We most heartily agree with our
contemporaries. The Richmond Jour
nal and the Dispatch. in eN-
pressing the hope that Champ Clark
Will not make a fool Of himself by
driving a pair of mules to the Capitol
when ne takes his seat as Speaker Of
the House of Representatives. II he
does, the ass, which is recognized as
the symbol of folly to such an extent
that he has given the adjective asnin-
ity TO our language. would have the
advantage OF Champ in common sense.
No public man can afford TO make
himself ridiculous. The jokesmiths
would never let him be. He would he
Nokcd to that pair OF mules in pop
ular thought as long as he lives
winchester Star
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We Echo the Sentiment.

The retirement of Dick" Johnson,
chief clerk of the bodybuilding de-
partment of the State government, is
TO he regretted for other reasons than
the il-health which necessitated it,.
1t is conceded that he has developed
the road building force Of Virginia in
few years TO point that has eX-
cited the surprised admiration of eX-
perts throughout the country. The
wish will be felt throughout Virginia
that Mr.. JohnsOn's health will be re-
stored sufficiently to admit of his re-
Stunning the duties ne discharged in a
manner so eminently satisfactory
Petersburg IndeX-Appeal.
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spectacular that has visited Chicae.o
since the famous Worlds Fair dish
aster
The first body. that OF Pipeman
Muraws6i. of Engine Company No.
40. was recovered at $3.50 O'Clock. and
at that time rescuers had uncovered
two others.
The hremen have not taken time TO
count their ranks and see who is
missing. More than a hundred men
are frontic0lly tearing bricks and NOR
tar from pile under which their
comrades and chief are buried, in an
effort 20 save some alive.
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DISCOVERY or BODY LEADS
TO THEORY OF FOUL PLAY

PORTSMOUTH, VA Special.-The
body OF a white man which was found
on the beach front near the Naval
Hospital here yesterday morning was
oaay identified as that of r T.
&1uires. of Richmond. He is about
twenty-five years old. Letters which
made the Identification possible were
found bearing the signature OF one
who is presumably his wife. How hc
met death is 4 mystery. Foul play is
suspectcd. however.
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Ftos az second Manassas. AUGUST 40
1924 and led the charge: wounded in
the Knee, the bah penetrating the
Joint apd compelling amputation. His
loss wsls seriously felt by the regi-
ment.
In ADJUST. 1854. an invalid corps
wos formSd and Colonel Marye asked
10 be plaCRd on &c. so that his lieu
tenant colonel A. Herbert might be
promoted. This was done.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-05

This medicine isn't having much ef-.
feet, Doc"
scription."
"Ah, he is doubtless to blame"
NO; he isn't altogether to blame 1t
seems you handed him a laundry
check"
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LGks ftkESS

on hlorNN Tor nearly
arr First Auditor OF
49, 2his afternoon at 1915
MS residence. 1901 Grove
Ter a long Illness OF sciatica
\ 4tttral months past had
i. I9aDled him. II was not
Isl. or 50 ogo. however, that
became critical. though
cn realized that his end
type OF Virginian and
Drcathcu his last i'm
Il all Of the Immediate
EnDy near at hand
fore her marriage
iIomaseile NOss. OF
daughter. Mrs. j.
BON, or Atlanta, and
ATorye. Of Rich
arye, of New York,
1zt Thornion Marye.
n-law. J. ~ Barbour
$50 came O. Ilchnond a
n when 81 was realized
Marye would soon be no
ia the office Of Colonel
romptly notified after his
t~8 Moore, his first clerk,
81 the Governor OF the
Commonwealth had suf-
Y side were heard heart
IS Of sorrow. ~
rginia never had a ser
more faithful, indus
> or capable. Colonel
got his first claims on
OF her people as a Con-
Pr, FOR his dash and dar-
KIND that constitute ma
IS was the fact that he
- tile. WHILE commanding
Ntrafnia Infantry as
( efl0 Mabassas.
emarkable that after so
hurry, he could have &C
le notable things he did
- 2 nd could have so 50 fe-
4 IS odviSed the fiscal legis-
|irEfnia.
ldaryC. aside from the many
which came TO him in all
pa lie. was the oldest Of the
lals- Ter twenty-seVen years
c1ed the office ne now fills
I'D again he has been re-
put opposition.
rst made auditor by the
of 1883. defeating $.
10y p vote OF Sc to as. and
uUtiOs % ms RESPONSE
January }. 1884. Since
e has become a familiar
4 Richmond and kindly
Fe ever followed the halt
tents of the sturdy old one
Moderate.
IN 40 SpOtsylvania county
81 Though his appear
months ago. in no
age oI AScrepitude
rpkSr His last davs
DrS9all how often of
ad reverted to the
Ss OF his. ola regiment
Mt Seventeenth Infantry.
igade. loicketr's Division.
.ntsmates he would proud
little book containing a his
5 organization and his voice
II it's well-known crescendo
scribed the bravery Of the
FL TO that regiment.
would never have suspected
she said that he. too. was of
Sand and that he rode
IN tRe capacity Of colonel
1anasSas one awful August
H and there sustained the
lurH which resulted i'm the
5 leg and long kept hin,
almost within the grasp OF
was one OF Colonel AIarye's
stics. and SO far as Con
ar "reminiscences were con-
s/taik always bore on what
rs had done.
.ary career really began be-
sprth and South were actin
kng In IRE tricidal strife. for
Is captain Of the Alexan-
4 lfter the John Brown raid
PATTON, " it'll Marye still al
er became Company a. of
enth. anC in the course of
7lnembers saw their COM
nee FIRST TO the leuten-
and nalno fsrsr -,
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FINAL DECREE ENTERED
AGAINST PRINCE WILLIAM
TREASURER

MANASSAS, VA. Dec. 22.=The Cir
cult Court yesterday entered final de-
cree In the suit of the Board Of Super
NisorS OF Prince William county against
J. +. Herren, county treasurer.
The decree finds that the treasureE
has failed TO account for all the taxes
received: that he charged too much
commission; chat he had sold land for
delinquent taxes, and had not account
ed for the money; that he had posted
on the voting list those whom he had
previously returned delinquent: tina he
had failed 10 settle with the board ac-
cordtng 20 law, and that he had retain
cd cc;inCuent tax tickets. instead of
- mag them 10 the clerks office, as
Anired by law.
S Defendants plea of the statute
, % nm1ti ions was overruled, and he is
1 slVen thT- months in which 10 appeal.