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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12
THE ROADS TO wEsTHAMrroN.

II Governor Judson Harmon. OF
Ohio. do not make any better time in
his race for President than Commits
sioner C. a. Hartman, of Richmond, has
made in the Improvement of the Cary
Street Road. Grove Road and Rose
meath Road. he will never reach the
White House.
Several months ago an appropriation
of $4,000 was made by the City Council
for the grading and graveling OF the
Cary Street Road from the Boulevard to
the Corporation Line. The contract for
doing this work has been awarded by
City Engineer Boiling. y contract has
also been made for grading and gravel
ing Grove Avenue from the Boulevard to
the Corporation Line. Under the laws
governing street improvements of all
kinds. nothing can be done with either
OF these projects until Commls sioner
Hartman. whose business 1t is under
the law TO assess the damages o: abut-
ting property owners. has performed
ms duty and, according to the letter
which we print to-day from three long
sunsr!ng citizens, and from the letter
to them Of City Engineer Boiling. Com
missioner Hartman not only mas failed
10 DO his duty. but viii not say when
he expects to conclude the work which
lie mus, perform before the task OF
Improvement can proceed
IL * a Vsr,- had STATE ri ,bi,,,, ,rbaeo
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12
a Plea for High journalism.

10 the Editor of The Times Dispatch :.
SIT is great cause for regret
INES Dispatch publishing columns OF
matter that tend TO harm public NOR
"iSi ana encourage the growth of vice.
ny Is II necessary to have sun
virginia? Surely our religious and
moral standard has not so deteriorated
as TO demand it? And If such papers
are published the public has n right
TO expect that the contents shall sbow
some respect to the day and to pub-
Tic order and decency. AS rule, how
Ever. me tone OF the public press is
lower lower on Sunday than on any other
Gay There are dreary columns Of
hastily prepared matter dealing with
soclal gossip. divorces. immoralities.
nas pa an and prizehghts. etc. We may
NOT be surprised at such stuff in vel
low journals. which cater to the
taste of vicious rabble But we
H nav, a right TO expect something bet
oer OF newspapers edited BY Christian
gentlemen; and which are prepared for
readers like the intelligent people OF
Richmond and of Virginia.
"A sunday magazine prints The Loves
Iion gives photographs of persons con.
hected with the recent revolving muir
der case in Richmond. Think Of tho
ono1sands Of decent homes these do
pure southern women to whom sucI,
reading matter is offered. Is it right
mat our daughters should be contain
mated by such things?
The press occasionally comments ON
the decline in public morals and be-
walls crimes like that which has lately
beclouded the fair name of Richmond
Is the press so short-sighted as not to
see that II has helped SOW the seeds
or such crimes. and lowered the tone
or public morals by publishing the
disgusting details of these outraees
and by rendering young people too
familiar with scandals, immoralities
divorces and resulting bloodshed? II
IS time to call halt. and it is 70
be hoped that journals which have
been reckoned selfrespecting and de-
and the Baltimore Sun, will cut
out such Objectionable matter and do
something to uplift the tone OF Jour
1t is no excuse to plead that there
is part OF the public which wants
SUCH reading matter. Have not our
editors proper ideals regarding the
duty Of the press as an educator and
conserver of public morals. and should
they not see to it that their columns
CONFORM to those ideals?
Respectfully yours.
FOR DECENT MORALS
charlottesville, August g.
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NEWPORT ALL OUT OF BREATH

Society circles at Newport, Rhode
Island, have been dreadfully shocked
by the elopement of Julia Steele
French and John Edward Paul Ger
agility and their marriage at a hotel
in the town of Central Village. Con-
necticut, just after breakfast last
Wednesday morning. The clipping
pair arrived in Central Village about
3 o'clock y. NJ, after an al-night run
over country roads from Newport, and.
through the kindly offices of the inn
keeper and the ready response OF the
Rev. l.. L. Perry, of HUDSON. n. Y.
who happened to be guest at the
hotel. all the requirements OF the law
having been complied with. in the
presence of Miss Anna Adams one of
the owners OF the hotel. and L. Fl.
Cross. travelling gentleman we sup
pose, they We're married. We wish
them joy, long life and no regrets.
There is no reason why they should
not be happy If their people will only
give them fair chance. and they are
entitled to that, in spite of their APP
parent inequality III SOCIAL postum
Miss French is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Amos Tuck French. Of Tux
edo and Newport and niece of Mrs.
French Vanderbilt She is nineteen
years old, an out of door girl and very
fond OF dogs and horses and the real
things OF life. Mr., Geraghty is the
son of a very respectable and honest
man who keeps a small livery sta
BILE at Newport, in which the young
man has been employed from time to
time. When he determined to go away
with his love he was a tender In tho
garage of Herbert L. Pember at New.
port and was workinG for $50 the
month He and the lady who is now
his wife have known each other for q
long time and have been going to-
gether a great deal, and their tastes
being similar it was only natural that
they should have come to the con-
clus!on that they could not live with
out each other. The young mans
mother is said to have told her son
mot TO keep company with Miss
French, but he never took my advice:
but the mother seems to be very
wholesome sort of person. and we
have no doubt that sb~ will try to
make her children happy. That is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch.
Silt is very difficult to place re-
sponsibility OF what Is published in a
newspaper but some one ought to be
held responsible when the photozraphs
OF a common strGmpet are sent 10 the
homes OF our best people through the
medium OF the first page of our lead
ING papers. was leaving town Tues
Gay with two or three hundred people
Tor days outing. and when the paper
was onered for sale to our people at
the Main Street Station. I was aroused
10 an indignation ! have not felt FOR
a long time. have read with pleasure
me old Dispatch and The Times-Dis
pdtcn Tor many years-nearly twenty
Dut could not help feeling glad that
NOT many OF our people were subsctib-
ers 10 paper that would permit an
outrage Of that kind For I consider
~ nothing short OF an outrage when
me sons and young daughters OF our
tamilies. whose characters are not vet
IuiiN. formed. see the face OF a prof1I
gate girl In the honored place OF the
'front.' page OF the principal paper Of
the State-a paper whose very name
good morals
The Times Dispatch owes an apol-
ogy to the people of Richmond and
virginia, and believe Is honorable
enough to make It.
THOMAS sEM11Es.
richmond, August TO-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12

TO The EDITOR OF The Times atch.
Sr.-Ten thousand thanks to the
hero in our midst. Mr. Eugene G. Mas
sic, Tor his outspoken disgust for The
shame and horror of such a crime hap
pening right at our doors was shock
ingly repulsive, but to be followed by
our best paGnr so far forgetting itself
as 10 present such page was shame
fnllys insulting. All women and men
worthy the name Were shocked (some
into siience). hu, for such n thing to
passed unTehnked really and truly
pride ana the hearts finest compli-
menD that offer thanks to Mr. Eu-
gene c. Massie.
MRS. J. D. REYNOLDS
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what the trenches should also try

what the Trenches should also try
to do.
Such marriages are not to DO en-
couraged. as & rule. They have been
tried before many times: but in this
case 1t Is hoped that the course of
true love will run as II it were
creased There Is difference in the
social status of the contracting par
ties, to be sure; but 1t Is true that
the Trenches and the Vanderbilts have
not always been rich. and. given a
little encouragement. John Edward
Paul Geraghty might yet become one
of the money lords of the land. There
can be no doubt of his nerve: any man
who would marry an heiress on fifty
dollars the month, and even that mod
est stipend temporarily cut off. sure
ly cannot be charged with any lack
of courage. Begorra. we like that sort
of man!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12
PUTTING on STYLE.

Some remarkable stories have been
told recently about the marvellous
material progress OF Alabama. and no
of that great Commonwealth. which
was largely built up by Virginians
and South Carolinians. than the softer
forms of speech which are creeping
into the daily conversation of the
plain people and the writings OF the
newspaper editors. The question hav-
ing been suggested by a serious dis
cussion in a public library in Chicago
as to whether 1t is proper for gentle
men to appear in public places without
coats in hot weather. and whether.
in such case. 1t Is the right thing for
them to secure possession of their
trousers by the use of belt about
their middle or by straps over their
shoulders. the Montgomery Advertiser,
looking at the matter in q casual
way" is persuaded that the man with
a good. stout pair of 25-cent suspend
ers on appears to be making a more
strenuous and faithful effort to keep
his pants in place than the fellow with
n 50-cent belt"
We shall not try to controvert the
position taken by our contemporary
upon this most important question:
our purpose is simply to expose the
increasing nabbness of this much
advertised exponent of pure Demos-
racy, which resorts, in the discussion
of question that is near to the
heart of every man in the South with
red blood in his veins. to the use OF
the language of the rich and powerful.
"a good stout pair of 25-cent sus-
penders.' forsooth! That is not the
voice OF a true friend of the masses.
that is not what the Advertiser would
the harness worn by poor weak. erring
men before Alabama began to get
rich in the things which perish in
their using. 1t would have called
them Galluses, and it knows IL would,
and now It speaks OF them as "sus-
penders" Next thing, we shall be
spats and having its hands tended by
n manicure and sleeping on a spring
bed and eating with a fork. so easy
is the transition from the hardy vir-
tues of the fathers to the mushy man
.ners of the mollycoddles.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12
THE CRIME; NOT THE WOMAN.

On Tuesday night, July is Mrs.
Henry Clay Beattie was murdered on
the Midlothian turnpike road, in Ches
terffeld County 1t was claimed by
her husband. who was with her at the
time the horrible deed was committed,
that she had been shot to death by
IAN unidentified white man., who
made his escape The circumstances
of the tragedy were so suspicious.
however. that Immediately almost the
entire community said that she had
been slain by her husband After ma
ture deliberation the Coroners Jury
found that he was guilty of the aw-
ful crime. the most horrible in all its
features that was ever committed in
Virginia Acting upon the theory that
the husband is the murderer. the de-
tect!ves have built up a strong case
against him. and in developing the
case they have held miserable crea-
ture, who was the mother of Beat
ties child born out of wedlock. as
the principal witness for the State.
The alleged murderer will be put on
trial for his life at the Court in Ches-
te"field County next week.
The whole State has been stirred
from centre to circumference by the
horror OF this unexampled crime. and
The Times Dispatch has printed all the
facts about It, so far as they
were fit ito print, and accompanying
the text of its stories it has print
cd large number of pictures of per-
sons believed to be implicated in the
crime and of others who are directly
interested in the case either as law
yers for the defense or prosecution.
detectives and policemen assigned to
the important duty of fixing the crime
upon the man charged with its COM
missiRn, or members of the prisoners
family and so on The principal wit
ness. for the State. as we have said.
IS Beulah Rinford. who Is regarded
as the moving cause OF the crime
objection has been made in very Sc
we're terms to the publication of this
woman's photographs. because she is
known to he a woman OF most dis
reputable life. and We have been re-
preached for making her so prominent
n figure in the case. 1t is proper to
say, perhaps, that the woman's photo
graph has not been printed because
she is a dissoute character, but be-
cause she is. next TO the man charged
with the murder OF his wife, the most
important figure In the case. There
are hundreds of other women In this
town who belong to her class whose
photographs have not been printed and
would not be printed. II She were Of
eminent respectability." however. and
yet had been a party to this crime. her
photograph would have been printed
Just the same. II is the crime and
not the woman that has been Illus
trated. and those who have seen her
picture must have realized from her
dissolute face how horrible the deed
of the man who would for so low
creature slay the wife of his bosom
and the mother OF his child
This statement is not made by way
Of excuse, but for the purpose OF eN-
planation to the correspondents. whose
good opinion we highly value. who
have written their protests to The
Times Dispatch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12

the Payne-Aidrich tarlfr law and he
would not do it. and he knows what
happened. We advise him now to ap-
prove the wool bill at least. and if he
iai to do SO. he will find out next
year that he has made another mis-
take. 1t is somstimes the case that
the people who are on the outside
looking in really can see n good deal
better than the people who are on the
inside looking out
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12
PROFESSOR Dopp, ONCE NOEL,

That Professor William L. Dodd is
an artist in Misrepresentation. we
nave several times noted In his las,
communication to The Times Dispa Itch
on the subject OF the reptile press" of
virginia, printed last Tuesday. he said
that he believed that there was only
one other man In this State who has
read the files of the Richmond papers
as carefully as ] have. and it is here
ana now stated that these papers have
never fallen SO far short of the stand
ara OF representativeness' as now. =
professor Dodd seems to be as care
less in his reading as he is in his
writing. as. for example, in the very
letter in which he claims to have been
so diiigent reader of these papers
he said:
During the connection between the
Richmond papeprs ana the Southern
halfway prominent daily paper in
North Carolina was shown to have
received $4,000 n year from the vice.
president of that road. l saw no criti-
cism of this in any Richmond paper"
Mark now, how plain tale shall
put him down. The case referred to
by Professor Dodd was the case of
the Southern Railway and the Raleigh
Times. The facts were brought out
in the course of a rate hearing case
conducted by representatives OF the
state of North Carolina. The amount
involved was $4,000. and not $4,000. as
stated by Dodd, who could not even
get this much of his story right, and
this amount was paid to the Raleigh
Times for alleged Advertising That
was in 1907. on the 26th OF septem-
Der OF that year in the first place on
its editorial page. The Times Dis
patch said:
1T is absurd on its face that an
evening newspaper in Raleigh. should
have done $4,000 worth of legitimate
advertising for the Southern Railway
Company in single year. The money
was paid for other considerations. and
an explanation is due to the public
from both the railroad company and
the newspaper. That a railroad en-
ploycc should masquerade in the Leg
islature as representative of the
public interest and newspaper sub
sidized by railroad money as n cham
pion of popular rights is a travesty
which the virtue and intelligence of
the American people will never toler-
ate. The sooner railroad corpora tions
and all other corporations learn this
of themselves the better it Will be
for their interests"
The editorial article of The Times
Dispatch was reproduced In the
Raleigh News and Observer and was
printed by 1t, we believe, five times
for the purpose of showing in what
detestation the course OF the Raleigh
Times was held by this particular
Richmond paper. At the same time.
the Richmond News Leader, then ed
tied by Alfred Il. Williams. denounced
the Raleigh incident with the editors
accustomed vigor Yet Professor
Dodd saw no criticism of this in any
Richmond paper'' But what's the
use of talking any more about this
utterly discredited teacher of his
tory and good morals? Let him alone:
his feathers have been plucked.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12
Daily Queries and Ans1uers

The last decade, with cheaper gas,
mas brought great changes. and the
6oo-horsepower gas engine of the PARIS
e%position--a marvel OF size-was ex-
ceoded by 1910 by numerous engines
OF 5000 to $500 horsepower each. Tho
increase was due 20 producer gas. A
Few producer gas plants were installed
In America before 1900. but most of the
development has come since then. AT
first anthracite coal. coke and char
coal were used almost exclusively. The
United states Geological Survey tests.
however have shown that practically
all fuel of any commercial value can
be employed, and several Goals OF. lig-
mites that were almost valueless under
the boiler have given good results in
the gas producer. In 16s tests reported
the fuels were bituminous Goals, lig-
mites and peats from twenty-six States.
1t was found that In ordinary manu-
featuring steam power makes await.
able maximum of 1913 per cent. of tho
total energy OF the fuel, but the max
mum converted into electricity by pro-
ducer gas reached "a per cent. In tho
ordinary government plant at st.
Louis the thermal efficiency Of steam
power was 4.S6 per cent: gas power,
1875.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12

1t Is a little disquieting to our usual
summer sense to have people dropping
in here from the semi-tropical regions
of Florida and South Carolina and re-
porting that rather heavy covering has
been required down that way all
through the beastly hot weather we
have been enduring .now ever since the
leafy month of June.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12

II. as the Virginian-Pilot says truly.
from the standpoint OF public duty
and Of abstract right, the counsel eve
and opportunity in the case of the wool
and free list tariff bills shortly to be
considered by him) is unjmpeachably
sound" why should we not have so
advised him?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12

The Rev. John Chalmers Richmond
OF Philadelphia. who fired the first OF
the ecclesiastical guns at Colonel John
Jacob Astor for his intended maria &c
TO Miss Force. has been dubbed the
storm petrol of the Episcopal Church.
but he denies that such is the case.
He has made a great deal of stir, how
ever, wherever he has been stationed.
He gave offense to some of the wealthy
men of the aristocratic st. John s
Church, at Stamford, Connecticut. q
few years ago. by his denunciation OF
James Hazen Hyde. of Equitable mem
ory he was a friend of Crapsey. OF
Rochester, and was warned by Bishop
Walker to break off his relations with
that hereto. and he preached against
the Standard Oil concern. During one
Lenten season while he was at Roches-
ter he preached in burlesque theatre.
and when he was reproved for holding
services in SO unholy place he de-
clared that IF need be and invited, I
will preach in hell" Better not: 1t is
too hot, and there Is abundant oppor-
tunity here to keep people from going
TO that place.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12

We would suggest that Mayor Rich
ardson water the trees in the city
parks. so that Fall will not overtake
us before Summer is ended The leaves
in Vallambrosa were never so thick as
tho leaves that are falling every day
in the shady places of this blessed
town.
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Voice Of the People
The nonds to westhampton.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch /:
Sir-Having apparently exhausted
all other means to get some improve
ment in the condition of Cary Street
Road. Grove Road and Roseneath Road,
west OF the Boulevard, we appeal 10
yIu for help cat least for some pub
licity) for long suffering commu :
nifty.
year ago Grove Road and Cary
street Road We're torn up to put in
sewers and water mains- This work
was completed montha ago. yet these
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12
silvering Glnss.

What is the process for silvering
glass with nitrate of silver? w. l.
The following Is the formula: Mix
ninety parts by measure of Rochelle
salts at 1.50 specific gravity with 900
parts distilled water and boil in u
flask; drop in carefully twenty parts
of solution of nitrate of silver, spe-
cihc gravity lis, and boil again. This
solution can be bottled and kept for
any length OF time. Another fluid has
to be prepared by adding ammonia to
solution Of nitrate of silver until
the precipitate is entirely dissolved.
hltering and diluting ono part of 1t
with 100 parts of water. For use, put
equal parts of the two preparations
IN suitable vessel. Clean the glass
well and immerse 1t In the mixture
until sufficiently coated. The coating
of silver should be protected with d
coat of lac varnish.
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Gas w. Stenm.

Gns w. Steam.
How does the gas engine compare
with the steam engineer. This has been
decided by special tests. has It not?
G. p. r
The former. brought out about thir-
ty years ago. made slow progress at
first on account OF the high cost OF
city gas. only small sizes being used.
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Grant Monument.

Describe the Grant Monument in
New York 3. w.
The memorial" OF New York city to
General u. S. Grant GS22-lSs5) Is the
Imposing mausoleum on Riverside
drive. which was contributed BY 10000
persons. mostly residents of the metro
polls The total cost was about $780,
600. The lower story OF the monu-
ment. In Doric style, is ninety feet
square and seventy-two feet high. and
this is surmounted by n cupola on Ionic
columns. the total height of the struc-
ture being $50 feet. or-2s0 fee. above
mean high water. The cornerstone
was laid April q, 1892: the dedication
was April 81, 1897.