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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
PUBLIC GUARANTEED SAFETY.

The City Council acted wisely in adopting the
Gmlauf traffic ordinance. and ii is desirable that
the Board of Aldermen take similar action. as
tlle measure provides for that stringent regala
ton Of the movement of vehicles on the streets
which seems necessary for the protection Of life
and limb.
With ordinance containing So clauses
covering almost every conceivable traffic .condi-
ton, and penalties ranging from S. to sIoo pro
sided for violations Of the law Richmond should
be able to control the public highways and in
snre safety TO her citizens. Although the ordi-
nance appears drastic. and looks to be aimed
primarily al automobiles there is little or no
unfairness In it. since II is the automobiles who
gives the public the greatest concern and the
police the most trouble
Chief or PoIicc Werner HIS produced records
to show that more than 1s5 violations of the
traffic ordinances on the part Of automobilists
we're reported to the Police Court In ninety days
The Umlauf ordinance means no hardships upon
the autemobiiisss If the latter are of n mind 10
obey the laws. That lawabdnE owners of
horseless vehicles, which travel noiselessly aud
speedily. persecution in the ordinance is
shown by the fact that the Richmond Automo
bile, Association approves it.
The Umlauf ordinance has not been adopted a
bit too soon. for the several deaths ana many
injuries in short time due to automobiles have
caused practically all pedestrians to fear for
their safety the streets. There ara many
roads around Richmond on which the speeders
can LET OUT their machines. and they should
confne their scorehng to those thoroughfares
The streets for all the people, and pedestri-
ans should not be kept in constant fear Eight
miles hour is sufficient for a business mans
automobile To travel for the prompt transaction
OF his affairs In various parts Of the city One
especially desirable clause in the Umlauf ordi-
nance is that which compels the operator Of an
automobile to have the machine under his con
troll at all times. and TO keep his hands on the
steering wheel II was also wise to provide a
penalty for the failure on the part of a driver
of horsedra vehicle 10 keep the reins In
his hands while the wagon or carriage is in mo
-tf6r
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
ADJ. PECKHAM DEFENDS
AMERICAN SALVATION ARMY
THE FOLLOWING LETTER, SENT
TO THE VlRGtNiAN, EXPLAINS
ITSELF.
Temporary Headquarters. 1910 f.

Temporary Headquarters. 1910 f;
Franklin Street. Richmond. Va
To the Citizens Of Richmond and Viz
ginia
we wish to make statement in re-
gard TO the notice published in the
Evening Journal Of April 4th. 1911.
entitled. "Adjutant George Virgins
Issues Warning"
LIST, He calls it the So called Ameri-
can Salvation Army, The American
Salvation 4 rtfv was 'ffsss iyyfs. tee Sif,-
der its present name formerly called
the Salvation Army or AInarica,) in
piTsiadeip}fi4. ~Pennsxlrsfsis, ARE rs4
corded in Charter Book. No %, page
251, May I. Is0o--as anyone can prove
by writing To Ave~y =. Harrington. Ma.
1873 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia,
Pa,
Ind. He says whenever convenient,
we use the name OF the Salvation
Army. This we deny. Our soliciting
sheet Is printed on our official letter
heads OF the American Salvation Army.
at Philadelphia. Pa.
Bird. He says We are asking funds
for an orphanage, The Adjutant has
been misinformed. as our soliciting
sheet asks for help to feed the hungry.
clothe the needy, VISIT the sick. find
employment for those out of work and
preach the gospel to the poor
4th. He states that We have been
driven out of New York State by the
Appellate Court OF New York. but he
fails to state that it was because OF
II suit brought agaiust the American
Salvation Army. by the salvation Army
under General Booth, about three years
ago, to restrain the American Salvation
Army from using the name under
which It 10 incorporated, wearing its
uniforms and publishing the American
Salvation Army War Cry. And this
is but a temporary Injunction which
applies only TO the State of New York.
18th. He states we were driven off the
streets or Baltimore. Maryland, last
Christmas. Again the Adjutant has
been misinformed, as II was the Amer
lean Volunteers which the authorities
were after, and became mixed up by
the similarity of names. The Amerf-
can Salvation Army now has two halls
in Baltimore. and Is doing ereditable
work there.
We have at present no hall here, II is
true But have been here only eight
cen days. and expect az soon as posi-
BILE to have building where we can
preach the gospel We have come TO
stay. and have authority by our or
ganization to have full charge of both
our charitable and spiritual matters In
the entire State Of Virginia. We are
work in the State We will hold
street meetings nightly, weather per-
hitting.
With malice toward none and char
ity for all, we remain.
Yours respectfully,
w. Fl. PECKHAM AND WIFE,
Officers In Charge
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
GAG

"It ali depends "a hose OK is gored When
the Republicans controlled Congress. they bound
and gagged the Democrats with parliamentary
rules of the most arbitrary and unprecedented
character, ard removed from them practically
every means of having the slightest SAY in what
should or should not be done Speaker Cannon,
ably assisted by the regular Republicans ruled
with high and mighty hand, and the Demo
Gratis had DO part in shaping legislation.
Now that the Democrats arg in power and have
to work to reshape the rules SO as to give them
the same control over affairs in the House as
was welded by Gar Cannon, the hue and cry
from the Republican ranks IS Gag" 1t all de
ponds
That the Democrats realize their opportunity
to make themselves solid with the people of this
country presents itself in the sixty-seonnd Con
gress, and that the future of their party de
mands that they conduct national affairs vastly
different from he manner. In which they were
administered during the Republican regime. is
manifest. They have begun revising the
rules SO as to leave no doubt as to where the
power to legislate rests. ana there can be little
doubt that procedure In the House will be sim.
nlifed and expedited bv the changes effected in
the rules. When the Democrats have finished
with the rules II VII be seen thar the Speaker
is presiding officer, fairly and impartially
ruling on all matters of controversy. and that
lawmaking will be elevated considerably
from the plane to which il descended during the
Republican regime. The Democrats were not
permitted 10 talk important legislation to death
during the Sixty-frst Congress. and the RApuh.
lcans should not be permitted to talk Demo
nratic measures to death during the Sixty-sec-
ond. It is well that speeches measures have
been limited to four hours length
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
PEOPLES FORUM
''Lynchburg's Shame"
- iGh and tsirutnlap.

Editor The Richmond virginlan:
yesterday the judiciary of Lynchburg with the
ana number OF saloons we were to have. There
ala not seem to be any dissent to the evils
II would introduce through the saloons. These
bright shining legal lights OF one accord
"hen 1T came to placing saloon in the line OF
travel taken by their wives and children. 1t
mace no difference about your wives and chill
oren. or my wife and children, but the horrible
examples expected to be seen about the saloons
must De placed where only certain people could
see it. Think of it. gentlemen calmly discussing
ehe entrance OF an enemy without voice
raised against allowing him to come at all
Jhe evils were ali understood and practically
known even 10 the details. Every of them
acknowledges 1t. but bowed his head to the
sacred name of whskey--for revenue. In tho
name OF everything holy, is city to raise reve-
nue. from her shame. from her dishonored sons
and daughters? while her judiciary and her
legal defenses publicly invite it,
What Is in the name OF whiskey that makes
the courts bow down to it? why should the
evils or the whiskey business go unchaIlenged?
No one would attempt to deny what the result
would have been II some foreign baker had
appeared before that body and offered to intro
ouce bread into the city of Lynchburg that
would make its citizens crazy, make husband
go nome and beat his wife and childr Make
man murder his father and commit all tho
crimes In the calendar. No. sir, that bread would
not De allowed on either side OF the street or
inside the city, and If the courts did not prevent
II the people would rise Up in arms and drive
II from the State. The question of revenue
would not be allowed to enter
What Is wrong with you, my countrymen that
you Will quietly submit to the evils forced on
YOU by the whiskey trust Allow them to steal
YOUR brains, then your money and push you into
dishonored graves-that a city and a few men
can have revenue
man who sells whiskey wants money so
oad that ne don't care how he gets it. And a
Guy that undertakes to raise revenue by that
means sacrifees her honor and reputation
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

Boss" Cox declared his indictment was po
liticai move. and added. THE people, prospect
i've Of politics. know believe that never In my
career have been accused Of telling false
hood" For his criticism Of the court and grand
jury which indicted him. he was found guilty Of
contempt Sf court. and TO show that they knew
their business. the grand jurors returned several
other indictments against the Boss"
Since his Indictment Boss" Cox has been
swearing OFF, judges from the bench, insisting
that they were prejudiced and he could not oh
tain fair trial at their hands Boss Cox
made no opposition to several OF the Judges. but
the prosecuting attorney did object to them. In
practically every instance in which "Boss' Cox
objected to a Judge, the jurist excused from
trying the politician.
When Judge Dickson was reached. the prose
cutor objected alleging that the Common Pleas
jurist biased and preiudiced' in Boss"
Cox's favor Judge Dickson has overruled an
affidavit charging himself with prejudice and
bias He admits he is friend of Mr. Cox but
deelares this viii have no effect on him as
judge. Boss" Cox is satisfied to be tried by
Judge Dickson, and has withdrawn his motion
for a change Of venue Left in the hands Of
friend, Boss" Cox SAYS he does not fear the out
come of his trial.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
a ihunderhoit From High License, Well Regu-
lated, Heavily Restricted. Iegalized Saloons
WpfD

mere were siNty-one cases before the mayor
5esteF"a5. RMS was the largest docket that
1ias oeeh presented to the mayor in a long time
put as most of them for minor orenses
tne9 were soon disposed OF Thirty-three OF
me slxty-one were DRINKS most of these being
taken IN Saturday night.
IL was stated at the police Headquarters yes
,eFuaF mat this was certainly the largest dock ct
ehae they mad. had this year. and possibly for
- Vt more. There was standing
room IN the dock, every inch was occnniad
iHe IoHoWfng are the different ofrenses and the
number charged with them: DRINKS az. dis
pniioe, - gambling in public place, Z larceny.
b; assaults. 3; crazy 1 fast driving dosar
,ef, /. not giving bond, |: fugitive from Justice
= leaving team on street, l. None OF the mum
oeI we're hned over $40. and the greater portion
~ mem sot on Tor much less.-Danville Regis
ter, March IS. e''
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

When the people of Ohio had about concluded
that Boss Cox. the Republican manipulation Of
Buckeye State politics. was bigger than the
courts, ana probably never would be brought 10
trial ON the several Indictments against him
charging graft, Judge Dickson, or the Court OF
Common Pleas. in CINCINNATI, declares the de-
PENDANT must be brought to the bar of Justice"
Cox was indicted or February 21st for having
shared in the "gratulties" paid by certain Ohio
banks reward for their being made
repositories for county money He is charged
with having exerted his evil influence on county
treasurers to the end that banks which would
remunerate him handsomely for his efforts in
their behalf would receive all the public de
posits
On George Washingtons birthday anniversary
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
IeIIoSY Graduates

This In the conV ersat.on overheard the other
day al football game.
4 First Stranger lto second stranger. beside
him l--Ahi these practice games In the early
fall! How they remind one ot his own coll
lege DAYS, when he signed for position on the
team,
Second Stranger trepNing to first strangerl--
Yes, they certainly awaken fond memories.
W hat college do you claim your alma mater?
First Sranger--Why, ] graduated from the
motor boat branch or the evening school of
the Rugsvie y. NJ. &. A. And What may /
ASK your college,
Second Stranger--0h, received the degree
OF T. G-Bachelor of Gasoline. you know
from the Correspondence School OF Motoring
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
POLLARD REVERSES
FORMER OPINION

Reversing formmcr opinion render
ed by himself. City Attorney Pollard
now holds that the city has no right
to require the Westhampton Park rail-
way line to give and receive transfers
from the Broad and Nal Mine The
second opinion has been referred to tho
chairman Of a subcommittee on streets
to which was referred the application
Of the, country club for permission 10
allow Westhampton cars to run down
Bread street To Ninth on a fifteen min
ute schedule and to charge a straight
five cent fare through the club with-
out tickets on transfers.
Mr. Pollard says
Il do not think that the fact that
the Westampton Park Railway Com
pany has, to the present time, ac-
qnieseed In and complied with the or
dinance OF May 30. l907. and issued to
and received transfers from the Rich
fnond Traction Company. so controls
the construction to be placed az to
compel the court to hold that transfers
must be given and received. for the
extent to which the rule controls 10
that where the language Is 'ambfxu-
GUS the practical construction placed
upon 1t by the parties is entitled to
great consideration
In the first place 1t does not seem
to me that the language Is .anbtru-
GUS. and in the next place, giving the
construction Of the parties great con-
sideration, yet their conduct, in the
light of the surrounding circumstances.
so clearly seated by the Corporation
Commission. will not justify the con-
clusion that the parties to the contract
intended to secure to the citizens Of
Richmond the right to transfers to the
Westhampton line. but only intended u
secure to the citizens OF Henrico all
the privileges, Of transfers that the
company should at any time concoAo
10 the citizens Of Richmond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
POLITICIAN NOT
GUILTY OF CONTEMPT

Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
ROANOKE. VA. April 5.--Harry
Myers. the politician, who was indicted
by the special jury charged with con-
tempt OF court in trying to warn wit
ness, the larceny OF ten dollars and ex-
tortion of money from gambler. was
acquitted in police court to-day when
the contempt charge was heard.
Tho Commonwealth fell down COM
apletely.N being unable to make out u
case 1t was shown that Myers saw
the witness before the process had been
served or the witness and the court
held that a contempt charge could not
hold unless he tempered with the wit
ness after he WAS summoned and be-
fore he testified.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Favors Referendum,

HBTRG.-Howeu G. F'ethU-
stort. former member OF the House
Of Delegates. on yesterday. announced
hts candidacy for the State Senate on
platform favoring submission of the
liquor question to popular vote a tax
equalization act. a cold storage Law;
more safeguards on the ballot for
cleaner elections. and an economical
and scientific Improvement OF roads.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
The Invoice CorrpSc

Btll Smith runs a small hardware store in a
back township few DAYS ago he came into
town to add 10 his stock OF goods. The sans
were shipped Immediately, and reached his store
before he did, az Riil remained in the city to
visit an old friend. Among the lot OF cases and
packages was a box shaped something like "A
coffin. When Btlls wife this one she uttered
a scream and called for hammer, The dray-
man, hearing her shriH cries, rushed in to
see what the trouble was. The wife. pale and
faint pointed to the following inscription on
the box; 'fSill inside Exchange.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
To The Richmond Virginian. -

Heres The Richmond Nirginian!
%amesake OF loved State
Soon may she visit each hearthstone
Daily enter each wide open gate,
Thus moldmg opinion In our old nomlnion
by her precepts noble and great
Here's to her President Cannon
Lives mp to his folks say
Long may his bomb shells go whtrrHx
To break the visions astray
In the form of Petitions" exposing conditions
In truly marvellous
Here's To her managing edito
Long may he have full sway
To manage this welcome paper
In his inimitable way,
With his clearness of vision and thu prompt
decision
That current editions display
Here's to her daily subscribers
Long may YOU take delight
In readirgy4his high aimed paper
Free from the Hquor-ad blight
Soon may your great tribe increase nelp raise
the flag of peace
That proclaims The Old Map All White"
NELLIE q. RICE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Militia Officers Resign.

ANOkE.-~Assigning pressure of
business as the reason j ". Cunning
ham sent to Adjutant General Sale
Wednesday his resignation as second
lieutenant of the Roanoke Light In
fanty. Tuesday First Lieutenant CroaT
resigned He also being unable TO at
tend to the duties OF the position on
account OF business
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

Al least things In the House will be IN
right handed wav while Champ Clark ia Speak
err Uncle Joe" was lefthanded all over.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

They should not allow anyone from Pennsyl.
vania 10 have hand in rebuilding the burned
capitol IN Albany.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

Revenge is sweet. The Danes, who frst fell
for DR.. Cook intend staging satrical opera
styled Or Cook" dealing with his Arctic explo-
rations In his cerebrum.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

The senatorial candidates in Virginia do not
seem to be half so much excited over the cam
pagn as some of the editors.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
May he Prof. Mcclellan

NEW YORk.--Friends OF ex-May-
or George e. Mcclellan have given
Princeton a $4,000 fund with which
to establish n professorship of public
affairs. to which 1t is proposed TO call
Mcclellan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

II ia all right to exterminate the pestiferons
house fly. but there seems little justification for
calling it by such name as 'MHescd domesttcd.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06


heFe are things in this wotd We can have but
In Dreams
A. the distant star gdtters and coldiy II sleau,,
90 o0f creams that are hopeless glow family
That We never reach nor the small shining
En-, me castles OF fancy. vain though they be-
sea, s
And while pensively dreaming our cares stea,
And the heart finds new strength for .co.s.
long day
On. what would life he this mad, struggling
Were II not fer dreams, though but homeless.
from birth -"
ana the sorrow on memory's well-written leaf
"i4"h our cream oft grows dim with our cara
and our grief,
on yes. there are dreams that we long to have
Such dreams as might mako }ffa - r h,s
hue. e'e
Rut the long years roll onward as ufex dav
declines. nay
Est He 4;v4,s 81 Ctr ,}Y-srr4. IN Tss>,.,
{he hish1s"& Oar fancy s+oar tssreeIgh -foun9,ass
space,
Over ways that the eyes or man could NOT traca.
we nave All that We want In dreams Of TO-
But they are dreams only dreams; We soon
wake to fe.
eAs!Fe pnt stronger, to toll in the strire
ct lar Tar away they gmmer and shine
fut only IN fancy can find
Chihuahua.
incidentally. You pronounce 1T She-wah-vah
accent second syllable1
IN Chihuahua sat a Greaser on a fence
Dong nothing with an energy intense.
He was satisfied to linger in the sun
Ana his capital was thirty seven cents
And he thought that doing nothing pas 4,n
nense W. ~
tThen Madero came and handed him ve..,
| am simply stating elemental fact
Ihis poor Greaser lacked diplomacy and tac,
And he took his gun and shot Ii in rhe air.
Whereupon he ran ten miles, TO be exact
And he passonatelv wished he could retracti
tJpst for sitting fence the day was fair
III.
In the wooded ways our hero brood
Posted out to cut Chihuahua from its food
And he has no time to iinger In the sun
And he mutters in a discontented mood:
I'm melancholy figure in feud."
tLsfe Is real life is earnest. with a xurD
There is nothing to this little tale / write
Save sort of side-rehection on the fight.
1t has neither rhyme reasoning nor sanse,
The philosophy I'm trying to indite
Is that dogs of war that bark are apt to bjtei
u would rather far be sitting on the fenceD
Henry Edward Warner
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

Il La best to keep CHEEKY and remember that
the worst is yet 10 come" They are talk
Ing of the probability of reopening the Lorimer
and Ballinger- Pinchot controversies
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

Convinced that the mayor OF Roanoke Will not
resign the people of the Magic City have ap-
pealed 10 him to abdicate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

China is due for an awakening at last. Chicago
cockmakers have sent 10000 alarm CLOCKS TO
the Orient
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Many Deformed Chickens.

kENOSHA, WIS.--Hundreds of
chickens are being Matched In the
vicinity OF Pleasant Prairie with
twisted legs. deformed wings and sim
liar ailments. due. IT is said, to the
recent powder mill explosion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Thief Steals Germ-Taden Goats.

NEW Y0RK.--The police are
searching for four goats, laden with
scarlet fever and diphtheria germs
which were stolen from the research
laboratory Of the Willard Parker
hospital.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Women Decide for Women,

WILMINGTON, DEI..--ln a debate
held by Wilmington Lodge, knights
of Good Templars il was decided that
women are more efficient workers
than men. Three women were the
judges.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
4 CHASTITY Find.

TRENTON, \. IA bottle con-
tanning four human fingers and part
OF the palm OF the left hand of a
man was found floating In the Della
ware river by John w. Bevins. The
police think the bottle belonged to =
physician.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Beauty Queen Is Dead.

NEW YORk.--Mrs. Randall Hoyt,
who as Miss Margaret Cabell was
queen OF the yelled prophets ball in
St Louis in 1907 on account of her
beauty, died in New York hospital
of mastoiditis.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Negro Wins Orators Medal.

NEW YORk-Geo. William A. Scott,
negro senior at Columbia Univer-
sity, won the George William Curtis
medal for public speaking.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
A Days Doings in Old Virginia
Business Association Name. Officers.

Business Association Names Officers.
F'REDER1CKSBURG .~-The Business
Mems Association on Tuesday night
held its annual meeting and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year.
II. r. Crismond. president; G, OCon-
nor Goolrick. w l.. Brannan, A. r..
Young, vice. presidents. Isaac Eirsh.
treasurer, secretary will be elected
after plans ahve been matured as to
the work OF the association.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
In the Museum,

Manager--What's that odor IN here9 Insula-
ton fire.
Living Skeleton-Nope Fat Lady rejected
India Rubber Man and he's burning with in
dignation! r.