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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Would Reform Divorce suits.

NEW YORK.-~Justce Newburger
Is waging war against the suppress
sion OF the names of correspondents
in divorce cases
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Rnller-Towel a Di-ensc Surrender

NEW YORK.--The committee on
prevention of the Association for the
Blind Is making crusade on tho
roller-towei. charging that II spreads
diseases of the eyes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
That Old Gag.

Let me have So. old man--and wait a min
ute, Don't spring that old saw about you'd let
me have Ii II 1t wasn't Lent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Hebrew TO seek Aerial Honors.

Z NEW YORK.--Barred from partf-
cipation in aviation meets because
he was Jew. as he says, Abram Ray
gorodsky has come here from Russia
and will seek flying honors.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
The Dcnaxoe,n~,

We are the righteous brothers.
Leaders and mentors of men
Strong by the might OF the silver tongue
And the scratch of the vcnal pen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

Still at Work on Segregation
BALTIMORE.-A new ordinance
for the segregation Of negroes and
whites in this city has been passed
by the city council An ordinance
with a similar object was recently de-
clared unconstitutional.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Oddities in Days Telegraph

Old Enough to Know Better.
BOSTON.-Found drunk on tha
street at the age Of 102. John GoldinE
has been sent to the State Farm. He
made vigorous defense In police
court
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

IINCHBU RG.--ln the Corporation
Court Wednesday the jury found John
Coles guilty of nanslaughter and fred
his punishment at two and one half
years in the penitentiary for killing
Richard Martin In February. Coles
threw rock at Martin in a fight dur
ing Sunday afternoon gambling CANA,
and Martin died in a few days OF n
fractured skull. Coles admitted tha
killing, but claimed ne did not intend
to hit Martin when he threw the rock,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

Indicted for Malicious Shooting.
SPOTSYLNANTA- - Charged With
the malicious shooting OF Peter White.
Luther Davenport was indicted by tina
grand Jury Wednesday. He will be
tried at the June term Of court
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

We are the righteous brothers.
Seekers and tryers OF guilt
Ready to raze with a jealous wrath
What the toll of life has built
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06
Los. Log; Get. $4,000 Verdict.

DANNU1 E.~-DamaEe OF 81 900 vera
awarded j. A. Boyd Wednesday after
noon III his suit ageins, the Southern
Railway Company for inquiries sus-
tanned by him last October when ha
was run over by "a freight car and had
a leg cut Of.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

We. are the righteous brothers y
Preaching the glory OF toll
Smiling alone through. the scheme-spent nigh
At the thought of the morrow's spoil
We are the righteous brothers
Truth before Peace" fs our cry
Weaving fair words to wondrous cloth
For investing the naked lie.
We the righteous brothers
Mark the leaders of
Strong by the might of the silver tongue
And the scratch OF the venal pen.
Clarence Richard L,ndner, in Leslie's
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03
His Bad Dream.

Truly oriental was the defense put
forward by prisoner at Allpoge
Charged with stealing Hindu idol
with Its ornaments, he stated that the
goddess told him in dream the night
before that, as she was not properly
worshiped by the Hindu priest, she
would be better taken care of by him.
a Mohammedan, and that unless he
took charge of her worship she would
In her wrath destroy his whole family.
The magistrate, however, was not sat
isfied with the story and sentenced the
accused to two months rigorous i'm
prisonment and to pay a fine.-Bom-
bav Gazette.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03
In fairness to Mr.. A. P. Armstrong

In fairness to Mr.. A. P. Armstrong,
member of the Oregon State Text
Book commission, the Press desires to
offer correction to an editorial pub
lished in tie issue of January Q, rel
ative to his appointment by Acting
Governor Bowerman. The editorial
was written under a misapprehension
of facts, the tenor Of the article being
in the nature of an injustice to Mr..
Armstrong, who has been engaged in
educational work in the state for a
period Of thirty years, and was twice
elected school superintendent of Multi
nomah county. Relative to bis high
standing as an educator. the Portland
Oregonian of September 8, says:
"a. P. Armstrong, of Portland. has
been appointed by Acting Governor
Bowerman to mem bership on the Ore
gon Text Book Commission. to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Fl. W.
Scott. Professor Armstrong is ma
tive of Oregon, was born and brought
up on farm in jackson county, edu-
caed in local schools and colleges. and
is graduate from the law department
of the University Of Oregon. His life
has been devoted to educational work
and he is still in the harness as prin-
cipal Of the Portland Business College.
He was twice elected Superintendent
of Public Instruction for Multnomah
county. is familiar with schools and
their needs and Is we'll qualified to aid
in the selection of text books to be
used in the state. -
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03

dollars reward. The Appeal to Rea-
son will pay $1,000 in gold to the per-
son or persons who will. kidnap ex-
Governor Taylor and return him to
the state officials of Kentucky, where
be is wanted on the charge of mur-
dering Goebel." " In an editorial ex-
planatory of this offer. Warren said !:
'The supreme court Of the United
States has held that kidnapping is a
perfectly legsl method Of taking an
accused man from one state to an
other. This decision was rendered
in the now famous Meyer Hay wood
care, in which the defendants were
both Socialists and working men.
Will the Supreme Court Of the United
States bold to tbs same opinion If the
defendant is Republican and cap
italist? The Appeal to Reason has
absolutely no interest in the Taylor
GoeEel feud of Kentucky, tut I want
to put it up to the Supreme Court of
the United States to decide case of
kidnapping where the victim is a re-
publican politician and personal
friend of the president of the United
States" Well. anyway. Warren is
scheduled for Jail and Taylor has
been relieved Of the pressure of an
in dio.ment in Kentucky, after being
a fugitive from there for a mum ber of
years with 100000 reward hanging
over his head.
(Since the above was In type. War
rem has been pardoned by President
Taft
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03

1t is often said that the day Of
Greeley and Dana has passed and tho
newspaper editorial hasn't the in.
fuence 1t once had. TO certain ex.
tent, says the Spokesman Review, this
may be true. principally because there
are no more Danas and Greeleys in the
editorial writing business. They 60
into insurance or soap making now
adays. But that editorials are not
entirely valueless is shown by the an
nounoement that the New York Jour
nal Of Commerce was recently offered
$36, 900 for its editorial support of
ship subsidy and the De Lesseps canal.
One Is not surprised to hear that the
offer was declined, inssmuoh as the
announcement was made by the paper
itself.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03
KILLING THE UMPIRE.
IT ls an Essential Part of the Great
Game of Baseball.

According to bleacher law, there are
three particularly justifable motives
Tor doing away with umpires. An
umpire may be killed-irst. IL he sees
ut to adhere to the rules and make a
decision against the home team at a
close point In the game; second, an
umpire may be killed If he sends a
member of the home team to the bench
when the player In question has done
absolutely nothing but call the umpire
names and attempt to bite bis ear Off
ian umpire has no business to be
touchy); third land this is a perfect
defense against the charge Of murder),
an umpire may be killed If he calls
any batter on the home team out on
strikes when the player has not even
struck at the balls pitched. That the
balls go straight over the plate has
nothing to do with the case.
There is ample proof at hand to
show that killing the umpire Is dis
tinctively American sport Other coun-
tries have tried baseball, but they have
not tried killing the umpire. That Is
probably the reason why they have
not waxed enthusiastic over baseball,
for baseball without umpire killing Is
like football without girls In the grand
stand. 1t simply can't be done. That
foreign countries know nothing about
our king of outdoor sports was indi-
Gated forcibly when in the fall of 1909
the Detroit team made trip to Cuba
under the management Of Outf1elder
Mcintyre. In the entire series Of
twelve games with the Havana and
Almendares mines not one single OBJ
lection was made by either the Cuban
players or the silent Cuban spectators
to decision Of the umpires. The
Americans did not know what to think
of it-until they counted up the gate
receipts at the end of the SERIES Then
they realized that In their own country
it is the delight in killing the umpire
rather than the pleasure In watching
the game that draws the tremendous
crowds through the urnstiles.-George
Jean Nathan In Harpers Weekly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03
Buttons.

The Elizabethan era gave vogue to
the button and buttonhole. two inven,
tions which may fairly be regarded as
important, since they did much to
revolutionize dress. The original but
ton was wholly product of needle
work, which was soon improved by the
use of wooden mold. The brass but
ton is said to have been introduced by
a Birmingham merchant in $780, 1t
took 200 years to improve on the meth.
cd of sewing the cloth upon the cover.
ed button Then an ingenious Dane
hit upon the idea of making the but.
ton in two parts and clamping them
together with the cloth between.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03
MEASURES OF LENGTH.
Light Waves and the Wonderfully Ae-
curste Interferometer.


At the bureau of weights and meas
ures at Sevres, France, the standard
meter of metal. which IS the standard
length of the world, is kept carefully
In an underground vault and is in
spected only at long intervals. In
Great Britain similar care Is exercised
In guarding the standard yard meas
urement. AS 1t was possible for these
metal standards to be destroyed or
damaged In the course of time, it was
decided IL number of years ago to de-
termine the exact length Of the stand
ards In wave lengths of light, which
would be basis of value unalterable
and indestructible. For this purpose
the instrument known as the inter-
ferometer was invented. This instru.
ment represented the highest order of
workmanship and the greatest skill of
the best opticians Of the world A
series of refracting plates were made,
the surfaces of which were fiat with
In one-twentieth of wave length of
light, with sides parallel within one
second, representing the utmost refine
ment Of optical surfaces ever at
tempted
With the interferometer perfected,
the attempt was made to make the
wave length of some definite light an
actual and practical standard of length.
For over Il year scientists worked to
secure this result. and experiments
finally showed that there were 1853
164k wave lengths of red cadmium
light In the French standard meter at
Is degrees centigrade. So great is the
accuracy of these experiments that
they can be repeated within one part
in two millions So inconceivably
small is such possibility of error that
should the material standard of length
be damaged or destroyed the standard
wave length of light would remain un-
altered MS basis from which an ex-
act duplicate of the original standard
could be made Chicago Record-Her.
aid.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03


What is the matter with Nevada
She seems to he suffering with a
legislative mania. Now that she has
attained considerable undesirable no
toriety as refuge for prospective di-
voreees she proceeds to forbid by law
the selling or giving away of Cigar
cites or cigarette papers. A proper
provision perhaps, but mott rational
one. This is blue law; the other
laws of the state range from pink to
purple. The legislature should go
slower. After repeating the easy di-
voroe laws and the prize fight law
they should have tackled something
dog tax, for instance.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03
Nnfice.

Notice is hereby given to all whom
it may concern. that on Saturday,
FEBRUARY %. 1911, at $3.50 p. m. at
my livery stable, l will sell to the
highest bidder tor cash in hand. one
roam horse, weight about 900 pounds.
7 years old, together with two saddles
and one bride, proceeds to be applied
on feed bill owing me by one DR..
j. r. Sponogle, the atove named per-
sonal property being in my possession,
and ownership of same being claimed
by said DIR. j. r. Sponogle.
Harry Mcbride.
Dated. Athena, Oregon Feb 2, 1911.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03

The bill designed at Olympia to ex-
empt women from jury duty was de-
feated. while the measure making it
gross demeanor for justice or po-
lice judge to address, insulting or i'm
proper language to a prisoner, was
passed. The action on the latter law
was particularly desirable. Insulting
a prisoner at the bar is like slapping a
man. g face when his hands are tied.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03

The postal department. has worked
out parcels rost agreement with
Brazil. A resident of Seattle can
send package 8 feet inches long,
weighing II pounds, through the
mails to Rio for IL cents pound.
and the government will carry it. But
it costs New Yorker 16 cents a
pound to send a 4 pound express
package across the river to Jersey.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03
Dissatisfied.

The naughty looking woman upon
whose features the dermatologist had
been working for more than two hours
sneered when she glanced In the mir
ror Il certainly thought you knew
your business slIe snapped. "but you
have not even given me fair treat
ment."
The man shrugged his shoulders. IF
you had wanted fair treatment you
should have been more explicit" he
retorted. Il thought from what you
told me that you wanted brunette."--
Chicago News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03
Brave as a Bow.

Weigler--I see that Gausler has been
given medal for bravery. Match
leyette- Well, be probably deserved it.
He always was brave. remember
when he was a boy that he was the
only one IN the neighborhood who
would go to bis mother when she
beckoned with one hand and held the
other behind her back Chicago News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-02-03

Fred d. Warren, editor of the Ap-
peal to Reason. sooiaIiatic paper,
has been convicted by federal Jury
for circulating envelopes with this
printed on them: "Cne thousand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04

crevices of the bark, and In the case VI
some few to many circular holes appear
ing as though they had been made oy ~
buckshot. This external evidence shou'U
be supplemented by cutting down 10 ti!'
sapwood. The exposure there OF the loheF
t'idlnal galleries from / to Ia inches 4ohs'
about one-elghth of an inch in diancic'
and with numerous fine. transverse galleri0S
arising therefrom and gradually spreduihe
out somewhat fan-shaped, Is conclusive eNl-
dence as 10 the identity of this pest Oniy
a little experience is necessary before ONO
can recognize the work Of this borer.
The insect passes the winter In oval cellS
as stout whitsh, brown-headed gruDs
about one-quarter of an inch long, the
beetles appearing from the last OK June 10
the last of July. Badly injured trees arc
beyond hope, and should be cut SOM.
time during the winter and the bark purheu
before the beetles can emerge. 9th 1r"ise
many will mature and attack other trees
next spring 1t is particularly important
to locate tho trees which have died Wholly
or in part the last summer because theS
contain grUbs likely to mature ana int"
DC the source OF trouble another year
General cooperation In the cutting out ol
infested trees and burning Of the park as
Indicated above will do much TO check TINS
enemy of our hickories. Il. i. FELL
state EntomoloSist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
Y4lfJ4VYS DEFENDERS.

There has been q notable outpourine
Of praise-neyer unmiXed with thinly-
yelled apology and unconyincing defence
for Tammany in the last few days.
Governor Dix. from the Executive
Chamber. Mayor Gaynor, in denying
that T9mmaDy was responsible for -"
judiciary Doodle scandal in the "a De
partment Mr.. Sheehan, Mr.. Inter
rlyer. Mr.. Dos Passes. eX-Judce Parker,
Mr. OBTien. and even Mr. Spratt, Of
Ogdensburg have all borne testimony
10 the eminent desirability of contipu-
ing Tammany control Of the politics Of
this county and Of the state. It has
been an excellent example of the tar
reaching. all embracing workings OF the
Tammany system" which should net
have and doubtless has not deceived one
person Of average intelligence. For he
hind all the fine phrases OF Governor
Dix and these other eminent Democrats
about party loyalty and tue Importance
Of beginning the party fight for IA
tlonal supremacy this year there has
been visible the grim Tigers head Of
Murphyism
when the devil was sick the devil
. monk would be" Murphy, realizing
that Murphyism is in much peril lie
cause of his lawmakers vicious course
and the judiciary Doodle scandal, is
calling into play the disguise of emf
nent reSpectsb ility. His ticket in this
county was organized on that scheme
q safe ticket that the highbrOws
can't knock Yet Murphy is the top
and bottom Of that ticket, just as Muir
phy was the top and bottom Of the
ticket last year despite the eminent 20
Spcctability of Mr.. John \. Dix, n0mi-
ualiy ut tho top Of it. No defence, 10
apology for Murphy and Murphyism
now, 10y any person, however respect
able. can disguise the danger 10 the
public from continuing Murphy in
power. 4 vote for the Murphy ticket
Only serves 10 confirm the Tammany
boss in the notion that hc can Kick the
voters in the face and have them thank
him for doing it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
N0T MORTH SAIING.

1t is TO be hoped that The Brooklyn
Eagle" is not weakening in its first me
determination to defeat Willetts asso-
ciates on the tainted Brooklyn ticket
1t talks now of two good Democrats
suffering from association with an ac-
cused third" and its readers are al
vised to make up their own minds for
themselves" But are Messrs. Callahan
and Ketcham such worthy men tDat
any one should care to save them?
Just four days after Governor Dix
signed the bill creating three new jus
ticeships of the Supreme Court III
Brooklyn Surrogate Ketcham appointed
McCooey, the Brooklyn boss. to the
Sc. 600 Job of SuTogate's clerk. Two
months later Boss" McCooey nominates
Surrogate Ketcham for one of the new
iusticeships. If il looked bad for Mr..
Wnlett 70 lac borrowing large sums of
money 'in bills from his banks Just
prior TO his nomination how does this
chain of circumstances preceding Sur
rogate Ketcham's nomination look?
And then take into consideration the
behavior Of Nessrs. Ketcham and Cal
lahan when they learned of their asso-
ciate's borrowings for the purpose OF
making campaign contributions. The
delectable McCooey tells the story:
] had another meeting with Ketcham
and Callahan, at which Willett also was
present ana we went over the whole
proposition. l told the others that
thought Willett did a very indiscreet
thing in withdrawing the ten thousand
from the bank and 7 repeated to them
my opinion that this justified dropping
the suit.
They prepared 70 follow his advice
and then
There was another meeting, at which
the letter was signed Withdrawing the
suit, as ! had advised Frankly, ] did
everything that ! could TO get the suit
withdrawn, so as to get the whole thing
out OF the newspapers, so that VIC could
go on with the campaign.
Having learned facts which must have
made them at least suspect that the
law had been violated. these two can
didates for the Supreme bench were
only anxious to hush the matter up and
get the whole thing out Of the news
papers" Are such men any more iit to
be on the bench than Willett himself?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04

current proceeding, ia Hudson County.
\. j.. afford M interesting commentary
uron the frequent and facilc fiction OF
the honest boss ii has been said of
u1uy political dictator that while ne
was doubtless "a boss aud trickstcr in
political manipuationS. he was pecuna-
r'iy honest More than one such mm
hae popularity been known as Honest
So-and-So.' and much of the strength of
his Eossship has proceeded from tina.
reputation for probity. it may. Of
course, be that such a reputation is now
and then deserved We e il is. But
it must &c said that if il deserved in
some cases, then appearances do mon.
strous injustice TO good men.
Take the case referred TO. The late
boss OF Hudson County was regarded Is
an honest man. Nobody disputed that
he was boss I'm the extreme sense of
the term, and it was conceded by mary
that IN political matters be might re-
sort TO extreme measures. But then. he
was honest. He could BE- trusted as lee
collector of public funds 10 practise
strict integrity He might make his Cf-
nee the headquarters Of political m1-
chine. and require public employees 10
vote at his dictaton. lie might even
countcnaDce measures which some
would regard rs questionable for the
carrying Of an election. But he was
honest. Of that there could be no
doubt
To-day. however. the county is iusti-
trting suits against his estate for the
recovery Of hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars Of public funds which he bad
borrowed from the County Collector aud
of which the county thus lost the use;
and il is alleged that grossly irregular
practices were used by him in connec.
ton with the fiscal accounts Of .he
county. We are not, of course, judging
him or prejudging the suit which is
row in court Honesty and efficiency
may have marked every act Of his But
ir thar case, as we have said. appear
ances are unjust. and the good man Is
The victim Of most extraordinary cir
cunstances.
There will continue 10 be Cd increa =
ine number Of thoughtful men VINO
doubt the compatibility Of b0ssism With
strict integrity They will fail 10 per
ceiye how men can without compute
tiou rob theiI fellows Of their rights IS
voters and yet be scrupulous not 10 rob