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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

Chief Justice Walter Clark. of Raleigh. n.
c. says that the Statewide prohibition law
has reduced general crime In that State over
80 per cent.
This cant be true. Judge Clark, who, by
the way, has had no opportunity to get " The
facts, directly opposes the position of saloon
advocates everywhere. They claim that pro
hibition fosters crime murder particularly and
their conclusions are right What boots it that
the criminal records show the contrary?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13
A CHAT WITH CORRESPONDENTS.

correspondent desires to know IL 1t is not
violation Of law for pawnshops to do business
on Sunday. and. II so. TO whom such violation
should be reported. 1t is a clear violation OF
law and the offense, with all available evidence,
may be reported to the chief OF police.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

Give us the ballot" cry the women. Give
us shirt sleeves!" say We. Now, if you want to
talk trade Wen meet you half way--unless this
hot weather lets If 1t keeps on we might
swap votes for your shrtwaists We
should insist, however. that the coat fitted and
that it be worn.-Hartford (Conn.) Couraut.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

II. NJ. Cook, of Pennsylvania, has grown two
tomatoes with this inscription upon them,
Thomas r. Marshall, 1912" He is boosting
Marshall for the presidency. There are a good
many who will find their names, on lemons
And tomatoes frequently suggest can
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

A test of sanity is to read the daily exchange
of newspaper office. If one can wade through
the mass of stuff about the heat and Ethel Bar
rymore and maintain his intellectual poise and
balance he is mania proof. 1t is hoped that
somebody will start something somewhere ere
long that may have a rest.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13
Athanasius Against the World.

OF course, Senator Simmons may be right in
his position, and all the rest of the Democrats
may be wrong. That is possible but the pro-
liabilities that the almost solid Democratic
vote in the House and Senate on tariff cues
lions Is wiser than the dissenting view Of Mr.
Simmons. Mr. Bailey and the protectionist SEN
ators in Louisiana--Ralegh News and Obser-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

The San Francisco RuIletin referring to the
lax administration of law In the Golden City,
calls San Francisco the Paris Of America"
We trust the French authorities win not see
the publication. else they might demand a
heavy indemnity and international complications
ensue.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13
Calhoun,s Prophecv.

The beginning Of the corruption of govern
men- by 'big business began when the taxing
power came to be used to make individuals rich
The Carolina Democrat says: "In his fight
against the idea of protection John c. Cal
houn predicted with mathematical precision
the present regime Of corruption and injustice
that has inevitably grown out of the practice
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

In the United States court OF New York The
bond This does not however. as In the case
of ardent spirits, guarantee quality. Mil
lionaires In bond signifies only the beginning
of an attempt to deliver the people from bon
dage
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

Millionaire w. e. u. Stokes was at much
pains to tell how the show. girls shot him; but
his assistants went to such trouble to secure
certain epistles that it is doubtful whether he
wants to tell 1ohy they shot him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13
Richmond, Va. July 10, 1911.
Reply to DIR. Dodd.

Editor of The Nirginan:
Sill have been reading your paper from
the first issue, and matter of course,
liked it. or l would not have continued to take
it: and when / that you would be nom
partisan in politics particularly in the sena-
toriai contest, / was more pleased than ever
to feel that we would have another clean sheet
to help us through this extraordinary campaign.
I must CONFESS I am disappointed In the policy
you pursue after your declaration to be neu-
tral some of your CONTEMPORARIES accuse you
OF being partial. and 1t looks so to me, too. as
you were very prompt to publish Mr.. Dodds
Louisa speech, but took notice of Mr.. Flood s
reply. Do you think 1t Is fair to publish charges
made by gentleman against another and
take no notice of the answer to these charges ?
Do you think this is full. fair, clean and accu-
rate? You doubt have good reasons for
this 1s"it an impertinence my part to wish
know them2
Yours very truly.
FAIR PLAY.
Chase City, Va, July ~.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

real neutrality we can offer our friends Is that
we have been lambasted by partisans of each
faction for our supposed alliance with the other,
and criticized by both because of the fact that
we refused to enter the lists for either
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

Through some inadvertence the communion
tion referred to in the editorial OF yesterday
upon Mr.. Church's series of articles was omitted
from yesterdays issue. 1t appears in the Forum
this morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

Revenue men have Just raided three Illicit
stills in Brooklyn. N. Y. And Brooklyn Is a
wet town We can hardly credit it,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

highwaywoman held up man upon the
streets Of Atlanta Saturday night and relieved
him of $40. In Richmond these fair bandits
only operate at church fairs and charity ba-
zaars
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

Another North Carolina bank cashier has
gone, and some several bank notes are singing,
And we went with him"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-13

Chase City, Va, July ~.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05

I factory at Liege has closed down on
account of the business depression IN
America, that the Corot works at
Lyons are running only haif-time and
that the Signature Makers Union at
the Gainsborough plant in Liverpool
have threatened to strike and call
out teh ~Amalgamated Association of
Reynolds and Romney workers
throughout the United Kingdom,
There is marked restIesgness among
the Italian nobility who complain that
they are un%derpaid for leaving their
comfortable quarters to sleep in
draughty old palaces while the sale
of their ancestral treasures is going
on. and an epidemic OF brain fever
has been caused among English peers
who are required to remember the
names of the artists who painted the
p~ictrues that American money Is
bribing them to sell"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05

The Orator of Tom Johnson's Party.
In The American Magazine for Sep
TENDER, Brand Whitlock, Mayor of
Toledo, Ohio, writes on Newton D,
Baker, the probable successor of Tom
Johnson as Mayor of Cleveland. Ba-
ker was the orator Of the Johnson
group In Cleveland. He writesi
Bakers oratory ia of an order
that classihes 1t in what may be
called rather loosely the new school
That Is to say, 1t lacks the prefense,
the sound and fury that have gone
| with the frock coat and the long
hair and the black string tie. 1t
lacks the eternal fap-doodle with
which so many senseless periods have
been rounded out on the stump in
this country by the bawling and
blowing politicians Of tn cold school
"a school happily passing away and
to receive its coup de grace, 1t Is to
be hoped, by the new blue pencil of
the Congressional Record 30 that no
more shall there be given leave to
print those speeches of which the
best thing that can be said Is that
they we're never delivered. Newton
Baker is graceful, simple, convinc-
Ing and courteous and at times rises
to heights Of pure el~oquence."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05

pictures by men with a pile of money.
l like Europe and I like to see 1t
kept up and If it weren't for this in
fuX OF American money it would go
to seed Picture dealing since the
great year 1898, which made Wisey
and a lot Of other patrons of the arts,
has ceased to be a small business in
a small shop in a side street. 1t has
become a vast commercial and manu-
featuring industry. The rich Amer
lean collector insists on bulk as we'll
as quality, To supply the enormous
demand from this side of the water
the picture dealer Is not only re-
to have scores OF agents IN
the field buying up genuine pictures
but he Is obliged to maintain great
plants for the manufacture Of old
and new masters. I expect it will
not be long before we shall read in
the papers that the great Rembrandt
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05
Anniversary Sale in
The Upholstery store

Irish Point Curtains, imported-IJUUV PalTs, IN
variety Of richest floral and conventional ueSie4Tc
net net, to be- be- offered as an Anniversary feature, "hA'
they last, as follows: o7s
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05
AnniversarySaIe In, he RookShop

Popular Copyrighted Works of Fiction,
originally $1.0S, at only Csc
Other Popular Copyrights including many
Of the most up-todate novels. .................. 45c
Whitehouse Cook Books containing thousands Of
recipes Of the best kind and a fund of other house
hold information; bound In white oilclothi
very special at b8c
Books for Boys-AbOut fifty good titles; $50
xmas, az only loo
key Of Heaven 21ax3A inches; u inch thick;
large, clear type; bound In fine white ~celluloidj
value I'll at .b9c
Coral Rosaries, warranted for FIVE years; chains
of heavy roll gold; set with coral, amethyst, garnet,
emerald, topoz, moonstOne, Jet, crystal, sapphire or
pearl; crucifx of hard heavy rolled gold; good
$1.25 value, In lined case, at only .............. 79c
New Century, containing
new U. s. census; bound In limp leather Illus
BABY CARRIAGES.
Reed Body Pullman sleepers, with reed hood;
heavy roll; upholstered in corduroy; rubber-tired
wheels; rightly priced $18j Anniversary Sale
FRENCH IRRoR
Large Panel Mirrors In antique frames with
French picture topsj regular price $500; to
60 in the Anniversary at .......... 1898
400 HOUSE DRESSES, s1.1e.
Maids Dresses and Nurses Uniforms.
Neat and Pretty Dresses Of Percale and Seersuck-
or in sizes for small, medium and large women; waist
plated front and back; some with pearl button side
effects; Gibson plated shoulder long or three quarter
sleeves; open or closed cuff finished with four pearl
buttons; piping or pearl button trimmed, panel gored
skirt, deep hem; excellent value at S1.75; to be
made a feature of the Anniversary Sale
at S119
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05

start of the first race for the inter
national cup. The Dixie, the Viva
and the Disturber II. were the Amert'
can boats.
The harbor was filed with yachts OF
every description, flying flags Of all
clubs, the scene being a most pictur-
esque one.
The Dixie ". was In prime condi-
ton. Her helmsman, Fred K. Burn
ham. had with him the same crew as
on the elimination race,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05

respectively. me oIner Doats were
distanced. No time was announced.
The Dixie ". won the race by a
half mile over the thirty mile course.
The second race will be contested this
afternoon.
Clear skies and a fresh breeze from
the eastward that made quite a rough
sea on the sound are the conditions
which greeted the feet of high speed
motorboats a few hours before the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05

Huntington, N. Y, Sept 5,-The
American boat, Dixie ", owned by
II. 81. Melville, August Hecksher and
Frederick Burnham, defeated the Brit
ish challengers in the first race for
the International motorboat cup here.
The English chaIlengers, Pioneer IL,
owned by the Duke of Westminster,
and the Maple Leaf Ill. owned by E.
Mackay Edgar, were second and third,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05
Ignorant M%illionaires Support Pic
ture-Fakers.

Dt-T'a'SA- 4 ~
tIre-Eakers.
In ''The Interpreters House." in
the September American Magazine,
Mr. Finley Peter Dunno writes of
Mr., Worldly Wiseman's Adventures
In the Art Market" The Picture
Dealer sums up American million
aire picture-coIlectors as follows:
Wisely thinks he is a patron OF
Writ but he isn't. He is a patron OF
mt dealers, But it must take a pro
ind self esteem for a man to mag
nd he can jump out OF Wall Street
oyer69tght make himself as an
ttngs. I shom{A
to think what Wisey8 old masters
would bring if they were valued by
e jury with such a man as John Sar-
gent as foreman. Still, why should
/ complain about the competition for
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05
In the Carpet Store
Dinner Sets

100 Complete Hav1land China Dinner Sets which
have just arrived, are to be placed IN the Anniversary
Sale tomorrow at a lowered price, These sets are
beautifully decorated, the handles gold lined; the
shapes are newj you may have your choice of two
compositions-one with soup turteen or one with sugar
and cream. These sets are well worth $25;
the special selling price will be............... $l9.9o
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-09
TWO Of OUR POPULAR
PEOPLE MARRIED
Bert MeC00mbs and Mrs. Alice Gled-
hill. They have Congratulations
from All.

Mr.. and Mrs. Bert McCoombs who
have recently returned from their
honeymoon in Boston have taken
rooms at the Oxford and will make
their home there for the present. The
host of friends of Mr. and Mrs. Nc
Coombs congratulate them and extend
their best wishes to them in their new
life. Mrs. McCoombs who was Mrs.
Alice Gledhill is much beloved by her
many friends. Her charming ways
and pleasant personality have won
her a great deal of love and respect
from all who have met her Mr.. Nc
Coombs is one of Skowhegan's clean
est young men. He is a hustlinR busi-
ness man, being the owner of the Nc
Coombs livery stable and his good
judgment and interest in the pro-
gress of civic affairs make him a most
desirable citizen. He is a genial chap
and is liked by everybody.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-09
FIRST SKATING ACCIDENT
IN MAINE
Two Young Men Drowned Monday
While ON Stream Mt Athens.

The first drowning accident in
Maine this season from skating on e
occurred Monday at Athens when
Charles Ireland and Perley Corson
were drowned in the mill pond
They left in the forenoon unbeknown
to their parents and when they didn't
return at noon time search was begun.
They learned that the boys had gone
skating and commenced a search in
the stream. They soon found hole
through the ice and the boys caps
and later they found both bodies in
about six feet of water. Mr.. Ireland
was % years old and the son of
Leander ireland, laborer in
Athens; and Corson was about 16
years old, the son of Ansel Corson.
Charles S. Cleveland of Athens was
in town yesterday soliciting funds for
the burial expenses of Mr. Corson and
Mr.. Ireland. He reported the sum of
$25 collected here and at Athens.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-09
SKOWHEGAN IS GET.
TING BEST ROADS
Good Work Done By
Commissioner Ford
Many Bridges uilt-COnsiderable
Grading Being Done.

The construction work of the Road
Commissioner Edgar L. Ford was
practically closed Saturday with the
completion of the Allen Farm bridge
on the Middle Road for which the
abutments were rebuilt. Mr.. Ford has
carried out several quite extensive i'm
provements this season. The largest
was the laying of $50 feet of 8 inch
tile sewer in the bottom of ten foot
trench through Crossing and Railroad
streets, this job being done for less
than the civil engineers estimate
Along the river bank below the Great
Eddy 5000 feet of sand clay state
road were constructed with an addi-
tional coo feet to use up the unex-
pended appropriation. That kind of
road construction is new for this sec
tion but has proven very satisfactory.
Mr. Ford thinks it would be still bet
ter with surface treatment of crude
oil such as is used in other states.
This would keep the grass and weeds
from growing on the shoulders of the
road and make it easier to keep in
shape. Among the other fairly large
pieces of construction were: Aaca-
damizing of North street from Water
to High; plowing and shaping the
sand clay road for mile on the Nal
bon's mill pike; 500 feet of sidewalk
on Madison avenue; cutting the brush
out of two miles of the Notch road
With the rebuilding of the Allen farm
bridge Mr.. Ford says all but three of
the towns bridges are in excellelt
repair. Next year the Richardson
bridge over Carrabasset stream should
be replaced with a steel structure; the
abutments of another bridge in East
Skowhegan rebuilt; and an entire new
bridge built to replace the one over
Cold brook at Malbon's Mills. That
will take care of all the bridge work
N prospect for term of years. Nine
hundred tons of rock have been crush /
ed at the plant on Hathaway street
this summer.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-09
kENSEBEC UNION OF WOMEN'S
CLUBS.
SkOwhegan Club Women Attend and
Assist In Program.

The Tuesday club of Oakland acted
as hostess Thursday, Nov. 2, to the
kennebec union of Womens clubs
at an all day meeting. The meeting
was held in the Oakland First Baptist
church and was one of the most en-
joyable and interesting in the history
of the union.
Mrs. Lois w. Patten of Skowhegan
president of the union presided. The
program was opened with the Fed
Grafton song THE Pines of Maine"
which was written by Mrs. Elizabeth
Merrill of Skowhegan. The accom-
panists were Mrs. Alice Winslow at
the organ and Don Morrison of Skow-
hegan, violin. The secretarys report
was given by Mrs. Moore of Waterville
and this was followed by a very enter
tanning and full report of the State
Federation meeting at Saco by Mrs.
Hattie B. Fogler of Skowhegan. An
instructive paper on Home Econo-
AiANp 40 Si'Ch Dg MIS-. Lillian Burn
nam OF Sanford, who is the chairman
OF the Home Economics committee. A
comparison of Robert Browning and
Walt Whitman, writer by Mrs. Mar
tha Baker Dunn was feelingly read by
Mrs. Elizabeth Merrill. The several
numbers included song by
Miss Nora Bartlett Greeley and violin
solos by Don Morrison, the latter in
cluding three original compositions.
A Dream Waltz" also composed by
Mr.. Morrison was sung by Evelyn
Scott of Madison. The accompanies |
Tor this part of the program were
Miss Christine Daggett and Miss Mary
Emery of Skowhegan. The closing
number was piano solo rendered by I
Mrs. Alice Mitchell of Madison and
was followed by lunch on served I
II the church parlors
About 200 were present and Skowhe-
gan club women in attendance were
Ilrs r. T. Patten, Mrs. E. ". Marble.
Ilrs J. w. Blunt, Mrs. J. p. Merrill,
Ilrs Benjamin Eaton, Mrs. J. W.
fogler and Mrs. J. E. Wadsworth.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-09
PETITIONS FOR PARDON.
Martin Goliath Says Jail Food Does
Not Agree With Him.

petition is being circulated by the
friends OF Martin Goliath. proprie-
tor of the Seboomook hotel. asking
Governor Plaisted to pardon him f.o,a
the county jail here. Goliath was
sentenced at the September term of
court by Justice Cornish to serYe
three months in the county Jail for
liquor selling. He petitions for par
don on the ground that the Jail food
does not agree with him and his health
will be greatly impaired if he has 10
eat il three months Sheriff Mooers
stated Wednesday that the petition
would be strongly protested by him
self and County Attorney Haley. He
also stated that Goliath was brought
into court after he had had a fair
warning to desist in selling liquor
The hearing on the petition is set for
Nov. 16.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-09
MANY STATE ELECTIONS | WERE HELD
LAST TUESDAY
Gov. Foss is Alone Elected in Mass. Republican
Sweep in New York Other States

Although Governor Eugene y. Foss
will sit in the chair of chief executive
of the state for another year. he will.
as in the past year, be surrounded BY
Republicans, for he was the only
Democratic candidate on the state
ticket to pull through at the election
Tuesday. Revision of figures BY com
parison with nearly loo mail returns
received Wednesday from town and
city clerks showed a slight gain for
foss, making his plurality zoos, but
even this is one of the smallest mar
gins by which a governor was ever
elected in that state. David |. Walsh
the candidate for lieutenant governor
on the Democratic ticket. although
leading the other Democratic candf-
dates, with the exception of the cover
nor, failed of election by nearly 1000
votes. The day was one of surprises
both Frothingham and Foss running
up large votes in towns and cities
where it was least expected and show
ing equally surprising fallings off in
other sections.
The total vote on the state ticket
as revised 10 O'Clock, "Wednesday
morning was as follows:
For Eugene y. Foss. fDl
2lo,72S; Louis a rockingham. fR1.
202, 20 Foss plurality S66S
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-09
PROHIBITION IS TO Be RETAINED BY A
FINAL MAJORITY OF 758
Announcement Made By Gov. Plaisted-- Especial
Session OF Legislature To Be Called

larities connected with the last elec
ton are nothing short of scandalous
While there is no doubt that simila
irregularities have occurred in pas
elections, the public attention was no
called to them because the majorities
on the one side or the other were sc
decisive that few hundred votes
made no difference. A close election
has revealed weaknesses in our cleo.
tion laws and lax methods of which
none of us knew the existence Legis-
lation on this subject is imperatively
demanded.
The recent election has left the
matter of the regulation of the liquor
traffic in an even worse position than
it was before the election if such a
thing was possible.
An analysis of the vote shows an
overwhelming majority against pro-
hibition in the cities and a large but
greatly reduced majority for prohibi-
ton in the towns. There is no ques-
ton about the desire of the country
towns to retain prohibition. There is
no question about the cities to en-
deavor to improve conditions by
adopting some other method of dealing
with the liquor traffic.
An amendment to the constitution
should be submitted to the people to
be voted upon next September under
the terms of which cities should have
the right to invoke and enact local
legislation within their limits.
Il believe the legislature ought to
submit such an amendment at once.
For these three reasons, therefore,
the result of the recent vote having
been announced, I shall deem it my
duty at an early day to call a special
session of the legislature:
First, to receive the report of the
last election by the resolve under
which the election was held.
Second, to revise the laws relating
to the conduct of our elections in order
that the will of the people as ex-
pressed by their ballots may be ac-
curately determined and promptly de-
clared.
Third, to submit an amendment to
the constitution which will permit the
enactment of laws concerning the
liquor traffic which are capable of
honest enforcement because sustained
by the sentiment of the several COM
to which they will be ap-
piled"
Governor Plaisted indicated that the
special session would be held in Feb
ruary.