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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

Colonel Selden Allen Day, u. S. A.
gnu anu Mrs. Day, who recently returned
from 4 visit to Mrs. bays OLD nom.
n ~ virginia. have as their house guest
General Charles y. Hooker. Of Missis,
slppl, a CIVIL War veteran, who repre.
scented his. State in Congress nearly a
quarter OF century ago senator
lem Lon Sharp Williams escorted Genaral
, ,,S 10 call on the President, by
"hom he was warmly received
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

has given lists OF plants and cultural
directions, covering the whole practical
side OF the subject The Illustrations
OF her book arc half-tone reproduce
tons from representative gardens and
homes. together with practical dia-
grams and planting plans.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

Rey 6; {. F, Bratenahl, rector of
~ 81 Adams and canon of the Episcopal
hulpit In the Episcopal Church FL
Warm Springs during August lIe viii
DC accompanied by Mrs. Bratenahl
visit to Atlantic City.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18


Episcopal Church circles here gave
a a. happy J send off 10 Miss Edna Hogan,
Of wa shinEton, when she became tho
pride pride OF Wade Hampton Barnes, OF
T ,I carolina Tho ceremony making
them husband and wife took place
IN n = st =; James me- Church, the rector, Rev.
The couple will reside In Richmond.
/, Mrs Duncan Lee. of Richmond who
Is spending some time with her pa
rent, tents. MI. and Mrs. Peter Everett en-
h. t,Td with her brother and his
PRIDE. Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Everett, OF
Portland, Ore - -
MIS- Hayney of Winchester. has re
turned home after short visit 10 ter
SISTER, SISTER. Mrs Louis Barr, in Fifteenth
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Watson hay,
gone to Warrenton for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Morris. of Kes-
NICK, spent a few days this week at
nc NeW Willard C. L. Garnet, Of
Hlchmond, is also there
GRACE PORTER. HOPKINS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

= "a = INIeurEe ounS, wife of tho 6rst
e eeGSrie,ary on MI Bryce's star, lis re-
OF son. the third to be horn IN III.
country: and Mrs. 1smond Ovev. Who
n IS next IN official rank. is being Wei.
a sSsn pack to Washington after an
aapsence Of several months, spent viii,
hsr husband in England Mrs Ken.
hiard. VINO. like Mrs. Ovey, is the Amer
.ed1 wire of British diplomat has
.i Her hhal farewells to the Wish
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

ington world, and gone to Havana.
where MIR. kennnrd viii be In charge
OF tho British legation until tho au-
tunln. when he will be promoted to
European post. .1;5 81. ,s /. IS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

"BunEnlows."
Edited By Henry II. saylor. The
John G Winston Co, OF Philadelphia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18

The first secretary OF the emha 60 /
and Madame de la Rocca, whose home
Is pleasant rendezvous for the young
ier married set were the first to vel
ettache and NJ DEMENT,, the vice con
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION

The Bulletin is aware that there is Q feeling among the masses of the people in general that the rules of restraint upon foreigners seeking horuee in this country should not be made too severe. It needs no argu- usnt to make thsm sec the necessity for nacro strictnsss when the state in~nt of State Superintendent of Prisons Collins of New York Is printed that fiftY-four per cent. of the increase in the states penal popula- ton Is traceabie to the trend of f5redsn criminals to the United States in the past few years
 Here is a public official who gives hls whole attention to this matter and hs guesses at nothing. Tt is no, question Of mental ability, but o1 good personal character. The Water bury Republican is correct when il saygs ATt is conceded that a reading and writing test would not act as a barrier against the admission of these undesirabSes An effective check however, might be the requirement. that they produce evidence that they wore desirable citizens in the country whence they come. A good citizen in his native heath is apt to prove likewise abroad. Such an exactior would be no hardship. Aliens seek ing admission to our shores should be pleased and proud to provide it."
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
fN POOR HEALTH.

It will not be regarded in many quarters as sad news if the English sparrow is in poor health-is going down before an epidemic of disease for his extermina ton has been the desire of people in authority and out sf 1t for these many years.
 The English sparrow was first brought to the United States in 1850 under the belief that he would free our shade trees from caterpillars. In . fsw years 1t was proven that he was of no use as an insect destroyer: that hs was dirty, noisy, quarrelsone and was driving song birds away from city parks and suburban towns. In 1888 the department of agriculture puhNshed an exhaustive report of see pages. wholly in his disfavor. Since then he has increased enormously and Is generally regarded as nuisance although his qualities of bravery and endurance have won him some sym patliy. despite his bad habits.
 The sparrow does not seem to be any easier to externinate than the mosquito. and where life is made toe perilous for him he will leave to find less turbulent quarters Self preserva- ten Is fine art with this bird, and if he is decreasing from natural canses there is no cause for regret
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
coNMEcricur is SAFE.

Connecticut will not lose a repre- sentative in congress under any re- apportionment bill that is likely to be reported to the house. Even if the membership is kept at the present figure, 391, which is what the repub- Iican caucus voted to do, the state will retain it's five members. The ! elaborate tables prepared by the cen sus bureau on this subject show that if the membership of the house is fixed at 391. the ratio will be one rep resentative to every 235,043 inhab- itants. Connecticut has population of 1,114,756, and the exact quota of the state would be, according to the tables of the census bureau, 4.7427 members. As this is over 50 per cent. more than four members, the state retains it's fifth representative, and the exact ratio for the state will be 222,951, provided five districts of ap- proximately equal population are au- thorized by the legislature.
 The census committee of the house Is now at work preparing bill in ac- cordance with the vote of the repub- lican caucus, but it is hardly prob able that such bill can go through the house. There are numerous other bills before the committee, and when the bill comes up for action, these bills will all be proposed as amend ments. Many members still believe that the house will be increased so that no state will lose any representa- tive. but no matter what happens. Connecticut will keep it's five members. There certainly is no proposition to reduce the membership below the present number, and such 8 proposi- tion would stand no chance in the house,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
AERoNAurIc JUDGMENT.

The man who navigates the air must have good judgment often in or- der to save his life. That he does not always view fall'oreakers with the same sense is shown by the fact tha. an aeronaut in France, looking for a good place upon which to alight, finally picked out s picnic party, and with good judgment as concerned his own welfare. A birdman in Indiana vas less fortunate In having selected telegraph wires to break his fall. They broke both his machine and him. In Houston, Texas. the other day an aeropIaae ramrned a trolley car and tf1ss was brought to earth quite sf- fectively.
 These examples show that in doing his best he is likely to incur unusual hazards A brother editor Is war; ranted in arriving at the conclusion that 'Ihe number of methods by which the aeropiane can halt it's course is amazing. The world has had e chance to observe only few of these, but the glimpses suggest some marvellous collisions to be- Church steeples grain elevators. city sky -scrapers, shot towers. water tanks, wind mills mountain peaks and astronomical ob- servatorfes represent only few of tht projecting surfaces suitable for stop ping aerial propulsion. Things nearer the ground will of course. not be de. spised. The domestic chimney nigh do quite as good work in this line al tne factory chimney. We may expec to see the aeronaut gracefully sliding down a barber pole or gently disen. raging himself from the thorns of z rcd-haw tree The future of aeronau. acs holds a most interesting out look"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
No Real Aviation Yet.

Tt will be nearer two thousand years than two when we shall be able to fly from Washington to New York in two hours, and many years will elapse be- fore the aeroplane will be used for transportation." says Wilbur Wright, a
 gentleman who may be assumed to know something about aero station, but who is not given to vainglorious boasting over "the conquest of the air" MT. Wright and his brother have, in a measure. taught men how to fly, and under their instructions men can fly, if they exercise a prudent common sense But they have not taught men how to rival the migration of the birds, still less how to lift freight trains into the air. To balanced minds, nothing has been more strikingly proven by the discoveries and inventions in aviation
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
RIGHT FROM VERMONT.

Admiral Dewey is generally re- garded as hero, and it seems strange to hear him maligned here in New England and secuted as something worse than a snob. The editor of the Morrisville News and Citizen ven- tured to praise the admiral as the Hero of Manila Bay'' on his recent anniversary and following Is what an irate subscriber sent the editor about him:
 This gives me an opportunity to mildly chide you for your effusive editorial on Dewey. Here is man equipped with such guns that at the battle of Manila he could locate his ships out of range of any of the Span ish guns and, at his own time and own convenience, could batter to pieces the old Spanish hulks with no more danger to himself, his men or his ships than had he been ten miles farther away, and he wins the battle of Manila He comes here acclaimed 8 great hero The people, in their en- thusiasm, present him house, which he promptly tries to give away, and perhaps does give away, to his wife who is several times a millionaire. I have been told that he did not even visit his brother when at Montpelier and that he did not attend his broth CTS funeral; and this is the man whom you compare in spirit to Paul Jones. Well, am not editing your paper and probably I have no business to butt in. but must confess that was sur- prised. Most people with whom I talk call him a snob, with 8 good record, but with mighty little of Paul Jones blood in his veins.''
 The editor thinks the May morning achievement of Dewey and the laurels which go with it will rebound to his credit after this critic is dead
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

In certain other cities operating under the commission form I notice among the benefits the establish ment Of the people in their own af- fairs" I do not find any increase in exercise Of power by the people under this form of government in Haverhill. The people of Haverhill have always been quick to express their wishes by petition, and there has always been willingness on the part of fhe mayor and aldermen to give them hearing. The recall, referendum and initiative, the powers newly granted to the peo- pie by the charter. are too unwieldly to be practicable: their value as a re- straining influence is thereby lost.
 The publicity feature that demands open meetings of the council is robbed of much of it's value through being but
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

A contemporary who has been ask ed to furnish the members of a hter- ary club with an autobiography of Rudyard hlpling fsit pained to tell them there were some things a smart editor could not do
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

The University of Chicago, having decided there is no mental side to football, a western editor advises it to have a care, or it may be discover ed there is no musical side to a col lege yell!
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

The Newburyport News says: The groundhog didn't show his shadow there on the 2d for they had him showed in so he could not.' Action not words is their motto.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
John Q,s Trouble,

Rockszellsr commission is still after the hookworm. Would that cure could
 be devised for the "grubwoTyn'' that af-
 fiicts our captains of industry.-Chi- cagO Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

Presidont Taft must be surprised 10 find that the democrats are de- terniIned to carry through the re- eipraefty treaty. if they can get suf- fictsni rerussonaan saAnpHrt
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

San Francisco was so pleased te think it had the government endorse ment as the exposition point that if started celebra ton it for a Fourth of July
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

Happy thought for today: No man appears to be so dull that he cannot find an excuse for his faults and his follies
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

The Toledo Blade says: Tai1ors dic- tate what style of clothes men ought to wear, but the college boys wear them.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
Comparative Safety

The safety aeroplane is the latest promise. but we are still of. the opin- ion that there is more safety in rid ing behissd mule. -I.fmeyiile' Hesd- light.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

The prisoners of the Ohio peniten- iary are asking for work 10 keep them from going insane; but idIeness does not seem to alarm the Norwich Sons of Rest
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

The old-fashioned man who thought sleeping between feather beds was the most stylish and comfortable way of reposirg is being inquired after.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

If more people needed the advice not to eat when tired they would live longer; and still it makes some peo- pie tired to read such good advice.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

A Virginian who had tooth for chicken has been identified as the coop robber who has gathered in a thousand.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

Two and half tons of frozen eggs have been seized by the pure food agents at Boston and condemned They might have been worse
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

Those who pass down to posterity in the Congressional Record will be fortunate if posterity ever discovers them.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

Andrew Carnegie's latest topic for lecture is '"The Happiness of Civ ing" He has given enough to be well posted on the subject
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The great political racers would not be anywhere were it not known that they can raise the dust.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

The Texans who are going into Mexico to pick off "the greasers" for gold must have confidence in their ability to see the trouble through.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

The fact that the first grasshopper has been seen in Ohio, reminds us that February is a grasshopper month in old Connecticut three years in five.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

Mary Garden says |the American man is a problem" So is the Ameri- can woman, and this is how they make life almost a divine study.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

A pinch of borax Strirred into fresh milk will keep it for some time, and also prevent the cream turning sour.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
Direct responsibility. covering e

Direct responsibility, covering every department of city administration, has been secured. The citizens know what individual member is responsible for condition. and to what alderman a request must be made or a complaint referred. The vote and action of each member of the municipal council upon each measure is recorded and known to the citizens. There is a directness of action. Things are done with prompt ness. As an illustration by contrast under the old form with it's many sub- committees and shifting of responsi- bility the annual repairs of the school houses were usually not completed and sometimes not begun on the day when, after the long summer vacation, the schools should open. Under the pres ent charter with a single alderman responsible, the work is planned and completed early in the vacation, there is no hindance of school work, and the repairs are more thorough, more systematically and economically made and the buildings maintained in much better condition than before.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

than the limitations of the application. That some of these limitations may be overcome to a degree is altogether likely. but Mir. Wrights warning is that the conquest must not be expected too Soon.-New Bedford Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

In the discussion of government by commission as in the city of Haver- hill, my review and estimate have been made without conscious partialfty or prejudice In this final para graph I can only repeat what elsewhere I have in substance said:-The Des Moines charter, on which the Haverhill one is modelled, presents in it's mode of elect ing, it's simplicity. it's placing of di- rect responsibility, its features of pub licity it's grant of the recall, the ini- tiative and the referendum, an admir- able instrument, perhaps the best, for set uring to city an admins tratiion of high standard. To those who are students of city administration I take the liberty of calling attention to two books: ''The Disbursement of the City Boss" mentioned in the first para graph of this paper, and Municipal Government, by Professor Frank J. Goodnow of Columbia University, a comprehensive and admirable treat ment of the whole subject.
 Haverhill, Feb. 4. 1911.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

WHEN you want t5 put your Dusi- ness before the public. there ,5 no me- diuru better than thrargb .ns adyertis< ing columns Of The bulletin
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
Tn the administration system has

In the administration system has replaced condition that was chaotic because it was cumbersome; minute care has been given expenditures, and many financial leaks have been stop ped; the planning of city work and improvements has regarded the city as an organic whole; the budget of city appropriations has in it's total not exceeded the city income, and each de- partment has been kept within the amount apportioned to it; g. general looseness in incurring expenditures no longer exists; and the administration in every department has been free from any shadow of suspicion of graft OF dishonesty.
 The giving of full time to the ser vice of the city, the constant associa- ton of the aldermen, the daily meet ings of the municipal council, make each member familiar with all depart metns of administration. All matters Of administration in all departments pass in review before the council as a body, and thus a. fulness of knowl- ege is given upon which sound judg- ment and wise decision can be based.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

the public recording of what has been largely determined upon in previous informal but private meetings The mayor has not the power of veto, but his will and determination are so po- tent that the lack of the power is no hindrance to his policies He is the dominant member without the power of veto.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
Mostly About Andy.

It is to be hoped that the construc- ton of MT. Carnegies 100-inch lens for the Mount Wilson observatory does not mean that the world is going to get a lot more gulf about Mars.-Denver Re- publican.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07

l have tried in this summary to con- slider only influences and results at
 ributable to the charter; to leave out any discussion of policies which are determined by the judgments of those chosen to administer: and to make no reference to improvements in no way attributable to either the charter or the administration under it. For instance playgrounds have been bought, equipped and opened; but this has been done by the park com
 mission created by and acting under the statutes of the commonwealth; the administration of the water works is by an independent board of water commissioners; the administration of the public library is by trustees inde- pendent of control by the municipal council; and the Hale hospital is gov erned by its own board of trustees. Again. the establishment of salaries, the appointment of city subordinates, the issuing of bonds, and many like matters are dependent upon the judg- ment of the men chosen to administer the affairs of the city, and in their wisdom or unWisdom are not to be measures of the value of the charter
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-07
Government by Commission
 l0--A Summary of it's Results in Haverhill-
BY A CITIZEN

A book very recently published, "4The Dethronement of the City Boss,' by John J. Hamilton, dealing largely with the results gained in DeS Moir1eS un- der the new charter, presents in sur prising contrast an almost ideal con- dition of government under the new charter and a condition of gross mis- management and corruption under the old. l cannot present so striking q picture of the results in Haverhill be- cause there is no such dark back ground for contrast,--its government under the former charter was neither reckless nor corrupt,-and because there is no great marvel in the things accom- plished.- All that could be req s,nably expected. however, has been gained. The charter has proved an admirable instrumentAby which an ad- ministration of city affairs of high standard may be secured. The citi- zens approve of it, and would give it a much larger vote of approval today than the vote by which it was adopted two years ago. Criticism has not touched the provisions of the charter, but has in some matters disapproved the action of the officials as not in ob- servance of the spirit of the charter.
 The mode of electine the mayor and aldermen has been entirely satisfac- tory. 1t has eliminated largely from the preliminary election-(the caucus) and entirely from the final election the ward politician type of candidate. The power of the ward boss is gone when representation by wards is excluded and the city is treated as an organic whole. Men worthy Of office have been willing to be candidates, and the vot- CTS have show intelligence in seeking to nominte and elect men because of their character and ability. It would be impossible for the voter to find now what too commonly we found under the old methods of ward and party nominations, ticket containing the names of men neither widely nor fla vorably known, placed there in reward for past selfish service or in pledge for future selfish service. If such dared seek nomination in the preliminary election, they would be dropped from the final ballot by the selecttve process of that election. The small number of names on the ballot, no more than eight in the final election, has made it possible for the voters to consider ths personal fitness of each candidate. The expression of public opinion at the polls is in favor of honesty and ef- ficiency in administration.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20
FUNERALS YESTERDAY
!. Nordman, sr. and Mrs. w. j.
Boyle Laid to Rest at Beech
Grove cemetry-Many
Attended.

The funeral Of F. Nordman, Sr.,
who died Wednesday afternoon, was
held yesterday afternoon. Services
We're conducted by Rev. II. M. Berger
Of the Lutheran church at the family
residence on West Thity-third street.
The cortege left Fourteenth street at
the Illinois Cenral for Beech Grove
Cemctry, where interment was made
The pallbearers were as follows:
Active II. James, Edward Dya-,
Charles F. Miller, George G. koehler,
John A. Miller, W. P. June, II, StelneI,
William Brinkmeyer, Joseph Brankel,
P. T. Langan, Edwin Halliday and =.
A. Mitchell Honory-Peter Janp,
Charles Wunderlch, A. Comings,
julius Serbian, ]. c. Fischer, Mat. g.
Mezger Paul G. Schuh. A. 7. De
lFaun, ConIal Alba II. Brinkmeyer
and NJ ]. Howley
The funeral of Mrs Hattie Mar
quand Boyle, the Wife of w. ]. Boyle
who died Wednesday, was held yes
terday morning The funeral corteg-
left the residence at $50 o'clock for
the Calvary Baptist church, where
the services were conducted by the
pastor, Rev DR.. L. G Graham A
special interurbsn car left Sixteenth
street and Washington ave, for Beech
Grove cemetery, where interment was
made