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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04
From THE POTOMAC no TIE;
JAMES.

All roads lead TO Eichmond--thG
Gateway OF the South. I, is "On to
Richmond" nov as 1t was fifty yea rs
go. Three OF the great; railroad sys-
;cIns OF the south pour their traffic
into or through this town. 4 never
ending. steadily increasing stream OF
travellers seeking new opportunities ar
refrcshment from their labors IN other
less inviting fields flows back ana
forth through Richmond. and NOW the
road-huildeTs have caught the spirit
Of The times and have determined TO
build a highway between WASH
ington aMa Richmond; highway run
ming through The most historic ana
beautiful country in all the world:
across quiet streams once Redeemed
with the blood OF heroes; across fields
upon which immortal deeds We're done;
along trails over which trains or army
wagons ruinhlcd half a century ago
by stretches Of forests once lighted
with the camphrcs Of contendns
hosts.
As the road runs it Will cover a
distance OF 40 miles from the Capital
on the Potomac TO the Capital on ths
James, and for tho building OF this
highway the Richmond Louisa & or
louisville Highway Association was or
eanizcd Thursday night, with Egbcr,
G Leigh. II, Road Builder, az prcsl-
dent and n CORPS Of Vice President S
and Directors Which would be an honor
10 any movement. and whose intercs;
in this Undertaking means its triumph
ant accomplishment.
The conference Thursday night was
enthusiastic, and 1t was made UP OF
sncn who do things, men from Orange
and IIcnllco and Louisa and Hanover
all intent upon building a road when
will link the North and South to-
gethcr and will result not only in the
development OF the two Capitals OF our
country. but in filling in all the lnnds
between with a generous and indus
trious population Fairfax has al
ready determined 10 build n roat 10
Washington, Prince William will con.
struct a macadam road next year, Cur.
!'cI'SiI HAS peSu N 10 IilaCada mlXc Il road
through its territory, orange has al.
ready built q macadam road ali the
way through its limits Hcnrico viii
DO its full share, and when the roads
arc built through Louisa and Hanover,
the work Will he finished. with d nie,.
way 40 miles in length, over which
the business OF seven OF the most pro-
srcSsive counties In Virginia will ns
done, and over which the people whp
travel BY automobile will find an easy
way 10 market.
II is great Undertaking ana weil
worth the SUPPORT OF AL WHO have ANY
interest i'll the development, 81 the
country, in the promotion Of agrica-
tNral prosperity, IN the building III
OF new. communities and in the lin
nrovemens ,of"old settlements. rnsl.
ought 10 he'a name for the hignway,
short ana crisp and rxpresslvG sotrc-
thing Lat VIII describe what il is All /!
what II means something like tho an
plan Woy' in Rome something tia,
will signify that the road 10 liicimonl
Is no longer difficult, But that here ali
sood men arc welcome, ana in mix
wonderful STATE All good men can ma
Homcs where life IS worth living.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04

Polite attention pays. An Indiana
widow has lately left 100000 in her
will 10 a railroad conductor who was
polite TO her. + he had been the kind
Of conductor we have in Virginia. she
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04

Yes her trousseau will cost her
10000, but she will not. in all hcl
raiment, be half so lovely as a Wiz
GINA girl clad in simple white. witl
q rose at her throat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-04

George Eliot.
What was tho true name OF George
Eliot, the novelist? READER.
Marian Evans Loves Cross.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

a BGX of Magnolia Healing Soap
comes from the Portland Soap Store
to the STANDARD, with the compli-
mentS OF our old-time friend, C. Mil
ton Moore. who figures as distributor,
and will be Immediately recognized
by our people when called Charley
Moore. " There is not much need of
hoaltng soap here, where so much
" soft-soop" is constantly supplied by
appreciative patrons, which is a fine
healer as well as cleanser If what
is said about cleanliness being next
to holiness be true, we surely have
the means of redemption on either
hand.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

ASTORIA CENTENNIAL.-To partici-
pate in the Astoria Centennial, which
will be held the latter part of August,
the Seattle Chamber OF Commerce is
planning to send an excursion to the
river city. Indications are that
one section of the special will be made
up of Seattle business men and men,
bers of their families. An invita-
ton will be extended to all CONNER
cial bodies in Northwestern Wash
ington to join this excursion, with
the result that the train may be run
in several sections. Astoria is plan
ming big time. The celebration
will commemorate the founding of
Astoria by John Jacob Astor. This
event has considera Ole historical sig
niticance to Washington, because it
was due largely to the Astoria settle
ment that the Evergreen state is
DOW part of the United States in
stead of belonging to the northern
dominion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

THE EMPRESS COMPANY LEECH-
1t has been evident for many years
past that the express company trust
controlled Uncle Sam $ rate on pack
age mail up to four pounds and
absolutely prohibited all over that
weight, to collect It's own cXtortiOn-
ate rate on everything that goes
through their hands. They have al
ways made ample profits that has en-
abled them to lobby down any and
all efforts for relief And from u late
dispatch it seems the evil is growing
larger instead of less. 1t is stated I'M
der date of July % that Wells. Fargo
4 Co now operates over the AtchiSon
Topeka & Santa Fe; Chicago. Mil
waukee Il ST. Paul: Chicago Milwau-
kee Il Puget Sound; Chicago, Great
Western: Erie; Kansas City, South
ern and Southern Pacific and connect
ing and subsidiary lines; the Mis-
souri, Pacific; ST, Louis, Iron Noun
tain e. Southern; Wabash, Wheeling
Il Lake Erie; Texas Il Pacific; Inter
national & Great Northern, and St.
Louis & Southwestern. The total
milage over which it will. handle ex-
press business August |, will be &C.
600 miles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

VALDEZ. Alaska, has experienced
a glacial flood by a break in the
dyke that held the accumulation of
angry waters, which swirlcd down
through the principa! streets, inter
rupting all business during July
18th and 18th. Two breaks de
stroycd over 30 houses and cabins.
Hundreds of soldiers from Fort
Liscom. and many neiShboring vol
untcers worked night and day to
change the course Of the stream from
the town. y large quartz vein was
exposed which had hitherto been
completely hidden.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

ALVA ROBINSON, of Ellensburg, u
lad of IL. lost his life last week while
engaged in Il foolish bet as 10 who
could hold his head longest under
water, with his comrade Victor Ben
son. They had been playing in the
yard, became heated and adopted
this means of cooling off. Alva held
his head submerged longest and lost
his life, and Victor came out second
best us far as endurance went, but
lives by bare scratch to tell the tale
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04
AMMONIA DEATH FISH Pu]

AMMONIA DEATH TO FISH. At Pull
man, last Sunday, a peculiar accident
which killed thousands of fish and
nearly resulted fatally to a man. hap
pened 10y the bursting of a valve of
one of the ammonia tanks in the Star
bottling works ice factory. The fumes
drove the workmen from the building
and one of them was SO overcome
that he lost consciousness. and was
rescued by the heroic efforts of his
companions, who braved the fumes to
reach him. The ammonia, which
Hooded one Of the floors, found its
way to Il waste-watec sewer and into
the creek that flows through town.
Soon hundreds OF fish were seen
leaping from the water and in evident
distress. and not long thereafter the
river was covered with dead fish.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04
ID c COATES. one OF [

ID. c. COATES, one of the newly
elected city commissioners of Spo-
kane. is having trouble with the FIX
ccutive committee of the State So
cialist party, because he did not run
on his own party ticket at the city
election He claims the charter did
not permit him to do SO, had he SO
desired. 1t seems the party local or
ganization of his own city endorses
Coates action in strong language.
1t looks as If the controversy must be
settled by referendum vote of the
party members through the State.
The Socialists have their troubles
and annoyances, as well rs other pO-
litical organizations.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE FIRST
RATTLE OUT OF THE BoX.-Hoquiam
has adopted the commission form of
municipal government. Harry Ferg-
uson, pastor of the Baptist Church,
was elected Mayor over Sidney
Moore Heath. by the church and
labor elements, and Il vote of S29 to
5S3. w. b. Ogden and n. 2. Willis
were elected Commissioners, receiv-
ing l, 1Ol andS19 respectively. Mayor
Ferguson's messages will probably
be delivered from the pulpit and
the public policy directed from the
amen corner" They take charge
on the l4th inst.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

PRAYING CAPS" are something
new in feminine head-gear, in Chi
cage. They are the outgrowth of
the late hot weather, and the custom
of women going about with bare
heads, and the scriptural injunction
against women entering church with
out head-covering The praying
cap is nothing more nor less than
the ordinary skull-cap, worn by some
clerks in public offices why, nobody
can tell.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

WYOMING elk are to be shipped to
the Oregon mountains this Winter in
the hope of saving the herds of that
State from extinction. Owing to the
severity 0! the Indictment season and
the scarcity of feed. numbers of the
animals perish during that period in
Wyoming. and it is thought that the
mountains of the Northwest offer
ideal range for them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

The Canadian parliament has been
dissolved, and the contest for reel
procity with the United States will
be settled by the voters Of the Do
minion next month. An election in
Canada generally eXcites consider
able interest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

ONE may know what the phrase
" a lick and a promise" means by
our weather foiblcs-a promise of
rain each morning, and Il temper
allure in the afternoon that might
convert rain into steam if any at
tempt was made to fall.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

y WASHINGTON dispatch of the
lst inst. states that Scott C. Bone.
formerly of the Washington i"
will dlsplace Erastus Brain
editor of the P.-I.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

Elk SENATOR Wilson, in a speech he
lately made in Seattle says that Gov.
Hay, in the dark days of 1896,
swore up and down that he would
never again vote the Republican
ticket.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

a BUNDLE of oats of the black va
riety is on exhibition at Shelton that
measures eight feet. 1t was grown
and ripened in Egypt valley" bv
j. +. Lasseter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

a MASON county hen of the Rhode
Island and Black Minorca breed
has matched out brood of her own at
the age OF seven months and two
days.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

U.--oLruuN 90. ru& ON TRr>r
~u9. IT. ON Sept Isl it is an
uuuscrd Ill" STANDARD Oh trust VIII
- through the fprnl.ity of di~>oIu-
t.o1 aud thr Zig trust viii dissolve
into 1at'y tirt" corporations that
are roN included in the one. \ cir
,.sr 10 an tie Stockholders. an
n,un.r- that on tia, date the shares
Of stock Isl. Exchanged TO certificates
of the Constituent companies aud
distributed pr, oot among the stock
holders OF the present combination.
ana looks will hc open for transfers
till the 3l>t inst Whether the
stockholders viii ua allowed to select
the particular constituent company
or not. remains under cover. lt.ookS
that if it be allowed it would con
Stitutc a trust in little different
form. John d. Rockefeller owns so
much in the many corporations that
it is dinicuit to see how. under any
adjustment Of reorganization. he viii
not remain the supreme power when
ever any matter OF interest regard
ing adverse moment may affect
trust control and he will continue
to dominate the oil industry. We
will soon see.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

GENERALLY speaking, an individual
who is always ready to charge other
men as being fools or crazy, shows he
is conscious of his own mental weak
ness
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

SHIPMENTS by the fruit growers of
Eastern Washington are now said to
average from two TO four carloads
day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

\ SERIOUS AND PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
The explosion OF a can of paint that
was being heated on Il cook stove, in
the kitchen of Ed Anderson. who lives
on farm about four miles southeast
OF this city, on Chambers Lake, Mon
day morning, scattering the burning
fluid which bursted into flame over
the whole room. While Mr. \. and the
the hired man were Subduing the
flames, Mrs a. ran into an adjoining
room. and it was not noticed that
her dress was atire until her screams
directed their attention thitherward
then it was found that her limbs and
body had been fearfully burned. >,
serious were her injuries that she was
brought to town and placed in th'
hospital for treatment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04
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wealth have become 50 bulky and
contradictory that il Is extremely
dIt)icU.t Tor attorneys and Judges to
fau!larlze themselves with many OF
the most general statutory provlS-
ions Again some of them are so
! detective and unfortunate in phrase
: o,ogy, it would seem Judges must ac-
! tua,iy legislate in order to avoid alb
eurd results. Therefore the propo-
StiOn is often advanced, why not
do away with Legislatures and let
the courts make and declare the law?
Some of the individuals who thus
argue assert. we never know what
Legislative enactment means, wheth-
constitutional or otherwise, until in
terpreted by the courts, who if al
lowed to frame the law and rule what
it should be. will save a large ex-
pense and the great anxiety Incl
dent to legislative sessions. OF
course the STANDARD is aware that
these methods will never be followed,
the neonle wouldn't stand for it;
neither would the members of the
bar like it If the rules of conduct
wa,.e framed in readable lanpuaop if
would ;r,o,fara with tho prist com.
inc to their mills
The uncertainties barshness. in
efficiency and crafts connected with
LEGISLATION have been more potent
canses in creot;no sentiment favorino
tho Initiative referendum and recall
than all the Socialistic labor union
and oranue AGITATION in that behalf
AIR Howard as we'll rs co.adiutors
, are mistaken nv ATTACKING effects in
s.ood of a;ro.t;ro tbe;r eneroies to
ward the removal ri the causes tina,
would have nrevonted ,hes. effects
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!, shall get into Office. No matter i
p they work or play, their salaries arr
- Maid inst the same. while il the com
> mon laborer leaves his lob to rest. hi
l. pay stops. He is getting awake
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

a PROMOTER in the city govern
ment is not always the most desir-
able citizen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

toAGb s>sNAH Berger observes:
f-.rL s.e.n 90 not elect wolves to
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-21
ONE BATTLESH|P A
YEAR new POLICY
Democrats Propose to Break
Away from the Roose-
velt-Taft Program.
BY JONATHAN WINFIELD.

Washington, May 2O.-One new bat.
tleship per annum hereafter is to be
the naval policy of the Democratic
house.
The Democrats propose to break
away from the policy of President
Roosevelt and President Taft, who
have been arm in their recommends.
tons that the government shall appro.
pirate for two new Dreadnaughts each
year.
There are two reasons for this de.
cision on the part of those who will
be responsible for the next naval ap.
preparations bill. In the first place the
Democrats, as party. have been op-
posed to big navy. The Democrats
base their policy on the milder term
of IAN adequate navy"
The majority of the Democrats for
several years past, have voted against
two battleships as recommended by
the house naval affairs committee.
Representative Padgett of Tennessee,
now chairman of the naval committee
has always led the fight for only one
dreadnaught. He has bean outyutsd,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-21

would go to the right side Of the Dem
ocratic ledger. The average yearly
cost of operating a first class dread
naught will total at least $4,000. /,
costs nearly million dollars per veal
to keep the Connecticut afloat This
annual cost includes the salaries Of
officers and men, the food supply and
the repair bills, as well as ammuni
ton and the wear and tear of the big
guns.
In line with the Democratic reason
ing, the government will save not only
the first cost of the vessel, but Uncle
Sam may put in his pockets each year
nearly million dollars that would
have been required had an additional
battleship been ordered.
Will Oppose Program.
OF course the Democratic program il
bound to meet with bitter opposition
not only in the house and senate. but
perhaps on the part of the administers
ton itself. For many years. the I'm
tied States has been committed to 4
larger navy. Two battleships per an
mum have been appropriated for with
great regularity. President Roosevelt,
was in favor Of at least this number
and would have increased it had he
received any encouragement from CON.
gress.
The two battleship program has
been supported in fairly consistent
manner by the Republican party. The
regular increase has annually gone
through the senate almost without !
struggle. and the fight In the. house
has always been won Overwhelmingly
By those who favored big navy.
The question Of naval increase,
however. has not been divided strict