davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-01
AT THE SEATTLE

Aided by support which couldn't
have been better. Ida 81. Leon In
Polly OF the Circus" scored hig
hit at both performances At the Sc
attic theatre yesterday. The vast
audience which packed the theatre
was continuous In It's appreciation.
and Miss 81. Icons latest triumph
even surpassed her last appearance
In Seattle. Dramatic. mirthful and
gymnassic ability TITS Polly Hike
taiiormade suit
Jonsph Harris. In the part Of the
Reverend. proved himself well
adapted TO the leading male role.
Tho wonderful circus scene.
which Is seldom worked out 40
realistically on the stage. kept the
audience up TO high pitch. and
proved tina, Polly OF the Circus"
can always play 10. good houaes In
Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-01
AT the THEATRES

Metropolitan - Montgomery
and Stone.
/ Moore Dark.
seattle--ida ST. Leon In
/ Polly OF the Circus"
/ AIhambra - Myrtle vane
/ company In Nell Gwynne."
! orpheum---vaudeviile.
/ pantaoes Vaudeville.
/ Empress Vaudeville.
/ crand--vaudeville and mo
ton pictures
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-01
WOMEN GET VOTE CHEAP

4 WOMEN GET VOTE CHEAP Z
4 Los ANGELES. Jan. Lit 4
4 cost the women OF California =
4 1873 cents vote 10 win their \
\ fight for equal suffrage at the I
4 recent state election. accord =
4 ing to reports given out at the \
4 headquarters OF the Southern 4
4 California Political Equality \
= league. 4
4 Men politicians admit t2so 4
4 vote Is cheap for campaigns. 4
\ = = = = = \ y - =
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-01

LAKEvIEw. Or. Jan. Joe
Ambrose did not like tho taste OF
his coffee. He gave Il 10 his hogs.
and two OF them died from strych-
nine poisoning. Ambrose b look.
Inc for the polaoner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-01
hAfrxk rxh rk q st
PRACTICE REARlNC BABIES =

= NEW YORK. Jan. 1.--One =
4 hundred girl students In the =
= WadleIgh high school here. =
= Who art taking course In 4
= housekeeping. will adopt =
4 baby and care for the child ms =
= . part Of the work Of the 4
= course. The pupils will take !
= turns In washing and dressing !
= the infant. feeding II. singing II 4
= to sleep and wheeling II In its =
= go-cart. 4
= - = ttt AAAxAAA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17
CITIZENS Want
TO INVESTIGATE
Chesterfield Men After State
Board Of Education and
County Officials.

Their anger against things as they
arc kindled because Of the revelation
of unsatisfactory conditions regarding
the school funds of Chesterfield county,
certain citizens thereof made several
efforts yesterday TO secure an invcsti-
CATION of the county school board,
the former division superintendent and
the state Department of Public In
struction. They applied first 10 Cap
tain w. w. Baker, Of the House, then
to all three OF the legislative repre-
scntatives, then to 6. H. Love, of
Luxembourg, and lastly to the House
Committee on Schools and Colleges.
BY all they were Gor..ally treated
Captain Baker, Senator Watkins and
Mr. lvcy asked for bills Of particulars
and definite complaints go that they
might consider the proposition. The
committee asked for the same thing
which the citizens SAID they would
furnish.
Naturally. the most cordial greet
ing came from Mr.. Love, who received
them with open arms. and promised to
help to the extent of his beng in any
investigation OF the department of
Public Instruction. his position on thas
matter being well known. He promised
to Introduce resolution looking to
this end.
l.. L. Kipps, G. w. Lambert, w. b.
Dayie and ~ w. Bensley formed the
deputatlon. They tai ed Of mis-
handling OF funds. but were specific
in their statement that thoy charged
no one with dishonesty. They thought
certain State and county funds had
been paid out without warrant OF law,
and that the affairs of the county
schools hnd been conducted without
proper regard for the public interest.
4 q
,tendent, resigned several months ago
The State Department Is supposed
to como In on an alleged change In a
report made after 1t reached Its hands
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17
Here and There
in The Legislature

CONTINUED from eighth page.>
yesterday requiring fire INSURANCE COM
panies TO pay the full face value Of
policies unless there Is fraud OF unless
the owner was party TO the fire. The
Idea Is 10 eliminate the reinsurance
and three-fourths clauses at one blow
Bills introduced jointly 10y Senator
J. r. West and r. L. Brewer. Jr., both
of SUFFOLK. in the two houses. look to
the dispensing OF liquor in drug stores
on physicians prescriptions and TO min
listers for sacramental purposes and
intercollegiate for scientific purposes.
The drug stores would have to file ap-
plication for license. as is now done By
saloons undsr the Mann law, and the
court would have to be satisfied that n
majority OF the citizens desired such
license to he Issued. Not more than
be dispensed at one time. The phys!-
clan must writa OF the prescription
the name OF the patient, the date. and
his certificate that he has made Il per-
sonal examination and finds the liquor
necessary. The pharmacists must keep
these prescriptions on separate file.
open to inspection.
IT Is not believed that Colonel West
and Colonel Brewer had taken into ac-
count the large extent to which. under
their bill, snake bit a. and heavy colds
would increase the statistics Of the
state Health Department
Joseph Stebbins. Jr., of Halifax, pro-
poses that in suits for damages for
delays in delivering kilograms, dam
ages for grief and mental anguish may
be assessed. whether there arc other
damages or not
Contributory negligence will not
mitigaia the size Of dn nanrn. n.hnrn Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17

Contributors negligence will not
mitigate the size of damages where it
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17
PROCEED SLOWLY
IN LABOR MATTE
Senate Committee Declines to
Take Stand for Abolish
ing Contract.
WOOD MAKES STATEMENT
II en- ten airy Superintendent
Thinks Many Men Should Be
Retained in. Prison.

unless surface indications nrc badly
misleading. the present Legislature,
and more especially the Senate, will
ihdorse some plan looking 10 the en-
pioyment of ut least Il portion of the
cenFicts of the State Pcnitcntiary at
Hoinc form OF contract labor All signs
point that way. While the Senate is
practically agreed that the present con
tract with the Thatcher Company shall
not be renewed. which >would, indeed.
DC Impossible, In view OF higher bids
already in, 1t looks with favor upon
Inc idea that at least the vicious among
the prisoners and the women shall lie
Riven employment within the pcniten-
tiary walls.
The matter was threslicd out before
the Senate Committee on Public In
zatutionE. which met yesterday after
uoon at o'clock 10 take up resolutions
and bills submitted TO IL. The .rrsoiu-
ton Of Senator Holt ASKING the SEN
ute 10 go on record az favoring the
abandonment OF the practice OF con-
t:ectlng the convict labor, which was
the cause of heated debate both yes
tcrday and the day before was the I'm
mediate cause OF the Inquiry into tho
matter by the committee. At the close
of the argument which was supple
mented by II lengthy examination of
superintendent Wood, of the penIten-
uary. the committee voted to submit
the following resolution (tho Holt pa
per. with all tho life cut out) to the
Senate:
To AbroEate Present Contract.
Resolved by the Senate. the House
OF Delegates concurr!ng, That tho pres
ent contract for hire or convicts should
not be renewed.
''Kesolved, further, That tho Commit
tee on Roads of both Senate and House
OF Delegates shall meet at once Jointly
and commence the consideration of the
message OF the Governor rccommnd-
Ing the cmpioymcn, of convicts as far
rs practicable on the public roads of
the Comm
II was pointed out at once by those
who favor some modification OF the con-
tract system. but not its abrogat!on en-
tiEely. that the phraseoIogy OF the res
olution committed the Senate and
House OF Delegates 10 nothing beyond
the mere abandonment OF the 7resent
contract, which. It Is cIaimcr, was n
foresonc conclusion. with or without
the resolution. II leaves the way clear
FOR the negotiation OF another and per
hars more favorable contract, and is
ia essence, a clear Indicati ton that tho
Senate OF the State OF Virginia intends
to proceed slowly in the matter of dis
continuing the practice or hiring out
the States convict labor
Victory for Rouds.
The second clause Of tho resolution
Is Interpreted by those OF the opposite
camp TO mean tina; the Senate will, In
adopting II. pledge itself TO q definite
policy looking TO the abandonment OF
the present contract system and TO the
application OF convict Ia Dor in the con
struction OF the public roads These
admit that the hrst clause does not
eliminate the possibility OF drafting a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17
Jefferson Hotel trr,yni.

Louis, Turvia. Chicago: Il. G.. Staley,
baltimore; c. y. w. Best, New Bed
ford; Wilson Ferguson, Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Bosson, New York
L. Il. Goodrich Chicago: ID. C. Duke
and wife. charlottesville. Va: i.
Brush, New York: Mrs. NJ. l.. Brink
man. Baltimore: w. s. Brinkmun, Balti-
more; Mr. and Mrs. J. y. .Arcrcws,
Somerset, Va; i: II. Brown. Chicago;
Mrs. t. Sears RAMSEY. MISSIONER Va:
J. i. DeBerry, Virginia; L. |. Biz
card, Athens, Tenn: T.. b. Winston,
Hanover Courthouse, Va; \. w. FRANKIE
Now York; J. y. RAMSEY, Baltimore: /.
y. Lambert, Baltimore; +. w. Hollu-
day and wife, Norfolk: II. l.. Slcdge.
Baltimore; John Hamilton ana wife,
Washington; J. II. Hawkins. Virginia
l.. f. TerwilliGer. Washington. d. c.;
Mr.. and Mrs. II. q. Lockwood, Virginia:
w. W. Act and wife, lincoln. Nebraska;
a. l. Pettis. Jr., Arvonia: il. j. LIE
Sisuer, Arvonia, Va; A. L. Glosgowe,
Arvonia, Va; A. G. owsly. Roanoke, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17
PACKERS DOWNHEARTED
Declare Tint hepburn Bill VIII Pm,
Them Out of Buhiueas

Them Out of Buhiuess.
Washing ton, January lb.-rhe meat
packers OF the country would be driven
out of business and there would be
general business Generalization all
over the country II the Heyburn cold
storage bill, now pending in Con-
gross, were adopted, was the declara-
ton of a. b Hayes, Warrington rep
resentative of the American Meat
Packers Association, at It's convention
here to-day. y resolution was adopted
approving the Federal meat inspection
law after It's five years of trial. Ii
called attention, however, to the ia Il
that the packers must stand the loss
of cattle condemned after being killed,
and urged that this loss be met out III
the public funds. Another resolution
called attention TO the spread of bovine
tuberculosis. and urged that Congress
ADOPT means for erad.cating 1t OH
cers were elected which included Ben
tamin w. Corkran. OF Baltimore, as
president.
John T. Russell. president OF the
Master Butchers Associations of Amer
iea. insisted that neither the packers
nor the, retailers were responsible for
the high. cost OF living. but the main
trouble lay in the shortage OF live
h
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17
CHARTER AMENDMENTS

The State Corporation Commission yester-
day granted amendments to charters as
follows:
Coebutn Grocery Company Hnc1. OF coe-
burn. to increase Its capital stock from
10000 TO 10000.
}. r. Watson Brick Corporation, Pittsyl-
'vania county. 10 increase its capital stock
from S20.o)o to $1,000. and changing its
aame 10 the Watson Fitzgerald Corporation
Certificates to foreign corporations to do
business In Virginia We're allowed as fol-
lows:
Hail Mining Company, OF West Virginia,
with capital o! $4,000. to do mining
business with W. T. Gillespie, of Tazeweli.
AZ statutory agent.
Yukon Pocahontas Coal Company. OF West
virginia. with n capital of $1,000 TO do q
mining business, with w. T. Gillespie o;
fazewci. as statutory agent
The Camden Fire Insurance Association
" New Jersey. corporation with a cap!-
cess. with the Commissioner OF Insurance.
Of Richmond, To act as statutory agent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17

The House Committee on Literary met
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17

yesterday afternoon and reported fay
orably the Jennings resolution calling
upon the Governor and the Secretary
or the Commonw ealth to discove: tn.
true seal of the state and to require
Its use by all official persons in place
OF the spurious seals now so general
The Page resolution aGking for 4.
report on the contracts with acrvo,
architects and OH tho arrangements
with the Virginia school Furniiure
Company. came up yesterday after
noon In the meeting of the House Com
mittee on Schools and Colleges. 1t
was referred to u subcommittee or Ave.
Several local bills were reported
and will so to the House to-day
Senator F. S. Tavenner az a result
OF the decision of the State Corpora
ton Commission on the tollgatG case
Will offer n bill at once forbiu,lIn,r the
placing OF more than on. Sat, on 6ny
one stretch of five miles OF turnpike in
Virginia. Ho hopes 10 get I'D III tho
proposition OF the VALLEY Turnpike
Company in this way. So that IL tho
gates are placed II accordance with
removed.
Anybody wanting a more or less
good nenitentiary. guaranteed tc an
swer the purpose, will have chance
Mt purchase If a bill offer by B. A
Banks. of Norfolk. in the House yes
terday. goes through. IIa would have
the State Penitentiary sold to the
highest bidder, and district prisons es-
tabllshed, to be used as central sta
lions for the convicts, who wouli work
on the roads. There would be ono
such branch prison In each corsres-
sional district, on fifty-acre to 100
acre farms. where those too desperate
or too Ill to work on the :oLts would
make articles for the others. The
modest sum of 100000 is apprc priat-
ed by the bill to buy the property. get
the utensils and transfer the prisoners.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17

TO the construction of such highways
as were most necessary, tho convict
camp arrangement would provide at
most for work only in twenty six coun-
tics. leaving the rest to await the I'M
certain removal Of the construction
camp 20 their boundaries.
1t would not be fair, moreover. IL
was pointed out by opponents of the
plan. to compel nil the counties ty con
Will be expended in the maintenance OF
convict road-builutng camps, which,
because of their small numuer. Will be
able TO work only in one-fourth OF the
counties. Experience, they saIc, has
shown that the best results are OBJ
tanned only by concentrating work In
one locality for considerable length
or time. making it ineXpedlent to
move often from one county TO an
other.
Compromises Suggested.
Those who still chung TO the plan
suggested the possibility of shifting
the camps every three months to new
county. and combinations OF road
building BY the convicts and by the
system now in vogue-al of which
were strongly objected to. Taking
NuJoF Nood statement that tnc 700
men now employed on the public roads
entail an upkeep expense of approx
mately 100000. the advocates of an
extension OF the system, particularly
Senator Folkes. of Richmond, made
much Of the point that an appropria-
ton less than that would su1lcc to
take care OF the ten new camps since
after the hrst year no appropriation
would be needed for equipment.
The question was discussed freely on
all sides, the committee finally agree
Ing to go into executive session and
draft resolution cmbodyinE the sense
of the meeting. 1t was apparel, from
the degree of caution with With the
committee handled the subject that 1t
was not disposed to take any radical
action without carefully examining tho
ground
Wood Advises FIve-Year Contract.
In the coure OF the examinaoon to
which Superintendent Wood was sub
jectcd, he expressed dlsapproval OF
the past practice of the State in grant
ing contracts for period of ten years.
II 1T were not for this circumstance. he
said. the convicts of the State Peni-
Tertiary would be making rs cents per
day now instead of 10 cents they arc
paid by the Thatcher Company.
Il don't think that convict labor Is
worth as much as free labor said
Major Wood. hut l believe mat an
able-bodiea convrct is worth at least
10 cents per day. and / am sure that
my men Will soon get that much, If
the State continues the policy of hir-
Ing out its convict labor and limits
the life of the contract to five years"
He assured the committee that he
had no axe to grind. and that what
ever action the present Legislature
should take in the matter. he would
use his best efforts 10 discharge it's
will.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17
THE NEW YORK LIES PROSPER.
Gus YEAR.

The New York Life Insurance Com
pany. whose annual report appear. In
another column, found 1911 good
year. By dint of strict economy dur
Ing preceding years II pushed I'm It's
unit oil new business allowed under
the law to sl77,00o.00o, but in Noyem-
Der and December the company was
Obliged to say TO many applicants that
1t could not grant them policies until
1912. The companys limit for 1912
Is sl97.o00.o00.
During the year 1911 the company
was examined BY the Insurance De-
partment of the State, and received the
Official approval of the department"
The examiners said: 1.-THE work of the
company is done efficiently and economi-
cally; its claims are paid promptly: lis
policy-holders are treated fairly: it's
dividends are apportloned and paid
without discrimination. and the com
pany complies with the requirements
OF the Law and the rulings of the
supervising authorities In both the
spirit and the letter."
The New York Life is now the
largest life Insurance company in the
world. Its annual income is over
s1l3,00o,000; its payments to policy
holders are over S53.O0O,OOo, and its in
crease In accumulated funds in 1911
was over siG.000,o00. Its total assets
tmarket values now exceed s6s4,oOO,-
900; It's assurances in force under
1.o2?,72G policies are s2.l02.lO5.74G. Its
payments to pollcy-holders, plus the
loans made directly to them on the
security of their policies, exceeded $3.50
of the amount received from them dur
In In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17

Objections to such a plan were a.
once offered by many members OF the
committee. For the most part they
took the stand that while under the gen
eral appropriation made by the state
for aid to county road construction,
each county proceeded simultaneously
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17
Aged Negro Burns TO DeotI.

,tt'ItC,tI 10 TIC IImcS- DlSpatCh.
montpelier. Va. January 1G.-Teinnle
robertson. colored. who had neatly
reached the century mark. was burned
TO death In his cabin last night M
Giazemont, the country home OF DR..
Lewis Morris. of Birmingham. Ala.
Snly small portion OF his body was
found among the ashes.
Temple was q faithful old slave.
owned by the late Edward Morris
Dr. OF CiaZemoat Hanover county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17
IIowftrera Lnsa Game.

The senior basketball team Of the Tour.
Mems. Christian Association last night d y
fehted the Howstzer fve by the score OF T..
10 u. 10th slleS5 contested every ,i:,cif OF
ground, though the artRlerynen were clear.
ly outclassca. aLs ...l.s.I-l. w. 20 -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17

is shown that a violation of the law
requiring safety appliances contributed
to the death or injury OF the plaintiff.
If bill introduced in the House yes
tcrday by Hugh a. White, of Rock
bridge. becomes law.
Several amendments to the bill for
the formation OF a permanent State
Tax Commission are in contemplation,
and Will probably be offered by the
Speaker himself at this morning $
hearing OF the measure by the House
Finance Committee. He thinks Il might
work n hardship to require in every
case that an appeal from the State Tax
Commission shall lie only In tie Cir
cult Court OF the city of ltichmord. and
Will allow such appeals TO be heard
In local courts In either case the Su-
preme Court OF Appeals Will have the
final say since the Commonwealth has
the right of appeal in cases involving
the public revenue.
1t is expected also that the Speaker
Will try to eliminate himself from the
commission, although lie may not be
allowed TO do So
At conference held yesterday be-
tween Chairman Echols, of the SEN
ate Finance Committee, and Chairman
Bowman, of the House Finance Com
m!ttee, It was decided to give the state
institutions Il short hearing on the
matter of appropriations. Eiecmosy-
nary institutions will DO heard from
tonight. and educational to- me rrow
night. In the hall OF tho House of
Delegates.
1t is probable that joint Democra-
tic caucus will be held this afternoon
ut about 80 o'clock, for the nominal
ton of Judges for the fourth circuit
and for the Corporation Court Of
Staunton. 1t Will last but few mo-
ments, since there Is now no opposi-
ton for these judgeships.
Evening star., 1912-06-30

THIS address by Robert Louis
Stevenson, which was de-
livered before the Scottish
Thistle Club of Honolulu. pre-
vious to the authors final de-
parture for Samoa. in 1893.
has just been presented to the
club by the estate of the late
Thomas Lindsay. president of
the club, who requested and
received the scrawled pages
from the writer. The speech
was not published at the time,
and Mr.. Lindsay refused during
life to allow it out of his posses
sion; but his heirs have decided
that it should be given to the
club. The eighteen pages will
be framed separately and hung
upon the clubroom walls.
Stevenson was occupying a
little cottage, not much more
pretentious than a shack. at
Waikiki. three miles from Homo
lulu; and his kinsmen of the
Scottish Thistle Club invited
him to speak before them. The
author was preparing for his
trip to Samoa; but he accept
ed the invitation. laboriously
walked from his abode to the
clubrooms. arriving late. and
read his address.
Evening star., 1912-06-30
An Unpublished Manuscript by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

TADIEs AND GENTLEMEN AND BROTHER -
/ SCOTS, sincerely trust none Of you have come
expecting speech, viii be disappointed; for am
w WHICH a s at snd the Hbe mn
My for s;onsenng to talk before BET, ,.y
Scots hearts together vherever they may each
other say Fhy they e proud 5t ns
sunny these isles: and is Climate
braw whic called Scotch history contains scarcely
object that Scots have % any patience Ptaa & With
thick thickness Of each Coming little
further arrive ,tns the time of sr MI William Walace
as aso a155a not aesa4 9 aab @
him % ,5sa RessEt ths b. ass .,sss ;ts
Of rogueIthat KIND Of political which @ it may
e% % gos where s a!S a and % s1hs @ Robert Louis
IN me has Wsn hs goy % gag sqes
thing sight each without regard for the right of Z, ~
5 $ @ May e. sSa5sE; S k
5es %rs ae % he! s
aSsd s Kne this
he .5a peRaps h more than else belonged
@ s s % s
and h & sEsaf great
5sa the these fss TRe s
Eilsd could XII ehs5
m Like e @ cseg eG ms have s6s nd @ % n sa9c to a a oe @
history there much smoke there must be
som enough light a cigarette.
Coming then 45 they tried another Government and
this heroic Scottish history falling it
did black of Cuoden Moor;
much much
loyalty Prince
the
the that band of foundeing horsemen,
ing in the wake of a young Highland laird, galoped
THIS
the the
cobs
laid by he
Culoden Moor along Loeb
Ness the This led through the CLUB
- tIa o,an ra,rn ra;n1and