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The Ketchikan miner., 1912-07-19
CATHOLIC PRIEST ARRIVES

Yesterday afternoon on the Mariposa the Rev. William \. Shephard, the new Catholic pas tor of ketehikan arrived in this c;ty.
 Father Shephard came to ke;chikan ln the company of the Rev. Raphael ]. Crimont, s. J.. prefect Apostolic of Alaska. and of the Rev. James P. Mor- rissey. 5. l., President of the University of Santa Clara in California.
 Father Shephard was born in California and educated at the University of Santa Clara and in Eastern institutions of learn ing. He comes to Ketchikan a young man full Of energy and zeal and the Vicar Apostolic. Father Crimont, gives every assurance that he is the right man for hetchikan at this time of progressive enterprise.
 The Catholic people of this city are to he congratulated on the acquisition of leader who will hence forth be one of the most active influences in the up-building Of this community and in the promotion of every work making for the common good. Bnt Catholics are scarcely less to he congratulat- ! ed than Catholics on the arrival of Father Shepard in the sphere 0f his future labor. For Father Shaphard whose an- IceStor> are converts to the Catholic Faith Is a man who understands, appreciates and sympathizes heartily with those not of his own faith and they will find in him friend and wel-viSher to whom they may have access without doubt or ldefference.
 This was strikingly evident on the voyage from Seattle 10 Ket- ch;kan during which Father Shephard won the good will of ali the passengers irrespective If religion.
 Ne are therefore greatly pleased to welcome Father
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-07-19
Wanted:-Position 1

Warteu:-PoSitfon by iirst class waiter or camp cook. Ad. Eddie Lo Aonaine, P. o. Box 52o.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13
AND WHO Is MABEL?

Before House Committee Miss Mabel Board
man. now the titular head Of the American Red
Ct oss Society. undertook to attack the name
aid memory OF Clara Barton. the devoted
WOMAN who made the society what It was, and
who recently died honored of humanity ire
spective Of race or creed
Miss Boardman attempted to criticize the
lax handling" of funds of which Miss Barton
had control. She attacked her action In ap-
pealing to the International Society for aid In
caring for American soldiers wounded in battle
When she got through. there was little left Of
the sacrificing woman who devoted a long life
T. an unselfsh cause
The best and only way to look at a matter
like this is. TO inquire who Clara Barton was
and what she did and who Mabel Boardman is
and what she Is doing.
Clara Barton died at an old age--harried to
death, 1t Is charged, by this same Mabel Board
man after having spent lifetime in going
from one end OF the world to the other In
relief of suffering OF all sorts wherever found
Where there was battle and disaster Clara
Barton was found Before the smoke cleared
OF the ruins began TO be scraped over she had
set In motion the means of relief and succor
For two generations and more she WIS minis
terng angel to the world-at-Iarge.
! Mabel Boardman per contra is one OF those
old maids who run to fat and pedigree For
some occult reason she is Washington celeb
rity. president secretary of more Societies
than the average town directory has names.
The Washington star would go up in pun OF
smoke If a single issue failed to tell where she
dined, or whom she addressed On time
she did do the seemingly impossible when she
danced with President Taft and came out OF the
melee physically whole. SO far as relief work
s concerned, her activities are confined 10 the
ichauffeurs Of Connecticut Avenue.
There has been a disposition on the part OF
the Government and the country, possibly on
account OF the Presidents Partially to take
Mabel entirely too seriously She has helped
along@the by every artifce that position
or money could provide. So long as her actiyi-
ties stopped at self-advertisemen it to
smile. When she essays to SANDER the charac-
ter OF a dead woman as iustrious as was
Clara Barton it is time that she be made to
come 10 some realization OF just how little the
country thinks of cares about her.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13

There should be short shrft given the sug.
gestion to postpone the trial of Archibald on
impeachment charges until after the elections
The suggestion that political capital might
be made out of such A case is. perhaps based
on certain recent performances Of demagogues
Nevertheless II is reflection upon the intelli-
genee and the integrity OF the American people
to assume that political use OF such an incident
could have any real effect
We believe that the American people are
fair They also possessed of common sense.
Taey know that, with the greatest care. with
the most rigid precaution there does come now
and then a time when an individual is put in
a position of trust, only to violate and be-
snrch IT, Because Archibald may have been It
traitor to the judiciary, is no for the
condemnation of the judiciary as a whole, or
Httack upon tine SOURCE from which he derived
his commission
Archibald II we remember correctly. got his
first commission as "A Judge from Theodore
Roosevelt. Presumably. therefore he was
ninety-nine per cent pure He got his second
commission 10 the Commerce Court from Presi-
dent Taft. who promoted him. Ii there Is one
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13
DISSEMINATION AGAINST ABSINTHE

The pure food board of the United States has
put the ban absinthe
Although we do not have the report at hand.
we suppose that this means that the health
authorities have decided that the extract of
NORWOOD and the substitutes that are passed
off for such extract constitute dangerous
poison which ought not to be sold
another revelation Of how far the power to
act under the law go when the intent to
act is behind tbs law. Who supposes that absin-
the is really and practically any more poison
tie green drink may contain more harmful
toxins than glass of red white liquor, but
to all intents and purposes the effect is the
same. Absinthe is no more quick poison
than any other intoxicant, Its effects may
sometimes seem more violent, but they no
more fatal. Marie Correln who probably knew
more about absinthe. gave it an absurd signif-
canoe in an absurd book; but true what she
said may be, the same truth could have been
written Of almost any other tipple constantly
INDUCED,
With opium and its derivatives banned. with
cocaine on the prohibited list, with poisons In
general forbidden TO be sold and with absinthe
now added to the list it becomes more and
more apparent that there is something beside
love of the Constitution that thwarts every
effort to bring National law to the point where
il will aid rather than discourage the efforts of
States and communities to restrict the sale of
that particular poison out Of which the Govern
ment derives handsome revenue.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13
PLAYING WITH FIRE.

An example OF the character Of the Roose~
Welt support Is afforded by the published in
tcrview with Marion Butler ex-senator from
North Carolina. who is now openly out in his
favor and IL talking OF throwing the electoral
vote of the old North State" to the Rough
Rider
Colonel Roosevelt probably fell for the
statements Of the former Populist-Republcau
Senator. on account Of the fact that, by reason
OF his betrayal OF the Democracy North Caro-
Ina IN 1895 entered upon a re-incarnation OF
carpet bag rule which found It's bloody termina-
ton in the Wilmington riots OF 1898 Roose-
welt has all along thought that he is the man
to bring TO pass again what happened once upon
a time He has had his eye fixed ON North
Carolina as the State ia which to insert the
wedge with which to split the solid South.
Comparatively recently he boosted much to
d North Carolina audience. 1t is therefore no
more than natural that he should array him
SELF with one whose means of politica! mainte-
nance are as mysterious as the sources Of his
personal income. Under the leadership Of
Marion Butler. Rooseyelts cause has every
opportunity to gain the perfect understanding
OF the North Carolina voter
In connection with Bu,ler and his program.
It IS interesting to note that the plan suggested
is preferential primary for the selection Of
Presidential electors Both Taft men and Roose-
Welt men as understand the case. Will con
test in reality for the right to the use of the
Republican name and symbol. Yet there is
,only man entitled to head such a ticket,
and he is Taft In a number of States where
his Indirect method Of getting Presidential
votes is being bruited, both sides to the pro-
posed primaries announce in the beginning that
they will not abide the result whatever it may
be The answer is political chaos. a confusion
that is extremely gratifying to Democratic con
fdence in a successful outcome Of the cam
raign, but which at the same time holds the
possibility OF future peril. Custom which
makes la w. has created the party form of gov
eminent. The effort to capture, through a
primary. the party government despite the
party's choice OF "a candidate ia an invitation to
something more than mere party anarchy
There SO many reasons suggested by
present political conditions for the waving Of
red flass apd,he ha ieadlne Of the streets hal
the ordinary gentleman of particular tenn
permanent must feel that somewhere there is a
hitch in revolution that after long continued
splutter fails TO explode SO far, the common
sonse that nnderlies the American tempera-
ment, similar to that of the French, has
STAYED off the troubles which lack OF # has
brought 10 our GalIie fellows in sentiment. We
hope that II will sim prove operative There
ought. however, to be some means devised TO
throw cold water pronounced prediction
before it by chance eliminates in eataclysm
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13

thing which lightens very dead and gloomy
record, 1t is Taft's judicial appointments He
has selected many good men, without regard TO
party, without respect to his political fortunes.
without regard TO counsel or advice from inter
ested parties. In this respect the President
who was bold enough to name a. Democrat to
the highest judicial Office In the Nation needs
no defense.
Very evidently, Mr.. Taft was badly fooled In
the case of Archibald, Any one else might have
been similarly fooled In the mistake which IL
now in the way Of being rectifed according to
law there Is absolutely logical ground for
any one to and political capital one way or the
other. The trial should proceed. Any poiti-
cal trickster who may try to make votes out OF
ita disclosure will ALLEVIATE three honest mon
for every weakling whom his blatherskiting
attracts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13
CATS AND BIRDS

We wonder Just how many birds the average
tat ,eat eans ~a tte aa4rsa Of >,',
There cannot be many OF them. This bird ia
eco wary. 100 quick. 100 suspicious It has the
inestimable advantage Of being able 10 aero
plane out OF danger at seconds notice, with
out stopping TO crank the motor. 1t has a life
long and inherited sixth sense which senses a
cat. however well-conceaied however cautious
itc approach But the cat has quite as we'll
developed ambition to catch a bird Be
tween determination 10 capture and inbred
facility to escape the case is a toss-up when it
comes to the day-long duels that are waged
wherever cats and birds foregather on the same
premises
Luck has given us the privilege OF looking
out the window in rest pauses on 10 green
grass and Towering trees set In the heart Of
tie city. There are butterflies. squirrels birds
and cats-n this little Eden in the midst Of
brick and mortar. The butterflies are free as
tie air. as are all things OF insHbstantial quail
lily and short life The squirrels always have
one ear cooked however busy they may be with
personal affairs. The birds sing and mate and
Ecusekeep. for all the world az II there We're
nothing TO worry them But the cat is always
on the job He is disappointed hundred
times day If he boodies his claws we
cannot testify to the fact. But that he has
murder In his heart is something which The
oalooker needs only to see him to determine
fer good and all.
What we like about this erouching cat with
hts eaAv~rifrs tail rs tire consistency Of ms pur=
suit. He never gives up. With ali painful
progress will he drag his body through the
stass inch by inch hesitant and slnuons move
nss nts timed TO the nicely OF moons pieuousness.
With superhuman patience he restrains The
dastre 10 spring although every taut nerve
uissrs with It's demand for action But the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13

An ordinance authorizing the estab-
ishment of building IineE between the
| regimental armory and NJ B. flors-
| helm + property
An ordinance appropriating $3.50 for
| the James river Improvement conl-
mittee on account of expenses incur
/ red IN caring for the Richmond dock
| An ordinance appropriating s2n, 200
! for the account 70 be known as tho
extension OF the Church Hill tunnel
fund. for the purpose OF extending the
| tunnel eastwardiy and the filling in
| OF Grace street between Thirtieth and
Thirty second streets.
! An ordinance to authorize the con-
Seyanco OF certain real estate be-
| longing to Richmond TO the Broad
Rock Mineral Springs company in ex-
change for certain property OF that
company, the city desiring the gravel
on the property to be acquired.
An ordinance authorizing the yir-
ginia Carolina, Hardware company to
build an overhead bridge across To-
bacco alley. between Thirteenth ana
Fourteenth streets.
An ordinance authorizing Murphy.s
hotel to close the sidewalk on Broad
and Eighth streets temporarily.
An ordinance authorizing the Kline
Motor Car company 10 connect with
the city sewer on the State Fair
grounds.
An ordinance fixing the pay OF the
keepers Of Riversiew cemetery and
Mt Olivet cemetery at 1000 per an
mum. and an ordinance fixing the
salary of the medical inspector OF
the board of health at $4,000 per an
mum. and an ordinance fixing the COM
pensation of the city stable foreman
at 5000 a year
An ordinance authorizing the au.
ditor TO cancel all delinquent tar
bills due and unpaid prior to Jann-
AIRY /. 1905.
An ordinance authorizing the ems
ployment of a day clerk and night
clerk In the Office OF the superin-
tendent OF the City home, at SIS =
month and board. -.
An ordinance fixing the salary Of
five members OF the administrative
board at IS, 900 a year. to become ef-
fective January !. 1919.
An ordinance requiring the owners
Of vacant lots to remove weeds and
other light vegetable growth under
order from the chief health officer.
An ordinance amending an ordi-
nance relating to traffic whereby
drivers of cars and other vehicles may
carry more than 1000 sounds on
Broad street.
An ordinance granting permission
to the Richmond Lunch company and
the Capital City Lunch company,
Incorporated. to erect metal electric
signs.
An ordnance authorizing the board
of fire commissioners to pay ex-
penses of Lieutenant c. II. Reilntx,
who was injured in the Binswanger
tire-$411.s8. and to pay the expenses
Of r. A. Woodward. injured In the
same fire-$100.
An ordinance authorizing the COM
mittee on streets to expend $4s84S.30
for paving Thirty-second street, be-
tween Broad and Grace with asphalt.
An ordinance appropriating tho
payment of $4,000. expense incurred
in revising the rearranging the reg
istration books.
An ordnance appropriating s2,05o
for the payment for damages on ac-
count Of paving Park avenue. be.
tween the Boulevard and Shepherd
street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13


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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13

Blondln carrying man his shoulders across
the gorge at Niagara tight rope a
sight which stirred a former generation TO be-
eve that the limit Of human daring had been
reached. II was a wonderful exhibition of ply
steal and emotional self control but there Is a
fair question II Blondn his burden really
took much risk. His wonderful skill and ex-
perienCe had prepared him for the task and he
was master OF the situation.
He knew what he could do and herein lie
differs from class OF modern dare devils whose
cycle accidents are frequently recorded Sun
day three men were killed and three seriously
injured in motorcycle races. They bestrode their
machines, turned the power and resigned
themselves TO fate.
They were human proJectes carried along by
the part of any of them could save them from
the consequences of anothers mistake il they
RODE the race TO win. An obstruction in the path
or any wheel might pile men and machines to-
I sether in mass of wreekage at any moment.
A speed of about seyenty-five miles an hour
was reached In one OF these races which means
that rney were travelling at "a rate which would
be acquired just before they. reached the ground
If they jumped of a scyscraper-and all OF this
was done for glory and the public amusement
IN other days public entertainments were given
III winch men were expected to be killed Now
we nope they Will escape with their lives and
thus We measure our progress Louis Re-
public.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13
CURRENT COMMENT
Substitute

The oldest incident of the convention occurred
tha night the Hotel Emerson lhreW- open Its bar
In other and milder days this bar Is used a
palm ROOM where the Ladies' of Baltimore may
sit If they wish, and sustain their souls with
tea and gaze out Of the windows upon the
passing throng. But they had to make way for
the male visitors, ard long temporary bar
was run across the width OF this room. Some
one told the Wilson men that Champ clarks
supporters had planned 10 offer free drinks
therein and they protested violently to the pro
pryetors Treasured on this point, they then
learned from Joker that @hla 1t trns OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13
Goldfish a State Emblem.

The sacred Goldfish carved In wood "a to be
seen on the walls Of the hall OF representa- yes
IA the statehouse at Boston. 1t occupies "a place
or honor between two classic pillars immedi afely
opposite the desk OF the speaker
bostohfans aver that this Is the original sacred
codhsh or the old colony and thar 1t has had 81
place IN the halls of the lawmakers OF Massa~
chusets for over 160 years 1t is a relic OF the
assembly halI that gave way to the present
statehouse. The following is the origin gener-
ally assigned TO il.
one Captain John WEIGH, OF Boston yas tho
creator ana carver OF the famous fish. In his
'iiie ne was hed 10 be a carver of no mean
apiIl.H tie established himself in Dock square
IN ltf' A member OF the Ancient and Hon
orable Artillery company WEIGH rose In time To
IT'S chptalhcy He was called on 10 contribute
70 the decoration Of the Colonial Assembly hail
ana as at that period Goldfish was the colony =
main article Of export, Welch conceived the no
uon or lInmortalizing it-Harpers Weekly
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13
Presidents Names,

hen Woodrow Wilson gets TO the White
ffouse II VIII be quite a coincidence that the
only Two Democrats occupying the presidential
once since the war dropped their first Chris
ian names. said an old citizen:
When Mr. Cleveland was mayor Of Buffalo
he was known Stephen G. Cleveland 7 think
he retained the name stephen after he was
erected governor of New York but dropped Il
oefore he became president. His inrimetes in
buffalo called him Steve. but after lie discarded
ms first name everybody got used TO calling
him Grover
MI Wilson was chrstened Thomas Woodrow
wilson. His Georgia friends knew him ca1, a q
rom out ever since he has been famous ne ha 3
been known only as Woodrow Wilson
=. y. Grant was christened Hiram Z Grant
ana tnad was MS name when he entered West
enrolment in the military academy his name
got changed to Z. S, Grant. Grants mother wa q
Miss Simpson. and when the registrar at the
academy enrolled him T.. s.. young Grant
MADE no protest, but the contrary and ac-
commodatlng enough to take the name Simpson
so as to make the middle letter stand for
something '-Birmingham Age Herald
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13
TO MEN,!

The Splendid Summer Service Of THE Mems
Corner is at Your Command.
Men to wait upon men is the policy here They
better understand mans requirements And then
mems separate from the OF the departments
To here is like going into of the most excu-
sive mems Polite, attentive. intelligent serv-
Getaways
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13


1t is proposed to circulate petitions for sigma
ture IN every county in every state OF the Union.
and If the petitions freely signed then The
chiefs OF the movement will call upon Colonel
Roosevelt to stand aside also, so that some one
not yet determined upon may be called to unite
and lead the now divided factions of the party
The petitions. however numerously signed, will
mean little to President Taft He can not read
them; he not tell whether signed by Roose-
yelt's followers and mischievous Democrats And
1t Is unlikely he would consent TO the humilia-
tlon of retirement If he knew there call
for such course by million genuine Republi-
cans. But the unrest OF the Republican Office
holders is encouraging to Democrats.
Mr.. Taft bad all the manifestation o. dis
content with his administration at the Chicago
convention that he needed If he were disposed
to retire from the field while under fire But
he is not disposed and II he were it Is doubt
ful II there is man In the party capable of
welding its severed parts between now and No
vember. On The other hand Roosevelt, whose
forces are slipping away from him since Wilson's
nomination might welcome an excuse to retire
and save his face.-Coumbia State
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13
LAY 1T IN ASPHALT.

decision Is practically q permanent one TO the
e#ee
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-13

"The nation wide movement to petition Pres
ident Taft TO withdraw the Republican presi-
Dental candidate" that appears to have been in
auE,urated by government employees who are
In state OF panic In apprehension OF losing
their positions through Mr.. Taft's defeat, Is an
other extraordinary incident of an extraordinary